When Xiang Shaolong opened his eyes, he was still in darkness, unable to tell the difference between day and night, and his mind was groggy, and he still wanted to continue sleeping.
He was awakened by the sound of other people's voices. He was startled at first, thinking that someone was searching for him. But when he saw that there was nothing unusual in the tunnel, and the sound only came from a corner of the secret room, he suddenly realized that the sound was coming from a copper pipe.
That copper pipe can monitor the movement in the secret room, and the sounds above can be transmitted down through the copper pipe.
Xiang Shaolong took the few remaining fire sticks and lit one of the oil lamps, revealing the copper pipe.
It is installed on the side of the entrance, shining brightly.
Xiang Shaolong gathered his energy, carefully moved to the copper pipe, and put his ear on it.
The cold feeling and human voice entered the ears at the same time.
I heard a male voice laughing lewdly: "Your figure is getting more and more plump. No wonder the king was looking at you intently last night."
A woman's voice said in disbelief: "If you give me to your Majesty, I would rather commit suicide."
Xiang Shaolong was amazed in his heart. This woman understood the psychology of men very well. Even though she knew and accepted that her master wanted to give her to others, she still showed reluctance.
Sure enough, the lingering sound of kissing came from the room above.
The female god said coquettishly: "Don't you have to go to the dinner party? You want to tease others at this moment."
Xiang Shaolong was shocked when he heard this.
If it was the time for the dinner party, then he had slept for half the night and a whole day, let alone ten hours or twenty hours. How could he be so sleepy? For a moment, he forgot to listen to the conversation between the man and woman above him, and felt miserable.
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Uzumaki suddenly woke up and realized that although there were vents in the tunnel, the air was still sluggish. If he hadn't woken up, he might have died in his sleep due to lack of oxygen.
Suddenly he heard the word "Xiang Shaolong" coming into his ears, and he was busy and listened attentively. The king said: "Now the city is full of storms, and all the big and small banquets have been canceled by Xiang Shaolong. The king has an order, and everyone is safe.
Xiang Shaolong or anyone who knows about it and fails to report it will have his family confiscated and exterminated. Ha, no corpse is more valuable than Xiang Shaolong. You can get a reward of 500 gold for just the corpse. Everyone is looking for this guy."
The woman said: "I think he has left the city long ago. Otherwise, why couldn't I find even a hair of his hair even after the entire beam was turned over?" She also sighed: "This man is really powerful. He can come whenever he wants.
Just go and go, no one will care about him."
The Lord accompanied her and sighed and said: "He walked easily, but he was exhausted to death. Mr. Fan couldn't catch Xiang Shaolong this time. All the blame falls on him, the city guard. He just came here."
He asked me to intercede with the king. Now that the king is angry, I won't be stupid enough to get into trouble for him." Xuan added: "Xiang Shaolong came at the wrong time. I missed Feng Fei's wonderful performance.
She will go to Qi State tomorrow. I wonder when she will come back? I must go to see her off tomorrow."
Only then did Xiang Shaolong realize that Feng Fei, one of the three most famous girls, was currently in Daliang. His heart moved and he didn't want to listen anymore. He left the treasure house, slipped out of the tunnel, and hid in the forest behind the back house so that he could breathe some fresh air.
It was indeed dusk outside, and it was still snowing.
After inhaling a large amount of fresh air, Xiang Shaolong's mind returned to normal and he thought carefully.
The only safe place in Daliang right now is this tunnel, but if anyone shows up again, there will be no chance of escape.
Lord Long Yang obviously still hasn't revealed what happened to him, otherwise the Lord would not have failed to mention it. But even so, it was of little help to him.
He thought of Feng Fei again.
If this beauty with a unique style is willing to help, she might be able to take him out of the city.
But since they only met once and had little friendship, would she risk her life to save him? The most troublesome thing is that he has no idea where she lives.
Even if she knew it, it would not be easy to sneak into her boudoir. I was so distracted thinking about it that I suddenly heard the sound of a dog barking from the backyard.
Xiang Shaolong was startled and hurriedly got back into the tunnel. Using his memory to estimate the situation of the houses above, he rushed up through one of the exits and came to the garden in the middle of a courtyard.
In this courtyard house, only the front hall was lit, while the east, west, and rear compartments were all dark.
Xiang Shaolong estimated that the vicious dog patrolling the house was still locked up in the backyard and had not been released, so he went about his business in peace.
With his hook and agility, he crossed several buildings in one breath, avoided several servants, and went to the dining room to steal enough food when no one was around. He also took a pot of hot tea.
I slipped back into the tunnel, and after my stomach was healed, my fighting spirit returned to full strength.
Regardless of whether it is a tunnel or a big beam, it is not advisable to stay there for a long time.
But the problem is that he still hasn't figured out a way to leave safely.
When the people of Wei searched for him inside and outside the city but could not find him, they would surely guess that he was hiding in a hidden place.
There was no shortage of talented people in the Wei Dynasty. Lord Longyang himself was a very shrewd person. Sooner or later, he would think of this building, the former residence of Lord Xinling where Xiang Shaolong once stayed, and he would also think that there would be undiscovered people under the house.
To be honest, if you occasionally sneak out to steal a half-meal or snack to satisfy your hunger, there will be no problem, but if this continues, it will definitely arouse suspicion.
After having these two concerns, he decided that he must leave Daliang within two days, otherwise he might never have to leave.
After confirming that there was no one in the bedroom above the treasure house, he sneaked up, opened the box, and took out a set of cloaks and thick robes to keep out the cold. When he was about to leave, he heard footsteps outside the room, and then someone was sitting in the hall.
There was the sound of talking and laughing.
Xiang Shaolong's heart moved, he moved to the door, opened it a little, and pushed it out through the gap.
I couldn't help but be surprised when I saw it.
There were three people sitting outside, and nearly ten other people who seemed to be close companions, and everyone looked nervous.
One of them is clearly Long Yangjun.
His face turned pale, and he suddenly looked as if he had aged several years. His appearance was haggard, and he was no longer as "beautiful" as before.
The other two people were a general in military uniform and a middle-aged man in doctor's clothing.
The general said first: "The reason we came to see Mr. Pingqiu today is actually to search for Xiang Shaolong."
Xiang Shaolong felt a chill in his heart, knowing that Lord Long Yang had guessed that he was hiding here.
Lord Pingqiu was surprised and said: "General Fan is looking for Xiang Shaolong, why did he come here?"
As soon as he spoke, Xiang Shaolong recognized him as the man who had fooled around with Concubine Ji in the bedroom earlier.
They did not meet in the lobby and instead went into the inner hall. Needless to say, they were afraid of leaking the news.
That person said that they concluded that he was hiding in the tunnel.
It can be imagined that the general guarding Fan of Daliang City must have sent people to surround the entire Xinling Lord's Mansion.
However, he was still not too worried, because the tunnel's exit was in the dense forest at the back of the mountain, far away from Xinling Lord's Mansion, and would not be easily discovered.
Long Yangjun sighed and said: "General Yuan dares to guarantee it with his head. Xiang Shaolong has not left the city. If he is still hiding in the city, it is most likely that he is hiding here."
Xiang Shaolong heard what he said in a spirited manner, and knowing that he was suffering a lot because he wanted to arrest his "old friend", he couldn't help but sigh with him in his heart.
Pingqiu Jun's expression changed and he said, "It's impossible. I've already sent people to search every inch of the house. If he were here, he would never be able to hide it from us, let alone a dog's sensitive nose."
General Fan said: "We have asked Lord Xinling's former subordinates and confirmed that Xiang Shaolong should have escaped from here through a tunnel or something like that, but no one knows where the entrance and exit of the tunnel is."
Long Yangjun said: "Pingqiu Jun, you can ask everyone in the house to see if there is any sudden lack of food and clothing, so you can know whether Xiang Shaolong is hiding under the tunnel."
Xiang Shaolong secretly screamed, "How dare you continue to eavesdrop?" He hurriedly returned to the entrance, closed the lid, pulled over the original straw mat to cover it, and returned to the tunnel.
Then he slipped out through the exit of the back mountain without hesitation.
In the vast snowy night, I saw Wei soldiers lighting torches and completely surrounding Xinling Lord's Mansion. Fortunately, the exit was just outside the tight siege, otherwise it would be difficult to fly even with wings.
However, he was not out of danger, but had just fallen into it. A group of Wei soldiers were rushing towards his hiding place. The light of torches and the sound of dogs barking were really frightening.
Xiang Shaolong packed the stolen clothes into a big bag, hung it on his back, and followed the same path he took Zhao Qian to before sneaking towards a nearby house.
As I walked and watched, I couldn't help but secretly complain.
It turns out that Wei soldiers had set up checkpoints on all nearby streets, and the most important thing was that sentries were set up on the roofs to monitor the situation on the streets near Xinlingjun's former residence.
Xiang Shaolong felt helpless that he could not move forward, so he crouched in the grass beside the road.
However, he soon learned that this was not a safe solution.
A group of more than fifty Wei soldiers were coming along the street, thrusting their spears into the grass and conducting a thorough search like mercury pouring down the ground.
Xiang Shaolong had no choice but to crawl across the street before the firelight hit him, and climbed up to the eaves of a house opposite.
Since this house is shorter than the nearby houses, there are no enemy sentries.
After the Wei soldiers passed by, when he was hesitating whether to hide in the house, there was the sound of horse hooves.
A gorgeous carriage came from the side where the Wei soldiers had left, escorted by cavalry in front and behind.
Xiang Shaolong observed the situation, fell back to the ground, ducked to a big tree by the road, and quickly climbed up to one of the thick trunks that stretched across the road. His limbs were tightly entangled with the ice-covered trunk of the tree.
If it hadn't been snowing heavily now, he would never have dared to take this risk.
This can be said to be a gamble.
As long as one of the dozen or so guards raises his head and looks up, his presence is guaranteed to be discovered.
But when the snow falls heavily, everyone will just look down at the road.
When his heart reached the point of nervousness at the top of his throat, the carriage came to the bottom.
Xiang Shaolong first unloaded the baggage on his back, lowered his hands and gently threw it onto the top of the carriage, which was still a little short of the top of the carriage directly below. Then he let go of his feet and pointed his toes on the baggage before letting go.
Because the baggage was separated, he silently stepped onto the roof of the car, leaned down again, and completed this move that was almost impossible to accomplish under normal circumstances.
The carriage moved slowly through the ancient capital city that had turned into a snow-white world, heading towards a certain destination.
He had no idea where the carriage would take him, but he knew he was out of danger for the time being.
When passing a checkpoint, Wei Bing not only did not ask any questions, but also paid a solemn salute and allowed the carriage to pass.
The identity of the person in the car must be of great importance, otherwise how could he receive such preferential treatment.
Now even he wanted to know who the dignitaries were sitting inside.
There seemed to be a sigh in the carriage.
Xiang Shaolong became curious and put his ear to the roof of the carriage. The frozen snow and ice made him immediately give up this approach.
Instead, he propped up his body slightly and looked outside.
When I saw it, I was immediately stunned.
It turns out that the carriage is turning into the imperial road and heading towards the main entrance of the palace.
Surrounded by guards in front and behind, the carriage crossed the moat from the lowered drawbridge and entered the main palace gate.
In this era, the palace was like an inner city regardless of its scale and facilities.
For the king, he devoted all his efforts and invested a lot of manpower and material resources to make the palace a first-class military stronghold in all aspects, a castle within a castle.
This is not only to prevent attacks from foreign enemies, but more importantly, to prevent internal enemies from rebelling.
Xiang Shaolong arrived at Wangcheng Mansion in a confused way this time, and he would have a headache if he wanted to leave.
He entered the palace gate with surprise and joy, and still lay motionless in the carriage, letting the snowflakes cover him. Otherwise, when the defenders on the city wall or watchtower looked down from above, he would have nothing to hide.
But this is what worries him the most.
Such heavy snow does not often happen. If he wants to repeat his same trick and leave the palace in the future, it will definitely not work.
He was hiding under the snow, with his head and face pressed against the flattened baggage. It was the only place that felt slightly warm at the moment.
Although the eyes cannot see, the ears can still hear sounds.
Amidst the sound of wheels and horses' hooves, he felt the car twisting left and right inside the palace, and it should be heading towards the inner palace.
The carriage finally stopped, and the guards all kicked off their horses. Footsteps could be heard all around, and all the chambermaids could be heard shouting in unison: "May the Queen be safe!"
Xiang Shaolong almost screamed out in surprise, he couldn't help but tilted his head slightly and peeked down.
The car door was pulled open.
Under the heavy snow, the familiar and moving figure of Shan Meimei, wearing a gorgeous robe and a phoenix crown, appeared before his eyes like a dream.
The chamberlain held up an umbrella with one hand and raised her elbow horizontally with the other hand, letting her support her, and slowly walked up the steps of a palace. There were more than a dozen palace maids and chamberlains in front and behind, and guards stood on both sides. That kind of imposing manner,
It's hard to imagine that she was just a prostitute in Xianyang who was picked by the powerful.
Xiang Shaolong watched blankly as her back disappeared on the steps, with mixed feelings in his heart.
Even though he knew that Shan Meimei would not betray him, it was difficult for him to get in touch with this beautiful woman who was now the queen.
It's too dangerous, and maybe Shan Meimei will betray him like Lord Long Yang.
The whip is raised.
Xiang Shaolong continues this free journey.
Needless to say, the carriage was heading towards the stables. At that time, the four strong horses on the trailer were unloaded into the stables, and the carriage was sent to the warehouse to be immediately washed away from the ice and snow. If you did not get out before then, you would be exposed.
Just when Xiang Shaolong was about to get out of the car, the carriage came to a road lined with trees on both sides.
Xiang Shaolong secretly asked God to help me, carefully knelt down and folded the baggage.
While the charioteer's attention was focused on the front, he stood up.
When the ice and snow on his body fell like sand and gravel, he had already reached out and grabbed a tree trunk that stretched out sideways, and left the car that not only took him out of danger, but also sent him into another dangerous situation.