The Fourteenth Knife: Shadow Murder Night (4)
When the two of them infiltrated the Zhenbao Pavilion again, they had already sent heavy troops to guard the door. In the treasure pavilion on the eighteenth floor, there were two speared infantry standing outside the door, yawning for a while. The soldiers patrolling around, passing by in groups of three or five from time to time, holding torches and shaking their eyes, all left in a daze.
Wei Fuzi's eyes were bloated, and he stomped his feet angrily, combing the bandages on his hands while scolding.
"I don't know where so many people are coming again!"
"What should I do?"
"Ming Xiu plank road?"
"Darkness Chencang!"
Bai Ze and the two looked at each other and smiled, and Chimei stepped forward and walked over. Bai Ze then took out his saber, ready to rush over.
The sun rose in the east, and it was almost early in the morning, and the chiming of minions and roosters could be heard from far away in the palace. The weather was a little cold in the morning, and Chimei tied up her clothes, and Zhang Luo, the unhurried Chaowei master.
"Who should I be, isn't this our family guard!" The scimitar in his hand pushed back, and a rare smile appeared on his face.
"The girl who is with Bai Ze's kid, who is in the same family as you, you broke into the palace and injured me, and you were embarrassed to ask me what I was doing."
"Well, Master is impartial, and I have to say a few kind words to everyone, huh? How can there be a person! Chi Mei pointed in the direction of Bai Ze, and when Wei Fuzi saw it, his nose was almost crooked.
When the master turned his head again, Chimei had already disappeared, and Bai Ze also fled with a sword in his hand. Seeing the situation, Wei Fuzi got up and chased after him, but it didn't matter this time, the arm that had just been tied was stretched open again.
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"It's Ten Thousand Souls!" Chimei's exclamation broke Bai Ze, who was looking around, and took off a small candle, Bai Ze came to Chimei.
"No wonder there is a strong masculine smell, it turns out to be his special structure, no wonder it will be mistaken for the purple fragrance of the blue night. But this ghost city with ten thousand souls scattered in the southeast is only available, what should we do? Bai Ze frowned.
"How long does it take to ride a horse overnight from here to the City of Ten Thousand Ghosts?"
"At least three overnight..... Not good, someone! Hearing the shouting, Bai Ze picked up Chimei and hid behind the bookcase on the second floor.
The people who came were in groups of three or five, shouting and scolding each other, the left arm of the leader was bandaged, and from time to time he let out a miserable scream, Bai Ze didn't have to think about it, Wei Fuzi was chasing after him again. Bai Ze saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly blew out the candle, but this candle turned out to be the organ of the national character pavilion on the second floor.
"Okay, give it, give it to me!" Following a wisp of white smoke, Wei Fuzi saw Bai Ze hiding behind the bookcase at a glance.
"Let's divide into two ways, I'll go and lure away the master, and we'll meet on the roof!" After saying this, Bai Ze took out his sword and rushed forward, rushed left and right, flew on top of Wei Fuzi's head with an arrow step, turned over and jumped up and pushed back a master, and ran upstairs.
Wei Fuzi staggered to his feet, patted the dirt on his body, and chased after him with a few soldiers. Chimei, while praying for Bai Ze's safety, picked up the agarwood record and rummaged through it carefully.
The more upstairs, the more traps, the more dangers, and from the Jiazi Pavilion on the third floor, Bai Ze didn't go again. Coupled with the complex structure and no map, after a while, Bai Ze came to a dead end.
.....
Everyone confronted each other, and Li Qiong's iron hook and bald sledgehammer grinded against each other, making a piercing cry. The bald man was strong, as if he wanted to overwhelm Li Qiong's momentum. One of the soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and was about to step forward to help, but was beckoned back by Li Qiong.
"Why do you want to go to Jinguan City to make trouble, and attack innocent people!" Li Qiong was furious, and the treasure knife in his hand unconsciously pressed back.
"To be a man, we have to talk about evidence, we did go to Jinguan City, the eldest grandson Yuandong killed our brothers back then, I came to arrest people, and I never killed the people!" The bald man felt that there must be some misunderstanding in the fight for no reason, so he hurriedly explained.
Li Qiong was stunned and stopped the treasure knife in his hand. "General, I'm afraid we've been tricked!" One of the soldiers couldn't hold back and whispered a reminder.
Only then did Li Qiong understand the reason, that is, he fell for the strategy of "diverting the tiger from the mountain", and unconsciously felt sorry in his heart, and after a "sorry", Li Qiong took the soldiers to jump off the cliff.
Back in the imperial city, Li Qiong went to the dormitory first, thinking that the emperor was resting, but he didn't think that the emperor was already waiting in front of him, sitting at the table and looking through the case. The sky was just slightly bright, and the candle flame was flickering, which really startled Li Qiong.
"You, this is, haven't slept all night?" Li Qiong trembled and didn't dare to raise her head.
Emperor Li didn't say a word, walked to Li Qiong's side, raised his hands slightly, and helped Li Qiong up, Li Qiong panicked even more, his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell down again.
"Oh no, the emperor, the princess is not in the dormitory, Bai Ze is not in the dormitory, and the patrol of Wei Fuzi is nowhere to be found!" The person who came was Gonggong Li, who was arranged by the emperor to explore the security in the palace, and was the closest person to the emperor.
"Nonsense! It's a princess again, and you've been out of the palace five times, and you can't even look at a child! And you, in the middle of the night, led the best iron cavalry battalion in the imperial city to Jumping Horse Mountain to make trouble, and there is no royal law in your eyes! The Emperor overturned the table and sat down on the floor.
Li Qiong didn't dare to raise her eyes, "The minister will order someone to find it~!" When he had said this, he quickly led the men out.
The princess is the emperor's favorite youngest daughter, known as the "Princess Leng Yue". Because of the fire in July on the day of his birth, but heavy snow fell in the sky, since then it has been called "Cold Moon". Arrogant personality, not good at talking. often runs out of the palace to play, and no one can watch it. So the princess's matter became Li Qiong's most distressing thing.
The three sons are vying for power and profit, and they are not very old, and they are thinking about how to compete for the throne. Only this little daughter is smart and cute, and she is the most distressed by the emperor, so Leng Yue has become the emperor's heart.
In order to prevent the princess from getting lost, the emperor ordered people to install shadow secret eyeliner in every place in Jinguan City called "shadow secret guard". Except for the City of Ten Thousand Ghosts, it is a place that no one can control. However, the checkpoints at the gate of the city were very strict, so it was unlikely that the princess would leave the city.
"My lord, the last place where the princess appeared was in the green bamboo forest!" One of the Shadow Guard's spies leaned over to report.
"To the southeast, is it the city of ten thousand ghosts?" Li Qiong thought again and again, "Tell the brothers to stay, I'll go alone!" After saying that, Li Qiong picked up the treasure knife, disguised himself as a businessman, and rode towards the direction of Ten Thousand Ghost City.
The Ten Thousand Ghost City is in the southeast of Jinguan City, which belongs to the territory of the Later Tang Dynasty, and because of its political characteristics, it is inconvenient for the official to intervene, so it exists independently in the Later Tang Dynasty and is managed by the Lord of the Ten Thousand Ghost City. It was originally a street, but because of the prosperity of the territory, it later developed into a city.
Every night, especially in the middle of the night, the night market is prosperous, and all kinds of Jianghu knights are no less than Jinguancheng during the day. Moreover, there are often undead haunts, yin and yang are in the same realm, and since then it has formed a unique feature of Ten Thousand Ghost City.
During the day, it is the most resting time in the city of ghosts, and it is the most suitable time to find the princess.