"Be careful!" As soon as Aunt Mei finished speaking, a scream came from the door. She turned her head and saw Manluo rushing quickly towards Tan Zong, who was talking and laughing in a low voice with Fatty Wang, and hugging him tightly in her arms.

At the same time, a cold light rushed towards Tan Zong's heart.[]

When Tan Zong was reminded by Manluo, he suddenly felt that the situation was not good. He hugged her and rolled onto the ground. With a sound of whistling, something flew over his cheek and stuck to the window behind.

"It's so dangerous!" Tan Zong pressed Man Luo on his body, looked up and couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.

There was a five or six inch sleeve arrow tied on the window, with blue and black arrows. It seemed that he had been poisoned. If Man Luo hadn't reminded him just now, he would have been shot by the poison arrow.

Everyone in the room was shocked by the scene in front of him. Even the city defense force and the sergeant of the inspection department stopped and looked at Tan Zong on the ground. No one expected that anyone would take advantage of the chaos to attack Tan Zong.

Lu Liu stood at the door with a look of surprise and looked at Manluo in a daze. The two of them heard the mess in the hall, so they came over to check. Who would have thought that as soon as they entered the door, she noticed a large inner guard hiding behind the crowd, aiming a sleeve crossbow at Tan Zong, trying to kill him secretly.

Just when Lu Liu was about to warn Tan Zong loudly, Manluo beside her had already rushed out and blocked Tan Zong with her body.

At this moment, Lu Liu's heart seemed to have been knocked over with five flavor bottles, all of which were sweet, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. She felt that the one who rushed to save Tan Zong should be herself, not Manluo, but she could not rush to save Tan Zong before. She felt sad and also felt a sense of loss.

"It was the sleeve arrow he shot." An archer then shouted, let go, and shot an arrow at a large guard hiding behind the crowd.

The long arrow stabbed the big inner guard's right arm. The big inner guard groaned, covered his arms and took two steps back.

"Shoot him to death!" Seeing this, Gu Tianyi's eyes flashed with cold light and he ordered the archers in a deep voice. If Tan Zong was caught, he would have been fed the poisonous sleeve arrow just now, he would definitely die. If he lost Tan Zong's support, no matter whether Hou Dehai was true or false, he would have finished it.

Whoosh...

Accompanied by Gu Tianyi's order, more than twenty long arrows shot towards the big inner guard. Seeing this, the big inner guards around hurriedly dodged to the side.

Before the big inner guard who shot the sleeve arrow had time to react, he was shot into a hedgehog by the arrows. After a few mouthfuls of blood came out of his mouth, he slowly fell to the ground.

Because there were too many people in the room, several large guards who were too close to him did not avoid the flying arrows. They were shot in their arms and chests, covering the wounds with their hands, looking in pain.

"Bold, I actually killed the Great Eunuch." Looking at the dead Great Eunuch, a look of panic flashed from Hou Dehai's eyes. Then, he shouted angrily at Chen Bainian, "Shouzhang Chen, why don't you take them down!"

The two things that happened before were too sudden, and Hou Dehai was urging him to hurry, so he didn't give Chen Bainian a time to think in his mind. Chen Bainian didn't know what he thought. After hearing Hou Dehai's roar, he sent an order to the city defense soldiers, "Take them down for this patrol."

The soldiers of the City Defense Force were stunned for a moment, then swung their swords at the people in the Inspection Office in front of them. The two sides immediately killed each other, with tables and chairs flying across, and blood splashing everywhere.

Seeing this, the grain merchants and salt merchants in the house ran out of the door in panic. Zheng Hu and others hurried forward to protect Tan Zong behind him.

Tan Zong picked up Manluo, who was soft all over, looked at Chen Bainian standing there expressionlessly, turned his head and walked out.

Looking at the inspector's tangled and fighting with each other, Chen Bainian's mind was blank. He never expected that he would give such an order just now.

"Parlor... Go quickly." Just as Chen Bainian was in a daze, a blood-covered city defense soldier staggered at his feet. After saying something to him, his head tilted and he disappeared.

Chen Bainian looked at the soldier who died with his eyes open in a daze, then leaned down and gently closed the soldier's eyes. I'm afraid that until he died, the soldier didn't understand who Hou Dehai was.

Although the inspectors came, most of them were outside, and there were fewer people in the room than the city defense force. Therefore, they were at a disadvantage in the fight for a while and gradually retreated to the door.

With the city defense force blocking the inspection department in front, Hou Dehai and the big guards got out of the back window.

Outside the rear window was another small courtyard. There was no courtyard wall between the two small courtyards, so they took advantage of the fact that the inspectors had not had time to block the small courtyard behind the window and fled in a panic.

The maids in the courtyard were startled by the big guards carrying knives and screamed immediately, which aroused the alertness of the soldiers of the Inspection Department.

Soon, a group of soldiers from the inspection department rushed over and chased Hou Dehai and others who were fleeing in panic.

"Gu Guiss, withdraw, there is no need to fight again." In the courtyard, Tan Zong stood with his hands behind his back and said lightly to Gu Tianyi beside him. He had already learned of Hou Dehai's escape, and the fight in the room had now lost any meaning.

Gu Tianyi nodded and waved at the sergeant of the Inspection Office at the door. The inspector immediately retreated from the room and returned to the yard like a tide, and several rows of archers blocked the city defense force.

The room was covered with blood, with twenty or thirty bodies upside down, and the Inspection Department and the City Defense Force each accounted for almost half. The injured City Defense Force sergeant sat on the ground and groaned in pain. Several seriously injured people were in critical condition and bleeding from the wounds continued.

"Party, what should we do?" A team was approaching Chen Bainian with a serious expression and asked in a low voice.

"Send the injured brothers out." Chen Bainian pondered for a moment, reached out and patted the team's shoulder.

His heart is now mixed, and everything that happened just now is like a dream. He thought he could deal with Tan Zong, but it turned out to be such a situation.

Now, Chen Bainian’s only hope is that Hou Dehai can escape and bring in reinforcements to save himself.

The team was urging his hand at him and asked someone to lift the seriously injured out, while the slightly injured soldiers briefly bandaged the matter.

When the seriously injured were sent out, Gu Tianyi nodded expressionlessly, and the sergeants from the Inspection Department immediately took them down to seek treatment from the doctor.

In any case, these people are all Dashun soldiers, and one less death is the only one.

"The movement is a bit loud." Even Tan Zong did not expect that this matter would develop to this point. He looked at the corpse in the house and couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

The salt merchants and grain merchants have left the courtyard. In addition to the sergeants of the Inspection Department, only Tan Zong, Gu Tianyi, Wang Fatty, Bi Dongcheng, Mei Aunt Mei, Manluo, and Green Willow are left.

Because he went to rescue Tan Zong without hesitation just now, Manluo looked pale and felt a little exhausted. He was supported by Liu Lu and sat on a chair.

Aunt Mei was so anxious that she stomped her feet. How to deal with such a big thing in Piaoxiangyuan?

The inspectors did not attack the house, and the city defense forces in the house had no intention of coming out. The two sides confronted each other through the door, and a strange silence appeared on the scene.

Gu Tianyi's face looked very ugly. So many people died in one go. If that Hou Dehai really acted under the emperor's order, he would be in a state of doom.

Tan Zong frowned and fell into deep thought. He began to stroke what happened after he came to Yangzhou City one by one, wanting to find an answer to explain what happened tonight.

If we talk about enemies, then besides Shen Bainian, there are people behind Zhou Yi and Xie Laohei. However, neither Shen Bainian nor Zhou Yi could set up such a meticulous game in such a short time. If he hadn't seen the waist card of the big inner guard, he would have been deceived.

As for the person behind Mr. Xie, although he may have the ability to make arrangements, it is obviously impossible to do such a disrespectful thing to the official family. Besides, Mr. Xie is just a pawn in the other party's hand. The other party will definitely not offend the mysterious self because of a mere Xie Laohei, and will not joke with the official family.

But besides them, who would have wanted to set up a plan to get himself into trouble? The more Tan Zong thought about it, his mind became more and more confused, so he patted his forehead gently. He had no idea where to start to solve this problem.

Unintentionally, Tan Zong's eyes fell on Aunt Mei, who was full of anxiety on the side, and her eyes lit up. Could it be her!

If Tan Zong had not known Aunt Mei's secret identity, he would not have doubted Aunt Mei who was slapped in the face no matter what. From which perspective, Aunt Mei was both the victims of this incident.

Could it be that I had revealed my flaws and Aunt Mei’s behind-the-scenes organization wanted to get rid of me?

After having this idea, Tan Zong's mind quickly turned around. He quickly ruled out the possibility of his identity being exposed, and even ruled out the other party's speculation that the other party wanted to get rid of himself, because if the other party really wanted to get rid of him, there was no need to use this cumbersome method to leave him with such a lot of room for maneuver. Assassination was the best choice.

Since the identity has not been exposed, why did the other party set up this situation? Could it be...

As he thought about it, a flash of inspiration flashed in Tan Zong's mind, and a bold speculation emerged in front of him, "Do they want to use this to test my identity?"

Tan Zong's eyes showed a hint of unawareness. If that Hou Dehai was also a member of Aunt Mei's organization, then from the perspective of time, Hou Dehai should not have come specifically for himself, because if he wanted to collect all these eunuchs, big eunuchs, waist cards and imperial edicts, it would not be possible overnight.

In this way, Hou Dehai should have come to Jiangnan to perform other tasks, but because he is so popular in Yangzhou City, the other party wants to use him to test his background.

Just imagine, if you didn't see that Hou Dehai was a fake, then under Shen Bainian's step-by-step pressure, your identity would be very likely to be misleading.

Tan Zong is 100% sure that Aunt Mei and his group must have a very good understanding of the power structure in the capital. If they want to lie about their identity, they will definitely be exposed. In this way, Hou Dehai can repair himself openly, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

"What a careful plan!" Thinking of this, a cold air couldn't help but rise from Tan Zong's back. Since he stepped into this courtyard, he had been in danger. If he hadn't informed Gu Tianyi, he might have been unable to leave Piaoxiangyuan alive.

Hou Dehai is a fake eunuch. If he wants to kill him, he will not have any psychological pressure at all, and no one will doubt the head of Piaoxiangyuan, who is also victim.

As for Sun He, it seems that he broke in by chance and should have no connection with this matter.

The more Tan Zong thought about it, the clearer the whole story of the incident, but... he turned his head and looked at Manluo sitting on the chair. He didn't know what Manluo's motive was to save him. In theory, she should be Aunt Mei's talent.

Just as Tan Zong was thinking about something, there was a noise outside the courtyard, and a duck-like voice shouted loudly, "Bold, daring, the Zajia is from Shangyijian, and has the imperial edict of the official family in his hand. Do you dare to treat the Zajia like this..."

After a while, a group of soldiers rushed Hou Dehai and several big guards in.

Hou Dehai's hat fell apart for some reason, with his hair loose, he held the Huangjin scroll tightly in his hand, and his arms were blocked by two burly men, his feet left the ground, and shouted as he walked.

When they arrived in front of Tan Zong, Gu Tianyi and others, the two burly men exerted force and Hou Dehai knelt down.

"Report to Gu's counselor, the bandit leader has been captured, and there are still a few fish that have missed the net. Brothers are searching." A sergeant walked up and bowed to Gu Tianyi and said.

"Search with all your might, you can't let anyone go." Gu Tianyi nodded and said in a deep voice.

The sergeant responded, and hurriedly left the yard with his people, searching for the hidden guards one by one.

"You are so brave. The family must go to the front of the saint to sue you. Just wait for the beheading." Hou Dehai raised his head. He wanted to stand up, but the two burly men behind him pressed hard and knelt there again, raised his head and looked at Tan Zong, Gu Tianyi and others fiercely.

"He said too much." Seeing that Hou Dehai was still resisting stubbornly, Tan Zong turned his head quietly and looked at Gu Tianyi.

"Put your mouth!" Gu Tianyi understood what Tan Zong meant and was saying to a team standing beside him.

The team immediately stepped forward, raised the palm-shaped palm-shaped slap, and slapped several times in the face, making Hou Dehai dizzy, his cheeks flushed, and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth.
Chapter completed!