Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 111: Appointment in the Future
Cheng Leixiang seemed to have recovered from the heavy blow just now. He seemed to have no sense of pain. He grinned at Pei Yuan with his broken mouth and said, "Captain Pei is really alert. At this time, he is still on guard against his subordinates."

Pei Yuan looked at him expressionlessly.

"Do you know where you went wrong?"

Cheng Leixiang forced a smile on his bloody face, "Oh? Tell me about it."

Pei Yuan said, "Since Cheng Leixiang followed me, everything he did was to my heart's content. But when I saw you come in just now, I was very unhappy."

“Then I thought about it and realized why I felt that way.”

"Because if there was a fire, Cheng Leixiang would definitely come to ensure my safety first, instead of running out to see who was attacking at night."

The mangled face smiled and said, "I see. Today's mission failed, and it's not appropriate to leave your name behind. See you another day."

As soon as he finished speaking, he died.

Song Chunniang suppressed her nausea and felt the man's pulse on his neck. When she opened his collar, she saw a lot of corpse spots.

Her eyelids jumped and she waved to Pei Yuan, "Sir, come and see."

Pei Yuan glanced at her and signaled Song Chunniang not to pay any attention to her.

He had seen a lot of things like this, and indeed had a lot more resistance.

Pei Yuan called over a Jinyiwei whose face had changed drastically with shock, and asked, "When did your General Cheng leave?"

The Jinyiwei said in panic, "I don't know. I slept lightly and when I woke up I saw fire everywhere. I hurriedly helped them put out the fire and didn't notice whether General Cheng was inside."

Pei Yuan shouted to the guards in the courtyard, "Stop putting out the fire, come with me and take a look."

As he said this, he led the people out of the side yard.

After going out, I found that several courtyards in the entire post station were on fire, and there were cries and shouts everywhere.

There were faint sounds of fighting in front of the post station, and it seemed that Sikong Sui, who was on duty, was leading his men to resist.

This suddenly reminded Pei Yuan of his experience at Liyang Post Station.

If you do this yourself, naturally there will be people who dare to follow suit.

Looking at the chaotic crowd putting out the fire, Pei Yuan quickly glanced at several fire points. Only then did he realize that those flammable materials seemed to be stacked too perfectly.

Pei Yuan had an idea in mind, and without bothering to support Sikong Sui, he immediately asked loudly, "Which courtyard are Chen Toutie and Tan Tai Fangtu in?"

Someone pointed out the locations of Chen Toutie and Tan Tai Fangtu to Pei Yuan respectively.

Pei Yuan went there with his personal guards and saw that the gate of the courtyard was blocked by a pile of wooden stakes or something like that, which seemed to be drizzled with vegetable oil or something and were burning very vigorously.

The soldiers inside were using something to pry the pile of burning materials at the gate of the yard, trying to open a passage.

Chen Toutie seemed to see Pei Yuan inside and shouted hurriedly, "Is it the captain?"

Pei Yuan cursed, "Idiot, forget about that, just climb out of the wall."

After saying that, he picked up the knife and went to look at Tan Tai Fang Tu again.

There was also some chaos on Tan Tai Fang Tu's side. In addition to those who were trying to rescue people from the burned-down house, several people had blood on their knives, obviously having experienced a brief fight.

At this time, many officials and scholars also fled from the side courtyard where smoke was everywhere, along with their servants.

Pei Yuan said mercilessly in a low voice to the guards beside him, "If you see them coming over, just hack them to death!" The piles of flammable materials made Pei Yuan realize that this place had become a trap to surround and kill them.

How could there not be assassins among the officials and scholars who stayed in the post station?
At this moment, there was a wave of shouting outside. Pei Yuan could not hear clearly amid the crackling of the flames, so he asked Song Chunniang, "What are you shouting?"

Song Chunniang said doubtfully, "It sounds like the name of the White Lotus Mother was being called."

Pei Yuan cursed inwardly.

At this moment, the Jinyiwei soldiers guarding the gate of the post station suddenly shouted in unison, "Be careful!"

Pei Yuan looked up and immediately saw dense arrows shooting towards the yard.

Some of the arrows seemed to have been burned in fire and had a dark red color.

Pei Yuan didn't know if the cassock could catch such hot arrows, and he didn't dare to take the risk. He used his knife to pick up the arrows that were shot at him, while frantically looking for cover.

At this time, Sikong Sui, who was blocking the assassins in front of the post station, obviously couldn't hold on any longer. He led some remaining Jinyiwei soldiers to flee in panic and closed the courtyard door tightly.

Before Pei Yuan could figure out how to deal with the enemies outside the courtyard, he heard screams from behind.

Looking back, he saw a man dressed as a scholar trying to approach Pei Yuan, but was killed by Song Chunniang with a single knife.

Things happened very quickly here. Those who hadn't reacted yet were horrified and shouted, "The Jinyi Guards killed someone!"

Pei Yuan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the bearded Tan Tai Fangtu deal with the civil strife and bring the remaining men out to support.

He pointed at those people without hesitation and said, "Keep an eye on them. If there is an assassin among them, kill them directly!"

Tan Tai Fang Tu glanced at those people and warned them solemnly, "Captain, the fire is getting bigger and bigger. We can't hold out here for long. We have to be prepared to break out."

Pei Yuan did not dare to underestimate this guy and asked, "Do you have a way to rush out?"

Tan Tai Fang Tu said firmly, "Yes, but I don't know what the situation is outside, so I dare not be reckless."

Pei Yuan's mind was also a little confused, and he cursed in his heart, "If you don't dare to be reckless, how can I dare to be reckless?"
At this time, Chen Toutie and his personal soldiers also escaped.

Pei Yuan glanced around and took a rough count.

Except for Cheng Leixiang who is missing, all the other military officers in charge are here.

Sikong Sui's men suffered the greatest losses. Tan Tai Fangtu's Jinyiwei suddenly broke out in a wave of internal strife, and seven or eight of them were killed. Together with Pei Yuan's personal guards, the total number of Jinyiwei in the courtyard who could still wield swords was less than eighty.

At this moment, everyone was huddled against the wall, fearing that they would be hit by the arrows from outside.

Those officials and scholars who had escaped from the courtyard were frightened by the rain of arrows and, hoping for a lucky break, hid back in the burning and smoking courtyard.

Pei Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "This won't work. Who can divert the attention of those people and fight them anyway?"

Tan Tai Fang Tu once again volunteered, "I'll do it!"

As he spoke, Tan Tai Fang Tu waved his hands, and the soil nearby immediately began to wriggle.

Then the excavated earth, rocks and gravel began to climb up along Tan Tai Fang Tu's legs. In just a moment, these densely packed earth, rocks and gravel wrapped Tan Tai Fang Tu, like a giant made of these things.

Thanks to classmate Lao Tadpole who ran a red light for the reward, thanks to classmate Qianxiao Reese for the reward, thanks to classmate Thunderstorm Warning for the reward, thanks to book friend 20200601115001922 for the reward, thank you for your support.

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