Chapter 14: The Sword in the Forest
"Someone!" Fang Ding woke up violently and pushed his companion.
When the companion opened his eyes, it was pitch black all around, and when he saw a figure, he couldn't help muttering, "What the hell are you!" ”
"Oh, I'm wrong, I'm a night bird."
On the roof not far away, the "night bird" raised its arms and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
In these years, not everyone can do it, and who can be a fangding has no eyesight? Let them assist the officials in maintaining law and order, and mediate disputes, but if they really run into Jiangyang thieves, they will run faster than rabbits. I earn those two children every month, so I can't fight with my life. Although there was a curfew at the imperial court, in most cases, they turned a blind eye.
After a few ups and downs, Liu Ziqiu had already crossed the gate and came to the neighboring Ping'anli. Ping'an Li is already on the side of the Luo River, and after the Luo River is the North District. The palace city and the imperial city are all over there, and there are still many dignitaries and nobles living there. There is a bridge on the Luo River, and there is a bridge on the bridge to keep vigil, and there is no cover all around.
Liu Ziqiu picked up a stone in his hand and threw it lightly under the water. There was a "plop" sound, which caused a big splash. The two bridgemen crowded to the edge of the bridge and stretched out their heads to look into the water. Liu Ziqiu had already taken the opportunity to sweep over the bridge deck.
"Wow, there's a big fish in the middle of the night!"
"Alas, if you can get it, it's really a good meal, if you make an appointment with ......"
The long night was boring, but this stone aroused the topic of the two fangdings, and they chatted with their eyebrows, but they didn't know that someone had already passed through their "defense zone......
"Bangbang Bang ......" sounded the fifth watch outside. A dark shadow fluttered down in the courtyard. Li Jing, the Red Whisk Girl, and Han Shige hurriedly stepped forward. From Liu Ziqiu's departure to his return, for two hours, the three of them didn't dare to close their eyes.
Liu Ziqiu took off the black scarf covering his face and shook his head helplessly.
Han Shige was a little disappointed, but Li Jing and the Red Whisk Girl comforted in unison: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay for you to come back safely." ”
Without internal response, they dare not imagine how many thrills they will encounter along the way when they break into the heavily guarded forbidden palace alone at night.
Liu Ziqiu looked calm and said, "Big brother, quickly bring a pen and paper!" ”
Han Shige spread the paper on several cases, and Li Jing personally polished the ink. Liu Ziqiu grabbed the brush, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and nodded heavily, but was annoyed to find that a large cloud of ink had seeped out on the paper, which had already been discarded by him.
At that time, the paper was very expensive, and Li Jing's family was not wealthy, but the red whisk girl was not distressed, and covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother Xian, the pen is not held like this." ”
Liu Ziqiu threw away the pen, turned around and asked, "Sister-in-law, is there charcoal at home?" ”
"Yes!" Although the red-whisked girl didn't know what Liu Ziqiu was going to do, she quickly went out and took a piece of charcoal from the stove.
Han Shige had already relaid a piece of paper and looked at Liu Ziqiu suspiciously. Liu Ziqiu held the charcoal, his heart was much more steady, "brush, brush", and drew on the paper.
Li Jing looked at it, and what he drew turned out to be a pattern of the palace, and the name of the palace was even marked on it! The Qianyang Palace, the Daye Palace, and the Heavenly Gate are all clear. Where is the bell tower, where there are guards, the route of the patrol posts, and the time between them, are also clear. There are some words and symbols that even Li Jing doesn't recognize.
After more than ten years of hard training, Liu Ziqiu's eyesight has long reached the point where he can see in the dark. There are plaques on the city gate and the palace, and although Liu Ziqiu didn't know some words, he still forcibly wrote them down and translated them into simplified Chinese characters that he thought were correct. Reconnaissance, mapping, lurking, and beheading, these are the basic skills of special forces, and sketches are nothing, and he also wrote down the rules of patrol by palace guards.
Li Jing took the draft plan and looked at it carefully for a while, "tsk" was surprised, and said: "This should be the northernmost Yuanbi City in the palace city, and then it should be Yaoyi City and the harem, and the newly selected show girl should live in the harem." ”
"It's so big, it's getting dawn again, and I can only explore these places." Liu Ziqiu regretfully dropped the charcoal and said, "Give me five more nights......
"Liu Zhuangshi, you can go directly to the harem and grab someone to ask, wouldn't it be troublesome?" Han Shige has unconsciously changed his name for Liu Ziqiu, and no longer regards him as a low-status cloth.
"Han Gongzi, I understand your feelings." Liu Ziqiu patted him on the shoulder and said, "This matter should not be rushed. It is naturally easy to catch someone, but if you can't rescue Miss Hou, won't you startle the snake? Also, how did Miss Hou get out of the palace after saving her? There is a big living person in the palace, how to hide it? If you don't think about it, you should retreat first. These must be thought through. ”
Li Jing stroked his palm and said, "Well said! There is a saying in the art of war that 'before you think about victory, you must think about defeat first', and the words of the virtuous brother are really similar! ”
Han Shige suddenly said in a deep voice: "As long as Liu Zhuangshi has the ability to bring people in and out, I have a way." Pick a maid of a similar figure from my house, and send him to the palace after being hanged. ”
"How can this be! That's a life, too! Liu Ziqiu frowned, but found that Li Jing and the Red Whisk Girl both looked calm, and only then did he remember that he was in the last year of the Great Sui, and couldn't help sighing, "Human life is at stake, let's wait for me to find out the way in and out first, and then discuss it later." ”
This is not a time for human rights. In the eyes of the master, slaves and maidservants are just a piece of property, and they are even less valuable than cattle and horses, and the master can dispose of them at will, even if they deprive them of life, there is nothing great about it. Not only Han Shige and Li Jing think so, but even the red whisk girl who was born as a servant girl also thinks that this is a natural thing.
At first, Li Jing heard Liu Ziqiu talk about the use of cavalry, thinking that he was the son of a down-and-out soldier. Later, I saw that he could go high and high, and he was a chivalrous man who was happy to take revenge. Now seeing that he is willing to care about the life and death of a servant girl, and he is clearly benevolent, he suddenly feels a little incomprehensible to him.
The first rays of sunlight in the morning sprinkled on the East Lake in Shanglin Xiyuan, and the breeze blew and sparkled. Under the big willow tree by the lake, Gao Xiu'er put away her fist and let out a long breath. There was already a pretty girl in palace clothes who held a white sweat towel, bowed down and said, "Madame is so handsome, quickly wipe your sweat." ”
Gao Xiu'er took the sweat towel and said, "Fangling, I'll come by myself in the future, you don't have to follow." Besides, I'm not a lady, so it's good that you and I are sisters. ”
Fang Ling hurriedly said: "Madame Hugh killed the slave maid. The slave and maid are arranged by the mother to serve the lady, how dare they trespass. The lady has a beautiful face and a moon appearance, and she will be the lord of this hospital. ”
This girl's surname is Chen, she is the daughter of a big family in Hedong, and she is also one of the show girls who should be selected this time. It's a pity that she is unlucky, others are the masters, but she can only be a slave. However, Fangling is very clever, she doesn't complain at all, she just tries her best to serve her master.
Since ancient times, there have been many resentful women in the deep palace, and how many people have been in the palace for a lifetime, and in the end, they don't even know what the emperor looks like. Fang Ling understands her situation very well, she is now a slave and a nobleman, and only if Gao Xiu'er is favored by the emperor, she can have a chance. She shouted "Madame" one by one, without the slightest hypocrisy. Although they are the same masters, the lady and the beauty are different. The lady will definitely be favored by the emperor, but the beauty depends on luck and the emperor's mood. She sincerely hopes that Gao Xiuer can become the wife of the head of the 15th Academy.
Gao Xiu'er knew that she couldn't persuade her, so she had to say: "Fangling, I want to be alone here for a while." Wake up early today, you can go back to sleep for a while. ”
There is a good saying that beautiful women fall asleep. At this time, most of the other girls in the courtyard were still lying on their stomachs.
Gao Xiu'er remembered Liu Ziqiu's words and didn't dare to relax her practice for a day. It's just that the internal strength is good, only in the house, but this boxing method needs an open area. Therefore, since she left Yanguan County, she has not practiced. Liu Ziqiu said that internal strength can only improve the potential of the body, and killing people still needs to rely on boxing. Now if you want to take revenge, you must rely on boxing. I finally settled down today, and remembered that Liu Ziqiu said that boxing belongs to water, Gao Xiuer had a whim, and decided to find a place near the water to practice, so she came to the lake early.
This is a bitter Fangling, and she also got up early in the morning, and waited respectfully beside her. When Gao Xiu'er practiced boxing just now, she couldn't stop yawning.
But Gao Xiu'er didn't sleep, where was Fang Ling willing to go, she promised on her lips, but she only took two steps back and waited far away.
Gao Xiu'er is also a smart person in Bingxue, how can she not see through Fang Ling's thoughts, and no longer persuade her, she turned her head to look into the distance, and suddenly heard a coquettish sound from the pine forest in front of her. Gao Xiu'er followed the sound and looked at it, as if she saw a little cold light, she couldn't help but be curious, and walked over.
In the woods, a woman was dancing a sword.
Gao Xiu'er couldn't help but be taken aback. She couldn't sneak a pair of scissors into the palace yesterday, if she hadn't been rescued by Chen Chou, she was almost killed on the spot, where did this woman get a pair of swords?
In fact, Gao Xiu'er came instead of Shi Huiniang, and the Shi family was happy for a while, but forgot to relay the rules of the palace to her. Even if she is the daughter of a noble family, she will learn the needle pointing of female workers from an early age, which is not only a skill, but also a pastime. In the courtyards of Shanglin, there are not only scissors, but even kitchen knives, but they are all collected by special miscellaneous servants, and there are records of receiving and returning, but they are absolutely not allowed to appear when serving the emperor. And this woman and Wang Guizhi are generally selected in advance by the internal supervisors. The inner prison knew that she could dance a sword, so they allowed her to bring a sword.
Gao Xiu'er was full of suspicion, and looked at the woman again.
I saw that the woman was wearing a light red shirt, wearing a silver Luo skirt, covering her forehead with green silk, her lips were lip pointed, her pretty eyebrows were full of pride, and her beautiful eyes were full of divine light. A pair of swords will dance, like a frightening dragon.
Gao Xiu'er often watched his father practice swordsmanship when he was young, although he couldn't dance, he also knew some swordsmanship, and when he saw the wonders, he couldn't help but cheer. The woman heard the cheers, and couldn't help but stop her hand and look this way. Only then did Gao Xiuer see her face clearly, with a goose egg face, peach blossom eyes, thin shoulders, a slender figure, a unique style, and a stunning beauty.
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