Traditional rivers and lakes belt crossing

The Ministry of Punishment is located outside the Taiping Gate of Nanjing City, beside the Xuanwu Lake. It is built next to the city gate and has a beautiful scenery. However, the inside of the sky prison is dark and humid, full of blood. Because Shan Sinan just offended the prince, he is currently being held in the deepest prison. However, he didn't take it seriously, and was sitting on the cold stone bricks to practice his inner strength.

In the office space of the inner courtyard, a principal was sorting out documents, and his subordinates came to report in a hurry.He indifferently asked: "What happened to the Taoist priest who made trouble in Huapailou Teahouse?"

"Many yamen servants and city guards have been mobilized to arrest them. I believe they should have caught the positive pressure and come here."

"What happened to the fire in the Xuanwu Lake library?"

"The imperial guards have been notified, and the firemen have also brought buckets, fire hooks and other tools. I believe it will be extinguished in a short time."

"Okay, you go down first." The master had just finished speaking and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait!"

"What else is there, my lord?"

The head officer asked: "I heard that there were troubles in the two military camps today. It seems that they are still planning to compete at the third archway?"

"Yes, my lord, this matter is not under the control of our Ministry of Punishment. People from the Governor's Guard Mansion have already gone, and General Sapphire has also gone together. I believe it will be resolved soon.

The chief always felt that something was wrong, and suddenly asked: "How many times have you said you believed it?" The subordinate was stunned for a moment, and could only reply: "Three times, my lord." The chief said to himself: "Three times, what if things go beyond expectations? The city guards, the imperial army, and the governor's mansion have accidents everywhere. It's a coincidence. It feels like someone is weakening the defenses in my city."

The subordinate also wondered: "Could it be that he wants to rescue the one in the sky prison, and he has to go to the Meridian Gate to kill him at noon today."

"Well, it's possible." The chief officer ordered: "Go and inform Lord Shangshu to explain what happened today. If it is possible, it is best to ask the emperor to transfer the prisoner or to be executed at the Meridian Gate, and then inform the commander of Jin Yiwei. Please, there is something strange in the city today, and we need to send personnel to monitor and defend all emergencies in the city."

The subordinate also realized the seriousness of the matter, and quickly took orders to handle it.

Donghuangcheng Genbei Street, just after a group of Habayashi guards patrolled, dozens of civilians rushed down from the long-abandoned Banshan Temple behind them. The group of Habayashi guards just wanted to shoot arrows to watch the police when they saw it. Sheng Gao knocked out the group of Habayashi guards with three punches and two kicks, and then dragged them to the abandoned temple.

Suddenly a voice came from behind them: "Who are you, dare to commit crimes at the foot of the imperial city." This person was wearing a flying fish suit and holding an Xiuchun knife. He was a Jinyiwei.

Those people didn't look back after hearing this, because they knew that there was someone behind Jin Yiwei. "I came here today to save people. It's best for the government to leave alone, otherwise we won't be polite." The voice came from behind Jin Yiwei, it was Zhou Yunquan, who ranked third among the Wudang Six Heroes.

The Jin Yiwei slowly turned around and looked back at Zhou Yunquan, saying: "Wudang faction? I expected that you guys are going to save people today, so you should stay together, don't save them." After speaking, Wu Wu single-handedly charged at Zhou Yunquan past.

Seeing this, Zhou Yunquan quickly pulled out his long face, but didn't put it back, because Jin Yiwei already had a sword in front of his throat, a long face, and Zhou Yunquan's long sword, so he tied him together and went to the abandoned Banshan Temple. After a while, there was another group of Habayashi guards on North Street of Donghuang City. They were neatly dressed, imposing, and superb in martial arts.

At the playground of the third archway, two centurion heads ran over with their soldiers. They were extremely jealous when they met each other. The soldiers were already hot-tempered, and after a few words of abuse, they quickly moved their hands.

Not long after, the imperial guards of the Governor's Mansion and General Lan Yu rushed to the scene together, and one of the generals shouted: "Stop." After all, the army of the Ming Dynasty was of high quality and obeyed orders, and General Lan Yu was still here, so the two sides He quickly stopped fighting, but his eyes were still looking at each other with hatred.

The general said angrily, "Who can tell me what's going on?"

The hundred households nicknamed Tiger replied: "Report! That Guizi surnamed Zhang in Dongying beat my soldiers." Before the general could reply, the three hundred households of Zhang in Dongying rushed to say: "Fart your mother!" , Report! It was Xiying, the sick cat's subordinates, who beat my soldiers."

Seeing that they were talking about each other, the general saw that they were going to quarrel again, this time General Lan Yu stepped forward and shouted: "Stop arguing, if you continue to quarrel, they will all be arrested and put in jail." After all, General Lan Yu has a higher reputation , The two teams quickly closed their mouths, not daring to speak.

So Lan Yu asked the two hundred households again: "Have you checked whether any of your subordinates beat anyone?"

The two hundred households replied: "I have asked my subordinates, but I have never beaten anyone. They are talking nonsense."

"Then why did you meet to fight here?"

"It's they clamoring to practice here today, come here if you have the guts."

"Then do you have any plans to practice here today? What about the clamoring people, have you asked your subordinates?"

The two hundred households felt that something was wrong after hearing this, quickly asked their subordinates, and then replied to Lan Yu: "General, there is no plan to practice here today, and no one has made any clamor."

After hearing this, Lan Yu thought to herself that someone must be sowing discord, whether it has something to do with the execution of Wudang Shan Sinan at noon today, or to report to the Emperor Ming, whether he wants to strengthen the defense of the capital today, he was thinking, and a group of people around him The young general who was in the army stepped forward and said, "General, something is wrong. There was just a fight here, how did the general know about it in advance?"

Lan Yu thought to herself, someone reported the letter to me in advance, he saw this young general getting more and more familiar, and suddenly realized that it was the letter reported by this young general, how did he know that something happened here in advance, he wanted to lure me over ?Is the target yourself?Sapphire suddenly thought of this and wanted to evacuate secretly, but he was too slow, the young general had already stabbed Sapphire's chest with a dagger.

Suddenly there was chaos in the playground, some shouted that the general was assassinated, some shouted to catch the assassin, some shouted to send the general to be treated quickly, the young general ran out of the playground and jumped into the private house after knocking down a few people in the chaos , those soldiers chased after him for a while and hurried back to report if they didn't catch up. I saw that the young general came to a secluded place and took off his military uniform and changed into ordinary people's clothes. He was the sixth of the Wudang Six Heroes Sun Jizuo, he walked slowly down the street and disappeared into the crowd.

At the office of the Inner Court of the Ministry of Punishment, one of his subordinates rushed in, and the chief officer saw it and asked, "What's the matter, has the matter escalated?"

The subordinate replied: "As your lord expected, the development of the matter has exceeded expectations."

"Tell me."

"The Taoist priest of Huapailou has not been caught yet, and many government servants and city guards have been surrounding him for a long time. I didn't expect his martial arts to be high and durable. He has not been captured yet, because in Nanjing, except for the army, other departments are not allowed to equip bows and crossbows. , so there is no other way but to mobilize more manpower."

"You don't need to pay too much attention here, it's obviously just to attract people."

"After General Sapphire rushed to the barracks, he was actually assassinated. His life was not in danger, but there was chaos there."

"Okay, this place is not under our control, try to keep those soldiers under control, and don't let them run around in the city today."

"In addition, Lord Shangshu has reported to the emperor, but in the end, he still has to go to the Meridian Gate to beheaded on time. The emperor replied that this is the capital city. How can he be forced to make concessions by the sects of Jianghu? Where is the royal power?"

The chief officer was not surprised when he heard this, and said firmly: "Okay, since this is the case, we have no way out, and there is still more than an hour before noon, and we are going to escort the prisoners to set off, and notify the yamen servants, city guards, imperial guards, Jin Yiwei, etc. Be prepared, we may face the whole world."

"alright, got it!"