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Chapter 299: Launch

Send the second watch, and brazenly continue to ask for pink

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In the dark, narrow room where the night was deep, An Liu sat cross-legged on the broken straw mat and closed his eyes to recuperate. Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and the already dim oil lamp in the corner of the house shook weakly, and he almost died.

An Liu suddenly opened his eyes and stared firmly at the door and window, his whole body seemed to be calm and relaxed, but in fact he was ready to go. Two fat rats "squeaked" and chased through the crack in the door, looked at An Liu, who was sitting still, without fear, swaggered up to the side of the low table that had long been unpainted, and ate most of the cold steamed buns and two plates of vegetarian dishes left on it.

An Liu's thin lips curled slightly, and he looked playfully at the two insolent rats who were so arrogant that they couldn't know the height of the sky. Although the mouse is very presumptuous, it is actually still careful, and after eating two bites, he does not forget to look back at An Liu, his small eyes flashed with a cunning and alert ghost, and his hind limbs are ready to escape at any time, as long as An Liu moves, he can run quickly. Eating and eating, the two rats got into a fight and squeaked.

"But leftovers, or the worst leftovers, are you worth it? Sure enough, the rat's eyes were narrow. An Liu took his eyes off the mouse, closed his eyes as usual, and remained still.

After the squeak of the rat, there was another sound of crickets coming from the window, and after a while, there was a very slight key striking sound outside, the door opened a thin slit, a pair of shining eyes spied through the crack in the door for a moment, and a pair of feet in green boots slowly stepped into the damp and dark room. The rat, which was biting and fighting, was startled by a stranger, and immediately screamed, brushed the floor and ran away, knocking over the dishes and scattering the pickles all over the ground.

On such a sweltering night, ordinary people longed to be shirtless and shirtless, but the people who came were shrouded in a blue hooded cloak from head to toe, and even when they entered the house, they refused to remove the hood covering their faces slightly, and only turned their faces slightly sideways, revealing a rough outline.

An Liu glanced at the visitor lightly, moved to the side, swept his sleeve over the broken straw mat, and said, "Sit?" ”

The visitor shook his head slightly: "Don't sit." As he spoke, he looked around.

An Liu smiled disappreliantly: "There is nothing else except rats and bugs, let's say it." What is the situation in Lu Liangzhen? ”

The man said: "Everything went according to plan. The only thing that has changed is that King Fu and King Xuan are together, and King Kang will be appointed as the generalissimo of the expedition to the west, and he will be ready to leave Beijing within two days. King Huan will enter Beijing early tomorrow morning to resume his life, so you have to do it tonight. ”

"It's really imminent," An Liu said lazily, "I can't get out now, how can I do it?" ”

The man said, "Wait, someone will come and lead you to the saint." You have a number of answers, and then someone will answer you. ”

An Liu smiled slightly: "I know." ”

The man took out a slender dagger from his bosom and said softly: "If it doesn't work, you know what to do." He gently placed the dagger on the ground, turned and walked out.

The cold wind from the door closed flickered and extinguished the lamp in the corner of the room, and then died. An Liu sat silently in the dark for a long time, got up and walked to the middle of the room, bent down and groped for a while, and shouted, "Someone! Come! ”

It took a long time for the sound of lazy footsteps to come in, and someone yawned and said impatiently: "Dare to ask Grandpa Guo what he commands?" ”

An Liu said angrily: "Blind dog slave, didn't you see that the lights went out?" Still don't refill my lamp oil? ”

Another voice was sleek and alert: "Grandpa Guo, I'm really sorry for your old age, it just happens that the lamp oil is gone, it's late at night, you should rest when you're old, and the villain will definitely add lamp oil to your old man early tomorrow morning." ”

An Liu sneered: "What if I want you to add it at this moment?" ”

The man sighed helplessly: "Grandpa Guo, please raise your noble hand and spare the lives of the villains." And then there was no sound.

An Liu then banged on the door again: "I want to see the Holy Lord to complain about the grievances!" ”

This time, no one paid attention to him, and the world outside the door was quiet and deserted, as if no one existed. An Liu slept peacefully on the straw mat for a while, and it was not until the third watch that the drum sounded, and he keenly heard the sound of the chain wrapped around the outermost door when it was dragged open, so he sat up and looked at the position of the door in the darkness.

The light footsteps of the eunuchs' peculiar cats came from far and near, and finally stopped in front of the door, and Huang Sifu's old and tired voice came out of the crack in the door along with the light: "Is An Guogong already resting?" ”

Someone answered vaguely twice, An Liu didn't hear what they were talking about, but he waited for a moment before he said lazily: "There is no gas and no lamp, so I have to rest." ”

Huang Sifu scolded a few times, someone begged for mercy, and then the door lock rang twice, the indoor lights were sheng, An Liu half-covered his sleeves, and sighed: "It's the middle of the night, the boss is still not resting, why did he come to me again to get contaminated with mildew." ”

Huang Sifu's wrinkled face looked particularly sad under the light: "Duke An Guo, don't make jokes about our family, there is a decree in the saint to see Grandpa Guo." ”

An Liu sat cross-legged and shook his head: "Don't go, I'm afraid the boss won't tease me like last night, let me eat for an hour The cold wind will send me back again, so that my cat will bite and pee and rejoice." ”

Huang Sifu heard him say vulgarly, so he couldn't help frowning, and said in a somewhat disgusted tone: "An Guogong, you, when are you still angry." ”

An Liu looked at him with a smile: "When is this?" ”

Huang Sifu said: "Doesn't An Guogong want to make meritorious contributions?" Hurry up! It's not good to keep the saint waiting for a long time. Why don't you come to give An Guogong full clothes, shoes and socks? As soon as he spoke, several little eunuchs swarmed up, and groped his whole body by waiting for An Liu to freshen up, even the bun was not let go. An Liu smiled lazily and let them move, but the little eunuchs couldn't find anything out of him, so they stopped. Huang Sifu smiled kindly: "Okay, An Guogong, please." ”

The palace under the darkness of the night was quiet and beautiful, An Liu stood in front of the door and took a deep breath of the cool night breeze, opened his arms and said loudly: "It's still comfortable outside." When I was a kid when I was locked up in a dungeon for my brothers, I tasted the smell of musty cold and rats and cockroaches running rampant all around. ”

Huang Sifu smiled, leaned forward and led the way. An Liu flicked his sleeves, raised his head and walked forward, the hazy moonlight stretched his figure long, and gradually, the wind blew the clouds, covering the waning moon, and his shadow was no longer visible.

On the outskirts of Beijing, beside the path leading to the town of Luliang, there is a waning moon hanging on the withered treetops, and there are also half-human-high barren grass swaying with the night wind, a team of men and horses silently galloping along the path, the wrapped horses' hooves fall on the sun-hardened mud ground and make a dull but slight sound, the swords and guns have never hit the armor, from people to horses are quiet and neat. The waning moon was sinking from the treetops, and someone let out a short, crisp bird's sound, so the horse team stopped and scattered in an orderly manner into the grove beside the road, and the whole time there was not the slightest noise.

Not too far from the grove is the official road leading from the capital to Luliang Town, standing in the grove, you can clearly see and hear all the movements on the official road, someone comes or goes, can not escape the eyes of the scouts hidden in the wild grass next to the road.

A little firefly drifted from afar, gradually getting brighter and brighter, the sound of horses' hooves falling on the official road and the sound of wheels becoming more and more obvious, a team of chariots and horses galloped forward, and the plain white lanterns hanging on the front of the chariots looked very bright in the night. The scabbard made a majestic and cold sound against the iron armor, warning the surrounding creatures that if there is a big man who is not present, please do not approach easily.

The wind rose, and the moonlight disappeared behind the heavy clouds, and Yang Aihu, the commander of the Huanwang Mansion who led the team, raised his eyes and looked ahead with some uneasiness. There was a dense grove of grass and grass in front of it, and the straight official road reflected the cold white light in the remnants of the moonlight, and the insects chirping all around, a quiet, the most common scene in a midsummer night. When it's okay, I'm afraid it's just that I have a ghost in my heart, so I feel unusual, but in fact, I don't know that this thing is unaware, that is, I guessed that King He has a problem, who can guess that his own master also has a problem? Even if there is a suspicion, who would have thought that their own master would appear here at this time? Yang Aihu made a judgment and continued to move forward.

Suddenly, he heard a voice that he was all too familiar to be a soldier, it was the sound of the sword unsheathed, he shuddered, raised his hand to signal the carriage and horses behind him to stop, and was about to let people go to explore the road again, when he heard a sharp whistling sound, and then in front, rear, and side, countless men and horses galloped out and rushed towards the carriage and horses! The long saber glowed coldly in the light, mercilessly and decisively harvesting the lives of those caught off guard.

Even if he never thought that someone would dare to do such a bold thing on the Gyeonggi main road, there is no one who has never held a sword and has been on the battlefield, as the guard of the Huan Palace, he has his own set of experience in dealing with emergencies. First, there was an exclusive group of powerful people who protected King Huan's carriage, and Yang Aihu only led the team to kill the enemy. But obviously, they didn't have as many people as the other side, and they didn't have enough preparations, so they undoubtedly fell below.

Yang Aihu knew very well that since the other party dared to do something to them, he was prepared to die endlessly, and if he didn't fight hard, he would only die. So he did his best, and with the spear in his hand, he knocked down several of the most fierce men of the other side in a row, until he ran into the black horse that rushed from the slash and the man in black clothes and armor on the black horse. The opponent picked him to the ground in just two rounds, and when the opponent's cold tip of the spear pierced into the gap between his sternum with unmistakable accuracy, Yang Aihu recognized the face, which was the second son of King Kang who was supposed to be on an errand in the emperor's mausoleum, and Zhang Yixian, the former envoy of Linzhou Jiedu.

So Yang Aihu shouted with all his might. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to () subscribe, reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )