In the dead of night, the moon is as bright as snow, and outside the city, in addition to the three or two Goolan gambling houses in the market, you can also hear the noisy sound of silk and bamboo, and you can only hear the occasional dog barking and the cat barking unwilling to be willing to be a long night.

Shen Jun saw that there were a few ancient willows outside the gate of Xizhao Temple, so he chose one and tied the horses there. looked up at the sky, and knew that the time had not yet come, so he leaned against the tree and waited for Yang Yi.

I don't know how long it took, the slow and fast sound came, Shen Jun suddenly opened his eyes, and after half a moment, he heard the footsteps behind him approaching, Shen Jun didn't know whether the enemy behind him was me, so he pressed his hand on the sword.

When the footsteps were near, Shen Jun turned around, drew his sword, stabbed out, and did it in one go, only to see a flash of cold light, lightning and flint!

As soon as the shot was made, Shen Jun retracted the sword momentum in time, and at this time he saw clearly that it was Yang Yi. However, during the day, he wore official clothes, but at this time he changed into ordinary clothes. Shen Jun saw that his face did not change between life and death, and he couldn't help but look at Yang Yi differently, and praised in his heart: "What courage!"

Yang Yi arched his hand and said, "Master Shen Zhuang is good at swordsmanship!"

After accepting the sword, Shen Jun returned the salute: "Don't dare! I don't know if Lord Yang is here, what's the matter?"

Yang Yi was born with an evil appearance, if you talk about appearance, it is really unpleasant. But Shen Jun never judges people by their appearance, he can see the sincerity in Yang Yi's eyes, and he has a little more closeness and trust in this person from the bottom of his heart.

Yang Yi looked around, and after seeing that there was no one around, he said softly: "Master Shen, and enter the temple with me to talk in detail." ”

Then I saw Yang Yi jumping straight on the wall, and listened to Yang Yi say: "The period is very special, I can't go to the main gate, I hope Lord Shen Zhuang will forgive me, please." Shen Jun nodded, and with a light tap of his toes, he stood on the wall tile. Yang Yi looked at the good student and admired, and couldn't help but praise: "I have heard that Shen Zhuang's master swordsmanship and light skills are very good, and today I see that it is indeed worthy of its reputation." ”

"Prize, please. ”

The two entered the temple, Shen Jun followed Yang Yi to a remote hut, Shen Jun saw that the lights in the house were on, and a figure was reflected on the window paper in a trance, Shen Jun was puzzled, pointed to the house and asked, "Is there anyone else tonight?"

Yang Yi smiled slightly: "Exactly, Master Shen, and follow me into the house first." After that, he pushed the door in, Shen Jun saw this and followed in, only to see that this quiet room is simply furnished, the upper seat is dedicated to the Buddha statue, the left side is leaning against the wall of the small kang, there is a small table on the kang, there are three futons next to the table, and there is an old monk sitting on the main seat, with long eyebrows and kind eyes, and a white beard hanging down his chest.

Yang Yi hurriedly introduced: "Master Shen Zhuang, this is Master Huijue, the presiding officer of Xizhao Temple, who is a rare monk in the world, and a close friend of Lord Yuan. ”

When Shen Jun heard this, he hurriedly folded his hands, bowed, and said, "Senior Shen Jun, I have seen the master!"

"The name of the owner of Shen Zhuang, the poor monk has already heard of it, the owner of the village is chivalrous, he will have good fortune in the future, Amitabha. Master Huijue smiled slightly, and then raised his hand and asked, "Two, please take a seat." ”

After Shen Jun and Yang Yi sat down, they listened to Yang Yi speak: "Don't talk about it, I specially invited Master Shen Zhuang to come here today, just to save Lord Yuan." This time, Lord Yuan was in trouble, and it was really a trap for Menda......"

"Wait," Shen Jun interrupted Yang Yi, "Before that, I still have something unclear, and I still ask Lord Yang to solve my doubts." ”

Yang Yi and Master Huijue glanced at each other, and heard Master Huijue smile and said, "The poor monk knows what the owner of the village suspects, so the poor monk will solve the doubts of Master Shen Zhuang."

Shen Jun said: "It's okay." ”

"Amitabha. Hui Jue recited the Buddha's name and continued: "Something is wrong, and it is reasonable for Lord Shen Zhuang to suspect us. However, the owner of the village can rest assured that Yuan Gong is the life-saving benefactor of Lord Yang's family, after Yuan Gong was in trouble, Lord Yang pretended to take refuge and scattered all his family wealth to bribe Menda, so he donated a hundred households, and transferred to Beizhen Fusi, and endured humiliation so far, in order to find an opportunity to rescue Yuan Gong. ”

"Didn't that Menda be suspicious?" Shen Jun wondered.

Yang Yi said: "This is thanks to the master's advice. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. Hui Jue smiled slightly and continued: "Although Menda is ruthless and rampant, when it comes to insidious and cunning, it is much worse. At first, Menda was suspicious, but he was too arrogant, and when he saw Lord Yang bowing his head and being submissive, and he had a sum of money with him, he believed it, but He Youdao was thoughtful, and it was not easy to deceive him. The poor monk asked Lord Yang to participate in the interrogation of Yuan Gong, and in order to gain trust, Yuan Gong could be tortured when necessary. ”

"What?" Shen Jun was furious and shot the case!

"Brother Shen, don't be impatient," Yang Yi hurriedly explained, "Lord Yuan knew that this was a bitter ploy, so he played a scene with me, although there were some flesh injuries, but it didn't hurt Lord Yuan's muscles and bones at all, Brother Shen can rest assured!"

Huijue saw Shen Jun's face with anger, so he folded his hands and said: "The owner of the village is angry, the poor monk and Yuan Gong are friends, and there is no reason to harm him." Although the poor monk is an outsider and ignores the affairs of the court, he also knows the word benevolence and righteousness. ”

Seeing that Shen Jun's anger calmed down a little, he continued: "Menda has always wanted to put Yuan Gong to death, but he couldn't find a handle gap, listening to Lord Yang, He Youdao knew that Yuan Gong had many friends in the rivers and lakes, so he released the news, wanting to lure the people from the rivers and lakes to save him, and then he could catch them all, so that Yuan Gong could gather all the people in the rivers and lakes and secretly rebel! If so, the emperor will kill Yuan Gong!"

"What a poisonous mind!" Shen Jun shuddered when he heard this. raised his eyes and looked at the two of them, and asked again: "In this case, I led people to save me, wouldn't it hurt Lord Yuan?"

"Lord Yuan had said to Zai Xia before, as soon as this matter came out, others did not dare to say it, but Lord Yuan knew that Brother Shen was chivalrous, and he would come to the rescue, and entrusted him with a message to Brother Shen, and he must not be in danger! ”

"Menta and He Youdao want to lure us into the bait, and then catch them all, which can be described as vicious," Hui Jue said slowly, "At first, the poor monk wanted to dissuade Lord Shen Zhuang from doing this dangerous thing, but the poor monk thought about it, if he planned it, Master Shen Zhuang and Lord Yang should cooperate with each other, and they could not rescue Yuan Gong." It's just ......"

Shen Jun saw Huijue's hesitation, so he asked, "It's just what?"

Hui Jue sighed lightly and said, "It's just that after the matter is completed, Lord Yang and Yuan Gong are afraid that they will die in the rivers and lakes, and Qingyunzhuang will definitely cease to exist." Therefore, please also ask Lord Shen Zhuang and Lord Yang to prepare early. ”

"Master, rest assured, I have already moved my family to the countryside. Yang Yi said with a smile, as if she had already decided to live and die. When Shen Jun saw this, his doubts were also dispelled.

But then I heard Shen Jun ask, "If this plan fails, what if it doesn't work?"

Hui Jue was silent for a moment, raised his eyes and said solemnly: "Nine deaths, one life!"

When the words fell, Hui Jue and Yang Yi looked at Shen Jun, as if waiting for his decision. Feeling the gaze of the two, Shen Jun raised his head and hurriedly said, "Don't you think that you are greedy for life and afraid of death?"

The two of them chattered, only to hear Shen Jun say again: "I think that if I miss and are captured, then Lord Yuan will have no way to live." So we have to have a foolproof solution. ”

"I want to hear it!" said the two of them.

Shen Jun pondered for a moment and said, "I thought that if I saw that the situation was not good, I would pretend to be the one who assassinated Lord Yuan, and then Lord Yang would resist hard, so that we could get out and find another opportunity to save us." If he is unfortunately captured, it will be nothing more than a dead ear, and it will never affect Lord Yuan and the two. ”

"Amitabha!" Hui Jue clasped his hands together and said to Shen Jun: "Master Shen, true husband!"

Yang Yi listened to Shen Jun's words, her heart was moved, she got up and hugged her fists and bowed to Shen Jun: "Brother Shen is not afraid of death, Yang Yi is willing to live and die with his brother!"

"Okay!" Shen Jun laughed, thinking in his heart that Yang Yi was a real man. Then I heard Shen Jun say: "He Youdao has gone to Henan Mansion today, it is better to take advantage of this person not in the capital during these days, the sooner we act, the better, otherwise it will change later!"

Yang Yi was taken aback and said, "How can you go to Henan Mansion? Impossible, I am on duty today, and I haven't heard of this matter, could it be that there is fraud in this?"

Shen Jun said: "Don't hide it from the two, today I secretly followed He Youdao until I left the good town, what I saw with my own eyes, what I heard with my own ears, I don't suspect that there is a fake!"

"That being the case, I'm afraid I'm overly worried. Although Yang Yi said this, a sense of uneasiness suddenly surged up in her heart. On the side, Huijue was also silent in thought.

Shen Jun said: "Three days later, it will be the fifth day of the fifth month of May, I intend to start at three o'clock at noon that day, the Dragon Boat Festival, eat dumplings and smoke mugwort and drink realgar, and the guard will be lax during the shift, and the time is the best!"

Although Hui Jue and Yang Yi have doubts, if it is really as Shen Jun said, it is really a rare opportunity. So the two agreed with Shen Jun to act on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The three of them talked for a while, and set the details of the day's operation, Shen Jun saw that it was not too early, so he wanted to leave so that he could meet Zhao Wu and the others. Just as he was about to get up, he suddenly heard the sound of walking outside the window, and his heart was shocked.

Looking at Yang Yi and Huijue, they were also full of suspicion, and the three of them were worried that if the plan was overheard, their efforts would be lost. Shen Jun instantly drew his sword and rushed out of the house, only to see a figure jumping out of the wall, it happened suddenly, Shen Jun had no time to inform Yang Yi and Huijue at the moment, so he had to chase after him.

Seeing this, Yang Yi said to Huijue: "The master is not proficient in martial arts, please be more careful in the temple, and I will help Brother Shen." ”

"Amitabha" Huijue's voice did not fall, and Yang Yi also crossed the wall.

Under the moonlight, Shen Jun could see clearly that the man was dressed in black, with his face covered, and he couldn't tell who it was. The black-clothed man ran out of the temple and was chased by Shen Jun. Shen Jun stood behind the man in black, his sword against the opponent's vest, which was the direction of the heart, if the person moved slightly, Shen Jun could kill him in an instant.

At the same time, Yang Yi followed, Shen Jun was slightly distracted, the man in black moved lightly, holding a flying knife in his hand at some point, turned around and threw himself at Yang Yi, and instantly flew to Yang Yi's door.

Yang Yi didn't have time to react at all, and before the treasure knife on his waist could be pulled out, he saw that he was about to die in Huangquan, when he saw the sword flash, and there was a "ding" sound, it turned out that Shen Jun saw that Yang Yi had no time to dodge, and turned around and blocked the flying knife with a flying sword style of the Five Cloud Sword Technique.

The man in black ran away at the same time, Shen Jun said secretly: "What a 'Wei Wei to save Zhao'!" turned around and chased, although the man in black was good, but it was still a little worse than Shen Jun, and in an instant, he was about to be held by Shen Jun, and the man sent out hidden weapons, flying knives, flying needles, meteor darts, and thistles, which also made Shen Jun at a loss for a while, Shen Jun secretly scolded: "What a scoundrel, so unpopular!"

I only heard Shen Jun snort coldly, and used the Chaoyang Vientiane Sword, the eyes of the man in black were instantly full of sword light, and the sword shadow in the sky made the hidden weapon unable to get close, and the speed made him stunned.

Suddenly, his neck was cold, and Shen Jun's sword was already on the neck of the man in black. The man in black knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "Hero, hero, spare the villain's life!"

Shen Jun looked at it coldly and said, "Who are you? If you confess honestly, I will spare you!"

The man in black replied in fear: "Wait for the villain to remove the mask!" he said, raising his right hand to touch his face. It's just that the hand that was lifted into the air changed direction in an instant, pointing directly at Shen Jun, the machine spring sounded, and with a "whoosh" sound, a sleeve arrow shot towards Shen Jun's front door.

Shen Jun turned sideways slightly, dodged the sleeve arrow, and at the same time crossed his right hand, the tip of the sword slashed through the throat of the man in black, only to see blood gushing, and the man was killed on the spot and fell to the ground.

At this time, Yang Yi followed, stretched out his hand to take off the man's mask, thought for a moment, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "This person is a snitch that the government wants to catch recently, stealing and plundering, and is deeply rejected by the people and the government. ”

After that, he took out a few gold and silver magic weapons from the pocket of the corpse, and said: "This guy has made up his mind in the temple, and he is not afraid of retribution!"

"Since it wasn't sent by Menda and He Youdao, it's fine. Shen Jun also breathed a sigh of relief, arched his hand and said, "In this way, I will go back and make arrangements, this corpse will bother Lord Yang!

"Okay, Brother Shen, go!" Yang Yi gave his hand away, and when Shen Jun led the horse away, he began to dispose of the corpse. But no one knew that just when Fang Cai, Shen Jun and Yang Yi were chasing the snitch, another figure quietly left the Xizhao Temple and disappeared into the night.

Shen Jun came to the Anping Inn, found Zhao Wu and ten people from Qingyunzhuang, and agreed with everyone in the room that on the day of the action, Zhao Wu took three people into Xuanwu Gate, and Shen Jun took three people to Chongwen Gate. Four others remained at the temple to pick them up. Plan out the details of what to do in three days, and then it's time to wait for the festive season.