In Yong'an City, the city guards were patrolling around. In an alley, several figures flashed past. The leader was none other than Chu Boping, who had sneaked back into the city. At this time, he had changed into black clothes and a dark mask. He looked like an assassin in black. The huge wooden box behind him had disappeared. The three figures following him were actually puppets. Unlike the small puppets he had used before, the three puppets were very similar to humans. Their movements were dexterous and smooth, and they could even be seen. The expression changes. If you don't look at the material, it is no different from a living person. He is uniformly wearing a simple armor, which is completely different from the appearance of today's armor. He holds three weapons: a knife, a gun, and a bow and arrow. The three puppets were not far from Chu Boping. The knife puppet and the gun puppet were hidden in the shadows on the left and right respectively. The bow puppet was further away, with its bow and arrow ready to shoot at any time.
Chu Boping wore a pair of strange gloves on his hands, which had a metallic texture and were flexible no matter what movements his fingers made. The three puppets and gloves were all objects obtained together when they were inherited by the ancient Mohists. They were hidden by Chu Boping in various places in Yong'an City, and some were also hidden in the palace. Now they cannot be retrieved, but even if they are lost, outsiders cannot. use. The objects outside the palace were recovered after Sun Zheping and his wife were sent away, becoming the biggest guard of honor for Chu Boping's actions.
Chu Boping walked out of the alley, stopped a group of marching city guards, and lured them into the alley with a commanding tone. Three puppets and Chu Boping took action together. In an instant, five of the six city guards were killed. , the captain of the team was strangled by Chu Boping's neck with one hand and pushed against the wall. If he exerted even a little force, he would die on the spot.
"Sir, please spare my life. I beg you to let the little one go. The little one is above me and the one below me. Please don't kill me." The captain fell to his knees with tears streaming down his face.
"Answer my question!" Chu Boping said harshly. "Otherwise you know the consequences!"
"Where is the deputy commander of the city guard Yan Xingyun now?" Chu Boping squeezed the hand of the city guard squad leader tightly and asked sharply.
"Deputy Commander Yan was captured by Lord Ding Guogong earlier today on charges of collaborating with the enemy. Currently, Vice Commander Yan and several generals and Qianhu who are friends with Deputy Commander Yan are imprisoned in the East City Gate Dungeon. It is said that currently He was not punished." The squad leader answered the question tremblingly, telling everything he knew. In order to survive, he even explained clearly what he had heard.
"Who is commanding the city guard now?" Chu Boping continued to ask, his expression softening slightly, as if he was relieved about something.
"Now the four generals Cao De, Duan Xu, Guo Qi, and Sun Xing are commanding the four city guards respectively. The younger one is under the command of General Cao De. Now my team and the other five teams are about to rush to the Ministry of Rites All the relatives and servants in the minister's house are under control." The team leader told all his details. "I have told you everything I know. I have never concealed or deceived you. Please spare me." The captain continued to beg for mercy.
"Your information is very useful, but I'm sorry." Chu Boping used his hand, and the captain's body fell softly, and he died. "Now I can't leave anything to chance."
Xingguo Gongfu, as the official residence of the chief civil servant of the most powerful Jin'an Dynasty in the world, is located in a very prosperous place in Yong'an City. It is a courtyard with ten entrances and ten exits. The courtyard has interlaced pavilions, rockeries, and a huge red lacquer courtyard. The door, the plaque with the three characters "Xingguo Gong" written in small seal script on it, inlaid with gold and red background, and the pair of white jade lions in front of the door all show the dignity and solemnity of the owner. At this moment, the situation in Duke Xingguo's mansion was tense. More than a hundred city guards broke into the courtyard, led by a Qianhu, holding weapons, as if they might take action at any time. Facing the city guards were the guards and servants of Duke Xingguo's Mansion. There were also seventy or eighty strong men, led by an elegant, somewhat thin young man holding a sword. The royal family members, old and young, were all watching in the backyard.
"Young Master, we are also acting according to orders, so why bother us, the vanguard." Qianhu's tone was not domineering, but even a little helpless. "As long as you cooperate and don't leave the house, I promise that we will never use force until we get orders from our superiors."
"This is the palace of Duke Xingguo. My father is the head of the civil service of Jin'an. Without the king's will, who would dare to break in? You bunch of traitors and thieves, if you don't retreat, when the officers and soldiers arrive, you will have no choice but to submit to the law!" The leader! It was Jia Xiaoxian, the second son of Duke Xingguo. Although Jia Xiaoxian didn't know what was going on, he saw that the city guards had forced their way into the minister's mansion without any intention. Something big was bound to happen and he couldn't just sit back and wait for death.
"I didn't want to take action, but the young master doesn't appreciate it. Listen to my order and kill those who resist!" Qianhu sighed softly and issued the order. The city guards immediately took action against the young and strong men who were confronting them. The guards at the minister's house How could the court and the servants be the opponents of the city guards? Coupled with the numerical disadvantage, the decision was made almost instantly. The battle lasted for a while, and most of them were killed. Although Jia Xiaoxian also wielded a sword, he did not practice martial arts, and his body was still a little weak. If he hadn't been lucky and fought tooth and nail with his servants to protect him, Jia Xiaoxian would have died many times.
"Mr. Jia, you are good at reciting poems and composing poems, but fighting and killing is not suitable for you." Several figures suddenly flashed across the roof, dropped from the sky, and joined the melee.
"Your Highness, what happened?" Jia Xiaoxian shouted to the visitor.
The person who came was none other than Chu Boping. In addition to the three puppets, there were two more people beside him, a commoner young man holding a pair of short halberds and a handsome and heroic woman holding a pair of swords. These two people are both generals of the royal palace, and they are a couple. The young man is named Feiyu, and the woman is named Meng Lingxi. They should not be on duty tonight to escape. Those who can guard the palace are generally loyal. Even after such a big change, not a few soldiers in golden clothes betrayed them. The soldiers on duty almost died, and the soldiers who were not on duty were also captured and killed by the city guards. When the two were besieged by dozens of city guards and were in danger, they were rescued by Chu Boping who came over. The two had always been on good terms with the prince, and after a brief exchange, they acted together with the prince.
After the three men and three puppets joined in, the situation immediately reversed. The city guards were beaten and retreated. Qianhu saw that the situation was not right and immediately sent his men out of the house to ask for help.
"Xiao Xian, I, Jin'an, have suffered a great change today. The country will be in ruins, and the Duke of Xingguo will be in trouble. It is better to follow me out of the city and leave it as a green mountain than to sit and wait for death! Come back in an honorable way in the future!" Chu Boping faced the city guards while facing the city guards. Advise Jia Xiao first. "Make a decision quickly. Enemy reinforcements will arrive immediately. We won't be able to hold out for long."
"But, my family..." Jia Xiaoxian hesitated, looking confused.
"Guizi, what's the use of staying here? If something unexpected happens, it's just a lot of dead souls. It's better to leave. Even if my Jia family dies today, at least you can leave incense and maybe one day you can avenge us!" A man in his fifties said The multi-year-old luxurious lady walked out of the backyard with a voice like an oriole coming out of the valley. Her tone was slightly angry, but then she softened her tone. "If you feel guilty, take your nephew away. Your brother died young and left this miserable child behind. If you two survive, my Jia family will have hope!"
Jia Xiaoxian's eyes gradually became firm, and he ran desperately to the backyard and picked up a four or five-year-old boy. "Mother, my child is unfilial. If something unexpected happens to my Jia family today, my child will avenge my Jia family no matter what means he uses!"
Seeing that Jia Xiaoxian was ready to leave, Chu Boping immediately commanded three puppets to resist the city guards, and signaled Shan Feiyu to carry Jia Xiaoxian on his back and Meng Lingxi to pick up the child.
"Ma'am, please take care of me. I will protect Xiao Xian and the two of you." Chu Boping gave a slight salute to Jia Mu and led the group of people to gallop away.
After Chu Boping and others left, Duke Xingguo no longer resisted, and the city guards did not take action again. They just controlled everyone.
That night, Chu Boping found and rescued a total of 16 nephews and nephews of Jin'an's former ministers and ministers.
