A group of six people from the Dove Union led by the aunt came to the woods on the south main road of Anyi City, which was closest to them. At this time, the city defense soldiers were patrolling in teams of 10 people.
The aunt lying behind the haystack on the side of the road turned her head and whispered to everyone, "Look, some of these patrolling soldiers have begun to yawn. It is estimated that it is almost time to change defenses." The aunt paused and asked Baigui beside her, "What time is it now?"
"It's almost Haishi." Baigui on the side took a wooden stick and stuck it on the ground and looked at the shadow cast by the moon and said.
"Well, that's almost it. I will go to the city first in a while, and you will follow me. After entering the city, we will divide into three groups and advance to the palace together. Regardless of whether we find the Princess of Wei or not, we must return to the starting position before the ugly hour. If the time has passed, don’t wait any longer. Just ask for your blessings!" After saying this, the aunt turned her head and looked forward.
As soon as she finished speaking, the aunt stepped forward, found a secret climbing position and jumped up. Xiao Jian on the side was surprised to find that his aunt looked like an assassin, and the other five people followed closely and all arrived at the foot of the city wall.
"How's it going? Have you opened your eyes? Hehe." said Cat Brother, who was following Xiao Jian closely.
"Shut up!" Baigui in front turned his head and said.
After a while, a hemp rope was thrown down from the city wall, and the other five people successfully climbed to the city through this hemp rope.
After the whole team went to the city, the aunt put away the sling and whispered, "We just passed a group of patrol soldiers. Taking advantage of the current gap, we started to split up. Remember, we gather here when we are ugly!"
Everyone nodded in unison and dispersed, moving closer to the center of Anyi City.
It might be the time for the defense change at Haishi, but the group of Xiao Jian and Brother Mao moved very smoothly. They didn't meet any patrolling soldiers along the way, so they simply moved forward quickly.
After a while, the two of them saw the brightly lit street ahead. Xiao Jian quickly signaled Brother Cat to stop, and the two of them hid in a secret place at the foot of an alley and observed carefully.
A gray-black palace door comes into view. The material of the palace door should not be an ordinary wooden structure. If you guess correctly, it should be an iron gate. In this Warring States Period, iron gates should only be used in the palaces of various countries to defend against foreign enemies. A palace wall made of ancient bricks extends to both sides of the palace gate, which looks very thick. Many soldiers came and went, patrolling carefully in teams of 10 people, and the entire palace was surrounded by water. The soldiers held torches and illuminated the streets outside the palace as if it were daytime.
"Damn it, Xiao Jian, there are so many soldiers patrolling back and forth. How can you sneak in?" Brother Cat said carefully to Xiao Jian on the side.
"Wait..." Xiao Jian only said one word and then made a gesture to silence himself.
About half an hour later, the palace door suddenly opened, and a small team that seemed to be changing defenses came out from inside. The small teams that were originally patrolling outside the palace began to gather towards this palace door, and the original light was illuminated by the fire. The streets dimmed, and all the light was concentrated in the direction of the palace gate.
Xiao Jian patted Brother Cat and whispered, "The opportunity has come, let's go!"
Then Cat Brother followed Xiao Jian to a hidden alley closest to the palace gate. Xiao Jian vigilantly explored the palace wall outside the alley. This palace wall was about 2.5 meters. If the two of them worked together, they could barely pass.
"Brother Cat, I will set you up in a moment. After you climb over, make sure the surroundings are safe before handing me the rope. Do you understand?" Xiao Jian carefully asked Brother Cat, then he stood up and walked towards the outside of the palace wall. go ahead.
Brother Cat nodded and followed Xiao Jian to the corner outside the palace wall.
Xiao Jian squatted down and signaled to Brother Cat. Brother Cat looked around very alertly and then stood on Xiao Jian's shoulders. Xiao Jian stood up with all his strength. At this time, Brother Cat's upper body could just cross the palace wall. Seeing him flying, he reached the other side of the palace wall.
"I really didn't realize Brother Cat was pretty good at it. Did Auntie blame him wrongly?" Xiao Jian thought of this and was feeling aggrieved for Brother Cat in his heart, but he didn't know that after waiting for a long time, he didn't see the other person handing him the rope.
Seeing that the originally dark road ahead was getting brighter and brighter with torches, it seemed that the patrol soldiers were arriving soon. Just when Xiao Jian was considering whether to continue the infiltration mission, a piece of string was suddenly thrown down from the other side of the palace wall. , Xiao Jian grabbed the string and jumped into the palace wall.
After landing, I saw the panting Brother Cat and wiped the sweat from his face from time to time.
"What's going on? What's wrong with you? Why did it take so long?" Xiao Jian asked in a low voice.
"It's nothing. I forgot to bring the hemp rope when I entered the city just now..."
"Didn't I see that you had hemp rope wrapped around your waist and shoulders when you left? It's at least a hundred meters long, right?" Xiao Jian asked with a look of disbelief.
"Hey, it's all my fault, Auntie. She said she climbed over the wall first and entered the city. I saw she had a hemp rope with her. In order to reduce the weight, I threw the rope in the woods outside the city." Brother Cat looked innocent. replied.
"You're so... ugh... stop talking and continue the mission!" Xiao Jian was so angry that he didn't know what words to use to describe Brother Cat at this moment, so he simply continued the unfinished mission.
The two people carefully explored the terrain in the palace and marked each corner accordingly to avoid being unable to successfully escape due to the complex terrain.
The location they are currently in is probably to the west of the palace, which should be the Royal Garden. Surrounded by rockeries and rocks, as well as ponds and streams, there is a porch not far ahead, which should be the entrance to the harem.
Xiao Jian pointed to the porch to Brother Cat and walked under the porch first to check if there were any night patrol soldiers ahead.
After some exploration, there was no movement around. Xiao Jian thought for a while and realized that the location they were in might be the harem of the palace. No men except King Wei were allowed to enter, so he turned around and waved to Brother Cat. As the brother came closer, Xiao Jian continued to explore forward.
I don’t know how many turns I took, passed several palace courtyards, and finally arrived at a two-story building. All the palace courtyards I passed were not guarded by eunuchs or maids, but only this two-story building was guarded. There were maids and eunuchs on duty outside the small building, and the maids and eunuchs on duty seemed to have fallen asleep leaning on each other because they were too tired. Xiao Jian raised his eyes and saw the dim candlelight on the two-story building.
"We've come so far, and my eyesight is dark. I don't have a map, and I don't know the route. Someone happens to live here. Why don't we go in and investigate?" Xiao Jian said to Brother Cat.
Brother Cat nodded to express his agreement with Xiao Jian's suggestion.
Xiao Jian then signaled Brother Cat to follow him closely, and then prepared to explore whether there were any open windows and doors around the small building.
