Liu Xiu thought that the excitement was in Chang'an City. Unexpectedly, Heimao led him all the way to Anmen in Nancheng. Seeing Heimao raising his head and staring at the city gate, Liu Xiu bent down on his horse and asked: "
Are they out of town?"
Heimao looked at Liu Xiu, then stared at the city gate.
Liu Xiu understood, nodded, and urged his horse to head towards the city gate.
Let's talk about Hua Feiyan, she and Xu Zheng left Anmen in Chang'an and went to Guanji.
When they arrived at the forest near Guanji, someone came to meet them. Hua Feiyan led the horse into the forest and handed the reins to a young man. The latter took the reins and tied the horse to the trunk of a small tree.
Hua Feiyan knelt down and looked around. There were four or five people in the forest, but Liu Buxin was not seen among them. She asked, "Where is Liu Buxin?"
"Replying to Madam, if you don't believe me, you've sneaked into Guanji to inquire again."
Hua Feiyan said oh at first, and then asked: "How long has he been in there?"
Ma Kai said: "It's been almost an hour since we went in."
Hua Feiyan frowned secretly. Liu Buxin has not come out after so long. Will there be any accident? She asked: "Is there any movement in Guanji?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison, indicating that everything was normal inside.
Hua Feiyan pondered for a moment and said, "It's not an option to wait like this. I'll go in and take a look."
Xu Zheng, Ma Kai and others' expressions changed and they hurriedly dissuaded: "Madam, it's too dangerous!"
"Yes! If you don't believe it, you haven't come out yet. The situation inside is unknown. Madam, please don't take any risks!"
Hua Feiyan thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "We can't wait like this forever. We must find out what's going on inside."
If Liu Buxin is really exposed, then they have already alerted the enemy. If the missing woman is secretly transferred away by the other party, everything they have found in the past few days will be in vain.
With a firm attitude, Xu Zheng said: "Madam, I will go in with you to investigate!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Kai followed up and said, "My subordinates are also going with Madam!"
Without waiting for others to speak, Hua Feiyan waved his hand and said: "Okay, Xu Zheng, Ma Kai will follow me, and the others will stay outside. If we haven't come out after an hour, we will go back to Chang'an immediately and report
His Majesty!"
Everyone looked at each other, but nodded in unison, cupped their hands and said, "Here!"
Hua Feiyan, Xu Zheng, and Ma Kai walked around behind Guan Ji and under the wall. They listened carefully, but there was no sound inside.
Xu Zheng and Ma Kai looked at each other and nodded. Ma Kai squatted down, crossed his hands and placed them on his lower abdomen. Xu Zheng pushed his palms, and with the latter's upward support, his body jumped up again.
, hold on to the edge of the wall.
Then, he pushed hard on the wall with one foot, and he was already on the wall. He lay down on the wall and looked around the courtyard carefully. There was no one in the courtyard.
Xu Zheng took out two pebbles from his arms, held one of them between his fingers, and flicked it into the courtyard. Bang, the pebble hit the bluestone on the ground and made a sound. This is called throwing stones to ask for directions.
After waiting for a while, I heard the patter of footsteps in the yard, and a black vicious dog emerged from nowhere.
The vicious dog entered the yard and looked around for a while, but saw no one. Then it looked up and saw Xu Zheng lying on the wall. The vicious dog opened its mouth and was about to scream.
Whoosh, another pebble flew out, hitting the vicious dog squarely between the eyebrows.
"Ugh..." The evil dog groaned, tilted his body, and fell to the ground. After waiting for a while, there was no other movement, and Xu Zheng, who was lying on the wall, stretched out his arm.
Hua Feiyan, who was under the wall, raised his head and took a look. He jumped up and took Xu Zheng's hand. The latter lifted it up hard, and Hua Feiyan went up to the top of the wall. Then, Xu Zheng drove his horse again.
and pull it up.
When all three of them climbed up the wall, Xu Zheng took the lead and jumped into the courtyard. Although he was tall and burly, when he fell into the courtyard, he was as light as four ounces of cotton.
His eyes were like lightning, he glanced left and right, and found nothing out of the ordinary. Then he walked up to the vicious dog, strangled its neck with his arms, and with a sudden force, he heard a click. The vicious dog's neck fracture was broken, and it turned from coma to death.
Transparent.
He grabbed the two paws of the vicious dog, lifted it up, and placed it in the shadow under the wall. At the same time, Hua Feiyan and Ma Kai also jumped into the courtyard one after another. There were two wing rooms on the left and right of this courtyard.
,
Looking forward, it was the inner door of the back house. The three of them looked at each other, and Hua Feiyan walked straight forward. When she walked to the center of the yard and stepped on a piece of bluestone, she heard a click.
Sound softly.
Hua Feiyan immediately realized something was wrong and fell backwards.
Almost at the same time, two snapping sounds were heard, and two crossbow arrows suddenly shot down from under the eaves of the inner door. These two crossbow arrows almost touched Hua Feiyan's forehead and passed over her face.
Duo, duo! Two crossbow arrows were nailed into the gap between the bluestones on the ground, and almost half of the arrow shafts did not penetrate. This shows how powerful they are. Hua Feiyan broke out in a cold sweat, and Xu Zheng and Ma Kai turned pale with fright.
The three of them took a closer look and discovered that there were two crossbow machines above the inner door and below the eaves.
Since they are hidden under the eaves, it is difficult for people to notice the existence of these two crossbows, let alone at night. Even in broad daylight, it is difficult for people to notice the existence of these two crossbow machines.
Hua Feiyan's clenched fists slowly loosened, and her palms were full of sweat. No wonder, on the day of the Autumn Society Festival, when His Majesty wanted to check the backyard of Guanji, Wu Qing would take the initiative to admit his mistake.
It wasn't that he wanted to admit his mistake, but that he didn't dare to let His Majesty go to the backyard because he was worried that His Majesty would find out about the secrets in the backyard.
She waved back to Xu Zheng and Ma Kai, who were on the left and right sides. The two understood and stepped back step by step, retreating to the base of the wall. The two of them followed Hua Feiyan's footsteps and walked forward.
When Hua Feiyan approached, Xu Zheng frowned and whispered: "Madam, there is an agency here, why don't we exit first!"
Hua Feiyan narrowed her eyes and said, "It is precisely because of the opportunity that I neglect to take precautions." As she spoke, the soles of her feet were pressed against the ground and she moved forward little by little.
Xu Zheng and Ma Kai followed her step by step.
After crossing the courtyard and arriving under the porch, Hua Feiyan slowly raised her hand and pressed the door panel. She did not dare to use too much force and pushed the door panel open little by little.
When she reached a gap, she stopped, squatted down, and looked out carefully along the gap.
Ma Kai came closer and followed Hua Feiyan's line of sight. He saw threads behind the door. The threads were almost transparent, and it was really difficult to spot them if you didn't look carefully.
"Madam, this..."
"There's either a mechanism or an alarm bell behind the door. This door is impassable." Hua Feiyan pushed Kankan's door open through a gap and closed it again. She pointed upward. Xu Zheng and Ma had a meeting. This was what they wanted to do.
Go over the top of the porch.
The height of the porch made it difficult for Hua Feiyan and the three of them. Just like before, Xu Zheng went up first, and then pulled Hua Feiyan and Ma Kai up one by one. The three of them lay prone on the top of the porch, looking down.
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This is the main backyard of Guanji. It is large and long in shape. There are houses on both sides, with flowers, trees and flowers in the middle, and a path paved with bluestones.
In fact, Guanji's backyard is very elegantly decorated, but I don't know why, but the atmosphere here gives people a sinister and terrifying feeling.
Just when the three of them were lying on the porch and observing silently, they discovered that someone was waving to them from the house on the left. The three of them were startled at first, and after a closer look, they found that the person waving was none other than Liu Buxin.
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Liu Buxin moved quickly across the roof, and Hua Feiyan and the others also moved towards him.
Soon, the two parties met on the roof of the house on the left. Seeing Hua Feiyan, Liu Buxin looked surprised and asked softly: "Madam, why are you here?"
Hua Feiyan was too lazy to answer such meaningless nonsense. She asked, "What's going on here?"
Liu Buxin whispered: "My subordinates have checked the front courtyard and atrium of Guanji, and there are no problems. Only in the backyard, I haven't checked yet. I suspect that the other party may have hidden the missing woman here.
But in which room it is hidden, I can’t tell yet.”
After a pause, he added: "This backyard is full of traps."
"How do you know?" Hua Feiyan turned to look at him.
Liu Buxin said seriously: "Most of the bluestones on the ground are covered with stains, some have no stains, and have become gray due to age, but some bluestones are very clean and brand-new. They were obviously replaced later.
"Yes." After a pause, he said meaningfully: "To replace the bluestones in the yard, either all of them must be replaced, or none of them must be replaced. It is impossible to replace only a few of them, and several of them are not connected. This is too abnormal.
Already."
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster, and Liu Buxin judged from this fact that there might be a trap hidden in the backyard.
Hua Feiyan looked up and saw that it was just as Liu Buxin said. The bluestones in the yard were old and new, mixed with each other. After thinking for a while, she whispered: "Then when we go down, we should avoid the new ones."
Just use bluestone.”
Liu Buxin shook his head and said: "Madam, this may also be a trick of the other party. Maybe the mechanism is not in the new blue stone, but in the old blue stone."
Hua Feiyan glanced at Liu Buxin. You have said so much, but what you said is like saying nothing. Liu Buxin also saw Hua Feiyan's dissatisfaction. He smiled bitterly and said: "It's really difficult for me to make judgments, so I don't dare to make rash decisions."
Entering the backyard, I have been waiting, hoping that someone will come to the backyard, and I can judge whether there are any mechanisms in the backyard, and where they are hidden."
"What if no one comes to the backyard?" Hua Feiyan asked.
"..." Liu Buxin was silent. If no one came over, he didn't know what to do.
"We don't have time to waste here!" Hua Feiyan said in a deep voice. As she spoke, she made a gesture of jumping down.
Xu Zheng and Liu Buxin, who were on her left and right, were startled. They hurriedly grabbed her arms. Ma Kai said: "Madam, don't be anxious, let your subordinates come first!"
After saying that, Ma Kai jumped into the yard.
Wait a minute! Liu Buxin raised his hand and wanted to stop Ma Kai, but before he could say anything, Ma Kai had already fallen into the backyard. After his feet landed on the ground, he didn't dare to walk around. He immediately squatted down and cautiously
look around.
There was no movement at all in the backyard, no one was around, and no mechanism was triggered.
Ma Kai shook his head secretly. Liu Buxin was just trying to scare him. He took a few steps back, looked up at the three people on the roof, and made a gesture to indicate that the backyard was safe and there was no news from the agency.
But just when he took the last step, the bluestone on the ground clicked softly, and then, a crossbow arrow flew down from the branches of the two trees on his left and right.
careful--
Hua Feiyan and the others could see clearly, but it was too late to warn Ma Kai.
Ma Kai reacted quickly. Hearing that the evil wind was not good, he immediately threw himself forward, and then rolled to the side. He narrowly avoided the two crossbow arrows, but when he rolled, there were continuous clicks coming from inside.
Voice.
Bang, bang, bang! Crossbow arrows were shot out continuously from tree branches and even from under the eaves. On the ground where the horse rolled over, it was hit by the crossbow arrows, making a series of crisp sounds.
Liu Buxin raised his voice and said urgently: "Stop moving, block the arrow with your sword!"
After hearing his reminder, Ma Kai also realized that the more he moved, the more organs he would touch.
He squatted on the ground, quickly drew out his sword, and slashed to the left and right, ding ding ding ding, in one breath he deflected several crossbow arrows, but there was still a crossbow that could not be blocked, and with a pop,
Nailed deeply into his thigh.
Ma Kai grunted in pain, and felt his eyes turning black, and the strength in his body was quickly drained.
He put his sword on the ground to support his body, but it was useless. In just a few seconds, he fell forward, and his face was quickly covered with a layer of ashen.