Chapter 61: Don't play with hidden cats in the dark
Qin Lei returned to the room and lay on the bed with his eyes closed to recuperate, today's corporal punishment still had some impact on his state. He knew that although the crown prince was weak and harmless on the surface, after all, he had been sitting on the crater of the prince of a country for five years, even if his heart was as pure as white paper, he had already been roasted by the raging fire under him.
There has never been a simple-minded prince. He would not really rely on Qin Lei as his arm just because of the close relationship between the two, and he would definitely weigh him well.
Qin Lei remembered the prince's performance in the palace today, so he nailed himself to the opposite side of the Taiwei Mansion, the eldest prince, and the front of the concubine, and had to take refuge in the East Palace early.
Qin Lei's heart was gloomy, he originally planned to be impartial, keep his light and cultivate obscurity, and slowly develop his strength. Wait for the future to have the right to speak. Standing in line early, there is no doubt that he has pushed himself to the cusp of the struggle for succession, and since then he has become a thorn in the eye of the old Li family and the eldest prince, and he is still a fart?
Compared with these Jingzhong characters who grew up in the dye vat, although they have been human in two lives, they are still pure like the two children in the countryside.
So today's seizure after entering the door is half-true and half-false, half of which is of course the other slack guards are very energetic, and the other half is indeed depressed and takes advantage of the problem.
At this time, I remembered that in order to catch up with the Taiwei Mansion, I deliberately befriended the little fat man. There was a sigh in my heart, and creation made people. Then he got up and checked the equipment, and after confirming that it was complete, he sat quietly on the Taishi chair, waiting for the guests in the middle of the night.
There was Shen Qing's arrangement outside, and the two of them had already discussed it on the way back today, and he was very relieved of Shen Qing's execution ability. This kid is delicate, thoughtful, and studious, and has already learned Qin Lei's ability to protect and defend.
Qin Lei stared at the hourglass at the head of the bed, and as the sand of time flowed silently, time passed silently. Gradually, except for the sound of the night breeze blowing the leaves, there was silence all around.
The hourglass in Qin Lei's room is produced by the Inner Mansion, and each streamer is an hour, which is extremely accurate, and the error is almost negligible.
When the last grain of sand in the hourglass falls from the small hole and disappears into the lower short pile of sand. A nightingale cries sounded on the west side of the garden. Qin Lei said in his heart: "It's here." ”
The nightingale is basically extinct in Daqin. This is the warning signal that Qin Lei agreed with them.
At this time, the nightingale's cry sounded from the east, south, and north of the courtyard at the same time. The enemy was killed from all sides.
Or rather, surround it.
Because the brothers agreed, Qin Lei couldn't hide. It's like the opponent can't choose the time to attack.
It is to break the wrist and compare the strength.
Of course, in the small building, he hid casually.
Qin Lei was unhurried and waved his hand to extinguish the candle flame. Pick up the blade and disappear into the darkness.
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The Assassins threw a noose and put it on the corner of the cornice, then climbed up to the second and third floors. It seems that this magnificent three-story building is riddled with intruders in all directions, from top to bottom.
Qin Lei in the shadows received messages from all sides, and he was secretly speechless. The prince was very good at his hand, and he dispatched 200 men. He knew that this aspect was for the crown prince to show his strength, so that he should not be frightened by the eldest prince's side. On the other hand, it is to pave the steps for Qin Lei, and he lost because of the disparity in numbers, which is reasonable.
Two hundred against twenty, there is no suspense. Even if Qin Lei led these two hundred people, he couldn't think of a better plan than ploughing the court and sweeping the caves. The opposing commander apparently thought the same way.
Although they are all ploughing and sweeping holes, Qin Lei and the other commander's commander are still very different in terms of specific plans. So when he understood the situation, Qin Lei gave a thumbs up to the guard who was watching him secretly, indicating that the situation was optimistic, and then turned over and disappeared into the darkness.
The assault unfolded from all directions at the same time, and all the windows of the entire building were opened almost at the same time, and the two hundred black-clothed assassins entered the Scholarly Pavilion in a breath. Then there's dragnet search.
The Scholarly Pavilion is the place where the East Palace stores books, so in addition to the few rooms where Qin Lei lives every day, there are more than 100 rooms for collecting books, which are distributed on three floors. Because of the collection of books, there are also vents between rooms.
Qin Lei's boys were hidden in the hundreds of rooms that were connected to each other. It seems to have returned to a few months ago, in the Baili Mountain of Qianzhou in Qi State, Qin Lei taught them to dodge and hide, as well as the endless strange exercises. Thinking of that unforgettable time, they couldn't help but regain their enthusiasm, coupled with Qin Lei's beating tonight, they did not forget to be cautious while being excited. It can be said that the boys have shown their best condition after entering Beijing.
In the dark, the rows of tall bookshelves in the room were nearly two feet high, each nearly two feet high, less than two feet from the roof. The shelves are about six feet apart. The forest of this knowledge, combined with the ubiquitous vents, gave the defenders the best cover. Therefore, although Qin Lei's bet with the prince today was a temporary idea, it was also based on his understanding of the terrain.
As a consequence, the black-clad Assassin in the darkness passed by the black-clad assassin several times, but he was unconscious.
Two hundred intruders searched in the dark for half an hour, but found nothing.
The leader of the Assassins in the hall on the first floor finally lost his patience and ordered his men to light torches. Although this will expose the body, it is more important to find the person.
Dozens of torches were lit, and the effect was indeed better. Occasionally, a figure can be spotted in the dark, but by the time he pounces on it, the shadow has already fled through the vent. When he hurried to the next room, the black shadow had already disappeared.
Shen Bing is Shen Qing's clan brother and one of the nineteen members of the guards. Although he was older than Shen Qing, he was very convinced by this young second head of the guard. So when Shen Qing handed him a roadmap and asked him to act accordingly, he did it without hesitation. Even if it is for him to be ready to expose himself at any time, there is no problem in sacrificing for the team.
Although this was just a drill, Shen Bing believed that even in actual combat, he would not hesitate to sacrifice for that person. This is also the common thinking of the nineteen people.
Because that person deserves it.
So when a whistle sounded, Shen Bing stomped on the ground, and then quietly waited for the enemy to kill. The whistle meant that the enemy was approaching His Highness's area. His mission is to lure the enemy in. I believe that the comrades who could hear the voices nearby were all doing the same thing.
Shen Bing's face tensed, and he shook the rope in his hand. His Highness's precepts from earlier were still swirling in his head. This gives them plenty of tension.
In fact, what Qin Lei wanted to tell them was that for a soldier, going to the battlefield is fighting. There is no distinction between acting and actual combat.
Helplessly, Qin Lei already knew that at this stage, it was too early to talk to these people about the sense of honor and starting from actual combat, and it was far better than even scaring and seducing them. Fortunately, these people's minds are much simpler than those of that era, and once they decide something, they rarely change.
As his footsteps got closer and closer, Shen Bing climbed the long rope and ran to the vent in a few clicks. His luck was a bit bad this time, and there were a few torches moving on the other side of the vent.
The enemy has learned well, and every time they enter the house, they first control the vents and then search slowly. Therefore, Shen Bing stayed in the vent for a while longer, and he might be discovered. When he saw that there were also people on the other side, he no longer hesitated and recalled the several alternative routes that Shen Qing had given him. Then he grabbed the rope with both hands, and kicked on a bookshelf with all the strength of his legs, and the huge momentum shook the bookshelf nearly two feet high slightly, and the books on the shelf cracked and fell. Smash into the tracker behind the bookshelf.
And Shen Bing took advantage of this momentum to swing to a bookshelf opposite, which was in the center of the house. The assassins below finally blocked one. Excitedly, he rushed up and climbed up the shelves layer by layer. Shen Bing waited for them to climb halfway, and when they couldn't get up or down, the cat's waist crawled to the top end of the bookshelf. Throw the spear hook that is standard for the Central Guard at another bookshelf next to it.
The hook was two feet long, with four sturdy steel barbs in the middle, which could be hooked firmly at the slightest obstruction. Behind is a ring with a thin rope mixed with celestial silk, one end tied around the waist and the other hung from a special brass sleeve for arm guards. It can be fired from a crossbow or thrown by hand.
The spear hook that Shen Bing threw landed on the opposite bookshelf, and when he pulled it back, it was tightly stuck on it. Shen Bing saw that he had climbed up at this moment, so he jumped off the bookshelf, and at the same time bent his arms in front of his chest, and the wheels rotated towards his arms. The strings on the hook of the spear quickly wrapped around the brass sleeves of his arms as they rotated.
When the string tightened, his upper body was already lying on top of another bookshelf.
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