After walking out of Jixianzhai, Di Xian looked at the moon hanging high in the night sky and fell into a trance for a while. A guard came forward, raised his hand and asked: "Sir, are you going back to your home tonight, or are you resting here?"
"Let's make do with it next door." Di Xian responded lightly: "How are the arrangements in the imperial study room?"
The guard bowed and replied: "As per your instructions, everything has been arranged. A team of elite Xuanjia Army, fifty people in total, all changed into the attire of chamberlains, and set up more than a dozen light and dark sentries near the imperial study to monitor in turn. In addition, two brothers pretending to be the prince and Murong Xue are already in place."
Di Xian nodded when he heard this, and then asked: "Do the people on guard outside the imperial study, including the generals who are responsible for leading the team, know that they are pretending?"
"I don't know at all." The guard shook his head firmly: "We arranged them in first, and after everything was ready, we let a new batch of soldiers come to change the guard. Moreover, I also issued an order to the person pretending to be the prince. Strict order, unless you really encounter an assassin coming to attack you, you are not allowed to step into the imperial study room."
"Where are the people who serve you daily?"
"Everything has been arranged, and they are all servants who have been staying at the palace outside the city for a long time." The guard introduced: "They are only responsible for the peripheral services. All daily routines are in accordance with the prince's usual rhythm, and there is no flaw. .”
Di Xian was slightly satisfied and continued to ask: "How is it over at Ziwei Palace?"
The guard responded seriously: "The security of Ziwei Palace is tighter than before. General Xie Bao sent a thousand additional armored troops and set up a line of defense to surround the entire palace like an iron barrel, airtight. Let's go in the evening When we transferred the prince, we happened to be at the stage when the Iron Armored Army was setting up defenses. There was a lot of chaos outside and the sky was a little dark, so no one would notice."
"How is the defense here at Jixianzhai? Have you checked it?" Di Xian looked around and asked.
"There's no problem here." The guard looked around subconsciously, and then responded: "In addition to the fifteen master soldiers sent by General Xie Bao, there are also our own twenty brothers. Zhan We dare not say that one is equal to a hundred, and one is equal to ten should not be a problem. We are currently scattered at commanding heights everywhere, and even the slightest disturbance cannot escape our eyes. If the enemy comes, kill them immediately! Unless they have the courage to gather troops, Attack the imperial city directly, otherwise ordinary assassins will not be afraid of him even if there are dozens of them!"
Di Xian frowned and said in a deep voice: "I'm most afraid of what you think! Remember, don't take it lightly at any time! Who is the opponent? It's the famous Beiya Nilin Division. You use ordinary assassins to describe them, Defeat without fighting!"
The guard smiled and said: "My lord, you have taught me a lesson. The humble position just now is indeed a bit too much. How about... I go and send more people?"
De Is that place Ximen's guardhouse?" As he spoke, he pointed to the distance and asked.
The guard looked in the direction he pointed. In the dark night, a tall three-story arrow tower looked particularly abrupt. The wind lantern on the roof was swaying gently. He nodded: "Yes, that is the Ximen Guard Station. There is a cavalry camp stationed there for a long time, with a strength of about three hundred. According to regulations, they send out a cavalry team of fifty people every two hours, along the They patrol the royal road on the west outer wall of the palace."
Di Xian stared at the guard station and thought for a while, then asked: "The guard station is outside the palace wall, right? Is it far from here?"
"I remember it's not too far away." The guard thought deeply, "Bypassing the two rows of servant dormitories in front, there is a small gate in the palace wall. Going out is the Ximen Guards Station."
Di Xian nodded thoughtfully, and then ordered: "Assign two other brothers to guard the small door for me. I may need it at a critical moment."
"As ordered, I will take care of my humble duty immediately."
The guard agreed, turned around and ran away. Di Xian stood there, stretched out, and was about to turn around and go back to his room to rest. Suddenly, a bright light in the distant house attracted his attention.
That bright light appeared extremely unusual.
Because not long ago, he was talking with the guard leader and looking around. At that time, neither of them noticed anything unusual in that direction.
Judging from the position, it seems that the place where the light appeared is Ziwei Palace?
Di Xian couldn't help but feel his heart tense, and he quickly observed attentively. The next moment, his whole body shook uncontrollably: Oh my god, that's fire!
In just a few breaths, the light that was originally swaying slightly suddenly turned into a sky-high fire, mixed with many flashing and dazzling light spots.
Immediately afterwards, bursts of thunderous explosions reached Di Xian's ears.
Before he could fully react, the roar of screams and shouts echoed through most of the palace, as if cheering for the ferocious fire, which disturbed Di Xian.
Li Bing, Murong Xue, and Rui Ji all ran out of Jixianzhai in a panic at this time. Looking at the fire that almost lit up the entire night sky, they were so surprised that they couldn't open their mouths for a long time.
Murong Xue asked in shock: "Is it... is it Ziwei Palace? Why did it suddenly catch on such a big fire?"
"Go back! Everyone go back!" Di Xian suddenly woke up and shouted anxiously: "Go into the house immediately and don't show up!"
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It was almost dawn, and the fire in Ziwei Palace was gradually extinguished.
Looking at the huge palace that had burned through the roof, as well as the ruined walls with lingering smoke everywhere and the twisted corpses turned into charcoal, Di Xian felt that his stomach was constantly twitching and he might vomit at any time.
Xie Bao also rushed to the palace at this time. He endured the burning smell and asked in a deep voice: "Xiao Di, what is going on? Why is it so exaggerated?! Now Luoyi City is being disturbed It makes people panic. If Mr. Bao and I hadn't reacted quickly and sent troops to the streets to impose martial law and suppress them, the people would have thought that there was a war in Dongdu."
Di Xian shook his head helplessly: "Brother Bao, if you ask me what's going on, I want to ask too. Di was somewhere else at the time, as you know. What happened in Ziwei Palace last night? I Now, just like you, I have no clue."
Xie Bao cursed in a low voice, turned around and roared: "Where is Wei Kaipeng? Where did that bastard die?"
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, General Wei is dead." The Xuanjia Army soldier pointed to a black corpse on the ground in fear: "He... is lying here."
Xie Bao couldn't help being surprised. To his surprise, even Wei Kipeng, the top commander who guarded Ziwei Palace last night, died tragically on the spot. This shows how terrible the explosion and fire were at that time.
Di Xian was in a daze for a while, then suddenly sighed: "What a blessing, what a blessing! Thanks to us for making adjustments one step ahead, otherwise..."
Xie Bao nodded repeatedly after hearing this. If Di Xian hadn't reacted quickly and moved Li Bing before evening, the trouble would have been too big now. If the prince really made a mistake at the hands of Xie Bao, it would be strange if his godfather Xie Guang didn't tear him apart with his own hands.
"Xiao Di, you are still smart!" Xie Bao said with sincere gratitude: "Thanks to Li Bing for not..."
Di Xian quickly interrupted him: "Brother Bao, this is not the place to talk. Please be careful what you say! Beiya Nilin Division is more powerful than you and I imagined. We still need to make further plans."
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"Where are you going so early in the morning?" Li Jiangyao leaned on the chair and asked lazily.
"You slept like a dead pig last night. Didn't you hear anything going on outside?" Lian Ji said worriedly as she cleaned up: "You can see from the roof that the palace was completely burned by the huge fire. All night! I am very worried about my sister now, so I must go to the palace immediately."
Lianji wore a navy blue samurai uniform and light boots on her feet. There was a dart bag in the dark silk ribbon around her waist, with four throwing knives glowing with blue light inserted into it.
All these things were brought back from outside yesterday, so Li Jiangyao was not surprised. He stood up and raised his hand to tighten Lian Ji's silk ribbon, and asked, "You went to the palace, what should I do?"
Lian Ji lost her usual coquettish look, and her face was full of eagerness. As she walked out, she said, "You wait patiently here. I will take my sister and brother-in-law back in four or five days at the latest, or two or three days at the earliest." Here, let’s leave Dongdu together.”
"Be careful in everything!" Li Jiangyao warned.
Lian Ji waved her hand impatiently and climbed out along the backyard wall without going through the main entrance.
Li Jiangyao listened carefully to her retreating voice, waited for a moment longer, and then stepped forward to regain his strength. Like a wild cat, he climbed up the wall lightly and ducked away.
"Everyone, I'm here!" As soon as he entered Wang Hai's courtyard, Li Jiangyao walked straight to the main hall and met with the Nilinsi people who had been waiting here for a long time.
Before everyone could say hello, Li Jiangyao praised: "You are really amazing! What happened last night shocked the whole city!"
Wang Hai pointed at Qian Honglie and said with a smile: "It was all done by the brothers from the third department, and Honglie took the lead."
Qian Honglie, the flag-bearer of the third branch, quickly said humbly: "Master Li, that's a great reward. This is what you should do in a humble position, it's nothing."
"Are there any casualties?" Li Jiangyao asked him.
Qian Honglie replied calmly: "If you want to create an earth-shattering momentum, you not only need to secretly transport a large number of firearms into the palace, but you must also leave the corresponding manpower to trigger the mechanism. A total of seven brothers volunteered to die together with the enemy."
Li Jiangyao was stunned when he heard this: "None of the seven people came out alive?"
Qiao Shengchun, who was sitting next to him, said: "Sir, it is common for us spies from the Nilin Division to repay the emperor's favor and die for the country. Everyone has this consciousness. Those brothers had no intention of living when they accepted the order. .”
Li Jiangyao was not a fledgling on the first battlefield. On the contrary, he was a brave general who crawled out from the dead. He also had no regard for life and death. For soldiers, death is often like a fateful choice: being able to live well and complete the mission is of course the first choice; if it is really impossible to survive, you can also face death calmly.
However, Beiya Nilinsi seems to regard "death" as a routine method, calm and cold, without any ripples. Sometimes, their actions can even feel like they are deliberately seeking death.
Horrible, Li Jiangyao secretly sighed in his heart, these people are really terrifying.
