Chapter 55: Between Life and Death, It's All About Resourcefulness
Full moon, stars.
On the night as far as the eye can see, with a large and round moon as the center, countless stars spread out in all directions, and it looks so beautiful.
Under such a night scene, the soft and light music reverberates, and twelve young and beautiful dancers step on the moonlight, twist their thin waists, and dance to the beat of the music, like butterflies flying among the flowers.
Although Liu Changfeng is already sixty-five years old, he still feels happy about such things, both mentally and physically.
Unlike other departments, the Reinforcement Daoist can still maintain an extremely strong body at the age of sixty-five, and the Ten Maidens of the Night Emperor are not a problem, so he sits upright, squints his eyes, and enjoys the encirclement of the six white-skinned maids very much.
Of course, out of aristocratic etiquette, he didn't do anything out of his temper in public, but his hands were not honest, plus his mouth was teasing, and he didn't take any further action.
There is still an important matter waiting for him to do tonight, and he can't be too anxious to go to bed.
It is a nine-meter-high stone platform with granite pillars erected at the edges, a dark purple rose relief carved on the surface, and a stone tablet with the words "stargazing platform" written on it near the steps.
On the stele hangs a basin-sized chiming turtle, the shell is red, with a natural black pattern similar to the clock scale, and as the moon shines, three light blue rays of different lengths and thicknesses appear on the shell, and once time passes, the light will also move.
This is a relatively old method of timekeeping.
Because someone invented a more convenient clock according to the pattern behind the turtle shell, the chiming turtle is still a kind of demon beast captive by the upper nobles, which is considered a symbol of status.
It is not easy for ordinary nobles to catch such a chiming ghost.
Liu Changfeng glanced at the turtle shell and muttered, "At nine forty-nine, that guy should have arrived." ”
A maid who accompanied her smiled and said, "Lord Liu, who are you talking about?" ”
He smiled, his attitude was no longer as hot as before, and he waved his hand: "Okay, you can all step down, the guests who will be entertained next are not interested in singing and dancing." ”
None of the women had an opinion, when to be coquettish and when not to be coquettish, but they knew very well and quickly stepped back from here.
In the blink of an eye, the stargazing platform was empty, and he sat there alone, his eyes piercing the night, looking directly at the main entrance to the east.
On the long street, the wind swept through the silent street, the long fiery red hair was flying, the corners of the skirt were fluttering, Xi Ya was humming a pleasant tune in her mouth, and her right hand pulled a four-wheeled cart with a large square wooden box on it.
All the way to the main gate of the Wu Mansion, there was no one outside to greet him.
The gate was closed, and the stone lions on the left and right were half-hidden in the shadows, as if they would pounce at any moment.
She yawned and stepped on the first step, and the ground burst into lightning, quickly forming a path that led to the top, allowing her to pull the wooden box up.
"Excuse me, I'm Xiya from Fengyang Dao Academy." She walked to the door and stopped, raised her hand and knocked on the door, making a thudding sound.
She didn't have to wait long, and when she blinked her eyelids twice, the door had already opened, and a handsome servant dressed in green clothes leaned out and wondered, "What is the matter with you?" ”
Xiya whistled and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's a home visit, this is a small gift, please accept it." ”
As she spoke, she stepped into the gate of the Wu Mansion very well and instructed the servants to do things.
The handsome servant obviously did not receive the order, and his face was full of embarrassment: "Please wait, let me inform the butler." ”
"Don't be so troublesome, I'm not a strange guy, listen to me obediently," she was just here to find trouble, and her attitude was naturally not too kind, so she said lightly, and continued to walk forward without stopping.
The servant wanted to say something.
The housekeeper who was waiting for a lot of things walked out with a smile on his face, "Oh, this is not a Xidao master, your presence here really makes the mansion shine." ”
As soon as he smiled, he shouted to the servant again: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you move the things of the Taoist Master to the treasure house quickly." ”
As for what was inside, he was not interested in knowing.
The servant felt aggrieved, but did not say anything, reached out and took the cart and pulled it to the other side.
"Be careful, there is a precious porcelain vase inside," Xi Ya admonished casually, thinking that he was worthy of being my disciple, this concealment ability was really good.
The large wooden box she sent was divided into two layers, and the upper layer contained a porcelain vase that was quite cheap and large.
The lower layer is Shi Qing's hiding place.
This is the plan drawn up by Zhao Xiang and him on the premise that Chunhua has ghosts.
The ten-point agreement made with Ye Ling before was to take advantage of the other party's mentality of thinking that he was in control of everything, so that they would think that they would be very calm before ten o'clock, so they neglected to take precautions.
chose to let Xiya bring in, but also had the idea of using her to attract the attention of the enemy.
Compared with these little shrimps, this one is obviously more worthy of the other party's attention and vigilance.
Of course, such a trick is not to deceive the other party for too long.
But in his and Zhao Xiang's plan, there was no need to delay for too long.
From 9:50 to 10 o'clock, there was a gap of ten minutes, plus Zhao Xiang and the others would control his fake puppet to infiltrate the Wu Mansion, it was expected to delay for two minutes, a total of twelve minutes.
So much time was enough for Shi Qing to sneak into Wu Si's room.
He carefully lay on the bottom of the wooden box, trying to reduce his heartbeat and enter a semi-suspended state of death, avoiding detection by people with keen senses.
At the same time, he strengthened the hearing of his ears and listened to the footsteps of the servants outside, and from the sound of the voice, the servants weighed about one hundred and forty pounds.
According to the standard of Wu Mansion to recruit servants, it should not be fat, and it can only be said that the other party is not low, about 1.75 meters and 1.78 meters.
In this way, the distance of each step is conservatively estimated at three thirds and seven, and the approximate length of the soles of the feet can be calculated to give the distance of each step taken by the servant. He calculated silently in his heart, and a detailed map of the Wu Mansion appeared in his mind.
If this continued, in about five minutes, the route would diverge from the Wyvern Tower where Wu Si was, and before that, he had better find an opportunity to leave the wooden box.
The reason why I don't leave now is because there are patrolling guards outside.
From the sound of footsteps, not only were there footsteps around him, but he could also hear the footsteps of those guards patrolling not far away. Once at this time the wooden box was lifted from the side and ran out, it was impossible not to see unless the guards were blind.
If you act at super high speed, you can indeed avoid the eyes of those guards, but tearing the air through your body will inevitably produce a strong sonic boom, which will make the noise even greater.
As for how to avoid the guards, he hadn't figured it out yet.
Zhao Xiang didn't know the patrol route of the Wu Mansion, and he didn't know either.
Before he came, his plan was to improvise.