The Story of Leaping from the Dragon Gate

The two sat in a daze for a while, both dumbfounded.

Dongsang changed the subject: "Tell me, where did you dig that hole? We've been drinking in the pavilion these days, and we haven't heard any movement underneath. The peach tree roots look no different from other places. Why? It’s so easy to hollow out, how many people can get out?”

Prince Xiu's mansion occupies a vast area, with a pavilion in the green peach forest in the backyard, and it is twenty or thirty feet away from the nearest courtyard wall.It would not be an exaggeration to say that it would be extremely difficult to dig a tunnel to come in silently, judging from the current situation.

Dongsang has limited practical experience, but there is no lack of theoretical knowledge in Jianghu.While speaking, I used my brain at the same time, and the more I thought about it, the deeper I felt.

Only three assassins came, and they sneaked into the tunnel in the middle of the night.Among the three, one is a swordsman with the highest kung fu, one is good at concealed weapons, and the other is specialized in drug addiction. Their attempt is perfectly clear: sneak into the inner room without anyone noticing, kill the sixth prince, and then go back the same way to get out of the body.Perhaps there are also masters who cover their tracks, setting traps or misleading clues on the way.

Of course, no one expected that everything that actually happened completely deviated from the script and became a mess.The swordsman was able to escape in the end, it can only be said that good fortune made people unpredictable.Then again, if the Sixth Prince hadn't happened to act on this night, if it hadn't been for the nightly singing and dancing in the Green Taolin in recent days, it is hard to predict what the final outcome will be.

The defense of Prince Xiu's Mansion is not strict, but there is a passage directly to the center of the backyard under the ground, which is indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

Dongsang realized later, and at this time there was also a chill on his back.Thinking about it, I feel wrong: "Those peach trees in your backyard, especially the ones by the pavilion, are at least two to thirty years old. The old tree roots under the ground don't know what they will look like. Dig a deeper hole I'm afraid it's difficult, let alone digging tunnels. What method did they use? I really want to go and see. Tell me...can Master Hou agree?"

Song Wei was so stimulated that night, her brain turned extremely efficient, and she curled her lips when she heard this: "Don't guess, the tunnel was definitely not dug after I lived in it, and it may not even be dug in recent years. This house used to live in It's King Li, who knows what my brother Sanhuang did back then."

Dongsang suddenly realized.Inspired by him, his brain also quickened: "Didn't the third prince pass away long ago? Who else knows such a big secret..."

Speaking of this, I also realized that it seemed that some kind of great royal secret had been exposed, so I stopped abruptly.

Song Wei snorted coldly, and continued to curl her lips: "Who knows, anyway, you don't know, and I don't know either. Before I moved in, I heard that several groups of people cleaned up the house inside and out, and no one Look out?"

The first time the emperor confirmed Yao'er's news, he began to arrange personnel to renovate the original Li Palace for backup.The person responsible for the highest level of execution of this task is Prince Yanxi, Minister of Zongzhengsi.Later, the security work of Prince Xiu's mansion was handed over to Marquis Xian.No one has noticed the existence of the tunnel crossing for so long, which fully shows that its location is ingenious and its disguise is realistic.Those who live in Dugu do not have to doubt it, but it is hard to say whether King Yanxi played a role in it.

Song Wei's face was calm, but a dark cloud passed over her heart.The sudden feeling of chilling, like a mountain rain is about to come and the wind fills the building, makes people lose their spirits for a while.

Dongsang didn't realize it, nodded and said: "We walked under that tree every day, it's really true, there is no sign of an organization at all."

Seeing his eagerness to try, Song Wei would have been itchy for a long time in the past, but now she has no interest.He was also afraid that he would act rashly and cause more trouble, as if he had changed his temper, so he persuaded: "There must be no chance right now, wait until the matter is over, and then look carefully later."

Li Yi entered the room with the decoction, which contained pain-relieving ingredients.Song Wei was already tired, and when she became emotionally slack, she didn't bother to use her brain anymore, she poured down a bowl and fell asleep.

Dong Sang was bored, sitting cross-legged in meditation, practicing divination and counting hard.

Song Wei woke up again, but there was no one in front of her.My bones are soft and my muscles are sore from sleep. I slowly turn over and prop up my arms.There was a sharp pain in the shoulder, and with a scream, he fell on the bedding, only to remember that he was a wounded person.

"Your Highness! Your Highness, what's the matter?" Lan Di hurried in, apparently guarding the door.

Song Wei crooked her mouth and squinted her eyes in pain, and stretched out her hand to touch the wound, it was well tied.

"No, it's fine..."

Lan Di helped him sit still: "Is Your Highness thirsty, or is it convenient?"

Song Wei raised her eyes, only to realize that she was not in the bedroom of Prince Xiu's mansion at all.Looking around, it looked familiar: "I'm in... the Xianhou Mansion?"

"Exactly. Lord Xianhou said that since the thief can sneak into the inner courtyard of the palace, there may not be other hidden dangers. For the time being, His Highness, please stay in the Hou's residence temporarily for safety."

The hole in the backyard of Prince Xiu's mansion was equivalent to a resounding slap to the emperor and Marquis Xian.Song Wei can imagine that the mansion might have to dig three feet, but it's a pity that there is a green peach tree, and there is nothing to see or play in the future.

Seeing him move his legs and get off the ground, Lan Di was so nervous that he walked straight to the door: "Your Highness is injured, let's rest!"

Song smiled and said, "There is a small injury on the shoulder, but it's not a broken leg. It doesn't matter if you walk around."

Immediately he knew something was up.

As soon as he walked out of the door outside the bedroom, Fang Yu stepped down the steps of the corridor. There was a sharp "dang" sound of weapons, and two guards stood in front of the corridor, silent, blocking the way.

Song Wei raised his eyebrows.They were all new faces, and they didn't recognize any of them.After standing still for a while, still not giving up, he turned and walked to the other end of the corridor.Still just stepped down the steps, the two guards were expressionless, except for the weapons in their hands crossed in front of him.It is very dramatic, just like performing on the stage to catch a murderer in front of the palace.

Song Wei couldn't help laughing.This situation is somewhat familiar.But it seems that every time it touches the point of laughter, I can't help laughing.

Oh, why are you laughing again.

After sighing, Song Wei was stunned: Why did you say "again"?

Hey, no, this line is also quite familiar.

Rubbing his forehead and laughing, he gradually stopped talking, put his hands behind his back, turned back slowly, and said to Lan Di, who was following him closely: "I am...under house arrest?"

A simple sentence made Lan Di, the head servant who had lived in front of the imperial court for a long time, feel a murderous aura.After gathering his composure, he bowed and said, "Your Highness needs to rest, don't go too far. Just wander around in this corridor, and the scenery is not bad. Everything arranged by Marquis Xian is to protect His Highness, His Highness will understand."

In order to prevent further mistakes, Dugu Xian sent Song Wei to his own mansion, transferred the elites of the personal guard camp from the guards of the northern suburbs overnight, and replaced all the guards around the former King Xiu.All of this is done carefully, both to guard against foreign enemies and internal thieves.This group of people has no friendship with the sixth prince, they will only be loyal to their duties, and will never be negligent in guarding against being deceived.

Song Wei looked up at the sky.After a while, he patted the railing of the corridor lightly: "Well, I can understand. Where is Dugu's wife?"

"Master Xianhou has gone to the palace to face the saint."

"What time is it?"

"On the fourth day of the lunar new year, it's time to apply. Meals have been prepared, and His Highness is available anytime."

It turned out that I slept all day.

"Butler Lan, you're not the only acquaintance left here, are you?"

"Master Li Yi is brewing medicine for His Highness."

"Where's Dongsang?"

Lan Di hesitated for a moment, and said, "Didn't the horse that the assassin rode away sprinkled the smell-confusing powder made by Mr. Dongsang? He said he wanted to atone for his crimes, so he followed it up with the guards."

Song Wei was speechless.Think about it, make a dying struggle: "Can I find Xiaoli to play with?"

Lan Di still bowed her waist: "Your Highness, except for the old Lord Hou, no one else in the Hou Mansion knows that His Highness is here."

Song Wei patted the railing again, and stopped talking.

Fortunately, my stomach began to growl, diverting my attention.After eating and drinking medicine, I am bored.Perhaps Li Yi and Lan Di were afraid of being bewitched by His Highness the Sixth Prince unintentionally, so they stood far away when they were serving, not talking to him at all.

Song Wei's activities were limited to the bedroom and a corridor outside the door.Turn around the house three times, there is nothing to play.Stretch your legs, bend your waist, and decide to do some digestion exercises.Stand on the railing, jump up, and grab the wooden beam under the eaves with one hand.I swayed back and forth a few times, resisting the pain in my left shoulder, raised my left arm to borrow strength, bent my body suddenly, and hooked my foot up.Then let go of the hand, and the whole person hangs upside down.Then swing, swing, swing higher and higher, stretch out your right hand to reach the crabapple fruit that looks like jasper beads on the treetop.

Li Yi and Lan Di's eyelids started to twitch from the moment he stood on the railing.Thinking of Xianhou's exhortation, he forced himself to pretend to be blind.

Song Wei finally reached a crabapple fruit, stuffed it into his mouth, it was sour and astringent, and quickly spit it out with a "peh peh".With a bitter face, looking upside down, it was as funny as it could be.

The nearest guard on the opposite side was young, staring at him for a long time, finally couldn't take it anymore, and burst out laughing out loud.Immediately, his face changed, as if he was facing an enemy, a guard who looked like a leader ran over quickly: "Back off! Go get the twenty army sticks yourself!"

Song Wei looked at the back of the young guard, lost all mood and just wanted to scold her.

He hung upside down on the beam without moving, letting the blood flow down, and he was dizzy, imagining that he was a piece of dried bacon, unconscious.

The knees numb suddenly, the strength was lost instantly, and the whole person plunged downside down like a green onion, and then his waist froze, his head drew half a circle in the air, and leaned against the thick and warm chest.The headache was splitting, and the temples were throbbing.After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, facing Dugu's eyes as deep as a pool of cold in the hazy twilight, unable to say anything.

Dugu entered the palace in modest clothes, without any armor, and a steady stream of warm breath leaked out from the thin clothes, majestic and powerful, making people feel infinitely at ease and comfortable.Song Weiqing couldn't help getting closer, and buried her entire face in order to relieve the continuous headache caused by the congestion in the brain.

Without warning, the eye sockets became moist.

It seems that several lifetimes have been turbulent, only for this moment of tenderness.

After all... only a moment of tenderness.

This action of relying on it wholeheartedly relieved Dugu Xian's heavy breath like dark clouds pressing down on the city.However, the negative emotions accumulated over the past few days have always been tumbling, like the storm on the eve of a storm, like forced suppression, and like a breakthrough.

Song Wei turned a blind eye and pressed her face even tighter.After an unknown amount of time, he said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Dugu Xi."

"Ah."

Complaint: "You lied to me again."

After a while, I heard a voice from above my head: "I didn't mean to lie to you. I was indeed in the northern suburbs barracks. Five days ago, I received an urgent secret order from His Majesty to enter the city, and cooperate with Yihou to monitor the changes inside and outside the imperial city. This move... must be kept absolutely secret."

On the surface, the missions from the foreign kingdoms came to the court, the Marquis Xian was on guard in the northern suburbs, the emperor was seriously ill, and the crown prince represented the government.Secretly, the emperor turned around and summoned Xianhou Mi into the city to take care of the younger son, and asked Yihou to guard the palace to guard against the eldest son.

The emperor and the prince knew each other well, and finally entered the final round of the game.One side is helpless and unwilling, while the other side is arrogant and urgent.They all want to let the balance tilt according to their own wishes before the dust settles.

There are many visitors to the Prince's Mansion, divided into light and dark.The ghost Nie Yuan and the missing guest Tuoba Hongwen who were killed by Xianhou back then belonged to the bright side.Those who come in and out in secret will take the ebony gilt dragon pattern card as their letter.If it weren't for Dugu Mian's efforts to prevent and investigate carefully in recent years, he might not have been able to learn such confidential clues.

When he saw the tokens found on the two assassins, he immediately understood that the emperor's last temptation to the crown prince was very effective.What is puzzling is that the escaped person left the witnesses and material evidence in Prince Xiu's mansion. Was it a last resort, or was it premeditated?What is even more elusive is His Majesty's attitude.Face to face today, when he heard that the sixth prince was injured, the emperor was going to take him into the palace, but immediately changed his mind and agreed to stay in the Xianhou mansion, under the strict protection of the guards.However, the assassination case of the sixth prince, together with the evidence of the dead body, was handed over to Yihou for investigation.He ordered Xianhou to return to the northern suburbs as soon as possible to prepare for the arrival of the mission.

Afterwards, Dugu presumed the sacred intentions and felt uneasy.

The crown prince is confident, what is the emperor planning to do with his sons?

The only fortunate thing is that the emperor is still willing to hand him over to him.

Song Wei didn't care about his thousands of entangled thoughts, raised her head and asked: "So, forcing me to get married is just an excuse for my father to pretend to be sick?"

After Dugu didn't speak.

No matter what purpose the emperor proposed for the marriage of the sixth prince, if the father wanted his son to marry a woman, it would definitely not change.

Song Wei lowered her eyes, no longer discussing the topic of marriage, and only complained: "Mr. Dugu, you locked me up again."

Dugu Mian tightened his arms, and his tone suddenly became cold: "That's because you are naughty again."

Song Wei couldn't breathe because of being surrounded by him, her voice was choked with sobs, and she came out intermittently from the joint: "I just can't stand it anymore, I want to go out of the city to find you. Really, Dugu, don't force me, don't lock me up Me, I hate this very much. I would rather go to your barracks to be a soldier. Although I don’t like to suffer, it’s not that I can’t suffer. Dugu, okay? Don’t lock me up like this, okay?”

With such soft words, Dugu's heart trembled.Finally hardened his heart: "Not good."

Suddenly remembered something, pinched his chin, lifted his face, and asked: "Xiao Yin, you made such a big noise that even Qin Xian got caught up in your tricks, are you really just looking for me in the northern suburbs?"

When Song Wei heard this sentence, it was as if she had fallen into a hole in the ice unexpectedly, her mind was frozen and instantly numb.After a long time, I lowered my eyes little by little, as if muttering to myself: "Isn't it? What did I seek you for? What can you do? I really... Ha! My mind was caught by the door..."

It's no wonder Dugu became suspicious.It should be the result of too many previous convictions.Song Wei was not surprised by the other party's suspicion, but by her unintentional compromise.

Because, he couldn't be more clear: the most thorough bondage can only come from a heart that is willing to submit.

But Dugu Mian was relieved because of his expression and words, half sad, half happy.There was no movement in his arms for a long time, so he carried him into the house, put him on the bed, and patted him slowly: "It's been a bit messy recently, you stay here obediently, I'll leave Mu Ping to protect you." With a long sigh, "Xiao Yin , you can't... always be so naughty."

Song Wei knew that this time it was true that no tricks would work.Thinking of the circle of cold-faced guards outside the door, the eerie fear of the nightmare recurring was even stronger than death.The heart-piercing chill is beyond words, even if it is said, the people in front of it will not believe it, let alone understand it.

Under the panic, he struggled needlessly, saying indiscriminately: "I don't need such protection, as long as you don't force me, I don't know how good it is. If I insist on leaving, who can keep me? There are many ways, such as hunger strike, self-mutilation, etc. , killing and setting fire, betraying lust... oh!"

The lips were tightly blocked. With a sound of "Chi La", the clothes were torn.

Dugu pressed against him, and his voice did not have the slightest warmth: "Xiaoyin, you are the one who wants to come back. Don't say you don't know, if you come back, you will have to sit in a cage for the rest of your life!"