After being scolded by the servant woman, the guards who manipulated the bronze mirror could only use the light reflected by the bronze mirror to search for traces of the old cat in the yard. The other two guards on the turret had no choice but to prepare their bows and arrows, ready to kill.
That old cat.
It's a pity that the old cat was so devoted to his own affairs that he ended up like this.
The guards searched back and forth for a long time but did not find any trace. The old cat hid and disappeared. When the servant woman saw that the guards could not find the old cat, she cursed these guards for being useless. The servant woman's mouth
It was so poisonous that the guards almost vomited blood after scolding him.
Although the guards were angry, they did not dare to reply.
"Okay, Mother Wu, you come back first. I'll be on duty tomorrow and let the guards go get twenty boards each."
In the yard outside this garden, a cold female voice came: "I can't even catch an old cat. Do you expect you to guard the house and guard the yard to catch the thief?"
Maybe one day a thief will come in, and I will have to go to battle in person, but you will become just a decoration!"
The guard was scolding his mother in his heart. He got twenty boards out of nowhere. Where can he find the explanation?
A guard was still walking around the courtyard unwillingly, holding a bow and arrow in his hand and trying to shoot the old cat, but after all, the old cat had lived for too long, and they couldn't find it even if he wanted to hide.
Seeing that the guards really couldn't find the cat, Wu Ma turned around and left with a curse, and the farce came to an end.
The guard in the turret restrained the firelight reflected in the bronze mirror, and said angrily in a low voice: "It's just an outsider who has been favored for a few days, and who changes his ways every day."
But another guard persuaded her: "Keep your voice down, because the master has been here these days, and she has been arrogant for a few days. She has to get up in the kitchen to make soup every day at midnight, and there are a lot of complaints.
When she falls out of favor in two days, who will care about her?"
The guard who spoke first was a little confused, and finally said, "You bitch will be rewarded."
Then he stopped cursing.
Only then did the four of them, Gu Yuan, take action again.
Li Cheng, Little Eagle and Zuo Zhan quickly climbed up the corridor beside the garden and peered into the three courtyards outside the garden.
Everyone split up to investigate the conditions of the three courtyards.
Gu Yuan walked to the Moon Gate and peered into the main room where Wu Ma returned, wondering if the owner had fallen asleep.
I saw that the lights in the main room were still on, and the loud-voiced servant named Wu could be heard faintly, reporting what had just happened in a soft voice in a low voice.
The cold female voice also lowered her voice and asked questions. The female voice was not old, and the voice was harsh and harsh. After the two chatted for a while, the female voice became more and more dissatisfied. She just said that the guards did not do their best to eat hard food every day, and then
The servant's voice echoed.
After a while, the maid came out and walked into a side room next to her.
In the room, the master ordered the maid to turn off the lights, and the surrounding area slowly became quiet.
Li Cheng, Little Eagle and Zuo Zhan also met from both sides of the corridor. The four of them met and summarized the situation of the three surrounding courtyards.
Although this villa looks like just another villa, it is actually a whole set of garden-style courtyards, and it is very vast.
There are five sets of courtyards nearby, and the cold female voice just now is the main one. I don’t know who raised this outhouse.
There was also a young woman living in another courtyard.
In the courtyard to the east is the kitchen, where the cooks, servants, and maids live. The lights are still on, and the big pot is bubbling. I don't know what kind of soup is simmering.
There is a carefully manicured small garden next to the courtyard, growing some more delicate flowers, as well as some uncommon rare flowers and plants.
In the courtyard to the south, there is an embroidery building, which is probably where the outer room usually conducts activities.
There are a total of six hidden guards in this set of courtyard roads, and together with the patrol guards that go back and forth on the two high walls, it can be said that they are made of iron, making it difficult for mosquitoes and flies to enter.
Now that they have killed the secret guard on the rockery in the garden, and if they want to move forward, the biggest obstacle is the secret guard squatting on the second floor of the embroidered building.
It was a four-story embroidered building that echoed the guards on the corner building. It basically took the situation in this area into full view.
I'm afraid it's not as simple as killing that secret guard with a crossbow.
The little eagle frowned and said, "It's just a separate courtyard, built to look like a palace. Is it necessary?"
Li Cheng said: "It's probably because they knew we were coming, so they specially strengthened the security."
Gu Yuan and the others continued to move forward close to the courtyard wall, and moved towards the embroidery building lightly.
It is not certain whether the death of the secret guard on the rockery attracted the attention of the secret guards in Xiulou, but at least so far, there has been no warning of any kind.
The four of them carefully climbed over the circular corridor and entered the courtyard with three kitchens in the east courtyard.
The maid and servant girl lived in the pavilion to the east. The four of them clung to the eaves and crept forward. The eaves above their heads effectively blocked the view of the secret guard on the show floor, so they were safe.
But from time to time, there was the sound of people turning over and talking in their sleep from the window, which made their movements softer, for fear of attracting attention.
The row on the west side was occupied by the cooks. The room was dark and seemed to be in silence, but there was always the sound of servants working in the main kitchen, which made them even more careful.
They had just crossed half of the courtyard when they had to stop again.
Suddenly someone came over and everyone hurriedly found a place to hide.
Li Cheng and Zuo Zhan took a few steps back and leaned against the two pillars. Gu Yuan jumped into the air and hung his body under the eaves of the flower gallery outside the Tongbu. The little eagle lay down and used the two pillars.
A wooden fence more than a foot high between them shields the body.
Just after everyone hid, this man came over.
It turned out that there were hurried footsteps in the kitchen, and the door was suddenly opened. Through the light, a fat cook could be seen, running hurriedly to the chef's stall room to the west.
"Pah, pah, pah." The fat man slapped the door. He was very eager, but lowered his voice and reminded softly: "Master, the soup is almost ready. Do you think you can go over and take a look now?"
Just wait for you to get up and serve the soup."
The fat cook called three times before the sound of getting up came from inside. After a while, the door opened and an even fatter cook came out.
After coming out, he rubbed his eyes first, then looked up at the moonlight, and then, with the help of the fat cook who nodded and bowed, he walked into the brightly lit kitchen in the main room.
There was originally a large lantern under the eaves of the four corners of this small courtyard for lighting purposes. However, in the middle of the night, the candlelight was no longer so bright. Only the light reflected from the kitchen window of the main house illuminated the courtyard.