Following.

At noon, in the alley outside Wanbao Building.

The simple carriage with the Wanbaolou sign stopped outside the gate of Washington, and eight guards rode horses and waited quietly around the carriage, while Lu Zhu and Yunli, who accompanied the maid, moved some of the young lady's personal belongings into the carriage.

Hua Qingzhi was in a wheelchair, and was pushed out of the shadow wall by the Night Terror Hall, whispering along the way:

"Daddy is alone in the capital recently, you must pay attention to safety, you have no official status, and being temporarily recruited by the imperial court is just to help, and Daddy has to grasp the ...... clearly."

Hua Junchen walked in front of him to say goodbye, and naturally understood the meaning of his daughter letting him fish in troubled waters, and said to this:

"My father knows that he is two pounds, and Hua'an is gone, what else can I do......"

Since the trip to Night Terror, Uncle Hua has carried a lot of black pots, and he is really ashamed, but when he arrived at the door immediately, he didn't say much, just said:

"The heart of guarding against people is indispensable, Uncle Hua should pay attention to his actions in the future."

Hua Junchen nodded, and asked again:

"After going back to visit relatives this time, you can't come over?"

Night Terror knew that this was asking him, and said with a smile:

"I haven't been done for a month, how can I not come, maybe Miss has not been home for a few days, and I will come over to disturb Uncle Hua again."

Hua Junchen felt that the night terror hall was gone, and if he wanted to come to Yanjing again, he would at least have to wait until the situation between the two dynasties became clear. The situation between the two dynasties is here, and it doesn't make sense to talk too much about these things, so he stopped talking nonsense, and when he came to the front and back of the door, he waved his hand:

"Alright, let's go. When I go back, talk to your mother and let her not worry about it. ”

After Hua Qingzhi bowed her head slightly, she boarded the carriage with the support of Lu Zhu.

The Night Terror Hall loaded the wheelchair into the carriage, then turned on the horse and headed out of the city with the convoy.

Since yesterday we had roughly figured out the situation in the Northern Liang Imperial Court, the Night Terror Hall had planned to make a quick decision, and last night I had already asked Bingtuo Tuo to leave first and go outside the city to find information to prepare.

And Qinghe and Yunli, because their identities were originally maids and cooks, naturally left with Hua Qingzhi as when they came, sitting in the carriage behind, and Ning'er also secretly hid inside.

With the chaos in the Bishui Forest and the palace, the inventory inside and outside the capital is very strict, not only on the street five steps and one sentry, but also in and out of the city and even the Fang is issuing documents, writing down the way and going.

Hua Qingzhi Rao is detached status, and he also took the certificate issued by the Guozi Prison, and was still interrogated when he went out of the city, but there was nothing suspicious in the convoy, and there was a big gap between the night terror hall and the portrait of the wanted criminal, and finally he was successfully released.

Waiting for the convoy to travel ten miles, gradually moving away from the majestic city in the rear, a small town appeared next to the official road, and on the tea stall at the entrance of the town, there was a tall heroine sitting in the rivers and lakes.

Hua Qingzhi kept holding the curtain and looking outside, and after finding the figure waiting on the side of the road, she looked at the night terror hall and said in a low voice:

"You're going to get busy?"

Night Terror walked by the car window and smiled:

"Hmm. You go first, I'll chase after you when I'm done. ”

"How long?"

"The second half of the night, no later than tomorrow morning. If you don't come back tomorrow morning, you can hurry up and go back to Chengtianfu first, don't wait for me. ”

“……”

Hua Qingzhi was quite worried about the safety of the night terrors, but about men, she was a weak woman who really couldn't speak, so she could only bow her head when she thought about it, and then said:

"Hua'an, you go back and help me get the painting in the study, I forgot to take it just now. Huaning, let's go first. ”

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall stopped on the official road and watched the convoy continue to move forward.

Qinghe Yunli and Ning Er both wanted to participate in tonight's action, but with their martial arts, they couldn't help Shangzhong Sun Jin at all, and they just raised the curtain at the moment, waved their hands lightly at the Night Terror Hall, and signaled him to pay attention to safety.

Ning'er also signaled to Bai Jin, obviously asking him to protect her ex-husband and not let Bai Jin go wrong.

Night Terror didn't respond, but just raised his hand and waved goodbye, and waited until the carriage was far away, and then turned the horse and came to the town.

——

The town is just a temporary resting place that can't enter the city at night, and there are more than ten houses in the left and right rows, all of which are restaurants, inns, and tea shops, which are actually more appropriate to describe as small streets; Because the imperial court has been strictly investigated in the past two days, there is not much difference from the closure of the city, and there are many people staying here.

The night terror hall turned over and dismounted at the entrance of the town, and Xue Baijin, who was sitting on the tea stall, put down the three copper coins and got up, and walked to a small inn in the back.

After tying up his horse outside the inn, Night Terror quietly came to his side and asked:

"How's it going?"

Xue Bai Jinmu walked forward without squinting, and walked to the second floor of the inn with the Night Terror Hall:

"Yesterday, I stared at it all night, and there was a lot of construction in the blue water forest, which should be arranging a formation, but there are not many people, so they should all be to protect the emperor. As soon as it gets dark, let's go and try the ......."

The Night Terror Hall listened carefully along the way, and soon followed Xue Baijin to a room upstairs.

The room was just an ordinary room, but there were a lot of things inside, the table was covered with a black cloth, and the equipment used to sneak in was neatly arranged on it, such as alabaster darts, flying needles, fire folds, etc., as well as two sets of clothes, and there was an iron shovel and a spear next to it.

And last night, he went out with Xue Baijin and was still watching the blue water forest at this time, and he didn't come back.

After closing the door, Night Terror Hall came to the table and picked up the nine-foot spear to look at it, and nodded slightly:

"This gun is pretty good, where did you get it?"

"I bought it on the black market, seven hundred taels of silver, and it will be recorded in your account, and remember to pay me back when I go back."

"It's ...... nature"

Xue Baijin came to the front and back of the table, and began to prepare, took the robe over and checked it, and then prepared to untie the belt, and found that the night terror hall pestle was beside her, and she looked at the night terror hall again.

Night Terror Hall was testing whether the weapon was in hand, and when he saw Bingtuo looking at him, he reacted, put down the spear, and consciously turned around and went out:

"I'll take the lead later, don't jump out yet, see if there's a chance to sneak ......"

After Xue Baijin closed the door, he untied his belt, took off his snow-white long skirt, and revealed flawless wrap-breasted thin pants, to which he responded:

"When I was walking the rivers and lakes, you were still playing in the mud in Honghe Town, do you need to teach this?"

Standing at the door, the Night Terror Hall didn't dare to observe it with the Mingshen Diagram or the Wind Palm, but just smiled:

"I didn't play with mud when I was a child, and I was invincible in Red River Town when I was five or six years old."

"Humph......"

Xue Baijin found that it was wrong to chat with a man when she was changing clothes, so she didn't talk anymore, because she wanted to change from women's clothes to men's clothes, she also took off her thin pants and chest wraps, and then put on black pants, and wrapped her chest with excellent quality chest wraps.

In the past, when Ning'er was there, it was Ning'er who helped her ruthlessly, and she walked alone, but she could also be entangled well, but her movements were more laborious.

Night Terror Hall was standing outside, even if he didn't want to hear it, he finally heard the sound of the fabric being pulled tightly, and he secretly sighed in his heart, feeling that Bingtuo Tuo was really ruthless, which was out of breath.

But Bingtuo didn't say anything, so he naturally didn't want to talk about it, and when the clothes were dressed, a voice sounded in the room, "Come in." Then he turned and pushed the door open.

Xue Baijin, who had changed into a men's brocade robe, coiled his hair into a men's style, tied it up with a headband, and was inserting darts and other things into his belt and wrist guards.

Night Terror came to him, and seeing that Bingtuo hadn't finished cleaning up, he couldn't take it off directly, so he casually picked up the white mask on the table and looked at it:

"Wearing this, the vision will not be affected?"

As he spoke, he wanted to try to put it on his face.

But Xue Baijin put the mask on his face all day long and let the man wear it, wouldn't it be an indirect kiss, seeing this, he quickly snatched the mask, turned around and went out:

"You hurry up and change your clothes, you have to rush to the blue water forest before dark."

Seeing this, Night Terror shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything, and when the door closed, he changed into his robe......

——

The sky was shrouded in thick dark clouds, and as night wore on, the outskirts of the city soon lost their fingers.

More than ten miles away from Yanjing, Ma'anshan, countless Yanjing Janissaries camped at the foot of the mountain, and sometimes messengers Pegasus came from the south or the capital and ran to a government office at the foot of the mountain.

The government office was originally a lieutenant's command post, but with the sudden visit of the Son of Heaven to inspect, the military attachés who were originally on duty in it had already retreated outside, and were replaced by Emperor Liang's entourage.

Outside the council hall of the barracks, several eunuchs, led by the twelve attendants, served as personal guards and were stationed inside and outside the hall; Several courtiers who were temporarily summoned from the capital stood outside the door in court clothes, quietly waiting for Emperor Liang's arrangement.

In the hall, the fat prince of Beiliang honestly stood in front of the north-south map in the center, looking at his nose and nose, and even breathing was very peaceful, if he didn't stand in the center of the hall, it would be difficult to notice such a person, and it didn't even look like the eunuch in the back.

And Emperor Li Lian, who is over fifty years old, is much more leisurely, holding the edge of the long case with both hands, scanning the map on the case, and listening to the urgent letter of the border pass:

"The Southern Dynasty gathered 30,000 elite infantry soldiers and stationed them in the south of Tianmen Gorge in the name of drills, and prepared thousands of fire boats, and the bamboo rafts were difficult to count......"

The hall was empty and quiet, except for the reports of the courtiers, only a few vague breathing sounds remained.

After Emperor Liang listened to the report quietly, he did not directly convey his will to the garrison of Tianmen Gorge, but looked at the fat prince standing next to him:

"Do you think the empress of the Southern Dynasty is bluffing, or is she really going to fight?"

The fat prince was chubby in vain, looking a little sluggish, and after thinking for a while, he responded:

Erchen felt that it was a bluff. The southern dynasty crossed the Tianmen Gorge, is against the current, there are only a few breakthroughs in history, all of which are the internal and external cooperation from the inside to seize the pass, and there is no precedent for being broken head-on. Even if the empress wants to fight, she should not attack Tianmen Gorge head-on. ”

Emperor Liang bowed slightly: "Go on." ”

When the fat prince said this, he picked up the wooden pole and pointed to Yanzhou to the east of Yutu:

"The north and the south have been peaceful for a generation, and if the empress wants to lead the army north, she must win a big victory in the first battle, otherwise it will be difficult to block the mouth of the government and the opposition. King Yan can be good at fighting and brave, as long as he starts a war, King Youxian will soon lose the three eastern towns.

"But the prince of Yan conspired against the assassination first, if the king of Yan won the first battle, he would make meritorious service and regain the prestige established in previous years, and after the war, he would threaten the empress of the Southern Dynasty; And if the first battle is lost, King Yan must be afraid that the empress of the Southern Dynasty will take the opportunity to get rid of him, and it is possible to break the jar and vote for our dynasty. So the empress won't use King Yan. ”

As he spoke, the fat prince moved the wooden pole to the Black Stone Pass in Liangzhou:

"Uncle Wang sacrificed his life for the country, and it was difficult for the new king to succeed to the throne, which made it difficult for the three cities in Western Xinjiang to become one; And the empress has no heirs, and if King Liang wants to be the lord of Yun'an, he must get the merit of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and he will do his best. From the perspective of the sons, if the empress is bent on fighting, it must be King Liang who moves first.

"But now it is now mid-March, and by the beginning of April, Tianlang Lake will be completely civilized, and in more than ten days, even if King Liang gnaws the Xihai Protectorate, he can't cross Tianlang Lake without warships, and all he can get is the wild land of the West Sea. And if I abandon the western front and move south, I will be able to guide the sword towards the fertile soil in the east.

"In the case that the troops on all three routes are at a disadvantage, Erchen feels that the empress will not take risks."

Emperor Liang bowed slightly, but he didn't approve of it, just said:

"You understand the overall situation, but you don't understand the empress of the Southern Dynasty. The Southern Dynasty is the Southern Dynasty, the empress is the empress, she inherits the unification as a woman, for the Southern Dynasty, it is usurping power, winning the country is not right, and the seat is not stable. In the future, if she wants to pass on the throne to her son, she must completely suppress and pacify the kings, so that no one in the world dares to say a word.

"At present, it is her best opportunity to stabilize the imperial power, if I am her, I have to fight if I have no advantage, and I have to fight if I can't win, not to destroy the strong enemy in the north, but to contain the main force of Daliang, so that King Tianlang is orphaned and take the opportunity to control the Xihai tribes.

"As long as the Northwest Royal Court is restored, and she can control it, the kings of the Southern Dynasty will have no chance to seize power, what she has to do next is nothing more than to give birth to a son, and at the same time take over the imperial throne of the Southern Dynasty and the Northwest Royal Court, so that the two dynasties will be one ......"

The fat prince frowned: "If this situation really comes to this, with the financial and material resources of the Southern Dynasty and the bravery of the barbarians of the West Sea, I am afraid that our dynasty will not be able to hold for many years." ”

"Therefore, if the king of Tianlang is not exhausted, it will be difficult for me to sleep and eat......"

Emperor Liang sighed softly, and wanted to teach the prince a few more words behind his hands, when he suddenly heard a muffled sound in the distant sky:

Boom –

The sound was like spring thunder, but it didn't come from the sky, but somewhere in the eastern countryside.

Emperor Liang frowned, turned around and came to the door of the hall, looking at the dark and oppressive heaven and earth in the distance, but saw a fire faintly lit.

And several fathers-in-law guarding in front of the door also changed color at the same time:

"Is it Bishui Forest?"

"Something went wrong over there again......"

……

——

Whew~

The sky was getting dark, and the night wind blew the branches and leaves in the forest, making a fine sound of the branches and leaves rubbing.

The Bishui Forest, located along the Yan River, has stopped work after the turmoil of the previous two days; And the original open and dark sentinels are not hidden, they have all changed back to the clothes of the forbidden army, and they are strictly guarded around the perimeter.

The craftsmen who originally worked in it have been withdrawn and replaced by disciples of the Thousand Machine Gate, and various mechanism formations are arranged between the pavilions and pavilions of the corridors.

On the riverbank in front of the blue water forest, Night Terror Hall was dressed in a black robe, with a face towel on his face, only revealing a pair of sharp eyes, holding a spear in his hand, squatting behind the bushes, carefully observing the movements in the garden.

Xue Baijin had two iron shovels hanging from his waist, standing in the dark with his back against the trunk of the tree, and squatting on his shoulders for the birds who had been busy all day.

After observing for a moment, Night Terror frowned and asked:

"Zhongsun Jin is so open-minded and sets traps?"

Xue Baijin actually had this doubt yesterday, and he also thought of an explanation, and responded:

"Maybe I'm conceited and feel that I can't understand the situation in person, so there's no need to hide it."

Night Terror Hall felt that it made sense, and after thinking about it, he said:

"How big is the scope of the arrangement?"

Xue Baijin turned slightly sideways and gestured to the Baishi Avenue outside the manor:

"After crossing the shoulder of the riverbank, there is a rope of the mechanism, and it is not clear whether there is a hidden warning object. At the level of my dismantling mechanism, at most I will go more than ten zhang inside, and I will be detected by Zhongsun Jin, are you good at demolishing this? ”

Night Terror Hall has seen Qinghe dismantle the mechanism before, although it seems simple, but there is a lot of work behind it; For example, the type is distinguished by the tightness of the silk thread, or the position of the lock is determined by sound like the flower-faced fox, without the accumulation of technology over the years, Fengguancheng still has to be blind.

Night Terror Hall has never dabbled in this aspect, and it must be a humiliation to run to fight wits and courage with Zhong Sun Jin in the mechanism formation, but it is really not necessary to say that he will not dismantle the mechanism.

Seeing that there were many traps in the periphery of the Bishui Forest, the Night Terror Hall no longer tried to judge the location of various mechanisms, and stood up with a gun and said:

"Let's go."

Xue Baijin saw the confident appearance of the Night Terror Hall, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she raised her hand slightly, asking the scout chicken to take off to pay attention to the surrounding movements, and she followed in the dark with an iron shovel and asked:

"Are you sure you're going to tear it down?"

The Night Terror Hall did not speak, nor did he hide his body anymore, let the night breeze blow his robe, and walked to the white stone avenue by the river.

Treading ......

The nine-foot spear in his hand slipped backwards and landed on the white stone floor tiles, and the tip of the spear rubbed against the white stone and made a 'clatter' sound.

And a terrifying momentum is also climbing on the riverbank, pressing towards the garden in front.

Xue Baijin saw this scene and rolled his eyes slightly:

"I said that you couldn't understand it, let's just go in, I'm sorry for you to think about it for a long time."

Night Terror's eyes were cold, and he was like a Nine Shadows Yama with a gun in one hand, and when he heard Bingtuo complaining, he said in a low voice:

"I'm not an immortal, how can I do anything. The people are out, and they are in their places. ”

Xue Baijin didn't bother at all, and his figure disappeared into the night in a flash.

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall regained its cold and unparalleled momentum, and strode towards the garden with a spear.

In the building complex in front of them, several figures jumped out, and the shouts came with the night wind:

"Who?"

"Report your name to ......"

Night Terror ignored the gossip, and when he reached the shoulder of the road, he grasped the tail of the gun with his right hand, and slid forward with his left foot as if he were a broken bow, and then:

Boom –

Under the cover of night, the thunder suddenly rose!

The originally flat floor tiles were cracked by the vast energy at the moment when the gun body collapsed.

The nine-foot spear blade wrapped in gravel and grass industry, poured forward in a overwhelming manner, and instantly brought up a wild dragon and crashed into the dim woods outside the garden.

Boom Boom –

But in an instant, the grass and trees in the forest were washed out of a groove more than a foot wide, and spread forward to the white high wall, and forcibly tore a gap in the wall.

And the thousand heavy mechanisms buried in the forest also set off at the same time, and the firelight and silver bells sounded crisply, instantly covering the entire garden......

You don't have to worry, it's really slow to write with an empty head, it's not that you don't want to write more or2!

(End of chapter)