Chapter 139: The moon is dark and the wind is high
"Ed, how did General Zuihou leave?" this question had been hesitating in Tiffany's heart for a long time, and seeing that Li Zijun was about to leave, he couldn't hold back any longer.
"I don't suspect that you killed the general, I just found out that my father had always been secretive about the general's death, I wonder if my father would do this?" Tiffany hurriedly explained, worried about causing Li Zijun's misunderstanding.
"I caused all the scars on the general's body, but I didn't mean to hurt him, I did that to prolong his life. I tried to heal the General, but unfortunately I could only prolong his life a little so that he could meet Gavin Zaijian. But that's all!" Yule gave Li Zijun a deeper understanding during this time, which also made him feel sincerely sad about the death of General Yule.
"Poisoning?!" Tiffany looked at Li Zijun with a puzzled face.
"The person who poisoned him was very clever, the poison had already existed in the general's body, and the glass of wine that Heller Bixia gave the general when he was leaving was just an introduction. The general's internal organs have been eroded by the poison, and even without that glass of wine, the general can only live for another three years at most!" Li Zijun looked at Tiffany, who was still in a daze, walked over and put one hand on his shoulder, pressed it gently, and beckoned Catherine to leave the room.
"Tiffany doesn't seem to fully believe you?"
"It's normal! We're just in a cooperative relationship, and it's a matter of course to guard against each other! I just think he hasn't adjusted his mentality so far, which will keep him in a passive position against Queen Athena. I hope that General Yule's incident will wake him up and make him understand who are around him, and that lambs can't live in a wolf pack! Even if he can't turn himself into a wolf, at least he will become a sheep in wolf's clothing. ”
Catherine smiled when she heard Li Zijun's words, and they walked out of the eldest prince's mansion together. By this time, it was already completely dark, and most of the people in the city had already entered their dreams.
"The moon is dark and the night is murderous, the wind is high and the day is set on fire! This is just the right time for us to send Yale back to our hometown, just in time to open the city gate. We still have time to go home and get married!" Li Zijun looked at the sky, turned his head and said to Catherine seriously.
By daytime, Catherine had memorized the route, and under her guidance, the two soon came to a mansion not far from the palace.
Judging from the location and the pattern of the building, Heller should have taken Yale very seriously.
Although the area of this mansion is not very large, with this location, it is necessary for at least a nobleman above the marquis to be eligible to live here.
Moreover, although Heller has been refusing Yale's request to see him during this time, the defense of this place has not weakened in the slightest.
Li Zijun and Catherine cautiously and quickly circled around the place, and they were surprised to find that the defense of this mansion actually had no blind spots. can arrange his mansion like this, which can't help but give Li Zijun a new understanding of Yale, an opponent.
The defense system formed by ordinary people, of course, can't be difficult to survive super masters like Li Zijun and Catherine.
After Li Zijun used the wind magic element to slightly interfere with the vision of the two soldiers, they easily entered the temporary mansion of Yale.
The security in the palace has become stricter, and the level of personal strength of the guards has become stronger and stronger as it continues to deepen! It seems that after Yale engaged in such a 'noble' profession as a traitor, the string of his own safety has been very tight.
Catherine has always admired Li Zijun's almost weird sensory system, and she has now handed over the 'incense-seeking' instrument to Li Zijun, and he will lead the route and way of the two's journey.
Li Zijun took Catherine around the mansion, and finally stopped near a small courtyard that was almost surrounded by guards.
"Yale is in this place?" Catherine asked with some curiosity when she saw Li Zijun's sudden undecided expression.
Li Zijun nodded first, and after thinking about it, he shook his head at Catherine.
"What do you mean by this, Yale is not in it?" Catherine was completely confused by Li Zijun's movements, if she wasn't worried about being discovered, she would definitely grab Li Zijun and question loudly.
"This is the most flavorful place in the house, but the defense here makes me feel more like a substitute!" Li Zijun shook his head and said.
"Isn't this defense very strong? Don't you think it's enough?"
"You see, although there are many people here, most of them are soldiers of the Royal Guard. It's okay to let them participate in battles and deal with ordinary people, but let them resist masters like you and me, I'm afraid they won't be much different from those walls next to them!"
"Moreover, I just listened to the movement in the courtyard, there is not even a master of the Great Sword Master level in it, unless there is a Sword Master hidden there, you and I will hardly be affected much when entering and exiting from here. ”
"We've almost all met the Sword Masters of the Monlin Empire, do you think at this time, some of them will come over to protect Yale?"
"Could it be that Yale thinks that in the short term, there will be no masters of your level and me to assassinate him, so he only made such an arrangement. ”
"Then there's no need for him to put on this tight jiashi!" Catherine quickly reversed her own judgment.
"This should just be a stand-in for Yale, so that you can successfully distract the attention of Dongyu Dead!" Li Zijun also confirmed his initial guess at this time.
"Isn't Yale in this place?" Catherine thought she was in the wrong place, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.
"It would be a waste to use such a mansion to attract the attention of other people! The smell of this place is so strong, and it means that Yale lives in this place. ”
"It can't be that Yale has found out that he has been drugged, right?" asked Catherine, confused.
"Then he could have used that to lure us away, and there was no need for us to find this place. Believe me, and believe in yourself, Yale is here, it's just that we should have missed something just now, let's sort it out again!" Li Zijun closed his eyes and pondered.
"I asked Van Lunding for advice on how to get rid of the smell of 'thyme', and he had a playful smile. Later, because of Audrey's help, I didn't use his method, do you know what method Van Lunding is going to use to get rid of the smell on me?" Li Zijun suddenly opened his eyes and asked Catherine.
Catherine was stunned for a moment when she heard Li Zijun's question, and then showed a smug smile.
"I thought you didn't notice Elder Van Lunding's expression, so you saw everything!"
"If I'm not mistaken, the elders will mask the smell of your body with 'Houttuynia cordata'! 'Houttuynia cordata' is a strange thing that can neutralize many of the smells. Especially when you squeeze it into juice and apply it to your body, almost any body odor will disappear. ”
"'Houttuynia cordata'? You can guess by its name that it doesn't smell too good! If the person who tracks it finds that the smell is gone, wouldn't it be the same if they continue to track the smell of 'Houttuynia cordata'!"
"This is also one of the characteristics of Houttuynia cordata, although it smells so bad, it does not disperse easily. Under normal circumstances, standing one meter away from a person smeared with 'Houttuynia cordata' juice will not smell it. In fact, it forms a relatively closed space around the human body to block the contact between other flavors of the human body and the outside world. Catherine said as she snickered and looked at Li Zijun.
"I'm afraid that the people in it won't feel too good!" Li Zijun didn't expect that Fan Lunding would not forget to tease himself in that situation, he shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"It's nothing, it's just that there are a few meals that I can't eat!" Catherine winked at Li Zijun and smiled.
"Many people should know the property of 'Houttuynia cordata', right?" Li Zijun said thoughtfully.
"Are you saying that Yale also adopted this method? Then we are afraid that it will not be so easy to find him!" Catherine also understood the purpose of Li Zijun's sudden question.
First of all, we can at least be sure that Yale lives in this mansion. The next thing was simpler, Yale returned to Monlin alone, he had no family in this mansion, and for his own safety, he would try to keep the number of people to a minimum. Both of these points have been confirmed by the time we get here, so that the people who live here will be fixed to several points. ”
"Yale will gather all the high-level martial artists around us as much as possible, as long as we find the place in this mansion, where the high-level martial artists are most concentrated, we will probably find Yale's hiding place!" After Li Zijun's reminder, Catherine also figured out the trick.
Immediately, Li Zijun and Catherine began to look for a location that matched their characteristics, according to their speculation. Soon, they stopped near a courtyard that looked ordinary on the outside.
"There are dozens of people here, all of them have a long breath, I bet you, at least two of them are masters at the level of great swordsmen!" Li Zijun said to Catherine with a happy face.
"Not only that, but there is very little garbage in the rest of the house, except for this small courtyard, which is full of stinky fish and shrimp, but there is no other garbage. It's just trying to cover up, and Yale must be in it!"
"It's just that this place doesn't look like much on the surface, but in fact, both inside and outside the courtyard are full of high-level martial artists, plus the two great swordsmen you just mentioned, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to get close to Yale quickly. This place is too close to the palace, and if we are dragged by those people, not only may we not be able to kill Yale, but we will easily be trapped in this place!"
"In addition, we don't know much about the situation in the courtyard, if there is any secret room or tunnel in the courtyard for Yale to hide, or even escape directly, then all our previous efforts will be in vain!" Seeing that this place was so heavily guarded, Catherine's good mood just now disappeared without a trace.
Li Zijun also thought of this question at this time, and he couldn't help frowning.
At this moment, there was a sound of procrastination in the courtyard, as if someone was dragging a bucket outside.
"Cripple, didn't you just splash it once yesterday, I think the smell in this yard is big enough, there's no need to scatter Houttuynia cordata juice every day, right?"
"This is the master's order, not a day can be left!" said the man holding the barrel in a hoarse voice.
"Once a day, don't let people live!" the man grumbled.
"Don't say it, don't you say that you can return to normal if you hold on for another seven days! You can bear with it!" Another person's voice sounded in the courtyard, and as soon as this person spoke, the disgruntled guy just now also closed his mouth.
"Cripple, open the door yourself when you come back in a while, we really can't stand the smell!" Zuihou spoke, and the man was obviously not satisfied with the cripple's daily behavior.
"Humph!" the cripple snorted fiercely, opened the courtyard door and walked out.
Through the faint light at the entrance of the courtyard, Li Zijun saw a vaguely familiar figure, but for a moment he forgot where he had seen this person.
Li Zijun made a gesture to Catherine to keep up, and they carefully followed the man's pace.
They watched the cripple walk into a small room not far away, Li Zijun listened to the movement in the room, quickly opened the door, and flashed into the room.
This cripple's ears are very good, he actually caught the sound of the door shaft opening and closing, and he just wanted to shout loudly, Li Zijun had already rushed to his side and grabbed his neck.
"If you want to live, shut up, or I'll kill your whole family!" Li Zijun originally just said a casual word to scare and scare him, and it was impossible for him to know where the cripple's family was.
But what Li Zijun didn't expect was that after the cripple saw his appearance, he actually showed a frightened expression and nodded to Li Zijun incessantly.
Seeing this person's performance, Li Zijun was confused, he hesitated, and finally let go of his finger.
"Master Hou, I was wrong! If you want to kill me, kill me, don't kill my family, they don't know about me, let alone that I'm alive. Please, don't be embarrassed for them!" After Li Zijun let go of his hand, the cripple immediately knelt down in front of him and pleaded bitterly.
"You're Yale's personal bodyguard, Weiz!?How did you become like this?" Li Zijun finally remembered who the person in front of him was, and he asked puzzled, pointing to the cripple.
In Li Zijun's impression, Yale's personal guard should be about the same height as him, handsome and tall in appearance, with resolute and calm eyes, he is definitely the dream lover of many young girls! It is difficult for Li Zijun to associate that person with the scarred face in front of him, a lame leg, and a cripple who has been lying on his body.
If it weren't for hearing his voice with his own ears, Li Zijun really couldn't believe that a person would have changed so much!
"During the battle of Huluyu, a boulder that rolled down the mountain broke one of my legs. Later, in order to save General Hobbes's body, I was injured like this!" Weiz said ashamedly when he heard Li Zijun ask.
"How can you not dodge the boulder with your skills? If I guessed correctly, you made it like this today to save that mole from Yale!" Li Zijun said indignantly when he saw Wei Zi constantly avoiding his eyes.
"You didn't know Yale was a mole at the time, and it's normal for you to react like that. But Weishenme, you're going to follow him when you get here?" Li Zijun asked, pointing at Wei Zi.
"The Yale Chief of Staff once saved my life!"
"Can you follow him without principle if you save your life? Are you worthy of your country and your family who have been looking forward to your return?"
"Master Hou, I was wrong!" Wei Zi was so questioned by Li Zijun that he lay on the ground, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.
"Is that guy living in that yard Yale?"
"Master Hou..."
"What, do you want to keep going wrong?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, Yale Shen and Yale live in the courtyard where I just came out. Wei Zi had already thought at this time that Li Zijun was following him from outside the small courtyard, and he replied timidly.
"Are there any secret rooms or tunnels in the room?"
Weiz didn't dare to hide anything, and 1510 told everything in the room.
Li Zijun finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that although there was a secret room in the room, there was no authenticity, and Yale rarely lived in that secret room. When he heard that Yale would smear the courtyard with 'Houttuynia cordata' juice every day in order to hide his whereabouts, he laughed dumbly.
"It seems that Yale's life as a traitor is not easy, and I now regret killing him so early!"
"When you do this job, where will the guards in the courtyard be? Will they keep watching you? After you do all this, what will you usually do next?" After listening to so many introductions by Wei Zi, Li Zijun already had a certain amount of calculations in his heart, and he tried his best to determine some details of Wei Zi's life.
"Usually they avoid me, and when I smear the 'Houttuynia cordata' juice, they treat me as a plague god and don't bother to look at me!" Thinking of his ghostly life, Weiz couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"I'll say hello to Yale when I'm done with all this, and then I can go to rest!"
"Shouldn't Yale have fallen asleep at this time, won't you disturb him when you go to ask him?"
"Yale Shen and Yale don't confirm the 'Houttuynia' juice to me every day, he won't be able to sleep! Especially these days, he even has to ask me about every detail of this work, always worrying that I have something missing!" Seeing Li Zijun's suspicions, Weizi hurriedly explained.
Next, Li Zijun asked a lot of questions around Yale, and even raised some questions repeatedly. During the process, he kept an eye on Weiz until he cleared all doubts in his mind.
"Remember: when you wake up, go back to Dongyu for me, and come to my house to find me!" Li Zijun made sure that Wei Zi heard his every word clearly, and knocked him unconscious with a palm.
"You're going to disguise yourself as him and sneak in?" Catherine asked with some concern when she saw Li Zijun taking off Weiz's clothes.
"Weiz is simply a gift from God, if I don't dare to kill Yale, God will laugh at me for being cowardly!" Li Zijun said as he took off his coat.
"Let me go, I promise to bring you the head of Yale!" Catherine said as she stopped Li Zijun from putting on Weiz's clothes.
"How can I let other stinky men's clothes be worn on my wife's body!" Li Zijun looked at Catherine and smiled.
"You're a little shorter, and besides, you're so fragrant, if they find you and don't let you out, where will I find such a beautiful wife! Don't worry, I'll go back as soon as I go, just wait for me to bring Yale to you!" Li Zijun couldn't help but say, putting on Weiz's clothes and filling a bucket of 'Houttuynia cordata' juice.
In order to get closer to the image of Weiz, Li Zijun also sprinkled some unpleasant grass juice on his body, and Zuihou used the method he learned from Van Lunding to get a few scars on his face, although there was still a gap between the technique and Van Lending, but in such a dim night, there were no flaws.
After making sure that there was no doubt with Catherine again, Li Zijun imitated Weiz's movements and dragged the bucket towards the small courtyard.
As Weiz described, although the guards in the small courtyard did not leave their posts, they tried to turn their bodies and not look at him when they saw Weiz walking to his side.
But Li Zijun didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, he still followed Weizi's statement and seriously completed the work of smearing the whole courtyard.
Just as Li Zijun was about to enter the room to 'say hello' to Yale, Yale suddenly opened the door and walked out.
Li Zijun was worried about gradually being recognized by Yale, so he hurriedly lowered his head. Although with the distance between him and Yale, he could have easily killed Yale, but if he did it now, even if he could take Yale's life, he would turn himself and Catherine into two 'rabbits' chased by a group of hunters, of course he didn't want this, he could only hope that Yale hadn't found out about himself.
To Li Zijun's disappointment, the moment Yale set his eyes on him, his body was extremely obvious. Just when Li Zijun was about to make a move immediately, Yale suddenly spoke:
"Weiz, come in with me, I have something to tell you. In a moment, you can rest later and help me go out of the house to buy some things and come back. With that, Yale turned and went back to his room.
Li Zijun stood outside Yale's room and hesitated slightly, Yale's performance just now basically showed that he had discovered his whereabouts.
What Li Zijun didn't understand was that Yale not only did not expose him on the spot, but said something like that, and even left a foreshadowing for him to leave safely next! His heart was full of doubts for a while.