The shovels in the hands of these servants were made of inferior thin sheets of iron.
If it hits the cobblestone ground in the garden, the sound will definitely be like taking a broken gong and hitting it hard in the dark and silent night.
Just when the shovel was about to land, the little eagle raised its legs, turned around and lowered its feet, catching the fallen shovel head with its heel. Li Cheng also leaned forward and hooked the handle of the shovel with one foot.
The shovel that came out of his hand fell to the ground without making any sound.
Although they were unconscious, the four servants were tied up and gagged in the same way as before, and thrown into the flowers on the flower path at the corner. The four of them continued on their way.
When you walked out of this garden, you saw a house.
But a new difficulty came again. There was nothing to cover the house.
This courtyard is completely independent from other courtyards. It is a small building with a courtyard.
And the west garden that everyone wants to go to is in the backyard of this courtyard.
It can be said that this is the only way to go.
A ring of courtyard walls surrounded several large and small courtyards. Surrounding the courtyard walls was a hardened pavement paved with gravel that could allow horse-drawn carriages to run side by side. It could be said that if you wanted to get close to the courtyard wall of that courtyard, you would inevitably be exposed to this open space.
Through observation, Gu Yuan and the others discovered that there were at least a dozen guardsmen in groups of six patrolling the area.
Gu Yuan and the four of them looked at each other. Is there some secret to why this house is so tightly guarded?
If everyone hadn't been so anxious to save Mo Ming, I would have really wanted to go in and have a look.
This house is a square building. When the previous patrol guard completely disappears around the corner, another guard will soon come out from the next corner.
The distance between the escorts is also very short, let alone the escorts coming in the opposite direction.
This means that there is no chance of completely evading the escort.
"Actually, it's not impossible!"
After doing calculations, Gu Yuan came to a conclusion.
When the two groups of guards met in front of the garden exit, they both turned their backs to each other and continued walking forward.
When the two new teams on the east and west sides appear at the corner, it will still take half a stick of incense time. At this time, these two teams should meet the two new teams at the corner of the wall.
In other words, if they can attack without making a sound, they have half a stick of incense to deal with one patrol, then pursue them to the corner of the courtyard wall, and another one stick of incense to deal with the next patrol, and wait for the arrival from the east.
The patrol team walked all the way to the corner on the west side.
The premise is that the second patrol coming from the east will not wonder why no one wants to meet them head-on?
After Gu Yuan and the other three people expressed their thoughts, everyone made some suggestions to fill in the possible loopholes in this idea.
After such calculations, it was found that it was not impossible to directly find a gap and break through. However, if they went in and rescued Mo Ming, there would still be so many troubles waiting for them to deal with when they came back.
It's better not to do anything at all, and to solve these troubles in advance now!
After the four people spotted the intersection of the patrol teams, they each advanced another fifty steps, and then quietly rushed towards the team heading east.
There were six people in this patrol team, arranged in twos and threes in a row, with about four steps between each other, and only the two at the front had torches.
Gu Yuan and Li Cheng were responsible for raiding the neck from behind, while Xiao Yingying and Zuo Zhan were responsible for picking up the body.
The group of guards from west to east was the first to be attacked. Gu Yuan stepped forward, holding a short knife and went straight to the guard's neck. He reached out and wiped the man's neck, covered his mouth and dragged him back.
Then he stumbled, and the guard fell with his head to the south and his feet to the north. The little eagle following him reached out and took the body, climbed over the garden wall and threw it inside.
Li Cheng also made the same move, wiping his neck and knocking him down.
Zuo Zhan reached out to take the body and walked it along the garden wall.
It is impossible to say that there was no movement at all, but the two guards in line only subconsciously doubted the voices behind them. When they turned around, they only saw a hand and a sharp blade with a cold light.
Welcoming him.
Then everything went dark and everything was over.
From the guard's perspective, his vision went dark, and then his throat hurt.
But Gu Yuan has achieved this step without any less work.
Gu Yuan struck with his left hand, and pinched the guard in the face as he turned around. The knife in his right hand was faster than his left hand, and it pierced his throat at once. At the same time, he pinched his mouth with his left hand, and instantly used this strength to
The guard's jaw was crushed in an instant, and the sound he wanted to make was held in his throat.
Li Cheng also made the same move, hitting him by surprise.
Afterwards, Gu Yuan and Li Cheng handed the two corpses to Xiao Ying and Zuo Zhan, and then went up close to deal with the two guards in front.
But the two guards in front suddenly felt that something was not right. When they turned around, they saw Xiao Ying and Zuo Zhan handling the bodies of their companions.
The two of them were startled. Anyone who saw what was happening behind them would feel as if they were dead and their hair would stand on end.
Almost instinctively, they used the torches in their hands to wave at Gu Yuan and Li Cheng, trying to get enough distance, and then attacked with the simple knives in their hands.
The idea was good, and it might actually work if they met ordinary people, but what they met was Gu Yuan and Li Cheng.
The two of them had already thought about all the possibilities when they started, and had calculated their changes and responses several times in their minds.
Gu Yuan did not hide at all when facing the torch being waved towards him. Instead, he faced the difficulty and faced it. He clasped the guard with his left hand and moved the wrist holding the torch forward. The distance between them had completely exceeded the range that Pu Dao could effectively defend against.
distance.
Gu Yuan's knees bent towards the guard's legs, and this pull broke the guard's balance. At the same time, he lifted the knife in his hand from bottom to top. The movement was not big, but the guard seemed to push the knife up with his neck.
, and automatically pushed his neck out.
There was only a "plop" sound, but not much blood spurted out, because the little eagle used the clothes of a previous guard to directly cover and wrap him up.
They even considered the fact that the blood of these guards splashing on the ground would attract others' attention.
Li Cheng also took care of another guard. Zuo Zhan was picking up the guard's clothes, covering the guard's wounds, and then he and Li Cheng carried the body to the garden.
Gu Yuan also disposed of the body with Little Eagle, and then the four of them hurried to the corner.
There is a semicircular blind spot at this corner. Standing in this semicircular area, you can make yourself invisible to the courtyard walls on both sides.