Chapter 2 Hands-on
?Anu was blocked in the alley but heard the other party ask her to help save the person. She thought she had encountered a thief, but the other party was actually someone sent from Chang'an. This sudden turn made her not know what to do for a moment.
"No, this is impossible, you can't save it..." Anu murmured to himself, but the man didn't care when he heard this, but said that as long as you help it, it would be fine.
"Assist?" Annu shook her head. The outsider of the mansion didn't know whether she knew it clearly: this is not a question of whether it was assisted or not, but whether it was feasible.
No matter who it is, there are any "authorizations" required to enter and exit the mansion. The servants of the outer courtyard are not qualified to enter the inner courtyard. At the same time, the servants of the inner courtyard are not allowed to go to the outer courtyard for no reason. In addition to the Langzhu Yuwen Wen and the female family, there are only three people who can pass by without any obstacles: the Langzhu's confidant servant Yuwen Shiwu, the housekeeper Li Sanjiu, and the inner courtyard manager Liu Caiyun.
But it was only because they were alone. If someone followed him in, there would be a healthy woman who would follow him along the way. The inner courtyard would be like a thunder pool and not allow idle people to take half a step.
Even the Langzhu's follower and guard Zhang Yu had someone to guide him when entering and leaving the inner courtyard, and the guard leader Zhang Dingfa was no exception. This was nothing. After all, the rules of the Duke of Sui State were similar. The most troublesome thing was that anyone had to register when going out.
If the servants in the outer courtyard want to go out, they must have an approval note for the manager. If the servants in the inner courtyard have to add an approval note for the manager, then they must register their time, where to go, what to do, and when they are expected to come back. If they come back too late for no reason, they will be deducted for their wages.
This is not a place where one token can pass through. In the palace, she was the queen/empress dowager's confidant female official who could enter and exit the palace at will, but it was not possible in this Xiyang County Duke's mansion, even Cuiyun, the personal maid of his wife Yuchi, could not do it.
That guy took advantage of the loophole to get the Queen Mother Yang Lihua out of the palace, so his mansion must be very careful!
"Miss Anu, as long as you are careful, nothing is impossible." The man looked at her with a smile. "I can wait enough to accomplish this."
"You...ah." Anu seemed to remember something and then squatted down dejectedly. Seeing this, the man was surprised to ask and was about to ask a question. Suddenly, the sound of breaking through the air sounded and an arrow was nailed to the middle of his eyebrows.
The other three men were shocked to see this and still had a future. When they reacted, they saw several people turning out from both sides of the alley. Some of them were dressed in uniform and some were holding wooden sticks and some were holding knives and shields. Some were on the wall holding crossbows and staring at them.
"Run!" The three of them were about to fight to the death but were shot over by crossbow arrows. The people seemed to have not planned to fight each other closely at the beginning and then rushed forward when they saw them falling to the ground.
Someone stepped forward and helped the maid who fainted on the ground up. Another one walked forward and asked Anu if there was anything wrong. Anu stood up and shook his head to show that he was fine. Someone put the basket that fell to the ground and brought it over with the turtle.
"Sister Anu, you haven't sent any signal just now, but I'm scared to death."
"I...I just want to know who they are."
"Oh, my good sister. If you don't do it as agreed in advance, I will not be able to afford to be guilty."
Anu smiled apologetically. She caught a glimpse of a man picking up the token on the ground, but he was about to speak, but silently took the basket from the hand of the person next to him. What can she do now?
This is a trap designed in advance, a scene where a mantis stalks the cicada oriole is behind. Since the guards in the mansion discovered someone spying on it, they noticed this group of people. After hearing the other party indirectly inquire about the situation in the mansion, they began to be alert after watching her.
It was thought that Tian Yuansheng and others' subordinates had been following her rebellion on New Year's Eve and the subsequent large-scale search, so the mansion took countermeasures, and today she went out as bait.
The routes of walking are all prescribed. Several alleys along the way are not suitable for ambushing people. People are arranged to squat or stand in various forms, but it makes people feel that it is difficult to "take action". However, this alley is specially kept for the other party to take the bait, but these "mantis" really took her in.
After all the calculations, she didn't expect that it was sent by the Duke of Sui State in Chang'an. This incident made her forget to send a signal. Anu always thought that these people were thieves who robbed the family or Yuwen Wen's enemies.
Anu was wondering what to do. Her performance just now was a little strange. Yuwen Wen learned about the identities of those people and whether seeing that token would be detrimental to the man-master?
She didn't care about her life and death but was just worried about Yang Lihua and her daughter. If Yuwen Wen learned that the Duke of Sui sent someone to save his daughter, his granddaughter would definitely investigate to the end and would definitely investigate who the person who leaked the whereabouts of the two.
Anu has not leaked it, so there are only two possibilities: one is the clue found by Duke Sui himself, and the other is what Yang Lihua found to spread. Anu hopes is the former possibility rather than the latter, otherwise the mother and daughter will be sad in the future.
"Hurry, hurry up and tie it up and take it away. If you don't die, stop the bleeding first." The guards quickly "packed" the four men, regardless of their lives. The maid who followed Anu was also awakened and left with the large army in a panic.
Not long after he left the street, he was stopped by a patrol team who rushed over. The other party heard that there was movement in the alley so he came over to check it out. The guards explained their identities and walked towards the state yamen under the other party's accompanying him.
According to the regulations of the governor Yuwen Wen, no matter who catches thieves in the city, they must be taken to the state office to deal with it. They are not allowed to be dealt with privately for any reason, otherwise it will be regarded as kidnapped. As the saying goes, his mansion guards must also be an example.
Pedestrians on the street suddenly ran towards the bulletin board at the intersection. The guards did not join in the fun and walked by without squinting. When passing the bulletin board, Anu heard someone chanting the above content loudly to explain it to everyone.
"Jiangnan has sent people to take over King Shixing's body!"
"Send people? How many people have been sent? Could it be thousands of people?"
"Thousands? Even if there are tens of thousands, I'm not afraid, Yuwen's envoy will definitely beat them to pieces!"
"Don't make a fuss, I sent an envoy here. The state yamen has already packed the body in a coffin and is waiting to take it and hand it over."
Someone asked what apologizes, and another sneered and said that Chen Shuling had to mess with Xiyang City on New Year's Eve. Now that Chen Guan's family has to pay some money for the trouble his brother has caused.
While everyone was talking, a yamen runner was holding a new notice and posted it. Someone who read the word "read" looked at it and exclaimed. Seeing this, someone asked what was going on. The man looked at it again and said loudly:
"Prime Minister Yang from Chang'an will no longer be a prime minister or an official!"
The people of Jiangnan were still used to calling the emperor an official according to the customs of the Southern Dynasty. When everyone heard this, they became interested in asking if it was a false news. Didn’t Prime Minister Yang in Chang’an say that General Manager Yuwen was a traitor? Why did he become a traitor himself?
"It's not a false news, this is the news from Anzhou. It is said that it was inquired from the Yuzhou area north of Tongbai Mountain!" The yamen rang loudly, "The same news came from the business and travelers descending the river in Shu yesterday."
"Yang Thief drove his grandson to usurp the throne and become the emperor himself, and changed the country's name to 'Sui'!"
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In a private house, the village chief was talking to the owner of the household in the yard, and several yamen runners stood behind him. They went from house to house to check whether there were any suspicious people. According to the announcement of the state yamen, public security should be rectified. Therefore, each household must not allow strangers if they are their relatives and friends.
The village chief asked the household head why the only son of the household head had not seen him or her illness was not cured. The household head nodded vigorously when he heard this. The village chief said that the government asked that the government had to meet people and had to walk around the house when interrogating. It would be impossible for your son to be locked in the room and not come out.
"Old Li, now it's not as good as before. The government must do what the government said. It's fine if you don't let your son come out. I won't have anything to do when I go into the room, right?"
The head of the household said with a bitter face that his son's disease seemed to be tuberculosis, but he was afraid of infecting everyone. Everyone was so scared that they couldn't help but take a few steps back. If they had tuberculosis these days, they basically would wait to die and they didn't want to be infected.
Looking at the door, the inner-level chief exchanged glances with the yamen runners and then coughed dryly and said to the head of the household: "Old Li, this disease... you are not allowed to walk around. Today I will think that I have been in."
The group left the yard as if they were running away. The head of the household wiped the sweat from his forehead and closed the yard door. He came to the front of the room and knocked on the door gently. After hearing a sound from inside, he pushed the door and entered.
"You did a good job. As long as you are obedient, the whole family will be fine." A man in the room said to him. The man had a rosacea on his face, and several other men silently put away the knife in his hand in the corner.
A young man was sitting next to them. Seeing the owner of the household wanted to say something but did not dare to speak. After hearing some instructions from Rosacea, the owner of the household looked at the boy and took a look. At the moment when he opened the door, several things suddenly flew in.
Before the people in the room could react, the things suddenly spewed out smoke and made a huge sound. In an instant, the room was full of pungent smell, which made everyone cry and covered their ears involuntarily. At this moment, several people wearing masks appeared at the door and pulled the owner to the side. They first raised their hands and shot the crossbow arrows and then pulled their swords and rushed in.
Unpredictable, many men in the room were chopped over, but two of them were quickly knocked through the window and rolled out. Several people waiting in the yard threw white powder into their faces.
The two of them covered their eyes in pain and rolled on the ground. They were rushing up and tied up. The rest of them rushed into the room. They heard a mess and then jumped over and several people were tied up and walked out. The young man was taken out and saw the head of the household crying and pounced on his arms.
The gate of the courtyard opened the village chief and the yamen runner who had previously investigated went back. They were relieved to see that the overall situation was settled: "Old Li, this is a hero specially sent by Yuwen Envoy to save people, but thank you very much."
Seeing the father and son full of gratitude, a man hurried forward to support him and said he didn't dare to take it. After saying some comforting words, he directed his men to take the captured people away.
"Teacher Zhang is very capable. These thieves are so hateful that they have occupied the old Li family for several months!" The village chief walked up to the man and said respectfully.
"Lie-Chief Zhang, I'm sorry, I'll follow us to take the thief to the prefecture yamen to take him to take him to the prefecture yamen to testify." Zhang Ding said with a smile, "Thank you all to see that something is wrong here, Yuwen Envoy will definitely reward you!"
Walking out the door, several men holding crossbows and shields were already on guard outside. When the group was about to leave, someone ran up to report: "Chief, I have caught it there too!"
Chapter completed!