Chapter 104: Before and After the Decisive Battle (4)
"Boom!!"
Just when Li Yang and Ximen Fuxue were about to collide with each other, a huge tremor suddenly sounded in the palace group in the distance.
The people who were watching the battle were caught off guard, and they were so shocked that they all slipped and fell, and even a few of them slipped and fell, and the glazed tiles were already slippery, and the people who fell down slipped on the ground, and they fell from the roof of the Taihe Palace.
Fortunately, the martial arts of the people present are not low, and they stabilized in time, if they are replaced with slightly worse martial arts, or slightly worse light skills, it is very likely that they will fall to death in front of the Taihe Hall and become the laughing stock of the world.
"Where's the noise?" Wei Ziyun, who was the guard of the Great Interior, screamed in surprise.
Everyone watching the battle couldn't help but look at the place where the sound came from, and even Li Yang, who was in the duel, stopped and looked over.
Ximen Blowing Snow didn't want to care about anything else, but when he saw Li Yang stop, he didn't want to win, so he had to stop.
Everyone looked from above, the view was excellent, and the moonlight was abundant, so even at night, they could see the situation in the distance.
It turned out that there was a big hole in the roof of a palace, and from the big hole that was broken, you could vaguely see that there were flames rising inside, and the flames that came out reflected the edge of the roof hole in the fiery red, and from time to time there were tongues of fire spit out from the hole in the roof.
"That's ...... The Imperial Study?! Wei Ziyun exclaimed, completely panicked, couldn't care about anything else, jumped off the roof of the Taihe Palace, and rushed towards the imperial study.
"Second, third, fourth." Wei Ziyun was about to run away, and only then did he remember the other three guards, but he still didn't stop, and said a loud greeting while running forward.
Yin Xian, Ding Ao, and Tu Lao Er, who reacted a little slower, hurriedly jumped off the roof of the Taihe Hall and chased after them.
When the four of them left, they dried a group of martial arts people such as Li Yang, Ximen Blowing Snow, and Mudaoren on the roof of the Taihe Palace.
Especially those people who watched the battle, they were guarded by Wei Ziyun like a thief at first, but now that Wei Ziyun took people away, no one looked at them, and they were uncomfortable.
"This ...... Shouldn't we go over too? Some people couldn't hold their breath and couldn't help but ask.
"Is it time to go, just?" Jin Jiuling hesitated.
If it is somewhere else, you will go there, but this is a forbidden place in the palace, and you can't do it, so how can you go wherever you want? Those who know say that you are chivalrous and want to help, but those who don't know must not treat you as an assassin? Don't forget, how Wei Ziyun guarded against them just now, it was like a thief, or even an enemy.
"My eagle-eyed old man is a rough man, he can't use his brain, as long as you say go, I won't frown a brow, I'll go with you." Hawkeye Seventh began to say that he was a rough man again.
Go?
Or not going?
Even the Mu Dao people, the Iron Shoulder Master, etc., such conceited masters as supreme masters, looked at the palace at the moment, and did not dare to act rashly.
Among the people present, only two people looked at the fire-filled imperial study, and did not say a word from beginning to end.
One is Ximen Blowing Snow, and the other is Li Yang.
The former doesn't care.
The latter is too caring.
"The Imperial Study, the Emperor's Study, Ye Gucheng." It was difficult for Li Yang not to associate this matter with Ye Gucheng's actions tonight.
According to the plan, Ye Gucheng sneaked in when Wei Ziyun transferred the guards and the guards around the emperor were empty, and killed the emperor unconsciously...... The whole process should be silent, but now that there is such a big commotion, is it a success? Or did it fail? ”
Li Yang carefully recalled the planning steps that Ye Gucheng explained when he came, and then compared with the unexpected situation in front of him, he gradually had a bad premonition in his heart.
Maybe...... Failed?
After all, the original plot also failed, but the question is, this time there is obviously no Lu Xiaofeng intervening, and the plan is seamless, how can it still fail?
Is Ye Gucheng alive or dead now?
…… One question after another popped up, making Li Yang uneasy.
He hesitated for a moment, and finally jumped off the roof of the Taihe Hall and walked in the direction of the imperial study.
These questions can only be answered if you have seen them with your own eyes.
The palace is vast and the palaces are clustered, Li Yang doesn't have to worry about getting lost, although he has never been to this palace, but when he was condescending just now, he saw Wei Ziyun's direction to the imperial study, he just needs to follow this direction and route to chase it.
Li Yang's departure really surprised those who were still struggling with whether to go or not on the roof, and even Ximen Fuxue didn't expect Li Yang to leave suddenly, and wanted to stop it, but the sword has always been very fast, but his mouth was too slow, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Yang had already jumped off the roof of the Taihe Palace, and his figure was on the grade platform of His Royal Highness Taihe, and disappeared in a flash.
But as soon as the production-level platform was released, Li Yang stood still.
"Stomp Tread Tread ......" Crowds of Praetorian guards lined up as a human wall to block the front.
Behind the "Boom ......", on the grade platform, the originally closed door of the Taihe Hall suddenly opened, and the sound of the heavy hall door opening made people feel extremely heavy in the quiet of the night.
Batches of guards, clad in strong and stubborn clothes, rushed out from the open palace gate, and the well-trained guards quickly formed a formation, and in a blink of an eye, they also surrounded Li Yang's back.
Li Yang was trapped on the grade stage.
Anyone who has been to the Forbidden City knows (1), the space of the grade platform is definitely not small, and even very large, but compared with the guards surrounded by the front and back, it is really pitiful, from the perspective of everyone on the roof of the Taihe Palace, Li Yang is like a fish confined in a lake, although the lake is not small, the fish is still alive and well, but it is already doomed, it can only be fished by the people around him, and there is nowhere to escape.
A person walked out of the guards and shouted at Li Yang, including everyone in the Taihe Palace:
"Please return to your original place, otherwise, those who trespass on the palace ban will be killed!"
Everyone on the roof looked at each other.
Some people were secretly glad that they hadn't acted recklessly just now, some people looked at the Praetorian guards below with a worried face, and some people looked angry......
"Hmph, we still want to help, and the court doesn't take us seriously at all, just right, I'm too lazy to care about the court's affairs." This one simply didn't speak out.
The Praetorian guards below were unmoved.
The guards who had just come out to shout turned their eyes to Li Yang, and the rest of the nearly 1,000 guards also set their eyes on Li Yang.
The pressure generated at that moment can really scare people's hearts.
Li Yang was not frightened, and even had no expression on his face, holding a sword in one hand and behind his back with the other, he turned around very indifferently and climbed up again.
Since you can't go, let's continue to keep the character design.
Walking through the grade platform and standing under the eaves of the Taihe Palace, Li Yang was about to jump back to the roof when the guards below suddenly moved, spreading out to both sides, giving way to a pedestrian passage in the middle.
An old eunuch ran over with small steps, passed through the passage away of the guards, and reached the bottom of the ranks, and shouted in a voice like a broken gong:
"Your Majesty has a decree to announce that the city lord of Baiyun City, Ye Gucheng, will meet you."
It turned out that he came to call Ye Gucheng.
Li Yang turned around directly.
Looking at the grade stage, when he saw the old eunuch's face clearly, a different color flashed in his eyes.
This old eunuch is Wang An, who is responsible for receiving the prince of Pingnan into the palace.
"Since Wang An is here, Ye Gucheng should have succeeded, otherwise, there is no reason why the sword immortal with strong martial arts will fail, and the old and weak old eunuch can live alone."
"City Lord Ye, please, Your Majesty is still waiting for you." Wang An made a gesture of invitation to Li Yang with the sharp voice of a eunuch, and at the same time secretly made a look at Li Yang, indicating that it was okay.
Only then did Li Yang step down from the grade platform, follow behind Wang An, and walk through the passage in the middle of the guards.
It wasn't until he walked in front of the last janissary that Li Yang's lips opened slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief silently.
After all, he is just a boy in the city, even if he has the strange experience of traveling through the world, he is secretly panicked in the face of the oppression of such a behemoth as the army.
Fortunately, it passed peacefully.
"How is Ye Gucheng? What was the commotion in the Imperial Study just now? What the hell is going on over there? After breathing a sigh of relief, Li Yang brought it up again and asked three questions, eager to solve all the doubts in his heart at once.
"This ......" Wang An hesitated for a moment, and his footsteps stopped.
"What? Keep it a secret from me? Li Yang was displeased, and his tone became unkind.
"No, no, no."
Wang An shook his head again and again, "It's just that there are too many things happening tonight, the old slave's head is still like a paste, and he won't be able to say it clearly for a while, or wait a while, you can ask City Lord Ye yourself." ”
"That's it......" Li Yang followed behind Wang An, his eyes staring at Wang An's back, his eyes flickering, not knowing what he was thinking.
Passed the corner of a palace wall.
There is still no shortage of patrols and guards standing under the palace walls like javelins, but compared to the battle in front of the Taihe Palace, there are really too few.
Li Yang glanced back.
The Taihe Hall is still towering and visible, and the full moon hanging in the night sky seems to echo in the distance, but the guards under the Taihe Hall can no longer see the figures.
Li Yang stopped.
"Hey, why did you stop?" Wang An heard the sound of no footsteps behind him, turned around, saw Li Yang stop, and hurriedly persuaded him.
"Hurry up, Ye Gucheng is waiting for you with joy, ready to reward you as a great hero, when the time comes, the old slave will have to rely on you and say a few more good words for me."
Li Yang suddenly laughed, "There is no need for a reward, tell Ye Gucheng, I regard my fame as a disgrace, and wait for the wealth to float in the clouds, and say goodbye." ”
After that, he pointed to the ground on his toes, jumped up, and walked away on the palace walls and palaces, that speed, that look, where it was like something was done, hiding his merit and fame, and it was even more like running for his life.
“……”
Wang An didn't expect Li Yang to say that he would leave, and he was caught off guard, so he couldn't help but be stunned in place, and it took a while to react.
"Plop."
He fell to his knees weakly, and a lot of people of his age actually cried with a "wow".
"It's over, it's over, it's all over......"
Note (1): That... Actually, I haven't seen it either......