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Fifteen miles east of Liuheyuan, there is a river flowing from south to north like a jade belt.

Although there was a moon, the thin black clouds covered most of the moonlight, and the dim moonlight shone faintly on the earth. The figures were vague and cast on the river, like countless ghosts standing by the river Styx.

Thirty people, thirty knives, thirty bows, and three hundred arrows!

From head to toe, only thirty pairs of wolf and poisonous snake eyes are left. No matter who is stared at by one pair of eyes, the heart will be broken. If such thirty pairs of eyes stare at the same person, Maybe it would scare him to death.

These people's warrior ranks may not be very high, but their methods of killing people are definitely not weaker than high-level warriors, and their techniques are even much more sophisticated.

A real martial artist pursues the profound meaning and essence of martial arts itself.

These people are only pursuing the method of killing, and they will do everything they can to kill their targets.

If they face each other head-on, they can easily be defeated by martial arts masters, but if they don't follow the rules, they can kill martial artists who are much higher than them.

The person carrying the lantern slowly came out from the crowd.

He was dressed in a gray robe, with only two cruel and indifferent eyes exposed all over his body, and he was holding a lantern in his hand.

It was a palace lantern, exactly the same as the yellow palace lantern that Eunuch Guo hung outside the Liujin Courtyard in Liuheyuan.

The palace lantern swayed slightly, and the faint light was like a guiding lamp beside the Styx River.

The gray-robed man's voice was calm and indifferent: "Remember this lamp, kill all the people inside."

Thirty pairs of sharp and cruel eyes stared at the palace lantern, as if they were implanting every detail of the palace lantern into their brains.

Soon, the gray-robed man took out another painting from his bosom, and opened the scroll. The painting on it was a person, a child in his teens, and those eyebrows and eyes were none other than Liu Jin, the grandson of the dry prince.

"This is your goal." The gray-robed man said coldly, "Kill him!"

After confirming that these people remembered the images in the painting in their minds, the gray-robed man led the scroll in the palace lantern and turned it into ashes.

"Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Wu!" the gray-robed man said slowly.

If this is the name, it is better to say that these are just three code names.

Three masked men in black came out in response.

"You three, each lead a team, ten people in each team, enter the hospital from three sides!" The gray-robed man ordered: "Before you see the palace lantern, don't act rashly. Once you find out, you will be killed without mercy!"

The three should be at the same time.

"Boys, go, your feat tonight will bring immeasurable benefits to you and your family." The gray-robed man waved his hand and pointed in the direction of Liuheyuan: "Kill!"

The three teams, like three bolts of lightning, flashed at the same time. Under the dim moonlight, the soldiers divided into three groups, and sneaked into the Liuheyuan in the dark night like ghosts.

The arrival of the real army may not be able to enter the Liuheyuan soon, but for this group of experts who have been engaged in dark night activities for many years, even if the Liuheyuan is heavily guarded by troops, they have no doubt that they will sneak in easily.

If there are ghost-like humans in this world, they must be such people.

"Can they succeed?" A strange voice suddenly came from behind the gray-robed man, like an old man's dying sigh.

"No." The gray-robed man was very straightforward.

"Then you are letting them go to die?" With a sigh, a very old-looking old woman slowly appeared. There was a small sarcoma in the middle of her eyebrows, which looked very strange, just like people beside the Naihe Bridge. Po Meng who drank ecstasy soup.

She was leaning on a cane the thickness of an arm, and looked very simple.

"It's not death!" The gray-robed man said flatly, "Death is worth it."

"What's the difference?"

"Death is nothing but death, and death is worthwhile, which means that their death will bring us a lot of help." The voice of the gray-robed man revealed the indifference and cruelty in his bones.

The old woman sighed softly, but did not speak.

The gray-robed man sneered: "With that woman's cunning, it is impossible not to guess that this group of people will appear, and she must have been fully prepared there."

"She is waiting for you to enter the urn!" The old woman said with emotion as she looked at the sons and daughters who had gone away.

"If the attack is too simple and too weak, she will definitely be on guard, but this group is the elite that I have carefully cultivated, and there is even a chance of success. If the woman wants to destroy them, she must put in a lot of thought and work hard. A heavy price." The gray-robed man said indifferently: "After such a powerful attack, she will definitely think that this is our all-out effort. After a fierce battle alone, her guard will definitely relax. In this slack, there are opportunities for us.”

"Chance?"

"Yes!" The gray-robed man nodded and said, "My ultimate move is at this moment."

The old woman pondered for a while, sighed, and said with a sigh: "I hope they don't die in vain, and I hope your killing move can really do something!"

The gray-robed man was the only one who remained silent, and finally said in a very sure voice: "Definitely!"

When Xue Poye heard Eunuch Guo's voice, he immediately went out, closed the small door of the back room, and walked quickly to the front hall.

Little Shitou hid in the back obediently, and Eunuch Guo also walked outside the hall door, looked at Xue Poye who was coming through the door with a smile on his face, and said kindly, "Are you still busy? Our family transfer Arriving here, I'm very thirsty, and I want to ask for a cup of tea, but I don't know if it's convenient or not?"

"Convenient, convenient!" Xue Poye laughed and said, "That's naturally very convenient."

Invited Eunuch Guo to sit down at the table, poured tea, and sat with him, asking: "Did Eunuch still not rest so late?"

Eunuch Guo glanced around and saw the teacup left on the table. It was the teacup that Liu Jin drank the drug just now, and asked, "So you still have guests here?"

Xue Poye laughed and said: "It's just that my sister is bored and came to talk, and there are no guests. I am not familiar with the place here, so I don't have any guests. I am afraid that I want to make some good friends, but others will look at me. Don’t like it? It’s like I want to have a heart-to-heart with the bus, can my father-in-law like it? Haha...!”

Eunuch Guo laughed dryly, took a sip of tea, and said in a low voice: "The yard is not peaceful for a while, and everything is tight. After this period, everything will be fine."

Xu Poye pretended to be puzzled and said: "It's not peaceful? Why is it not peaceful? I think it's very good?"

Eunuch Guo looked at Xue Poye with a sympathetic look, laughed dryly, and didn't say much, just bowed his head and drank tea.

Xue Poye squinted at Eunuch Guo, it must be strange for this dead eunuch to come here suddenly at this time, but Xue Poye really didn't know why he came here.

If it was said that he came because of Liu Jin, it would be too weird. Even if Liu Jin was brought down, he had only made the decision a moment ago. How could Eunuch Guo know?

Seeing Eunuch Guo drinking tea slowly, listening to something from time to time, he really didn't plan to leave in a while, which made Xue Poye feel a little anxious.

In Liuheyuan, the infiltrators from outside made no sound, and divided into three groups to cruise in the huge palace.

Even if the vigilant guardians found clues, such clues were killed in an instant, and everything returned to calm. This group of murderers shuttled through the Liuhe courtyard in an orderly and intelligent manner.

In this palace, the guards brought by the eldest princess and the guards previously arranged in the courtyard totaled more than three hundred, and they were scattered in every corner of the palace. There is no doubt that the guards brought by the eldest princess and the courtyard where Liu Jin lived Outside, the guard is the most fortified place.

The guards, who are bright in the light and hidden in the dark, are always on guard against the arrival of assassins.

Ever since the assassination of Liu Jin, Ding Yi has always been conscientious as the chief guard of Yubayashi Weidudu and the eldest princess Luanjia, and even wants to keep his eyes open when he sleeps.

Being appointed as the head of the bodyguard this time and leading Habayashi guards to protect Luanjia is undoubtedly an affirmation of his ability.

The Habayashi Battalion is the Royal Imperial Guard, which belongs to the inner court guards. It has nothing to do with the three major garrison forces in Kyoto. It is mainly responsible for the safety of the inner courtyard of the imperial palace.

The purple clothes in Kyoto Prefecture are responsible for the security outside the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and the Habayashi Ying is responsible for the security of the inner court.

If the composition of the purple clothes in Kyoto Prefecture is still meaningful and complicated, then Habayashi's assessment is much stricter. In addition to the personal ability of ordinary people, his family and growth history will be strictly scrutinized.

The first emperor once said: "Compared with loyalty, there is no Habayashi!" It can be seen that the status of Yubayashiying in the hearts of the royal family.

And every Habayashi guard in the Habayashi camp does have a firm personality and loyal beliefs, and has become a personal talisman of the royal family.

The object of Yulin Ying's allegiance is His Majesty the Emperor, the entire royal family!

As a well-tested Habayashi guard, Jia Dao is well-known in the Habayashi camp, and even served as the deputy commander of the guards this time, but he fought back and assassinated Liu Jin in front of the jade archway. Loyalty was put to a great test.

Many people in Yulin Camp harbored a thought in their hearts that they dared to think but did not dare to say: "Which noble person ordered Jia Dao to do the wrong thing?"

Everyone knows in their hearts that apart from the royal family, it is really difficult for external forces to penetrate into the Habayashi Camp, let alone have the opportunity to bribe Habayashi Wei.

Behind Jia Dao, of course, there is a pair of irresistible hands manipulating him.

Ding Yi drank the wine with a gloomy expression, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

Liu Jin's yard looks very simple, but few people know how difficult it is to enter that very ordinary yard. Apart from the few Habayashi guards handpicked by Eunuch Qin, there are other guards in that yard. weird stuff.

Even the majestic Habayashi guards are unified, so they cannot be easily relied on.

Although most of the things that Eunuch Qin ordered are very simple, no one dares to violate these simple things, just like when Liu Jin came one day, Eunuch Qin only ordered anyone other than the Habayashi guards he had appointed not to approach the yard , this command becomes a prohibition.

Thinking about that annoying eunuch Guo could occasionally pass by that courtyard as a deacon eunuch, and even that inexplicable pair of siblings lived next to the courtyard, Ding Yi hated it.

But this kind of hatred didn't keep him silent for too long, a rush of flute and bamboo sound suddenly sounded in the silent night sky.

A cruel sneer appeared on the corner of Ding Yi's mouth, finally it's here!

Xue Poye and Eunuch Guo heard the ear-piercing sound of flute and bamboo at the same time.

Eunuch Guo, who had been drinking tea in silence all this time, made Xue Poye want to beat him up, his expression suddenly became weird, and he couldn't help standing up, but he only stood halfway, and caught a glimpse of Xue Poye looking at him with a very weird look. Looking at himself, he stayed still for a while, half standing and half squatting, extremely embarrassed.

"Elder-in-law likes to set off firecrackers?" Xue Poye laughed and said, "What day is it today, it seems that firecrackers are set off outside."

Eunuch Guo laughed dryly again, but his attention was obviously not on this side, did his eyes glance towards the door, as if he was waiting for something.

In the backyard, Xiao Shitou leaned against the window and looked into the house. He saw Liu Jin lying motionless on a chair with his teeth clenched, while the green lady was walking back and forth anxiously in the house, looking like she had a full stomach. thoughts.

The situation inside is a bit weird. Although I don't know what happened, I always feel that the green lady has something to plot.

He has a close relationship with Xue Poye, but he only maintains superficial respect for Lady Lv. At this moment, he feels that Lady Lv is acting strangely, so he immediately feels vigilant, grabs a wooden stick and holds it in his hand.

The green lady is naturally very anxious. She thought she would take the risk of kidnapping Liu Jin out of Liuheyuan tonight, but Mr. Guo came suddenly, and he relied on the momentum of not leaving. He went out to subdue Eunuch Guo, but Xue Poye didn't give any instructions, and he knew in his heart that he should not move rashly in this Liuhe courtyard, so he could only endure it.

"call out"!

There was another ear-piercing sound of flute and bamboo.

This time the voice was very close, as if it was ringing in the ear, the green lady's delicate body trembled, of course she knew that this was not an ordinary voice, it was probably some kind of secret signal, so she immediately held it A few silver needles are in the palm of the hand, and if there is any abnormal movement, Liu Jin must be controlled no matter what.

Naturally, Xue Poye and Eunuch Guo also heard the flute and bamboo sound.

This time, Eunuch Guo couldn't sit still anymore, he carried the floating dust, walked quickly to the gate, and looked towards the courtyard next door.

"What happened?" Xue Poye walked slowly and asked in a low voice, "Why is your father-in-law so nervous?"

"Nervous?" Eunuch Guo squinted at Xue Poye, and whispered in a sharp voice: "When did our family ever get nervous? Xue Shitou, you can't talk nonsense. Our family just heard the sound was weird, so come out and take a look." .”

The moment the two finished speaking, a rain of arrows fell from the sky towards Liu Jin's yard.

This rain of arrows came so suddenly that the four Habayashi guards scattered in the courtyard did not expect that, with a "poof", one of the Habayashi guards had been shot in the shoulder and penetrated into the bone marrow.

This round of arrow rain was not only abrupt, but also swift and powerful.

After all, these Habayashi guards are the elite among the elite. When they suddenly encountered a strong enemy, they did not panic. While dodging the sharp arrows, the sword rang, and they drew their waist swords and danced. Several balls of silver light flashed. Blocking this round of arrow rain, the arrow-feathered forest guard also gritted his teeth to support, and swung his waist knife with the other hand, blocking all the incoming sharp arrows.

After a round of arrow rain, several Habayashi guards shouted in a low voice: "There are assassins!" They ran to the door of the house firmly, armed with knives as guards, and were fully on guard.

The enemy didn't show up for a while, but there were bursts of harsh metal clashing sounds and shrill screams from the woods behind the rockery.

These killing machines were obviously aware of the tricks of the guards hiding in the dark. Before attacking the courtyard, they wiped out the guards hiding around like a storm.

Xue Poye finally heard the stern scream outside, and frowned with a stern expression.

Habayashi Wei's call of "there is an assassin" startled Xue Poye. At this moment, the green lady also came over quickly, her brows were tightly frowned, and she approached in a low voice: "There are assassins?"

Xue Poye pulled Lv Niangzi back quickly, and asked in a low voice, "How is Liu Jin?"

"Still sleeping." The green lady whispered, "What happened?"

Xue Poye arrived at the side door, took out the bow and arrow he had put there, and said solemnly: "Maybe there really are assassins coming, our plan may not work, hurry up and wake up Liu Jin, and we will discuss the matter of kidnapping later."

The green lady was a little reconciled, but when she heard the sounds of fighting and screams coming to her ears from time to time, she also understood that the situation was critical, she gritted her teeth, and ran straight to the back room.

Xue Poye grabbed the arrow box and carried it behind his back, holding the longbow in his hand, ignoring Eunuch Guo, and ran to the back room behind Lady Lv.

Eunuch Guo didn't notice Xue Poye and Mrs. Lv's actions at all. He stood in front of the door, listening to the muffled killing sounds spreading around, with an unsteady expression on his face, showing a hint of excitement.

The moment Green Lady pushed the door, she was shocked and stood in front of the door.

"What's the matter?" Xue Poye focused his attention on vigilance, not sure that the flames of war would spread to his yard at any time, his right hand grasping the bow was firm and powerful.

"The person... the person disappeared?" The green lady's delicate body trembled slightly.

Xue Poye stepped forward to take a look, and saw that the room was empty without anyone, and Liu Jin, who was on the table, had disappeared.

"What's going on?" Xue Poye frowned and looked around. This room is very simple. If someone is hiding, it is easy to see. He quickly determined that Liu Jin would not be hiding in it.

The green lady also clasped the silver needle tightly, biting her lip, indescribably annoyed.

"The effect of the medicine has expired?" Xue Poye suspected that the effect of the medicine had expired, and Liu Jin took advantage of the time to run away.

"No." Lady Lv said with certainty, "I'm using 'Ling Xu San', and it will take two hours at the earliest."

Xue Poye's brows tightened, and he pondered for a while, then suddenly retreated into the courtyard, looked left and right, finally sighed, and said helplessly: "Little Shitou, little Shitou, why are you causing trouble to your master at this time?"

At the flowerbed in the corner of the courtyard, there was a big stone lying below. Xue Poye remembered that this stone was not in this place before, and it must have been moved here by a small stone.

If the guess is correct, Xiao Shitou has already left here with Liu Jin on his back.

Hearing the noise outside became more and more complicated, and the killing intent became stronger and stronger, Xue Poye was worried for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Be careful." He rushed over without hesitation, stepped on the stone, turned over the wall, jumped down.

Xue Poye's agility and agility are quite different from before. The green lady saw it from behind and couldn't help being surprised. How could she know that it was because of "Ecstasy"? Today's Xue Poye is even a small stone with bodily functions. It has evolved rapidly, and in just a few days, it has changed a lot.