Chapter 374: Catch the Assassin!
Because it is a post station of the imperial court, the guards are not worried about the safety of adults, so except for the sentry at the door, the rest of the people are sleeping in the house, which also gives the man in black space to do whatever he wants.
The boy in black was superb, at least his light body skills were not inferior to the time of the drum, and I saw him perform the gecko swimming wall skill, sticking to the black shadow under the eaves, and quietly touched the window of the main house.
Pulling the charcoal-coated blade from his waist, he prepared to open the window and climb into the house...... It's been more than half an hour since the lights went out in the main room, and according to his experience, the people in the house should have fallen into a deep sleep. But after thinking about it for a while, I felt that it was better to be cautious, so I dipped some water from my body, quietly soaked the window paper, and poked it gently...... There was a small hole in the lower left corner of the window, and he leaned his head over to see if the people inside were asleep.
With a little bean-like light in the room, he saw that the legendary Shen Liushou was already lying on the bed...... Seeing that he was really asleep, the black-clothed man smiled evilly, and then checked the dagger in his hand into the crack of the window, and was just about to exert himself, but he heard the sound of getting up silently inside.
Frightened, the man in black didn't even have time to draw the knife, so he shrank to the ground, clinging to the wall, and drumming in his heart: "Did you meet the master exposed?" He was about to let the wind howl and slip away, but he heard the sound of rushing water inside, and a groan mixed with comfort and pain.
The man in black couldn't help but be curious, and quietly leaned over to the cave to take a look, only to see that Shen Tongzhi was ...... Washing his feet, he soaked his feet in the basin, even put his hands in, and rubbed his feet very carefully and carefully, he was indeed washing his feet.
Why did this man sleep for a while before he got up to wash his feet? The man in black was extremely smart, and took the initiative to help the other party think of a reasonable statement...... I must have fallen asleep before washing my feet, and I only made up for it now.
"I really love cleanliness...... "The boy in black said in his heart, "Sure enough, he is a great talent with a little white face." He continued to squat there and wait, and when the cold wind blew, [***]'s body was cold, and he couldn't help but shudder, so he had to huddle his arms and shrink into a ball to protect himself from the cold.
Fortunately, after a while, there was no movement inside, and the man in black came to the cave to take a look, and sure enough, he washed his feet and lay down again.
Patience waited for a while, and when he felt that the other party should fall asleep again, he shrank up, reached out and held the handle of the knife again, and was about to exert himself, but heard the person inside get up again.
'Are you still sleeping?!' The man in black was furious: "Why don't you stop doing this? Then he heard the sound of rushing water, and when he leaned over again, he saw that the fellow was washing his feet again.
'Didn't you wash it?' The clever head of the man in black was a little muddy, and he rubbed his eyes vigorously to confirm that the other party was indeed washing his feet twice, and forced the huge sense of absurdity in his heart, which he could only explain by 'this person has a perverted cleanliness habit'.
The man in black touched his hair, and it turned out that he had already formed ice ballast, but his heart was burning with anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll wait, you won't wash your feet three times......
But nothing is certain, and when he was full of hope and was about to open the window for the third time, the guy inside got up for the third time and began to wash his feet for the third time...... The man in black clutched the windowsill tightly with both hands, so as not to crush himself with a huge sense of powerlessness, and his extremely smart head couldn't understand how a person could wash his feet when he didn't sleep well.
'You can't find me and tease me, will you?' The man in black looked at the courtyard vigilantly, it was quiet, only the sound of snoring came and went, and it was obvious that everything was normal.
Then it's only the night wandering syndrome recorded in the medical books! The man in black secretly concluded that only in this way could he explain it...... It is said that a person who travels at night is not aware of what he is doing, and although he is moving, it is no different from sleeping, and even if you walk in front of him, he will not be aware of it.
For the sake of prudence, the man in black waited another cycle, and finally made up his mind when he lay down in silence for the fourth time, and then got up for the fifth time to wash his feet.
The man in black, who had been suffocating in the cold wind all night, finally couldn't hold it anymore, no longer waited, no longer hesitated, reached out and pressed the cold hilt, and with a slight force, he silently opened the latch inside.
Gently pulling open the window, poking his head in, almost frozen, completely losing his agility, he gritted his teeth and rolled into half of his body, and looked inside, almost losing his soul, only to see that the 'sleepwalker' was looking at him with a wary face, and in his hand he was still holding the basin of footwashing water that had been washed repeatedly.
The biggest in life is that you can't control your own destiny, heaven and hell are often only between a thin line, maybe one moment it is still sunny, the next moment it becomes lightning and thunder.
For example, Shen Mo, who has not yet recovered from the happiness of the newlywed Yan'er, begins to enjoy the pain of being lonely and sleepless...... Without the warm fragrant nephrite in his arms, it was mainly because the two feet were hot and the drill was distressed, and he wanted to call someone to call a doctor, but it was already the second half of the night, and everyone was sleeping, so it was better to hold on and wait until dawn.
It's just that he is obviously very sleepy, but he has not been able to sleep, and he feels that his feet are sore and swollen, and it is not appropriate to put them anywhere. In order to distract himself, he began to think desperately, from the previous life to this life, he found that he had suffered a lot in both lives, and the starting point was much lower than others, but he was much better than others when he mixed up. In fact, there is no other reason, it is because he has a kind of masochistic spirit in his bones - he has always believed that if he does not mix well, it is not because there is a problem with the times, but because he has not worked hard enough, as long as he maintains a high fighting spirit and struggles again and again, he will definitely stand at the top of the pyramid, whether it is four hundred years later or now!
In the past, all kinds of sadness, happiness, and despair were fluctuating in his heart, and Shen Mo suddenly felt that he was very manly, the kind that stood up to the sky and the earth spiritually. It's just that after the excitement, the pain hits, and he can't help himself, and suddenly feels very weak! It's like this when it's hot, and it really doesn't look like a man!
I had to get up and put my feet back in the vinegar, and the pain melted like ice and snow, and I was about to moan out when I was relaxed and comfortable, but I was afraid that people outside would misunderstand, so I barely held back and didn't make a sound. When his feet didn't feel any pain at all, he lay down briskly, sleepiness hit, and gradually fell asleep...... Who knew that after a while, the clear pain woke him up again, and he was silent and helpless, so he had to soak his feet again, and then the pain disappeared again, comfortable, and sleeping...... Then I woke up again, got up, and soaked my feet...... If it goes back and forth, I can't remember how many times I repeated it, and I was so tormented that I wanted to cry without tears. I can't help but groan secretly, the long night is long, do you have to spend it like this?
Gradually, he was tortured with a nervous breakdown, I don't know if it was the fifth or sixth time, he had hallucinations, he seemed to hear some slight noise, but he didn't care. But then the window seemed to be opened, and the cold wind blew in, which made Shen Mo feel excited, and he had to reluctantly raise his head, and was shocked to find that a hand had reached through the window, and then a black rumbling head.
'Sadako? Shen Mo's hair stood on end, his teeth were fighting, and he wanted to reach out to cover his mouth, but he remembered that he had repeatedly touched his feet, so he had to give up. In the blink of an eye, he also calmed down, after all, he was an atheist baptized by horror movies, and he quickly determined that the other party was a human, a man in black, a man in black with a sharp blade and a window inside!
"There are assassins!" silently tore his throat and shouted, picked up the footbasin with his hand, and poured a basin of vinegar that had been soaked in his feet many times.
Smelling the pungent smell, the man in black was shocked, this is the legendary Tangmen venom, right? In a panic, he turned over and dodged outside, helpless, half a beat slower, and was still half of his body.
The man in black fell heavily to the ground and fell dizzy. At this time, shouts broke out in the courtyard, and people rushed out of the main house, the wings on both sides, and the lower rooms on the south side, and the man in black saw that things were not good, endured the pain, hugged half of his arms, and ran towards the west wall in embarrassment.
Tie Zhu and the others had already chased him out, and when they saw that the assassin had panicked and ran to the top of the wall, they were all very happy, and shouted one after another: "Catch that kid, don't let him run!" And they pounced on him from all sides.
The assassin was almost frozen, and fell again, and his bottom was unstable, and he staggered with his steps, and although he ran under the wall, the slick wall was a foot and a half high, and no one believed that he could cross it.
But the man in black was obviously prepared, he ran to the corner of the wall, squatted down, and with a wave of the dagger, he heard a click, followed by a sound of cracking strings and whistling, and he flew up like a big bird, and climbed over the wall in a graceful manner.
They threw themselves against the wall, only to hear a dull sound of landing, and the other party had already fallen on the opposite side.
"Chase!" How can this make the self-proclaimed strongest escort of the Ming Dynasty's Iron Pillar embarrassed? He stomped his feet angrily and said, "He can't run!" Because of the limited place of the post station, Hu Zongxian's five hundred guards could not live in, so they had to camp outside.
At this time, Shen Mo also came out with a gloomy face, in fact, he didn't want to put on a stinky face, but his heart hurt when he stepped on the ground, and if he didn't put his face up, he could only wrinkle into a chrysanthemum.
"Your Excellency, please come inside, it's dangerous outside." Tie Zhu hurriedly stepped forward.
"Dangerous," Shen Mo scolded, "With so many guards standing here, what's the danger?" "The implication is that I'm in danger when you're all asleep.
Tie Zhu heard what the adult meant, and knelt down on one knee with a face full of shame and said: "It's the subordinates who have been slacking off for more than half a year, please punish the adults!" ”
"Let's reflect on it yourself," Shen Mo shook his head and said lightly: "What's the use of punishing you?" Can you get that assassin out? ”
"Hey......" Tie Zhu sighed heavily, gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, please rest assured, my subordinates are digging three feet into the ground, and they will dig out the thief!" As he spoke, he got up and said, "Little ones, start searching!" ”
"Search, search, search, search your head!" Shen Mo said angrily: "So many officials live here, are you going to offend them all?" ”
"Is that just a matter of letting him go?" Iron pillar said with big eyes flashing.
"Of course not," Shen Mo sneered, "Aren't the guards of the Governor's Mansion with military dogs?" You ask them to bring a few. ”
Although Tie Zhu did not know what to do, it was his virtue to obey orders and listen to commands, and when he heard this, he immediately got up and went out, and after a while, he came in with more than a dozen personal soldiers from the Governor's Palace, the former and three big wolf dogs.
"What do you command?" The officers and soldiers saluted in unison.
"Vinegar," said silently, "I poured vinegar on that man, can your dog find him?" ”
"No problem." One of the generals said confidently: "Our dog is for search and warning, the vinegar smell is so big, we will definitely be able to find that person." ”
"Then let's go, I've found a reward." Shen Mo tightened his collar.
"Your Excellency, don't go." Iron Pillar Road.
"Less nonsense." Shen Mo went straight out with the wolf dogs, anyway, he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, so he might as well follow and play.
Tie Zhu had no choice but to tell his subordinates to cheer up, and then followed the adults out.
They went around the wall, first to the place where the man landed, and with the help of the bright torches, silently saw that on a thick bamboo two feet away, two ropes, one long and one short, were suspended.
Shen Mo took a torch and shone it at the base of the wall, and sure enough, he saw another rope tied to the stone pillar at the drainage outlet in the corner of the wall. Obviously, the other party used the principle of bow and arrow to tie two ropes to the bamboo, and then bypassed one of them around the stone pillar on the ground, bent the bamboo as much as possible and then fixed, so that a strong rebound force was accumulated. Then another rope is sent to the yard, as long as the charging rope is cut, it will naturally be pulled out by the rebound force of the bamboo.
It's a very simple mechanism, using local materials, using only two ropes, and you don't even need a responder, you can jump out. It's just that the simpler the method, the less simple the other party is...... The art masters are bold and don't say it, just this insight makes people frightened.
Shen Mo dared to say that if he hadn't been tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, he would have been plotted by that person tonight. Thinking of it, his scalp tingled for a while, and he completely darkened his face and said, "I must find him!" ”
The soldiers took the wolf dog to search around, and soon found the assassin's location, let the wolf dog smell it, and then felt out the dried meat to feed a piece, the three dogs immediately became excited, almost dragging the owner and running, but two of them went west, and one of them rushed towards Shen Mo, if it wasn't for the soldier's quick reaction and forced to stop, he almost bit Shen Zhuoyan.
"Stupid dog!" The soldier punched and kicked the dog, which made Shen Mo feel unbearable, and said with a smile: "I also have the smell of vinegar on my body, and I can't count it wrong." ”
The soldiers were actually afraid that Lord Shen would kill his dog in anger, so he used bitter meat tricks, so he naturally stopped his fists and feet and kowtowed.
"Go with those two." Under the escort of Tiezhu and others, Shen Mo walked briskly to the place where the dog barked.
After walking more than ten zhang away, when I arrived outside the west courtyard of the post house, the dogs barked louder, but it was not the two wolf dogs, but the fierce and majestic roar that came from the yard.
On the other hand, their two dogs, contrary to the ferocity of Fang Cai, even shrank their tails and did not dare to make a sound. This made the soldiers very embarrassed, and explained to Shen Mo: "My lord, there is a mastiff inside. ”
"Oh," Shen Mo nodded, "Are you sure it's this courtyard?" ”
"Yes, my lord," said the soldier, "the dog chased him all the way to this place without hesitation." ”
"Knock on the door." Silent bowed his head.
Tiezhu stepped forward to smash the door, and after a long time, someone inside said, "What kind of door are you knocking on in the middle of the night?" ”
"Let you open the door, where is all this nonsense?" Tiezhu scolded, raised his foot and kicked the door latch off, and the guards armed with knives and guns rushed in, but in the blink of an eye, they fled in the wilderness, and it turned out that two giant mastiffs like lions roared and rushed out.
"Crossbowmen ready!" Tie Zhu was angry and raised his hand. Immediately, countless glowing crossbows were aimed at the two giant mastiffs.
There was a whistle inside, and the two mastiffs immediately retreated, and a delicate woman appeared at the door, and said with willow eyebrows: "Who are you?" Dare to eat the gall of the ambitious leopard, see clearly where we are from! As he spoke, he raised the lantern in his hand, and saw the word 'Pinghu' written on a white background.
"Your Lu family?" Tie Zhu's fierce expression froze.
Pinghu is a place name in Zhejiang, belonging to Jiaxing Mansion, there are no less than dozens of wealthy families, but there is only one that is qualified to be called "Pinghu", that is the Lu family, Lu Bing's Lu family.
"It's good to know that you're scared!" The woman said slightly proudly: "Why don't you retreat quickly?" ”
"My lord......" Tie Zhu looked back at Shen Mo, he didn't dare to call the shots in this matter.
Shen Mo said lightly: "Fake." ”
The woman said angrily: "Who dares to pretend to be the Lu family? ”
"My senior brother is a generational gatekeeper, and he is extremely strict with his children, and there will never be thieves." Shen Mo shook his hand slightly and said, "Go in and search, so that no one will go around swaggering and deceiving under the sign of my senior brother!" ”
"Yes!" Since the boss said so, the little ones still have any concerns, so they no longer care about the little girl's skin, and Hulala rushed in.
(To be continued)