Chapter five hundred and seventeen sneak into the old house
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The calm day passed, and after nightfall, the gates of Xianyang City were closed, and the princes lined up with halberds to patrol the night. In the quiet night, only one or two dogs barked occasionally, and the streets were empty and no one was around.
Located in the best location in the middle of Xianyang City, the Yu family's ancestral residence is full of people outside the high gate and high walls. The guards and generals on duty are patrolling around the Yu family's residence as if they are facing an enemy.
Ever since the first batch of unknown persons visited Yu's house at night more than a month ago and broke the peace of the Yu family's ancestral home, the Yu family has never been at peace again. And as time goes by, there are more and more unknown assassins and thieves.
, the strength is becoming more and more powerful, and the frequency of appearance is getting higher and higher. This is because the Yu family has a profound foundation for hundreds of years. Many guards and servants have been servants of the Yu family for several generations and are loyal. In addition, the Xianyang County government
Please help, otherwise if this was the residence of an ordinary noble, the family would have been ruined long ago.
But today, everyone in the Yu family is already panicking, and some servants have begun to leave secretly.
Every night, the ancestors of the Yu family would divide all the tribesmen, guards and generals in the mansion into three groups, and take turns to guard the house. The huge ancestral house of the Yu family can be said to be extremely heavily guarded.
However, what should happen is still happening, people who should be missing are still missing, and masters who should be breaking in are still breaking in. Because there are too many unknown masters who want to enter the ancestral home of the Yu family, and there are many guards and generals of the Yu family.
Always focusing on one thing and not the other.
After midnight, something similar to what happened every night these days will appear again at home...
The ancestral home of the Yu family is divided into four courtyards: east, west, north and south. The north courtyard is the main courtyard, where Yu Chongyao, the ancestor of the Yu family, lives. The south courtyard is where the clan head of the family lives. Yu Zhengchao, who returned from the capital a few days ago, lives there.
In the south courtyard, Yu Zhengchao's third uncle Yu Zhongcheng and his family live in the east courtyard, while in the west courtyard, other clansmen live together.
It was late at night, but Yu Zhongcheng and Yu Zhengchao were still in Yu Chongyao's room in the North Hospital, because Yu Chongyao fell ill. Although he was not yet on his deathbed, he was so old that even the slightest trouble would be too much.
It might cost them their lives. At this juncture, neither Yu Zhongcheng nor Yu Zhengchao dared to leave Yu Zhongyao even half a step, especially since they were absolutely unwilling to let the other party stay here alone.
At this time, Yu Zhongyao was already asleep, and Yu Zhongcheng and Yu Zhengchao were half-lying on the soft couches in the corner of the room to rest, with tired looks on their faces. The former squinted his eyes, not knowing whether he was asleep or not.
He was dozing off. Yu Zhengchao, with his eyes open, quietly stared at the flickering candlelight on the case.
In the past few days, he had tried his best to search all the places in his ancestral home where his ancestor might have hidden treasures, but he could not find the "Longevity Scripture". After his ancestor fell ill, he did not dare to ask again. First, the other party would not tell him.
Secondly, if he makes the old man angry enough to die and ends the inheritance of the "Longevity Scripture", it will really be over.
But Yu Zhengchao still believed that his ancestors really had the "Longevity Scripture", so he never gave up looking for it. Especially after receiving the urgent letter from his father today, he understood that the "Longevity Scripture" must be found.
, and then share it with the emperor, and at the same time exchange it with the emperor for the greatest reward, and at the same time, use the emperor's intimidation to make people in the world who covet the "Longevity Scripture" retreat before they can.
At this time, Yu Zhengchao glanced at his ancestor and secretly hated him. This old guy was really confused. He had already reported to his ancestor the emperor's decree to ask for the "Longevity Scripture" today, but the other party
He still doesn't admit the existence of the "Longevity Scripture", let alone give it to him.
He sneered silently a few times, and a cold light flashed in Yu Zhengchao's eyes. He has been thinking about what his ancestors care about most these days, or whose life and death he cares about most. The final answer was his third uncle, so he has been thinking about whether to
He used the death of his third uncle to threaten his ancestors into handing over the "Book of Longevity".
This matter is of course difficult to do, because in the ancestral home, the most effective person to speak is still the ancestor, then the third uncle Yu Zhongcheng, followed by Yu Zhengchao, and only his father Yu Zhongheng can suppress it by coming personally.
Third Uncle asked the guards and generals in the old house to obey, but he couldn't. The only manpower he could use were the three hundred guards he brought from the capital.
There were four bangs outside the house, and it was already midnight. A cool breeze blew into the house. Yu Zhongcheng suddenly woke up on the other side. Yu Zhengchao quickly closed his eyes to hide the murderous intention in his eyes. Yu Zhongcheng
He didn't notice anything strange about Yu Zhengchao at all, because he saw the candlelight on the case swinging rapidly and the shadows in the room swaying with the candlelight, and suddenly felt an uneasy feeling in his heart.
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Inside and outside the Yu family's ancestral house, some of the Yu family's guards and generals were holding their swords and pressing their swords, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Originally, unlike the capital, Xianyang City did not have a curfew at night, but under the control of the Yu family, Xianyang City also had a curfew for more than a month. After nightfall, all the gates of all 21 squares in Xianyang were closed, regardless of the nobles in the city.
Officials and ordinary people can only move within the confines of their own courtyards. If they go out of their own gates, they are considered to have committed a night crime. If they are caught by Wu Hou, who is patrolling the night, they will be whipped ten times, or put in jail.
The curfew is indeed a good policy, at least it saves a lot of trouble for the Yu family right now. Because it isolates the people in the city into one market place after another. The markets are like cages. Anyone who wants to be separated by a
Everywhere in the city, you have to climb over walls and doors, or climb over eaves and walls. At least as long as a large number of enemies sneak into the family's ancestral home, they will be exposed early.
There was still a curfew in the city tonight. As soon as it was time to turn on the lights, the village officials closed the gates. The streets of each village were deserted. Except for Wu Hou who was patrolling the night, not even a dog that broke into the night could be found.
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Late at night, when the official was patrolling the streets, he struck the clapper four times, indicating that the time was right.
There was sudden movement in a narrow alley not far from the Yu family's ancestral home.
There are sewers on both sides of the narrow alley. Yes, sewers existed as early as the Qin Dynasty. Most of the things that modern people can think of can also be thought of by ancient people.
Shen Guang, dressed in nocturnal black clothes, stood up from the sewer and shook off the dirty water and dirt on his body. He just arrived in Xianyang from the capital at noon today. The two places are not far away. It took half a day to get there.
After that, the people from Ghost Eye in Xianyang City were summoned to make arrangements according to the plan.
The reason why we chose to implement the plan tonight is because we have already received news that three waves of people will invade the Yu family's ancestral home tonight. Shen Guang, who is an expert in light body skills and is even stronger than most masters of breaking the power, has personally sneaked in.
In the ancestral home of the Yu family, the most important part of the plan set by Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu was implemented - to let the Yu family first have a "Longevity Scripture" that they could use.