Seeing that the time was almost up, Rulan went to the powder building. She was afraid that the old lady would get angry if she stayed too long.

Wang Yue breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he did not change history. Perhaps the Lantern Festival in the play was not this year's Lantern Festival.

It was such a coincidence that when the two of them were returning, they actually met the Rong family's carriage at the door.

Wang Yue's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that because of this building, the location of the story shifted?

Sometimes what you fear will come true. When he and Rulan went up to the third floor, they unexpectedly met Rong Feiyan.

Rong Feiyan often went to the palace to accompany her sister. She knew Wang Yue, so after seeing Wang Yue, she bowed and asked curiously, "Sir Wang, are you here too?"

Wang Yue nodded and said with a smile, "Come here with your family. If Miss Rong likes anything, please tell me and I will send someone to deliver it to your house."

Rong Feiyan was also afraid of causing trouble for her elder sister, so she said firmly, "Thank you for your kindness, Lord Wang. I'm just here for a stroll. You don't have to see me off!"

Wang Yue did not insist. After exchanging a few polite words with her, he took Rulan and went up to the attic on the roof via the side stairs.

When Mrs. Sheng saw Rulan coming back, she was relieved. She smiled and asked, "How is it? Does the giant turtle look good?"

Rulan shook her head and said with a dull look, "It doesn't look that good when you get closer. Besides, the poem written by Sixth Brother-in-law is also a lie. It's pitch black in the dimly lit area, and you can't see anyone at all!"

When Mrs. Sheng heard this, she laughed. She didn't realize that Rulan was depressed because she didn't meet her ideal partner. She thought that this girl was just disappointed with the Lantern Festival.

She looked at Rulan who was regretting, and said with a smile, "You just wanted to go over and see it, and we couldn't stop you."

Minglan also chuckled. She could see what Rulan was thinking, but she didn't say anything.

When several people were saying this, they suddenly heard a scream, "Murder!~!"

When Wang Yue heard the scream, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He didn't expect such a thing to happen in his own store.

Before he could think about it, he heard footsteps coming, and soon several figures appeared from the stairs.

The man heaved a sigh of relief after seeing Wang Yue, and said in a panic, "Sir Wang, there are a few bandits downstairs. I don't know how they got to the city. Can I hide here?"

Wang Yue was stunned for a moment. He didn't believe it. If they were really robbers, they must be men of Prince Yong or Prince Yan. Only men of these two people would dare to rob people in his building!

He originally thought that he needed to rescue someone, but he didn't expect that someone would send him to the door.

He looked at the anxious Rong Feiyan, nodded and said, "Don't worry, come over, no one can go upstairs!"

Rong Feiyan nodded quickly and said happily, "Thank you, Lord Wang."

Minglan walked forward and said to Rong Feiyan, "Miss Rong, come with me into the house. We can be sheltered in case of danger."

Rong Feiyan thought that one of her followers had been stabbed, so she quickly said, "Thank you, Madam Wang."

Wang Yue waited until Minglan and Rong Feiyan returned to the house with a few maids before saying to Qingfeng, "Arrange people to guard the surroundings and the stairs."

Qingfeng asked hesitantly when he heard this, "Are you guys not taking care of the downstairs?"

Wang Yue nodded and said seriously, "If Rong Feiyan wasn't here, we would indeed need to take care of the downstairs, but if Rong Feiyan got into trouble here, it wouldn't just be a matter of losing money."

After Qingfeng heard what Wang Yue said, he suddenly realized what was going on. He nodded quickly and said, "Your Excellency is right. You are very thoughtful. I am too talkative."

Wang Yue shook his head and said with a smile, "I have long thought of letting you go out and manage things independently. It is good that you have your own ideas."

When Qingfeng heard what Wang Yue said, he said anxiously, "Sir, I don't want to leave your side!"

Wang Yue shook his head and smiled to comfort him, "Most of the people who followed me the earliest have been sent out, and the remaining few of you will of course also go out to be managers."

Qingfeng wanted to say something, but he saw Wang Yue suddenly heading towards the house, and reminded him, "Be careful! Hide behind the wall!"

He quickly stopped talking and looked around, and saw that in the distance, several crossbowmen were standing on the rooftops around and aiming at this side.

If Wang Yue had not reminded them in time, the other party would have already started shooting arrows.

Following Wang Yue's reminder, all the guards crouched and hid under the concrete railing, while Wang Yue himself hid in the house and lowered the window shutters.

Almost at the same time when the window was opened, a series of sharp sounds were heard, and dozens of crossbow arrows shot at the wall.

The crossbows continued to shoot for only a quarter of an hour, and the fighters finally calmed down after realizing that they could not attack the people on the platform.

Without Wang Yue's orders, no one on Wang Yue's side moved, and the situation remained at a stalemate.

Of course those bandits knew that they didn't have much time. Since crossbows and arrows didn't work, they could only attack by force. They threw flying claws from all directions, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of flying claws hooked on the top of the wall.

Qingfeng and the other guards saw this and immediately drew out their swords and chopped twice, but they didn't know what the opponent's iron hook was made of, and they couldn't cut it off after two consecutive hits.

In just a short period of time, a bandit had already climbed up, and the guards rushed up and started fighting with the masked bandit.

Seeing bandits climbing up through the cracks in the window, Rong Feiyan said in horror, "Sir Wang, those bandits are coming up. Can your guards hold them back? I don't know what's going on with my guards. They haven't come up yet."

Wang Yue pretended to be very solemn, but secretly winked at Minglan, and then said in a very serious tone, "Just stay in the house. You are not afraid of crossbows here. I will go out with the guards. With me outside, they will fight desperately. Those bandits rely on their bravery. If the guards are not afraid of death, who knows who will win."

Although Minglan knew that Wang Yue was a skilled martial artist, she still said affectionately, "Yuelang, be careful."

Wang Yue nodded to Minglan, then took down the spear hanging in the room, pushed open the door and walked out.

Rulan looked at Wang Yue's back as he left early, and asked in shock, "Minglan, your brother-in-law can also play with a gun?"

But she stopped talking here as she was stunned by the scene in front of her.

Wang Yue swept his spear and knocked down three bandits at once. He dodged a knife attack and knocked another bandit away with the butt of his spear.

With Wang Yue joining the group, the bandits who rushed over could no longer resist and were soon all knocked to the ground, surprisingly, all of them were alive.

The guards were very happy to see that all the bandits were captured and only a few of their men were injured without any casualties.

Wang Yue quickly reminded them, "Everyone, hide behind the wall. Take these bandits with you. Be careful that they come back to kill you."

Chapter 214: Be a Pure Minister!

After Wang Yue's reminder, Qingfeng hurriedly ran to the stairs with a few people.

He knew very well that if another expert came, he would probably take the stairs. As long as he could guard the stairs, he would not be afraid of anyone coming to kill him.

What Qingfeng didn't expect was that after waiting for a long time, no one came up. Just when he thought Wang Yue had guessed wrong, someone suddenly shouted, "Fire!"

Along with this roar, a series of screams were heard, and soon, all the small buildings near the pink building were on fire.

When Qingfeng saw this situation, he asked anxiously, "Sir, what should we do?"

Wang Yue didn't expect the other party to be so vicious and come up with such a trick. He said with a gloomy face, "You take people down to evacuate the crowd first, and quickly drive everyone out of the powder building. I will take a few people to guard here. After you evacuate the crowd, we will take the women out."

After Qingfeng received the order, he immediately led his men downstairs. Now the people on the third floor had begun to be evacuated floor by floor, and all the people had been driven out.

Although some of the guests were reluctant, after all, the bandits downstairs had been caught, but they didn't know how many more were outside. However, when they heard that a big fire had started around them, they were afraid of being suffocated by the smoke, so they had to follow Qingfeng and his men out of the powder building.

When the bandits first appeared, most of the people had already left, and now only a small number are left here, so there was no congestion during the evacuation process and the cleanup was relatively clean.

But even so, there were still some bandits that slipped through the net. After Wang Yue received the news from the guards, out of vigilance, he asked the guards to drag the captured bandits downstairs.

Sure enough, seeing so many survivors, seven or eight more bandits appeared in the powder building that had been cleaned out.

Fortunately, they did not gather together in order to hide, so the guards could defeat them one by one. But even so, seven or eight of the guards Wang Yue arranged in the powder building were injured, three of them were seriously injured.

Wang Yue cleaned it twice before taking Minglan, who was covering her nose with a wet cloth, and Old Lady Sheng Rong Feiyan downstairs.

For safety reasons, he arranged for the maids for Minglan today to all be skilled in martial arts. With them protecting Minglan, Ruolan and the old lady would leave first.

Wang Yue was left alone with two guards, and Rong Feiyan and his maid followed behind.

Minglan and old lady Rulan did not encounter any danger as they were walking in front. However, just after Minglan and the others went down to the first floor, when Wang Yue and Rong Feiyan and the others came to the second floor, six masked men suddenly rushed out from behind them.

The guards who were able to stay and follow Wang Yue were all highly skilled in martial arts. Although they were few in number, in the narrow corridor, they still made it impossible for the six masked men to break through their blockade for a while.

Wang Yue did not go forward to help. He took Rong Feiyan and her two maids and hurried downstairs. They did not encounter any danger and soon left the powder building.

They did not stay where they were, but walked through the chaotic crowd and headed towards another Wang family trading company not far away.

At this time, the guards brought by Rong Feiyan also gathered over, which made her feel a lot more relaxed.

At this moment, suddenly two horses came running towards this side like crazy. Several guards of the Rong family hurriedly dodged to the sides, exposing Rong Feiyan.

Wang Yue was mentally prepared. When Rong Feiyan was about to be hit by Fengma, he pulled Rong Feiyan over and helped her avoid the impact.

Rong Feiyan was so frightened just now that she didn't react until she was pulled to a safe place by Wang Yue. However, she was still in shock and forgot to express her gratitude for a moment.

However, the leader of the guards who came out with Rong Feiyan thanked Wang Yue and said, "Thank you, sir!"

Wang Yue waved his hand and said quickly, "Go and inform the uncle of the king, tell him that the bandits are targeting Rong Feiyan this time, and have them seal off the area as soon as possible. I'm worried that there are other bandits hiding."

If the leader of the guards had wanted to escort Rong Feiyan back to the mansion quickly before, he no longer had that idea. He was really worried that some assassin would appear along the way. If Rong Feiyan made any mistake, he would be doomed.

So, he followed Wang Yue's request and sent three Rong family guards to deliver the message. Then he turned to Wang Yue and asked, "Master Wang, I wonder what to do next?"

Wang Yue had already had an idea, so he said seriously, "There is a Wang's shop not far away, there are still some people there, let's go there and wait for the uncle."

Rong Feiyan was already madly intoxicated. The leader of the Rong family's guards thought that what Wang Yue said made sense, so he immediately joined the Wang family guards led by Wang Yue to escort Rong Feiyan to our shop not far away.

It was only two alleys from the powder building to another shop, and Wang Yue and his group were assassinated six times. If it weren't for the powerful guards of the Wang family, Rong Feiyan would probably have died.

When Wang Yue escorted Rong Feiyan to another shop of the Wang family, the people from the patrol camp had already arrived and took control of all the nearby streets.

Rong Feiyan didn't feel relieved until she saw her brother. Thinking of the tense situation just now, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Brother~! I thought I'd never see you again!"

Rong Chang was relieved to see that Rong Feiyan was fine. He patted Rong Feiyan on the shoulder and said seriously, "Don't be afraid, sister. Brother is here."

He comforted Rong Feiyan for a long time before helping her onto the carriage. He then ordered a team of soldiers to escort Rong Feiyan back first.

After Rong Feiyan's carriage left, Rong Chang looked at Wang Yue with a gloomy face and asked, "Sir Wang, what's going on? I know that the powder building is your Wang family's property."

Wang Yue knew that Rongchang was a protective person. The three siblings had a very good relationship. Fortunately, he did it perfectly this time, otherwise he would definitely be implicated.

He looked at the furious Rong Chang and said helplessly, "General Rong, you can't blame me for this. This assassination was obviously aimed at your sister."

When he said this, he suddenly realized something and said, "Of course, it could also be you!"

Rongchang was stunned for a moment, then asked solemnly, "What evidence do you have?"

Wang Yue saw that Rongchang had not lost his mind, so he said helplessly, "Of course I can't give you evidence. Although the main target of the assassination was your sister, you didn't see it with your own eyes after all.

But I have captured more than a dozen people alive. If you go back and interrogate them, there are always some who are not so hard-headed. You will definitely get the answer.”

When Rongchang heard Wang Yue say that he had captured a person alive, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked hurriedly, "Where is the person alive?"

Wang Yue glanced at Qingfeng, and Qingfeng immediately walked back. Soon, more than twenty guards, each carrying a bandit, threw them all in front of Rongchang.

Rongchang looked at these people dressing up and realized that they were not bandits at all. They were clearly assassins!

He was a rough man. He had heard from his sister about Wang Yue's intelligence, so he took the initiative to establish a relationship with Wang Yue.

He also knew that he was a little anxious just now, so he asked apologetically, "Lord Wang, I'm sorry, I was a little anxious. But you have been with my sister all the time, did you see any signs?"

Wang Yue looked at Rongchang and said very seriously, "I originally thought that this was just an action against your sister, but after seeing you, I suddenly thought of a question.

I remember that His Majesty has been mentioning the selection of the Crown Prince from time to time recently. Did Concubine Rong say anything to His Majesty?"

Rongchang was stunned when he heard this. He knew that he had to go to the palace to ask his sister about this matter, so he bowed to Wang Yue and said, "Thank you for your reminder, sir!"

After he finished speaking, he led his men to start screening and evacuating the crowd, and cooperated with the people from the Water Dragon Bureau to put out the fire.

After Rongchang left, Wang Yue hurried back to the backyard of the shop. There were more than a dozen guards guarding it, so it was very safe.

Minglan was relieved to see Wang Yue coming back, and then she asked worriedly, "Yuelang, how is the situation outside?"

Wang Yue knew that everyone was waiting for his news, so he smiled and explained, "Lord Rong has brought people here to quell the riot. I think it won't take long before the trouble here is resolved."

Seeing Wang Yue say this, Old Lady Sheng said solemnly, "Today's assassination was really too thrilling. I always feel that it is not that simple."

Wang Yue didn't want to say more, but he also knew that Old Madam Sheng was not a simple lady in the harem, so he smiled and comforted her, "It's just that the affairs of the royal family have nothing to do with ordinary people like us."

When Mrs. Sheng heard Wang Yue mention the royal family, she understood that it might be related to the Crown Prince. She said with some concern, "As long as the Crown Prince is not settled, the capital will not be stable. It seems that Rulan's marriage will have to be postponed. We can't be too nosy at this time."

Wang Yue saw that the old lady had thought of Rulan's marriage so quickly, so he persuaded her, "Old lady, don't worry, the situation is different now than when we were competing with Prince Yong and Prince Yan.

At that time, the bigwigs in the court had no other choice but to acquiesce to the fight between the two princes to avoid offending the future emperor.

But now there are six grandchildren in the palace, and it is really uncertain who will be the emperor in the future? So I will not let the two princes disturb the stability of Kyoto. "

Minglan nodded and said with a smile, "My husband is right, but my husband should not get involved. It is better for you to be a loyal subject. I think the disaster will not affect our Wang family."

Wang Yue saw that Minglan had seen through his thoughts, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry Ming'er, all the emperor's grandchildren are my students, and I will treat them all equally."

Chapter 215: Who did it?

Imperial Palace, Huayang Palace

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