In the deep and quiet night, no one will pay attention to the Maitreya Temple in the capital, which has long been abandoned.

In front of the Maitreya Temple is a pond, perhaps it is inaccessible, the pond is very clear, the bright moon is in the sky, the moon is reflected in the pond, a gust of wind blows across the water, the water ripples, the bright moon reflected in the water because of the water waves and sparkling.

This looks very dilapidated from the outside of the Maitreya Temple, usually does not attract the attention of others, although Buddhism is prevalent in the Chu State, but few people for the Maitreya incense, and because of this, this Maitreya Temple has been unattended many years ago, if it is other buildings in the capital, are abandoned into such a look, it has long been demolished, but this Maitreya Temple has always existed, and I don't know whether it is forgotten or because of other reasons, this Maitreya Temple has always stood here.

Naturally, few people know that this Maitreya Temple is a secret entrance to the palace.

At this moment, around the Maitreya Temple, there are people ambushing and guarding, but in the Maitreya Temple, there are dozens of people gathered at this moment, all of them looking ready to go, and all eyes are focused on one person.

Qi Ning swept over the thirty people in front of him with a grim expression.

This was the most aggressive force he could control in the capital, and of the thirty people, sixteen were cicada secret ninjas, and the remaining fourteen were night ghosts.

At the beginning, the king of Huainan took advantage of the sacrifice to the emperor's tomb to launch a rebellion, but in advance he secretly summoned a large number of shadow rats for his own use, shadow rats are a special group of people on the rivers and lakes, these people take killing as a profession, hire people, engage in killing to earn hire money to survive, almost all of them are in the shadows, unknown.

The Grey Raven was one of the best Assassins of all.

In that incident, if it weren't for Qi Ning, the gray crow would have died a long time ago, and afterwards Qi Ning recruited the gray crow for his own use, and secretly allocated a large amount of silver, so that the gray crow secretly formed a night ghost.

Qi Ning's original purpose in forming the night ghost was actually to keep an eye on the Sima clan's party, and the Sima clan was all over the capital, and even placed eyeliner in the mansions of many officials, so Qi Ning also used the gray crow to form a night ghost, which was specially used to understand the movements of the Sima clan's party.

Speaking from the heart, the night ghost was first built, and it was not yet able to achieve the effect that Qi Ning wanted, but fortunately, the little emperor finally eradicated the Sima clan in one fell swoop with the power of thunder, and the night ghost also entered the period of latent accumulation of strength.

Under the organization of the gray crow, the night ghosts have begun to take shape, and of course the number of people is far more than a dozen, but the night ghosts called this time are all familiar with the water, including the gray crow, and the fourteen people, including the gray crow, are not only good at tracking and assassinating, but also good at water.

As for the sixteen cicadas, they live on the island, and the water nature is naturally not a problem.

After the cicada secret ninja took refuge in Qi Ning, although he swore allegiance to the Chu State, but the real object of allegiance was Qi Ning, Qi Ning received the "will" to return to Beijing in Huize City, so he secretly arranged for the cicada Kotaro to take the cicada secret ninja to the capital to standby, taking two lines, after Qi Ning and Chi Danmei returned to Beijing, they first made arrangements with the flying cicada Kotaro, and then found the gray crow organization manpower, and gathered thirty masters of the dark night operation.

From Xiang Tianbei's mouth, Qi Ning already knew that there were three places where the little emperor was most likely to be imprisoned, and if he wanted to find the little emperor, he must start from these three places.

But Qi Ning understands better that Xiao Shaozong is not only cunning but also cautious, no matter where the little emperor is imprisoned, it must be heavily guarded, and it is not easy to rescue the little emperor.

What's even worse is that although the three places mentioned by Xiang Tianbei may be the places where the little emperor is imprisoned, there is no guarantee that the little emperor is really imprisoned in these three places, even if the emperor is really under house arrest in one of them, once he is found by Xiao Shaozong's people in the other two places, he will immediately startle the snake, and it is almost impossible to rescue the emperor.

Qi Ning also thought about sneaking into the palace alone and investigating three places one by one, but there are accidents in everything, although Qi Ning is already very confident in his martial arts, but there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents at all.

He pondered again and again, knowing that since it was a risk-taking, it was natural to choose the most certain method.

The soldiers are divided into three ways and infiltrate three places at the same time, so that even if one of them is discovered, the other two can still act according to the plan, which greatly increases the chance of rescuing the emperor.

Of course, this is an extremely difficult task, Qi Ning knows that even if he makes a plan, the probability of really being able to rescue the emperor is extremely low, but in such a situation now, he will either take a risk, or sit back and wait to die, sneak into the palace to implement the rescue plan, at least there is a possibility of reversal, otherwise with the current situation of the enemy and me, it will be difficult to climb to the sky if you want to turn the tables.

"After entering the palace, you both already know where the target is and how to act." Qi Ning's gaze swept over the gray crow and the flying cicada Kotaro, and said slowly: "If this mission is successful, you will be rewarded handsomely. ”

The gray crow has already bowed his hand and said: "Loyal to the lord, never give up!" More than a dozen night ghosts behind him bowed their hands in unison: "Never give up!" ”

Cicada Kotaro also bowed down with all the cicadas.

Qi Ning glanced to the side, Chi Danmei and everyone else, wearing a night suit that is convenient for movement, with undulating curves and a moving figure, seeing Qi Ning passing his eyes, he did not delay any longer, moved the Maitreya stone carving, revealing the secret passage, Chi Danmei took the lead in entering the secret passage, and everyone did not hesitate, one by one, they followed in, Qi Ning was at the end, and the last one entered the secret passage.

In addition to these people who sneaked into the palace tonight, Qi Ning also arranged guards around the Maitreya Temple, just in case.

More than 30 people one after another, entered the secret passage, and soon arrived at the waterway, Chi Danmei took the lead into the water, this waterway went straight to the white python pond in the palace, everyone was excellent in water, and swam forward like a long snake along the waterway.

The white python pool is the most secluded place in the palace, and Chi Danmei has studied the white python pond earlier, knowing when the white python in the pool will go to sleep, and choosing to sneak into the palace at this time, which is also the time when the white python is sleeping.

Chi Danmei was the first to surface in the white python pool, surrounded by mist, the white python itself emits cold, so this white python pond is full of chill all year round.

After Chi Danmei went ashore, she quickly searched around the courtyard to make sure that there was no one else here, and the ninjas and night ghosts followed one by one from the white python pool, but everyone was told in advance that after getting out of the water, they must not make any noise, and the smaller the action, the better, so as not to accidentally wake up the white python.

When Qi Ning surfaced, the wild ghosts and ninjas had already carefully gone ashore, and some people had already discovered the terrifying huge white python in the pool, and their hearts were shocked, no one dared to act rashly, let alone make any sound here, many people even held their breath, only worried that even the sound of their own breathing could wake up the giant python.

After Qi Ning went ashore, he looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, the gray crow and the cicada Kotaro had already approached, Qi Ning said in a low voice: "I showed you the map before, do you remember the location?" ”

The cicada Kotaro and the gray crow both nodded, Qi Ning nodded slightly, and said: "You two each lead ten people to the target, and the appearance of the rescued person has also been drawn for you to see, if you find it, bring him here, don't wait for others, and return directly from the way you came." ”

"Yes!"

"This palace is full of ambushes, and there are many secret guards in the palace, so when you act, you must be careful." Qi Ning said solemnly.

He knew that the cicada Kotaro and the gray crow had always done some business in the dark, and how to deal with emergencies did not need to be explained in too much detail, both of them saluted Qi Ning, and without further words, they each led ten people to quickly go to the target they were responsible for.

In an instant, more than half of the thirty or so people left, and Qi Ning whispered to Chi Danmei: "You take three people to stay here to respond, if any of them rescue the emperor all the way, you don't have to worry about the others, take them to withdraw immediately." ”

Chi Danmei hesitated for a moment before she said softly, "I..... With you? ”

"Let's talk about it beforehand." Qi Ning chuckled lightly and said softly: "This is the only way for us to withdraw from the palace, it is extremely important, hold here, we have a way out." Don't worry, I'm here to save people, not to give lives. ”

Chi Danmei sighed lightly and said, "Then you have to be careful, I'm here waiting for you to come back." ”

Qi Ning nodded slightly, and then led the other five people towards their goal.

In all dynasties, there will be a special treasure house in the palace, which stores the treasures presented by officials inside and outside the capital of foreign countries, among these treasures, there are many rare treasures, there are also countless calligraphy, painting and ink treasures left by ancient sages, and more valuable rare treasures.

Since the founding of the Chu State, several generations of emperors have worked hard, and naturally they will not indulge in these treasures, but a huge number of treasures always need to be accommodated, so when Emperor Taizong was in power, he built a treasure building in the palace.

The treasure building is located in the corner of the inner palace, far away from the place where the emperor deals with government affairs, and the emperor rarely comes to the treasure house on weekdays, but no matter when, the treasure building has always been heavily guarded, not only in the ambush near the treasure building There are many palace guards, and the treasure building itself is also set up with many mechanisms, even if you can avoid the eyes and ears of the secret guards to sneak into the treasure house, but if you are not good at the mechanism, then the various institutions in the treasure house can easily take your life.

However, there are very few masters in this world who can avoid the eyes of the dark guards and approach the treasure building.

The meaning of rare is very little, and very little means that it is not unapproachable.

At least Qu Xiaocang does have this ability.

Qu Xiaocang's martial arts are not the highest in the Shenhou Mansion, but his ability to cover up his whereabouts is really first-class, and the ability to sneak up and track is the housekeeping ability of the officials of the Shenhou Mansion, and Qu Xiaocang is the best among them.

In the whole world, there are very few masters who can quietly avoid the secret whistle and approach the treasure house, but Qu Xiaocang happens to be one of them.