Princess Fuyao

Chapter 44 Worry
Outnumbered, the opponent jumped over the wall and ran away.

This person's martial arts are not high, but his lightness kung fu is excellent, obviously he is just trying to distract people's attention.The patrolling people were a little relieved when they heard the report of safety in the inner courtyard, but they were more careful and diligent in patrolling.

Less than half an hour later, that person came again. This time everyone was prepared and shot arrows at him directly. The person just jumped off the wall and ran away.

At the end of the ugly time, a dozen or so people jumped into the wall one after another, ambushing on the top of the wall and immediately used crossbow arrows to deal with them. Before they jumped a few times, they were shot one after another. Can't help but cheer,
There was an exclamation from the east wing of the inner courtyard, mixed with a shock, and the excited people in the outer courtyard immediately seemed to be poured with a bucket of ice water, and they all froze like clay sculptures and wood carvings. The killing was just a cover, the real enemy had already taken the opportunity to enter the inner courtyard.

The torches were lit, and in the east wing of the house, a man was imprisoned in a big pit. He was holding a short knife, trying to split off the iron bar cover on his head.

"Shoot him with snake venom!" Fuyao ordered. The doctor who came to see the doctor had a family tradition of healing poisonous snake bites. Fuyao heard this and immediately thought of this. The capital is located in the north, and poisonous snakes are not easy to catch. There are two pharmacies that buy a black-flowered venomous snake all the year round. This kind of snake venom can make people unconscious very quickly. After taking the antidote, they can wake up half a day later, but they can only act as usual after three days.

Fuyao deliberately let the servant in charge of purchasing in the yard know that the middle-aged scribe was imprisoned in the east wing. In the past two days, she urgently arranged for someone to dig a two-meter-square pit in the house. The pit was framed with thin branches. The pattern of square bricks painted, at night, only relying on the faint starlight, there is no trap at all.

Considering that the person who came was a top expert, Fuyao knew that he had fallen into a trap and would jump out immediately, so he added an iron bar cover on it.The cover is like a mousetrap, it will snap shut once touched , as long as the people in the cage don't push the wrench with their hands, they can't open the cover of the iron fence.

She originally wanted to bury the sword at the bottom of the trap, but because of time constraints, the trap could not be dug that deep, and second, the middle-aged scribe had leather armor in many places, and Fuyao was afraid that the opponent's boots would be hard-soled and would not be able to pierce it all at once. It would be a waste of effort to let him jump out of the trap, so she didn't hesitate to design this complicated mechanism.

The people in the pit were poisoned by the snake venom and sat down in a state of exhaustion. The inner courtyard is brightly lit at the moment, and the hour before dawn is really critical, and the opponent will definitely launch a crazy counterattack.

The wounded had already been transferred to the upper room, and warriors holding crossbows were ambushed in the east and west rooms, and even the main room of the upper room was waiting for such people.

The middle-aged scribe killer is still unconscious. Fuyao must plan to capture another batch of prisoners. Now that he has succeeded, the enemy who attacks again must be effective in one blow. She is no longer allowed to have more ideas.

Everyone thought Fuyao's consideration was very thoughtful, but he didn't expect that the opponent would use fire to attack. A few lard torches were thrown from the outside onto the roof, and the people in ambush above picked them up and threw them down. Where there was light, there were immediately crossbow arrows The target of the launch was in a stalemate for a quarter of an hour. When the opponent saw that the house was not lit, they had injured many people, so they stopped for a while.

The pause was very short, and everything was so still that it made people feel frightened. The people in the whole yard even had a lot of shortness of breath.

The enemy suddenly repeated their tricks, and more than a dozen black shadows suddenly jumped towards the yard. Amidst the howling of the crossbow arrows, there were screams, but Fuyao's heart also cooled down a lot.

These people are all holding a jar in their hands, which must be filled with flammable grease. Once it catches fire, it can only be buried with soil, which is much more troublesome than splashing it with water. There is simply not enough manpower on their own.

Outside the courtyard, there are private houses. These villains regard human life like weeds, and don't care whether they will implicate innocent people or not.

Fuyao ordered half of the people to rush out and attack those who threw the torches, and the other half to retreat into the inner courtyard, demolish the corridor next to the upper room, and pour water on the wall and roof of the upper room. A wounded life persists for an hour. At dawn, the villains are forced to retreat. General Guo will also send people to rescue, even the neighbors will come to fight the fire, and the situation will be under control.

Old Man Time clenched his hands stingily at this moment, and every second seemed extremely long. The shouts outside the courtyard gradually subsided, and those who went out to attack probably died or were injured. Without the ability to fight, the inverted room in the outer courtyard was set on fire first. , The east and west rooms were also caught on fire one after another. Bucket after bucket of water was poured on the roof and wall of the upper room, and it was quickly dried by the surrounding flames, emitting puffs of heat. Although the enemy could not attack again Come in, but Fuyao's situation has become more dangerous.

The surrounding residents came to put out the fire, and the voices outside suddenly became noisy.

In this era, houses are all of civil structure, better people build walls with bricks and stones, and many outer cities are made of earthen walls with thatched roofs. Therefore, the fire fighting facilities are relatively advanced, which is something Fuyao does not have. expected.A smile appeared on Fuyao's face when he saw a hollowed-out wooden rafter erected facing this side.A piston was added there, and several big men worked together to exert pressure on the water inside through the piston, thus spraying out a column of water and shooting it towards the fire site. Immediately, it was like rain falling in the yard. In the light of the fire, there appeared several firefighters with buckets and basins in their hands. They were noisy and came all the way to the main house!

"Stop! Take a step forward, shoot and kill!" The big man beside Fuyao scolded.

Those people seemed to be taken aback, and someone shouted angrily: "We are here to put out the fire, what if we don't fetch water from the well!"

The sharp arrow of the swinging crossbow has been shot: "Don't move forward, or you will be killed!"

As soon as she changed the arrows on the crossbow, she saw a person flying towards the upper room like a bird with spread wings. At the same time, there was a loud "bang" in her hand, a handful of silver needles shot out, After it was sent out, the opponent's silver needle also hit several parts of her, and her body felt painful and itchy immediately.

The arrows were flying like rain, and the person who wanted to break through was stopped, but the people with him also shot arrows towards this direction at close range, and the few people who splashed water had to wave their tools to save themselves, and the fire suddenly became fierce. There was already a flame in one corner of the upper room.

Suddenly a jet of water shot in from the outside, not only doused the flames, but also soaked both sides of the confrontation thoroughly, each of them had to reach out and wipe the water from their eyes.

The people in ambush on the roof took the opportunity to shoot arrows downward, and the opponent was either killed or injured at once, and the wailing continued.

The person who attacked just now was not spared either, but he relied on his profound martial arts skills and even had an arrow feather stuck in his shoulder, so he still rushed forward desperately, and he was less than a foot away from Fuyao in a blink of an eye.

Fuyao suddenly bent down to pick up the iron spear he had prepared earlier, and stabbed at the figure's chest. The man was startled, his body shrank suddenly in the air, and he swung the steel knife in his hand in an attempt to block Fuyao's spearhead. Make a piercing sharp sound.

The opponent probably didn't expect Fuyao to be able to wield a long spear, and his level is quite high, so he was forced to back up again and again, Fuyao couldn't move too far from the door of the upper room, she forced the opponent back, suddenly turned backwards, and shouted: "Shoot the arrow! "

The man brandished the steel knife, trying to knock away the flying arrows, but Fuyao heard him shouting repeatedly, his voice was shrill, and knew that he must have been shot again.

The sky was getting brighter, and more and more people were fighting the fire outside. This guy had been shot with arrows and couldn't jump away. Fu Yao shot a small arrow infused with snake venom at him.

Knowing that he was poisoned, the man suddenly swung a knife towards his neck, Fuyao leaped to parry it with his spear, his blade still cut through the skin, blood flowed profusely immediately, the snake venom took hold, he collapsed down, Fuyao The commander bandaged him, and he should be able to catch a few alive today. She hoped that some useful information could be obtained through interrogation.

The rescuer sent by General Guo finally arrived, commanded the people to put out the fire, and then rescued the wounded, and then pulled them away in a carriage, and helped them to the village in the outskirts, where they were safe for the time being.

The two killers who had been poisoned by the snake were fed antidote and waited for General Guo to personally interrogate them.

Fuyao received four needles, two on the arm, one on the leg, and one on the shoulder. General Guo was very careful and brought a female doctor to help her pull out the silver needle and clean the wound.

The needle was poisoned, numb and itchy, and the surrounding area was also dark and swollen.

The female doctor is a young woman. Because her younger brother is young, she often helps her father take care of patients, and she has acquired some medical skills through her ears and eyes.Dr. Chang is good at detoxifying snake venom, and knows a thing or two about other toxins. The ointment he prepared feels cool when applied, and the pain on Fuyao's body is immediately relieved.

General Guo entered the palace early in the morning and arrived in a hurry in the afternoon. When he saw Fuyao, his eyes flashed with pity: "I'm sorry for you, but such a big place can survive."

Fuyao let out a long breath, and said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, the opponent didn't succeed."

General Guo's expression was complicated: "I have already asked Sheng Shang to transfer people from the Gyeonggi Guards. You can rest here and recuperate. That kind of thing will never happen again."

"The scribe killer is dead." Fuyao was a little sad, his injuries were not serious, but he had no intention of surviving, so he died just like that.

"His identity can explain a lot of things, otherwise the emperor wouldn't have sent so many people to protect you."

"Who is the opponent?"

"The Tartars from outside the northern border intervened. The killer has tattoos on his body, which belonged to Wojin Khan's bodyguards who had been confronting the northern border barracks for decades."

"But he is Han Chinese!"

"Yes, the weirdness here is the most worrying, the emperor ordered me to quickly detect this matter!"

"They can lurk in the capital without anyone noticing, there must be an internal response here!"

Seeing General Guo nod heavily, Fuyao's heart also felt heavy. No matter what dynasty it was, she didn't want to see the tragic scene of war breaking out and people being displaced.

"I need to know more information, General!" Fuyao felt that she couldn't go on in such a muddle, her forbearance would only make things worse.

General Guo gave her a slightly surprised look, and then cast an appreciative glance: "Okay, I'll make arrangements, and you can rest at ease to recover from your injuries."

Fuyao's determination and wisdom this time made him rely heavily on her.

(End of this chapter)