The four of them, Gu Yuan, were wearing the clothes of secret guards, so there was no need to climb over the wall. They could just find a gated courtyard and enter before continuing forward.
There was a big tree in the courtyard. One of the two secret guards was planning to come down from the tree, while the other was about to go on duty in the tree. When he saw the four of them coming in, both of them were a little curious.
The secret guard standing under the tree asked, "Why are you here?
Why don't you go back to rest in the middle of the night?
What are you hanging out for?”
Except for the secret guards, other guards or servants will not care about the routes of the secret guards, but the secret guards themselves know it very well.
The secret guard who was standing on the tree and was about to come down didn't think much when he saw Gu Yuan and the four of them. He just thought that the four of them were wandering around with nothing to do.
After all, the work of secret guards is very boring. This kind of thing has happened before. He also told: "You should go back quickly. If you are seen by the chief manager or the deacon, you will be scolded again."
But the secret guard standing under the tree had a different view. Obviously he was thinking more. As he watched the four people getting closer and closer, he felt more and more strange that they were strangers. He couldn't tell from their silhouettes that these people were the same.
who.
The secret guard held a sword in his hand and said seriously:
"You four, stand still, command!"
Gu Yuan was stunned, and he stood still.
The secret guard asked again: "Password!"
You actually want to exchange passwords with them?
Gu Yuan and the others cursed in their hearts, they had never heard of this happening?
The little eagle glanced vaguely at Zuo Zhan, who was standing next to him. The two of them simultaneously took out the crossbows hidden in their left sleeves and fired crossbow arrows at the two people on the tree.
The secret guard on the tree was unsuspecting. He was looking down at the bottom of the tree. Before he could understand why the secret guard who was taking over had asked this question, he was shot by an arrow from his temple and came out from his head with a thud.
If you fall from the tree, you will die.
The secret guard under the tree was on guard. Although the crossbow was fast, he dodged it in time and was not hit at once. He twisted his body and avoided the fatal blow.
But Gu Yuan paid attention when he raised the question and threw out the short blade in his hand.
The flying knife was not as fast as the crossbow bolt, but it flew just when the secret guard was dodging the attack. The knife was inserted into the secret guard's mouth, shattering all his teeth, and knocking out the whistle he had just put into his mouth.
This secret guard was also ruthless. He didn't care about his injuries and didn't run away. He just hid behind a tree and opened his mouth to call someone.
But no matter how fast he was, he couldn't move faster than Gu Yuan. Gu Yuan rushed over and pinched his neck directly.
After packing up the bodies, Gu Yuan and the other two set off on the road again. Because they had wasted too much time, this time they no longer cared about the clothes they were wearing. They climbed over the wall if they could, just to save time.
Soon, Gu Yuan and the others returned to the main kitchen on the other side of the lotus pond. The main kitchen was now brightly lit and full of people coming and going.
It was too late for the four of them to hide, so they had no choice but to cross the river.
Fortunately, these people were so busy that they just saluted when they saw the secret guard, and no one paid attention to them.
When they walked near the main kitchen, a cook suddenly opened the door, and seven or eight maids filed out carrying food boxes.
Gu Yuan and the four others restrained their steps and continued to move forward calmly.
The cook carefully warned the maids: "These are sent to the back garden side hall, you must watch the road under your feet.
Come back quickly after delivering it, the guards in the front yard haven't eaten yet."
Gu Yuan thought to himself, the guards on duty here are treated really well and they even have midnight snacks.
Just as he was thinking about it, the cook suddenly said: "Have the four secret guards eaten?
Do you want to eat something and then rest?"
Gu Yuan lowered his voice and said, "No, we still have something to do."
Just then, four maids came back with empty food boxes in their hands.
The cook asked again: "Have you sent all the people from the dungeon?"
The leading maid bowed her knees and said, "In response to Deacon Liu, all the food in the West Garden Dungeon has been delivered."
It turns out that the cook's surname is Liu, and he is also a butler. No wonder he has been arranging for maids to deliver meals here.
Deacon Liu nodded and said, "Then you go in first."
When Gu Yuan heard the word "dungeon", his mind moved and he couldn't help but pause. Before, he only knew that the back garden side hall was a trap. Could it be that Mo Ming was locked up in the west garden dungeon?
He raised his head and glanced at Zuo Zhan, who happened to be looking at him as well.
The four of them quickened their pace again and quickly left the kitchen and continued walking along the lake.
"Gu Yuan, what should we do now?"
"Let's go to the dungeon in the West Garden first."
"But we don't know where the dungeon is. Should we grab a maid and ask?"
"Don't alert the enemy yet, let's wait until we get to the West Garden."
"There are guards ahead, hide first."
At this time, everyone had just walked to the flower path between the two courtyards, ducked and squatted among the flowers.
As soon as everyone hid, they saw at the corner of the lakeshore in the distance, a group of guards holding torches patrolling the lakeside path. Fortunately, everyone hid quickly. After a few drops of water, they would be discovered by this group of guards.
After the guards left, the four of them, Gu Yuan, walked out of the flowers and continued to move forward against the courtyard wall.
Li Cheng, Little Eagle and Zuo Zhan continued to move against the wall, while Gu Yuan climbed onto the wall.
Looking from the wall to the corridor, I saw another group of guards moving in this direction.
Gu Yuan cursed secretly, it was just a separate courtyard, and the security was tighter than that of the palace.
Gu Yuan squatted on the wall and made a gesture. Li Cheng and the others walked around to the side of the big tree. When the pair of guards holding torches walked through the small garden with neat steps, they didn't see them at all.
exist.
But just when they were about to continue moving towards the West Garden, Gu Yuan suddenly signaled everyone to stop moving forward. Following the direction of Gu Yuan's finger, everyone found that among the row of tiger-spotted trees where they were hiding, there was a man lying in the crown of the last tree.
With a secret guard.
It's just that the direction of the secret guard's sight was in another direction, and the secret guard was taking a nap and did not see their presence, nor did he even see them avoiding the group of guards until they hid next to the tree.
trajectory.
The tree was only one foot tall. The little eagle estimated the distance, kicked off the tree trunk, and jumped up. He casually threw out his knife. A flash of light flashed through the knife and it pierced An Shao's side ribs. The tip of the knife stabbed him instantly.
Break the heart.
Before the secret whistle could shout, he reached out to cover the secret whistle's mouth and nose, and with a horizontal movement of the hand holding the knife, cut off the bottom of the secret toilet machine.
Until his death, the secret whistler did not say a word. As soon as he spat out a mouthful of blood, he was pushed down from the tree by the little eagle and fell into the soft grass.
The four of them continued to move forward, carefully avoiding the denser guard team ahead.