serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 172 Bloody Head
The sun is already westward.

Youyu North Gate
Eight patrol battalion soldiers, four on each side, were standing majestically in front of the city gate with guns and knives.

Next to him was an officer lazily sitting at a table with a pot of tea and a plate of melon seeds, and he was sitting there cracking melon seeds.

Suddenly, the ground shook slightly, and the officer quickly cast his gaze away, and his eyes widened suddenly.

The sound of horseshoes is urgent, the dust is flying, dozens of horsemen are galloping, and behind them are hundreds of brave guards in red cloth armor. Running to this side vigorously.

The officer had already seen that it was Jia Lian and the others who were about to come, and quickly ordered everyone not to close the city gate.

When they reached the city gate, the horse team stopped.

The officer hurried up to meet him, arched his hand to Jia Lian, and asked, "Master Jia, what is this?"

Jia Lian looked up at the two big stone characters "Youyu" carved on the city gate, and then said to Lin San beside him, "Tell him."

"Yes."

Lin Sanzong immediately stepped forward, and took out a warrant from his pocket, "According to the command of the commander-in-chief, arrest the remnants of the White Lotus Sect." He handed it over.

The officer glanced at the warrant, returned it with both hands, and immediately said to Jia Lian, "Close the city gate, little one."

Jia Lian waved his hand: "Go to the city!"

Youyu South Gate
This is the main road for entering and leaving the city, and many people are lining up to enter and leave the city.

Suddenly, a horse galloped up, and it was the orderly of the patrol battalion.

The messenger said loudly: "Close the city gate immediately, and everyone in the city is not allowed to leave the city from now on."

Teams of patrol battalion soldiers Ding Hou ran out and drove the people in the city gate to both sides.

Under the surprised eyes of the common people, the two doors made a heavy clicking sound and slowly closed.

city ​​streets

A county government official beat the gong and yelled loudly: "The government is on business! Everyone avoids—go back to the house and cooperate with the search—"

The vendors on the street hurriedly packed up their burdens and left in a hurry.

Those people ran back home one after another, and all the doors were closed.

An officer of the patrol battalion led a group of soldiers with guns and knives and ran over, holding both ends of the street.

Another officer led two teams of soldiers and ran over, rushed to the door of an inn and stood still.

Then, the officer knocked on the door: "Open the door! Open the door!"

"coming!"

The innkeeper's trembling voice came from inside the door, and then the door opened with a "click".

The officer waved his hand: "Search!"

A group of soldiers rushed in with their knives in hand.

On the street, teams of patrol battalion soldiers were running with knives in hand, and fast horses shuttled back and forth. The small city of Youyu County fell into panic again.

Many people failed to rush back home, and were blocked by the patrol battalion soldiers who blocked the streets and alleys, and refused to let them go.

There was another sound of running of the whole team, and then a group of Yongwei Battalion firecrackers holding firecrackers rushed over, and under the command of the leading officer, they began to search the streets and alleys.

Those people immediately became a sensation.

Someone recognized the Yongwei camp: "It's the Yongwei camp! They guard the grain and grass camp outside the city, and the firecrackers in their hands are accurate and ruthless!"

Someone even exclaimed: "Even they have entered the city, how big is this case?"

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire from the diagonally opposite street, and everyone opened their eyes wide. After a while, soldiers from the patrol battalion came out dragging a few corpses.

Soon, the sound of gunfire rang out from several places in the city.

In a small inn in Nancheng, there are more than ten people scattered in the lobby on the first floor, three or five people at a table, all dressed as traders.

Yang Yansheng in casual clothes was sitting at a table in the corner.

A burst of gunfire sounded into the inn.

There was a slight commotion in the hall immediately.

Yang Yansheng's brain went crazy, knowing that the stronghold on the street had been discovered by officers and soldiers, he gathered himself together, stood up, and walked to the second floor.

There was a sound of horseshoes, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps, and then, the sound stopped outside the door.

The innkeeper hurried to the door and looked out through the crack in the door.

I saw soldiers holding firecrackers standing on the street outside the door. Suddenly, the screams of the staff came from the backyard, and then Lin San rushed in from the back door with a group of personal soldiers.

The vendors who lived in the store sat there with frightened eyes, and they dared not move in a daze.

Lin San glanced around coldly, stepped forward, and asked the innkeeper, "Is Mr. Yang from the south of the Yangtze River living here?"

The innkeeper responded repeatedly: "Yes! Yes! Mr. Yang just went upstairs. I will live in this room." Pointing.

At this time, Jia Lian also came in with someone, Lin San waved his hand, and two guards with shields walked up.

The door of that guest room was slammed open!
Jia Lian and Lin San were stunned for a moment, their legs hanging in the air.

The two hurried up and saw that a belt was hanging on the beam of the door, and Yang Yansheng had committed suicide in the room.

Lin San snorted coldly: "You dog, it's cheaper for him."

Jia Lian shook his head and ordered his body to be put down.

Suddenly seeing Yang Yansheng's chest bulging, Jia Lian's eyes lit up, and he reached out to touch it.
Lin San stopped with a yell: "Stop!"

Jia Lian shrank his hand.

Lin San: "No one can see what's on him!"

After a pause, "There are various forces involved behind this person, and this is also for your consideration."

Jia Lian's face turned blue and then turned yellow, but he had to deal with it: "It's reasonable. It's reasonable."

Lin San stepped forward and tore open the skirt of Yang Yansheng's clothes, took out a few letters from inside, stuffed them into his bosom, then took out the saber from his waist and handed it to Jia Lian, "Chop off his head."

Jia Lian was startled.

"Chop off his head!"

Lin San shoved the knife into Jia Lian's hand, "The commander-in-chief specifically asked Lian to cut off Yang Yansheng's head with his own hands."

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Jia Lian's face turned pale, and his eyes were fixed on the front without moving.

Lin San: "He is a criminal appointed by the emperor. If his head is cut off, he will be promoted to at least two ranks, plus military merits. The commander will recommend Lian Erye to be promoted to the right servant of the household department."

Seeing that Jia Lian was still in a daze, he continued, "The commander-in-chief also said that you should not let him down."

Jia Lian came back to his senses, grasped the handle of the knife, his lips trembling, and Lin San's voice came from next to his ear: "Hold the handle of the knife with both hands, just forcefully chop downward."

Looking at the corpse in front of him, Jia Lian slowly raised the knife, "Chop!" There was a violent shout, and he swung the knife subconsciously!

With one slash, Yang Yansheng's head rolled aside.

Lin San just nodded, and with a "clang", the waist knife fell to the ground, Jia Lian's eyes straightened, and his face immediately became paler, then his body trembled, his hands covered his chest, and he slowly bent down , and then with a wow, he vomited out all the food and wine that he ate in the brothel in the afternoon!

Lin San: "Come on, send Second Master Lian back to rest."

"Can't die."

Jia Lian waved away the person who came to help him, and slowly stood up, "Are you going back now, or after the search is over?"

"I'll go back first, Second Master Lian will lead people to continue searching, and we must not let anyone go!"

Lin San stepped forward and lifted that head, glanced at Jia Lian, and said, "Don't go to the brothel, Second Grandma Lian knows, it's inevitable to be angry again."

Hearing this, Jia Lian blushed immediately and shook her hands: "I see, you go back first."

Lin San: "Yes." He strode out with that head in his hand.

The moonlight shone quietly, and the Linger camp was shrouded in tranquility.

Bright lights in the Chinese military tent
Jia Hu opened the box, looked at Yang Yansheng's head first, then nodded and put the lid back on.Then he picked up the letters on the short table, all of which were secret letters from Yong Qi to Yang Yansheng. When he turned to the last letter, Jia Hu couldn't help the flashes of light in his eyes, and it was written on the envelope : "Brother Yang's personal letter - Foolish Brother Zhenfu!"

He took out Zhen Fu's letter and looked at it, Jia Hu nodded with a smile, no wonder Yang Yansheng left this letter, it was intended to let the imperial court copy the Zhen family, and also implicate many Jiangnan families.

Jia Hu didn't expect Yong Qi to be so courageous. The group of Manchu Tartars who went south from Daxing were all Eight Banner noble officers. They sneaked into Dazhou to help Yang Kaiwu organize and train the army.

I don't know if Wang Ziteng has listened to his words.

Thinking of this, I spread out the blank chapter and started to write quickly.

(End of this chapter)