Volume 2 Dragon and Phoenix Fighting Chapter 44 Fishing in troubled waters
It turned out that Wei Guifei was screaming under the feint attack of the man in black, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that the man in black actually put down her right hand, and there was no intention of harm, and then she heard a patrol guard running towards this side.
Startled, she immediately understood that she had fallen into the trap of the man in black—the man in black was just shouting through his own mouth, deliberately trying to lure the guards in. In order not to be caught, Wu Jun was bound to rush away from the dormitory and no longer fight with him, so that the man in black would have a chance to escape.
Seeing that the footsteps of a patrol guard were getting closer and closer, and the man in black took the opportunity to raise his feet and escape, Wei Guifei only felt that her heart was pounding, as if she was about to jump beyond her chest.
Suddenly, her mind changed: "The man in black in front of him, my cousin can't catch him, let him escape, whether he will be caught depends on his own ability and creation." The most important thing at the moment is to protect my cousin from being discovered, as long as he is not caught, even if someone sues His Majesty in the future, the palace will defend itself, they have no evidence, what can I do!"
The plan has been decided, and he immediately shouted loudly outside the hall, and then ran to the entrance of the hall, while giving Wu Jun a look. She knew that without her own permission, none of these guards would dare to trespass into the dormitory, so she held the door with her hand and stood at the entrance of the palace.
Sure enough, the guards who patrolled to the front of the palace stopped moving, and then chased in the direction they were pointing, and Wu Junden took this opportunity to leave the dormitory.
When Wu Jun's figure finally disappeared into the night, and the figures of the palace maids became clearer and clearer, Wei Guifei breathed a deep sigh of relief, and smiled lightly at the corner of her mouth, knowing that this crisis had finally been resolved invisibly, and she could lie down tonight.
Wei Guifei's crisis at the moment has been resolved, but someone's crisis is continuing-Long Shaoyang jumped out of the Artesian Xiang Palace and headed south.
According to the previous plan, after succeeding, the Liuxiang Palace went straight north, and not far away was the Daqi Royal Garden-Jiuzhou Garden, where the trees were towering and the pavilions were numerous, which was convenient for covering the figure. Passing through the garden, the northwest corner is Anfu Yuan, which has always been a place to place deposed concubines and criminal palace maids. This area is sparsely populated, full of fox cats, and the palace patrol is the most loose, so leaving the palace is the safest path. Out of Miyagi, the outside area has already arranged for people to respond.
Long Shaoyang was entangled by Wu Jun in Liuxiang Palace, and in desperation, he feinted to attack Wei Guifei, forcing her to shout loudly, but when he got out, he attracted a group of guards to rush over. At the critical moment of the situation, he had an idea and fled south instead, thinking that he would first attract the guards to chase after him, and then wait for the opportunity to turn north and escape from the palace along the original route.
At that time, a hook of the waning moon, hanging obliquely in the sky, Long Shaoyang lowered his body, and walked quietly under the cover of the flower and tree pavilions.
When he came to a big tree, he poked his head out and looked back, in the hazy moonlight, he saw the lights of different sizes in the palace city flickering and flickering, flowing in all directions, some of the patrol guards were holding torches, some were carrying palace lanterns, they were shuttling back and forth, searching everywhere, the sound of weapons, footsteps, and talking were mixed together.
Looking at this formation, he couldn't help but secretly complain, the guards were coming in groups. If they are scattered, even if they encounter one or two, they will be easy to deal with. In such a group, if the hiding is exposed, it will not be able to get out for a while, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
Thinking in his heart, he couldn't stay where he was, so he had to keep his body short, walk through the corridor and the courtyard, and move forward quietly.
After walking for a while, Long Shaoyang didn't know where he went, only to see a tall shadow on the right under the moonlight, but it was silent. Looking back, I saw the lights flickering and the voices of people getting closer and closer.
He groaned slightly, jumped up, fell into the high object on his right, and as soon as his feet landed, he found himself in the middle of a courtyard—the high object that was the wall of this courtyard.
Take a closer look, and see that there is a palace in the middle, with eaves and arches, tall and towering, but it is pitch black. When I got closer, I saw that the pillars were mottled, the door of the temple was half-hanging, the window lattices were broken, the tables, chairs and benches in the hall were upside down or standing, and the tables and floors were full of dust—it turned out to be a palace that had been abandoned for a long time.
Long Shaoyang was curious, and he tiptoed around at the moment, as if he had forgotten about being in danger. Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard a noise of people in the distance, walking towards this side.
In a hurry, he saw a curtain hanging from the top to the ground in the first wing on the right, tattered, but also half-hidden, and immediately rushed forward, hiding behind the broken curtain, thinking about whether he could get away with it.
Voices outside are approaching. I only heard one of the guards say: "I just saw a black shadow fleeing towards this side, why did it suddenly disappear?"
Then one of the guards said, "I also saw that the thief seemed to be running this way." It is expected that he will not be able to escape the earth, brothers, let's gather together and search on the spot. Hou Ye just instructed, don't be greedy for merit and leave the order, and give the thief a chance to take advantage of it. As long as we catch him, we will all be rewarded!"
The crowd echoed in unison.
Long Shaoyang heard it clearly, and his heart sank: "It seems that Wu Jun has escaped from Liuxiang Palace and changed his uniform." This man is not only agile, but also scheming. The guards are not easy to be broken by each of them when they are in groups, but it takes so much effort to make it difficult for him to be caught, isn't he afraid that I will shake out the matter of his tryst with Wei Guifei?"
Then he changed his mind: "As the saying goes, catch the thief and catch the stolen goods, and catch the traitor and catch the double." I have no basis for the tryst's fornication, but it will be regarded as a malicious bite before I die, not to mention whether I can speak at that time. At the thought of this, a chill ran up my spine and went straight to the top of my head.
While he was thinking, footsteps sounded outside the courtyard.
I only heard one of the guards say: "Chief, there is a dilapidated palace in front of you, the lights are blind, and it looks strange and scary!" Another person said: "Look at your little interest, bring torches, and everyone go in and have a look." Then I heard several people enter the courtyard.
Long Shaoyang hid behind the curtain and looked out through the broken windows, only to see a few torches swaying around in the courtyard, and seven or eight guards holding weapons in their hands, searching through the flowers and trees in the courtyard and among the barren grass.
"I've searched carefully, and you guys will search the courtyard first. Let's go, you guys come with me to the temple and have a look. ”
"Yes. ”
Seeing that the torch was getting closer and closer, a layer of sweat appeared on Long Shaoyang's forehead, and suddenly his heart seemed to be hit by something, and his eyes lit up. Reaching into his bosom, he took out the fire knife and flint, and with a "click" of the fire, to ignite the curtain. Unfortunately, the flame was too small, and although the curtain was silk, it was full of dust for a long time, and it failed to light it after several attempts.
I was anxious, and suddenly felt that my chest was bulging, and I reached out to touch it, and as soon as I touched it, I immediately understood that it was a few land deeds that I had just dropped from Liuxiang Palace.
Long Shaoyang gently pulled the curtain with his left hand and shook it, the dust flew around, and his right hand held the flame that was burning vigorously and stepped forward.
The summer temperature is high, the hall is dry, and the red fire spreads along the beams and roofs by the wind, only to hear the crackling, the sound is a ball, and the fire is instantly bursting into the sky, and the gray smoke is filled.
Long Shaoyang stepped forward with an arrow, jumped out of the broken window, his figure flickered, and rushed to the north, a few ups and downs, and the person was already more than ten zhang away.
I could hear someone shouting in the distance: "Oh no! It's on fire! Quickly put out the fire." Then I heard the echo of the echo from all directions, "It's a fire, quickly carry water to put out the fire!"
Long Shaoyang hurriedly stopped, crouched behind a bush, poked out half of his head and looked behind him, the palace was already covered in flames. In the moonlight, the lights flickered all around, and they were rushing towards the firelight—knowing that they were the guards who had rushed to put out the fire.
He looked at it a few more times, and saw that the fire had no momentum of spreading outward, and thought to himself that it must be because it was an independent hospital and not connected to the left and right, and he was slightly comforted in his heart. No longer hesitate at the moment, with the cover of the flowers and trees pavilion, quietly and quickly all the way.
After passing through Jiuzhou Pond and entering Anfuyuan, I saw that the surroundings were dark and silent.
Long Shaoyang suddenly calmed down a little, groped his way to the northwest corner, held the palace wall, looked left and right, saw that there was no one around, put his two fingers in his mouth, and a whistle sounded quickly and crisply.
A long rope was thrown down from the other end of the palace wall, and the head of the rope was impartial and landed on Long Shaoyang's chest. At that moment, he wrapped his right hand around the long rope, jumped up, touched the wall with both feet, and his body was already parallel to the ground.
In the hazy moonlight, I saw two tall horses side by side on the bluestone road outside the palace wall, the other end of the long rope in his hand was tied to the neck of one of the horses, and there was a person standing next to the other horse, a little fire on his chest was like a bean, flickering and flickering, it was Cheng Bo, an old servant of Xiaofu who was smoking dry cigarettes.
A harrier turned over, and Long Shaoyang landed on the back of the tethered horse as impartially as a leaf, and the horse was startled and neighed lightly.
He looked at it intently, and could not help laughing dumbly, for the mouth of the horse on which he had sat had been covered with an instrument, and his hooves had been wrapped in thick cloth. looked to the side again, and saw that Cheng Bo was already sitting on the horse, and the mount under him was also average, obviously afraid of the neighing of the horse, which belonged to people's ears and eyes. Cheng Bo is really thoughtful and meticulous in his work, and he does not leak. He put away the long rope at the moment and nodded at Cheng Bo.
There were a few soft sounds, and the two horses galloped, and after only a few ups and downs, they disappeared into the tall and dark shadows of the palace wall.
When Long Shaoyang and Cheng Bo returned to Xiao Mansion, it was already a child's time. The two dismounted and entered through the corner gate and went straight to the other courtyard. From a distance, I saw the candle flame in the Zhu House, and Xiao Di was already waiting in the room. Seeing the two of them enter the door, Xiao Di hurriedly propped up his crutches and asked, "Shaoyang, how is this trip, have you succeeded?"
Long Shaoyang nodded, and ripped off the black cloth covering his face with one hand.
Cheng Bo hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiao Di sit down.
The three of them sat down. Long Shaoyang said: "Brother Xiao, the title deed was transferred, but the original title deed was also ignited by me as a paper medium. As he spoke, he explained in detail how he learned the place where the title deed was stored from the conversation between Wei Guifei's two maids, how he bumped into Wei Guifei's private meeting with the faithful Marquis Wujun, how to evade the search and arrest of the guards, and set fire to the abandoned palace in desperation. Xiao Di and Cheng Bo were both shocked and sighed.
"It turned out that they were cousins, but I never thought that there would be such a thing between them...... No wonder Wu Jun has risen to prominence over the years. Xiao Di lowered his head and frowned, with a contemplative look, and muttered, "Could it be that my previous guess about him was wrong?"
Cheng Bodao: "The important thing in front of us is tomorrow's royal summons, although Shaoyang stole the title deed tonight, but also lost his whereabouts, I wonder if Wei Guifei has found out that the title deed has been transferred at this time?"
Long Shaoyang took a cup of tea, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Whether she finds out or not, now the situation is ready to fly, and she has to send it." ”
Xiao Di said with a smile: "What Shaoyang said is that now this situation is only afraid that she can't help it." But tonight, her ugly thing was bumped into by Shaoyang, I wonder if she can sleep peacefully?"
Long Shaoyang smiled and said: "I don't know if the concubine can sleep peacefully at this moment, but I know that I can't sleep at the moment - this stomach is already rumbling and drumming!"
Xiao and Cheng both laughed.
Cheng Bo smiled: "If the son doesn't remind him, the old slave has forgotten about it." I've been preparing for a long time. "Turn around and go to get the food box.
The three of them talked while eating, and discussed for a long time, and then went to bed separately.