Chapter 32 Sneaking into the Night with the Wind
As night falls, the lights of the bustling places in the vast Kyoto Castle begin to go out one after another. Finally, at midnight, the whole city of Kyoto fell into silence, except for the occasional barking of dogs, only a few doors in front of the mansions were still flickering dimly!
Ling Xiao looked at the night sky above his head, and a round of bright full moon emitted a faint clear light, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In the eyes of the master, the surrounding scene can almost be said to be delicate! But there is no better opportunity than today, and he can only rush to the palace.
Ling Xiao still felt quite sorry that he didn't have the opportunity to use the newly comprehended guiding arrow in the battle with the ghost shadow, because after all, a combat skill that has not been tested in actual combat is not a qualified combat skill, and I don't know if there is a chance to use that kind of guiding arrow tonight!
While thinking about these messy things, I occasionally flashed into the shadows of the alley and avoided the groups of night patrol officers and soldiers!
Finally, we arrived at the site that had been explored a long time ago, at a half-abandoned side door of the palace. Although there are people guarding this place, compared to other well-defended areas, it is still a big hole!
The reason why this side door was chosen is because this place is precisely because of the existence of the side door, due to the obstruction of the eaves, it forms a blind spot in the line of sight of the officers and soldiers who are constantly patrolling everywhere, and there is a lush tree behind the door!
A hint of aqua blue flashed on his legs, and with the help of water spiritual power, Ling Xiao rushed to the top of the wall, looked around, and found nothing abnormal for the time being! Then, Ling Xiao hid on the branch with a jump, which was considered to have completed the first step into the palace!
In the sum of his two lifetimes, in nearly half a century, it was the first time for Ling Xiao to do such a thing, and he couldn't help but feel a little panicked! Although he was constantly hinting that he should be calm, he still couldn't resist the invisible pressure around him!
After a long time, Ling Xiao, who had finally calmed down, climbed down the tree with slow movements, and tiptoed towards the depths of the palace!
The mystery of the palace dissipated a lot in his heart after Liu Wenyuan provided Ling Xiao with a map, at least now he knew where he was, and he also knew what direction he should go!
The wind is blowing, and the slightest coolness sweeps over the face, bringing people a refreshing feeling! In this night breeze, Ling Xiao tiptoed along, and gradually merged with the rhythm of the wind!
So far, although Ling Xiao's force is not necessarily very skillful, his thinking about fighting is much beyond ordinary people, and the combat skills he comprehends come from nature!
At the moment, the same is true, if you are someone else, it is just a cool breeze blowing, and at most blowing the ends of your hair and fluttering a few times will pass. But it was this cool breeze blowing through Ling Xiao's body! Ling Xiao unconsciously fit in!
The person is still the same person, and the environment is still the same environment, but it is completely different from just now! Ling Xiao was cautious just now, for fear of being discovered by others! But now, it is as if he is walking in the wind.
It is often the moment when the officers and soldiers of the night patrol turn their heads by the wind, Ling Xiao has already shaken his body; when the little yellow door on duty is blown by this cool breeze, Ling Xiao is standing behind him with bated breath, and when he is distracted, he quietly flashes to the side; a little palace maid is about to meet Ling Xiao at the corner of the porch, but a cool breeze blows through, and the palace lamp in his hand is blown out, and Ling Xiao also takes this opportunity to pass by her!
It turns out that not only in the rain there is a truth that you need to learn by yourself, but also in the wind! Finally, I still remember that I was in the palace, Ling Xiao did not let out a long whistle of excitement as usual! I just silently put this understanding of the wind in the bottom of my heart, and continued to concentrate on moving towards the old emperor!
However, when Ling Xiao came to the old emperor's bedroom after two hours of grinding because of the comprehension of the wind, he finally found that he had thought things too simply!
The old emperor is asleep, but there are as many as eleven eunuchs and palace maids in this palace who are guarding their posts, which is nothing more than to protect tea, night pots and the like, but it is really difficult not to frighten them to contact the old emperor!
After observing silently for a long time, Ling Xiao was sure that there was no chance to take advantage of, and even the big inner guards flashed on the roof of the dormitory from time to time, making a gesture of peace to each other!
What to do, Ling Xiao is anxiously thinking of a way, retreating is not Ling Xiao's character, and I don't know when I will wait until I have a chance to come here next time!
Well, Ling Xiao, who was looking around, saw the bell tower that showed a corner in the distance, and used the tiger to leave the mountain? Although it is said that if there is any disturbance, the old emperor will still leave a good hand here to protect it after all, but if he doesn't fight, there will be no chance at all!
Due to the special structure of the Wind Feather Arrow, it does not make any sound in flight, and the bell tower is also more than a kilometer away from here, and a bell as big as a twister can definitely be hit, but I don't know how many people can attract the attention of people!
Having made up his mind, Ling Xiao took out the folding bow and wind feather arrows from his storage belt, and opened his bow with bated breath to aim at the big bell! To be honest, this is the first time Ling Xiao has shot at such a distant target, although he knows that his ultimate range is farther than this distance, after all, he has not been completely sure after all!
When the bowstring moved, the wind feather arrow turned into a black light, and struck the bell under the cover of the night, and finally, it lived up to the hope of the sky and hit the target!
As if stabbing a hornet's nest, with the cries one after another, the palace quickly became in turmoil, and no less than sixty or seventy shadows rushed towards the bell tower!
Stunned, Ling Xiao didn't expect this to be the result, he thought that the old emperor would also send a few people to investigate, but he didn't expect that the defense in this palace was so tight, not only did no one leave, but a few more imposing figures rushed here!
At this moment, a slightly old voice came from the dormitory, "What's so noisy?"
"Back to the master, the bell is ringing loudly for no reason, and Commander Liu has already brought someone to check it! Presumably it's not a big deal, Your Majesty doesn't sleep well, so let's continue to rest!"
"Ridiculous! How could the big bell ring for no reason, something must have happened, pass the decree, set up the imperial study, I will personally sit in the array, and wait for news!"
Hearing this, Ling Xiao's eyes lit up, opportunity! The old emperor here wants to change his clothes and prepare, so he must have to delay for a while, so it is better to wait for him in the study first!
First quietly retreated, and then sneaked towards the imperial study on the map, maybe it was really a trick to divert the tiger from the mountain, but I didn't meet many night guards along the way!
Quietly pulling out the window and avoiding the small yellow door of duty, Ling Xiao sneaked into the core of the highest power in this empire, the imperial study!
Looking around, there were only a few bookshelves full of all kinds of books, and there was no place for them except under the desk!
After a short time, the voice of the old emperor came from the door, "Li Jin, it's not that you are talking about you, there is no trivial matter in the palace, the more things that seem to be small, the more problems there are behind it!
With the sound of the old emperor entering the door, some of the yellow doors responsible for sprinkling and sweeping first wiped a few dusts, and then respectfully withdrew from the door, and for a while, only the old emperor and Ling Xiao were left in this imperial study!
Ling Xiao felt in his heart that this old emperor might have found out, and he deliberately separated everyone, did he know that he was coming? But time waits for no one, and Ling Xiao, who didn't dare to delay any longer, held the token given by the prince in his hand, climbed out of the table, and stood face to face with the old emperor!
Holding the command token given by the prince in his hand is because in addition to the official rank, there is a very obvious word prince on this card, which can show that he was sent by the prince. And standing instead of kneeling is because Ling Xiao has not yet formed that habit of kneeling in his subconscious!
And the old emperor had a glittering light in his eyes, and he was about to cry!
didn't speak, walked quickly to the desk, picked up a ruler on the table, pressed it in the dragon's eye carved in the shape of a dragon on it, and then took out an empty stone from the small drawer that popped up and stuffed it into Ling Xiao's hand!
The old emperor motioned for Ling Xiao not to speak, and walked to the back of the dragon chair, still silently twisting the mechanism on the back of the chair, opening a passage behind the chair, and making a gesture to let Ling Xiao in!
Ling Xiao also began to understand, it seemed that the old emperor had been planning to do something for a long time. From moving the imperial study to opening up the idlers, etc., to a series of actions, it shows that the old emperor has made sufficient preparations for this possible meeting.
As for not saying a word, it is likely that there is some device in this imperial study that can be monitored! Ling Xiao did not hesitate, looked at the old emperor, nodded heavily, and turned to enter the secret passage!
After the old emperor restored the study to its original state, Li Jin also came to the door of the imperial study again with Fushou cake!
Walking into the secret passage, Ling Xiao didn't think much about it, just walked forward along the passage in silence, and walked out of the appearance of six or seven thousand meters, this secret passage came to an end, and what appeared in front of Ling Xiao was a portal that opened from within!
Anyway, there was no way out, and after Ling Xiao was ready to deal with the situation, he pushed open the portal that led to nowhere with his hand and walked out!
To Ling Xiao's surprise, after coming out, he found that he actually walked to the side door next to the big tree again, the secret portal turned out to be a part of the tree body, and the patrol blind spot under the cover of this side door was also specially designed by this royal escape secret passage!
Turning around and looking at the palace, he thought that he had walked around with the help of the old emperor!
Tong guò just now in the palace, Ling Xiao Qing has been a lot more stable, and he is also a little interested in the actions of this night pedestrian!
But before Ling Xiao could act, there was a very slight "hum" from behind! Cold sweat instantly seeped out of Ling Xiao's body, and after turning around, he found that at some point, there was a figure dressed as a Taoist priest standing behind him!
"Now that you have achieved your goal, don't leave quickly, tell the boys outside, don't act rashly, that illusionist is not simple!" The Taoist priest's voice was not small, but the strange thing was that the voice seemed to be surrounded by something intangible!
Looking at the familiar dress of the Taoist priest, Ling Xiao decided that he had never seen this person before, but it was obvious that this Taoist priest was obviously a friend rather than an enemy! After this incident, Ling Xiao didn't dare to delay any longer, and still jumped out of the wall along the same way and sneaked towards the Arrow Sect!
Seeing Ling Xiao go away, the Taoist priest nodded, and said in his mouth, "Alas, do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!" Holding an object in his hand behind him, he vaguely saw that it was Ling Xiao's wind feather arrow! The Taoist priest's body moved again, and there was no trace of it! Only the bright moon hung high in the sky, shining on this complicated human world!
After returning to the Arrow Sect hut, after Ling Xiao changed his clothes, he first instructed Liu Dashao to focus on promoting his own exercises the next day, and he couldn't afford to lie down!