kingnovel Chapter 129: The picture shows the dagger
Chapter 129: The picture shows the dagger
Flames fell from a great height and hit the ground.
The crowd gathered under Tongtian Tower instantly fell into chaos. When the people heard that the Beimang people had attacked, they began to flee in all directions without even thinking.
Soon, some of the elderly, weak, women, and children who were unable to escape were trampled under the feet of the crowd and died instantly. Countless people were shoulder to shoulder, pushing and shoving each other.
The guards downstairs of Tongtian Tower were dispersed in an instant.
They were crowded with people, and it was impossible for them to maintain order. They wanted to go upstairs to save King Heng, but they couldn't get up at all. It was even more impossible to rescue the emperor.
They could only be scattered in the crowd and watch the Tongtian Tower burn into a sea of fire.
The entire building was made of wood. Once the fire started, it spread rapidly. The explosion and high temperature made the wooden building crackle. The peeling wood, with flames, fell into the crowd, and there was another wailing.
The people on the ninth floor had no time to escape. They were wrapped in the sea of fire, howling miserably. They couldn't see the road clearly and fell down from the building.
The scene was in chaos. The people rushed to the square in panic, frightening the eunuch Shun who was beside Emperor Jingde so much that he shouted at the top of his voice:
"Escort! Escort!"
The Tongtian Tower exploded and caught fire, and everyone in the main hall square was shocked.
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of people rushed out from the crowd, including dancing girls, musicians playing musical instruments and singing in the corners, even eunuchs and ordinary people. They suddenly took out a wooden stick-like object from under their clothes, pointed it at Emperor Jingde on the high platform with fierce expressions.
There were loud noises of "boom", "boom" and "boom" one after another, and bursts of black smoke drifted by. In an instant, dozens of people in the square fell to the ground.
"There are assassins!"
"There's an assassin! Protect the Emperor!"
Someone screamed, and the next moment there was a loud bang, with a black hole appearing in the chest. The person fell to the ground, blood splattering everywhere.
A dozen masked men, armed with wooden clubs, attacked the main seat. The remaining assassins targeted everyone else present, killing them on sight.
The scene was in chaos. Some people were crying for their parents, some were running away with their heads in their hands, and some were shouting for protection.
Su Li had never seen such a scene in her life.
Grass, a green plant!
A fierce fight!
The bloody corpse fell in front of her, it was so... exciting!
Pei Heng no longer cared about pretending to be disabled. He overturned a table and hugged her while walking and retreating, hiding in a corner under the high platform. Huan Ge'er and Xie An also hid in it. The eldest princess reacted quickly and hid here with Xi Jie'er in her arms.
"Hide well and don't come out!"
After settling his wife and children, Pei Heng said a few words and rushed towards Emperor Jingde.
"do not go!"
Before Su Li could finish her words, Pei Heng rolled out on the ground.
The Ninth Princess was so frightened that she trembled all over.
She turned around, trying to grab the consort, Pei Yan, but her grasp was empty. He had vanished without a trace. Not far away, Tan Tai Ting calmly held a chair in front of him, shielding Nie Yunrou as they retreated step by step.
When he passed by the Ninth Princess, he subconsciously stopped and was about to pull her sleeve, but Nie Yunrou next to him screamed and fell limply on him.
Tan Tai Ting no longer cared about the Ninth Princess, picked up Nie Yunrou and left.
The Ninth Princess stood there blankly, the firelight flashing around her, but her heart was as dead as a ray of despair. She stared blankly at the chaos before her, her heart aching like a needle stabbing.
"Fool!"
The eldest princess stamped her feet and was about to rush out to pull her.
However, Su Li had already rushed out faster than her.
Just as she grabbed the dazed Ninth Princess, she heard a bang and a bullet passed by her. If Su Li hadn't pulled the Ninth Princess back, she would have been the one to snatch the dead soul.
"Protect the two princesses and leave first."
Su Li turned around and shouted, and the maids and eunuchs who were running around in panic finally reacted. They lifted up a few tables, protected the Ninth Princess and the Eldest Princess, and ran towards the palace.
"Mother, let's go together!"
"Aunt Su!"
"mother!"
The children's faces turned pale and they held onto Su Li's arms tightly.
Su Li pulled them apart and handed the children to the eldest princess.
"Princess, take the children and leave quickly."
"What about you?" The eldest princess looked at Su Li.
Su Li quickly swept her eyes across the chaotic square and saw that Pei Heng had already reached the high platform. He was holding a shield, and he and Prince Su were protecting the emperor on the left and right. Their eyes were sharp as they retreated all the way over here.
The imperial guards had been dispersed, and the ministers had either fled, died, or been injured. Only a dozen people were left by Emperor Jingde's side.
There was wailing in the square.
The fire in the Tongtian Tower was blazing, illuminating the entire square like daylight. Pieces of wood and flames were already falling from the roof, crashing into the crowd, and instantly many people were injured and burned.
But these are still in the minority.
More people, unaware of their situation, fled in all directions, crowding and trampling each other. Many elderly, weak, women and children were trampled to death in a matter of seconds.
The area below the Tongtian Tower was like hell on earth.
"I can't leave yet!"
Su Li pushed the eldest princess away, lifted her skirt and ran towards Pei Heng.
The eldest princess was stunned, watching Su Li rush towards Pei Heng without hesitation.
Only then did I realize that my so-called love was so fragile in the face of life and death.
She gritted her teeth, stamped her feet, and ran towards the palace with the children.
The distance from Su Li's position to the main seat wasn't far, but there were many corpses and wounded people in between. To avoid being targeted, she jumped left and right, so focused on running that she didn't notice that King Kang, who had been trampled to the ground, was blocking her way.
"help……"
Before he could even utter the word "I", King Kang felt a pain in his chest. Su Li had already stepped on his chest!
"……I!"
Prince Kang grabbed Su Li's skirt. Su Li looked down, raised her foot and kicked Prince Kang away, then she ran away.
King Kang had a face full of question marks.
He looked at the small footprint on his chest in astonishment, then raised his hand to touch his aching face.
Grass! A green plant!
Just now I saw her being well-behaved and obedient, clinging to Pei Heng like a little bird, but I didn't expect her to be so wild?
He had no choice but to crawl all the way, and he didn't know how many times he was stepped on by the fleeing people. He finally crawled into a corner and hid there, and he almost lost his life.
"Pei Heng!"
Su Li crossed the line of fire and rushed towards Pei Heng.
With a stumble, he was pulled behind the shield and fell into Pei Heng's arms.
"You don't want your life!"
Pei Heng was angry and anxious. He watched Su Li running towards him, and the ammunition fell and passed by her several times.
"no!"
Su Li ran over, her hair was messed up, her gold hairpin had fallen off, and her peony was gone. She straightened her crooked hair and grabbed Pei Heng and said:
"You see, the assassin's gun, while powerful, isn't invincible. They have to reload, fire, and aim, leaving a lot of time between them."
"gun?"
Pei Heng also noticed this.
But the imperial guards suffered heavy casualties as soon as they came up, and they were unable to get in. The only ones left were Prince Su, Prince Jing, Concubine Wen, Concubine Jiang, and four or five guards and eunuchs.
They were all frightened and didn't dare to stick their heads out easily.
After hearing Su Li's words, Pei Heng said to Prince Su beside him:
"Your Highness, how is your archery practice going?"
"It's okay, it's still okay to shoot someone."
"it is good!"
Pei Heng took the bow and arrow from the corpse of a nearby imperial guard and said, "I'll count to 1, 2, 3, and we'll aim and shoot together."
The gunfire stopped, and taking advantage of this brief gap, Su Li said:
"It's now!"
Pei Heng and Prince Su stood up, one on the left and one on the right, drew their bows and shot arrows. There were two screams, and two people fell down not far away.
"feasible!"
The several imperial guards around him instantly became motivated and launched a counterattack. After a round of counterattacks, the gunfire from the opposite side decreased significantly.
At this moment, there was another loud bang, and the second explosion occurred in the Tongtian Tower.
This explosion was louder and louder than the previous one.