When they left the yard, the little eagle grabbed a swallow from the swallow's nest under the eaves, pinched the bird's beak to prevent it from making a sound, held it in his hand and put it in his sleeve, ready to use it to explore the way.
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Facts have proved that his preparation was really not in vain.
After the four of them passed through the courtyard where the servants lived, they saw another team patrolling the inner palace.
They were twelve guards wearing armor and hanging swords. They held torches in their hands and marched in neat steps to patrol along the established route.
This group of guards is far more elite than the secret guards outside, both in their dress and overall appearance. It can be seen that the area close to the inner courtyard is more tightly guarded. Who knows how many secret guards are hidden inside?
Gu Yuan and the others moved forward cautiously, and soon ran into another hidden guard.
Everyone just knows that this courtyard is very big. Who would have thought that this courtyard actually has a martial arts arena?
On the flagpole of this martial arts arena, a large flag was fluttering in the wind. Under the cover of the big flag, there was a figure lying on the flagpole.
This secret guard climbing on the flagpole almost covered the nearby area. If Gu Yuan and the others wanted to move forward, there was almost no way they could not avoid being within the sight of this secret guard.
The little eagle secretly cursed that the secret guard was still holding the flagpole without getting tired.
Zuo Zhan raised the crossbow and gestured, then shook his head slightly. It was too far.
He was not sure that the secret guard would not make a sound when the crossbow machine hit him, and Gu Yuan's sleeve arrows could not reach such a long distance, so how could he sneak past the secret guard under his nose and just...
became a problem.
Just as they were thinking about this, everyone noticed that from the moon gate in front of the small courtyard, the voices of two little maids were talking in low voices.
Everyone turned in and saw two little maids walking slowly towards this side while whispering.
These were two little maids who had just come off duty. The two little maids were moving their hands and feet, beating each other's shoulders, yawning, whispering, and joking with each other, completely oblivious to the imminent danger.
Although the two little maids spoke in a low voice, everyone could still hear clearly. They were discussing that they were too tired and should go back to sleep quickly.
Gu Yuan and the other four were worried that no one knew their way around, so they immediately hid under the corridor. Since these two maids were on duty, there was no need to worry that they would be discovered.
After the two little maids approached, Zuo Zhan came out directly in front of them, stopped them before they screamed, and dragged them aside.
Where have the two little maids seen such a formation?
Obviously frightened, Li Cheng wanted to draw the knife to scare them, but the two little maids couldn't help being frightened and almost fainted when they saw Li Cheng draw the knife.
After some interrogation, nothing was found. The two maids also insisted that they saw Mo Ming being taken to the side hall in the back garden.
It wasn't until they received some life-threatening threats that they admitted that the chief supervisor had instructed them to say this.
All the confessions point to the back garden. It has been confirmed that the back garden is a trap specially prepared for everyone. Everyone still doesn’t know where Mo Ming is being held. Instead of wandering around like this, it is better to go to the side hall in the back garden first.
Take a look at the situation.
The two little maids said that the back garden is to the north of the main courtyard. To go to the back garden, you have to pass through the main courtyard. And if you want to go to the main courtyard, you must pass through the martial arts arena, otherwise they will have to make a large circle laterally to get around.
past.
Everyone definitely didn’t want to make such a big circle, so they knocked the two little girls unconscious and ensured that they would not wake up within four hours. After tying them up and stuffing them into a hidden corner in the corridor, they discussed it.
After a while, I decided to go through this corridor and move forward slowly along the eaves.
As for how to get through the open air after leaving the cross-yard, they can only figure out how to do it at that time.
The four of them made up their minds and cautiously approached the direction of the martial arts arena.
On the way, they met two low-level servants and maids. Considering that no more useful information could be obtained by asking them, and not wanting to cause more trouble, the four of them hid.
When they approached a small corridor outside the martial arts arena, the four of them stopped. There was no way to hide this time.
There is actually a man-made lotus lake and stone rockery in this house. There are exotic flowers and plants nearby. This corridor is the only road through the lake. A small stone arch bridge spans the lotus lake.
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There are no buildings on both sides of the winding corridor. In the middle of the corridor is a small arch bridge. This arch bridge is so small that it is only a few steps away. On this kind of night, you can just duck across it.
Under the arch bridge is the lake, with white lotus flowers blooming on the lake surface, which contrasts with the green lotus leaves in a poetic and picturesque way.
Walking in this corridor, you can indeed avoid the eyes coming from the flagpole of the martial arts field.
But the five maids walking from the other end of the corridor made it impossible for the four of them to avoid them.
Waves of light among the green lotus leaves shine under the lanterns hanging on the corridor, making the entire corridor shine brightly.
After Gu Yuan and the others discovered that five maids were approaching from the other end of the corridor, they began to think about ways to escape.
But with that sparkling reflection, there was basically no dark place in the corridor to hide from the gazes of the five people in front.
At this time, the swallow that the little eagle had been holding finally came in handy.
Looking at the five maids walking along the corridor in the distance, the little eagle used a hidden weapon to shoot the bird away.
The dizzy swallow directly hit one of the five maids, the first of which was on the knee.
"Ouch!"
The maid was suddenly hit on the knee by a swallow. She was unable to stand and fell to the ground. A tray she was holding in her hand fell to the ground with a crash. The maid hurried to pick it up, but the exquisite wine utensils on it had been scattered.
One place.
"ah!"
"Oh my God!"
Then there was a crackling sound, the sound of things falling to the ground and people falling to the ground.
The four maids following behind were carrying fruit plates and dessert plates.
Everyone was walking forward slowly. After the first maid fell down, the maid behind her had no time to stop and bumped directly into her. The ones following behind also couldn't stop the car and fell down.
land.
Several maids fell to the gravel ground. After all, they were young. First they were startled and screamed, and soon they rubbed their legs and screamed a few times in pain.
And the swallow that was knocked dizzy was pinched by the little eagle for too long, and its wings flapped on the ground. I don't know if it was injured. It struggled for a long time and couldn't fly for a while, but it also showed its wings.