After leaving the palace, Zhao Tong looked at the night, but there were sparse stars and a bright moon, the sky was like a dome, the breeze was gentle, and the warmth was intoxicating.
He said: "There are several open channels in Guanyin Yuan over the old Song Gate. They are usually lively during the day, but at night because the Zen Yuan is closed, they are very quiet. Let's go over there and see if there is any gap to enter."
Huang Gujian nodded in plain clothes. The three of them did not ride on horses. They always had martial arts skills in their bodies. They were tired from the journey and took more than half an hour to reach this place.
This is the inner city of Tokyo, slightly to the east and south. On the far left is No. 1 Tianshui Lane. There are pastry shops in it, and there are also many brothels with the brands of Yihonglou, Xiaotao Pavilion, and Mantangchun. These brothels are not worth much. It is high, and you can usually sleep for a night with a few taels of silver. To the north is the Ancestral Temple, and to the south is the Audit Court.
There are many temples and Taoist temples in and around Tokyo, and many of them are large. This Guanyin Temple is not the largest, but it does have some historical allusions.
This temple was built in the Qianyou period of the Later Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. The founder was the great master Jun Jun who was famous for later generations. Emperor Taizu of this dynasty changed the name to Guanyin Ancient Temple in memory of the master Zongfengfu. Because the white-robed Guanyin was enshrined in the pavilion, People in Tokyo also like to call it Baiyi Pavilion.
The three of them inserted themselves into the slanting thorn at the south gate of the Taimiao Temple, and saw a huge temple. Even outside the courtyard, by the moonlight, they could vaguely see the beast-like roof ridges inside, the pagoda standing tall, and the mountain-protecting Jialan King Kong protruding from the wall. Come on, look at this world with cold eyes.
Zhao Tong said: "I came here to play two years ago. I remember that there are open channel entrances not far away from three sides of Guanyin Yuan. Let's look for it."
Sure enough, not long after, Huang Gu reported: "Sir, there is an opening to the east!"
Zhao Tong walked over and took a look. It turned out that Guanyin Yuan only had front and back entrances. For some reason, there was no side entrance. There was an open channel not far from the east wall, which was a common water outlet.
This type of eight-shaped nozzle is unique to this dynasty and is very useful for allowing rainwater and rivers to flow into the canal. Most of the canal entrances in Tokyo have this form.
The mouth of the water is not big, and a slightly thinner body can get in. But just looking at the black hole in front of you can't help but feel intimidating.
Huang Gu lowered his body, touched the entrance with his palm, and said, "Sir, the stone moss is smooth and flat without any mottled marks. It must have been passed by for a long time."
Zhao Tong nodded and looked around. He didn't feel that his actions were hasty or reckless, but he was not familiar with the underground world, so he had to be cautious.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "Suyi stays outside and stares at the movement. Huang Gu and I will go down to investigate."
Jian Suyi's beautiful eyes flashed when she heard this, and she was about to say something to stop him, but she heard a "pat, pat" sound coming from the canal at the entrance of the eight-character entrance.
Huang Gu closed his eyes for a moment and said in a low voice: "Sir, it's the sound of people running."
Zhao Tong said: "Hide and watch."
The three of them hid behind a big locust tree. Within a moment, a person climbed out from the eight-shaped mouth of the ditch.
This man was wearing a pair of light leather armor, and a single sword was tied with a red cloth on his palm. He was covered in blood. As soon as he came out, he lay on the ground, breathing heavily.
Looking at the style of the single sword and light armor, Zhao Tong couldn't help but frown. Huang Gu whispered: "They are all the standards of the Forbidden Army."
Jian Suyi said: "Nowadays, military artifacts are also circulated. This person's origin is unknown and cannot be easily determined."
Zhao Tong was silent and saw that the man got up with all his strength, but he staggered three times and couldn't move.
At this time, there was another movement from the mouth of the eight-character water, and in the blink of an eye, a person came out with a "crack" sound. This was a man dressed in black, holding a three-foot-long iron hook in his hand.
The body of the hook was shaped like an iron rod, but the hook head was like a snowflake with blades on the inside and outside. It could chop and hook. The three of them looked carefully and saw a few pieces of bright red meat hanging from the hook head.
Jian Suyi immediately whispered: "Young master, you are from Guifanlou. That hook is a unique weapon in the underground. It is suitable for fighting in ditches. Seven out of ten villains inside use this kind of thing, which is called It’s the Ghost King Gou.”
Zhao Tong nodded: "Don't let the one wearing light armor die."
While he was talking, several more people jumped out of the ditch, all dressed like the man in black, holding the Ghost King Hook in their hands, and without saying a word, they rushed towards the man in light armor.
Seeing this, the wounded man in light armor took a step forward, but almost fell down. He had to use the steel knife to support himself on the ground, but there was no weapon to resist him.
I saw several ghost king hooks heading towards the lightly armored wounded. Once they fell, they would probably be turned into a pile of rotten flesh by the hooks.
At this moment, a flash of light flashed behind the big locust tree, and several hidden weapons were shot out. The hidden weapons were mostly iron caltrops, iron lotus seeds, iron shuttles, as well as flying knives and darts, with their edges thinned. of copper coins.
All these things were hit at the men in black. Except for the first one to come out, the rest of the men in black obviously didn't have any fists or feet. They just relied on their ferocious spirit, but they couldn't escape this sneak attack in the dark. They were all beaten as if They fell down like a hedgehog, but the leading man, who seemed to have some martial arts skills, received a few blows, jumped out of the circle and ran towards the mouth of the nullah.
Huang Gu jumped out from behind the locust tree. He was faster than the man. He stretched out his hand to fish out the mouth of the eight-character water and pulled the man out. The man opened his mouth as if to call someone, but he was struck by a knife on the back of the head and passed out. , and then Huang Gu dragged the man behind the locust tree like a big mouse.
On the other side, the wounded man with light armor was about to die. Seeing the sudden change on the field, he felt lucky. He was about to cry out for mercy, but unexpectedly, all of the many hidden weapons had eyes, and a small flying knife penetrated into his arm. There was a sharpened copper coin dart embedded in his leg. His eyes widened and he was about to curse a little bitch when he saw a girl as beautiful as a fairy coming closer.
With a cold face, the young lady looked at the two hidden weapons that were accidentally injured, and whispered: "It's so sloppy!"
The lightly armored man's face twitched several times when he heard this, and finally he couldn't hold it any longer and fell to the ground with a "thud" sound...
It was already midnight when Zhao Tong and others returned to Broken Jade Tower. It would not have taken the three of them so much time, but this time they had to carry the wounded with light armor and escort the man in black, and they were questioned by the patrolling imperial army. Long delay.
After knocking on the door of Broken Jade Tower, Ouyang Bei answered from inside and inserted the deadbolt on the door. Zhao Tong then ordered the two of them to be taken underground.
There is another layer below the Broken Jade Tower, which is an underground secret room dug later. At this time, candles were lit and the light was as bright as day.
Zhao Tong ordered people to tie up the man in black and apply medicine and bandage to the lightly armored wounded man. The wounded man originally only relied on a little mental support, but in the end he was hit by two hidden weapons. His defenses collapsed and he passed out.
Huang Gu checked up and down and said, "Sir, I don't have much in common, and I don't have any tokens like waist badges to carry with me."
Zhao Tong nodded and looked at the injured man carefully, and saw that he looked very majestic, but he was being chased by the ghost Fan Lou for some unknown reason.
After a while, the injured slowly woke up and looked around. He smelled the medicinal gas from the golden sores on his body and knew the cause and effect. He struggled to get up and said in a trembling voice: "Xu Ning, thank you for saving your life!"
