Xuanxia

Chapter 824 Chaos in the Capital

Outside Fu's house.

A large number of soldiers from the patrol camp surrounded the house. There were originally two signs hanging on the gate, one with "Fu's House" and the other with "Fengtian Yiyun Tuicheng Qianlongbo" written by Zhao Yuan himself. At this time, both signs had been taken down and trampled into firewood by the soldiers.

Some bodies were dragged out, including guards, servants, and maids...

Many people gathered nearby, wanting to go forward to see but not daring to get too close, so they could only look curiously from afar.

But the smarter people quickly retreated.

The atmosphere is not right.

In the capital city, house searches and murders are not particularly uncommon. After all, there are always a few high-ranking officials brought down every year.

But the patrol battalion is here to do this?

Something is obviously wrong.

Isn't it the imperial guards who have always been responsible for confiscating property?
It is always the Mingjian Pavilion that leads the team, followed by a group of imperial guards. Which official who has committed a crime would not be terrified by seeing this?

But the patrol camp... haven't they always been the ones to maintain law and order in the capital and its surrounding areas? Why did they come here to search the house? Where are the imperial guards? Where is the Mingjian Pavilion?

Moreover, anyone who walked around the streets a few more times today noticed it.

The patrol camp... was not just raiding Fu Qingzhou's house, it was just that there were more people coming to Fu's house.

Today, the capital city is full of patrol soldiers.

They were not patrolling as usual, but were walking quickly through the streets in groups, weapons drawn, murderous intent in their hands, as if they were rushing to kill someone.

Not only that, they also kept driving away the roadside vendors and cleared all the main streets, not allowing anyone or any vehicles to go on the road. It was obvious from this scene that something big was going to happen.

"If I charge in like this...I will die without a burial place."

Outside Fu's house, on the street, there was a man among the crowd of onlookers, watching all this with great concern.

Tang Min.

As Tang Jiao's uncle, he has of course been living in Fu's house these days. After a lifetime of hard work, he has finally enjoyed some peace and quiet recently.

But since Qiu Chan came back, she brought bad news... There might be some unexpected changes in the Xuanmeng Ceremony, and Fu Qingzhou also wanted to do something at this ceremony to force out those evil villains hiding in the dark.

To this end, they started preparing early in case the worst happened.

Although Tang Min's realm is not high, he has been a killer for so many years after all, and his ability to hide and lurk is so amazing that even Wu Yan praises him. Naturally, he cannot enjoy a peaceful life for the time being and has to do some things.

This matter is... to find out the news from Luoyi and Xuanmeng Ceremony.

His advantage over Yuan Ziping, Qiu Chan and others is that he has many connections in the martial arts world.

And today, he did find out the news that came from Luoyi yesterday.

The news was... confusing.

Some people said that Fu Qingzhou was dead, some said that Fu Qingzhou suddenly rebelled, some said that King Xishuo was the one who rebelled, and some said that Fu Qingzhou and King Xishuo joined forces to kill many people in the Xuanmeng Ceremony...

All kinds of messy news were flying around.

Tang Min didn’t quite understand what was going on in the court, but he knew that something had happened, something big.

So, he had to rush back to Fu's house to pass on the message...

Then, I saw this scene.

He came back late and could only stand here and watch from afar.

He frowned and looked at the bodies being dragged out of the gate, carefully identifying them one by one.

"Xiao Ding... This guy was just hired as a cook last month. He had a wife and children at home, and he just died like that..."

"Xiang'er, she is only fourteen years old. Last month, her sister kowtowed in front of the house and begged us to take her in, otherwise the family couldn't afford to support her..."

"That's Old Chen, right? He's the gardener I hired. He just had a son when he was over 40. His good days are just beginning..."

"The Li brothers are all dead... After more than ten years in the underworld, they finally settled down to be a guard. Sigh..."

Tang Min sighed more and more often. He was also used to seeing life and death, but in the past few months, he really lived the life of an old man listening to the wind and water in front of the door. Naturally, he was very close to the servants in the mansion and could almost call out everyone's name.

Therefore, the anger in his eyes at this moment almost burned into two balls of black flames!
However, Tang Min is not a young man like Fu Qingzhou. He will not rush in in anger.

For him, the most important thing at the moment is Tang Jiao.

He watched for a long time. No more bodies were dragged out of the house. Instead, many soldiers who came in and out were covered in blood...

"Jiaojiao must have escaped, Qiuchan is probably with her... I haven't seen Lao Yuan either, so he must have escaped as well."

Tang Min narrowed his eyes slightly and breathed a sigh of relief.

But this breath was only half exhaled at most and still hung in the air.

I ran away...but now the capital is full of patrol soldiers, where can I escape to?
Tang Min was thinking about it when suddenly his eyes lit up!
He saw a kite with a broken string in the sky not far away, floating in the air, swaying farther and farther away in the wind.

The kite looked very crude and was made at short notice, but it was cut into a strange octagonal shape.

This was a small secret code agreed upon by Tang Jiao, Qiu Chan and Tang Min a few days ago!

Of course, the kite could not indicate their exact location, but it could give a rough direction...

Tang Min's figure quickly disappeared in the crowd.

A quarter of an hour later, he finally found the small mark carved on the corner of a roadside wall a few streets away from Fu's house.

Following the direction of the mark, I found another new mark...

Following the marks, Tang Min's expression gradually relaxed.

Along the way, the marks were carved very powerfully, and there was no trace of blood on the road, which means that no one was injured.

Finally, after a lot of effort, Tang Min walked around several times and a long way, and finally came to the depths of an alley...

"Changan Lane?"

He was startled.

Of course he knew this place. This was where Nan Muzhi once lived in seclusion, and it was also where Tang Jiao stayed every day a few days ago...Choose this place? If the enemy is interested, they will definitely investigate her whereabouts. Wouldn't they be discovered?

With some trepidation, Tang Min finally came to a house that he was quite familiar with.

The former residence of Nanmu.

The moment I climbed in through the window, a gust of cold air hit me in the face!

Tang Min's pupils contracted, and before he could even react, he saw a magic sword buzzing and stopping in front of his eyebrows, blowing up his hair!

"Uncle!"

The next moment, Tang Jiao's surprised voice rang out: "You came so quickly!"

The spirit sword was retracted suddenly, and Tang Min breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad you're all okay... What's the situation now?"

Nan Muzhi's former residence was cleaned very cleanly - this was certainly not a temporary clean, but Tang Jiao came to clean it every few days these days.

At this time, she and Qiu Chan walked out from the corner behind the wall.

"I have to go to Shisong Hutong Street in the northwest. There is someone there who may be able to help me."

Tang Jiao said softly: "But we just looked closer and it was impossible to get through..."

"There are too many soldiers there." Qiu Chan also said calmly: "With our abilities, we can't get in... Perhaps, we have to rely on you, Senior Tang."

"understood."

Tang Min narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tell me what you need me to do, I will leave tonight."

"We can't wait until tonight." Qiu Chan said softly, "The situation may be more critical than we thought... Senior Tang, you may need to leave immediately."

Tang Min was startled and looked at Tang Jiao.

Tang Jiao bit her lip and nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)