Hangzhou Magistrate’s Yamen Prison.

Niu San sat in the dark and damp cell, chewing the withered grass pulled from the mat, staring blankly.

He was specially detained under Lu Ruoteng's order, so he was the only one in this cell.

Because of Zhang Yinli's special instructions, the yamen guards were very strict with him and would visit him from time to time.

At the door of the prison, Chen Hongfan was carrying drinks and food, and was getting close to the guard, but no matter what he said, the guard wouldn't let him in. Even if he showed his Lu Wang token, the guard was like a fool, and he couldn't live or die.

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At this time, another person came from a distance.

"Stop, who are you?" the guard asked a little irritably. He had received a death order from the prefect Zhang Yinli. Except for envoy Lu Bu, Governor Zhang, and himself, the prefect, no one else was allowed to visit Niu San.

"I am Ren Tianan, the inspector general of Zhejiang, and I want to personally interrogate Niu San." Ren Tianan said unhurriedly.

"My lord, please forgive me, but the superior officer has orders not to visit us!" the guard saluted.

Chen Hongfan saw that the other party refused to enter, and even dared to stop the inspector, so he stopped pestering him, turned around, saluted Ren Tianan, and left in a hurry.

Ren Tianan gave Chen Hongfan a strange look, turned around and followed him.

There were not many people in the streets, except for a group of patrolling soldiers who passed by Chen Hongfan.

After many twists and turns, Chen Hongfan came to a secret corner where an unknown person's sundries were piled up.

"Ahem!"

Chen Hongfan coughed twice, and a figure flashed out from the corner, it was the crazy little beggar.

"How is it?" the little beggar asked.

"Even I can't get in. The guards are too tight." Chen Hongfan put down the food box in his hand and said helplessly.

"Niu San has been in contact with you, you can figure it out yourself." The beggar said coldly.

Chen Hongfan was about to say something, when suddenly the beggar's eyes flashed and he looked behind him.

Shocked, Chen Hongfan hurriedly turned around and ran towards the corner. As soon as he poked his head out, he saw a fat figure struggling to escape.

Just as Chen Hongfan was about to catch up, a sharp sword suddenly grazed his face and accurately hit the man in the back of the heart.

After staggering a few steps, the fat body fell to the ground and stopped moving.

The beggar put down the exquisite military crossbow with an expressionless expression, glared at Chen Hongfan coldly, turned around, walked to the corner of the alley, and hid the crossbow inside.

"Prince Yu has arrived outside the city, are your people ready?"

Chen Hongfan replied with a very ugly face: "I'm just waiting for Zhu Dadian to find a way to transfer me to the city gate."

"There is no time, Zhu Dadian and Ma Shiying are unreliable." The little beggar said eagerly.

"Then what should we do? Your people can't hide Niu San's list for long." Chen Hongfan spread his hands and said helplessly.

The little beggar was silent. Niu San's list now made them very passive and had to start taking action in advance. Although King Lu didn't seem to make any moves, he thought this was the most disturbing thing.

"It's really confusing. That's all. When the army begins to attack the city from three sides, we will seize the city gate and lead the army into the city."

Chen Hongfan nodded, then turned and walked towards the corpse.

Before he even walked up to him, he had already identified who it was. It was none other than Inspector Ren Tianan!

Shocked, Chen Hongfan turned his head and looked in the direction the little beggar had left, and then looked around in panic, secretly thinking that something was wrong.

After being stunned for a while, Chen Hongfan didn't dare to stay for a long time and ran away from the scene.

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"Jianguo, it's too dangerous here, please come back!"

Hearing that King Lu had arrived at the city in person, Zhang Guowei was shocked and hurried down to the city to stop him.

Zhu Changzi waved his hand and said to Zhang Guowei: "Yu Shi, I will only come up for a moment, and then leave after saying a few words!"

Seeing King Lu's firm tone, Zhang Guowei thought for a while that the supervisor's visit must be to boost the morale of the army, so he no longer stopped him, but carefully warned the guards around him to protect him well.

When they boarded the city, the guards held up shields in front of them and closely guarded Zhu Changzi behind.

The first wave of attacks by the Qing army has been easily repelled, and they are now preparing for the second round of attacks.

Every two steps, Zhu Changzi heard Fang Guoan shouting excitedly in his thick voice: "Whenever we have a general with artillery, we can just attack his rear army."

On the corridor, wounded soldiers were everywhere, groaning in pain.

There were civilians constantly carrying corpses down the city wall.

The blood dyed the bluestone red.

"My fellow officers and men, I have come to see you at the risk of my own life!" Zhang Guowei was so angry that he let out a loud roar that resounded throughout the city.

Fang Guoan, who was laughing wildly over there, heard the sound and ran over quickly. Just as he was about to salute, he was pulled up by Zhu Changzi.

"No need to be polite!"

"Thank you, Supervisor!"

Fang Guoan couldn't help but admire the King Lu in front of him, who dared to come to the city in person, and saw such a formation without changing his expression. This was indeed different from many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.

When the soldiers at the top of the city saw that King Lu was coming in person, their morale was boosted and they shouted in unison: "Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

The earth-shaking shouts alarmed the Qing troops under the city.

Liu Liangzuo hurriedly ran to the front of the formation to check.

After observing for a while, he concluded that it must be the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty who came to the city, otherwise how could the Ming army be so excited.

Now, it was even more difficult to attack. In one round of siege, the front army of 3,000 men was reduced to half, which made Liu Liangzuo feel distressed to death.

But now the masters of the Eight Banners are watching from behind, and there is nothing he can do if he doesn't attack.

"Report! Prince Yu is about to arrive in person!"

Liu Liangzuo looked back in shock and saw Duduo in the army formation, wearing armor with white flags and riding a white horse. Surrounded by a group of generals, big and small, he was slowly walking towards the front of the formation.
Chapter completed!