In the Grand Deity Temple.
Tie Shan is wearing a yellow mandarin jacket and a red official's hat. He is tidying up his clothes in front of the mirror. Looking at the mirror, Tie Gang who is standing behind him says.
"It's a newcomer's auspicious time. It's not auspicious if it's delayed. There are four roads to the West Pass, and all of them have ambushes. I want to see if they have any other new tricks up their sleeves. It has been too quiet these few days since I took office.”
The underground communication department of the Yang Cheng Guild.
A dozen people sat around a huge round table.
Qin Shaobai held a fountain pen and drew on the map on the table." Here, here, here, and here. Are the people ready?"”
"The brothers have already set up an ambush. We can move at any time.”
"Alright, let's go now."
"I disagree!" A voice sounded.
"Who is it?"
"Who objected? Stand out!"
"It's me! Mr. Qin! Let's talk in private!" Li Chongguang, who had disguised himself, pushed the door open and entered. Behind him was a person dressed as a new army officer.
" Damn it! Bastard, you're courting death!" The others reacted and immediately attacked.
"Stop!" Qin Shaobai stopped him.
"Sir, if you want to see me, let's talk inside!”
"Mr. Qin!"
"We'll talk about it when I come out!"
Li Chongguang and Qin Shaobai entered the house and sat down. Li Chongguang revealed his true appearance, giving Qin Shaobai a fright.
"It's you!"
"That's right, it's me!"
"Why did you come out? Go back quickly!" Qin Shaobai asked.
"I'm here to stop you. Your operation has been exposed! Outside is our undercover brother in the new army. He is under my direct command and is our comrade. He sent a message saying that Iron Mountain already knows our action plan and has set up explosives in Jiaozi. If we go to assassinate him, his men will detonate the explosives in the street. When the time comes, you can recommend all of this to our guild. That's why I'm here to stop you.”
"But the arrow is already on the bow and has no choice but to be fired. I can't stop this operation.”Qin Shaobai didn't want to either.
"In that case! In that case, change the operation to Iron Mountain's team and take action on the way out of the Li Clan!”
"What's the difference?" Qin Shaobai asked in confusion.
"The operation has already begun. Since we can't retreat, we'll blow the retreat signal from the beginning of the operation. We'll evacuate as many people as we can. We can't let our comrades die in vain!”
"Actually, there's an advantage to this. Let's not assassinate him first. After that, Iron Mountain will definitely relax his vigilance. When he comes back, we can try it again. The success rate should be around 80%.”
"Good! I agree with your plan! In order to prevent being exposed, go back immediately and leave the rest to me.”Qin Shaobai said.
"Mr. Qin, the G-fate has not been successful yet. You still need to work hard! A C Life was not a sacrifice! You were also present when Sir said these words. Please don't casually make a decision to sacrifice for our comrades! They are all our brothers and sisters, our close comrades! If we don't care about them, who will? Keep a useful body and wait until the old mountain has a new look!”
" Chongguang, you…" Qin Shaobai was extremely shocked when he heard these words! He actually saw the shadow of Sir in Li Chongguang.
Li Manor.
Today was the wedding day of the young master of the Li family. The entire Li residence was decorated in a joyous manner, and the servants were all busy and happy.
Li Chongguang was sitting in front of the mirror in his room in a red coat. An old maid was combing his wig and singing as she combed,
"Comb it all the way to the end."
"Second comb, comb until your white hair reaches your eyebrows."
"Three combs, comb until the ground is full of children and grandchildren."
"Fourth comb, good luck when you come, meet a noble person when you go out…"
At the same time.
At the district headquarters.
Qu Shuyun was wearing a bright red cheongsam and sitting in front of the dressing table. Three old maids surrounded her and divided their work. One helped her comb her hair and put on hair accessories, one helped her put on earrings, jewelry, and nail polish, and the last helped her draw her eyebrows, apply powder, and put on lipstick.
They had been busy since five in the morning. Qu Shuyun was like a doll that they could play with.
Her heart had probably already flown to Qin Shaobai's side. As long as she could get through today, she would be able to go far away with her sweetheart.
"Pa, pa, pa!"
The sound of trumpets and firecrackers came from outside the door.
An eighteen-year-old little girl ran in and urged,"Are you done? The son-in-law's bridal sedan chair is already outside the door."”
"Send the bride to the sedan chair." An old maid shouted.
He covered his head with the red veil and stretched out his right hand, allowing Qu Shuyun's right hand to rest on his own. Then, he slowly supported her and walked towards the door.
Outside the main gate of the district headquarters.
The Li Residence's wedding procession had been waiting for a long time. There were a total of twenty servants in red clothes. Eight of them were sedan chair bearers, four of them were blowing trumpets, and two of them were beating gongs and drums.
The two of them threw firecrackers one after the other. The two of them held up a wooden sign on each side. The left side had the words Li Mansion written on it, and the right side had the words 'Bridal Invitation' written on it! The last two servants, one in front and one behind, each carried the word "Xi".
After the old maid helped the bride onto the palanquin, she shouted,"Let's go!" The eight sedan bearers slowly lifted the sedan chair and walked towards the Li Residence.
Almost at the same time, the sedan chair of Iron Mountain also set off from the Temple of the Grand Deity. Four officers and soldiers carried the sedan chair while 20 guards stood on both sides of the sedan chair with guns to protect it.
When this group of people arrived at the market. "Pa, pa!" Two gunshots rang out, and the heads of the two officers riding on horses and walking at the front were instantly shot.
"Charge!"
Some of the surrounding commoners held knives, some held axes, and a few held guns. They all turned into butchers and charged towards the sedan chair.
"Pa…"
"Pa…"
"Ding…"
"Dang…"
"Kill them!"
Gunshots, the sound of metal clashing, and all kinds of screams continued.
The members of the Hui Party slowly approached the palanquin, and the number of Qing soldiers who died increased.
When the gang members surrounded the palanquin, there was a sudden boom!”The people standing next to the palanquin, whether they were the members of the guild or the Qing soldiers, were all dead.
It turned out that Iron Mountain had predicted that the members of the secret society would assassinate him, so he had installed a bomb on the palanquin, while he disguised himself as a passerby and set off from another direction.
Such a huge commotion had alarmed the people nearby.
"Ah!"
"Murder!"
"Murder!"
Screams could be heard everywhere. It was a mess.
The bridal procession from the Li Residence also stopped at the entrance of the Cool Breeze Gang.
Qu Shuyun lifted the curtain of the bridal sedan and shouted,"Madam Zhao, what's going on in front? What happened?"
"Aiya, Miss, quickly put down the curtain!”
A plump middle-aged woman in her fifties, dressed in a red robe, immediately ran over from the front and scolded the servant girl standing at the side.
"What's wrong with you guys? How could he let Miss open the curtains?”
"Aunt Zhao, tell me, what happened in front?”Qu Shuyun said coquettishly to Auntie Zhao.
"I still don't know. I heard that the troops from the General's Residence are in front.”Aunt Zhao said hurriedly.
"The general is dead?" Qu Shuyun asked with a smile.
"I don't know yet. Young Lady, quickly put down the curtain.”
Seeing the plaque of the Cool Breeze Gang, Qu Shuyun rolled her eyes and immediately got out of the sedan chair.
"Miss, why did you come out? Go back quickly!”
"Yeah! Miss, quickly return to the palanquin!"
"Miss, hurry up and go back!"
The surrounding servants, old maids, and housekeepers were all in a mess. They surrounded Qu Shuyun and urged her to go back. Each of them said one sentence, and they chattered like a market.
"I want to go to the toilet!" Qu Shuyun said.
"Miss, you'd better endure it!" Aunt Zhao said.
"That's right! Miss, you should go back! There was no rule for the bride to get off the palanquin halfway. This, this wouldn't work.”The plump butler in his forties said.
"Stop arguing. What's wrong with the bride? Can't the bride relieve herself? I don't have such a rule." Qu Shuyun glared at the butler and said fiercely. Then, she walked straight into the Cool Breeze Gang.
"Who is this person?"
"Isn't this Miss Qu? Didn't she marry Young Master Lee today?”
"Why did you come in dressed like this?”
Looking at Qu Shuyun, who was wearing a bright red bridal gown, the customers started discussing.
Qu Shuyun pretended not to hear him and strolled around downstairs. In the end, he realized that there was no one he was waiting for. He stood at the entrance of the Cool Breeze Gang with a disappointed expression.
"Mr. Qin, shall we go down and pick up Miss Qu? The car was already prepared and was just outside the back door.”
At this moment, in the second floor of the Cool Breeze Gang, there were seven people wearing gray Chinese tunic suits. The one who spoke was a young man in his early twenties.
"Yes!"
"Let's go!"
"Leave?"
"Let's go!"
The others responded.
"Don't move!" Qin Shaobai ordered.
"We've already fallen into Iron Mountain's trap. Our comrades in this operation have either been killed or captured. Your people, hurry up and inform the comrades of the other agencies to evacuate immediately. At the same time, he had to protect himself. At this time, he could not let anything happen again.”
"Then what about Miss Qu?" A skinny young man asked.
Qin Shaobai raised his eyebrows and said,"The operation is canceled."”
"Cancel?"
"Cancel the operation?"
"Mr. Qin, Miss Qu got married because of our assassination mission. We can't just leave her alone!”
"That's right! We won't leave Miss Qu behind!”
"Brother Jian is right."
Qin Shaobai walked to the window and looked at the bridal procession below. He sighed and said,""I can't care less about him!"
"Mr. Qin, aren't you burning the bridge after crossing it?”
Qin Shaobai turned around and explained to the young man who had just spoken,""The assassination attempt has failed. Iron Mountain will definitely investigate this matter to the end. If we take Miss Qu away now, it will definitely implicate the Qu family and the Li family. The consequences would be unimaginable. So you guys should retreat first."
"Okay, Mr. Qin, we'll listen to you!”
After everyone else left, Qin Shaobai was the only one left on the second floor.
He was standing by the glass window, looking at the dejected Qu Shuyun who was standing by the door. His eyes were filled with shame, guilt, pity, and all sorts of complicated emotions.
It was only when Qu Shuyun was pushed onto the bridal sedan by the maids and servants that the bridal procession disappeared from his sight.
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