Chapter 125: Stalking, Blending In
After Ling Muyun settled in Yangliu Hutong, he only went back at night every day, and came out to hang outside the west gate of the imperial city during the day, because the inner court guards and eunuchs in the palace went in and out of this gate.
The purpose of his coming to Yanjing this time is to connect the line of the Shenlong Sect through the fake Queen Mother Mao Dongzhu, so he must first find a way to enter the palace, because the Queen Mother almost does not leave the palace, if she is just waiting outside stupidly, even if she waits until the year of the donkey, she may not be able to see the fake Queen Mother.
But the imperial palace is not so easy to enter, the imperial palace of the Qing court, also known as the Forbidden City, is expanded on the basis of the former Ming Imperial City, just like a smaller city, the city wall is ten meters high, and the outside is surrounded by a moat that is tens of meters wide, and there are thousands of imperial guards stationed inside. With Ling Muyun's current strength, it is not difficult to enter the palace, but it is not easy to sneak into the palace silently without being discovered.
If he still has the strength in the main world or in the Condor world, it is easy to come and go freely in the palace, but unfortunately he doesn't, now his strength is not even one-tenth of the main world, although the level of martial arts in the Luding world is very low, but after all, what he wants to go to is the palace Ouchi, which can be said to be the most heavily defended place in the world, and with his current strength, he is really not completely sure.
It is true that throughout the entire palace, including the fake empress dowager Mao Dongzhu and the old eunuch Hai Dafu, it is estimated that no one is his opponent, and there are too many people! Once his deeds are revealed, he will inevitably be besieged by countless Ouchi guards, and although he thinks that his strength is good, he never thinks that he can stop thousands of people with the strength of one person. Not only him, but no warrior in this world can stop him!
For example, Gui Xinshu and his wife, who later broke into the palace and tried to assassinate Kangxi, Gui Xinshu's martial arts are absolutely the best in the world of Luding, and it is estimated that only Yuan Chengzhi and Hong Antong, the leader of the Shenlong Sect, who are far away from overseas, can compete with them in the world of Luding. But is this kind of martial arts, after his deeds are revealed, he is still beaten to death by the same beating?
If it was in the main world, Ling Muyun felt that he could look down on Gui Xin Shu, but in this Lu Ding world, with his current strength, he would never dare to pat his chest and say that he was more powerful than Gui Xin Shu. Since those Ouchi guards can beat Gui Xinshu to death, they can definitely beat him to death! Although he is proficient in the Nine Yin True Scriptures, and the light skill is definitely higher than that of Gui Xin Shu, but the light skill also needs internal force as support, with the internal force that he is not even able to acquire the day after tomorrow, even if he has the Jiuyin Light Gong body, he will never reach the original level, and he will never be able to retreat from the thousands of troops.
Therefore, Ling Muyun could only choose to wait for the opportunity to see if he could find a way to sneak into the palace, as long as he could quietly pass through the outermost defense of the palace and enter the inner palace, then he would be sure. Because the most tightly defended in the Forbidden City is still on the periphery, in addition to the palace maids and eunuchs, there are also the emperor's harem concubines living in the inner palace.
This said that Ling Muyun came to the west gate of the Forbidden City as usual to hang out, and waited until the afternoon, when he suddenly saw the palace gate open, and two eunuchs came out of it.
I saw that the two eunuchs were an old man and a young man, the old one was about sixty years old, with a sallow complexion, hunched back, as if he was seriously ill, and he couldn't help coughing twice when he walked a few steps. And the little eunuch seemed to be eleven or twelve years old, and it seemed that he was in charge of serving the old eunuch, and he followed the old eunuch step by step, carefully supporting him.
Seeing the two eunuchs, one old and one young, walking out of the palace gate and walking towards the city, Ling Muyun's heart suddenly moved, and a guess arose, and he no longer stayed in front of the palace gate and squatted in front of the palace gate, and followed from a distance.
Slowly and leisurely followed the two of them for a few miles, turned two streets, and saw the two of them walking into a small hotel. Ling Muyun also followed to the door of the hotel, and glanced at the store as if unintentionally, and found that it was not only the two eunuchs he was following, but also his two acquaintances in the tavern, it was Wei Xiaobao and Mao Shiba, because the two of them were eating and drinking with their heads down, but they didn't see him.
Ling Muyun's heart moved, and he walked straight in front of the tavern without stopping, but did not enter. Passing the door of the tavern, Ling Muyun glanced in all directions, and found that there was a two-story teahouse diagonally across from the tavern, and from the window on the second floor, you could see part of the scene in the tavern through the open door of the tavern.
Ling Muyun immediately walked into the teahouse, went up to the second floor, found a window seat and sat down, asked for a pot of tea and a few plates of snacks, and observed the movement in the small hotel through the window while sipping tea. From the direction where Ling Muyun was, he couldn't see all the scenes in the tavern, but he happened to be able to see Mao Shibai and Wei Xiaobao who were eating and drinking, which couldn't help but make Ling Muyun very satisfied.
As soon as Ling Muyun drank a cup of tea and ate a few small snacks, he found that there were seven or eight big men walking from the street, these big men were shirtless, wearing cowhide pants, braids on the top of their heads, their whole bodies were greasy, the crystal light was shiny, they seemed to be covered with grease to the top to the legs, all of them had knotted muscles, bearded and black hair on their chests, thick hands and big feet, and they were very bluffing. Seeing this scene, Ling Muyun had already guessed the identity of these people, who should be the Buku (that is, wrestlers) raised by the Manchurian nobles who specialized in practicing wrestling and fighting for their masters.
I saw these big men who seemed to be Manchurian Buku approaching and saw the signboard of the hotel, one of them greeted him with a smile, and the rest nodded their heads one after another, and they all walked into the hotel.
Then I saw the guy in the store greet me and ask questions, presumably asking what to eat or something. Somehow provoked the group of big men, one of them suddenly reached out and grabbed the guy's waist, turned his arm, and lifted him up. Then the big man shook his hand and threw the shopkeeper out of the store. The guy screamed loudly, but the big men laughed.
Then I saw Wei Xiaobao didn't know what to say to those big men, and those big men yelled at Wei Xiaobao and their table, Mao 18 suddenly stood up, lifted the wine jug on the table and threw it at one of the big men, the big man was caught off guard and was hit by the wine jug, screaming in pain, and the rest of the big men saw that their companions were injured, and they greeted each other, and they rushed towards Mao 18 together.
Mao Eighteen suddenly showed his might, and kicked a big man who was in front of him and fell out. Then he used the technique of opening the grappling, elbowing and slashing palms, knocking down four more in an instant, and the other leaned over his shoulder and received Mao Eighteen's first palm, reached out and grabbed his lower back, lifted him up, and turned his body upside down, about to hit his head to the ground. Mao Eighteen kicked the big man's chest in a series of legs, kicking him so that his hands were loose, and blood spurted wildly. That Mao Eighteen kept his hands and feet, and as soon as he landed, he struck the back of the heart of the remaining big man with another palm, and knocked him to the ground, and in a moment he knocked down all seven Manchurian Buku.
Knocking down those Buku, Mao Shibai seemed to know that he was causing trouble, and he pulled Wei Xiaobao up and was about to go out, but he didn't want to be blocked by the old eunuch who seemed to be seriously ill. Mao Shibai stretched out his hand to push the old eunuch, not wanting the old eunuch to be a martial arts master, not only was he not pushed away, but he knocked Mao Shibai to the ground in three or two blows, and took him and Wei Xiaobao together.
Seeing this, Ling Muyun had basically confirmed the guess in his heart, this old eunuch with strong martial arts should be Hai Dafu, who took Wei Xiaobao into the palace in the original book, and the little eunuch who served with him must be the unlucky child Xiao Guizi who was killed by Wei Xiaobao later.
Then Nahai Dafu said a few words to the few Buku who were beaten by Mao Eighteen, and then gave an order to the little Guizi, who immediately left the hotel and turned a street and didn't know where to go.
There was not much time, and the little Guizi turned back again, followed by a sedan chair. led the sedan chair to the front of the hotel, helped the old eunuch Hai Dafu out, got on the sedan chair, and was carried by two sedan chair men, and went to the road under the guidance of the little eunuch.
Then I saw that the seven Buku had all climbed up from the ground, and a few of the lightly injured ones had found ropes to tie Mao Shibai and Wei Xiaobao tightly. Then he went out and called two sedan chairs, stuffed a piece of cloth in the mouths of the two, blindfolded them with a black cloth, put them in the sedan chair and lifted them, and walked in the direction where Hai Dafu left.
"Smack!"
A crisp sound suddenly sounded in the streets, and several buku and porters immediately followed the sound, and found that a silver ingot had flown out of nowhere and fell on the street. A Buku immediately stepped forward to pick up the ingot of silver, raised his head and looked around, but did not find anyone claiming it, and immediately passed it honestly and unceremoniously into his own pocket.
The rest of the Buku saw that their companions took the lead, and their faces couldn't help but show a trace of chagrin and admiration, and then they congratulated the Buku who picked up the silver, and even the sedan chair bearers looked at the Buku with envy, and secretly sighed how it was not their turn to do such a good thing as silver falling from the sky.
Everyone's attention was attracted by the silver ingots that suddenly appeared, and no one noticed that just as Nabuku went to pick up the silver, a figure suddenly jumped out of the roadside, like a ghost, from the window into the sedan chair that tied Wei Xiaobao. Although the sedan chair bearer felt that his shoulders seemed to sink slightly, they were busy looking at the silver, but no one paid attention to them.
(To be continued)