Chapter 300: Catching a Turtle in an Urn
At dusk, five groups of people came out of the gate of King Xian's mansion one after another.
The first three batches of people were the disciples of the upper three sects headed by Su Tang. The fourth group of people and horses were shocked disciples led by Liao Chuan and Liao Hai. The last group was led by Luo Tianjin and Deng Quan personally.
There were five batches of people, adding up to a hundred people, and the remaining masters in the mansion almost poured out.
It can be seen that Luo Tianjin attaches great importance to tonight's events, and it is bound to win.
At sunset, Luo Tianjin, who was dressed in plain clothes, accompanied by Tang Lin and Tang Xiu, appeared outside the mansion.
Deng Quan checked the people, while Luo Tianjin patrolled back and forth on the sparsely populated streets, and then instructed Luo Qi, who came to see him off: "After I leave, be careful to guard the east courtyard, and there must be no mistakes." ”
"Don't worry, the lord of the mansion!"
"Hmm. ”
Luo Tianjin replied lightly, looked left and right again, and then got into the carriage with Tang Lin and Tang Xiu. With Deng Quan's greeting, the last group of people slowly walked towards the Sixi Inn.
A moment later, in the dark alley diagonally opposite King Xian's Mansion, a figure suddenly flashed. The man was sneakily hiding in the corner of the wall, with a pair of dark and bright eyes, staring at Luo Tianjin, who was gradually moving away until he completely disappeared at the end of the street, and a treacherous smile quietly rose at the corner of his mouth.
The white horse passed through the gap, and the stars shifted. Today's Luoyang City is still a peaceful and prosperous era.
The night is dark, the prosperity has faded, the families are closed, and the city is gradually falling into silence.
The hour is approaching, and on the empty streets, several agile figures rise and fall, climb over the wall and cross the courtyard, high and low, flashing, and quietly come to the courtyard wall of the Xianwang Mansion, hiding in the shadows.
"Begonia, can you see clearly?"
Tang Xuan, who was dressed in black and masked, looked around cautiously with his eyes, and confirmed again and again: "Luo Tianjin really left the Xianwang Mansion?"
"See it with your own eyes!" Li Haitang said firmly, "The Xianwang Mansion has sent five batches of people, and Luo Tianjin is the last one. ”
"In order to deal with us, Luo Tianjin actually worked hard to mobilize the people, it seems that he didn't plan to leave us alive tonight. Hu Zhen sneered, "There are not many masters in the Xianwang Mansion now, and they are pouring out, which is convenient for us to act." ”
"Did you really hear with your own ears that the people of the Valley of Despair were imprisoned in the East Courtyard?" Yan Wuji's eyes flickered, and his face was suspicious.
Li Haitang nodded heavily and said: "I have practiced archery and hidden weapons since I was a child, not only my eyesight is excellent, but my ear power is also good. Although I didn't hear the words 'Desperate Valley', I heard Luo Tianjin's order to 'carefully guard the East Courtyard'. Looking at his expression and movements at that time, it was expected that there must be something strange in the East Courtyard. ”
"Since it is 'carefully guarded', nine times out of ten it is a disciple of the Desperate Valley who is imprisoned. Hu Zhen speculated, "Later, we will go straight to the East Courtyard......"
"Don't be reckless!" Yan Wuji frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Who is Luo Tianjin? How can he reveal his flaws so easily? From Tang Lin and Tang Xiu asking for help from the Xianwang Mansion, to Luo Tianjin's help to them, especially tonight, everything is within our expectations, and it can be said that every step of the way is as desired, and there is no last resort." Don't you think that this thing ...... Does it seem too smooth?"
"What do you mean?" Li Haitang looked displeased and asked rhetorically, "Does Lord Yan Ling not trust me?" or can't he trust my master?"
"Definitely!" Yan Wuji shook his head, "I just want to be a little more vigilant." After all, King Beixian can come to this day, and he is by no means a mediocre person, a general. How can outsiders enter his mansion if they want to enter and leave when they want?"
"You ......"
"What Lord Yan Ling said is extremely true!" Before Li Haitang could argue, Tang Xuan suddenly interjected, "After entering, we should be careful." ”
"Don't fight people unless you have to. Yan Wuji added, "It's best not to alarm anyone, find the people of the Valley of Despair without knowing it, and then retreat with all their bodies." ”
"And!" Long Yu replied, "Once Luo Tianjin notices something unusual, he will definitely lead people to turn back quickly." Therefore, no matter what success or failure, within half an hour, we must leave the Xianwang Mansion, otherwise there will be endless troubles. ”
After hearing this, Tang Xuan's eyes were fierce, and he said faintly: "Without further ado, let's do it immediately!" Immediately after, he instructed Li Haitang: "After entering, you find a place to hide in case of emergency." ”
"Got it, Master. ”
After the discussion, several people performed light work and climbed over the courtyard wall one after another.
After entering the house, Li Haitang jumped onto the roof and disappeared into the vast night in the blink of an eye.
Yan Wuji, Tang Xuan and the others scattered around, alternating left and right, walking against the wall, and swept towards the east courtyard silently.
The bright moonlight slanted down, like a layer of silver frost covering the earth.
There are many guards in the Xianwang Mansion, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry. If it weren't for the pavilions, attics, rockeries, flowers and trees to cover each other, even if Yan Wuji and a few people were good, they would definitely be noticed.
Step by step and twist your waist, and slowly move forward. After about a stick of incense, Tang Xuan and the others successfully sneaked into the East Courtyard.
In the middle of the east courtyard is a vacant lot, on the north side is the east hall of the lower three gates, and on the other three sides are rows of side rooms. There is a long corridor built outside the wing room, overlooking down, and the whole east courtyard is in the shape of "concave".
At this moment, the courtyard was silent and quiet. Whether it is the east hall or the surrounding wings, most of them are black-lit and blind, as quiet as death.
Only in the south side of the room, through the paper window, you can vaguely see the candle flame flickering, the figure is longing, and there seem to be a few "woo" sounds faintly.
Tang Xuan, who was hiding under the west corridor, couldn't help but show joy on his face. He looked up, but saw that under the night, a black shadow lurked on the top of the east hall, coming and going, looming. If you don't look closely, you won't be able to tell that there is a person hiding there.
Seeing this, Tang Xuan's eyes froze, and he turned to Yan Wuji, who was hiding under the east corridor, and nodded lightly.
The eyes of the two of them were separated by a touch, Yan Wuji hesitated slightly, and then waved his hand in the air, quietly sending out a signal.
Suddenly, a black shadow flew down from the top of the west corridor like a ghost, and in a moment, the toes of the feet touched the ground, and the figure rose to the sky again. A swallow scribbled the water, and in a blink of an eye, it fell outside the wing room on the south side.
The dragon feather was as light as a swallow, and he landed silently, and his short body snuggled under the windowsill, listening to the movement in the room.
At this moment, the three entrances and exits of the east, south, and west, respectively, are Hu Zhen, Huo Biao, and Qiu Wei hiding in the dark and carefully guarding.
Holding his breath and listening for a while, Long Yu's eyes under the windowsill suddenly changed, and at the same time, he drew his sword out of the sheath, and a harrier turned over, jumping four or five feet away in an instant.
"What's going on?"
"There's an ambush!
Without waiting for Tang Xuan, who looked surprised, to ask what was going on, Long Yu suddenly shouted, followed by a pause, flew up, and swept towards the outside of the courtyard.
Suddenly, dozens of torches suddenly appeared around the east courtyard, illuminating the dim world as bright as day.
At the same time, hundreds of disciples of the Xianwang Mansion with swords and swords poured out from the surrounding wings. In the blink of an eye, Yan Wuji and the others had been surrounded by water.
"Khooth!"
It was too late, it was fast, and a loud noise suddenly came from mid-air, and Long Yu, who wanted to escape, actually went and returned, turned over and landed. Looking at his expression, he was quite annoyed.
He was followed by a burly young man with a grim expression.
This person is holding a mandarin duck ring, stepping on the dragon and phoenix steps, with double rings in hand, one left and one right, one large and one small. The big ring is like a bucket, the small ring is like a bracelet, one yin and one yang, one female and one male. The mandarin duck ring is ever-changing, flexible, indestructible, and unguardable.
He is one of the seven heroes of the Xianwang Mansion, Deng Quan.
Deng Quan landed and did not rush to fight Long Yu, but quickly retreated to the side, and surrounded Yan Wuji and Tang Xuan with many disciples of the Xianwang Mansion.
"You ......"
Hu Zhen looked around with stunned eyes, and for a while he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know how to speak.
"Lord Yanling came from afar, and he came, how dare Luo not come forward to greet him in person......?"
With a hearty laugh, the disciples quickly moved out of the way. After the crowd, Luo Tianjin, accompanied by Tang Lian, Tang Xiu, Luo Hongxuan, Su Tang, Lin Fangda and others, came slowly with a sneer on his face.
"Luo Tianjin?"
As soon as he saw Luo Tianjin, Yan Wuji's heart couldn't help but sink, and he immediately guessed everything.
Tang Xuan wanted to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, but unexpectedly, he couldn't steal the chicken, and he reversed the rice. In the end, not only did he fail to lure Luo Tianjin out of the hole, but he invited him into the urn. At this time, I reflected and was annoyed, but the wood was already in the boat, and it was too late to regret it.
"Haha......" Looking at Tang Xuan and the others with ugly faces, Tang Xiu did not shy away from sneering again and again, and turned to Luo Tianjin's hand and praised, "King Beixian is worthy of being the King of Beixian, he can see through their tricks at a glance, and he will make them into turtles in the urn." ”
"Luo is just a little tricky. Luo Tianjin looked at Yan Wuji with a smile, and replied without being salty, "Lord Yan Ling wants to enter the mansion, but he can go to the main gate openly, and Luo can't ask for it." Why do you do small things and sneak over the wall?"
Luo Hongxuan looked at Yan Wuji and the others back and forth, and said mockingly: "With your skills, if you want to hide yourself, it's as easy as a finger. But you are exposed to the public, and you are clearly deliberately exposing your feet to attract our attention. How can this kind of carving insect skill deceive my father?"
"You Han people have a saying, 'Willing to gamble and lose'. At this moment, Yan Wuji had stabilized his mind. His face was fearless, his expression was open, and he smiled lightly without humility or arrogance: "It is indeed our greed for merit tonight, so we will be countered by the lord of Luofu." At this point, it is useless to regret it. But it is still unknown who killed the deer. ”
Luo Tianjin looked at Yan Wuji without squinting, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said suspiciously: "Luo Mou and Lord Yan Ling have no grudges, I don't know why this is tonight?"
"Lord Luofu's words are wrong. In the face of heavy surrounding, Yan Wuji was still calm, and said with a smile, "Actually, there are both favors and resentments between you and me. ”
"Oh?" Luo Tianjin raised his eyebrows and asked with interest, "How do you say this? I don't know what the 'en' that Lord Yan Ling said is, and what kind of resentment is 'resentment'?"
"Lord Luofu is really a noble man who forgets things! Yan Wuji said with a smile, "At the beginning, the Qin Demon Dance Demon went to the Commander-General's Mansion to accuse the Xianwang Mansion of slaughtering Luoyang General Wang Xu's unified family. This matter is for me to fight for the lord of Luo Mansion and try to calm it down. Dare to ask...... Does this count as a 'favor' to you?"
Hearing this, Luo Tianjin smiled and didn't say anything, just stared at Yan Wuji quietly, as if he wanted to hear him continue.
"After that, I will send someone to give the head of the 'Qin Demon Dancing Demon' to the Lord of Luofu, and sincerely befriend you. As for this, the smile on Yan Wuji's face gradually froze, and a bone-chilling chill suddenly welled up in his eyes, "But the Lord of Luofu is acting against the law, accepting the gifts I gave in a grand manner, and at the same time secretly killing my people behind his back, and killing them all in the Lingqiu Mountain Stream. Does this matter count as a 'grudge' you owe me?"
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