Facts have proved that "what you are afraid of" is simply an eternal golden rule.

Three days later was Chen Yi's real birthday, and the envoys sent to China by Fusa in the east also arrived in the capital on this day, and the official Li Jian held a banquet in the palace to greet the ministers, so Chen Yi was unexpectedly unable to live this birthday.

Garrisoned in the eastern border of China was the Anton Army led by the Zhang family, the mother family of the former Emperor Xian's concubine, and the commander of the Anton Army, Zhenguo Chengcheng, was the maternal grandfather of King Gong Li Yi.

However, escorting the envoys into Beijing naturally did not need Zhen Guogong to go into battle in person, and this time it was Zhen Guogong's son and his youngest son who joined the army.

Throughout the day, the people crowded the streets in order to see the liveliness of the envoys entering Beijing, and there was a bustling and noisy for a while, so that Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Gu, who had gone out to buy vegetables, complained bitterly when they returned to our secluded courtyard, saying that there seemed to be 100,000 mosquitoes flying in their heads.

"This Zhang family, speaking of which, was really unlucky at the time of the first emperor." Chen Shu scooped up a spoonful of taro rice on the dinner table and sighed, "The concubine of the Duke of Zhenguo is the current concubine Xian, who gave birth to the eldest son Li Yi for the first emperor, and she is obviously the daughter of Jiangmen but she is cautious, so she can't be a favorite concubine, and King Gong can't be the emperor." ”

"Auntie, be cautious." Mrs. Chen said helplessly. Martial Master Chen and Gu Shen were invited by Gu Xiubei yesterday to send my master Fu Sinan back to the north, and traveled along the way, thinking that it would take a while to come back.

And if Gu Shen was present, he would have to come up with a bunch of sage truths of "Zi Yue Shiyun" to refute when he heard Chen Shu's remarks.

"That's it, let's not mention that." Chen Shu said, "Since there are envoys here in the past few days, they are probably going to go back after the New Year, and it will inevitably be more mixed, so everyone should be careful." ”

It was night, and I was woken up in my sleep, but it was Achu who came in the dark.

"What's wrong......" I just wanted to ask what happened, but Achu motioned for me to be silent, and then whispered in my ear: "Bingran, the house is surrounded, hurry up and pack up and follow me." ”

I nodded solemnly, and immediately reacted-

The house is besieged!

Besieged?

"What's going on?" I followed Achu's waist into the kitchen in a daze, Mrs. Gu pulled Xin Yi, Mrs. Chen and Sun Zhongjing arrived at about the same time, and Chen Shu and Chen Xian were already waiting there.

The kitchen is close to the back door, and at this moment, even Bai Ding, who is not a martial artist, can hear the sound of swords colliding outside the courtyard, and the light of the fire penetrates through the window paper, which is terrifying in the silent night.

Chen Shu, who was the first to notice that something was wrong, had already investigated, and his brows were tightly knit at this time: "It looks like the Praetorian Guards in the capital, but the leader is not the commander Zhou Cheng." ”

Chen Xian said: "This number is ...... You don't necessarily need a visit from the Commander-in-Chief. But looking at this posture, there is a chance that it will ...... It's for the sword technique of breaking the blade, otherwise our group of people are just old and weak women and children in the eyes of outsiders, where do we need to surround like this and dare not attack in. ”

The rest of us were shocked when we heard this, and I quickly thought of all the people who knew about the "Broken Blade Sword Technique".

Murong Qin, Ye Ziqi, and Chen Yi, but I don't believe that any of them shook things out like this.

At this time, the sound of the soldiers outside the courtyard gradually began to talk, and there was no shortage of people discussing whether to forcibly break into the door, and the sound was like a life talisman.

Madame Gu whispered, "There is a tunnel in my kitchen that leads to my mother's abandoned house, and we can escape from here." ”

I said, "It's easy to escape, but why did they come to surround them, why did we flee, we don't know this matter, even if we escape, where should we hide?" ”

Ah Chu also said on the side: "Also, what should I do when my father and Uncle Gu come back, do we want to report to them?" ”

"I can't care so much right now." Chen Xian said, "But Gu Shen doesn't know martial arts, and your father hasn't learned the Broken Edge Sword Technique with me, if this Praetorian Guard is really coming at our Sword Technique, then there is no reason to move them." ”

Sun Zhongjing was already squatting and sweating: "Since this is the case, let's go quickly." ”

Chen Shu looked around at everyone in the kitchen and said, "Have you brought out all the important things?" ”

We nodded in unison.

"Packed up?"

Everyone nodded again.

Chen Shu said to Mrs. Gu: "Ah Rong, can you give up your yard and house?" ”

"I'm reluctant, a new medicine garden has just opened in the hospital." Mrs. Gu had a sad face, but her attitude was very resolute, "But at the moment, I have to be reluctant to do it, I can't let them come along the entrance of the tunnel, I don't want to go to Dali Temple to eat in prison." ”

"Okay, Ah Rong is really a cheerful person." Chen Shu smiled, motioned to Mrs. Gu to open the tunnel door hidden under the stove, and pushed us again, "Let's all go in first, I will pour oil and set fire to this place in a while." ”

I said softly: "Mama, there is a way, not only can it be burned, but it can also seal the entrance directly, but we have to go down the tunnel and stay away immediately after lighting the fire." ”

"If there is explosives, I would like to directly point a lead, but unfortunately there is none." Chen Shu spread her hands.

"No explosives," I said, "grab a few handfuls of flour and throw them in the air, and if you hide them in the tunnel and light a fire and throw them on them, it will explode, but this method is to escape the scene quickly, and secondly, it may not be successful, so you still have to sprinkle some wine and oil on the ground to start the fire." ”

Chen Shu looked at me with a look of surprise and approval: "Your courage is much stronger than a lot of waste that has been mixed in the rivers and lakes for many years." ”

When everyone heard this plan, they all felt that it was cleaner and neater than setting fire, so they hurriedly deployed, and after pouring oil on the ground, Mrs. Gu took the lead, and after Chen Xian's palace, everyone quickly went down into the tunnel, and then ran wildly in the darkness without a life.

After a while, there was a light sound on the lid of the tunnel entrance, and at the same time, there was a huge vibration of the kitchen explosion, and the earth and stones in the tunnel fell one after another.

Chen Shusan flew over to meet in two steps, and saw the seven people who had fallen gray staring at her, shook her head and sighed dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing here, the entrance has collapsed, hurry up and run forward!" ”

So a group of people fled quickly against the chaotic footsteps and noise of the forbidden army above their heads.

Time passed very slowly in the darkness, and the sounds around them faded away, except for the footsteps in the tunnels and the gasps of running, and everyone clasped their hands together to prevent anyone from being left behind.

Out of consideration for the sake of conserving physical strength, no one said a word.

I don't know how long it took, Mrs. Gu, who was running at the front, said "arrived", and then the old wooden board was lifted with a "creak", dust and musty smell came to my face, I sneezed several times in one breath, rubbed my eyes vigorously to see a ray of light in front of me, and there was a strange beauty in the five fingers that I couldn't see.

Everyone crawled out of the cave with their hands and feet, and before I could dust off the plaster, I just looked around—

This is indeed a standard "abandoned old house", with a few strands of yellowed dead grass interspersed between the broken walls, and the cobwebs are as thick as broken gray cotton wool. And because of the heavy snowfall three days ago, the dirty snow in the courtyard reflected a strange silver light in the moonlight, and even the air seemed to freeze.

"Mother, where are we now?" Xin Yi shuddered at the desolation.

"In the south of the capital, this dark road is a short road." Mrs. Gu said, "The east is rich and the west is rich and the south is poor, so let's avoid the limelight here for now." ”