14th (6) of the first lunar month

An hour later, Li Ke came to the outside of Princess Taiping's mansion, he looked up at the sky, the sun was shining, it was almost noon, and unconsciously it had reached this hour, the civil decision and the martial decision were imminent, although Li Ke did not directly participate in the competition, but he must be there, because this is an excellent opportunity to find Keduo, maybe these two competitions may find the hidden Keduo; But when he thought of Keduo, Li Ke couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart, seeing that there was no greater progress in Keduo's case, but suddenly another change in Princess Taiping's happened.

When Li Sanlang entrusted Li Ke with the task just now, Li Ke responded without thinking about it, because he knew that if there was really a mutiny, it would be none other than the people of Li Ming who would suffer in the end, and he must not ignore it, but at this moment, he looked at Princess Taiping's mansion and couldn't help but make trouble. Princess Taiping has always been greedy and excessive, amassing huge wealth, this mansion is naturally not small, looking from afar, it is similar to a small palace, the gate of the palace is heavily guarded, the guards are all holding spears, waiting for the battle, and there are ten people in a team, patrolling back and forth; Looking at the courtyard wall again, it is also much higher than the general mansion, the four corners of the courtyard are equipped with watchtowers, each watchtower has at least three observation posts, it is daytime, the surroundings of the mansion are clear at a glance; Li Ke hid in the distance and observed carefully, the security level of this Taiping Princess Mansion was far above the Liang Palace, and it seemed impossible to enter from the main entrance.

Li Ke followed the courtyard wall far away, and went around to the back door of the Taiping Princess's Mansion, although it was the back door, but the security was no less than the front door, even the slaves in the Taiping Mansion had gone through strict checks, and the entire mansion was like an iron barrel, impermeable. Li Ke looked at the Taiping Princess Mansion in front of him and sighed secretly in his heart, this is by no means a garrison formation that Princess Taiping can discharge, it has definitely been instructed by a master, but Li Ke does not know who this master is.

Li Ke looked at the Taiping Princess Mansion from afar, and his heart was full of melancholy, not to mention how to sneak into the mansion, even if he sneaked into it, but the mansion was so big, how could he find the Taiping Princess, and then find out the news? These are all things he didn't expect when he promised Li Sanlang just now. Li Ke was hesitating, suddenly heard the neighing of the horse, he looked up, only to see a carriage to the back door fast, the carriage stopped in front of the back door, the guard wanted to come forward to check, the curtain of the carriage lifted a corner from the inside, poked out half of the head, the guard looked, immediately became very respectful, no longer check in detail, hurriedly opened the back door to let go, although Li Ke was some distance from the carriage, but the people in the carriage he could see clearly, fair complexion, arrogant, it was Gao Jian, the carriage slowly drove into the Taiping Mansion, The door was quickly closed by the guards again.

Gao Jian was favored by Princess Taiping, and the guards did not dare to offend him, and treated him with respect, let alone checking his carriage; Seeing this scene in Li Ke's eyes, he didn't feel happy in his heart, he was worried about how to sneak into Princess Taiping's mansion, but the person who helped came, Li Ke secretly planned, and then found a hidden place to hide and continue to watch and wait.

Li Ke speculated in his heart that if Princess Taiping really wanted to launch a mutiny, it would be inconvenient for her to go to the camps to negotiate in person, and if the matter was revealed, she would not even have room for maneuver, so there must be an intermediary between her and the battalions to deliver the news, and this task would naturally fall on this Gao Jian. First, the relationship between Princess Taiping and Gao Jian was well known, and he was the one who passed the word, and the commanders of the battalions also tacitly agreed to Princess Taiping's intentions; Second, if the incident fails, Princess Taiping can completely push the matter on Gao Jian, and in turn accuse him of using himself as a shield to do misdeeds, but in this way, Gao Jian's life must be killed, but it is expected that Gao Jian is also willing to do his thing, if he succeeds, he can be regarded as a great hero, and it is not a problem to worship the king; Today's decree issued by the female emperor is not conducive to Princess Taiping, in order to maneuver the situation, Gao Jian will go in and out many times, probing around, and the next time he enters, Li Ke can just borrow his carriage to sneak in together.

Sure enough, as Li Ke expected, it didn't take long for the back door to open again, Gao Jian's carriage galloped out, Li Ke saw this and hurriedly began to act, Li Ke ran to the corner of the street, at this moment the carriage also happened to drive towards this side, Li Ke looked around, there was no one around, so he lowered his body, clinged to the wall, did a good job of cover, ready to attack at any time, the carriage was getting closer and closer to him, Li Ke took a deep breath, he only had one chance, if he missed, he would be exposed, and it would be difficult to sneak in again.

The carriage finally drove to the corner where Li Ke was hiding, and when the driver just overtook Li Ke, Li Ke saw the opportunity, quickly leaned over and jumped, and grabbed the rear of the carriage, at this moment the wheel of the carriage just overwhelmed a stone on the side of the road, although the carriage body trembled, Li Ke almost did not grasp it steadily, but fortunately, such a tremor suppressed the movement of Li Ke to grab the rear of the car, and the coachman and the people in the car did not notice.

Li Ke once again grabbed the crossbar at the rear of the carriage, and then quickly pulled out, pinned his feet to the other crossbar, face down, and hid his whole person under the carriage, a series of movements so fast that no one noticed at all; The carriage is still galloping, and it is even more bumpy under the carriage, and it can't last long without amazing arm strength and endurance, but fortunately, it is not the first time that Li Ke has done this kind of thing, in order to investigate the case in Broken Leaf City before, he has done this kind of practice of jumping into the carriage many times, and today it finally came in handy.

Li Ke adjusted himself again, so that he could grasp it tighter, he must not make a mistake at this moment, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no next chance. The carriage galloped for about a moment, and finally stopped, Li Ke poked his head down and looked left and right, this was not a military camp, but a place he was familiar with - Wanghe Tower. Gao Jian jumped down from the carriage and walked straight into the Wanghe Tower, the carriage slowly drove into the backyard, seeing that the carriage finally stopped, Li Ke hurriedly and gently descended to the ground, his limbs were almost supported to the limit, in this kind of bumpy carriage bottom support moment, it was impossible for ordinary people to complete it; While resting, Li Ke cautiously looked around from under the car, for fear that he would be discovered.

After about a moment, Gao Jian finally returned to the carriage, his expression seemed a little uneasy, and he whispered to the driver: "Princess's Mansion, hurry!" Li Ke heard this and hurriedly climbed under the car again.

After another moment, he finally arrived at the back door of the princess's mansion, Gao Jian poked out another head as usual, the guards hurriedly opened the door, the carriage slowly drove in, Li Ke carefully memorized the route of the carriage face down, the carriage finally stopped, Gao Jian jumped off the carriage again, walked to a room, knocked lightly on the door and pushed the door himself.

Li Ke poked his head out from under the car, looked around, there were no guards here, and it was expected that at this moment, Princess Taiping did not place guards in front of the door in order to prevent the partition wall from having ears, but there were a few maidservants not far away who stood with their heads bowed to the carriage, waiting for the summons at any time. Seeing this, Li Ke hurriedly climbed out from under the car, gently moved his steps to the head of the carriage, and saw that the driver was about to take a nap, Li Ke saw the right time, stepped forward and knocked the driver unconscious, and jumped into the carriage and dragged it into the carriage. Li Ke hurriedly took off the driver's coat and hat and put it on himself, and then carefully walked out of the carriage, and walked to the porch of the room casually.

Li Ke got closer to the window again, and suddenly there was a "pop" sound in the house, and the sound of the tea cup falling on the ground, this sound alarmed the servants, but there was no summons, and the handmaidens did not dare to approach, and then there was a hysterical scolding of Princess Taiping outside the house: "What? How many of them asked for the release of their families to go to the banquet together? Otherwise, you have to report it to Your Majesty? Her anger could be clearly felt from Taiping's voice, and Gao Jian didn't dare to say more, but replied quietly with trembling: "Yes!" ”

Princess Taiping continued to shout: "If the family is released, how can he listen to the orders of the palace again?" It's a return to the mountain! ”

Gao Jian replied in a low voice: "But if you don't let go, a few of him will report to Your Majesty, then it will be... ”

Before Gao Jian finished speaking, Princess Taiping shouted loudly again: "They dare!" There was another "bang" sound in the house, it should be the sound of Gao Jian kneeling on the ground, I am afraid he didn't dare to say anything more, and there was no sound in the house for a while.

Li Ke leaned closer to the window again, he was afraid of missing any of the two of them, but the room was unusually quiet, and after a while, Princess Taiping finally spoke again: "Then what is his idea?" ”

Hearing this, Li Ke couldn't help but be shocked, who did the "he" in the mouth of this Princess Taiping refer to? Wu Sansi? Grams? Or someone else, Li Ke unconsciously put his ears closer, he was anxious to know the truth!

Suddenly, Gao Jian's voice shouted from inside the house: "Who! ”

Li Ke was startled, and hurriedly looked down, it turned out that in order to hear more clearly, he had inadvertently leaned half of his body to the window, Gao Jian must have noticed himself, Li Ke was annoyed in his heart, how could he make such a low-level mistake, he was hesitating, and Gao Jian's loud shout came from the room again: "Who is outside the window?" ”

Several handmaidens also seemed to hear the loud shouting, and they all looked over to this side, their faces were shocked, Li Ke didn't think much about it, and hurriedly lowered the brim of his hat and quickly left the window; At this time, with a "bang", Gao Jian opened the door, he saw Li Ke, and shouted: "Who? Stand! ”

Li Ke didn't look back, and hurriedly ran towards the outside of the mansion according to the route he remembered when he came, and Gao Jian's voice shouted loudly behind him: "Someone! Catch the assassins! ”