It is said that the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. In Jiayuguan, General Hu is the local emperor here, so his mansion is very easy to find. In this town, compared with the surrounding Naxi houses, it is completely outstanding. In addition to its large size

, there are soldiers standing guard at the door.

After finding his residence, Zhao Yuan did not rush to find him, and observed him for two more days. General Hu usually went out in the morning and did not return to his residence until dusk. He stayed in Jiayuguan during the day, mainly training troops.

This person is not the kind of person who covets comfort because there is no war outside the border.

In addition, Zhao Yuan also carefully studied the defense in the mansion. There were more soldiers standing guard on the outside, but there were fewer on the inside. After all, he was the dominant force in Jiayuguan, and the mansion was also close to the barracks. It only took a moment to

Troops and horses can be mobilized to support.

However, although the perimeter seemed to be tight, it was not without loopholes. After two days of observation, Zhao Yuan discovered that except during the day, during the third shift, soldiers would change shifts. During the shift change, the perimeter seemed to be extremely tightly defended.

There will be many openings on the ground, and you can take advantage of this opportunity to sneak into the General Military Mansion.

On the night of the third day, Zhao Yuan quietly left his residence, took advantage of the darkness and ran towards Mr. Hu's residence, and then patiently waited until the third watch.

When the third watch started outside, the soldiers also started to change shifts as usual. Jiayuguan is actually very peaceful now. The soldiers who are used to peace are no longer as vigilant as they used to be when they are guards, so Zhao Yuan is very easy

So he stayed in. He was like a shadow in the darkness, making it difficult to spot him at all.

Having avoided the soldiers on the outside, there were far fewer sentry posts on the inside. However, there were many rooms in the courtyard. Mr. Hu had five wives and concubines. This was known to everyone in the town. As for which wife and concubines’ room that night was

I don’t even know if I go to bed inside.

Now that everyone in the entire mansion has rested, even the maids who were serving have rested, it is difficult to find someone to ask. The most important thing is that the rooms in front of you all seem to be the same, and there is no way to tell them apart.

"How should I find this?",

Zhao Yuan sighed in his heart and looked around blindly, but when he saw it, he found a black shadow flashing on the eaves not far away, and immediately jumped down.

"There's actually someone else!"

Zhao Yuan thought to himself, and immediately and cautiously pursued him. After a while, he arrived at the outskirts of a small courtyard, and sneaked in along the corner of the wall. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a black figure lying next to the window.

After a while, he bent down and sneaked to the door again, where he started to pry open the door.

Zhao Yuan did not think that this person's purpose was the same as his own, that he came to see Mr. Hu for friendly negotiation, so he picked up a dead branch and flicked it at the man.

Don't underestimate this small dead branch, Zhao Yuan's flick of it had a faint whistling sound.

The man immediately became alert, turned around, and waved the dagger he used to pry open the door.

"Crack!"

The dagger cut the dead branch into two pieces, but his hand was shaken, and the dagger in his hand almost flew away, and a look of horror flashed through his eyes under the black scarf.

At this moment, Zhao Yuan had already drawn his sword and stabbed him straight.

As soon as this man saw Cheng Yaojin coming out of nowhere, he immediately left the door and ran towards Zhao Yuan, and the two quickly exchanged blows.

Neither of them said a word, and they were going back and forth with each other's moves, but they showed no mercy at all. They wanted to kill each other with every move.

The garden is not big to begin with, and is filled with all kinds of flowers and plants. When the two were fighting, they had to carefully avoid these flowers and plants, so as not to make any noise and attract the patrolling guards outside. The guards here only need to

In just a moment, it can be surrounded like an iron barrel.

This was equivalent to limiting the performance of the two people, so they were evenly matched for a while.

After the two exchanged dozens of moves in silence, he suddenly took a few steps back, jumped up to the eaves with a slight jump, stared at Zhao Yuan, and suddenly raised his feet in a row.

The roof tiles immediately flew towards Zhao Yuan, and a few even flew towards the wall.

"Oops!"

Zhao Yuan secretly shouted in his heart.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

…

The tiles hit the wall, making a crisp sound, so clear in the dark night.

Almost instantly, whistles were heard outside the small courtyard, and torches were lit in the dark night. The soldiers protecting the place responded very quickly.

In just this moment, the door leading in and out of the small courtyard was completely blocked.

How to escape?

Zhao Yuan thought in his heart.

In just a short period of time, the perimeter defense will become even tighter, and in that case it will be difficult for him to escape. If he runs around in this house and is not familiar with the terrain, he will be easily discovered.

In a short period of time, Zhao Yuan had several thoughts running through his mind, and faced the soldiers who were quickly surrounding him, he decided to take the risk.

He quickly ran to the doorway, stretched out his hand to press the door bolt, and released his inner strength.

"Crack!"

There was a soft sound from inside, and the door bolt had been broken.

Zhao Yuan didn't hesitate at all, and immediately slipped in, and immediately closed the door. The moment he closed it, a group of soldiers holding torches rushed into the courtyard.

There was a faint fragrance filling the room. Zhao Yuan quickly held his breath, pulled the door bolt closer, and still locked the door.

The person earlier had almost pried the door open, so the door bolt was no longer in its original position, and the longer section still had enough length to bolt the door.

After doing all this, Zhao Yuan quickly looked at the room in front of him.

Like most houses at this time, this was an outhouse, used for entertaining guests on weekdays, while the inner room for resting was separated by bead curtains, and there were beds, wardrobes and other items inside.

There was no way to hide people outside, so Zhao Yuan immediately slipped into the house and hid under the bed.

As soon as Zhao Yuan hid in, he heard the door slamming, and then he heard someone shouting: "There is incense in the house, call the doctor!"

Immediately afterwards, footsteps rushed into the house from outside, and with a creak, the windows were opened. The incense does not cause much harm to people, and the best way to deal with the incense is to ventilate it.

At the same time, the candles in the room were also lit.

Through the gap under the bed, Zhao Yuan saw several pairs of feet in the room.

At this moment, another person said: "You go up and see how the general and his wife are doing?"

As a subordinate, no matter how worried about the safety of his general, he has to consider the current situation. After all, there is a wife lying on the bed.

"yes!"

A timid voice agreed. A pair of feet wearing blue embroidered shoes approached the window, lifted the mosquito net, and shouted: "General! Madam!"

"General, madam!"

…

After shaking for a moment, a rich man's slightly confused voice came from the bed: "What's going on?"

"General, my subordinates and others just heard a movement in the yard and hurried over. They found that someone had planted incense in the house! An assassin may have sneaked in!"

"Oh..., have you found the assassin?"

"Not yet, but my subordinates have asked people to step up patrols. As long as the assassin is still in the house, I will definitely find him. General, do you want to find another room now?"

"No need! There is such a big movement, even if you have all the skills at this moment, you don't dare to make it again! This little bit of fragrance does not pose a threat to this general, you all should stand down."

"Yes, General!"

…

The sound of footsteps soon came from outside, and then the footsteps gradually faded away and finally disappeared.

The window was opened at this moment, and the scent in the room quickly dissipated, and soon the scent was no longer smelled in the room.

"Squeak!"

The windows were closed again, and the house fell into silence again.

Zhao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. The only thing he had to consider now was how to sneak out after the defense outside was relaxed.

At this moment, there was a sudden click in my ear.

The wooden board in front of the bed suddenly shattered, revealing the bright tip of a gun, and the tip of the gun was only five inches away from his face.

"Come out, the general knows you are hiding under the bed!"

A deep and deep voice came.

Exposed?

Zhao Yuan was so shocked that after only hesitating for a moment, he got out from the bedside, lightly dusted off the dust, slapped his hands together, and said: "Common people, please see General Hu!"

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Yuan also took a closer look at the man in front of him. He was tall, bearded, and holding a bright spear in his hand. The most eye-catching thing was the long scar on his face.

General Hu took back his gun, banged it on the ground, and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you? Why did you sneak into my house in the middle of the night?"

When Zhao Yuan heard this, he felt a little strange in his heart and asked doubtfully: "General, don't you think the common people are assassins?"

Since he knew he was hiding under the bed, why didn't he let the soldiers arrest him? And how did he know he was hiding under the bed?

General Hu snorted coldly and said: "General, I have been on the battlefield for twenty years. There are so many people who want my life. What tricks have you never seen? Do you really think that this little bit of fragrance will make me

Is the general being tricked?"

Zhao Yuan understood immediately and said: "Then the general also knows everything that happened outside before?"

In other words, he knew everything from the moment he organized the man to fight with him, and then entered the house and hid under the bed, but he didn't point it out clearly.

General Hu said: "If you didn't know this, do you think you would still have a chance to stand here and talk to me now?"

With that said, Da Lieli sat down on the stool and said: "You came to me in the middle of the night. What is your purpose? Tell me!"
Chapter completed!