In the government, singing and dancing are leveling, and the warblers are singing and dancing, which is not extravagant. That should be in the first place, and the green fox beside him was nowhere to be seen. And Liu Shouguang and Zhuang Qiu sat on the side, and after three rounds of drinking, they were a little drunk.

The time has passed, the night is difficult to dissolve like the thick ink in the scholar's inkstone, the moonlight outside the curtain is hazy, if a silver-white gauze tent is woven with light yarn and silver thread, shrouded in the rich and prosperous Tanglin Mansion. At this time, the Tanglin Mansion saw that the city gate was about to close, and the three Dao Xueke, who were disguised as merchants, took the opportunity to sneak into the mansion. The soldier guarding the gate stopped the three of them: "What the hell! The city gate is about to be closed! How dare you trespass!"

Chu Qingan was about to scold, but Liu Yuanjun preemptively said: "Isn't it that the door hasn't been closed yet, and I hope that the military master will make it convenient." Then he shoved a piece of silver into the soldier's hand, and the soldier weighed it, and said, "Go in, go in!"

When the three men finally entered the city, the gates were closed. This Tanglin Mansion is worthy of being a treasure land of outstanding people, rich and prosperous, although it has passed the sea, there are still vendors selling on this street and alley, and it is still brightly lit. The night reflects the lights of thousands of homes, which looks peaceful and warm. There is no shortage of jugglers, hawkers, food, cloth, fortune tellers, everything in the streets, which is really incomparable to other state capitals. The noise is incessant, and the pedestrians are hurrying their toes against their heels, just like in the daytime, and even more noisy. The three of them mixed in the crowd and were not conspicuous.

Although the three of them followed the crowd, they intended to walk in the direction of the government. When I arrived at the gate of the Tanglin Mansion, I didn't go in. There are not many pedestrians here, the Tanglin Mansion is an important place for the government, which people dare to approach for no reason on weekdays, and today there are many governors' troops, and they have already made the inside and outside of the government three layers inside and three layers outside, it is a fly, and it is difficult to fly into the house. And the inner hall of the government is brightly lit, and the sheng song is endless.

The three of them were still a few feet away from the gate of the Yafu Palace, and because of the sparse pedestrians, they did not dare to step forward, for fear that the officers and soldiers would be suspicious. "What should I do at this time? Dao Xueke pressed the eaves of the hat, covered his face, and said in a low voice: "Don't come nonsense, since we are going to save people, how can we break through the gate? Infiltrate the prison and knock the jailers over, but don't hurt them, rescue the three and leave. The officers and men must not be alarmed, otherwise it will be difficult to get out. ”

Liu Yuanjun said again: "Qing'an's light skills are worse, so it is better to meet us outside the government." ”

Dao Xueke felt that there was some truth when he heard this, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, which made Chu Qing'an angry, so he looked at Chu Qing'an silently. Chu Qing'an's face flushed, and he said unconvinced: "Although my light skills are poor, I won't drag you down." asked me to answer outside, and I waited hard again, and I was in a hurry. I can't do anything like that to see you two go to danger. Besides, no matter how high the martial arts of the two of you are, it must be difficult to rescue the three of them, how can I do it if I have less?"

That Chu Qing'an was sharp-tongued, and in a few words, Dao Xueke and Liu Yuanjun were speechless, so they had to obey her. The three of them flashed into the alley outside the Nafu Ya, the wall of which was two feet high, and the soldiers guarding the door were looking around, and if the three of them climbed over the wall, it would inevitably alarm the soldiers. The three of them went around to the house not far from the mansion, and among the three of them, Liu Yuanjun worked lightly, only took a breath, jumped up, and landed lightly on the eaves. Dao Xueke followed, jumped up, grabbed the eaves to borrow strength, and also turned over and landed on the roof tiles. The room was too high, Chu Qing'an stepped on the wall and walked straight up, only to see that he was panicked, and he lost his strength under his feet, so he was about to plant backwards, Dao Xueke hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull her up, and pulled Chu Qing'an up with Liu Yuanjun.

Chu Qingan knew that he had become a burden, and it was difficult to admit it, so he said softly: "You two go into the mansion by yourself, and I should still be outside." If there is any movement, or if you two have not returned after an hour, I will kill you and train you!"

Liu Yuanjun said with a smile: "This is the best." Dao Xueke gently grabbed Chu Qing'an's shoulder, looked at each other, and his affection flowed, but he had nothing to say, and finally left only one sentence: "Be careful in everything." Then he turned to leave. Chu Qing'an knew that Dao Xueke couldn't say anything moving, and seeing him like this, he was angry and funny.

The hour is not early, and it is not appropriate to delay any longer. Liu Yuanjun flew together with Dao Xueke, crossed the alley that was one zhang wide, and landed on the outer wall of the mansion, and the two squatted down, hiding behind the cornices, and hiding in the night. The trio had already changed into dark clothes and were not noticed. Daoliu and the two landed silently, but they caught a glimpse of the government full of patrolling officers and soldiers, densely packed and distributed everywhere.

Liu Yuanjun had an idea, broke off a tile from the cornice, and wanted to throw it from a distance. When Dao Xueke saw it, he knew Liu Yuanjun's intentions, and he also threw tiles with her.

The tiles fell one after another in the outer courtyard of the government office, making a noise, which startled the officers and soldiers who were a little drowsy to wake up, each clenched his weapons in his hand, rushed from all directions, surrounded the pile of rubble, and shouted loudly: "Quick, someone has broken into the palace, go and reinforce the prison to prevent the prisoners from escaping!" With that, the hundreds of officers and soldiers divided into four routes and entered the inner courtyard, leaving only a few dozen guards in the outer courtyard. And the district of the Tanglin Mansion Mansion, built like the building in the capital, there is a wall outside the boxy, divided into two courtyards inside and outside, the vermilion wall and green tile, the eaves pavilion, the stone lion in front of the door is powerful, and the jade step gold plaque in the courtyard. The outer courtyard is decorated with some flowers and plants planted against the wall, all of which are paved with bluestone walkways, and the carved fence courtyard is quite Jiangnan style, and the inner courtyard has 72 rooms such as the inner hall of the main hall, which is even more luxurious, as if this government is not a place to deal with official business, but like the luxurious official residence of the prince and minister.

The outer courtyard was extremely spacious, and there were originally more than 600 people divided into four teams, each patrolling, but most of the four teams entered the inner courtyard again, and more than 1,000 people crowded into the inner courtyard to guard the corners of the corridors everywhere, shrinking and surrounding, and impermeable. The dozens of guards left behind in the outer courtyard were scattered, so they could not take care of the four sides, and since they had been patrolling for several hours, they were really a little tired, so they sat down to rest.

Dao Xueke and Liu Yuanjun took this opportunity to turn over and fall into the outer courtyard, and fell behind the four guards, who heard the sound behind them, stood up in shock, and were about to turn their heads, when suddenly their necks were cold, and they trembled with fright and did not dare to move. It turned out that Dao Xueke swirled around with his two knives, and the blade was against the necks of the two, while the other two were restrained by Liu Yuanjun with a silver spear. Dao Xueke lowered his voice: "Don't shout!"

"Don't hurt our lives, two young heroes!" the four wailed in unison.

"Silence!" Knife Snowman's knife approached the neck half an inch closer, and if he got closer, he would cut off a layer of flesh. The four of them nodded slightly in a hurry, not daring to speak or move again.

Liu Yuanjun said: "Let's ask, you answer, if you say half a word more, you will be in a different place in an instant." "Liu Yuanjun scares them by himself, and he will not kill innocents indiscriminately.

One of them replied softly, "Young heroes, may I ask... We must be, we know everything... Words are endless, words are endless......"

Dao Xueke opened his mouth and asked, "Where is the Donglin Mansion Mansion Yin now?" The man replied tremblingly, "I am drinking in the inner hall." ”

"Can anyone accompany you?" "Yes, yes, Lord Yin Zhuangqiu of the Mansion is specially for General Liu Shouguang, the commander of the Governor's Army who came to reinforce today, and the prince of Tanglin was also invited to attend, and now the three of them are holding a banquet and drinking in the inner hall, and it has been several hours......"

Dao Xueke asked again, "How many people have you deployed in this mansion, and how are they distributed?"

"Originally, there were 1,000 officers and soldiers in the government office, and 800 were divided into 800 to guard the city gate, and only 200 were left to guard inside and outside the government prison. General Liu brought 1,000 governor's troops, which were originally divided into 400 inner courtyards and 600 outer courtyards, and eight teams took turns patrolling to guard the corners of the corridors everywhere. In case someone robs the prison...... Could it be that the two of you are here to ......?"

Liu Yuanjun said: "Yes, even the two of us are going to rob the prison, let me ask you, there are three people in your prison who assassinated the king of Tanglin and robbed the law field!"

"Yes, yes, those three are locked up in the prison, and they are said to be beheaded tomorrow. When Dao Xueke heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that it was fortunate that he had come early, and if it had been a little later, he had ordered the three of them to die, so he continued to ask: "Where is the government prison?

"The prison is in the inner courtyard, and there is a tunnel next to the palace hall, and when you enter the tunnel, it is the prison. The villains all told the truth, they didn't lie, and begged the young man to raise his noble hand and spare the villain's life. ”

The four of them wailed again and again, Dao Xueke turned the blade and hit the necks of the two people in front of him with the back of the knife, and Liu Yuanjun also turned the head of the gun and squeezed the end of the silver gun on the waist of the two people, and the four of them fainted. The two of them dragged the four of them to the green plants, and then took off the armor of the two of them, put them on each of them, dressed like the governor's army, grabbed a handful of dirt and smeared it on their faces, hid the two knives and two spears in their armor, carried their spears, and pretended to patrol the outer courtyard, and took advantage of their unpreparedness to knock dozens of governor's army guards to the ground, and then broke into the inner courtyard openly.

As soon as they entered the inner courtyard, dozens of steel guns came to them, and a team of officers and soldiers surrounded the two, and the leader asked: "I didn't tell you to wait outside, why did you enter the inner courtyard?" Dao Xueke and Liu Yuanjun glanced at each other, each knelt down on one knee, hung their heads, and did not let everyone see their faces clearly, and gasped again and again, kneeling unsteadily, as if they had just fought a big battle and were injured again. Dao Xueke deliberately changed his voice and said: "Dozens of us people really can't hold it outside, just three of us climbed into the wall, and we were about to break into the inner courtyard, we desperately stopped them, but the enemy couldn't beat him, they were injured, and those three people also escaped from the house, so we are here to report!"

The leader said: "It must be that they came to rob the prison to no avail, and they must be the comrades of the rebellious party in the rivers and lakes, where do you see those three people going?"

Liu Yuanjun replied: "Go back to your lordship, go to West Street!"

The officers and soldiers at the head of the group said: "Quick, brothers, come with me to catch those rebellious parties, Lord Fu Yin has an order, catch the living reward of 500 silver, catch the dead reward of 300 silver! Everyone go with me!" As soon as this man gave the order, the officers and soldiers took their weapons, broke the ranks, and rushed out of the inner courtyard, and when they saw that the guards of the outer courtyard were indeed knocked unconscious, they were even more convinced of Fang Cai's words, so they went out of the palace gate and ran to the west street.

But half of the officers and soldiers were withdrawn, and there were still five hundred patrolling in the inner courtyard, and the two of them picked up the team and patrolled, and when they passed by the inner hall, they saw that the three people in the hall were already drunk, and they were all slumped on the seats.

Liu Yuanjun said softly: "Ah Xue, do you think that our night visit to Tanglin Mansion is a little too easy?"

Dao Xueke said: "But it is a little easy, presumably God also helped us." ”

Liu Yuanjun frowned, and said: "It's better to be cautious if you don't change it." You are like this, you are careful and calm on weekdays, but once you involve the people around you, it is easy to mess up. Now that I have entered the palace so easily, I am afraid that this is a trap, if I invite you into the urn, what should I do?"

Dao Xueke smiled when he heard this: "Since Senior Sister knows me, she must know, even if this is a trap, I will come to save him." Besides, now that we are in the government, it is difficult to get out, so it is better to rescue them as soon as possible. ”

"You. Liu Yuanjun nodded with a smile, and with an idea, he pulled up the knife and left the team, and said to the guards in front of the hall: "The two eldest brothers have worked hard, we are here to change shifts." ”

The two guards looked at each other and said, "It's long overdue for a shift change, but it's been until now." It's not hard to call my two brothers. The two men picked up their spears and left to rest. Seeing that the two of them walked away, Liu Yuanjun pulled the knife and Xueke pretended to be a guard by the door of the inner hall, and glanced at the hall, seeing that the one sitting on the main seat in the hall must be the prince Ying Wu, and the one wearing the robe and armor is Liu Shouguang, as for the remaining one, it must be Yin Zhuangqiu, the mansion of Tanglin Mansion.

"Senior sister, why did we cheat the two of them and change their classes?" asked Dao Xueke cautiously, for fear that the drunken three would wake up, but fortunately, they were dressed like this, and those female dancers and musicians were not suspicious. Liu Yuanjun said: "You only know that if you find the cell, you find it, how can you get in?

"That's what Senior Sister said. Senior Sister, don't you already have any solutions?" asked Dao Xueke.

Liu Yuanjun pointed to the waist of Na Zhuang Qiu and said: "If you don't take the two of you, how can you get close to the Donglin Mansion Yin? If you have this waist card, then it is not easy to enter the prison? These three people are drunk, this Zhuang Qiu is stupid, and he is drunk like this, it is better to take this opportunity to deceive the waist card." ”

Dao Xueke was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Everything is arranged by my senior sister." ”

The two of them came lightly to the left side of the hall, beside Zhuang Qiu. Liu Yuanjun stretched out his hand to push the Zhuang hill and said softly: "Lord Zhuang, Lord Zhuang, the two of us have something to report to each other!"

That Zhuang Qiu hummed and chirped for a long time, and in his drunken dream, he heard someone calling him, so he waved his hand and drove away: "Bold! Who dares to disturb the wine in this mansion? should be punished, should be punished...... Punish him with a glass of wine......" Seeing that his hands and feet were weak, his face was red, his eyes were difficult to open, and he was not afraid, Liu Yuanjun said again: "There are only three people who broke into the house, presumably they are the accomplices of the rebellious party in the rivers and lakes, and they want to rescue their accomplices in prison, but fortunately they were repelled by us." We were afraid that something would happen in the prison, and that we would be able to find out what was going on inside and outside, so we wanted to go into the prison to check on the prisoners, but we couldn't check it. ”

That Zhuangqiu was drunk, he couldn't really hear it, he only vaguely listened to it for three or four minutes, and when he smelled the word token, he wanted to reach out to untie the token on his waist. He threw the token on the ground and said, "Then my token... Go... Go to the prison to check on the prisoners......" and fell asleep again.

When the two of them got the token, they were even more courageous, and they went to the main hall, and when they passed the gate of the hall, they saw that there was a gate not far away, heavily guarded, and there were already many people patrolling here, and it must be the entrance to the dungeon. The two of them stepped forward to enter the door, but the guards put down their spears and blocked their way, and dozens of soldiers around them also surrounded them, and the non-commissioned officer led by them asked, "You two don't go to patrol and guard, what are you doing in the prison!"

"The two of us were ordered to go to the prison to visit the prisoners, so as to avoid chaos between the inside and outside of the party. Dao Xueke said.

"Is there a certificate?" the non-commissioned officer looked up and down at the two of them, and asked with puzzled eyes, "Why haven't I seen you two in the Governor's Army?"

Liu Yuanjun showed Zhuang Qiu's waist card, handed it to the non-commissioned officer and said: "We are the officers and soldiers guarding the city of this Tanglin Mansion, and we were ordered by Lord Zhuang to rush back to the palace to guard the prisoners, and it is impossible for the adults to see us." ”

The non-commissioned officer looked at the waist card, which was indeed Zhuang Qiu's token, looked at the two of them again, handed the waist card back, and said, "Forgive me for not letting you in." General Liu has ordered that no one is allowed to visit the prisoners, the stakes are very high, if you escape the prisoners, no one can afford to take them, so please go back. With that, the officers and men who surrounded them dispersed and continued their patrols.

The two of them did not leave there, and when Dao Xueke heard this, he pretended to be furious and said: "Presumptuous! Do you dare to disobey Lord Zhuang's order? Is this Dongling Mansion Yin Lord Zhuangqiu, or is it you, General Liu Shouguang! Now that the prisoner is being imprisoned in my Tanglin Mansion prison, Lord Zhuang Qiu is not allowed to visit, is it true that Lord Zhuang must also obey your General Liu's orders!"

As soon as these words came out, the non-commissioned officer panicked. That Zhuangqiu and Liu Shouguang are also in the same official residence, and on the surface, the governor's army is responsible for supervising the state government, but in fact, the two sides supervise each other, so how dare the non-commissioned officer offend Zhuangqiu's subordinates.

Liu Yuanjun pushed the boat down the river and said: "Needless to say, since this adult does not allow it, we are not embarrassed." It's better to repay Lord Zhuang, just say that this Lord was ordered by General Liu to send the two of us back, and let Lord Zhuang come to beg him in person. With that, the two of them turned and left.