On the two-in-one long street, the north wind is cold. The sun was shining brightly for the first few days, but this morning, the north wind started to get stronger, and the sky was obscured by clouds. Experienced people know that as soon as the north wind stops, a brief period of warmer weather is followed by another heavy snowfall. It is already the ninth day of the first lunar month, and the atmosphere of the New Year is dissipating little by little. Originally, there were not many people wandering on the street at night, and with this weather, by the time of the second watch, the long street was already empty, and there were almost no traces. The strong wind blew the treetops, and the festive lanterns on both sides of the street were extinguished and broken, shaking violently under the eaves. Occasionally, the round lanterns flutter and fall to the ground, and the fluttering round lanterns tumble in the wind on the cold streets, like tumbleweeds in the desert Gobi.

Such weather, in fact, is favorable for action. The clouds in the sky obscured the crescent moon, and it was dark everywhere. And the cold weather is also a convenience, at least everyone is huddled in the bed, reducing a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Because of the murder, there were quite a few forbidden troops patrolling the streets, and from time to time a group of horse soldiers galloped by. Patrolling infantrymen craned their heads and spooky around street corners. All this could not stop Lin Jue and the others from going to Tongfu Lane on Mahang Street outside Donghua Gate, where Wu Chunlai's mansion was located.

After Wu Chun exposed his mentor Fang Dunru from the report, his career was smooth sailing, and he also gained a firm foothold in the capital. Under the mediation of Lu Zhongtian, he married the daughter of the former political affairs hall Pingzhang political affairs, and hugged Lu Zhongtian's thighs, and held power in the power department of the political affairs hall for many years. For so many years, he has been powerful in the court, and he has also earned a lot of money. Outside the Donghua Gate, Wu Chunlai bought the property and purchased a big house. Or rather, it's not an acquisition. The owner of this mansion is the mansion of Cui Zhongzhong, the former privy deputy envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Cui family is a big family in the capital, and this big mansion is also an ancestral business. In the twenty-seventh year of Splendor, Cui Zhongzhong and Lu Zhongtian turned their faces and scolded Lu Zhongtian for being a traitor in the palace. Afterwards, Wu Chunlai caught Cui Zhongzhong's handle, dug up some evidence of Cui Zhongzhong's family's stealing and robbery, and finally united with thirty courtiers to bring down Cui Zhongzhong.

Cui's family was fined money for raiding his house, and Cui Zhongzhong was demoted out of Beijing. The Cui family's house was auctioned off by the imperial court. And Wu Chun came to see the mansion, and finally bought the mansion for a mere 50,000 taels. Some people questioned it, and Wu Chunlai got cheap and said obediently that this house was the residence of a criminal official, and it was ominous to live in. The reason why I bought it was because no one wanted it, so I spent a huge amount of money, and even took out the money from the cage at the bottom of the box and bought this house. What did you say about this, Mrs. almost quarreled and went back to her mother's house to live, which shows that this house is indeed ominous. If it weren't for the Cui family to hand over the fine, he would never have bought this mansion.

Who would believe it, in fact, there are many people who want to buy this house, but they are all brushed off with insufficient qualifications. Some people are willing to pay a high price, but they don't buy it. Therefore, if this house was bought, it was half bought and half rich, but it was justified by Wu Chun. But Wu Chunlai was a celebrity in front of Lu Xiang, and everyone could only pinch their noses and not speak, but Yang Jun expressed his dissatisfaction at that time, after all, it was the people of his Privy Council who moved. But Cui Zhongping is a prominent family in the capital, and he doesn't have much respect for Yang Jun, so his downfall is beneficial to Yang Jun, and Yang Jun is gone.

This house is located in the middle of Tongfu Lane, but in fact, almost the entire Tongfu Lane belongs to the scope of this house. It was a luxurious home with all four entrances and eight openings. In terms of the housing price in the capital, coupled with the luxurious location outside the Donghua Gate, the price of this house should be more than 300,000 taels. Therefore, it is still inaccurate to say that the half-buy and half-robbery mentioned earlier, to be precise, it should be the price of buying sesame seeds, and the result is a big watermelon. It's all about sticking your fists in people's eyes and treating everyone as if they're blind. But there is no way, the official power is high and the water is deep, and there was no one in the court and the central government who dared to call out at that time, so these things are logical.

In order to avoid the patrols on the street and hide their whereabouts, it took Lin Jue and his entourage nearly an hour to arrive near the left side of Tongfu Lane.

It is clear that the area has been fortified. In just a stick of incense, the three of them saw three groups of soldiers and horses at the mouth of the alley, although the number of people was small, each group only had a dozen people, but this was enough to make the three unable to enter the alley. If you want to enter, you must meet the soldiers and horses patrolling the road.

Fortunately, Lin Jue and the others did not plan to enter from the front yard, and the three of them walked around the alleys and alleys, approaching the outside of the backyard wall of the Wu Mansion. After hiding behind the low wall and observing for a while, I found that there were also patrols outside the back wall, but the frequency was much lower. It was only in the middle of the morning that a group of soldiers carrying lanterns and curling their necks walked slowly, and there was a half-pillar of incense in between. After figuring out the pattern, the three of them deliberated in a low voice for a moment and decided to do it.

After a group of patrolling forbidden soldiers who were scolding and scolding because of the cold disappeared around the corner of the wall, three black shadows quickly appeared from the alley and quickly arrived outside the wall of the back garden of the Wu Mansion. The three of them cowered in the shadows under the wall and looked up, and found that the problem was somewhat serious. The wall was so high and smooth that there was no place to start. Sun Dayong took out a dagger and stabbed it against the wall, but the dagger couldn't get in, it seemed to be a smooth bluestone.

Fortunately, it was windy tonight, and none of the wind lamps on the wall could be lit, so it was pitch black. If a lantern is hung on top of this wall at ordinary times, then it is probably impossible to enter at all.

"Bing'er, can you go up?" Lin Jue said softly.

Bai Bing said softly: "It should be fine." It would be better if I borrowed a force. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said, "Okay, then give it a try, you go up first and see if there is anyone guarding inside, let's not fall into the net." ”

Bai Bing nodded, turned around and walked away a few steps to get ready, Lin Jue and Sun Dayong half-squatted under the wall, their arms crossed and clenched, and they were waiting for it. Bai Bing took a breath and rushed over, jumped on the overlapping arms of the two, Lin Jue and Sun Dayong threw Bai Bing's body up at the same time, Bai Bing was like a light swallow rising into the air, jumping up a few feet high, and his body fell on the toes of the bluestone wall, and his body was two feet up, and his arms were already on the top of the wall. With the strength of his arms, he turned over, and the whole person was already lying lightly on the top of the wall.

"Beautiful!" Lin Jue and Sun Dayong both gave a low cheer. Sun Dayong, in particular, knows the difficulties involved. Being in the air is actually extremely difficult to control. It is even more difficult to harness power on smooth walls, which requires excellent body coordination and internal coordination. Because the power that can be borrowed is actually very small, it can only be achieved by relying on the control of its own internal force.

Bai Bing has lived in Mobei for many years, and the land of Mobei is frozen and snowy all year round, and Bai Bing travels through the snow-covered mountains and wilderness, and that kind of terrain has invisibly cultivated the body's coordination and anti-skid ability, which may be one of the reasons why she can cultivate this behavior.

But Lin Jue and Sun Dayong's admiration was soon interrupted by the sound coming from inside the wall, although Bai Bing's movements were slight, but it seemed to alarm the courtyard inside the wall, and someone repeatedly shouted: "What person? Who? Who's there? ”

Bai Bing lay motionless at the head of the wall, and she saw that almost in an instant, more than a dozen black shadows poured out of the darkness in the back garden, and they all shouted and scolded, moving wildly. Bai Bing almost thought she had been discovered, but she soon realized that the people were not actually aware of their location, but were shouting indiscriminately.

"When I see you, don't get out of here, don't come out and release arrows again." Several of the guards shouted against a fence.

Bai Bing saw that the direction they were facing was very different from where he was, and he was even more sure that they were talking nonsense. Perhaps they heard the wind and grass as they went up the wall, so they became alert. Or maybe it's just a trick on the part of the nurses. People who give people care homes sometimes like to do this, and they don't dare to go to those dark corners, so they cry out to the poor there, and over time, this has become a means.

"Nobody, there's a ghost. Damn, Lao Chen, did you hear it wrong, don't be the footsteps of the patrol outside, you also think there are assassins. Suspicious. ”

"It's just, can you be scared? Our house is now so heavily guarded, which assassin would dare to enter? Unless it's really a ghost coming in, then we can't stop it at all. ”

The two nurses scolded and complained.

"But I really heard the sound of the hunt in rags, and the sound of the fence. Did I hear something wrong? Maybe it's the sound of the wind blowing the branches. Damn, I'm really a little suspicious these days, so it's no wonder that Lao Tzu, who can stand staying up late every night on duty? Lao Tzu is about to die, this errand is really not done by people. That old Chen yawned and grumbled.

"What the fuck are you fucking on? Have you forgotten what Lord Wu said? If anyone is not satisfied, he will not be polite. You know the methods of the deputy minister, and if you want to die, don't bother us. No matter how tired and sleepy you are, you have to support Lao Tzu, and when these complaints reach the ears of the deputy minister, Lao Tzu will have to be burdened by you. Someone scolded.

"Yes, yes, Boss Zhao, that's just what I said. But I didn't want to be lazy, otherwise I would have pricked up my ears to listen to the movement? I've been asleep like you guys. In fact, in the middle of the night in this cold winter, the ghost will come. It's that I'm too nervous. No assassin can get in, unless it's really a ghost asking for his life, there's no way, and we can't stop the ghost. ”

"And say, you fuck you. The deputy prime minister said that it is not allowed to spread the rumors of ghosts asking for their lives, where did the ghosts come from in broad daylight? You're a heart, aren't you? Ghosts and ghosts in the middle of the night, you're fucking hearted. ”

"That's it, Lao Chen, who said that our hairs are standing up, don't make this kind of joke. I don't want to hear that. ”

"Shut up for me, Lao Chen, one more word, Lao Tzu will report to the commander and let you go outside to patrol. Dog stuff just talks a lot. They are all scattered, each of them will go back to their respective positions, and it will be dawn in a few hours, don't surprise Lao Tzu, just spend tonight in peace. ”

Boss Zhao scolded and ended the discussion of the nursing home. The crowd dispersed, and soon disappeared behind the flower trees, and everything was calm.

Bai Bing on the wall breathed a sigh of relief and gestured downward. Lin Jue and Sun Dayong hurriedly acted, Lin Jue took out the shooting rope and took a few steps back, a gust of north wind hit, the surrounding trees shook and whistling, Lin Jue took the opportunity to shoot the hook rope, and the sound of the hook hitting the wall when the hook fell was also muffled by the whirring sound of the trees. Lin Jue pulled the hook and hooked it tightly on top of the wall.

The two of them quickly climbed up the wall, and just as they fell on the top of the wall, a group of patrolmen and horses carrying lanterns walked slowly below. As he whispered, he shone the lantern around, and a few of them glanced in the direction of the wall. The three of them were lying motionless on the wall, but they were not worried about being seen by them. But in my heart, I also secretly called for luck. The commotion in the garden inside the Shicai wall delayed for some time, and Shicai was afraid that as long as he moved a little slowly, he would be blocked by this patrol team.

After the patrol soldiers and horses went, Bai Bing whispered to Lin Jue about the situation in the back garden, estimating that there should be many secret posts in the back garden, and if he went down the wall to enter, it was very likely that they would be discovered. Lin Jue looked at the brightly lit houses in the back garden and made a decision.

"Let's go around the wall and go straight down from the back house. There shouldn't be many nursing homes in the back house, after all, it is a women's residence, and even if there are, there will not be many people. Don't get entangled with these guys here. ”

Bai Bing and Sun Dayong nodded in agreement, and the three of them bent down and hurried east from the wall. The top of the wall is about a foot wide, smooth and flat, and easy to walk on. After walking for a while, he stopped and listened to the movement, avoiding the patrolling soldiers outside the wall. After a stick of incense, the three of them arrived at the junction of the back garden and the back house. Bai Bing jumped off the wall with Lin Jue's arm, and Sun Dayong jumped off after him. Don't look at Sun Dayong's burly body, jumping off the high wall but quietly. The three of them hid behind a rockery and listened to the movement, and after making sure everything was normal, they headed towards a courtyard in front of them.

The lights were on in the small courtyard ahead, but there was no sound inside. Looking in from the window of the wing, the east wing seems to be a kitchen, in which a maid and a mother-in-law are leaning on the pot and dozing. This small courtyard may be the courtyard of one of Wu Chunlai's wives and concubines, and the maid and mother-in-law are on duty at night, ready to wait for the master's orders to cook tea and make rice.

"Do you want to go in and ask where Wu Chunlai lives? It's not a way for us to break through like this after all. Bai Bing said in a low voice.

Lin Jue thought for a while and shook his head and said, "No need, Wu Chunlai must not be in this courtyard, his residence is not so quiet." These subordinates may not know where the master lives tonight, and it is difficult to deal with them if they are alarmed. We just searched ahead, where there was a courtyard guard outside the courtyard, it was very likely that it was Wu Chunlai's residence. ”

Bai Bing and Sun Dayong nodded in approval, and it was indeed useless to ask the two [] people. It's not easy to deal with them if they wake them up, and if they tie their hands and feet and throw them here, they will be found. If they hide in the flowers and trees outside, they are afraid that they will freeze to death, and it is meaningless.

The three of them continued on, passing several courtyards one after another, and had to stop. Wu Chunlai's house was too big, and the three of them were a little confused. Originally, I had to turn left and right in order to avoid the nursing home, and I was a little dizzy and didn't know where I was. Just when the three of them were a little confused, a voice suddenly came from the corridor in front of them. Someone walked down the corridor with a lantern, talking as they went.

Lin Jue waved his hand, and the three of them hurried to the shadow of the rockery near the turn of the corridor, waiting for a few people on the corridor to slowly approach, and listened attentively.

Seven or eight people walked on the corridor, two middle-aged men in long robes with lanterns one after the other, and several heavily armed guards in the middle surrounded a young man in brocade robes walking quickly. Lin Jue poked out half of his eyes to peek, and suddenly retracted his head in surprise and was speechless.

"Guo Xu, it's Guo Xu. Why did he appear in Wu Chunlai's mansion in the middle of the night? Lin Jue said in a shocked voice.

Bai Bing and Sun Dayong were also startled, and the two of them looked over, and sure enough, the brocade-robed young man who was surrounded by everyone was not Guo Xu or who?

At this time, a voice came from under the corridor: "His Royal Highness King Huai is careful under his feet, the floor here is uneven, be careful of your feet." My family has long said that they will tidy up the courtyard of these three entrances, but they have been busy, and I am afraid that they will have to wait until spring arrives. ”

Guo Xu said in a deep voice: "It's okay, where does Vice Minister Wu live?" How long will this king go? Your family is not small. ”

"Oh, that's because you misunderstood my family. My family has been suffering from insomnia in the past few days, and I have nightmares every day. I just fell asleep tonight. When the villain was retributive, the adult got up as soon as he was bone. Isn't this afraid that you are waiting in the hall in a hurry? So please come and meet at your accommodation. Adults should be dressing and washing, and they can't be rude, right? The middle-aged man with the lantern in front of him said with a smile.

Guo Xu nodded and said, "I see." Do you have nightmares every day? What is he afraid of? Are you afraid of ghosts asking for your life? Hehe, the adults in your family said they weren't afraid, but they were also afraid. ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "That villain doesn't know." But this city full of wind and rain is talking about what unjust souls are asking for their lives, who can not be afraid? The villain can't even sleep lately. ”

Guo Xu sneered: "You can't sleep either?" What's the matter with you? If that solemn and solemn Fang Dunru really turns into a powerful ghost and asks for his life, it is just your family's worry, and it has nothing to do with you. That's it, hurry up and lead the way, this king is anxious to see your family, but he doesn't have time to talk to you. ”

The middle-aged man even claimed yes and quickened his pace. The group walked briskly along the promenade with mixed footsteps.

After the rockery, Lin Jue and the other three slowly poked their heads out.

Sun Dayong said in a low voice: "There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them." We're still worried that we can't find a place, no, the guide is here. We've all gotten around until three come in, but we're really confused. ”

Bai Bing nodded and said softly: "Not only did it take no effort to get it, but it also spared a Huai King." It's just a pot of stew, and two names can be crossed out from the husband's list. ”

Lin Jue's face was solemn, and he frowned. His focus was not on anything else, but on the intention of Guo Xu, the king of Huai, to come to Wu Chunlai's mansion in the past four watches. When they meet in the middle of the night, something strange will happen. As for whether he can stew these two guys on the list in one pot, Lin Jue is not as optimistic as Bai Bing and Sun Dayong. There must be a lot of guards around Wu Chunlai, and with the few people brought by Guo Xu, the king of Huai, they must be personal guards with high martial skills, and it will be extremely difficult to succeed in the assassination.

"Go, follow. Let's see what happens. Lin Jue waved his hand.

The trio chased down the shadows on the side of the cloister, but soon they had to stop. Because, the lights were shining in a flower hall at the end of the corridor ahead, and Guo Xu and others were entering the flower hall. Under the corridor outside the flower hall, next to the rockery, and on the side of the corridor, many black shadows are swaying back and forth in the light and shadow, obviously the guards who protect Wu Chunlai have formed a tight protection network outside the hall. Thirty or forty paces away from the flower hall could no longer be approached, otherwise it was very likely that traces would be discovered.