Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 199

Night, Lu Wangfu.

In a big room, there are three people standing.

One, in a cage.

Two, outside the cage.

Let's talk about the two outside the cage first.

Among them, the one dressed in brocade clothes is the heir of Lu Wangfu.

This person's surname is Zhu Mingxi, that is, the "little prince" we mentioned before; I think I have explained why this guy's name is such a rare word before, so I won't repeat it here.

This Zhu Xi, who is twenty-five this year, has a face with Zhang Guozi, and the features on his face are extremely distinct.

It's thick eyebrows, big almond-shaped eyes, clear bridge of the nose, and a wide mouth... This look will definitely be unforgettable when you see it in front of you.

In terms of body shape, Zhu Xi is also different from ordinary children of the royal family: most of the descendants of the royal family at that time were fat and weak due to lack of labor and pampering, but this Zhu Xi seemed to have trained his body to be very vigorous , although his height is less than 1.7 meters, he can still give people a tall and strong feeling.

Of course, if you want to compare with the other person standing beside him at this moment, then he is far behind...

But seeing that guy, with tall head, slender arms, burly appearance, beard and hair like a mane... He just stood there, like Arhat King Kong, with a frightening power.

Who is this?

As the endorsement in the book here, he is the leader of the Fire Lotus Sect - Shi Yanzi, who was known as the "Fire Lotus Immortal" before.

Ladies and gentlemen, you can tell from his Taoist name that this is not a serious Taoist priest.

Generally speaking, neither the Xuanqi Sect, which is unknown to the world, nor the Taoist sects known to the world, will not have such a Taoist name that has something to do with corpse evil; Underworld titles such as "Poison God Lord" and "Yin Mountain Tianzun".

This corpse is undoubtedly the heir of the magic way, but he is not very powerful, he just learned a little superficial.

His master is a bit capable, and we will mention it later, so I won't talk about it here for the time being.

Let's talk about this corpse...

This guy is wearing a black robe, the style of the robe looks like a monk or a monk, or a Taoist or a Taoist, with the fire lotus logo embroidered on the front of the robe and the middle of the back of the robe, combined with his appearance, he looks like a patriarch of a cult. Son.

Then how did such a person get mixed up with Zhu Xi?
Without him... mutual use of you.

Zhu Xi's ambition is not small, and the mere position of king of Lu can't satisfy him, so he wants to use the "Fire Lotus Sect" as a springboard to pursue another great cause by taking advantage of the demonic power of Shi Yanzi.

As for Shi Yanzi, he would never reject the protective umbrella of "Lu Wang's Mansion"—with Zhu Xi's backing, at least in this Jining area, his Fire Lotus Sect would definitely run rampant.

These two people can be said to have their own ghosts, and neither of them regards the other as a person, but as a cup of milk tea that can be thrown away after drinking.

But on the surface, they are still amiable and respectful as masters and servants. After all...they can't finish this cup of tea in a while.

"Oh... yes, this is really a rare thing." At this moment, Zhu Xi walked around the big iron cage in the middle of the room, which was as tall as a person, looked up and down the person in the cage, and still muttered something.

Shi Yanzi showed a look of color on his face, and responded respectfully: "It's good that the little prince likes it... But to be honest, this one this time is really rare, and the poor Taoist spent a lot of effort..."

"Hey~ I can't treat you badly." Knowing that the other party wanted to benefit, he immediately responded impatiently, "Isn't it the cold clothes festival in a few days? You can just find an excuse and let the people burn the offerings again." 'It's all right once, my king agrees."

"Yes." Shi Yanzi bowed his head and smiled, "Thank you, little prince."

"Huh?" Zhu Xi was not interested in the details of the corpse's money-making. At this moment, his attention was all on the man in the cage, so he immediately asked, "Can he talk?"

"I can only speak barbaric language." Shi Yanzi said, "No one can understand."

"Oh..." Zhu Xi looked a little disappointed, "Then if we teach him, can he learn it?"

"It should be possible." Shi Yanzi replied, "As far as Pingdao knows, there are records about the domestication of this Kunlun slave as early as Tang Dynasty. Even if you can't teach him to speak, at least you can teach him to listen."

Seeing this, you may also understand that the object they are judging at this time, that is, the person locked in the iron cage, is a black man.

Just as Shi Yanzi said, during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying in Chang'an, my country, "Kunlun slaves, Silla maidservants". Some of them were black slaves from the Arab countries, and some were from the Southeast Asian countries and the coastal generation. Of course, people at that time couldn't tell the difference between black Africans and Southeast Asians, and they thought they were "Kunlun slaves" when they saw dark skin.

But in the Dazhao Dynasty where our story takes place, black people in China were even rarer than in Tang Dynasty.

Although in Europe and the American continent, this season coincided with the heyday of the black slave trade in the seventeenth century, the court of Dalong was not interested in it at all, and even had a prohibitive attitude.

The "Kunlun slave" that the corpse gave to the young prince was captured by some pirates at sea, and entered Dalong from the coast of Fujian.

Originally, after a lot of buying and selling, the group of human traffickers who bought him planned to transport him all the way to the capital and sell him for a high price, but he was taught to "cut Hu" by Huolian when passing through Shandong.

There is no way, they can only sell it to the Fire Lotus Sect at an acceptable price, if they don't sell it for the first time, then I'm afraid not only they won't get the money, but they will have to keep their lives.

"Hmm..." At this time, when Zhu Xi heard that he could "domesticate" this black uncle, his expression relaxed a bit, "Okay, okay...haha... This is more fun than that bird or beast." He paused Suddenly, he remembered something, and said, "By the way, does he have a name?"

"Most Kunlun slaves don't have a name." Shi Yanzi said, and took out an iron plate from his sleeve, "But... this Kunlun slave seems to be a little special. The pirate who captured him carved his name on it. On the iron plate, his name is..."

Shi Yanzi's words came to an abrupt end here.

He suddenly stopped moving, stopped speaking, and his expression suddenly changed, and his whole body froze.

After going on like this for a full five seconds, he said again: "Someone is here."

"What?" Zhu Xi looked puzzled, not understanding what he meant.

Shi Yanzi could only be more specific: "An outsider... broke into the palace."

…………

A few minutes ago, outside Prince Lu's mansion.

In the night, a figure sneaked in silently like dew on a leaf.

This person is dressed in quail clothes, with straw sandals on his feet, a bundle tied obliquely on his chest, and a single knife on his back.

This shape looks... three points like an assassin, seven points more like a thief.

The defense of Prince Lu's Mansion is not strict, but it is not in name only. In addition to being illuminated by lanterns everywhere and guards patrolling according to fixed routes...there are many dogs in the high-walled compound.

As we all know, dogs are unique among all the anti-theft systems in the world.

I don't care whether you are a martial arts master or an IMF team, even if you don't touch the ground, as long as you are spotted by a dog and barking, you should be exposed or have to be exposed.

Of course, it is not difficult to break this "system"...

But seeing the Quail Yike came to the foot of the wall, identified the guard's position with his ears, and confirmed that there was no one around for the time being, he took out a few glutinous rice balls from the bag he carried with him, and threw them into the out of the courtyard.

In this move, everyone on the Greenwood Road will basically know it, and there are generally two ways to play it——

The first one: Mix glutinous rice and women’s hair together, knead them into balls, fry them in sesame oil, and throw them to the dogs. As long as the dogs eat them, they can’t open their mouths. They can neither bite nor bite. call out.

The second type: Fried glutinous rice dumpling is also fried in fragrant oil, but the hair is not mixed in it, but the medicine is directly added to make the dog fall asleep after eating it.

What is the difference between these two methods?

It's very simple. The first method saves time. As long as the dog bites the dumpling, the thief can climb over the wall and enter the yard. However, if no one finds out in time, the dog will die with a certain probability.

With the second method, you have to wait for a while after throwing the dumpling. The thief must confirm that the dog has eaten the dumpling and fell asleep before entering the yard. This increases the risk of exposure, but the advantage is that the dog will only fall asleep. Life is in danger...Of course, it's another thing to be beaten to death by the master afterwards.

Maybe someone will say again, why bother?Isn't it the same to poison the rice dumpling directly, and poison the dog to death?

This...is out of order.

As the saying goes, there is a way to steal.

Don't think that people in Green Forest Road are doing illegal things, but they also have their own particulars.

It is possible to put poison in glutinous rice dumpling, and the cost of poison is indeed lower than that of drugs, but there is a danger in doing so-there may be extra dumpling scattered on the ground, and the children will pick it up and put it in their mouths the next day stuffed.

When you were born in the new society, you may find it unbelievable to pick up food from the ground and put it in your mouth, and it is hard to imagine that there will be children who are not yet sensible running around in the yard and no one is watching, but at that time, this was not called thing.

It’s okay for children to pick up and eat the balls mixed with hair, because people can pull out the sticky things in their mouths with their hands. After chewing a few times, children feel that it’s wrong, so they will naturally pick it up and spit it out.

And those who have been drugged will not be able to kill anyone.

But if you put poison in the dumpling, although the probability is not high...but it is possible to accidentally poison someone to death.

That's why there are rules on the green forest road. Those who beat dogs don't feed poison, and whoever feeds poison is guilty of the crime of cutting off children and grandchildren.

This Quail Clothesman also obeyed the rules. What he threw was the drugged dumpling, so he waited for a while after he finished throwing it, and only after he confirmed that the two dogs behind the wall were still, did he flip over. The wall enters the courtyard.

such a pity……

This brother counted guards and dogs, but he didn't count. In addition to these common anti-theft methods, this Lu Palace also has another "insurance" - Taoism.

He didn't know that the corpse had already set up a hidden array inside the wall of Lu Wang's mansion, as long as someone who had not touched his "Fire Lotus Sect Incense" came in, the caster would be able to detect it immediately.

This action, Shi Yanzi told Zhu Xi, it was to "protect the little prince", but in fact...he wanted to monitor the palace more, in case Zhu Xi secretly summoned some others here without his knowledge. People he doesn't know do things he doesn't know about.

Right now, as soon as the quail clothes guest stepped into the courtyard wall of King Lu's Mansion, the corpse in a room far away in the inner courtyard sensed it, so the latter stopped his body and looked intently.

The lightness kung fu of that Quail Yike is also impressive. After climbing over the high wall easily, he quickly and silently crossed the huge courtyard. Pan climbed onto the eaves.

A habitual thief on green forest roads like him usually has his own way of analyzing the architectural layout of rich families. After all, he has been in [-] or [-] courtyards and has rich experience.

Furthermore, at that time, the division of the southeast, northwest and four chambers was already regular, and combined with the distribution of guards in the house, it was indeed not difficult to identify the location of the warehouse.

Therefore, after a little observation, the Quail Yike determined the target.

Then, like a gecko, he took advantage of the dark clouds to cover the moon, swam along the eaves, and arrived at the door of the warehouse in a short while.

The warehouse is the warehouse, even in the middle of the night, there are two lanterns hanging at the door, and two guards standing.

But... In the era when there were no cameras, it is conceivable how lazy the guards could steal.

Let's just talk about the two at the door of the warehouse. One is holding the long gun in his hand, leaning his back against the wall, and his eyes are closed; the other is simply sitting on the ground, throwing the long gun aside.

You said, if they are like this, will the people who come to pick up the posts scold them?
Damn, it's a shift system. In the future, it's their turn to be on the day shift. When others are on the night shift, they will naturally pretend not to see it.

After all, we are all part-time workers, and it is not easy to make ends meet, so why make things difficult for each other.

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When Quail Yike fell down from the eaves, he landed without making a sound, but when he knocked out the two guards, he inevitably made a little noise.

Here is another digression. The operation of "hitting the back of the neck with a hand knife and knocking people unconscious" that is so common in film and television animation is almost impossible to succeed in reality.

If the blow is light, the person will not faint at all; if the blow is heavy, the person may pass out, but it may also cause permanent damage to the spine, or die on the spot.

Moreover, there is no standard for this strength, because people's physiques cannot be generalized, even if the same strength is hit at the same angle, the results may be different.

In the same way, hitting the chin, temples, abdomen... is similar.

So the character in our book, let’s say the Quail Yike, how to explain his operation?
It's easy to say, using internal force to hit a specific acupuncture point to ensure coma, but not death.

"You are quite courageous."

Just as Quail Yike bent over the two guards to fumble for the key, suddenly, a voice sounded from behind him.

"You dare to break into the palace." The person who spoke was obviously the corpse, "I think you are going to die!"

"Heh..." Unexpectedly, the Quail Yike laughed when he heard the sound, and he stood up while laughing, and faced the other party, "How do you know, I really want money rather than life."

(End of this chapter)