Chapter 4: The Strange House
Tang Yun was dressed in brocade clothes, passed through the Changle Gate, and strode out of the imperial city.
Brocade pattern silver unicorn, two shoulder armor, chest with heart, waist with a long knife, the head of the knife carved a hideous tiger head, about three feet long, called "tiger head knife".
This outfit is only available to the "internal guards" around the empress. The inner guards were protected by swords on both sides of the emperor, and they acted cheaply in and out. The internal guards are divided into water and hundreds of horses, most of them are women, who have taught martial arts since childhood, entered and exited the palace, and guarded the safety of the nobles in the imperial city.
"At the beginning, Taizong chose a hundred young brave people in the mouth of the official household, and every time he went out hunting, he ordered to shoot in front of the royal horse with a bow and arrow, and ordered to ride a leopard and wear a unicorn brocade armor, which was called 'a hundred horses'."
The hundred horsemen are the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and they are always ready on weekdays, and they are under the forbidden army Yulin Guard, but in fact they are directly under the emperor's secret army.
After the empress ascended the throne, the task of guarding was gradually handed over to Ruoshui, and the hundred horsemen went from "driving the guards in charge" to "patrolling and arresting". But in fact, since the beginning of the Heavenly Book year, the four seas have been peaceful. Even if there is a big case, there will be Shendu Mansion and Sixing Temple to patrol on their behalf, and the hundred horsemen will gradually disappear.
They are dormant beasts, secretly sharpening their teeth.
Tang Yun's position in the Hundred Cavalry is that of a school captain, leading fifty people, and he is in charge of patrolling and arresting.
These fifty people are martial arts masters from all over the Great Wednesday Hundred and Sixty Prefecture. There are no more than 100 people on 100 rides, and the selection is naturally extremely harsh. In addition to strong martial arts, it also needs to be selected from the "good book", that is, the three generations of grandparents and brothers are all good families, and there is no record of being imprisoned and stealing. Through these, it is not enough to become a hundred horsemen. The vast majority of the 100 cavalry were elite sergeants selected from various guards. There is no shortage of martial arts who have a husband as a pass.
Reconnaissance, concealment, spying, and camouflage must be mastered, and as soon as they enter the hundred horses, they become the sharpest blades of imperial power.
Tang Yun went to the Yulinwei station, and the hundred horsemen still belonged to the Yulinwei moderation on the surface.
Yulin Weizhong, a general from Sanpin received him, he was very warm, and he was actually commensurate with brothers.
Tang Yun's official position in the army is Xiao Cavalry Captain, Zheng Liupin, and this general from the third rank can be called a world of difference. But the general still welcomed Tang Yun into the big tent of the Chinese army and chatted.
No one will take the official position on the surface seriously, Tang Yun is the second-in-command among the hundred horsemen, and the Son of Heaven is a close minister. It doesn't hurt to make a lot of friends.
"Brother, if there is anything in the future, just look for me!" The general patted his chest and laughed.
No wonder the general told him that when he arrived in the Shendu, he could be regarded as soaring.
From the general's words, Tang Yun generally understood the affairs of the hundred cavalry. There are not too many trivial things on weekdays, and if you are not summoned by the Son of Heaven, you can go around. The seventeen forbidden laws and fifty-four slashes in Yulinwei are useless to the hundred horses. Only the Son of Heaven can let a hundred horses die.
When I left the palace gate, it was already late at night.
Recently, there have been a lot of things in the gods, and the empress issued an edict except for the north and south cities, and the rest of the squares are all curfews and are not allowed to go out.
Tang Yun's internal guard outfit really brought him great convenience. When the passing Wuhou saw it, he wouldn't ask any more questions.
Chongrangfang is in the southernmost part of the Shendu, and at a glance, you can see the dark shadow of the towering city wall.
Tang Yun stopped a Wuhou and asked where the mansion was located.
"But the old mansion of Lord Yang Yi, the Shangshu of the Xia Department?" Wu Hou saw Tang Yun's internal guard armor clearly, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
He looked like he had something to say, looked left and right, and suddenly whispered, "My lord, it's best not to go in the middle of the night." ”
"Why?"
"It is said...... I've also heard that there are often dead people in the neighborhood, and there are ghosts crying at night...... The people around this old mansion have moved away, and in the middle of the night, it is better to go to Fengluan Pavilion in Beishi...... It's better to get past that gloomy house. ”
"You take me there, I'm new to Shendu, and I'm not familiar with the road yet." Tang Yun added, "By the way, I'm going home." ”
It was night, and the moonlight was faint, shrouded in a cloud of black mist.
Wuhou took Lu Yang to Wutong Street, where the old house was located, and there were dark and silent houses on both sides of the street.
"Isn't there anyone living here?" Tang Yun asked.
"Who wants to come to this hellish place...... It is said that in the first year of the Heavenly Grant, an incident happened here, and many people died. Even Yongtongfang can smell the smell of blood and corpses. ”
"And this?"
As soon as Tang Yun finished speaking, a mist suddenly rose on Wutong Street. The smoke filled the entire long street of houses.
Only a shallow outline remained in the cold eaves, and the fog was moving, setting off the deathly silence of the house.
Wu Hou's body suddenly trembled, and this mist was like a flood beast in his eyes.
"Your Excellency...... The house is here...... The small ones quit first! ”
Wu Hou fled and left.
Tang Yun frowned, the door was in front of him, there was no reason to stop.
"I'm also a person who has a house in the capital." Tang Yun sighed with emotion, he was adrift in the capital in his previous life, and he was tired and tired but he couldn't even earn a down payment.
Tang Yun stepped into the mist, but took another step back.
The ghost ring on his left index finger lit up with a light at this moment.
There are things nearby.
Is it a ghost, is it a demon?
As if he had found Tang Yun, the mist took a step back, and the mist followed suit.
Tang Yun pulled out the tiger head knife on his waist and placed it diagonally downward, with the blade facing outward, to ensure that his knife could quickly slash out when he encountered anything.
Slice your fingers across the blade and let the blood flow all over the blade.
The pure yang qi in the blood has a fatal restraint on the demon. It's not the first time he's killed a monster.
Squeak –
The door of the house had not been opened for a long time, and the sound seemed to spread throughout the street, telling the creatures in the darkness that someone was coming......
There was silence all around, and the luxurious courtyard lay peacefully in the darkness. The first thing you see when you enter the door is a painting wall, on which flowers are painted to symbolize good luck. Enter a small courtyard through the left gate, and enter the second courtyard through the hanging flower gate. Behind the courtyard wall, there are more dense trees, lush foliage, and there is actually a small courtyard.
"Definitely earned!" Tang Yun muttered.
No matter what kind of haunted and dead man he is, this courtyard was unthinkable before.
Tang Yun didn't have a concept of how big the Wujin Mansion was, no wonder the eunuch had been emphasizing it to him. If it weren't for the remoteness, something would have happened in addition, and it would probably not be his turn Tang Yun.
Tang Yun is a very realistic person, he used to struggle to buy a house, but now he suddenly has such a luxurious house, and his mood is much better.
Light a torch and touch the pillar in front of the door with the light of the flame. There's a lot of dust, but if you clean it, you'll definitely look new.
Tang Yun stepped into the mountain forest garden, and the picturesque scene came into view. A long gallery meanders along the edge of the garden, and a river encloses a small lake-in-the-middle island. The delicate pavilion falls on it, the corners of the eaves fly, and the sound of gurgling water falls into the ears.
Burst!
Suddenly, the flame went out.
This torch was borrowed from Wuhou, and the oil on it had not yet burned out, and there was no wind around it.
Tang Yun's ring became brighter and brighter, his hideous grimace seemed to be open, and his eyes were glowing with evil light.
Boom!
There was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground in a chamber.
Tang Yun threw away the torch and held the knife in both hands, sticking to the wall like a gecko. He didn't go through the door, but carefully opened the window.
It was pitch black inside.
Tang Yun did not hesitate, the moment he opened the window, the whole person stepped on the window like a fierce tiger, jumped and rushed in, and the blade smashed down heavily.
Clang!
The two knives smashed together, and the man didn't expect Tang Yun to come in through the window, and his movements were already half a minute slower.
Tang Yun continued to slash along the man's knife, aggressively. One slash, one stroke, turn around and slash again, three powerful slashes, forcing the man into a corner. Tang Yun changed the direction of the blade and picked it up, and the knife in the man's hand was picked and flew out.
"Stop, Si Xingsi investigates the case!" The man hurriedly shouted, it was a woman.
Tang Yun's last slash deliberately failed, and it was draped heavily on the table next to the man. The heavy table made of solid wood was split open with a knife, and the blade fell to the ground, leaving a deep crack.
The window was opened, and the moonlight fell into the room.
In front of Tang Yun was a woman, with a hint of heroism under her beautiful face. She stood stunned, her saber already flown aside.
The eldest grandson Lingxiu looked at the crack on the ground with trepidation, if she had said it late, it was estimated that she would have already been in a different place.
The unicorn pattern on Tang Yun's body was embroidered under the illumination of the moonlight, and it looked more and more hideous.
"Hundred horses?" The eldest grandson Lingxiu said in a trembling voice.
Tang Yun suddenly stepped forward, hugged the eldest grandson Lingxiu, and pressed her into the corner of the wall.
The eldest grandson Lingxiu was suddenly hugged by a strange man, his heart trembled, and said, "What do you want to do, even if you are a hundred horsemen......
"Shhh......h
"Don't make a sound, there's a ...... outside"