The thick night casts a dark indigo on the sky.

The temperature was very pleasant at the beginning of summer, and these night guards hid in the dark and stared at it for most of the night without seeing any movement, and they were already a little sleepy.

In order to ensure that the inner residence of the Zhu Mansion could be monitored, Chu Yuezhi also arranged for people to keep an eye on the thick branches of the taller camphor around him.

The unique calming scent of camphor makes it easy to get drowsy in a quiet environment.

The guards stationed on the trees in other directions were all holding their spirits, and the guards who could see the location of the courtyard at a glance fell asleep for some reason.

"Goo Meow~~"

"Coo Meow~~~~"

An owl (owl) landed on his shoulder and made a strange and terrible cry.

The Dark Guard was awakened by the sound, and the owl fluttered its wings when it saw the movement, so frightened that he nearly fell from the tree.

The ancients paid attention to the fact that the owl barked at night, and it was counting people's eyebrows.

When the number of roots is counted, the man will lose his life.

The dark guard was shocked, and he caught a glimpse of Zhu Hongchuan in the courtyard of Zhu Mansion, Zhu Hongchuan was standing under the moon pine and cypress, as if he was talking to someone.

He was so far away from the man that he could only make a rough outline. Just looking at the color of his clothes, that person is by no means a slave of the Zhu family.

With this information, the dark guard just wanted to jump down from the tree and tell Chu Yuezhi about it, but unexpectedly, the man in the courtyard suddenly looked up in the direction where he was.

The fangs of the bronze mask reflected a terrifying cold light in the moonlight, and the man pulled something out of the placket of his chest, raised his hand in the direction of the guard, and aimed it at him.

The dark guard was not afraid, only thinking that he was at least ten meters away from him, and no matter how strong he was, it was impossible for him to throw any hidden weapon over.

However, his thoughts didn't last for two seconds, and the next moment, he was inexplicably hit in the chest.

The blow was so fast that he didn't even have time to dodge before he was knocked from the tree to the ground by the force of the impact.

It was only after slamming the ground that he screamed.

The guards in ambush heard the movement and knew that something was wrong, and quickly surrounded him.

Chu Yuezhi also stepped forward to check for the first time, only to see that a two-finger-wide bloody hole had been punched in the man's chest, and blood was bubbling outward.

"It's a musket." Chu Yuezhi furrowed his brows, and when he saw that the secret guard who was shot was struggling to say something, he hurriedly attached his ear to his lips.

"People....... People are ...... Patio ......"

Before he finished speaking, he lost his breath.

Chu Yuezhi reacted quickly, jumped up with light skills, and landed on the edge of the wall of the Zhu Mansion.

He saw with his own eyes a black shadow jumping away from the other side of the wall, and Zhu Hongchuan looked at him sideways and mocked: "The old man gets up at night to go to the toilet, can Lord Chu be together?" ”

Chu Yuezhi didn't have time to take care of him, and the direction in which the man in black fled also had his subordinates.

He took out a firestick from his cuff, lit it with a fire fold, and set it off in the sky, and a brilliant firework exploded dazzlingly in the night sky.

The guards on the other side saw the signal and appeared to block it.

Sure enough, in an alley on South Street, he was blocked by three secret guards and the man in black.

The Tiger Guards under Chu Yue's command were divided into two parts, one part was trained daily to prepare for combat, and the other part was selected from among the soldiers, training hard day and night, specifically responsible for protecting the emperor's safety and doing some inconvenient things for the emperor on a daily basis, called secret guards.

It is said that each of them is a master of one by one, even with the skill of 'God Killing' Chu Yuezhi, if he has to deal with three secret guards at the same time, he will not be able to get the sweetness within a few moves.

The three of them fought with the man in black, although his kung fu was not weak, but compared to Chu Yuezhi, it was not an order of magnitude.

Dealing with three Secret Guards at the same time was a bit of a struggle for him.

Seeing that the dark guards gradually gained the upper hand, the man in black suddenly took out a handful of drugs from his sleeve, and with a wave of his hand, the three dark guards lost their combat effectiveness in an instant.

Although the dark guard was not immediately fascinated, his fists and feet were weak, and his eyes were full of stars.

By the time Chu Yuezhi arrived, there was no trace of the man in black.

The Dark Guard probably pointed him in the direction of the black-clad man's escape, which should be towards the city gate.

Chu Yuezhi asked if they had fought with the man in black, and after getting a definite answer, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out a pair of lenses made of glazed crystals and put them in front of his eyes, and saw that all the secret guards around him, including himself, were emitting a bright blue light.

It was glass crystal powder, which was not visible to the naked eye when applied to the clothes, but under the glass crystal lenses, it was invisible.

The man in black had fought with the dark guard, and the glass crystal powder stained on his body was enough for Chu Yuezhi to follow the traces to find him.

I followed the dark blue traces all the way, but disappeared when I chased him outside the smooth door.

Smooth door ......

It was the southernmost gate of the Imperial City, surrounded by heavy soldiers inside and outside, and it was impossible to enter and exit at night.

And the strange thing is that the glass crystal powder guides, and the man in black disappeared without a trace when he arrived outside the city gate.

The next day, Chu Yuezhi informed Li Mobai of the matter.

"The secret guard who was guarding the tree and could peek into the courtyard was drugged, so he fell asleep and did not see when the thieves entered the Zhu Mansion. Under the camphor tree where he was hiding, the carcasses of several birds were found, and the drug was also found on them. The thief must have sprinkled the drug on the bird's feather coat and guided them to fly to the tree with a rhythmic method, which stunned the guards. And the reason why he died violently was because he was hit by Western muskets. ”

"Wechen searched for the whereabouts of Liulijing all the way last night to trace the traces of the thief, but when he found the smooth door, the trace was gone, and the person seemed to have evaporated from the world......"

Li Mobai laughed angrily, "You can have such a thoughtful way to deal with me, even you can be played around, guessing that I will stare at Zhufu, he still dares to go, it can be seen that he deliberately wants to play this cat-and-mouse game with me." ”

"Your Majesty, now you can be sure that Zhu Hongchuan has seen that thief, and the emperor wants to take him down?"

"Take it?" Li Mobai asked him rhetorically, "Where is the evidence?" The only secret guard who witnessed this with his own eyes had already been ordered to go to Huangquan, and there was no evidence, and I took him down by giving the ministers a handle to pickle me. ”

As he was talking, he suddenly lowered his voice very low, beckoned Chu Yuezhi to get closer, and then said: "Let the dark guard continue to stare at me to the death of the Zhu family, no matter what he wants to do, so many pairs of eyes are staring at him, and he doesn't have the guts." ”

"Wechen takes orders."

Chu Yuezhi was about to retreat with a wave of his hand, but Li Mobai called him again, "Slow." ”

He stretched out his hand and touched Chu Yuezhi's cheek with the back of his hand.

The ambiguous behavior made Chu Yue at a loss for a while, and he took two steps back and bowed: "Your Majesty, who are you?" ”

Li Mobai approached him step by step, leaned forward slightly, and said almost in his ear: "Go wash your face, take a breath, adjust your expression, and then go out." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the door, "Concubine Rong is waiting outside, don't tell her these things, I'm afraid that she will be reckless and put herself in danger." ”

Chu Yuezhi was surprised: "How does the emperor know that Concubine Rong is outside the door?" ”

Li Mobai smiled faintly, raised his eyebrows at him, and said: "It's really a tacit understanding between husband and wife, you haven't married yet, so you naturally don't understand." ”

The tacit understanding between husband and wife?

Tacit understanding is a ghost!

It wasn't because he was talking to Chu Yuezhi just now that he suddenly heard Shen Ci's worried voice.

[Hey, what is he whispering to Chu Meiren inside in broad daylight, and he has to close the door? 】

[Wouldn't you be discussing the thieves behind my back again? 】

[No, I have to eavesdrop......]