With that said, the leader of the army sent someone to open the door without any precautions, and he stood aside leisurely, patting Hua Liu.
Seeing this, Zhang Jianyan first asked the two masters to go back to the house to avoid hurting them, and then called the crossbow archers to prepare for the battle. He ordered the two waiting men to pull the door bolt, and the thieves outside the house fell into the threshold one after another. Then the crossbowmen quickly drew their bows and fired arrows, and the horizontal arrows pierced the thieves' chests.
Suddenly one of them shouted: "Master, Master, there is an ambush! There is an ambush." The thief behind panicked and ran away. At this time, the sword-wielding man lurking in the corner pointed his sword at him and slashed at random. The thief deserved to die, and the remaining few fled out in fear.
Seeing the heavy casualties of the soldiers, the leader brushed off his black beard and said angrily: "These stinky bitches dare to play tricks on me. When I catch you today, I will have you serve me in front of Wan Yanyong." Lord."
He shouted again: "Listen, everyone in the house, come out and surrender quickly, otherwise, don't blame me for my blind sword, which cuts off your tender skin."
Mingxuan calmed down and came out to say to Ji Yan: "We remain still. The reason why they dare not attack is because they are afraid of an ambush on our part."
"Extinguish all the lights on the corridor. We have torches. They can't see them behind the high wall!" Qingya said again.
Seeing the surroundings suddenly become dark, the people outside became even more puzzled. Outside the house, a chief came forward to ask for orders: "Master, do you want to climb over the wall and enter?"
"Of course I want to climb over the wall, but if there is an ambush and there are many people on the other side, it will be terrible!"
The leader circled around outside the house for a long time, and finally decided to take a risk and ordered his men to climb over the wall. Then, his soldiers climbed up the wall like ants.
Qing Ya said: "Throw the torch when the opportunity arises!"
Before the thieves even touched the eaves, they were caught off guard by the halberd-bearing men who were ambushing behind the wall. The torches they threw rolled down on the soldiers' clothes and burned, startling the leader's horse and causing chaos in all directions. He rushed and threw the leader away with a raised hoof and threw him to the ground, killing another group of people.
But this angered the leader, who immediately ordered the crossbowmen to shoot arrows into the house.
Qingya heard the sound of bows being drawn in the silence, and exclaimed: "No, they have crossbows, hurry up against the wall!"
Everyone in the mansion quickly stood with their backs to the wall. Qingya supported Mingxuan and led a few people to close the door of the front hall and hide behind the red pillars. However, the few waiting people in the corridor who had no time to escape were shot and killed mercilessly.
After a while, the arrows and crossbows were fired, and the leader personally waved his sword forward. The soldiers rushed forward like tigers and wolves, raising their swords to attack the mansion, waiting for others to fight to the death. Seeing that the door was about to be breached, Mingxuan went crazy and twisted Qingya's sleeves into a ball, becoming even more frightened and uneasy.
"Empress, you go to the King's Pavilion first. I'm here!" Qingya took her hand and pulled her to the door.
"No, I can't let thieves come in!"
"Your Majesty, you have a body!"
"What's wrong with having a body? If I die here today, I am not worthy of being the king's wife. You have put life and death out of the matter. What reason do I have to back down? We two will live together and die together!"
She had never seen the gentle and kind-hearted Mingxuan say such valiant and firm words - "If we live together, if we die together, we will die together." For the first time, she felt that someone valued her life so seriously. .
"Okay, live and die together!" she replied.
The main entrance at this end was tightly surrounded, but the back entrance of the Liushou Mansion could not withstand it. Several strong men with big muscles and thick waists banged the door loudly, and the long arrows of the crossbowmen were not enough. Behind the wall Many of the people who were lying in ambush were also killed. The thieves took advantage of the situation and jumped into the wall.
The servants in the mansion were running around and hiding, and the palace was in chaos. Xiang Ling and Qin Li from Biluoyuan were still looking for a few young men and girls. The wet nurse worked hard to bring Yuxuan and Yuling. As soon as Mingge brought Xuanyuan over, she was so frightened that she burst into tears, threw herself into the elder sister's arms and looked at the panic scene outside in horror.
The two people here were arranging several children into the pavilion where Wanyanyong hid the treasure. Then they saw Xinan rushing over with Yun Gong in his arms, crying: "Madam, Erlang is gone, slave." I didn't see Erlang when I went to the west wing!
"
Qinli was horrified and asked tremblingly: "Where is Yunzhong's wet nurse?"
"I don't know where to escape for my life. I'm in trouble in Shuhua Pavilion."
"Yunzhong, Yunzhong..., I'm going to find him. You carry Yun Gong in." She was about to leave, but was held back by Xiang Ling: "Aren't you going to die now? Those thieves have come in!"
At this moment, she didn't listen to what was being said. She took Xiang Ling's hand and ran out, running like crazy among the panicked crowd, calling for her son everywhere.
Xiang Ling stood in front of the secret door in the room, out of breath, and said to herself: "Yuxiao, Yuling, Yujun, and Yunggong are all here. Where are Yun Gong and Yun Nian? Where are they!"
Just when she was anxious, Yungong ran over alone, panting and calling: "Lady Ling!"
She quickly squatted down and wiped the dust from his face and asked, "Where is your wet nurse? Why did you come here alone?"
While she was sending him into the Tibetan Pavilion, she listened to his rambling: "I...I got up in a panic after hearing this, and saw no one in the Nuang Pavilion. I was originally going to look for my aunt and little maid. "Honey, who would have thought...who would have thought that I met Madam Zhang on the road, and she asked me to come here to find you!"
She complained: "These useless slaves!"
"Where's Yun Nian?"
"When I went to my maid's room, I didn't see my fifth brother? I didn't see Cuimei either."
"Mingge, take Sanlang in, I'll go out and take a look!"
"yes!"
Xiang Ling carefully closed the door and moved forward uneasily, calling Yun Nian everywhere.
When she was walking to the corner of the corridor, she bumped into Cuimei. She was holding Yun Nian in her arms, wrapping the child in a thick mattress, holding a short knife with difficulty in her right hand, and there was also a knife on it. some blood.
Suddenly they bumped into each other, and both of them were frightened. Cuimei paused for a long time before saying, "Ms. Ling, it's you!"
"Cui Mei, Yun Nian! Is he okay? I was about to go find him, so I quickly entered the Tibetan Pavilion. Hurry!" She took Yun Nian in a panic and asked Cui Mei to change hands.
As the two walked along the corridor, they heard Yun Nian ask with red cheeks and blinking eyes: "Ma'am, where are my aunt and my little aunt?"
Looking into his bright and calm eyes, it was like seeing Wan Yanyong. It seems that Yun Nian's temperament followed that of his father, loving and friendly. He was not as restless and naughty as Yun Gong. Be quiet and obedient.
"They are both outside!"
"It's so dangerous outside. I saw bad guys. Sister Ling, please ask me and my aunt to come back! Call daddy to come back. What if...what if the bad guys bully them?"
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute!" As she looked at him, he smiled naively, cute and well-behaved, and the face of her son Xie Lu, who died many years ago, appeared in her mind. Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, and she pinched his face and said, "Nian'er is so filial, and your fourth brother is as well-behaved as you!"
"I haven't seen Fourth Brother, where is he?" He still looked up with his rosy face.
Xiang Ling wiped her tears and said, "He went to a very far away place!"
"Is he coming back?"
She never replied...
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they arrived at the Xiangxiang Garden. Suddenly, there was a sound of fighting in the backyard, and some slaves started running around like crazy, jumping around in the reed bamboos, screaming "Kill people, kill people." The two of them Seeing this, he walked faster.
Madam Ling looked left and right, then stood on the covered bridge of Xiangxiang Garden and said, "That's bad! The thieves have all come to the house. Madam Zhang hasn't found Erlang yet, so what should I do?"
"Erlang hasn't been found yet?"
"Yeah! I don't know how long it's been!"
Cuimei is a woman who knows martial arts, she is chivalrous and courageous, and she is not a person who refuses to save anyone. After hearing these words, she naturally couldn't stand, so she drew the long sword on her waist and said: "Madam, please send Wu Lang to Tibet." Ge, I’m going to find Madam Zhang and Erlang!”
"Okay! I'll send him there right now!"
She answered cheerfully, and then she saw Cuimei's heroic figure disappearing on the covered bridge.
She held Yun Nian in her arms and walked alone along the stone path in the garden.
She almost fell down accidentally, but soon she stood up again and wiped the sweat on her forehead in embarrassment.
"Ms. Ling, come down and walk by yourself! You can leave!"
"Can you? You're sick!"
He slipped down without saying a word and took two steps in a daze. At this time, there was another panic not far away, so she took Yunnan and hid under a dead tree for a while.
She looked at Yun Nian's chubby little hand holding hers, and then looked at his rosy face. She recalled crazily in her mind three years ago, when she came back from a wedding visit and saw Xie Lu's cold face. The face, that bloodless face.
The past events rushed into her mind, causing her to feel hurt again. She looked at the well-behaved Yun Nian and suddenly had some evil thoughts - Xie Lu's unexplained death must have something to do with the Wulin family. Let him pay with blood.
Such evil thoughts filled her whole mind and even made her lose her mind.
Her breathing became rapid, and she pressed Yun Nian's shoulder and said, "Nan'er... I'll go ahead to see if there are any bad guys. I'll pick you up after a while!"
"Okay! I'll wait for you right here!"
She hesitated, after all, this was a child. But in the end, she made up her mind, kissed Yun Nian's forehead, ran away, and never came back.
The heavy guilt made her unable to breathe, so she lingered outside Biluo Garden, restlessly looking at the direction she had just run with her red eyes, and while looking, she thought - "I didn't find him, I didn't find him." He will live and die on his own, live and die on his own!"
"If he survives, he has a great destiny and great destiny!"
The thieves who came in through the back door attacked Xiang Ling. Yun Nian stood under the dead tree and saw those people wielding swords and killing anyone at sight. She cried and ran to find Xiang Ling. Her thin figure shuttled through the dusk. on the porch.
"Nanny Ling, are you okay? I saw a lot of bad people!"
"Ling Niang!"
Even if he was in danger, he still cared about Xiang Ling's safety and called her everywhere.
The waiter came quickly from the front yard and met the thief head-on. The two parties fought each other. In the chaos, everyone did not pay much attention to Yun Chaan. The thief came quickly and tripped him to the ground. , just this trip, he lay in a pool of blood and never got up again.
In Biluoyuan, Cuimei found Mrs. Zhang and Yunzhong and sent them to the Tibetan Pavilion. But when she came in, she found that all the brothers and sisters in the mansion were there, but Wulang was not there, so she questioned Xiang. Ling: "Ms. Ling, where is Wu Lang?"...
But Xiang Ling denied it and said: "How do I know where he is? I didn't find him when I went out. Aren't you taking care of Wu Lang?"
"The slave personally handed Wu Lang to you!"
"I haven't seen Goro today!"
Xiang Ling refused to admit it, Cuimei wanted to have a good argument with her, but the situation was urgent and life was at stake, so she immediately picked up her sword and went out to find Yun Nian.
Almost all the people in front of the mansion were eliminated, leaving only the thieves in the mansion. Qingya and Mingxuan also got good news, saying that Wanyanyong had personally led his troops back. Seeing this, Zhang Jianyan immediately arranged for someone to escort the two masters to Biluoyuan. On the way, Qingya always held a long sword to protect Mingxuan, lest something might happen to her while she was pregnant.
"Where's Yun Nian?" As soon as Mingxuan came in, more than a dozen people visited him, but none of them saw Yun Nian's shadow.
"Your Majesty, I didn't find Yun Nian, your Majesty!" Xiang Ling cried and knelt in front of her.
But Yuxiao ran to her mother and pointed at her and said, "No, sissy, Cuimei just said that she personally gave the fifth brother to her!"
"Mother, I really haven't found Yun Nian!"
