Chapter 8 Night Visit

There are six water gates in the entire northern city wall.

Xiao Yaoyi said: According to regulations, all reeds within fifty feet of the city wall must be removed to prevent the traitor from hiding.However, the Majesty said at the beginning of the year that he liked the scenery of reeds and did not allow people to cut off the reeds in the lake, so that we would have the chance to sneak here.One of these six water gates is for traveling in the palace, which can be used for boat mooring, four imperial guards take turns to guard, and three iron bars are placed in the other five.

Cheng Zongyang looked at the dark iron fence in front of him and said suspiciously: You can't have cheated the key from your father, right?Why didn't I see the keyhole?

The key is useless.You don’t know how cruel my dad is. Those iron fences were burned together with bricks and built directly into the wall.

Xiao Yaoyi bounced the iron fence. Look, each of these iron fences is as thick as an arm, and the part buried in the brick is more than one foot long, which is strong enough, right?

Cheng Zongyang said: Since you can't get in, why should you take me here?

I just want you to see the difficulties we face... Brother Cheng calms down!

Xiao Yaoyi hurriedly said: Actually, there is a way to go.

Where is it?

Underwater.

Xiao Yaoyi squatted down and pushed apart the reeds and whispered: I have seen the drawings of the construction style. The fence is not underwater and is equipped with barbs about a foot long. Therefore, the width of the fence is slightly larger than that above the water surface. As long as the barbs are broken, there will be an entrance with a width of a foot and a half, and you can drill in.

Cheng Zongyang dived to the bottom of the water without saying a word, and then came out after a moment, "Boy, you won't come here, right?"

Xiao Yaoyi beat him up.I came here once when I was young... OK OK, it was when I was thirteen years old - you know, something happened to Yue Shuai at that time, and I returned to Jiankang and was in a bad mood.Later, there was a banquet in the palace, and the candied fruits at the table were very delicious.I couldn't help but sneak over at night to get a pack.

Xiao Yaoyi said: I was afraid of the darkness at that time. I was also suffering from it. Kough, I didn’t dare to go back to eat it after I put the candied fruit, so I hid under a bridge.Just as I was having fun eating, a red-haired and red-eyed monster suddenly emerged...

Xiao Yaoyi said in annoyance: The monster floated over and touched my head. His claws were colder than ice. I was so scared that I peeed my pants.When the monster left, I saw a bloody tooth thrown on the ground.Later I realized that the guy was probably a thief who pretended to be a ghost. He came out in a scary way with a mask in the middle of the night, which happened to make me bump into it.But even though I think so, I never dared to go out alone at night since then.

You lived a very rich life when you were a kid.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Let's go, the old donkey who knows the way, lead the way in front.

Two thumb-thick barbs on the fence were twisted to one side, revealing a narrow gap.

Xiao Yaoyi was walking through the gap like a swimming fish.

The part below the water surface of the fence is more than two feet deep. Even if you know there is a gap, it will take some time to find it.

Xiao Yaoyi was familiar with the passage and effortlessly found the gap in the second fence, which was also in front of his feet and crawled backwards.

In front of the last fence, the two of them came out of the water to breathe. Cheng Zongyang whispered: "You guy, you will fly backwards."

This is what my fifth brother taught.The fifth brother is a thief and has his family skills.The rules of the old Lu family, let alone drilling holes, even climbing on the wall, are climbing upside down, and their name is scorpion climbing upside down.

Isn’t your fifth brother’s house all growing upside down, right?

This is a matter of particularity. The thief's behavior is most afraid of being sneak attacked. If the situation is wrong, it is better to get a knife and a raid on the foot than to get a shot on the head.

There are so many things to pay attention to as a thief.

That's right, I'm very knowledgeable.Now the fourth and fifth brothers join forces, and it is very loud... ahem...

Xiao Yaoyi started coughing in a mess.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: You said proudly, I was just enjoying it.

Xiao Yaoyi smiled and said: There is no benefit in this matter if Brother Cheng listens to it.We brothers all have their own identities outside. It is not good for Brother Cheng to know too much. I will introduce it to Brother Cheng if I have the chance.

Isn't it just a killer?

Cheng Zongyang smiled, Xie Yi had long said that you Xingyue Lake have carriages, boats, Jushe, and the best killers of the Six Dynasties. Should you silence me?

Xiao Yaoyi laughed and said: The boss didn’t say anything.He was about to say something, maybe I really silence Brother Cheng.

As he said that, he dived into the water, then came out of the fence, turned around and waved to Cheng Zongyang.

In the palace city is a garden, a lake winding around the hills and connected to Xuanwu Lake from Shuimen.After entering the palace, both of them closed their laughter.

Xiao Yaoyi took out the mask from inside the water, threw a picture of Cheng Zongyang, put it on his face, and then rose and fell on a pine branch like a light smoke.

There is Taichu Palace over there and Zhaoming Palace over there.

Xiao Yaoyi whispered: Brother Cheng, where can we go to try our luck?

Cheng Zongyang remembered that he saw the lights in the palace on the west side when he was using the Lingfei Mirror.Taichu Palace.

Good idea.

Xiao Yaoyi pointed to the overlaid eaves of the palace and said: The highest one is the Shenlong Hall of Taichu Palace.Let's sneak over first while there is wind.

Xiao Yaoyi knew the defense in the palace as he led Cheng Zongyang to walk and stop, and crossed the numerous palace bans.With his help, the most difficult level was like walking on flat ground, and he didn't run into half a figure along the way.

Taichu Palace belongs to the inner palace and has no defense of the imperial guards. Once the palace wall is crossed, only the palace maids and eunuchs are left, and the two of them will move more easily.

Xiao Yaoyi, wearing black water, leaned against the back of the hall and listened for a while, then flew up slantedly, bounced his left foot a little on the pillar of the corridor to the other side, then stretched out his right foot behind the palace to leverage force, and then rose several feet again. The zigzag jumped back and forth on the pillar of the corridor and the palace wall twice, instantly swept up the three-meter-high eaves, and hid behind the bracket.

Cheng Zongyang knew that this kid was good at it, but he didn't expect it to be so good.

I didn't hear any wind at all. If any eunuch came out to pee and saw it, he would probably not be able to find a figure if his eyes were blurred.

Cheng Zongyang looked at the corridor columns that had been painted with vermilion. With such a smooth column body, he would have to practice for two more years if he wanted to be as relaxed as Xiao Yaoyi.

Zong Yang had a solution. He took out a rope about a meter long from his clothes, wrapped it behind the pillar, held the end of the rope with both hands, and then waved it upwards and pulled it diagonally.

Water on the rope is easier to tighten than usual.

Cheng Zongyang used both arms and kicked the pillar with both feet, and took two steps upwards.

When the body is parallel to the rope, shake your hand and swing your hand upward to climb up the height of the pillar, and leverage the force again.

Although it is not as free as Xiao Yaoyi, it can easily reach under the eaves.

Brother Cheng is good at this.

I learned how to pick coconuts in the southern desert.

Cheng Zongyang listened to the corner of the hall for a moment, then glanced at the hall again.

No one?

There was a light, but it was covered by the curtain, making it a little darker.

Xiao Yaoyi whispered: If I remember correctly, there should be a vent at the eaves.

Xiao Yaoyi's body was pressed against the eaves, swam to the corners of the eaves like a gecko, looked carefully for a moment, and then gestured to Cheng Zongyang.

There are, and there are many.

Xiao Yaoyi said softly, a hint of tension in his tone.

There were red gauze curtains hanging in the hall. Cheng Zongyang could barely see a figure sitting in the dragon chaise on the hall. It should be Emperor Jin.

Xiao Yaoyi pointed quietly, Cheng Zongyang narrowed his eyes and saw many scattered shadows appearing under the curtain, as if a group of people were sitting on the ground.

A hint of chill rose in Cheng Zongyang's heart, and the two of them laid under the eaves for nearly a quarter of an hour. The people in the hall not only did not make any sound, but even did not move, and just sat quietly, like a bunch of human-shaped puppets.

The two of them waited for a moment, and the hall was silent all the time.

If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you get a tiger’s son?bring it on!

Xiao Yaoyi moved his hands and feet, then his figure flashed, and fell to the ground quietly like willow catkins, and then he raised his hand to push open the hall door.

The red curtains in the hall hung to the ground, and a faint light shone out inside.The two looked at each other, and Xiao Yaoyi reached out and slowly opened the curtain.

A dazzling light shot out from inside. The hall was covered with scarlet velvet carpets, and more than a dozen candles with arms-sized fat candles were lit around.

Inside the curtain was a group of women, wearing cloud buns, wearing gorgeous dance clothes, holding musical instruments such as pipa, fire priest, panflute, piano, and zither in their arms, as if they were musicians in the palace.

But they all closed their eyes at this time, their bodies tilted to one side, and some fingers were still pressed on the strings, as if they had fallen asleep halfway through the performance.

There were more than ten dancers sleeping in the hall. They had long saws with colorful sleeves and graceful figures, both of which were both down and up, and their postures were beautiful.

Between these dancers, a long colorful ribbon floated into a perfect circle, and a bright feathered robe floated like a flying feathered robe, but the feathered robe covered with a white dry bone.

The dead bone was lying on his back, with his arms spread open, and his skirt saw flipped to his waist, revealing his waist and legs that had turned into white bones.

A gem pendant hung on each side of the skull, and the long hair on the bones was already decayed, still maintaining the shape of a complex cloud bun.

The woman's bones seemed to have not been moved for a long time. The bones were covered with a thin layer of dust, but her hair was still pitch black and shiny, and the traces of careful care before her birth were visible.

Cheng Zongyang's heart was beating, and no one believed the strange scene he had told.

Around the woman who turned into dry bones, the young and beautiful dancer was like a crabapple sleeping in spring, with a faint smile on her face.

I couldn't imagine how they danced around this dead bone, and when I was tired, I slept directly in the hall.

Xiao Yaoyi's eyes flashed with cold light. He only glanced at the ground, his eyes fell on the man wearing a royal robe in the hall.

Emperor Jin leaned on the dragon chaise, and the Qibao Crown Clan on his head was tilted to one side, and the travel beads hung on his extremely thin face.

The candle shadow shook red, but his face turned gray as if it was dead; in the deep-sinked eye sockets, the eyelids slightly opened a line, and the slightly exposed eyes were gray and empty, and it was impossible to tell whether they were sleeping or waking up.

His beard hasn't been combed for a long time, and it is piled up under his chin.

The corners of the lips seemed to be unable to close, and a stream of saliva flowed out from the corners of his lips, drooping to his chest, forming a pool of bright yellow brocade on his chest.

The thin palms were hanging on one side, and the nails were extremely long, and there was no reaction to the sudden intrusion of the two strangers.

Xiao Yaoyi passed by the musician lying on the ground, walked past the dancer who fell asleep in the hall, walked to the emperor of Jin, looked at his face, and then pulled up a burnt candle in front of him.

Cheng Zongyang walked around the dead bone and saw the dancer's flipped skirt saw two white leg bones, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

I'll do it...

Cheng Zongyang whispered: What's going on?

The last candlelight should be one hour before.

Xiao Yaoyi sniffed through the mask. The incense burned the fine agarwood and did not mix anything else.

Xiao Yaoyi said as he put down the wax candle and pointed at the wrist of Emperor Jin.

Suddenly, a gloomy and cold voice came from behind: Who is the thief, dare to disturb the emperor!

Then the candlelight dimmed, and a sharp pressure fell from the sky and floated up wildly.

Xiao Yaoyi flipped his palms and faced the palm that was coming from above his head.

Cheng Zongyang was so nervous that he immediately jumped out like lightning when he heard the sound. He pressed the handle of the knife with both hands, spread his arms and pulled out the two swords, then turned his body, lifted the left knife to protect his chest and abdomen, and slashed out like thunder.

Xiao Yaoyi used his old trick again and showed the ring on his finger. The man's eyes were much smarter than the Five Tigers of Jiangdong. He avoided the sharp ring face with his palm, slapped Xiao Yaoyi's palm, and then leaned against the blade. He waited until Cheng Zongyang's sword was fully exerted.

Cheng Zongyang's palm heated up and the steel knife almost broke out.He took a step back and blocked his body with his two swords intertwined.

A thin figure floated down from the air. He was wearing a blue-black robe, a small hat, a long belt around his waist, wrinkles on his face, a smooth chin, without a half beard, and a slightly hunched back, but he was an inconspicuous eunuch in the inner court.

What a thief, he can actually take a palm.

The eunuch thrust his waist and said sharply: Who are you waiting for? How dare you break into the palace? Aren’t you afraid of the disaster of extermination?

He bounced off his steel knife with one finger. Although he was trying to take advantage of his skills, his cultivation level should not be slighted.

However, Xiao Yaoyi took his palm casually, without any difficulty. It seemed that this kid's real cultivation was even higher than he had imagined.

Cheng Zongyang laughed strangely: Dead shemale!If you do these good things, aren’t you afraid of extermination of the clan?Even if you are physically disabled and have no wife and children, your parents should have it, right?If you commit the crime of regicide, be careful that the king's law is ruthless and destroy your nine clans!

The eunuch said in a dark voice: Your Majesty is just sleeping with great fatigue...

Xiao Yaoyi snatched: We are sincere and loyal ministers!Today is a righteous act of serving the king!

He said with a thick throat: Old traitor!I thank Wanshi for your life today!

The old eunuch rolled up his sleeves, and a candlestick about a meter long pierced across the side, thrusting his lips with a sharp roar.

The two of them thought it was the old eunuch who was striking the enemy, so they didn't dare to speak out and alarm the imperial guards. They wanted to join forces to capture him and interrogate him clearly, but they knew that this old guy had accomplices.

Xiao Yaoyi and Cheng Zongyang looked at each other, understood each other, and then attacked at the same time.

The two swords used by Cheng Zongyang, but Xiao Yaoyi had a pair of empty palms. The same thing is that both swords and palms were extremely fierce. One move was like a desperate bet, leaving no backup plan.

The eunuch and Xiao Yaoyi had a pair of palms, and did not dare to hold them wide. They separated their feet slightly, and then spread their thin palms to block the two of them.

Unexpectedly, the two assassins used their moves at the same time and rushed towards the palace gate at a more resolute speed than when they made the move.

When the two of them touched their shoulders, Xiao Yaoyi whispered: Walk the same way!Don't worry about me!

Cheng Zongyang said: Aren’t you afraid of the dark?

Xun Yaoyi grinned: That's why I want to say that the old guy is with me.

As he said that, his figure slightly condensed, and he held out his elbow without looking back, shouting: Old castrated dog!Come and fight with Mr. Xie for three thousand rounds!

Xiao Yaoyi's kung fu is better than himself and is more familiar with the path in the palace. He is the best choice for him to come to the rear.

Cheng Zongyang stopped talking nonsense and flashed out of the hall gate.

It was just a step late. The dark palace ban lighted up and several figures rushed towards me.

The people were wearing green robes, and the hem seemed too wide and loose.They are short and have small faces, quite fair in the moonlight, but they are eunuchs in their teens.

Cheng Zongyang held his swords tightly and stepped forward to slash at the small eunuch in front.The little eunuch seemed a little panicked and raised his wrist to greet the blade.

The little eunuch was only thirteen or fourteen years old and looked like he didn't even grow his hair.

If I had fought with such a child in the past, my face would have been thrown into the Pacific Ocean, but now Cheng Zongyang put away this kind of womanly kindness.

To be cruel to oneself is to be cruel to oneself.His eyes were filled with cold light, and his strength suddenly doubled.

With a clang, the steel knife bounced back.Cheng Zongyang was stunned and realized that the dead eunuch had an iron wrist guard inside his sleeve.

Only this line was left, Cheng Zongyang had no time to withdraw his move, and the eunuch had a sharp and thin hand claws to grab his chest.

Suddenly, the wind broke out on his back, and Xiao Yaoyi snatched his body and punched the eunuch in the face.

The little eunuch's cultivation was much worse than that of the old eunuch. His fists and palms intersected, and his body-protecting true energy was immediately broken by Xiao Yaoyi's blade-like energy. His meridians were severely damaged. He staggered and took a few steps back, fell down, and vomited blood.

Another eunuch bullied him. He looked younger than the young eunuch just now, and his fists were less than half as big as Cheng Zongyang.

A scene in the hall made Cheng Zongyang feel nervous. At this time, he was ruthless and made a ruthless move on the child and slashed him on the shoulder.

The eunuch's robe sleeves were broken, but only two blue marks appeared on his arms, and even his skin was not broken.

Cheng Zongyang's face was distorted, thinking he was a ghost.

Iron cloth shirt?

Xiao Yaoyi said in a strange voice: The little ill son who has no eggs has good cultivation!

It turns out that it is a foreign kung fu like Tie Bushan, not a ghost that is invulnerable to swords and guns.

Cheng Zongyang felt a little relieved, then took a long breath and attacked him again with his two swords.

According to what Xie Yi taught, he concentrated the sword force in one place and slashed heavily on the eunuch's back.

After all, the eunuch was young, and although his cultivation was good, he could not stop Cheng Zongyang from slashing fiercely. His finger bones suddenly broke and he screamed and fell backwards.

The last eunuch who blocked the road was left in front of him suddenly heard a tragic roar behind him, and then his eyes suddenly became dark. The lights around him seemed to be covered by black fog, and even the bright moon in the sky dimmed.

Cheng Zongyang's heart was slightly shocked, and he felt a gloomy black fog rise from his feet, and countless poisonous snakes twisted and spread their poisonous fangs in the fog.

With a clear sound, Xiao Yaoyi's body lying horizontally, floating in the air, stretching his hands, as if holding a phoenix-headed pipa, and plucking his fingers on the invisible strings, retreating like a tide of black fog, and his dim vision instantly returned to its original state.

The old eunuch appeared from the black fog. His face was as deep as water, raised his palms in front of him, and then pushed forward.

Cheng Zongyang only felt an invisible air wall appearing in the air, and the powerful pressure cut off his breathing.

Xiao Yaoyi, who was hanging in the air, leaned over and flicked, drew a strange text in the air with his fingers, then slapped it out with his palm, and shouted: "Qi!"

The strange rune faced the air wall, and the fierce energy quickly melted like snow under the scorching sun.

The old eunuch screamed strangely, and his thin fingers grabbed the void. The shiny runes seemed to be pinched by a giant palm, making a shattered sound, and were crushed in a moment.

Xiao Yaoyi flashed forward, pulled out a dark curved vertebra from his sleeve, smiled fiercely, and then picked it towards the palm of the old eunuch.

Cheng Zongyang secretly praised the boy for his cunning and actually painted the dragon tooth cone with black paint. As soon as it was lit, the old eunuch couldn't break it and grabbed it forward, and a blood hole pierced by the dragon tooth cone.

Dare you!

As the old eunuch screamed, the splashed blood turned black at the same time, emitting a strong smell of fishy smell.

Xiao Yaoyi sat on the horse with a deep waist, bent his right arm slightly, and after he pulled the dragon teeth cone to his elbow, he stretched out his middle finger in the air and took a few strokes. The flying blood rain immediately condensed into ice beads and fell to the ground.

Cheng Zongyang's two swords were like a crazy dragon coming out of the water, forcing the last eunuch who blocked the road away, then spread the light of the sword, stabbed the internal organs from his armpits, and pierced his lungs.