Chapter 133: The General's Mansion
"I remember the first time we met, it was still at the foot of the ancestral Buddha Mountain, when you were still very young, I called you junior brother. Now that I think about it, I think it's so amazing. Yi Hanlan recalled the past, remembering the person who almost changed the trajectory of her life, and the corners of her mouth showed a little smile again.
"I called you senior sister first, and at that time I thought you were the most beautiful woman in the world. Lin Ji pursed the corners of his mouth a little shyly, and his voice suddenly became quieter.
"Then I'm not beautiful now?" Yi Hanlan's faint voice was a little coquettish.
For a while, Lin Ji was a little unacceptable.
"This ...... I'll have to think about it. ”
"You ......" Yi Hanlan pursed her lips, as if she was tired, but she stopped talking, but unconsciously, the indulgent atmosphere on the two of them seemed to have finally changed slightly.
Perhaps because of the rain, the patrol of Il City turned out to be much weaker, and the few remaining guards were also hiding from the heavy rain at the moment, after all, no one wanted to get their clothes wet, and wearing wet armor until night was an extremely uncomfortable thing.
So when they saw the carriage and the unusually beautiful-looking coachman in the carriage, they didn't feel anything unusual, but waved their hands and let them go.
"Thank you for missing the only chance you could save yourself. The carriage went farther and farther, heading towards the General's Mansion, leaving Lin Ji's faint words and the squeak of the carriage in the spring rain.
The carriage was carefully parked by Lin Ji under the eaves of a two-story small building that could not be drenched in rain, although the carriage could not catch the rain, which could also reduce a little moisture, and Yi Hanlan, who was seriously injured, regarded this moisture as the biggest enemy at this time.
After parking the carriage, Yi Hanlan said to be careful, and then Lin Ji jumped out of the carriage.
He didn't even bring the Feng Xiao sword that was still stuck in the carriage at this time.
He looked at the two huge stone lions at the gate of the General's Mansion, and seemed to think of the Wuhou Mansion in Canghai City.
When I was a child, every time I went home, I would feel that the stone lion seemed to have become smaller, but it was only later that I realized that it was I who had grown up.
Then the door of the General's Mansion opened on its own, and there was a slight noise.
The housekeeper who guarded the door obviously didn't expect that the closed door would open by itself, so he put on his clothes extremely reluctantly, wanting to see which person who didn't open his eyes dared to push open the door of the General's Mansion without permission.
It wasn't until he saw the young man in a black robe standing at the door that his temper seemed to take a hundred and eighty-degree turn, because he could see an inexplicable meaning from the young man's low face, which made him feel an extremely terrifying fear from the bottom of his heart.
"May I ask this little brother, who are you looking for?" The housekeeper who opened the door was already over sixty years old, obviously familiar with the situation in Yier City, and tried his best to search for the sons of several officials in the city, but none of them matched the temperament and appearance of the person in front of him.
"I'm coming to the general. The young man's tone was modest, so the butler began to be arrogant.
"The general has already slept, let's come back another day. ”
"It's okay, I don't care about that. The young man, in the astonished gaze of the butler, went up the stairs and was about to step into the half-foot-high gate.
"I repeat, come back another day. "The butler was obviously also a soldier on the battlefield back then, and there was a little bit of blood in his words.
Lin Ji shook his head slightly.
He didn't want to kill, but he didn't want to get into trouble in the first place. So he came to the butler's side, stretched out his hand in the steward's stunned and disbelieving gaze, and patted him gently on the shoulder.
Then the butler fell to the ground like a puddle of mud. Unconscious.
Lin Ji didn't look at the housekeeper again, but calmly closed the door, and then walked steadily towards the inner courtyard.
The General's Mansion in Yier City is very large, and even Lin Ji, who is familiar with the spacious Wuhou Mansion, feels that this General's Mansion is indeed larger.
Advancing layer by layer, before he knew it, Lin Ji had walked through three gates.
Only then did I come to the inner courtyard of the General's Mansion in the actual sense.
So far, no one has discovered his whereabouts.
Finally, in the screams of a subordinate who wanted to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, the entire general's mansion seemed to be awakened in an instant.
Countless noises and weapons colliding sounded one after another.
Lin Ji stood there with interest, waiting for the guards to prepare their weapons.
"Who dares to break into the General's Mansion at night, don't die?" The man who looked like a leader was carrying a simple knife and only putting on a shirt, and rushed out, and behind him, more than a dozen sturdy strong men were gathered, who could be regarded as the guards of the General's Mansion.
They glanced at Lin Ji, who was only one person, in surprise, and actually showed a nervous expression, because in their eyes, the young man in front of them was too calm, and the calm was a little frightening.
"May I ask which room General Xie lives in, is it there?" Lin Ji pointed to the small courtyard near the lobby and pouted.
Sudden questions that don't seem to take them into account at all.
Although the status of several people is not high, they are used to being arrogant and domineering outside the General's Mansion, how can they stand this anger. Therefore, the man at the head of the group first strengthened his courage and shouted: "The erector is looking for death." Then he rushed up with a shout.
Immediately afterwards, the body that was still imposing just now had already flown out upside down at this moment.
The man had not even had time to scream before he fainted in pain.
Those people who had a good relationship with him on weekdays subconsciously wanted to help him up, but they were frozen in place by a cold gaze.
"May I ask which room General Xie lives in, is it there?" Lin Ji just clapped his hands. The voice is still soft.
"Yes...... Yes......" finally spoke timidly. Lin Ji nodded with satisfaction, and then the remaining few people also flew up one after another, landing next to the leader who had just fallen in advance, except for the person who spoke, who was still standing in place as before, but a puddle of yellow and white things inexplicably appeared under him, which made people want to vomit.
Maybe it was really too long to be calm, or maybe he didn't expect Lin Ji to come here at all, so the defense of the Ilcheng General's Mansion was limited to an old butler, and a dozen guards who were not even soldiers.
Xie Tianxiao was already woken up by the noise in the courtyard at this time, and he only had time to put on a Confucian robe and pushed open the door.
This is an old general who already looks to be about sixty years old, although he is physically strong, but he has obviously embarked on the downhill road of life, and his snow-white hair seems to indicate to Lin Ji that his energy is not as good as before.
"General Xie, we finally met. Lin Ji smiled and smiled at Xie Tian as a junior.
For this elder, who is already older than his father, of course, he deserves such a great gift.
"Are you?" Xie Tianxiao glanced at the guards lying on the ground, and then at this polite junior, thought for a moment, and seemed to think of something.
"The general is relieved, the juniors did not kill them, they just fainted. ”
"It's not like you. Of course, Xie Tianxiao knew what Lin Ji was doing in Da Mang, so in his impression, even if Lin Ji was not a person covered in blood, he would not be as gentle as he was now.
"How is this not me, General, if others do not understand, you should understand. Marching and fighting is not a house, and sometimes I don't have a choice. Lin Ji pursed the corners of his mouth and took a few steps forward.
Xie Tianxiao didn't agree or send it right, but instead had a little curiosity about this young man who came to visit late at night.
"The road to Yanjing is not here. Xie Tian smiled, frowned, looked at the young man who was gradually getting closer to him, and said.
"This is not a good general, you have reminded you. Of course I know, but we need to find a very close road to Yanjing, and this road is in the hands of your son, so I have come to ask you for help. I wonder if the general can help me with this?" Lin Ji said with a smile and sincerity.
"You...... You want to fight the idea of a water master?" Xie Tianxiao didn't understand what Lin Ji meant at first, but as a veteran of the battlefield, he only needed to think slightly, and he knew all of Lin Ji's plans.