The city of Nanjing at night is no longer as lively and prosperous as it was during the day. The street was deserted for a long time, with no one seen except for the watchman, who was walking openly on the street and tapping the dick in his hand.
The soldiers on patrol at night had long since lost track of where to go, and could not be seen on the street at all. The envoys of the Tiger-Character Banner sent hundreds of people to Nanjing. Although the number of envoys from the Qing Dynasty was not as large as that of the Tiger-Character Banner, there were still dozens of people.
Tonight, the small courtyard where the Qing envoys lived was much quieter than before. On the streets of Nanjing City, a group of more than a dozen black figures appeared at some point. These black figures were constantly shaking, and they all followed the path close to the wall.
These shadows passed through a long and narrow alley and came to the outside of the wall of a yard at the very back of the street.
More than a dozen black figures stopped at the courtyard wall. They looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. They began to climb over the wall one after another and entered the courtyard of this family.
This courtyard is close to the post house of Honglu Temple, and the people living in this area are rich and noble, otherwise there would not be such a large courtyard built here.
The walls of the yard are relatively high, unlike the half-person-high fences in the village. Neighbors can chat face to face through the fence.
The courtyard walls of large families pay special attention to privacy and protection. It is time-consuming, laborious and troublesome for ordinary people to climb over such courtyard walls.
But these dark shadows that suddenly came outside the courtyard wall entered the courtyard three or two times, and in the end only one person was left hiding in the shadows of the corner to keep watch.
boom! A dull sound of firecrackers broke the quiet night sky. Soon there was another sound of firecrackers, and then the people who had jumped into the yard quickly jumped out of the yard.
However, there were almost a dozen people who jumped in, and less than half of them escaped in the end.
"There are assassins, there are assassins!" Someone shouted loudly in the yard, and the lights were quickly turned on. However, the surrounding neighbors of this yard were still dark, and no family had lit a light. If they hadn't seen people living in these yards before dark, they might have thought they were empty yards with no one inhabited.
The people who escaped from the courtyard quickly ran away from the alley outside the courtyard wall. By the time the people in the yard chased him out with torches, there was no one in the alley.
"Damn it, it was too dark, so they ran away a lot." Yang Jiachen came back cursing with a gun in his hand.
At this time, Hong Chengchou also stood in front of the door wearing clothes. After seeing Yang Jiachen, he said: "Just run away. With this lesson, I believe no one will do anything in the next few days." After saying that, he looked at the gun in Yang Jiachen's hand with envy.
I thought that Yang Jiachen was a civil servant like him, but he didn't expect that the civil servant in his eyes actually killed an assassin who came to the yard with a gun.
There were civil servants who killed people, but he had only seen this one who was so young and could kill people so neatly.
Moreover, from the moment Yang Jiachen committed the murder to the time he chased him out, it was obviously not the first time he killed someone. Even when he came back now, there was no abnormality on his face after the murder.
"They can run fast." Yang Jiachen spat on the ground and said immediately,
"Check the bodies to see if there are any alive. If anyone is alive, arrest them and interrogate them directly." As he made arrangements, the people below began to check the people who came into the yard.
However, almost all of these intruders were beaten with fire cannons. Those who were not injured all climbed over the wall and ran away. Those who remained were those who were hit by cannons and could not escape. After a final check, only two were found alive. .
The two survivors were escorted in front of Hong Chengchou. The two captured people were injured in their legs and collapsed directly on the ground without anyone to support them.
"Tell me, who sent you here?" Hong Chengchou asked. Unfortunately, no one answered him. Yang Jiachen on the side said: "Don't you even need to ask? It looks like they are Tatars. Only Tatars have such a bald head." When a person is caught, all the disguises on his body are naturally removed.
The two prisoners had only a small tail left on their heads, and apart from that there was only a thin layer of short, fine hair, which was obviously Tatar attire.
Hong Chengchou looked at the two silent Tatars in front of him, lost the mood to interrogate, and said to Yang Jiachen: "It might be useful to treat these two people's injuries and keep them."
"It's really easy for these two dog Tatars to treat their injuries." Yang Jiachen cursed, but still let people take them away to treat their injuries.
The envoy team is accompanied by specialized military doctors who are best at treating such injuries. After the living prisoners were taken away, Yang Jiachen looked at the corpses not far away and asked: "What to do with the remaining corpses? Do you want to find a place to bury them?"
"No, someone will come over soon to collect their bodies." Hong Chengchou said. Yang Jiachen was stunned when he heard this.
Hong Chengchou did not explain for him, but asked: "Do you know who the person who reported the news to us is?"
"I don't know where to go, but I'm also curious. We're new here, but we didn't expect that there would be kind people helping us." Yang Jiachen also looked puzzled.
Hong Chengchou said with lingering fear: "I thought someone would take action against us, but I didn't expect that they would do it on the first day we arrived. If someone hadn't warned us in advance, we would have suffered a loss this time." At this moment, he was thinking Be afraid.
After traveling a lot during the day, no matter how elite the accompanying guards are, they will still be tired. Even if there are people patrolling at night, it is difficult to ensure that there is sufficient mental vigilance.
The person who took action obviously wanted to take it by surprise. If they had not received the news in advance that someone would attack, even if they blocked these attackers tonight, they would have lost some men, and they would not be as unscathed as they are now.
"Didn't you say that there are people in Ming Dynasty who want to negotiate with us? Maybe it was their reminder." Yang Jiachen said.
"Maybe!" Hong Chengchou said, but he always felt that it was not that simple. After all, he has been an official in the Ming Dynasty for many years. The Ming officials he knows may not meddle in their own affairs to help them. Even if someone helps, they will leave some information, and they will not be like now. They don't know who helped.
Several people who escaped from the courtyard of the Tiger-Character Banner envoy team fled all the way towards the post house. Although this section of the road was not too far, these people still walked for a long time before returning to the post house.
This was because of the sound of gunfire, which caused the government patrol team in the city to start looking for the place where the gunfire came from. In order to avoid the people from the government, these people who went to sneak attack took a lot of unnecessary steps.
After all, the government's patrol team responded too slowly. By the time they came to find them, the assassins had already escaped back to the posthouse through other ways.
