Chapter 289 The Real Riot

Li Xuan immediately hooked Princess Ankang's neck with his tail and stood on her shoulder.

Yu'er also stood in front of Princess Ankang silently.

With the loud noise, the crowd suddenly became chaotic, especially after falling into darkness, screaming continuously.

Although there had been a similar experience before, the people on Huajie did not learn any lessons.

Especially this time the movement was much louder than before.

"Keep the formation and retreat into Hu Yulou!"

The flower-clothed eunuch leading the team shouted loudly, and clearly conveyed the order in the chaos.

The flower-clothed eunuchs took action immediately, and they separated two people to take care of the two princesses.

Yu'er took the lead at this time and took over the armrest of Princess Ankang's wheelchair.

The flower-clothed eunuch who was originally going to push the wheelchair saw Yu'er insisting, and did not force her, but just reminded her to keep up.

The flower-clothed eunuchs maintained their formation, successfully broke through a path in the crowded crowd, and soon returned to Hu Yulou.

At this time, there were already smart people hiding in Hu Yulou. Seeing Princess Ankang and her group coming in for refuge, they did not pay too much attention, but just seemed a little frightened.

When the flow of people is dense, the panicked crowd is the biggest threat.

The flower-clothed eunuchs did not stay at the door, but went to the spacious hall on the first floor and found a suitable place to stand.

They need to see the situation and then decide what to do next.

"Ladies, let's see the situation first and then decide whether to leave this place."

"What do you think, ladies?"

The flower-clothed eunuch leading the team sought the opinions of the two princesses.

This is the professional quality of the flower-clothed eunuchs in the palace. Even in such a situation, knowing that the master may not make a more reasonable decision, they still have to ask for instructions.

In the end, even if the master makes an unreasonable decision, the flower-clothed eunuch will only remind the corresponding risks within his duties, and after failing to change the master's decision, he will still execute the unreasonable order.

The two princesses looked at each other, but they did not seem flustered, and remained calm.

"Sister, how about we check the situation first?"

Princess Yuan'an asked Princess Ankang.

"What my sister said makes sense. Maybe it's not a big deal, just like before."

Princess Ankang nodded and agreed to Princess Yuan'an's proposal.

The flower-clothed eunuchs who led the team were relieved to see that the two princesses were so easy to talk to.

They, the servants, were afraid that their masters would make things more difficult for them inexplicably.

If the riots on Hua Street continued to expand, they could go out through the back door of Hu Yulou.

Hu Yulou didn't have a back door. With their strength, it wouldn't take too long to open one on the spot.

Even if the four doors of the East City were closed due to the curfew, the flower-clothed eunuchs could easily open the door and leave with their identity tokens and return to the safe Xingqing Palace.

They had such confidence, so they could stay calm.

A group of people stood in the hall and looked at the chaos outside through the gate.

But outside the gate, apart from the messy crowd, there was nothing useful.

Li Xuan still remembered the last scene he saw.

Ayimu's stage was blown to pieces, and Ayimu and Hou San, who were originally on the stage, disappeared.

"Was he killed by the explosion?"

"And I smelled a pungent smell earlier, it seemed like gunpowder."

Li Xuan did not expect that someone in Daxing had already mastered the use of gunpowder.

But for some unknown reason, the other party actually blew up Ayimu's stage.

"I wonder if they are coming for Ayimu or Hou San?"

At this time, Li Xuan suddenly felt Princess Ankang's little hand touching his back, and then her fingers slid gently and wrote a few words.

"Ah Xuan, why don't you go out and see what happened?"

"If there is danger, come back immediately, we will leave here directly."

Li Xuan raised his head and met Princess Ankang's big eyes blinking at him.

It happened that Li Xuan was also curious about what happened outside, and he and Princess Ankang hit it off, and immediately sneaked out of Princess Ankang's arms.

The flower-dressed eunuch in charge of the guard saw Li Xuan running around and was about to grab him, but he missed.

The flower-dressed eunuch could not help but be stunned for a moment, and at this time Princess Ankang said:

"Forget it, let him go."

"Sister, it's dangerous for Ah Xuan to run around, so bring him back!"

Before anyone else said anything, Princess Yuan An was the first to get anxious.

Seeing Princess Yuan An so anxious, Princess Ankang first looked at her strangely, then held her hand and comforted her:

"Don't worry, Ah Xuan knows the limit, he will come back if there is danger."

At this time, Li Xuan had already climbed up the sign of Hu Yulou quietly, overlooking the situation on Hua Street.

The crowd was still messy, but much better than before.

Some people saw the situation on the street and felt very unlucky, so they rushed to the brothels where they had arranged seats.

Those who did not join in the fun were close and could turn around and go back.

But those who followed the courtesans all the way were in more trouble.

They were now surrounding the courtesans' stage, all at the central intersection of the Flower Street.

Some people chose brothels that were close, so they could suffer less.

But some people had to go back to both ends of the Flower Street, which meant they had to cross the entire crowded crowd.

I'm afraid it would take a lot of effort to get there, and the performance in the evening would certainly be greatly affected.

The courtesans' stage was surrounded by thugs from various families, fearing that someone would take advantage of the fire and take advantage of the courtesans.

The thugs from each family had their own selfish motives, and they would first protect their own courtesans.

Therefore, there were fewer people maintaining order on the street, and it was obviously not easy to restore order.

When Li Xuan looked around, he found that many guests were leaning against the windows on the second and third floors of many brothels, eating melon seeds and watching the chaos below, talking and laughing.

The seats they occupied were all very good, and obviously not seats that ordinary people could get.

"It turns out that there are seats for members."

Li Xuan sighed, but didn't care too much about these people watching the excitement.

He then turned his eyes to the place where the previous explosion occurred.

There were many thugs holding torches, looking for something in the wreckage of the stage.

Hu Yulou's mother had rushed there as soon as possible, and was leading the thugs in her own brothel to dig three feet in the ground to find the trace of Ayimu.

An excellent courtesan like Ayimu will surely become Hu Yulou's cash cow in time, so how can they not be anxious?

Li Xuan looked down, and it was obviously irrational to wade through the messy crowd.

He then raised his head and found that the thin rope hanging the lantern was suitable.

Li Xuan's hind legs bounced slightly, and he easily crossed a considerable height and stepped directly and lightly on the thin rope.

With his extraordinary balance, he stood on the narrow thin rope, as steady as if he was stepping on the ground.

Li Xuan walked forward along the thin rope, but before he reached the top of the incident, he smelled a special smell.

This smell was very strange, like the smell of burning plants.

Li Xuan followed the smell and soon found the place where the smell was emitted.

"These lanterns..."

He found strangely that these smells came from the extinguished red lanterns.

Bright red lanterns were neatly hung on the thin rope, but now they were all extinguished.

Originally, Li Xuan thought that these lanterns were blown out by the wind like before.

But now think about it, the strong wind just now was caused by the explosion.

If the strong wind from the explosion blew out these red lanterns, it should be radiating outwards with the explosion point as the center.

But Li Xuan looked around and found that the red lanterns at the central intersection of Huajie and nearby were all extinguished.

Only brighter lights were still there in the distance.

"It feels more and more wrong."

Li Xuan took note of the red lanterns and continued to approach the explosion point.

Soon, he came to the wreckage of Aimu's stage.

The stage was blown to pieces, and only the edges and corners were relatively intact.

Judging from this, the explosion point is likely to be the center of the stage.

"Mother Zhou, found it, found it!"

One of Hu Yulou's thugs who was searching in the wreckage suddenly shouted excitedly.

Hu Yulou's mother Zhou quickly twisted her plump buttocks and ran in the direction of the sound.

As a result, when Mother Zhou saw the dark figure dug out from the ruins, her face couldn't help but turn as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"This, this is Mr. Hou..."

Li Xuan looked closely and found that the unlucky guy who was blown like charcoal was indeed Hou San.

What was even more surprising was that his chest was still rising and falling slightly.

"Quick, go get him a doctor!"

"Mr. Hou is still alive."

"Take him to the mothers and ask them to decide!"

Mrs. Zhou of Hu Yulou seemed flustered, but she chose to pass the hot potato to others to share as soon as possible.

As mothers in the flower street, they dare not say anything else, but these playboys know each other better than the other.

How could Mrs. Zhou not know who Hou San was?

This is the son of the Minister of Personnel. If he really died here, it must not be related to them, Hu Yulou.

While there is still a chance, Mrs. Zhou must let others get involved.

The parade of the courtesan was originally a joint event held by everyone. How could she be left alone if something happened?

Hu Yulou's thugs received the order and immediately made a simple stretcher with the wreckage of the stage, and then carefully carried the person and went not far away.

When the time comes, they will throw the people to the ground and anyone who wants to move can do it.

After giving instructions, Mother Zhou shouted at the remaining thugs:

"What are you still standing there for?"

"Hurry up and find Ayimu. Don't stop until you find her!"

Compared to Hou San, Mother Zhou cares more about Ayimu.

She spent a lot of effort and money to find Ayimu, the courtesan who was the main character in the parade. Unexpectedly, something went wrong during her first time participating in the parade.

If Ayimu was killed in the explosion, Mother Zhou's Hu Yulou would not last long.

She owed a lot of debts to get Ayimu. Now that the courtesan she relied on to pay off her debts is gone, she might have to go back to her old job and go into battle herself.

Even so, she might not be able to pay back the money.

When the interest is compounded, not to mention Hu Yulou, even Mother Zhou will be sold.

Mother Zhou finally cleared the game once when she was young, and now she is asked to play it all over again.

At her current age and with her energy, she is definitely not as good as the young people.

In this way, she will never be able to make a breakthrough in her next life.

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