Chapter 413 Dawn
The situation on the street was exactly the same as Bi Shijie guessed. Tan Zong transferred a large number of troops to quell the riots. He would have done this if he had done so.
"You go to Yihonglou. If there is news about the Second Young Master, you will immediately repay it." After pondering for a while, Bi Shijie looked at the man in a public costume, "If the Second Young Master is in danger, you can save him, and if you can't, come back."[]
"I understand, little." The big man bowed his hand at Bi Shijie, opened the yard gate, and disappeared into the night.
"The little aspiration of abandoning the sparrow, and admire the swans to fly high!" After the age of the age, he poured a glass of wine, chanted at the twinkling stars in the sky, and then drank it all in one go, a kind of desolation and tragic arising from the bottom of his heart.
In the early morning, a dusty team stopped at the south gate of Yangzhou City. The soldiers seemed to have gone through a long journey, panting, sweating, and looking very tired.
"Brothers upstairs, I am the general Zhang Gang, the general under Zhenjiang. He came to Yangzhou City under the order of the Qin envoy." The team had five or six hundred people, and the leader was a middle-aged man in a helmet and armor, shouting at the soldiers on the city gate.
When the soldiers on the city gate tower heard this, they hung a bamboo basket from above. Zhang Gang then put the official document of the troops covered with Zhao Yun'an's seal into the bamboo basket according to the rules.
In order to mobilize the troops of the prefectures near Yangzhou Prefecture, Zhao Yunan specially handed over his seal to Tan Zong. With Zhao Yunan's seal, Tan Zong could mobilize the city defense force on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River.
Zhenjiang is closest to Yangzhou. After receiving the official document of dispatching troops sent by Tan Zong, Zhang Gang summoned five patrol soldiers under the order of the Zhenjiang general and rushed to Yangzhou City day and night without stopping.
After checking Zhang Gang's official document for dispatching troops and confirming that it is true, the gate of the South City slowly opened. A team with bandages hanging on his left arm and blood-stained armor was leading several wounded soldiers covered in blood to greet Zhang Gang.
When he saw the team and the injured soldiers, Zhang Gang was slightly stunned, and then he smelled a pungent smell of blood. After twitching his nose a few times, his brow frowned slightly, and subconsciously following the source of the bloody smell, he immediately stayed there:
The ground inside the city gate was covered with blood, with some broken limbs and broken arms scattered. In an open space not far away, several rows of corpses were neatly placed, one left and one right. The deceased on the left were wearing the clothes of the city defense force, while the deceased on the right were wearing ordinary clothes. Some wounded soldiers covered with blood were scattered with serious expressions and wiping the blood on the faces of the deceased on the left with water.
Looking at the neatly arranged corpses, Zhang Gang, who had fought with the barbarians in the northern border, could imagine that he must have experienced a cruel and bloody battle here.
This is Yangzhou City. If even the battle at the city gate is so tragic, then the situation in the city can be imagined. Zhang Gang suddenly felt his lips dry. His Adam's apple moved, and he whipped a gulp, swallowed a hard saliva, and then entered the city with a serious expression under the guidance of the team leader.
"Hait~~" Zhang Gang had seen war scenes in northern Xinjiang, but the soldiers under his command did not. After witnessing the tragic scene in front of him, many people immediately started vomiting.
After arriving at the government office, Zhang Gang was stunned by the scene inside. The front yard of the government office was filled with corpses. Looking around, the number of people was probably reaching a thousand.
Judging from the clothes of the deceased, there were people from the city defense army, as well as people from the government office, the salt tax department, the grain transportation department, and ordinary people. What made him particularly incredible was that there were prisoners wearing prison clothes among the deceased.
Oh my God, someone dared to attack the government office, which was simply a rebellion! A terrible idea came to Zhang Gang's mind. He didn't even have to imagine that walking on the road in the government office could experience the tragic situation of the war last night in an immersive way.
"Zhang Gang, the general under Zhenjiang, met with the envoy Qin." Under the leadership of a soldier, Zhang Gang came to Tan Zong, who was sitting under a big tree and closed his eyes to rest. He bowed his hand and said respectfully. Judging from the blood and injuries on Tan Zong's body, the young envoy Qin also participated in the bloody battle last night. This was an extremely rare thing and made him feel respectful.
"Mr. Zhang, you are here just in time. Let your people help the Yangzhou official army search for the mob last night." Tan Zong opened his eyes when he heard this, got up, stretched lazily, and ordered in a deep voice.
After a night of pacification, the situation in Yangzhou City had stabilized. The residents were told to stay at home. The streets were filled with people from the city defense forces, government offices, inspection departments and grain transportation departments. They searched door-to-door with the household registration list. Anyone who did not match the number of people on the list would be arrested.
In this case, the people who took advantage of the chaos to hide in the homes of residents on both sides of the street and tried to fish in troubled waters were caught out and locked up in the city defense camp, waiting for the government's trial.
At this time, Yangzhou City was in panic and people were in panic. The people did not know what happened last night. They just felt that Yangzhou City had earth-shaking changes overnight.
After assigning a task to Zhang Gang, Tan Zong took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and left the government office surrounded by a group of soldiers and went straight to Piaoxiangyuan. He still had a scene without performing it.
The people guarding the city defense force in front of the gate of Piaoxiangyuan bowed and bowed to him when they saw Tan Zong coming.
The courtyard was full of discussion guests and maids. Piaoxiangyuan was blocked by the city defense force last night and was prohibited from entering and leaving. The guests who came to seek fun had to stay inside.
Before Tan Zong came, several waves of guests were quite dissatisfied with the city defense force blocking the Piaoxiangyuan because of the backstage. They spoke rudely, intimidated and insulted the leader of the team, and wanted to leave on the grounds that there was something important to do.
As a result, the team simply said "After the order of the Qin envoy", the waves of guests immediately became honest and went back in shame. Whoever was full and went to provoke the people sent by the government was simply seeking death.
Tan Zong's arrival immediately attracted the attention of guests and maids along the way. Many maids recognized him and whispered to him, looking very surprised. No one expected that Tan Zong would appear here, and there were many soldiers around him.
"Are Boss Mei here?" Tan Zong came to a yard in the backyard with ease, stopped a maid who walked out of it, and asked in a deep voice.
"The aunt is playing chess with Miss Manluo inside." The maid was about to get some snacks to satisfy Aunt Mei and Manluo. She glanced at the vicious sergeant behind Tan Zong and answered tremblingly.
When Tan Zong heard Man Luo inside, he frowned slightly, and then stretched out. It seemed that Aunt Mei was explaining the funeral to Man Luo.
Then, Tan Zong waved his hand at the sergeant behind him, and the sergeant stood at the door. He strode in and pushed open the door of the living room.
"Young Master! When did you come back?" Manluo and Aunt Mei fell into a tough battle. As the former Jiangnan Fire Phoenix, Aunt Mei's chess power is naturally not inferior to Manluo. When she saw Tan Zong walk into the arrow, Manluo was stunned at first, and then stood up in surprise.
"Yesterday." At this moment, Tan Zong felt that there was no need to hide it from Manluo. Besides, he suspected that Manluo had recognized him last night, so he smiled slightly and reached out to cover his left eye.
"The person yesterday was you!" Manluo pretended to look surprised when she heard this, but her heart was extremely sweet because Tan Zong did not deceive her in this matter.
Just as Tan Zong guessed, although Tan Zong cleverly put on makeup, the delicate-minded Manolo still recognized him from his eyes.
"Young Master, what happened? Why did I hear that the people from Zhongyitang have rebelled and attacked the government office!" Manluo looked at Tan Zong up and down, and saw that he was safe and sound, and then he felt relieved and walked towards Tan Zong suspiciously, "Do you know why the city defense army wants to seal our door?"
"Zhongyitang was transferred by a traitor and attacked the government office last night, but it was defeated by the government army." Tan Zong answered Manluo's first question. He did not answer the second question, but turned his head to look at Aunt Mei who was standing next to Go, and looked at her meaningfully, "As for why the city defense army wanted to seal the door of Piaoxiangyuan, Boss Mei knew the most in his heart."
Manluo was stunned when she heard this. She felt that Tan Zong seemed to have some meaning in her words. Then a look of shock flashed through her eyes, and an unknown premonition appeared in her heart. She turned her head and looked at Aunt Mei. Could it be that Tan Zong already knew Aunt Mei’s secret identity?
"What does Mr. Huang mean? Why don't I understand?" Aunt Mei's expression changed slightly, and she said with a smile, "Young Master is close to the imperial envoy. I believe you have a friendship with the new imperial envoy. As long as the young master says, the people outside will withdraw immediately."
"Boss Mei, don't bother the imperial envoy. As long as I am the young master, they can leave here at any time." Tan Zong laughed when he heard this, hugged his chest with his hands, and stared at Aunt Mei with bright eyes, "Because the imperial envoy they are the young master. This time I came here specifically to invite Boss Mei. As long as Boss Mei and I leave with me, they will naturally leave."
"You...you are the envoy of Qin!" Although Manluo had long guessed in her heart that Tan Zong's identity was not simple, she was shocked when she heard that he was the envoy sent by the official and looked at him in shock.
For some reason, Aunt Mei felt relieved. The higher the identity of Tan Zong, the more she promised her things. From the moment Tan Zong disguised herself at Piaoxiangyuan last night, she had already had a premonition that Tan Zong would attack the organization's forces in Yangzhou City.
As expected, there was chaos in Yangzhou last night. Tan Zong and Bi Shijie launched a fierce life-and-death battle to defeat each other. Now it seems that Tan Zong, the "strong dragon", has overwhelmed Bi Shijie's "local snake".
"I hope the girl will forgive me." Tan Zong nodded slightly at Manolo who looked at him in shock, with a hint of apology on his face. No matter what, he deceived Manolo, and Manolo was deeply in love with him.
Hearing Tan Zong's answer, Manlo stood there suddenly, his heart was mixed, and the sour and sweet, bitter and salty surged into his heart. In her life, Aunt Mei and Tan Zong are both the most important people, one side is family affection and the other side is love. She is mixed in the middle, which is undoubtedly a painful torture.
"Young Master Huang, no, I have a ruthless request, and I hope the Lord Qin will agree." Aunt Mei's face was filled with a gloomy look. She smiled at Tan Zong, as if she had grown aged a lot suddenly.
"Please give me a gift, Boss Mei." Tan Zong pondered for a moment, nodded, and sat in the seat beside him, picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea, and drank it slowly. Anyway, the overall situation has been decided now, and he doesn't mind giving Aunt Mei a favor, but also giving Manluo a favor.
"Go and call the manager." Aunt Mei then said to a maid standing next to her.
The maid with a frightened look at Aunt Mei Yifu, looked at Tan Zong who was sitting there drinking tea in fear, and hurriedly left.
In just a moment, the outside of the courtyard gate was already surrounded by people. There were guests coming to Piaoxiangyuan for entertainment, and the maids from Piaoxiangyuan stood from afar, pointing at the expressionless sergeants in front of the door and talking.
When the maid came out, a group of people rushed up and inquire about the news with interest. The maid's cheeks were flushed, and after waved her hands at the people, she got out of the crowd and left quickly, leaving only the group of people making random guesses.
"Manluo, don't you pour tea for the young master." After Tan Zong finished drinking a cup of tea, he was about to pour it again by himself, Aunt Mei said to Manluo, who was standing there in a daze.
Manluo came to his senses, walked to Tan Zong with a complicated expression, took the teapot in his hand, and poured him a cup of tea in great dismay.
Tan Zong looked up at Manluo who was sad and sad, and felt a little reluctant. He reached out and grabbed Manluo's hand who was about to leave after pouring the tea.
Manluo's body trembled slightly, turned around and looked at Tan Zong, who smiled slightly at her. Seeing this, Manluo could no longer control her feelings, and tears burst out from her eyes, tears fell like rain.
At this time, the managers of Piaoxiangyuan walked in and looked at each other after seeing the scene in front of them. They were just notified to come and didn't know what was going on. In their impression, Manluo had never shed tears since she won the Yangzhou courtesan.
Manluo quickly turned her back, her shoulders trembling slightly to prevent the manager from seeing her crying. Tan Zong then let go of her hand, picked up the teacup and started drinking.
"Everyone, from today on, Piaoxiangyuan will be officially handed over to Manluo." After the managers stood in front of him, Aunt Mei opened a black box held by a maid next to her, took out a few warehouse keys and a stack of deeds from it, and announced to the managers loudly.
Chapter completed!