Stealing Hook [Rebirth]

A few days later, the entire capital city was still shrouded in a tense atmosphere of dramatic changes. Unfortunately, the Eagle Guards turned the city upside down and found no trace of the hook thief.

The palace was quieter than before. King Xuan dismissed all the male pets in the backyard, distributed a lot of gold, silver and jewels to each of them, those who had a home went home, and those who had no home found another way to make a living. No one felt wronged, except Heng Ze's death made King Xuan heartbroken.

At sunset, Eunuch Wang walked up to King Xuan who was sitting alone drinking tea in the courtyard, and said in a low voice, "My lord, the money and other things have been sent to Mr. Hengze's home."

King Xuan looked down and fiddled with the tea bowl cover: "Did his family say anything?"

Eunuch Wang understood what he meant, and hurriedly said: "There is nothing extra to say, just say that Mr. Hengze was spoiled and made a big mistake in the palace. He deserves his crime and death is not a pity."

King Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression could not show any joy or anger, he put down his tea bowl and said indifferently: "They sent Hengze to the palace, and they have been enjoying the benefits that Hengze brought them for so many years. Do you think Hengze still has nostalgia for such a family?"

Eunuch Wang pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "With Mr. Hengze's disposition, I'm afraid it's not deep."

King Xuan frowned: "Then tell me, I threatened the lives of his family members to make him confess to the crime of poisoning, why did he compromise so easily?"

Eunuch Wang put his hands together: "This... slaves can't figure it out..."

"Did you see clearly when you went? Hengze is really lying in the coffin? Is it safe to go to the ground?"

Eunuch Wang knew that he was suspicious and could not tolerate accidents beyond his control, so he took no surprise at his doubts, bowed and whispered: "It is indeed lying in the coffin, and it seems that he is really dead. This servant watched with his own eyes. He was buried. However, the guards who executed the execution said that they used ingenuity, and it was impossible to beat him to death. The servants secretly asked Dr. Li to check. Mr. Hengze's body was indeed only a flesh wound, but his mouth, throat, and even There is no drug residue in the esophagus. This servant boldly guesses that Mr. Hengze must not be cheating his death, or maybe he is too weak to take it."

King Xuan was silent for a long while, and his expression showed some regret: "There are so many people in the backyard, but Hengze is the most loyal. I originally thought about arranging an errand for him and giving him a more dignified status, but it's a pity..."

Eunuch Wang wanted to answer a few words. When he raised his eyes and saw a familiar figure appearing at the end of the corridor, he hurriedly stood up straight and took a half step back: "My lord, Mr. Mo Yao is here."

King Xuan raised his head with a gentle smile, but his eyes hinted at scrutiny.

Mo Yuan walked up to him, with the same expression as usual: "The contract has been established, please take a look at it, my lord."

King Xuan took it and looked at it carefully from beginning to end, and smiled with satisfaction: "Wang Zhong, go and get my private seal."

Eunuch Wang quickly brought out a tray from the house, and King Xuan raised his hand to take the seal, stamped the contract, put the contract from the palace on the tray for Eunuch Wang to keep, and handed the other copy to Mo Yuan, He passed it on to Lian Mufeng, and said: "The crown prince will leave the city early in the morning. If there is no accident, he will stay at the Yinma Pavilion outside the city at Chenshi. Then you can find a suitable place to ambush, and you must not be discovered. In addition, Once the crown prince is assassinated, there will be chaos in the city, you should not come back, and immediately go south with the bodyguards of Lianjiabao."

Mo Yuan bowed and replied: "Yes, I will go and tell Master Lian Shao that I will go out of the city to move goods tonight and leave tomorrow." After he finished speaking, he paused and asked doubtfully, "What method did the prince use to lure the prince out of the city? "

King Xuan smiled: "God helps me. It's not what I thought. It just happened that there was a miracle doctor coming to Beijing. To show his sincerity and filial piety, the crown prince decided to go out of the city to meet him personally and seek medical advice for his father."

When Mo Yuan heard the word "miracle doctor", the corners of his eyes twitched. Afraid of asking too many questions and causing suspicion, he hurriedly calmed down and said with a smile, "So that's how it is, the prince will surely have his long-cherished wish!"

That night, Lian Mufeng took all the bodyguards under his command to move all the weapons boxes out of the secret room and put them on the carriage. After they settled and counted, they left a few watchmen, and the others all went into the hut for the night.

When it was just dawn, Lian Mufeng was awakened by the sound of birds singing outside. After getting up and washing up, he went to the woods to practice boxing. Thinking that there was still a while before the agreed departure time, he picked up his bow and arrow and turned to the person who was busy having breakfast next to him. The square-faced man shouted, "Pei Yuan, I'll go for a walk, and I'll be back in a while."

When Pei Yuan saw the bow and arrow in his hand, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran over with a piece of pancake as big as his face, and said cheerfully, "Boss, are you going to hunt wild game? Then we will have a good time these few days!" "

Lian Mufeng smiled, took the pancake and took a bite: "Idle is idle, just try my luck, this is the suburb of Beijing, what good things can I get? A few skinny rabbits at most."

Everyone laughed, apparently they didn't have any hope, besides, although they worked hard on the darts, the boss never treated them badly, he ate and drank well and had a rosy face, so he stayed in the woods these two days for fear of being discovered. Walking around, it's just a few meals, so who really cares about a few wild game?

Lian Mufeng told him to "keep an eye on the escort car", turned around and strode away with a pancake in his mouth.

This forest is on the back of the mountain. The mountain is not particularly tall, but it is stretched and precipitous. Therefore, very few people deliberately take a long way to go to the back of the mountain, and very few people climb the steep mountain without any trouble. Therefore, King Xuan The hut where the weapons were arranged is extremely secretive.

But for those who practice martial arts, it is really easy to climb such a mountain.

Lian Mufeng had a few hares that had been shot by arrows hanging from his waist. He was hunting and walking in the courtyard. When he was about to reach the top of the mountain, he was about to turn back, but he heard the sound of "rumbling" horseshoes. He listened carefully, and hurriedly flew up On the top of the mountain, looking along the source of the sound, you can see a line of guards of honor coming from the direction of the city gate from a distance, and the specifications look like princes and nobles traveling.

Even though Lian Mufeng is in the Jianghu, he is very familiar with the various rules of the imperial court. He knows that no one should act so high-profile when the emperor is in a coma. Feeling confused for a moment, he puts away his bow and arrows, raises his spirit and flies towards the direction of the team. go.

He stood on the undulating treetops, and the mountains receded rapidly under his feet. After a while, he was approaching the guard of honor. Seeing those people stop at the horse drinking pavilion, he also stopped quickly and landed on a big rock at the top of the cliff. , Only then did he see the person coming out of the carriage, and he couldn't help raising his eyebrows in surprise.

The prince is out of the palace?Not only going out of the palace, but also out of the city?

Lian Mufeng turned his eyes slightly, and suddenly noticed a cold white gleam passing by from the corner of his eyes, and immediately turned his gaze to a cluster of dense bushes not far away. His sharp gaze passed through the layers of branches and leaves, and soon found that there was a A person, and the cold light that flashed before came from a sharp arrow in that person's hand.

Lian Mufeng moved his eyes to the foot of the mountain in the direction pointed by the arrow tip, and his eyebrows moved slightly.

He didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but he didn't want to rush away and disturb that person, so he hid aside and observed secretly, and he saw something was wrong.

The man was wearing a crow-blue tights and a face scarf. Although most of his figure was blocked by branches and leaves, he felt a little familiar to him, and what made him feel more familiar was that the man bent his bow and set his arrows in one go. His movements and many details are like learning from Lianjiapu.

Lian Mufeng narrowed his eyes slightly, doubts arose in his heart, originally he only planned to watch from the sidelines, but now he had to wait to see this person's face.

Lianjiabao is famous for its archery skills, but even though the people in Lianjiabao are equipped with bows and arrows when they go out, they don’t use them much, and when this kind of long-range weapon is in use, outsiders have no chance to observe it up close. Everyone knows that their archery skills are superb, but it is even more difficult to see what is going on, and it is even more difficult to steal a teacher to imitate, not to mention the habit and connection shown by the subtle actions of the person in the bushes. There are some differences between ordinary bodyguards in Jiabao, but they are more similar to me.

Is this a deliberate imitation or a coincidence?Did he know himself or even be very familiar with himself?

Before Lian Mufeng had time to think about it, he saw that the man's fingers on the bow string began to exert strength, and he hurriedly turned his gaze to the foot of the mountain.

At this time, the prince had already walked to the steps of the Yinma Pavilion, and was about to climb up the steps. Once he entered the pavilion, he would be sheltered. The timing was only a few steps away, but coincidentally, a whirlwind blew up on the top of the mountain for no reason. , looking at the foot of the mountain in the distance, but the wind is calm and the trees are still. It may be extremely difficult to shoot the prince in this elusive wind direction, unless that person is good at mental calculation or has deep internal strength.

At this time, Lian Mufeng heard a burst of piercing sound from the side, and a sharp arrow suddenly shot out from the bushes. The cluster of arrows spun and rushed, completely unaffected by the wind direction, and flew to the foot of the mountain in the blink of an eye, rubbing the prince's scalp It flew over and plunged into the pillar beside him with a "duh".

"Ah—" The prince screamed in fright and fell to the ground, looking up with a pale face in horror.

Lian Mufeng was secretly startled, this person obviously has deep internal energy, this arrow probably missed on purpose.

In the next moment, two sharp arrows came at the same time, taking advantage of the moment when the prince raised his head, they approached, but they seemed no stronger than the previous arrow, and pierced into the eyes of the prince lightly but with extreme precision, blood gushing out out.

"Ah—" This time, the prince changed from screaming to screaming, holding his hands beside his face, not daring to touch the trembling arrow feathers.

All this was just a blink of an eye, and when the surrounding guards reacted, the prince was already rolling on the ground in pain, and this time, the two eyeballs that were hit by the arrow were brought out of the eye sockets by the arrow and fell to the ground, leaving The next bloody, ferocious and terrifying face.

Lian Mufeng suddenly turned his head to stare at the figure of the man in the bushes, his pupils gathered a little solemnity.

The interval between the two shots before and after is too short, not enough to open the bow twice. That person must have put three arrows on the bowstring at once. Mental arithmetic, this kind of powerful archery skills is rarely matched by anyone in Lianjiabao.

There are people outside the world, and there is a sky beyond the sky. This is not something to be shocked at all.

The strange thing is that this person's archery is from the same line as Lianjiabao's.

Seeing the man jumping down from the tree, Lian Mu Feng immediately stood up, not expecting that the man seemed to have eyes behind his back, he waved his hands without looking back, several silver needles flew out from the palm of his hand, and immediately approached him, silvery white With a cold expression, the light directly hits the door with several vital points.

Lian Mufeng turned his head to avoid it in shock, but he didn't want to let him go. Thinking that he had discovered him, he simply used his lightness kung fu to chase after him, and shouted: "Stop!"

Hearing his voice, the man suddenly paused, but he didn't turn his head, instead he flew away, and his Qinggong was not under Lian Mufeng.

Lian Mufeng naturally noticed his meal, and became more and more sure that this person had a lot to do with Lianjiabao, so he hurriedly chased after him.

The author has something to say: Young Castle Master: I think there is something weird about you.

Mo Yuan: I haven't.

Young Castle Master: You have.

Mo Yuan: No.

Young Castle Master: Yes.

Mo Yuan: Then I'll check it for you. [Starts to undress after speaking]