A crescent moon hangs high in the sky, casting a faint silver light on the water, adding to the coolness on the water. The Wanxiang Tower opposite stands deserted under the silver light, and in front of the building is a field of white flowers. There are also mountains
, stone walls, peach trees, and willow trees, each with its own color and shape, and under the silvery moonlight, they all seem to contain an ulterior secret.
Wanxiang Tower is built near the water, next to a winding stream. In water towns like Jiangnan, such buildings can be found everywhere.
The news that King Yan Gao Fei was staying at Wanxiang Tower in Qu'a County has spread to everyone. In order to protect Gao Fei's safety, Wu King Sun Jian specially sent Cheng Pu and Huang Gai to lead troops to guard the perimeter to prevent any accidents.
In the official residence of Wanxiang Tower, everyone was sleeping quietly upstairs and downstairs, and their footsteps seemed to trample on the dreams of these sleeping people. The leather shoes with iron heels were too heavy and would crush a few fragile dreams.
There are not many bamboo leaves left next to Wanxiang Tower, and the cold wind occasionally blows, but it still makes so much effort to blow a few small leaves. The bare branches of several sycamore trees look very clear in the moonlight. In March in the South, at night
It still looks so cold.
Wu Bing patrolled outside the Wanxiang Building and did not dare to take a step closer to the inner courtyard of the Wanxiang Building. The entire Wanxiang Building seemed deathly quiet at night. There were no lights in all the rooms, except for a vegetable oil lamp hanging in front of the toilet.
The light color is dim.
Just after midnight, a figure suddenly jumped down from the beam of the toilet. The man was masked in black and tall. There was a hint of ferocity in his eyes, and he scanned the entire Wanxiang Building at a very fast speed.
The masked man in black was none other than Zhou Tai, the first general of Wu Guoce's Yu army. He disguised himself as a slave during the day and sneaked into Wanxiang Tower quietly. Looking for an opportunity, he hid on the beam of the toilet.
I endured the stench emanating from the toilet for half a day. Once I got out of the toilet, I immediately felt refreshed.
Zhou Tai took out a sharp dagger from his back, held it in his hand, and tiptoed from one shelter to the back of another, his figure looking very elegant and swift.
He was born in poverty, his parents died, and he wandered around the world when he was ten years old. He suffered a lot in the troubled times. In order to have a bite to eat, he was forced to rob the rich, kill people and buy goods, and struggled for several years. Although he didn't
Under the guidance of famous teachers, he is also self-taught and has practiced martial arts well.
When he was fourteen years old, he met Jiang Qin, a native of Shouchun County in the same county. The two teenagers, who were both orphans in troubled times, hit it off and formed a gang. They quickly formed a gang in Huainan, specializing in robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
Apart from bullies, no one in Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, can be a corrupt official.
However, a year later, Sun Jian sent troops to attack Jiujiang County and quickly occupied Jiujiang County with a strong offensive. Sun Jian heard that bandits were rampant in Jiujiang County and prepared to send troops to suppress the bandits, but was dissuaded by his son Sun Ce. Sun Ce inquired about Zhou Tai and Jiang
Where Qin and others were, he single-handedly broke into Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's stronghold. First, he defeated Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin in a row with his superior force. Later, with great righteousness, he took the initiative to invite Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to join the army.
, and thus clear the name of the gangster.
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin felt that Sun Ce standing in front of them had an unusual aura, so they led their troops to submit, and their subordinates naturally became the original strength of Ce Yu's army. In the days that followed, Zhou Tai even more
Strictly discipline yourself and never engage in robberies.
But today, for the sake of the future of the Wu Kingdom, he resumed his old business, armed with a sharp knife, entering people's houses at night, preparing to commit murder again, and frame others as the blame.
Zhou Tai had already inquired about the room where King Yan Gao Fei was, and quickly sneaked outside the room where Gao Fei was, skillfully using a dagger to open the door latch, and slipped in lightly.
The room was unusually quiet. From time to time, Zhou Tai heard intermittent snoring coming from the bed, and thought to himself: "I didn't expect King Yan's snoring to be louder than a pig..."
He tiptoed close to the bed, holding the sharp blade in his hand tightly, looking at the person lying on the bed covered with a quilt, thinking that he was about to die under his knife in a moment, he was happy, and his eyes showed it.
A great evil light.
Without further ado, Zhou Tai always killed people neatly and swiftly. He quickly raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed him suddenly.
"throat……"
A harsh pig cry suddenly sounded in front of Zhou Tai, and a pig under the blanket on the bed kicked up and down.
Zhou Tai had a look of surprise on his face. It was hard to tell in the dark and the lights were dim. He would never have thought that the person sleeping on King Yan's bed was actually a pig. So, where did King Yan go?
Before he could think clearly about the cause and effect, a group of people holding torches suddenly rushed out of the courtyard. The lights outside the door lit up half of the night sky.
"Listen to the people inside, you have been surrounded. If you know what you are doing, come out quickly and capture us!" A roaring voice rang outside the door. Although the voice was a little old, it was sonorous and powerful.
Zhou Tai quickly calmed down his surprise. At this time, the room was already illuminated by the lights outside the door. He truly saw a pig lying on the bed and struggling. Apart from that, there was nothing else in the room.
No one.
"I have always been meticulous in my actions, and even my hiding places are very difficult to detect. Why do I still fail? Could it be? Someone leaked the secret?" Zhou Tai frowned and thought secretly, "It's impossible. All I know is the strategy.
The people of the Yu Army are all brothers and sisters, and they are all good brothers who share weal and woe, and no one will leak the secret. But...why did King Yan know my actions in advance?"
Before Zhou Tai could think clearly, he heard another voice coming from outside the door, shouting loudly: "Get the people inside out quickly!"
Zhou Tai was no stranger to the shouts outside. The voice was none other than Cheng Pu, one of the four generals under Sun Jian, King of Wu. The unique timbre sounded very familiar to him. He walked to the window and spoke with his hands.
I poked a small hole in the window paper and went over to take a look. I saw all the bows and crossbows outside the door, and there were many swords and guns. Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were standing there with weapons in their hands.
"I haven't seen the King of Yan. It's really hard to steal the chicken but lose the rice today. The two generals Cheng Pu and Huang Gai are very skilled in martial arts. If you want to escape from here, you really need to fight hard, and you can't let them recognize me."
Come, otherwise the young master will be humiliated and King Wu will be very embarrassed." Zhou Tai thought to himself.
Just when Zhou Tai didn't know what to do, he suddenly heard a "Teng" sound coming from the room. He was startled and turned around quickly, only to see a strong man wearing black clothes and masking his face appeared.
In front of him, judging from the direction where the strong man landed, he should have been hiding on the beams for a long time.
He was shocked. He didn't expect that there was someone hiding on the beam, and he didn't notice it at all. If the other party hadn't taken the initiative to show up, he would never have known that there was someone hiding on the beam.
"Who are you?" Zhou Tai held the dagger in his hand tightly and placed it across his chest, with a fierce light emanating from his eyes.
The man in black sneered and said: "It doesn't matter who I am, what's important is that I can help you escape. There are people standing outside, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai are by no means mediocre. If you want
It's crazy to rush out without incident.
Talk about dreams. However, you can’t die. If you die, your identity will be disclosed immediately. At that time, the young master’s face will be disgraced, and King Wu will also be blamed. You know, the relationship between King Wu and King Yan
The relationship is extraordinary."
"Who are you?" Zhou Tai frowned, thinking that the person standing in front of him was really not that simple. He even knew clearly that he was sent by Sun Ce.
"I said, it doesn't matter who I am. When it matters, I can help you escape and let you leave this place safe and sound." The man in black spoke in a strange manner, as if he was speaking with a pinched voice, fearing that others would hear it.
His voice comes.
"Why are you helping me? What's your intention?" Zhou Tai can be sure that this person is definitely not from Ce Yu's army. Otherwise, he should not show his true face to others, and the other person deliberately speaks with a pinched voice, and he doesn't want others to know.
who is he.
"You have too many questions. Do you want to leave here?" the man in black asked.
"Think! Do you have a way?" Zhou Tai answered without hesitation. Judging from the other party's behavior, he should be a friend rather than an enemy. Otherwise, as soon as he entered the door, the other party could suddenly kill him, but he could
The other party did not do this, and even showed up deliberately to let him go, as if he had expected all this.
"Beyond the mountains, there are people outside, and there is a sky beyond the sky. I know what you are thinking, but please rest assured that I have absolutely no ill intentions towards you. If you can trust me, just follow me. If you can't trust me, you
Just stay, Wanxiang Building is already surrounded inside and outside, and you can’t escape even if you use your wings." The man in black said.
Zhou Tai heard the man in black say something confused and looked around at the situation. He felt that there was no way to heaven and no way to the earth. There was no way out. But the man in black seemed to be very confident in his words.
, seemed to have a plan to escape, so he nodded and said: "I believe in you, if you take me out of here, I will definitely reward you heavily."
The man in black smiled and said: "That's not necessary, you come with me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black walked straight to the bed, pushed the dead pig down on the bed, lifted up the sheets, and got directly under the dark hole of the bed, never to come out again.
Zhou Tai stood there and waited for a while, with Cheng Pu shouting and cursing loudly behind him. He ignored it, but he knew that if he really didn't go out after a while, Cheng Pu would probably rush in.
The man in black suddenly showed his head from under the bed and asked, "Are you leaving or not? If so, just come in."
"Walk!"
Zhou Tai no longer hesitated, walked directly to the bed, leaned under the bed, stretched out his hand to explore, and found a big hole from under the bed. There was a look of surprise on his face, and he couldn't help but lost his voice: "Wanxiang Tower is actually there again."
Secret passage?"
The man in black didn't wait for Zhou Tai's surprise to react, and then dragged Zhou Tai into the secret passage, then closed the baffle of the secret passage, took out the fire folder, hid in the secret passage, and whispered to Zhou Tai
Said: "Hush...Cheng Pu, Huang Gai has come in, hide here for a while."