After the four of them saw the cook entering the kitchen, they had no intention of coming out again. Then they got down from their hiding position and quickly walked to the base of the kitchen wall.
After seeing the busy scene inside through the half-open window, Li Cheng, Xiao Ying and Zuo Zhan quickly climbed from the wall to the roof of the kitchen.
Through the dim light of the roof, look at the hidden guard high up.
Gu Yuan casually picked up a pebble in a flowerpot, observed it, and gestured to Li Cheng.
Li Cheng looked at Gu Yuan's fingers that kept tightening and patted the little eagle on the back. The little eagle took out a crossbow from his backpack and aimed the crossbow at the secret guard's throat.
Zuo Zhan arrived at the side of the kitchen roof, preparing to rush down the roof as quickly as possible to pick up the hidden guard who might have fallen.
Gu Yuan's countdown was getting closer and closer, and the little eagle's fingers that pressed the spring of the mechanism slowly contracted, waiting for the opportunity to launch the mechanism. Zuo Zhan gently moved his ankles, ready to catch the falling secret guard at any time.
everything's ready.
When Gu Yuan put the last finger into his palm, he used the same trick on the wall to hit a tiger-spotted tree in the Xiulou Garden with a stone.
A huge bird's nest on a tiger-spotted tree was smashed to pieces by this stone, frightening several birds.
"Squeak!"
"Whoosh!"
Amidst the screams of three frightened birds, a crossbow arrow shot over.
A figure rushed past.
The three birds that Gu Yuan shot away were shot down by an arrow from the secret guard of Xiulou. At the same time, the secret guard's throat was pierced by the crossbow bolt shot by the little eagle. The secret guard who fell from upstairs was rushed downstairs.
He caught it with his Zuo Zhan skill.
During the whole process, there was no movement at all except for the three birds that were shot and screamed, and were nailed to the pillars exposed by the eaves of the west courtyard with one arrow.
The secret guard in the West Cross Courtyard was already crouching behind the roof and was drowsy, but he was also startled by this sudden arrow.
Looking at the three birds nailed to the pillar, the secret guard of Xikuoyuan curled his lips and muttered in his heart: "This guy's archery skills are getting more and more powerful, but they are just a few flying birds, so what?"
He clearly knew I was here, but he deliberately shot three birds at my feet. What does this mean?
Could it be that you are demonstrating against me?"
The secret guard muttered for a while, and then whispered: "Damn it, if you don't do it for yourself, you will be destroyed by heaven and earth. Let alone three birds with one sword, thirty birds with one sword. I will be the team leader this time!"
The secret guard in Xikuoyuan was thinking about his own thoughts and was quickly immersed in imagining the scenery after he became the captain of the team. He was completely unaware that the secret guard on the second floor of the embroidery building had fallen into the courtyard and was caught by Zuo Zhan.
Zuo Zhan dragged the body and climbed up to the balcony on the second floor. He used the black turban of the secret guard to wrap the wound on his neck tightly, put it back to the original place and made a disguise, and then covered the body with his body.
The belt was fixed so that no one could tell that the man was dead unless he climbed up and took a closer look.
By the time Zuo Zhan returned and went downstairs, Gu Yuan and Li Cheng had already gathered downstairs.
Everyone nodded at the same time, indicating that their tasks had been completed and they were ready for the next step.
Their next target is the secret guard behind the roof of the west courtyard. As long as they take down that secret guard, they will have officially cleared the obstacle to breaking through the outer ring courtyard and can continue to move forward.
The four of them quietly climbed up the wall of the Xiulou Courtyard. This wall was the back wall of the main outer courtyard.
Through the high wall and the roof, at their feet was the bedroom of the former owner of the cold female voice.
I don't know if the woman fell asleep, but there was no movement in the room, and everyone was extra careful where they stepped.
The secret guard in the west courtyard is not far away. Gu Yuan, the four of them and the secret guard are all on the back slope, in a state of being invisible to each other.
Since the height of the main room is much higher than that of the side room, they can actually shoot the hidden guard directly with a crossbow.
But the secret guard was at the junction of the west courtyard, and the surroundings were so quiet in the middle of the night. Once the secret guard was hit by an arrow and fell off the roof and hit the garden, the noise would probably be loud. The sound transmission is particularly far at night, in case it attracts the attention of others.
, that would be troublesome.
The only advantage was that the enemy was in the open and we were hidden. The secret guard was unaware of everyone's existence. Zuo Zhan moved slowly along the ridge of the roof, and soon he was hanging under the eaves of the west wing.
Gu Yuan and the others slid down into the courtyard, walked quietly to the back wall of the west wing, and slowly peered through the wall into the small garden.
They saw that this garden was just like what they had observed on the corridor before. It was just a garden planted with exotic flowers and plants, and no one lived in it. This made everyone feel relieved again.
Li Cheng and Little Eagle climbed in first, while Gu Yuan and Zuo Zhan climbed up slowly, one after another, and moved towards the place where the secret guard was.
Zuo Zhan was behind and Gu Yuan was in front. Gu Yuan made a gesture. The two of them counted five numbers silently in their minds and jumped upward at the same time.
Before the secret guard could react, Gu Yuan controlled the secret guard's hands, and Zuo Zhan wiped the secret guard's neck with a sharp knife in his pocket.
The secret guard didn't even see the person clearly before he was killed by the sword. He opened his eyes wide and refused to close his eyes.
The four of them gathered again at the moon door leading to the inner ring from the small garden, listening quietly as patrolling guards patrolled back and forth in the corridor that separated the inner ring from the outer ring.
"The inner ring corridor is very long. The four patrol teams not only patrol the area, but also patrol the corridor. They patrol alternately in pairs. Every time a stick of incense is burned, a team passes by the door of the small courtyard.
, let’s be careful, there is no problem in breaking through here.”
"If you can, try not to do anything. If one of the patrol teams makes any noise, the other patrol team will soon find out, and then we will be exposed."
If exposed, it will definitely affect the difficulty of rescuing Mo Ming.
After summarizing the information, what they need to pay attention to is how many secret guards there are in the inner ring.
No one knows where Mo Ming is being held, but people can't be locked up in the front. You can't go wrong if you keep going back. The most critical question now is whether there are any secret guards in the direction they are preparing to break through.
Staring.
"Don't worry, wait."
Gu Yuan made the final decision, and the small garden became completely quiet.
After waiting for half a stick of incense, Zuo Zhan suddenly discovered that the little eagle was missing.
Looking at the situation, although his face was calm, his heart was ringing with alarms and his heart was racing. At this critical moment, where did the little eagle go?
Before they could search, the little eagle climbed over the wall and came back from the direction they came from.
But there was a big cloth bag in his hand, which looked like it had been modified from the turban of the secret guard in the courtyard.
The cloth bag was moving, and it was obvious that there was a small living creature inside.
Gu Yuan frowned, this little eagle really didn't know what trouble he wanted to make.
The little eagle smiled slyly, "Guess what's inside?"