Yin Shi, the night is hidden.
This is the darkest time before dawn.
Xue Bai rode his horse and turned into the winding alley. At the same time, he thought about everything he had done tonight to see if there were any omissions that needed to be made up as soon as possible.
He was too busy before, so he only remembered that Du Wulang had not returned home yet, and he was a little worried that Du Wulang's help in contacting him would be discovered. After all, there is too little information to make a judgment.
He went to the gambling house and had a lot to do. For example, they secretly let the Longyou veterans escape and wiped out their traces. If they missed any insider, they had to deal with it themselves.
We still need to find Wang Zhun and discuss who should share the responsibility for tonight's incident. I just couldn't explain it to Tuoba Mao. I hope that this evil young man from Chang'an will be too unlucky and be hacked to death before he arrives.
Ahead, there was a loud "bang", a house door was opened, and many panicked people poured out.
"Kill people!"
Xue Bai walked forward against the crowd and saw that the house was brightly lit and in chaos. He immediately turned around and ordered the two Jinwu guards: "There are thieves, don't be impulsive, just follow my arrangements."
"Jin Wuwei is here! Don't rush. Tell me, what happened?"
"There's someone killed inside!"
"Don't run around, you are violating the ban, you know?" Xue Bai shouted: "Is there anyone with knowledge who wants to report to me?!"
He was not in a hurry and used this method to induce a confession to find out if anyone from the Ji family had escaped.
~~
At the same time, the dignitaries in Nuannong Pavilion were shouting, and the Longyou veterans and the guards were fighting Zhenglie.
With neither party wearing armor, the guards of the dark gambling house and many nobles were actually braver than the Chang'an patrol. They dared to rush forward to stop them due to the large number of people.
The colorful curtain was cut off and fell to the ground. In an instant, a large amount of blood was splashed on it.
There were already more than twenty corpses lying on the ground, including gamblers, slaves, and guards.
"Bang!"
The big screen was hit.
The naked Hu Ji screamed and ran away on her long legs, so white that she dazzled her eyes.
"The thieves are so brave! Kill them!"
Wang Zhun didn't care about putting on his clothes. He rolled around several times before getting up. He pointed at the Longyou veterans and ordered his guards to come forward.
Only the most evil young man in Chang'an still had the courage to curse at this time, but he only dared to curse once.
Immediately afterwards, Jia Chang and Li Xiu stepped forward, pushed him to the ground, told him not to be so conspicuous, and crawled to the back of the hall on all fours.
Those Longyou veterans had hacked to death the guards of the Ji family. Seeing that there were many guards in the gambling den and they were carrying bows, they could not go on a killing spree and just rushed out.
But if a gambler is too slow to escape, he will inevitably get stabbed.
"Hurry up."
A corpse knocked over the gaming table and left a mess on the ground. Jia Chang was so frightened that he turned around and cursed, then pushed Wang Zhun's bare buttocks hard and urged him to crawl to the backyard.
"Let the heroes out quickly! What are you doing standing there?!"
He is indeed a prodigy, with a flexible mind, and he has saved countless people without even saying a word.
The dead men of Longyou were finally killed.
~~
Nuannong Pavilion backyard.
Many guards hurried past, and a plump and beautiful woman shouted and asked: "Who dares to come to my place to cause trouble?"
"I don't know yet."
"Are you here to cause trouble?"
"I haven't had time to ask yet, but they have been repelled. Madam, please wait here while the little guys go and capture it before investigating."
The beautiful woman had a cold face and still walked to the front hall.
Walking up the corridor, I saw a group of people crawling out. Some of them were naked, with all their fat hanging around. It was so interesting. The man raised his head, but it was Wang Zhun.
"Da Xi Yingying, who did you recruit?" Wang Zhun called her by name and asked, while using all four legs together, he crawled very fast.
"Dalang, let's go first. I will give you an explanation later."
Da Xi Yingying refused to squeeze with them and walked sideways into the private room next to them.
She smoothed the strands of hair around her ears, and suddenly she saw a young man tied up with five-flowered hair, leaning under the side couch, like a stupid long worm.
"Pfft."
Du Wulang was frightened to death when he heard the killing cries outside. He didn't expect to hear someone laughing at this time. When he turned around and looked, he saw a very charming woman with a plump figure that seemed to overflow.
"You, hide quickly... let me hide inside? Hurry."
He couldn't bear the woman being raped by the murderer, so he moved his body to make room so that she could get under the couch.
Da Xi Yingying didn't appreciate it and asked: "Who are you?"
"Ouch, hide now." Du Wulang was anxious and scared, but his eyes were kind, and he said, "It's so dangerous outside!"
"The elegant room tonight was booked by the master of the Ji family. Why did he tie you up?"
"Just because of a little quarrel, he beat my book boy to death. Alas... you should save your life first."
Seeing his sincere and honest eyes, Da Xi Yingying believed what he said. The son of Chicken Tongue Man did often bully others just because of a little quarrel.
"Hurry, don't get killed." Du Wulang urged.
Da Xi Yingying met many beautiful young people in her life, but it was rare to see such simple concern in times of crisis, so she looked at Du Wulang again, smiled and said to herself.
"It's also interesting that it's ugly."
After that, she turned and left.
Du Wulang was stunned and secretly cursed the beautiful woman for escaping without closing the door and causing death.
He hurriedly reached the bottom of the couch and finally managed to get his head in, but someone grabbed his feet and dragged him out.
Du Wulang was so frightened that he burst into tears.
"Don't kill me! Please don't kill me, I don't want to die!"
Then, he felt a cold feeling on his hands and the rope on his body loosened. He turned around and saw a man dressed as a casino guard cutting the rope with a dagger.
"Ah, thank you, thank you very much."
Du Wulang thanked him, stood up and thanked him again. He carefully stepped out of the door, looked left and right, and ran towards the backyard.
The back door was still locked, and many people were huddled together, both clothed and naked, shouting.
He paid attention and didn't see the beautiful woman just now. He hoped that she would run away and quickly found a dark place to hide.
~~
"The murderer is out!"
In the alley outside Nuannong Pavilion, someone suddenly shouted.
Xue Bai sat astride a horse at the entrance of the alley, with the best view. He saw Jinwu guards coming from every alley holding torches, and immediately shouted: "Stop, don't let the thieves break up the crowd and escape!"
"..."
Tuoba Mao rushed out of the courtyard and saw a crowd blocking the way to the west. He planned to escape north along the square wall, but he didn't know that he would be surrounded by Jinwu guards.
He had already taken two steps when he suddenly heard Xue Bai shouting.
Tonight, he had understood the benefits of listening to this kid's arrangement, so he immediately followed it, changed his pace, and rushed towards the crowd with a fierce look.
"Disperse them!"
"ah!"
The crowd that had just been calmed down by Xue Bai immediately became a mess, pushing each other, and scattered.
Only then did a patrol arrive from the west. They hurriedly lined up to guard the entrance of the alley and shouted: "Don't run away!"
"The Jinwu Guards are here! Anyone who dares to break the rules will be captured..."
The gamblers who were running ahead ignored them and rushed straight into Kingo's team.
"Don't use the knife, I am the son of the new Minister of Household Affairs!"
As someone yelled like this, the gamblers reported their names one after another, shouting and scolding, and all of them were rich or noble.
There was even a woman in gorgeous clothes waving a horsewhip and beating Jin Wuwei, screaming: "Let me go! I am the daughter of Shangzhu Kingdom and the cousin of a saint. You dare to stop me?!"
At this time, the veterans from Longyou rushed closer and chopped down a few slower runners with their swords. They knew how to defeat the enemy and deliberately did not chop them to death, causing them to roll to the ground and scream in pain.
The gamblers were so frightened that the hastily formed team of Jinwu Guards was knocked away in an instant, like a flood breaking through a dike, and it was out of control, completely ruining the curfew of Daozhengfang.
Even Jiaonu was swept away. The horse was frightened and almost knocked her off the horse.
The frightened horse ran with the crowd for a while, and she finally calmed it down. When she looked back, Xue Bai was gone.
~~
Xue Bai climbed up the stone steps and took a look at Ji Xiang's body. He saw that the wound on the broken neck was extremely horrific.
He squatted down, reached into Jixiang's arms, groped around, and found many objects.
There was a greeting note among them. He opened it under the lantern and saw that it was intended for Princess Xianyi's Mansion. He frowned and quickly put it away.
Afterwards, Xue Bai searched for the bodyguard's body.
"Who are you?!"
Suddenly there was a shout from behind, and General Jinwu Guard arrived. Xue Bai stood up unhurriedly, and smoothly took out the wooden plaque of Youxiang Mansion, regardless of whether the other party recognized it or not.
"The right prime minister is handling the case, you cordon off the scene immediately."
~~
Du Wulang hid in the courtyard and watched for a while. He was suddenly stunned when he saw a familiar figure walking into the backyard.
"Why."
He knew better than to call Xue Bai's name, so he took a pebble and threw it over there.
Xue Bai heard his voice and walked in his direction.
This is an unexpected little trouble. If Li Linfu learns that Du Wulang is present tonight, he will inevitably become suspicious.
"Why are you here?"
Du Wulang was knocked down as soon as he left the restaurant. He didn't hear anything about what happened, and he didn't know the seriousness of the matter. He said in a babbling voice: "I was beaten up by Jixiang and tied up, but I escaped." .”
It was inconvenient to say anything at this time, so Xue Bai patted Du Wulang on the shoulder and whispered a few words.
"..."
Over there, the Jinwu Guards had arrived in the backyard. They saw a naked young man robbing others of their clothes. He stepped forward and shouted, "The Jinwu Guards are here, don't act recklessly. Who are you waiting for?"
"presumptuous!"
Xue Bai did not wait for Wang Zhun and others to speak, strode forward, held a red sandalwood sign and shouted: "Do you know who they are? Get out of the way."
The Jinwu Guard walked away angrily, but he did not offend Wang Zhun because of it.
"Xue Bai, who belongs to You Xiang's family." Xue Bai said, "It's not safe here. Please ask some gentlemen to follow me to You Xiang's mansion."
"Are you Xue Bai?" Li Xiu stepped forward, nodded slightly, and praised: "I have heard about you, and you are indeed a talented person."
Compared with those foxy friends, he has a much better demeanor and his temperament is not like Li Linfu.
"Juro is polite."
"What happened?"
"Yoshida Lang was killed."
"This plague chicken." Wang Zhun scolded in displeasure, "It's causing trouble."
Xue Bai said: "To let Wang Dalang know that there is a fire in your uncle's house tonight, and there may be some trouble."
"What's the trouble?"
Xue Baifu'er said a few words to Wang Zhun.
Wang Zhun immediately frowned and whispered: "Isn't it possible?"
"The most urgent task now is to explain this matter to the right minister." Xue Bai said: "Please."
Li Xiu raised his hand to let Wang Zhun go first.
Wang Zhun was actually more impressive than the Young Master of the Right Prime Minister. He pulled up his collar and walked in front as a matter of course. A group of dandies heard that it was not safe here and followed him one after another.
suddenly.
"My son? It's really my son!"
Someone rushed to Xue Bai and shouted loudly, but it was Xue Ling.
"Rokuro? Rokuro, take me out of here quickly. I don't dare to stay any longer."
Xue Bai frowned imperceptibly, thinking that this was another unexpected trouble.
"Let's go." He glanced in the direction of Du Wulang and added, "You go ahead."
Xue Ling was overjoyed, quickly grabbed it, and followed the dandies out. On the way, he met two creditors and explained them proudly.
"That's my long-lost son, the popular man in front of the right prime minister!"
Xue Bai ignored Xue Ling and assisted in arranging the escort of Jinwu Guards. The arrangements were well organized and all the dignitaries were sent away from the casino during the curfew.
He also took the initiative to order Jin Wuwei not to record, so as to prevent the powerful officials from being impeached by the censor.
~~
Da Xi Yingying climbed up to the attic again and watched everything happening in the hall. A patrolman wanted to go upstairs to search, but was blocked by a servant with a token.
Gradually, the gamblers were almost gone.
"Madam, I asked. The concierge said that the murderers claimed to be the servants of Jingzhao Mansion's Fa Cao Jiwen. The villain checked the corpses and found that the first ones they killed were Jixiang and his bodyguards. Others were implicated and suffered."
"Jixiang?" Da Xi Yingying realized that she had made a mistake for a rare moment of soft-heartedness, and said: "Jixiang tied up an ugly boy with small eyes and came to look for him tonight."
"Here."
However, after searching for a long time, everyone in the gambling house found nothing.
"Madam, we did not find any small-eyed boy."
"Check, check the people who have issues with Jixiang."
Da Xi Yingying was not surprised by the result and only ordered a detailed investigation.
She held the tea, brought it to her red lips and took a sip. She thought about this matter and was puzzled.
What kind of identity does that seemingly listless young man have to be able to let those extremely tough thugs risk everything to rescue him after being kidnapped?
"Extraordinary." She murmured to herself: "It's true that people should not be judged by their appearance."
