Chapter 56: Moonlight
The night was getting deeper and deeper, and a dark cloud drifted from there, covering the bright moon, and the heavens and the earth suddenly fell into boundless darkness.
The dark night covered everything, Ye Xun's whereabouts, and the whereabouts of others.
Whether it is mental or force, from the beginning of the crossing, Ye Xun really didn't take anyone seriously, and his subordinates were all from the military, with Ye Xun's support, killing people and setting fires were no problem, but including Ye Xun, they all had a common weakness, that is, lack of experience in the rivers and lakes.
Among Ye Xun's subordinates, only Xiang Biao has been reckless, but after all, he has been washing his hands for many years, and between him and Altan, Xiang Biao's old acquaintances chose Altan very wisely, so the information about him has already been sent to Altan.
Altan was able to stand out among the many horse bandits in the grassland, and at the same time was able to retreat from several encirclements and suppressions by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, which shows that he is a cunning and wise man.
Before formulating this assassination plan, Altan first knew something about Ye Xun and his subordinates, although he could not say that he had completely mastered everything about Ye Xun, but he still knew some basic information about Ye Xun.
This includes the number of guards Ye Xun brought on this trip, as well as the troops to be sent by the local government to defend along the way.
In order not to directly clash with the Ming army of the brigade, but also to ensure the success of the assassination, Altan finally chose to assassinate alone, and set the location of the assassination in Jinzhou City.
Alitan knows very well when people are least vigilant, so after settling down, he has been paying attention to the movements of Ye Xun and his party.
From this alone, it is not difficult to see that the vigilance of Ye Xun's extremely subordinates is still not high enough.
In the evening, the person in charge of monitoring reported that Ye Xun chased a person out of the rented yard, and he left alone.
Listening to this news, Altan knew that the opportunity had come, although it was rumored that this eunuch was extremely skilled, but Altan felt that he had a calculating intention, and he brought more than a dozen of his subordinates on this trip are all masters of assassination, if this can't kill this little eunuch, it can only be said that this eunuch's life should not be extinguished.
After Ye Xun frightened Wang Dengku, he asked him to go back to the rented place by himself, while Ye Xun himself continued to walk through the roof, monitoring Wang Dengku, and at the same time, he could continue to master his light body kung fu.
It was also Ye Xun who was too smooth from the beginning of the crossing, so that he had already made him not take others seriously.
There is nothing wrong with a man being arrogant, but if he is too conceited, he will suffer.
Altan didn't know Ye Xun, but only after listening to the reports of his subordinates, he knew Ye Xun's general appearance.
At this moment, Altan was hiding on the side of the road that Ye Xun had to pass to return to his residence, and the place where he was hiding happened to be the roof.
Although the night was thick, with the faint light, Altan and the others could clearly see Ye Xun floating over.
Although he saw Ye Xun, Altan's heart also sank.
The layman looks at the excitement, the insider looks at the doorway, from Ye Xun's casual figure, Altan knows that he has encountered a strong opponent today.
What to do? To move or not to move?
After a slight hesitation, Altan's eyes became firm, and his hand quietly rested on the frame of the crossbow arrow.
Seeing that the residence was already in sight, Wang Dengku also walked in front honestly, and Ye Xun's figure also slowed down.
Feeling the cold wind at night, he looked up at the bright moon covered by dark clouds, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "The moon is dark and the wind is high, it's really a good weather to do bad things"
Speaking of this, I suddenly felt something in my heart, that is, at this moment, after a few crisp sounds, more than a dozen black lines shot towards Ye Xun's body like lightning.
Altan and his subordinates are good at the way of assassination, and the angle of these dozen crossbow arrows not only contains Ye Xun's upper, middle and lower three ways, but even Ye Xun's retreat is blocked.
Ye Xun reacted extremely quickly, and instantly felt the danger brought by the crossbow arrows, although his body was fast, he was not confident enough to think that he could easily dodge the crossbow arrows that came from the burst.
It is not difficult to tell from the sound of the crossbow arrows breaking the wind, no matter which direction Ye Xun hides, there will be crossbow arrows coming with him.
Ye Xun has also seen the world, and he found a way to crack it in an instant.
With a slight force under his feet, the whole person fell down in an instant, but it turned out that the roof under Ye Xun's feet was stepped on by him A big hole, and at the same time as he fell in, more than a dozen crossbow arrows also shot through.
Fortunately, the place where Ye Xun fell was the family's stove, and if it fell on the kang, it would be broken.
As the roof broke, the occupants of the house were also alarmed, some shouted in horror what was wrong, and then someone lit the oil lamp.
Ye Xun wanted to remind the head of the family not to light the lamp, but he didn't dare to move, and there was no movement outside except for the crossbow arrows shot before.
Seeing this scene, Ye Xun's heart also sank, he was not afraid of someone assassinating, he really didn't care about anyone, but he was afraid that it would be so silent that people couldn't guard against it.
Ye Xun knew that the people outside must be waiting, and once the head of the family came over with a lamp, he and the head of the household would become the target of those assassins.
"If you don't want to die, don't light the lamp, find a cabinet and hide"
That's all Ye Xun can do now, at this critical moment, he is not so great as to sacrifice himself to save others.
The head of the house also seemed to smell the danger, and he really didn't light the lamp, and there was no movement after a few soft noises, and I don't know if he really hid.
Heaven and earth seemed to suddenly calm down at this moment, and there was no shouting for killing, let alone crying for help.
After the anger, Ye Xun calmed down, he was now sure that there were not many assassins, and he didn't dare to make too much trouble, otherwise his subordinates and the garrison in the city would be alarmed.
It's a pity that Ye Xun was wrong again this time, just when he was thinking about a plan to get out, there was a flash of fire outside, and then a lit rocket shot in, followed by a second, a third...
At this time, although it was past winter, the weather was still very cold, and every household was still covered with quilts.
The fiery arrows landed on the quilt, and in an instant it ignited, and as the rockets continued to enter, the fire grew larger, and the fire was accompanied by thick smoke, which soon filled the whole room.
Ye Xun knew that it would be impossible not to go out again, otherwise he would be smoked to death if he was not burned to death.
In fact, Ye Xun had thought of a way to get out just now, but he still wanted to wait, how could it be his Ye Xun's character to come and not get along? The consciousness that if you assassinate others, you will be killed, and Ye Xun also has to find out who is behind the scenes.
Just wanted to go out with a sound attack, Ye Xun suddenly remembered that there was another person in the room, there was no movement for a long time, could it be that he was fainted?
Ye Xun is not a defender, and if he escapes alone at this time, he will not have any psychological burden later.
Just about to leave, Ye Xun stopped again, sighed slightly, and turned around and went into the back room.
The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the scene in the room can be seen at a glance, but I saw that there was no other furniture in the room except for a fire kang and a low wooden square table, and the head of the household who had just returned to the house had disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Ye Xun couldn't help but be stunned, the matter couldn't be more obvious, there must be another passage in this room.
It's just ordinary people, who would open a secret passage in their own house?