Xiao Jiu gently climbed to the locust tree, first stopped at the height of the north courtyard wall for a while, and estimated that there was no movement in the Lu Gong's house, and then continued to climb up, stepping on the branch that stretched out to the street.

To the south is the wall of the Shangqing Palace, which is two zhang high. Zhou Nan believes that there will be no broken glass slag or barbed wire on the wall. From the branch where Xiao Jiu stood to the wall of the Shangqing Palace, there was only a distance of five or six feet, and the branch was in a high place, so Xiao Jiu chose a good position.

I saw Xiao Jiu pick up the thin branch in front of him, lightly stepped on the branch twice, and then the elasticity of the branch jumped forward, and Xiao Jiu's thin figure fell on the wall. Xiao Jiu first crawled on the wall, then looked down again, and then waved at Zhou Nan, signaling Zhou Nan to jump over as well.

Luckily, it's far away from the midnight places like Sweetwater Alley, and it's a small alley that you don't have to worry about being seen in the lights.

Zhou Nan lifted the feet of his robe, clamped the locust tree with both hands and feet, and easily climbed towards the branch of the locust tree. Zhou Nan climbed to the tree in one breath, did not stop, stepped on the branches, and then jumped towards the wall with the elasticity of the branches.

Although it was dark night, Zhou Nan still stepped on the wall accurately, and leaned over the wall with downward force. When Xiao Jiu came up in Zhounan, he had already observed the terrain inside the wall. Seeing Zhou Nan following, he jumped off the wall.

The ground inside the wall was much higher than the outside, and Zhou Nan also jumped down gently.

"Look where that old man lives, I'll go in and meet him for a while, you stay outside and keep guard." Zhou Nan said to Xiao Jiu. Xiao Jiu nodded. The two of them searched south along the house in the courtyard.

Zhou Nan wanted to visit the Shangqing Palace at night, just to explore Lin Lingsu's bottom line, to see if he was blinded, or if he could really be a prophet. If this old Taoist really has mana, he will have a lot of things to ask him for. Although Taoism is not as compassionate as Buddhism, it does not kill. However, Taoism has always maintained orthodoxy and compassion for others. If this Lin Lingsu really has the ability to predict the future, why not prevent the Jingkang Rebellion from happening, if this Lin Lingsu really has the power to go back to the era before the time

But then again, if this Lin Lingsu really had the ability to predict the future, then he should have calculated that he would come tonight, and he should have left the gate open and sent someone to guard the door, which would save him the trouble of climbing the wall.

Leaving the wall, there was a row of houses, built on a three-foot-high pedestal, with a row of wooden pillars in front of them, and the eaves of the upper eaves protruded forward, and the doors and windows of these houses were carved with vermilion lacquer, which looked like places dedicated to Taoist gods.

In front of this row of houses is a vacant land, in front of which should be the main hall of the Shangqing Palace, and the pedestal is also three feet high, but on the three-foot-high stone foundation, there is a five-foot-high flat seat, surrounded by railings. On the flat seat is the main hall where the eaves are flying. This hall is more than three zhang high, and there are seven rooms side by side in the east and west, which is very majestic.

Between the last row of houses and the main hall should be the backyard, and there are several houses on each side of the backyard. Zhou Nan and Xiao Jiu went to the houses on both sides to take a closer look. The house on the south side of Zhou is a row of four connected spacious meditation rooms, and there is nothing else in the room, only a futon, which seems to be the place where Taoist priests chant scriptures on weekdays.

Zhou Nan returned to the backyard, and Xiao Jiu also came back from the other side, and said to Zhou Nan in a low voice, "There is the kitchen and the dining hall over there." The food of these Taoist priests is not bad, and as soon as they enter, they are smelled of wine and meat. ”

Zhou Nan laughed in a low voice, "This is the Taoist temple of the national teacher, and the treatment is naturally good." ”

The two bypassed the pedestal of the main hall in front of them and arrived at the front yard. There are also several houses on the east and west sides of the front yard, which are also darkly lit. Xiao Jiu ran to check again, and soon ran back and said to Zhou Nan, "The east side is the Taoist house, and there are dozens of people sleeping in the room. To the west was an empty guest house. It's just that there is a strange place to the south of this guest house. ”

Zhou Nanzheng was standing in the middle of the courtyard thinking, listening to Xiao Jiu say that it was strange, and hurriedly asked, "What is weird?"

"The south side of the guest house is said to be the south courtyard wall of the Shangqing Palace, but a flying bridge was built in the open space south of the guest house, directly outside the palace wall. Could it be that this is also a royal palace?"

Zhou Nan nodded, this is indeed weird, it is said that no matter how generous the emperor is, it is impossible for people to build passages on his palace wall to enter and exit, one is for his own safety, and the other is for the sake of his hat color. But this Shangqing Palace is obviously outside the palace walls.

"You can see it, you can indeed go straight to the palace wall," Zhou Nan asked uneasily.

"I only went up a section of the bridge, and I was worried that the guards on Miyagi would see it, so I came down." Xiao Jiu replied seriously.

"There is one more thing, Xiao Jiu, have you found it, this huge Shangqing Palace, why are there no lights everywhere, only there are lights in this hall" Zhou Nan asked strangely, such a magnificent Taoist temple, it is impossible to even be reluctant to use the lights. It was the Lu Mansion just now, and there were lights under the corridors on both sides of the courtyard.

"I'm feeling weird, too, I just can't remember what's weird. Now the owner of the village is talking about it, it is this strange light. Xiao Jiu turned his head to look around, indeed as Zhou Nan said, from the time they came in to the present, there were no lighting lanterns everywhere, only the upper and lower floors of this high hall, there were lights coming through.

The dim light shines through the window, and in this dark courtyard, it seems to have an incomparable attraction. In the entire Shangqing Palace, only this hall has not been checked. Presumably, Lin Lingsu should be in this hall.

Zhou Nan was inexplicably a little excited in his heart, and said to Xiao Jiu, "You hide in the shadows and wait for me to come back." Xiao Jiu said in a low voice, "Be careful" Zhou Nan didn't answer, and walked straight towards the pedestal of the main hall.

Zhou Nan climbed from the three-foot-high stone base to the five-foot-high flat seat, and then came to the door of the main hall. I saw that in the middle of the main hall were two double-open wooden doors, and Zhou Nan saw that there was a gap in one of the wooden doors, so he gently pushed it open and walked in. He was not afraid of danger, Zhou Nan vaguely felt that the lights in this hall were lit for himself. Since it is the other party who is waiting for him, there will definitely be no danger before the meeting.

In the main hall, a Taoist priest was sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of the statue. The lights on the case are bright. When the door of the temple was opened, the candle flame swayed as the wind blew into the temple, adding to the chill.

"It's the Liao people who came," the Taoist priest who was sitting upright asked without looking back.

"Exactly down there." Zhou Nan saw that as he expected, Lin Lingsu was waiting for him to find it, and he couldn't help but be in awe.

The Taoist priest stood up, but it was not Lin Lingsu, but a young Taoist, and said to Zhou Nanji, "The Taoist master is waiting upstairs, please go upstairs to meet you." ”