After moving dozens of steps to the east, in the faintly visible light, Song Nan and Wang Yong unexpectedly found an arrow tower standing high above the head of the inner wall, and they were immediately frustrated, and the two had to stop.

"Your Excellency, you must not go any further, or you will be discovered. Our current position is between the arrow tower and the patrol point of the palace guards just now, whether to advance or retreat, your Excellency will decide. ”

Song Nan squatted under the wall and thought for a while: "The guards of the palace are much stricter than we imagined, but I think that at least we have to find out the rules of the guards on the inner wall, otherwise this trip will not be in vain." Zhu Changshun's map said that this should be a large garden, perhaps the inner wall is the most important level, and it will be much easier to pass the inner wall. Brother Wang, I still want to give it a try. ”

Wang Yong whispered: "Well, since the adult said so, the humble position will follow the adult to break through." ”

Song Nan gritted his teeth and said: "No matter, even if you come, you have to break into the Longtan Tiger's Den, and you can't do big things if you are timid." ”

Wang Yong secretly admired Song Nan's courage, the commander is different from other court officials, daring to take risks is the unique trait of the commander, this is probably one of the reasons why the commander can rise to the top, anyone in such a situation, I am afraid that he can only retreat, but Song Nan knows the difficulties and never gives up.

The distance from the root of the outer wall where Song Nan and the others shrank to the inner wall where the guards haunted was about thirty steps, this distance was naturally within a dozen breaths on weekdays, but Song Nan and Wang Yong moved gently as if in slow motion, and it took a full half an hour. Even so, the snow-covered ground still creaks when stepped on, making the two of them walk on thin ice.

During this period, the palace guards on the inner wall haunted again, at that time, Song Nan and Wang Yongzheng were halfway through the scarecrow, just at the trunk of a tree, the two of them held their breath and stuck to the trunk of the tree and did not dare to come out, and more than ten guards on the wall looked in the direction where they were for more than ten breaths, but they didn't find them. It may be that the sky is too dark, and the two of them are all over the ink on the trunk, and the trunk looks much more bloated, but they can't tell that it is because of the person attached to it. Even so, after the guards disappeared, Song Nan and Wang Yong both broke out in a cold sweat.

Song Nan estimated the time interval, and the palace guards on the inner wall should have come up to the wall every quarter of an hour to inspect it. Judging by the fact that the guards could move quickly around the top of the wall, the interior wall should be wide enough to be moved.

This is very easy to understand, the inner wall is the palace to defend the facilities, manpower is arranged on the inner wall, if there is an enemy, this inner wall must be full of manpower to defend is, in fact, it is the city wall of the palace, the city within the city. Look at the clearly visible wall battlements, this is the standard construction used for defense, with the wall battlement protection, the guards in the palace can use this as a cover to shoot arrows and throw stones to launch firearms, to put it mildly, it is a large number of people and horses to attack, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get hands on for a while.

successfully arrived at the base of the inner wall, and the two of them were already sweaty and chilled; There was not much time left before the next wave of guards patrolled, Wang Yong quickly threw a rope to hook the wall battlement, and the two climbed up to the top of the inner wall one after the other. When they came up to the wall, they both looked at each other in amazement, this inner wall was not ordinarily spacious, the width was almost a few cars in parallel, and on the side near the inside, there were piles of things piled up on both sides of the aisle, which were covered with tarpaulins. Song Nan couldn't help but use a dagger to cut through the nearest pile of snow-covered oilcloth, reached in and touched it, and there were bundles of arrows at the tentacles, and he couldn't help but smack his tongue.

I'm afraid that the inner wall of the palace is full of defensive materials, this pile is arrows, and the others are probably things like rocks, wood, fire, oil, javelins, etc., the palace is in Ningxia Town, and Ningxia Town has heavy troops stationed, but it is so cautious, but I don't know why.

On the south side of the inner wall, there is a staircase down the wall, which is the pattern that is convenient for the inner personnel to climb the wall and guard, the two did not dare to stay for a long time, and quickly hid in a few big trees along the stairs, and then heard a soft voice coming, on the stone path not far from the hiding place, a team of patrol guards passed by them, and they were hit by a moment of slowness.

After the guards passed, the two quickly went on the stone path and walked inside, surrounded by the shadows of the black houses, the back garden of the palace marked on Zhu Changshun's map was not visible at all, just when he was confused, a vertical door appeared in front of a row of houses, there seemed to be a flower wall extending on both sides of the vertical door, the two looked at each other, and their hearts were happy.

It seems that Zhu Changshun's map is correct, but a lot of buildings are omitted and not marked, and everything is fine when he enters the back garden, and the back garden of the palace must be full of flowers and trees, rockeries, verandahs, too many hiding places, and no trace of them will be found. And in the middle of the night there will be no one in the garden, so as long as you do not alarm the gardeners and gardeners who sleep in it. And generally the end of the back garden is the inner hall of the palace, where the masters of the palace live, and the guards and miscellaneous servants here rarely enter and exit it, and it is not easy to be discovered.

It made people feel a lot more relaxed, looked around and walked quickly into the weeping flower door, the trees were indeed lush within more than ten steps of the door, it looked like a garden, but after bypassing a stone screen in front of them, Song Nan and Wang Yong suddenly stood there.

Behind the screen is a huge empty square, surrounded by dozens of rows of houses, faint wind lamps hung in front of the doors of these houses, and weapons racks, drums, horse piles and other objects placed around the houses can be vaguely seen.

"My lord, this ......," Wang Yong said dumbfounded.

Song Nan's scalp began to tingle, and he pulled Wang Yong and said in a low voice: "It's not good, this is the station of the guards, let's break into the tiger's den, go quickly." ”

Before the words fell, they heard the sound of hurried footsteps at the entrance of the vertical door behind the screen, Song Nan and Wang Yong hurriedly hid in the shadows on the side, and saw four or five figures rushing by, rushing to the dense place of the house, picking up the drumsticks 'Bang Bang Bang' and beating it, Song Nan was shocked, and secretly screamed that it was bad, these guys were definitely not joking in the middle of the night, maybe their whereabouts were exposed.

Sure enough, as the drums rang out, the doors of the rows of houses opened, and many people poked their heads out to ask what was going on, and they heard the drum-beating guards shouting, "All assemble, someone has been found infiltrating in the northwest corner!" ”

Wang Yong looked at Song Nan with a pale face, and Song Nan waved his hand to listen to understand; An officer-like guard straightened his armor and ran to the drum-beating guard and shouted, "What the hell is going on? ”

The guard said: "Back to Commander Cao, Deputy Commander Wang and his brothers found traces on the inner wall, the materials on the inner wall have been moved, and there are fresh footprints trampled on them; Deputy Commander Wang ordered people to check the outer wall and found the footprints of thieves and traces of climbing over the courtyard wall; Deputy Commander Wang had already led people outside to start a search, and the special villain came back to call people. ”

When the commander of the guard heard this, he immediately shouted: "All assemble, the first team blocks the passage of the back house and informs the brothers in the front yard to take precautions, the second team searches on the spot, and the third team goes with me to search the inner wall, and immediately honks the horn to notify when the thief is found." ”

The guards hurriedly put on their cloaks, and after a while, they split up and began to act, and a team of guards rushed past the bushes where Song Nan was hiding, shouting and shouting orders endlessly, and at the same time, a guard leader led hundreds of guards to search from south to north on the spot.

Song Nan understood that he couldn't stay here, and he and Wang Yong quickly left the guard station, but as soon as they came out of the door, they gasped even more, and the entire area behind them was full of torches and lanterns. ”

"What should I do, my lord, I'm afraid it won't be possible to go back the same way."

Song Nan frowned and said: "You can't go back the same way, the hook that stayed there must have been discovered, and you can't get out when you go back there." Now they can only find a place to hide so that they can't find it, and then they will do something. ”

Wang Yong smacked his lips and said, "Where to hide?" ”

Song Nan frowned and said: "Zhu Changshun's map marks that there is a Buddhist hall near here, let's look for it, there will definitely be no one living in the Buddhist hall, maybe there is a hiding place." ”

Wang Yong said: "Okay, let's go, the one behind is coming." ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "Brother, there seems to be something wrong with Zhu Changshun's map, and I don't know if the Buddha Hall can be found, in short, I will do my best to obey the destiny of heaven." I begged my brother for one thing. ”

Wang Yong stomped his feet and said, "I'll talk about it later, I don't have time now." ”

Song Nan said: "No, now I must say that if the guards find us, I will kill myself, and when the time comes, please ask my brother to stomp my face to the ground, so that people can't see who I am." Otherwise, I won't be able to die, and there will be many people involved, so you must promise me. ”

Wang Yong was startled and said, "Why did your lord say this, we haven't been caught yet." ”

Song Nan said: "Be prepared, this is my last order, you must follow it, otherwise I won't forgive you if I die." ”

Wang Yong sighed and said, "If you agree, my lord, let's go." ”

Song Nan patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Good brother." The torches flashed behind him, and more than 100 guards who searched the station were walking towards the vertical gate, and the figures of Song Nan and Wang Yong moved, and they hurried along the wall of the vertical gate.