The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

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There was heavy rain outside, but it was very quiet inside the house.

Baoling Hou Shi Nai stood outside the duty room of the South City Bingmasi Yamen, staring at the dark sky in a daze.

Suddenly, a dull thunder woke him up.

In the rain, the commander of the South City Army strode over and saluted Shi Nai with courtesy despite the wind and rain.

The wind and rain were so loud that Shi Nai shouted, "Have all the people evacuated?"

The commander of the Southern City Army also answered loudly: "My Lord, they are all back."

Shi Nai nodded. No one could afford to offend his small body. It would be bad if he ran into Li Hu's people, and it would be even worse if he ran into the prince's people! In addition, the predecessor of the South City Army was the South Camp, Li Hu's old subordinates. God knows what these soldiers will do. He doesn't want to be implicated.

As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind. He withdrew all the night patrol soldiers, so that if they couldn't see it, they wouldn't worry about it. As for the reason, it was to cooperate with the palace's actions and provide convenience for them.

There was a bright flash of lightning, followed by a terrifying thunderclap that made the guard room tremble.

The commander of the South City Army said, "My Lord, it's windy outside, be careful not to catch a cold!"

Shi Nai: "It's better to be sick." Then he turned and went into the duty room.

The commander of the Southern City Army was puzzled.

"Resume the night patrol after midnight." Shi Nai's voice came from the duty room.

The commander of the South City Army and Horse Division retreated in response.
Amid the gurgling rain, a flash of lightning revealed two guards from the Imperial Household Department who were hiding in the corner to avoid the wind and rain.

One of the guards started to curse: "Damn it! Whose idea was it? It's raining so hard and there's not even a ghost. Who are they trying to blockade?"

Another man said: "Who else could they come up with? They must be cooperating with Lord Zhongjing to clean up the rebels. Listen, what's that sound?"

The man was startled at first, then he yelled, "Who is it!" and reached out to draw his sword.

There was a bright flash of lightning, followed by a loud thunder!
With two flashes of swords, the heads of the two guards from the Imperial Household Department flew off immediately!
A flash of lightning illuminated the surroundings in a pale white. Two men wearing straw raincoats and bamboo hats shook off the blood on their swords and turned into the alley next to them.

Immediately afterwards, a group of men wearing straw raincoats and bamboo hats, holding knives in their waists, rushed in.

"Who!" A shout came from the alley.

There were sounds of hacking and screaming!

The wind and rain were loud and there was thunder in the sky, so the sounds of fighting at the entrance of the alley did not spread too far.

It was unusually quiet deep in the alley, and a courtyard with a half-open door was filled with big men holding steel knives!
The door of the main room was open. The general was sitting alone on a chair with a steel knife on his legs. He took out a pocket watch from his bosom, looked at it, and put it back.

Soon, a man hurried over and said, "General, the lights in those houses have been turned off."

The general frowned: "Lights out? Where's Zhang Cheng?"

The man: “Not coming out.”

The general's eyes flashed: "Could it be a mistake?"

Before he could finish his words, another man ran in and reported: "General, the barbarians who blocked the street were attacked."

The general stood up suddenly and said to the man, "You should take a team to support them and kill the rebels immediately."

The man said, "Yes." He turned to a group of big men and said, "Follow me!"

The man led the team of big men and ran away.

The general thought for a moment and said loudly, "Go ahead, kill everyone except those old men!"

The man said, "Yes." He drew out the big sword from his waist and swung it with a cold light: "Go!"

Teams of big men rushed out holding steel knives.

The general glanced at the center and said to the man behind him, "Leave a silver ingot." Then he strode out.

The man walked into the inner room and said to the family leaning against the wall, "If you dare to say a word, I will kill your whole family." Then he took out a small silver ingot from his arms, threw it, turned around and walked out.

A flash of lightning flashed, and a big man jumped down from the courtyard wall and opened the gate.

A group of big men walked in silently and lightly. Obviously, they had been deployed. One team sneaked to the backyard, and another team went straight to the main room. They nodded to each other, two men walked to the east window, two men walked to the west window, and the rest stayed outside the door.

With a loud thunder and a bang, the door was kicked open and several big men rushed in!

With two "bangs", the window was knocked open and four big men jumped in!

Then there were screams and a flash of knife light. The big men who jumped into the house were chopped on the legs and fell to the ground one after another! A flash of lightning illuminated the main room inside and outside in a pale white. A group of men in black stood up from both sides of the door and under the windows, holding knives and walking up.

The general led another group of big men and stood in the alley, taking command.

Suddenly, several big men ran out of a house in panic.

A big man gasped: "General, there is an ambush."

The general was shocked.

Several big men ran out from another house in panic: "Yes, there is an ambush!"

Before he finished speaking, more than a dozen big men came running up from behind him.

Then, teams of men in black came out of those houses.

The general's heart skipped a beat. He'd fallen into a trap!

There was a bright flash of lightning, followed by a loud bang of thunder, and it seemed to have exploded in the alley!

It was raining heavily.

The general tore off his cloak with his left hand, and with his right hand, he drew the long sword from his waist and swung it with a cold light: "Kill!"

The two sides immediately started fighting.

As soon as they fought, the general knew the identities of these men in black. They were scouts from the Sentry Camp. The Five Army Camps had set out, and these people could only be scouts from the Sharp Warriors Camp.

There were no shouts or cries of killing in the alley, only the sound of weapons clashing and the muffled groans of death. With every flash of lightning that streaked across the night sky, several figures fell down!

On the other side, the men wearing straw raincoats finally dealt with the guards from the Imperial Household Department and the big men who came to support them. It was obvious that they had fewer people.

A man spoke up: "Sir, these people are definitely not from the Imperial Household Department!"

The strong man's face flickered in the lightning, his expression uncertain, which was completely different from the information he had received. After thinking for a while, he said to a man, "Go back and report to the Duke!"

The man nodded, turned and ran out.

The sturdy man took a deep breath and swung his knife: "Kill!"

He led the rest of the people into the alley.

The fighting here was over. The only one left among Shi Ding's men was the general, who was wounded and sat against the wall, looking at Wang Yaozu who was walking up to him with a knife in hand: "You, you are rebelling, and your entire clan will be executed!"

Wang Yaozu shook off the blood on the knife and replied, "It's meaningless to say this now."

The general coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked at him: "When did you ambush here?"

Wang Yaozu smiled and said, "We were here half a month ago."

The general was stunned for a moment: "Half a month ago, no wonder, no wonder." He then said to Wang Yaozu: "You won." Then he raised the sword and slashed it across his neck.

Wang Yaozu was silent for a moment, then said loudly: "Clean up the battlefield carefully, don't leave any clues!"

Before he could finish his words, there was a sound of hurried footsteps.

A flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and both sides were stunned!
Just one glance and the sturdy man felt a chill down his spine. He had personally experienced the strength of those big men, but they were actually killed by these people. One can imagine how strong the other party was.

Wang Yaozu shouted loudly: "Don't let any of these people escape, kill them all!"

The strong man finally reacted and yelled, "Run!"

Unfortunately it's too late!

The House of the Loyal and Brave Earl
The lights in the flower hall in the front yard were bright at this time, and the noise of people playing finger-guessing games and so on could be heard.

The servants were coming in and out, carrying trays and cups.

There were eight tables in the flower hall, and the soldiers were all drunk.

Li Hu sat at the top with Li San, drinking wine and looking at the personal soldiers, glancing outside the door from time to time.

At this time, a lantern floated past the gate of the courtyard.

Li Hu calmly filled Li San's glass with wine, and then filled his own glass, raising his glass: "Everyone, please!"

All the guards raised their glasses and stood up.

The rain outside was getting heavier.
(End of this chapter)