Section 54 Fire Startup (2)
The walls of the palace city are about three zhang high, and there are soldiers of Jin Wuwei patrolling day and night, and Mr. Xiao has evaded more than a dozen patrols of Jingzhao Mansion along the way, and finally touched the city wall of the palace city.
Knowing that going further is the strict inner of the killing machine step by step, but for the sake of the common people in the world, Mr. Xiao does not regret this, he sticks his hands on the green bricks of the city wall, the real breath is breathed, the gecko generally sticks to the wall bricks, a few longitudinal along the city wall, when close to the battlements, Mr. Xiao stopped again.
As a generation of grandmasters, Mr. Xiao has no shortage of jobs such as sliding doors and picking locks, he gathers his ears, and his whole mind is almost static, entering an incomprehensible artistic conception. At this moment, his thinking and hearing surpassed the limitations of human beings, and he was able to determine the specific location of the patrol soldiers and the secret sentry with strong crossbows just by listening to their footsteps and breathing. Seizing the opportunity, he rolled over and climbed onto the city wall.
Mr. Xiao adjusted his breathing, seized the opportunity to turn over and roll over to the city wall neatly, then lowered his body, and straddled his legs one after the other, and a gust of wind blew the sleeves of his robe flying, like a god.
This was followed by a dash and then a leap from the top of the wall.
It looks like a piece of catkins and a frightened bird.
Mr. Xiao had just landed, and he didn't stop, he ran along the shadow-covered area.
He had already heard the breathing of the nearby secret sentry, he must not stay for a long time behind the city wall, once it was discovered by the sentry post, a fierce battle was still second, if he could not meet the emperor and delay the well-being of the people in the world, Xiao would never forgive himself.
The Three Saints and Seven Sects are the Three Saints and Seven Sects, and ninety percent of the people in the rivers and lakes will find the light and dark sentry posts on the palace city, and Mr. Xiao can pass through the layers of defenses on the city wall with his far more annoying senses and light skills, and finally find a palace room to settle down and temporarily adjust his internal breath.
Only then did he discover nearly a hundred secret sentinels, evaded seven patrols, and finally found this secluded palace on the roof of the roof to recuperate temporarily.
Thanks to Li Xu's release of the palace maids from the palace, Mr. Xiao had a place to stay.
Mr. Xiao took a moment of breath, recalling the specific location of the Qingliang Hall where the emperor lived in the topographical map of the palace that Wen Minxing gave him.
He climbed along the roof of the palace, Xiao Daisheng is known as the "Five Extremes Return to the Sect", because he has five kinds of martial arts skills, this method is one of them, people rise and fall on the beams of the house, but do not make a sound, do not move a tile.
After half a cup of tea, Mr. Xiao suddenly stopped and did not leave, like a master like him, often has the ability to feel the cicada before the autumn wind moves, he assassin inexplicably produced a feeling, he entered the palace this time as if he was discovered, and at this moment there are Jin Wuwei's soldiers and horses surrounded by four compartments.
As soon as this thought arose, a sharp crossbow arrow slipped past his ear.
The crossbow arrow is about seven inches long, with the bamboo in the Zhongnan Mountain as the rod, the arrow cluster is in the shape of a triangular edge, and the tip is sharp, which is the crossbow arrow used to break the armor on the battle array.
This crossbow bolt is coming towards Xiao Daisheng's Liuyang Kui, and the person who fired the crossbow arrow is called Hao Yijun, he is a Xuanjie captain of the eighth grade, and he is also the person who discovered Mr. Xiao's night break into the palace.
Hao Yijun's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all officers of Jin Wuwei, and from the time they counted up together to the founding of the Yu Dynasty, the Hao family had already begun to work for the royal family of the Yu Dynasty.
Hao Yijun's duties are simple, he is in charge of raising dogs, and he domesticates a hunting dog in the kennel. This dog is not large, has not sharp claws, is not fierce, and prefers steamed grains instead of fresh meat.
There is only one benefit, that is, the nose is smart, and it is alert enough.
So Hao Yijun found Xiao Daipoe for the third time, and then he took off the crossbow behind him. With a crossbow arm three feet two long and a bowstring two feet five long, he stepped on the iron stirrups in front of the crossbow, used the strength of his waist and abdomen to pull the string apart, and then took out a crossbow bolt from the quiver behind his waist and put it on the crossbow.
Hao Yijun's hounds crouched in front of his feet and stuck out his tongue, this dog was very spiritual, and it didn't bark, just squatted there.
This kind of hound is bred in the palace as a guard, the dog's nose is extremely sensitive, this kind of dog can quickly identify unfamiliar tastes. And Captain Xuanjie, who is in charge of the hounds, has a team under his command, and their duty is to guard against possible thieves according to the dogs' movements.
Behind Captain Hao, there was a sound of stumbling footsteps, nearly a hundred armorers wearing heavy armor, holding halberds, and crossbows moved with Captain Hao and the dogs, and the metal sound of the collision of the armor leaves was low and powerful, and the other two captains like Hao Yijun also surrounded Mr. Xiao's position under the guidance of the hounds.
More than the three hundred forbidden soldiers led by the three captains were ambushed a hundred steps away from Mr. Xiao, and at this time, Xiao Daipoe had already stopped.
Xiao Daisheng's martial arts cultivation is already the world's first-class realm, but some things are born super-first-class, such as the dog's nose, which is sensitive beyond Mr. Xiao's expectations.
But as long as Mr. Xiao spread his legs and ran, these dogs would not be able to catch him anyway, but he finally stopped.
Because of his bad luck, the direction he chose to infiltrate happened to be the direction in which Han Rui, the general of Zuo Jinwu, patrolled with his personal guards.
The reason why Mr. Xiao stopped was not only because he felt Jin Wuwei surrounded by him, but he also felt that there was an enemy worthy of his attention. His well-honed instincts reminded him to stop and see what his opponent was up to.
The two were separated by three hundred steps, and with Mr. Xiao's cultivation, he could hear Han Rui's breathing, and Han Rui's eyes could also see Mr. Xiao standing in the dark night.
Han Rui, the general of Zuo Jinwu, was wearing heavy armor, wearing a golden crown, holding a longbow in his left hand, like a mountain lurking in the night, and there were more than 20 carved feather arrows in the gilt and silver quiver behind his back.
Although he was a disciple of Wudang, Han Rui had learned the six arts of a gentleman at Yuelu Academy.
The six arts of the gentleman, the number of imperial books of ritual and music, has always been respected by Confucianism, and Liu Ziyue, the head of Yuelu Academy, personally passed on his archery skills.
Liu Ziyue is ranked among the Three Saints and Seven Sects as a Confucian scholar, and his specialty is archery.
Han Rui, who has both the Southern Heaven Confucianism and the Wudang Dao lineage, is also regarded by Mr. Xiao as one of his two major opponents in the palace.
However, Mr. Xiao didn't expect that he still underestimated Han Rui.
At the same time that Mr. Xiao heard the footsteps of the team, he felt a pair of indifferent eyes staring at him. The clear state of mind that made him go through thousands of calamities without ripples made waves.
This wave led to a trace of hesitation, and this hesitation turned into a moment of stagnation, and the result of a moment of stagnation was that Hao Yijun, the captain of Xuanjie, took out a powerful crossbow called the cloud-breaking crossbow in the army and shot the crossbow arrow at Xiao Daisheng.
The cloud-breaking crossbow is a sharp weapon in the army, the crossbow arm is made of steel, the crossbow string is made of hemp silk, and the crossbow needs to be stepped on the foot pedal at the front end of the crossbow when winding, relying on the force of the arm waist and abdomen to pull the crossbow string, ordinary people are not able to open the crossbow at all, that is, the people of the rivers and lakes who have kung fu in the body, if they can not be trained, it is also very difficult to open the crossbow. In the army, there is a kind of hard skill in the army that specializes in exercising the strength of the waist, abdomen, arms and arms, and is specially learned by sergeants who use this kind of heavy crossbow.
The crossbow bolt was launched at Mr. Xiao from the cloud-breaking crossbow full of potential energy, and its momentum was fierce and fast, as if Mr. Xiao had sensed it in advance, he turned his head slightly and let this crossbow arrow pass.
Then several of the same crossbows flew past him.
With Mr. Xiao's long experience in battle, he couldn't help but be shocked, but fortunately, his body was outstanding, his eyesight and hearing were very amazing, and his body shape was changed, so he could barely avoid the crossbow arrows sent by the crossbow.
Mr. Xiao dodged the crossbow arrows like a night bat, but there was still a heart hanging in his heart, just the crossbow arrows were so difficult to deal with, what kind of existence was that Han Rui who made him vigilant?
Shields, halberds, axes, and armor soldiers holding swords have been lined up, and Mr. Xiao is faintly surrounded in the center.
Hao Yijun stood in the sanitation with the cloud-breaking crossbow in his hand, he had just completed the second winding after launching, and aimed at the night thief in a dark robe by looking at the mountain on the crossbow.
Hao Yijun has always been known for being good at using crossbows, compared to the current position of being in charge of guarding with dogs, he was a "shooter" when he first entered the barracks, and the so-called shooting sound refers to a crossbow shooter who can shoot a crossbow when he hears a sound.
As proficient in crossbow shooting as he is, there are twenty-four people here tonight to surround Mr. Xiao. Hao Yijun squinted his eyes calmly, his eyesight was very strong, and he could see how unpredictable Mr. Xiao's body technique was in the night, and he could also see how his comrades-in-arms' crossbow arrows were dangerously missed a few inches beside the black shadow.
It was not the first time that Captain Xuanjie had seen such a flexible prey, and he believed that as long as he waited patiently, no matter how agile the prey was, it would show flaws.
Hao Yijun shot another crossbow bolt.
The crossbow bolt broke through the air, and with the killing intent and calculation of its master, it once again slid past Xiao Daisheng's ear.
Then Mr. Xiao stopped moving like a dance, and he began to move forward.
One step, two steps, three steps.
Mr. Siu moved forward step by step.