Chapter 23: Get started!!!
The tenth day, midnight.
All the yamen runners who knew about it were on their rest shift by "coincidental" and were summoned to the county yamen by Xu Chong.
Their eyes passed Xu Chong under the eaves and fell on the main seat in the hall.
There, sat a man in blood-stained clothes whose face could not be seen clearly.
It is obvious that this is the big shot of the Blood-Clothed Guards.
Everyone understood.
Looking at Xu Chong again, he had an extremely tired face, slightly messy hair, and his wide official robe was full of wrinkles.
The look...what kind of look was that?
Pain, unwillingness, intolerance, helplessness...
It was as if he wanted to save them, but was powerless to do anything.
As expected, he was really going to die.
Old Li was filled with indignation, and wanted to take a step forward and curse it out before he died. But he thought of his wife and children at home, and he had to suppress the impulse.
Not long after, Xu Chong spoke.
"I believe you have already guessed some of the things. Since this is a serious matter, I will not hide it."
Xu Chong's eyes slowly swept across everyone's faces, and his voice was steady and powerful, "The ten days of blockade and investigation are to catch a Taiping Dao traitor."
"Now, the whereabouts of this traitor have been discovered by me, and you are about to participate in the encirclement and suppression of this traitor."
"I know that you have been spreading rumors in private these days that this rebel is extremely skilled."
"I can tell you responsibly that this is true."
"You could get hurt, or die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Yuanlong in the hall frowned.
What happened to Xu Chong?
Wouldn't it shake the morale of the army if you describe the enemy's strength before a battle?
At this time, Xu Chong changed the subject.
"But I can assure you!"
"No matter what the cost, I, Xu Chong, will do my best to save your lives!"
"You, are you willing to believe me?"
The yamen runners looked at each other in bewilderment.
Liu Er, Zhao Liu, Lao Li, Yang Laohun...about ten people spoke one after another.
"I believe!"
"I believe in you, sir!"
"I will do whatever the adults say!"
“…”
Led by these people, the rest of the people began to feel hope and followed suit.
"good!"
Xu Chong raised his hand suddenly, "Listen to my arrangements from now on."
"Liu Er!"
"exist!"
"Take twenty men and ten powerful crossbows and go to the south wall to relieve the guard. The crossbowmen will hide on the tower!"
"yes!"
"Yang Laohu!"
"exist!"
"Take twenty people and five powerful crossbows and hide in Old Man Zhou's house!"
"yes!"
"Old Li!"
"exist!"
"You take twenty people..."
After some arrangements, all the one hundred or so yamen runners were placed in the ambush circle.
"remember!"
Xu Chong shouted again, "Don't act until you hear my order. Do you understand?"
"clear!!!"
Everyone responded in unison.
"Go ahead."
Xu Chong waved his hand.
Everyone dispersed and rushed to their respective ambush locations.
After finishing all this, Xu Chong turned around and walked into the main hall, "Master Fu, do you think this arrangement is feasible?"
"You are a good person, you have brains and means, but you are a little soft-hearted."
Fu Yuanlong nodded. "They are just a bunch of ordinary people. If they die, they die. There is no need to say so much to them."
"When this is over, come with me. The county government is too small. Follow me and you will see a wider world."
I hope you still think so by then.
Xu Chong cupped his hands and said, "I couldn't ask for more."
…
"Liu Er, what's the situation now?"
At the corner outside the county government office, Lao Li stopped Liu Er and asked, "Sir, can you help us?"
"The Lord has already hinted to us."
Liu Ersi glanced down and lowered his voice.
"hint?"
Old Li thought about it for a long time and didn't feel that he had received any hint.
"Didn't you notice that the Lord...didn't order the capture alive?"
Liu Er narrowed his eyes, "This is equivalent to condoning us to kill that traitor!"
"Kill... I understand!"
Old Li suddenly realized, "Indeed, only in this way can we minimize casualties."
He couldn't understand what martial arts was, but he knew very well that even if it was just an ordinary person, capturing him alive and killing him were two completely different levels of difficulty.
If the order was to capture him alive, due to his small family background, he would not even dare to use the knife to attack the other party.
But Xu Chong didn't say to capture him alive, so they could rely on their own strength and try every possible way to kill the other party.
"But...can we kill that traitor?"
Lao Li was very skeptical about the abilities of his brothers.
"have no idea."
Liu Er looked at Lao Li deeply and said, "My lord, this is the best he can do."
"I can only..."
Old Li was stunned for a moment, then he reacted.
Xu Chong did not order the capture of the traitor alive. Even if the traitor was killed, these yamen runners would be innocent as they were ignorant of the matter. The Blood-Clothed Guards could not hold them responsible and would only look for Xu Chong.
If the rebels cannot be killed, then they will die naturally, and there is nothing to say.
"This is the only chance that adults have secured for us. I know what to do."
Old Li tightly grasped his sword, his expression unconsciously becoming grim, "If I die, please say thank you to the adults for me."
"I hope you don't die. Go and tell the adults yourself."
Liu Er smiled, turned around and joined his team.
If he hadn't died, it wouldn't be a matter of saying thank you.
Old Li said something silently in his heart and turned and left.
…
The end of Yin hour.
The county town was still in a state of blockade, and the South City Gate area was as empty and quiet as everywhere else.
All the ambushers have taken their positions, hiding in the darkness and waiting silently.
Xu Chong, the person in charge of the ambush, was staying on a guard tower two hundred steps away with Fu Yuanlong.
This place was chosen by Fu Yuanlong. It has the advantage of vision and is not too far from the ambush circle.
Xu Chong's face was tense, and he stared at the ambush circle with a look of conscientiousness and responsibility.
Fu Yuanlong wanted to laugh when he saw this, but at the same time he felt more satisfied with Xu Chong.
These days, it's very difficult to find such an honest subordinate.
Hmm...why not share some of the credit with him so that he can enter the path of martial arts?
This thought suddenly came to Fu Yuanlong.
Because the minimum requirement to join the Blood Robe Guard is to reach the first level of martial arts.
Time passes in silence.
At the hour of Mao, the sky began to brighten.
A figure wearing a straw hat and a raincoat appeared at the edge of the ambush circle and walked slowly inside.
Xu Chong's heart instantly rose to his throat.
If all his judgments were correct, then the figure in the bamboo hat must be Huo Tong disguised as a water ghost!
"Hold on! Don't panic!"
'Huo Tong's current position is not enough!'
"If you want to kill the opponent, you have to wait for him to go deeper."
Xu Chong stared at the man in the bamboo hat, constantly calculating his position in his mind.
Soon!
Soon!
Two more steps!
right!
It's now!
Xu Chong took a deep breath, and the order to "take action" was about to come out of his mouth.
However, at this moment, a hand suddenly rested on his shoulder!
It’s Fu Yuanlong!
"take it easy."
Fu Yuanlong smiled and explained, "This is not the person we want to catch. The real traitor has not appeared yet."
“…”
Xu Chong's whole body stiffened and his heart sank into the abyss.
He had planned everything, but he never expected Fu Yuanlong to be so patient with him!
I thought that as long as I gave the order first, I could blame it on nervousness and lack of knowledge later.
I never expected that Fu Yuanlong, this arrogant guy, would actually explain to me first!
Aren’t you the chief flag bearer of the Blood Robe Guard?
Aren’t you the aloof Lord Fu?
What the hell are you trying to explain to a small historian like me?
What's the style? !
Xu Chong was helpless and furious.
Now he knows that the target is not the man in the bamboo hat. If he gives orders again, he would be clearly labeled as a traitor and accomplice.
never mind.
Now that things have come to this, we can only abandon the plan.
Poor Sun Yourong, it seems she can only stay in the Xu Mansion to take care of her husband and children.
Just when Xu Chong was feeling discouraged and trying to comfort himself, a manic roar suddenly rose up and echoed through the night sky.
“——Do it!!!”
In an instant, Fu Yuanlong's pupils shrank into needle points.
So is Xu Chong.
Because he recognized that voice.
It’s Liu Er.
