15. Arson the restaurant
The Yuezhou Restaurant is adjacent to the city wall and is immediately adjacent to the Han River. The second floor is parallel to the wall height, and the third floor is naturally about one foot higher than the city wall.
At this time, in the third floor of the restaurant, Feng Niang played the piano alone but did not move. The Taoist priest, the disciples, and the brother and sister of Zhu Er were already looking downstairs in front of the restaurant. At this time, there were a group of Jinyiwei, officers and soldiers, and many archers downstairs. The birthmark general Zhang Hamu, the leader, shouted to the people upstairs:
"Stinky Taoist priest, take a look around yourself. You have no way out. Hurry up and surrender. This general can still say a few words of beautifying you in front of Governor Jiang, otherwise you will be dead today."
The Taoist priest replied directly to the following:
"The traitors in the court are in power, and villains are successful. I will wait for you to come and arrest me, so don't say much."
At this time, Zhu Sanmei said to the downstairs:
"Zhang Hata, I am waiting for you upstairs, hurry..." Before he finished speaking, Zhu Er blocked his mouth.
Zhang Hamu heard people scolding him again and was naturally unhappy, so he ordered the Jinyiwei beside him to rush upstairs. When he came upstairs, he picked up the sword in his hand and slashed at the Taoist priest and everyone. The Taoist priest picked up the whisk from his disciples and then picked it up. Four Taoist disciples also joined in. Several Jinyiwei also began to attack Zhu Er and Zhu Sanmei. Unexpectedly, Zhu Er had good martial arts skills and directly protected Zhu Sanmei and fought with Jinyiwei.
At this time, three white horses appeared downstairs with luxurious horses pulling stables. Two people came out of the car. One of them was dressed in court clothes, over 60 years old, with white hair and big belly, the other one had sharp mouths and monkey cheeks, and his eyes were as bright as an eagle. This person was Jiang Bin.
After getting off the car, Jiang Bin said to the 60-year-old big belly official:
"Thanks to your plan today, this brave and stinky Taoist priest will undoubtedly die."
It turns out that the 60-year-old is the first assistant today
Yang Yanhe, the Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace.
Yang Yan stroked his long hair with both hands and said with a smile:
"This old Taoist was despised and retribution today." After saying that, he laughed
At this time, the man who was the top pick, Yang Shen, walked over with a drunken look on his face and asked Yang Yanhe:
"My father, why did you do this to harm the Taoist priest? Didn't you ruin our Yang family's reputation?"
Yang Yanhe yelled at his son Yang Shen:
"How could you know why you called me?" After saying that, he waved his hand and several people came up to pull Yang Shen down.
At this time, the fight on the upper floor had been going on for a long time. Zhang Hamu was naturally no match for the Taoist priest, but there were too many Jinyiwei and could do some martial arts. After a long time, he naturally became tired. The same was true for Zhu Er. Feng Niang saw that Zhu Sanmei was in great danger in the fight, so he took the opportunity to pull it to his side. No one in Jinyiwei attacked Feng Niang.
At this time, the Taoist priest and Zhu Er were gradually feeling weak and almost injured by the Jinyiwei several times. Zhang Hamu seemed much smarter at this time. He deliberately avoided the Taoist priest and asked the Jinyiwei to consume the Taoist priest's physical strength. He found an opportunity to sneak attack the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest gradually couldn't hold on and was kicked by the Jinyiwei. Just as Zhang Hamu attacked the Taoist priest with a knife, the monk with a sharp nose jumped up from the second floor and directly blocked Zhang Hamu's sword with a bamboo pole. This monk was the monk Yingji. Seeing that there were many helpers, the Taoist priest used his remaining strength to deal with the Jinyiwei.
When Jiang Bin and Yang Yanhe were fighting upstairs for a long time but they had no chance of winning or losing, they ordered the archers to prepare. Suddenly, a flame floated on the first floor of the restaurant. The flame floated to the second floor in a few seconds. Jiang Bin and a group of Jinyiwei on the third floor quickly retreated downstairs when they saw the fire. The guests and the shopkeepers rushed out together on the first floor. The target of the officers and soldiers outside the door was the Taoist priest and the people upstairs would not pay attention to them. Among these people, there was an elderly grandfather with a pale face and a very difficult walk.
The old man walked to the encirclement of officers and soldiers and sat down by a wall, leaning against the wall and said to himself:
"Master, second brother, I can only help you. I hope you are lucky and will have a heavenly appearance and escape this disaster." After that, he fell asleep. This person was Du Buwang.
At this time, Feng Niang had already pulled Zhu Sanmei downstairs. When Zhu Er saw that Sanmei was downstairs by Feng Niang, he thought about it. If he dared to hurt his life, he would report his identity. He greeted the Taoist priest and followed him. When the three of them rushed out of the flames, they were instantly surrounded by a group of Jinyiwei and officers and soldiers, and put the knife on Zhu Er and Zhu Sanmei's necks. At this time, Feng Niang walked to Yang Yanhe and bowed and shouted:
"Can the adoptive father spare those two people's lives?"
Then he was about to say that Chen Wang, the monkey-faced young master who had been hiding behind the Jinyiwei, ran out, knelt down in front of Yang Yanhe and Jiang Bin and said:
"I just caught two people, the little princess of the Xing Palace and the third princess."
When Jiang Bin and Yang Yanhe heard this, they were shocked and quickly walked towards Zhu Er and Zhu Sanmei, ordered their subordinates to put down their swords. Then Yang Yanhe pulled Jiang Bin and said to Zhu Er and Zhu Sanmei:
"The two officials and the two of them didn't know each other. They just wanted to capture the thief, but they accidentally injured the little prince and the princess. I hope they don't blame each other."
Zhu Er thought for a while and replied politely:
"The two masters are both important officials of the court, how dare you two take such importance to you?"
After Yang Yanhe and Jiang Bin talked, they pulled Zhu Er to the sedan chair and started talking. Zhu Er and the third sister were worried about the Taoist priest, but they were powerless at this time.
At this time, the fire on the third floor was already soaring into the sky. The Taoist priest had to jump into the river with four disciples. Monk Yingji used his light skills and easily jumped into the roof next to the restaurant, and his two steps disappeared.
At this time, everyone downstairs thought that Taoist priest and monk Yingji were both dead in the fire. Zhu Er and Zhu Sanmei felt very sad. They took advantage of the matter to meet Yang Yan and Jiang Bin and said goodbye to each other. Yang Yan and Jiang Bin also left by car. Feng Niang also found an old man lying beside the wall on the way back. When he saw that it was Du Buwang, he helped him back to his home in the Zhang manor.
It turned out that although Du Buwang was unconscious last night, he heard Feng Niang talking with the maid. He heard that the Taoist priest and a few people were worried about their lives today, so he dragged his injured body and pretended to be an old man and hid in the restaurant. When the fighting was too loud and the Jinyiwei kept going upstairs to support him, he remembered a way to set the fire. While the inn owner's wife was not paying attention, she stole a pot of oil from the kitchen and poured it on firewood. The fire started to lit it. The restaurant was originally a wooden structure, so naturally it could not withstand the fire.
Chapter completed!