Chapter Ninety-Seven: All the Way West

It was late at night, and it seemed to be particularly cold at night in the castle on the top of the hill, accompanied by a faint mist, gently blowing across the castle, so that the whole castle was surrounded by fog, making it even more impossible to see the slightest object in front of it. The night was quiet and lonely, except for the momentary sound of the watch and the footsteps of the patrolling soldiers, and then fell into a deathly silence.

But in the deathly silence, the faint dim yellow light in a room was faintly revealed, and the soft light seemed to light up the dead castle with vitality and vitality.

In the room, five people sat around the desk, they had been discussing for a long time, and Lao Liu was leaning back in the chair, tilting back, squinting as if he was asleep. Du Danian kept wiping the shiny dagger, his eyes staring at the dagger as if he were looking at a peerless divine weapon.

Wang Shan was still looking at the map, his body bowed forward slightly, his hands on the desk, his eyes never seemed to leave the map.

Xiao Ruoshui also looked at the map with his head forward, his hands crossed on his chest, his right fingers kept patting on the arm of his left hand, his eyes were staring at the map, his lips were closed, as if he was thinking about something.

Gu Lisha held her cheeks with her hands, her big eyes kept blinking, she looked at Xiao Ruoshui for a while, and Wang Shan for a while, as if she was asking when to leave.

"Set off after the third watch, remember your mission, after Lao Liu and Lao Du are broken, Xiao Xiao and I are in front, Gu Lisha is in the center, the target is the Khan's room, there are four guards from the Khan's room to the place where we are under house arrest, we have to avoid these four guards and quietly enter the Khan's room. Wang Shan raised his head. Eyes lifted from the map, he looked at the four people, his gaze swept over the four people, then stood up and looked at the Khan's room in the distance, and then withdrew his gaze to look at the four people. The four men nodded at him, signaling that they were fully ready, and he blew on the oil lamp, and the faint light in the very middle part of the castle disappeared, and the place fell back into darkness.

"When, when, when" after the three gongs sounded. Five dark shadows slipped out of the room in the darkness like ghosts. Silently walked towards the door. They stopped at the first line of guards, leaning against the wall to hide their figures.

"Do you see that watchtower? There is a soldier on duty at each of the crossed watchtowers, and there is also a guard post at the gate. If you want to get out, you have to go through there, or you have to climb over the wall. I think it's better for us to sneak around there. Otherwise, if you climb over the wall, there is no way to walk on the small bridge. There's no way to cross the moat. Wang Shan whispered to the four people.

"The five of us, Lao Liu and Lao Du, go and solve the sentry above, just remember to be dizzy. Don't kill or make a sound, lest you cause trouble for Xiao Xiao and them tomorrow. Xiao Xiao and I went to the outpost at the city gate to deal with the people there, and after getting the key, we opened the side door, and from there we went up to the bridge to cross the moat. Everyone understands, so let's act. Wang Shan beckoned, and the four of them set off one after the other, and walked into the darkness, and gradually lost sight of their figures in the mist.

Gulisha leaned against the wall and remained motionless, staring at the soldier in the watchtower as if the soldier had been watching her, nervous. She seemed to be very nervous and secretly hid her figure, hiding in the dark in the corner, and she secretly prayed for them to achieve their goals smoothly.

Wang Shan and Xiao Ruoshui lowered their bodies and slowly approached the outpost by the city gate hole, they were lying on their backs, dodging left and right with the help of the cover of terrain and objects to avoid the attention of the guards on the city wall, one person stuck in the city gate hole, they leaned out slightly and looked at the two soldiers walking around on the high tower on the city wall, they had to wait for Du Danian and Lao Liu to make a move before they could enter the outpost, after all, there was still movement when the door bolt was broken, and it was impossible for them to hide from the soldiers who were guarding the two sides of the alarm gong in this dark and silent night.

The two of them looked slowly towards the watchtower, and the soldiers in the watchtower were still standing there, not moving, and from time to time they looked at each other and said hello.

Wang Dudanian and Lao Liu slowly climbed up the city wall along the stairs by the city gate, one left and one right, like a cat quietly approached the watchtower, the two people leaned out and shot together, the two soldiers fell to the ground without making a sound, Du Danian and Lao Liu supported the collapsed soldiers, leaned them on the stake of the watchtower, and looked as if they were standing straight in the dark night. They solved the soldiers, and slowly slipped down the city wall, Du Danian went to find Gu Lisha, Lao Liu tiptoed into the city gate hole, and made a gesture towards the two people, Xiao Ruoshui and Wang Shan walked out of the city gate hole, approached the outpost, Xiao Ruoshui took out a tube, slowly lit it, and emitted a curling light smoke. Wang Shan pointed to a little window paper, a small hole appeared in the window, Xiao Rushui slowly blew smoke inside, after a while, Xiao Ruoshui nodded, Wang Shan approached the door of the outpost, with a crisp sound in his hand, the bolt fell to the ground with a snap, Wang Shan pushed the door and walked in, the light was still the same, but the people were already unconscious, Wang Shan covered his mouth and nose with a cloth stained with water, and slowly groped on the soldier's body in the weak light, he found a large string of keys after a while, he took off the key, walked out of the room, closed the door, and then watched Du Danian take Gu Lisha into the city gate hole, opened the side door, and carefully opened the door, leaning out and looking towards the small bridge, on the opposite side of the bridge is the palace of the Khan's summer residence, surrounded by a ring of tall city walls, but fortunately there is no one living now, there is no one to guard the outpost of the city wall, and the outer defense is not very tight. Wang Shan opened the city gate and slowly walked out of the city, he beckoned everyone to hurry up and follow, they quickly passed the small bridge, walked to the city wall of the palace, along the city wall slowly walked to a hill against the city wall, the city wall here is built on the hill, so the height of the city wall here is the lowest, they use the height of the hill, Wang Shan shook a hook and threw it to the wall, the king pulled hard, very strong, he climbed up first, to see that there was no movement on the city wall, and the rest of the people also climbed the city wall one by one, and then walked down the city wall to the side of the stairs of the city wall, Wang Shan leaned out and looked carefullyThere are several lighted rooms in this castle, and the rooms with lights from the inside to the outside seem to be tight inside and loose outside. Wang Shan motioned to the four people to jump onto the roof, and then dodged from the roof to avoid these defenses. Five people jumped along the stairs of the city wall to the roof of the city wall, and followed Wang Shan up and down on the roof with light steps, and soon arrived at the Khan's room, the room was in the center of the castle, the innermost circle, dozens of houses surrounded by a quadrilateral, Wang Shan walked to one of them, leaned down, opened a tile and looked inside, the inside was dark, only the light of the outer hall penetrated, and the light flickered brightly. Wang Shan opened a few more tiles, carefully put the tiles aside, and then tied a rope to the girder of the eaves, and then slowly got into it and slid down, he said to Lao Liu: "You guard on it, and the four of us go down." The four of them slid down the rope to the ground in turn, with the help of the faint light, they carefully looked at the room, the room was very large, the hall outside was lit up, Wang Shan quietly looked towards the hall, a little maid-like woman was already dozing off, she was lying on the recliner outside, shaking, hands on her chest. Wang Shan gently pushed open the door, slowly walked to the little girl, fingered a little sleepy point, the little girl immediately fell asleep, Wang Shan looked at the surrounding room, there was no one, it seems that only this little girl is cleaning up in the inner room now. Wang Shan walked in with a lamp and put it on the table in front of the bed, the room immediately became bright, Wang Shan beckoned, Lao Liu took the rope and slid down the beam, he had already covered the tiles with his hands, so that no one could see any flaws.

The five of them began to scrutinize the room at this point. (To be continued......)