40 Imperial City Assassination
Quickly through the canyon, and then climbed up on the opposite side, Sheng Xuan hurriedly hid behind a rock, the probe secretly peeked into the canyon, and found that the pursuers had not caught up, he got up and walked down the broken road, suddenly a broken stele forest came into view, slowly walked over and looked at the once vivid names above, now these steles have been destroyed and incomplete, most of them have been broken and fell to the ground, behind the stele are a number of mounds, covered with several hillsides, suddenly a huge mausoleum appeared in the center of many graves, but the mound was obviously turned over, he hurriedly ran over, I saw that the collapsed tombstone clearly wrote: The tomb of Ming Huguo Gongmu Tianyi, Sheng Xuan's head buzzed when he saw it, and he inadvertently walked to the tomb of Mr. Dongfang, he couldn't help but fall to his knees, crawled to the grave in a few steps and kowtowed, and tears had already burst out of his eyes. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Now is not the time for him to cry, the most precious thing for him now is time, there is no delay, fortunately, after crying for a while, Sheng Xuan has stopped his sorrow, and then he sees that his face has been occupied by anger, gritting his teeth and staring at his hands, his hands are about to catch blood, and he suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Master, I want to avenge you." The sound echoed through the valley for a long time, as if even the trees were trembling at the shout.
At this time, the little princess was chasing behind her with a group of wizards, and suddenly heard this earth-shattering cry, and was also startled, and hurriedly set up a formation, but there was no movement for a long time, so she continued to climb the valley and chase down the road.
Dozens of miles of mountain road, Sheng Xuan went to the end of the run, in front of Yongchang, only to see more than ten zhang high city wall standing majestically, the huge city is ten miles wide, after all, this is the capital of the Southern Ming Dynasty, there are 500,000 people alone, when he saw the soldiers guarding the city gate, he calmed down, carefully looked at his clothes, and found that in the mountains and forests has been torn to tatters, and rolled all over the mud, I couldn't help but laugh, I didn't expect that I have become a beggar now, but this is just right, because no one wants to pay attention to a beggar, Sheng Xuan deliberately limped to the city gateThe defenders just squinted at him and kicked him aside, and he took advantage of the situation to take two steps and sneak into the city gate.
The little princess chased all the way and found that Sheng Xuan seemed to have entered the capital, and couldn't help but be stunned, if they were in the mountains, they could do whatever they wanted, but this is the capital after all, once there are so many wizards, it will inevitably cause a riot, and she can't help but stomp her feet, "This cunning boy actually ran to the city to hide, do you think he would run away like this?"
Yongchang was originally a rich place, but after years of turmoil, has lost its original prosperity, despite this is still a rare male city, Shengxuan was suddenly shocked by the momentum of this capital when he came in, only to see a straight avenue at a glance without end, the shops on both sides are probably more than the sum he has seen in so many years, although the crowd of people is not as bright as before, but from their calm steps, you can still feel the leisure.
But Sheng Xuan is not interested in paying attention to these, he now wants to quickly find a place to eat something, it is best to find a place for him to sleep beautifully, the past six days and part of the day and night running has really exhausted his torture, but now he is dressed and he does not dare to go to the shop, just thinking about a way, suddenly found a beggar next to him, on the root of the wall behind him painted a pattern, this pattern suddenly made his eyes bright, hurriedly ran to the beggar to squat, and then pulled out a stone from the ground and carefully drew a pattern next to the pattern, and drew an arrow under the pattern, and then got up and turned into the alleyγ
After waiting in the alley for a while, he saw a beggar running in, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, only himself, he asked, "Brother, which one?" Sheng Xuan rolled his eyes and said casually, "Torture Hall." Immediately made the beggar stunned, and hurriedly bowed his hand, "It turned out to be the brother of the torture hall, I don't know if there is anything to help?" "I want to find a place to rest, and then eat something, it is better to change clothes, I have something important to do tonight." The beggar nodded and asked no more, "Come with me." Then he took Shengxuan and walked to the depths of the alley.
All the streets in the capital are straight, even the alleys are standard cross-shaped, and the beggar took him to turn left and right for a while before walking outside a courtyard, and then carefully knocked on the door three times, and when the door opened, half of his face flashed, and he saw that it was an acquaintance who hurriedly let them in.
"Lao Wang, who is this?" "The brother of our torture hall. As soon as he heard that it was the torture hall, the man hurriedly said politely, "I am Xu Da, the leader of this group, I don't know what to call my brother?" Sheng Xuan took a look and said, "Can you go in and talk?" Xu Da hurriedly said to Lao Wang, "You go and get busy." Then he took Sheng Xuan into the inner hall.
Sheng Xuan thought for a while and took the lead in speaking, "I'm a friend of Lao Ximi, I want your help with something today, I don't know if Xu Tuantou can help me?" β
"I'd like to take a break here, and you can help me get some food, and another set of black clothes. Xu Da hurriedly went out to arrange, and after a while, someone sent in some meals, although it was simple, but it was a hundred times better than dry food, Sheng Xuan hurriedly shook off his hands and feet and ate sweetly, and was eating when he suddenly saw Xu Da walk in, "I don't know what this friend is called? "Oh, someone wants to see me, I don't know who it is?" When Shengxuan heard that someone wanted to see him, it should be someone he was familiar with, but among this beggar gang, I am afraid that there are only a few acquaintances with Lao Ximi, maybe these people are here, and immediately said, "You just go and say that my name is Ye Shengxuan." β
"Oh, it's really you. There was a sound of surprise outside the door, and he didn't need to look at it to know that it was the old shrimp, and Shengxuan also hurriedly stood up, "The old shrimp turned out to be you, when did you come to Yongchang?" Sheng Xuan helped him up, "Do we still need to be so polite?" Xu Tuantou was already stunned, he didn't know what to say, it was the first time he saw the door master, and he wanted to come forward to give a salute, but he was stopped by Sheng Xuan and asked the two to sit down and talk.
Lao Xiami saw Shengxuan sit down, so he sat down next to him, and then said to Xu Da, "There is Lao Xu Tuantou taking care of him outside." Xu Da hurriedly went out, and the old shrimp said, "Don't we still have the Qin Gang?" Soon after you left, someone heard that there was a merchant in Yongchang who wanted to join our Qin Gang, so I just came, I don't know why the master of the door came here?"
Sheng Xuan briefly talked about his experience, and then took out the set of martial arts from the ring, "You put these away, find the right person to teach to the young man in the door, and you help me find another person, this person is called Chu Zhengnan, he is a master, if you see him, you must not lose the number of courtesies, and tell him that I Ye Shengxuan is grateful for Brother Chu's friendship, and I hope he can join our Tianyi Sect, I plan to let this person be the master of the martial arts hall." "The old shrimp wrote them down one by one.
Sheng Xuan took out a few sets of high-level martial arts and magic, "You also keep these together, only as a reward for those who are loyal to Tianyi Sect and have meritorious service to the sect, and I have already found another deputy sect master to choose, this person is Baili Yunfan of Tiegong Mountain, I believe I will contact you in the near future." "All right, do as the master wills. "I have another matter, you immediately find a reliable person to investigate outside the palace, and tell me about the guards there, you have to do it immediately, I will wait for your news tonight." β
Old Shrimp couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, "What does the door master mean?" Sheng Xuan groaned, of course he couldn't say that he was going to take revenge, but there must be a reason, and after a while, he smiled slightly, "Didn't I tell you that there is a big enemy eyeing me, I think it should be the safest in the palace now, where can I hide for a while, and then I will prepare to leave for Guzhu." The old shrimp thought about it carefully, and nodded hurriedly, "Don't worry, the door master, I will personally order someone to do it immediately." He got up and took his leave.
After the old shrimp left, Sheng Xuan continued to eat, and couldn't help but think that although there are patterns to recognize each other in contact now, but it is too cumbersome, it is better to specify a set of code words, so as to facilitate future contact, and should also leave some tokens, once he leaves, I am afraid that the old shrimp order is not difficult to control, and it is good to leave a token to act on his behalf, thinking of this, he hurriedly let people take the pen and paper, rummaged through everything in the ring, and finally found a pair of jade pendants inside, on which there are just two dragon patterns one positive and one negative yin and one yang, he put the yin jade pendant on the table, and then the yang jade pendant was stained with ink on the paper rubbing pattern, and then wrote on the side, "The sun and the moon are unknown, only the fallen leaves. Eight big characters as a code word, and took out the shadow and put it on the table, writing that it would be handed over to the master of the torture hall in the future and used as a punishment in the door.
After finishing this work, he lay on the bed with his head covered and fell asleep, the six days of torture really made him tired, and he was already snoring as soon as he lay down.
In the middle of the night, Shengxuan was woken up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was an old shrimp, "Door master, I have already inquired about what you ordered, the imperial city is two hundred and eighty zhang from east to west, two hundred and forty zhang from north to south, there are four streets with a width of seventeen zhang outside the wall four zhang high, and there are twelve teams of guards outside the imperial city, each team of 100 people, and each cent of incense time" is about ten minutes. "There will be a team of feather forest guards passing by, changing shifts once an hour, and I don't know much about the situation inside, but I heard that there are about a thousand of the emperor's guards inside, and I also heard that there are nine thousand houses in the imperial city, and I believe that the door master can find a hidden place to hide. Sheng Xuan nodded again and again, it seems that the strength of this beggar gang is indeed not to be underestimated, and it always surprises himself again and again, but he didn't expect it to be so clear in such a short time.
The old shrimp continued, "I have taken the things that the door master has given me and put them away, please rest assured that if you want to contact you in the future, you will recognize each other according to the code words left by the door owner." After speaking, he took a set of black clothes and handed it to Sheng Xuan, "The things that the door wants me to prepare have also been prepared." "It's so tired, you should go and rest quickly." β
After sending the old shrimp away, Sheng Xuan lay down for a while, and didn't get up until midnight, after this half day of sleep, Sheng Xuan's mental and physical strength has obviously recovered, but this fighting spirit is still not in good luck, but the magic seems to be refining again, changing into black clothes, turning over and going out of the courtyard.
Taking advantage of the dark night to sneak on the street, the cold wind of the winter night made him feel very refreshing, and a vengeful heart seemed to be burning with fire, he knew that this trip to the palace was probably nine deaths, but when he thought about the little princess, it was better to go and find that Yu Wenjie now than to let her kill.
After a while, he came to the outside of the imperial city, only to see a team of guards under the wall guarded, such a wide street obviously could not enter from above without being discovered, when he had nothing to do, he suddenly remembered the art of retreat, hurriedly gathered the spirit to condense the magic, secretly recited the spell in his mouth, the whole person slowly sank into the ground, and the soil that had just been separated by him also closed with him drilling into the ground, and there was no trace to be seen, which couldn't help but make him a surprise, but let this scatter the spirit, the huge pressure suddenly hit from all directions, almost stuck in the ground, hurriedly gathered his mind and drilled out of the groundγ
Seeing that this method was feasible, he had already made up his mind to use the Escape Technique to sneak into the palace quietly, as long as he could successfully enter the palace walls, everything else would not be difficult.
Condensed magic again and dived into the ground, slowly sneaking underground, after a while, his forehead suddenly hit a rock, he was so frightened that he almost shouted, and the pressure suddenly surged towards him, but his mind immediately reacted, it must be that he was sneaking deep enough, this time he hit the foundation of the palace wall, gathered his mind with all his strength, quickly condensed the magic and continued to dive a few feet, and then dived inward through the palace wall.
Through the exploration of spiritual power, he saw that there was no movement on the ground, so he slowly rose out of the ground, and found that he was just in a dark shadow under the city wall, so he hurriedly got up and quickly touched the palace.
There are more than 9,000 houses in the huge palace, let Sheng Xuan look for it, hold his breath and sneak away from a team of guards, and finally saw a few eunuchs standing outside a palace from a distance, at this time it was close to the early morning, it was the most sleepy time, several eunuchs stood there but kept kowtowing, Sheng Xuan rushed up with an arrow, and repeatedly used a heavy hand to knock a few people unconscious, this series of actions did not make much noise, helped them up against the wall, and there was no difference in the distance, so he hurriedly woke up a little eunuch and asked softly"Where is Yu Wenjie?"
Looking at the bright sword on his neck, the little eunuch was already trembling with fright, his fingers kept pointing back and forth, left and right, and finally stopped in one direction, Sheng Xuan opened his mouth easily, and the little eunuch said in a thin voice, "Yuwenjie's dormitory is over there." Sheng Xuan raised his hand to slap him on the head after recognizing the direction, and immediately knocked him unconscious, and then grabbed his hand on his belt, and then took him to the roof, quickly took off his clothes and changed them himself, and when he jumped off the ground, he had turned into a little eunuch.
Carrying the lantern and walking quickly towards Yu Wenjie's residence, he met the guards along the way, but he did not interrogate, it seems that this dress is really useful, and when he came to the dormitory, he only heard one of the people inside shouting frantically, "Come on, give me wine." He hurriedly dodged into the shadows of the lamp, pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and a sharp voice said beside him, "Your Majesty, you have drunk too much, you can't drink anymore, you have to take care of your body." The man was furious, "Dog minion, even you dare to contradict me." Then I heard a snap, apparently the eunuch was beaten, "Bring me wine." After a while, I saw a eunuch running out in a panic, with five fingerprints on his face, and when he came out, he saw the eunuch at the door, but his face suddenly changed, "Get out of the," and then turned around and looked at him viciously, "Do you really think you are still the emperor?"
Sheng Xuan stood under the shadow of the lamp next to him, watching the eunuch leave with a group of little eunuchs, leaving only two people at the door, so he stepped forward and put down the two of them like lightning, and then carried the two of them open the palace door and entered the dormitory, only to hear the person inside shouting, "Why don't you bring the wine?"
Sheng Xuan threw the two aside, and then closed the palace door, only then looked inside, only to see that it was chaotic here, not to mention the smell of wine in the house, and the ground was also full of wine jars, Sheng Xuan walked in gently, only to see that there was only a large bed in the huge room, the bed curtain was half down, and a person's feet were exposed outside. β
Through the dim light, I saw that this person's face was full of messy stubble, and he didn't know how long he had been wearing his clothes, which were full of stains, and a greasy big hand reached out to him, which couldn't help but make him stunned, where is this emperor, it is clearly a beggar, but the clothes that barely distinguish the color are clearly embroidered with a golden dragon, and he couldn't help but add twelve points of caution and asked, "Are you Yu Wenjie?" The man couldn't help but be angry when he heard it, "Bold, my name is also called by you, a minion?"
Hearing this, it was already certain that this person was Yu Wenjie, but how could he end up like this? Sheng Xuan couldn't think about it now, and couldn't help waving his hand and pulling out the ghost roar, "Yu Wenjie old thief, I'm going to take your dog's life today." As he spoke, he was about to rush up, but suddenly heard Yu Wenjie shout, "Who are you?" It's just that the light that flashed in Yu Wenjie's eyes at this moment will still remind people of the majesty that once reigned, but it was only a moment before it dissipated without a trace, and it continued to be that gray gaze staring at Sheng Xuan.
Sheng Xuan's mood at this time was extremely complicated, firstly, this big enemy was sitting in front of him, as long as he gently probed the ghost howl, he might be able to take revenge, secondly, how powerful this person was back then, although he looked like this, Sheng Xuan did not dare to take it lightly, and the third suddenly felt that this person was pitiful from the bottom of his heart, thinking that he had tried all his means back then, but why did he end up like this now?
Sheng Xuan pulled the ghost roar in his hand and stopped it in front of his chest, raised his vigilance in his heart, and then said, "I am a student of Mr. Dongfang, Luo Shengxuan, and I am here to avenge you." "I used the name Luo Shengxuan again today because the blood feud of his family was all related to the person in front of him.
Yu Wenjie was shocked at first when he heard this, but he was relieved in an instant, and he couldn't help but smile on his face." Come, finally come, I know that sooner or later there will be such a day, I still can't beat you, although I have tried my best, but now I am a poor worm in name only, no one is willing to send me even a sip of wine, but what about you, although you are dead, there are so many people who miss you, and some people say that you are a loyal minister, someone avenges you, but I am afraid that I can only be scolded as a traitor when I die, I am not as good as you, I am still not as good as you, hehehehe. After yelling, he began to laugh, but the laughter turned into a miserable gasp.
Sheng Xuan didn't feel a trace of vindictiveness on him, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel curiosity, and then asked, "Originally, I was going to have a big fight with you, but now it seems that you are a waste, I just don't understand how you ended up like this?" Although Yu Wenjie still had a smile on his face, his pale face showed a hint of ruddyness, and a fierce light suddenly appeared in his distracted eyes." It's just that I blame myself for being too stupid, gullible for believing in the tricks of Sanmiao and Jing Man, they are there to help me, and they have already planned to take me Nanming, and that damn green clothes, I really want to break her body into pieces. As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the curtain and tore it hard, but he saw blood dripping from between his fingers, but the curtain was undamaged.
Sheng Xuan couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the scene in front of him, even a normal man might be able to tear this bed curtain apart, but Yu Wenjie tried his best to wear out his fingers on the bed curtain, and he couldn't even tear the bed curtain, seeing Sheng Xuan looking at himself suspiciously, he couldn't help but smile miserably, "I'm a waste person now, you can do it." β
Sheng Xuan lifted the long sword in his hand again and again, but finally put it down, and suddenly he felt that he might have come to the wrong place this time, because this great revenge no longer had to be avenged by himself, with Yu Wenjie's current situation, I am afraid that killing him would let him get relief, thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn around and leave.
"You are a bad seed, you are a bad seed like Mu Lao Dog, hahaha" Sheng Xuan, who had already taken two steps out of the three words of Mu Lao Dog, suddenly became angry from his heart, turned around sharply and pulled the ghost roar at the same time, a sword slashed at Yu Wenjie's throat, only to hear two cooing sounds, Yu Wenjie's blood spurted out, with the blood mist spurting out, his body also dried up, and then instantly collapsed on the bed, but Sheng Xuan clearly saw him say to himself at that last moment, "Thank you." β