The four of them jumped off the tall courtyard wall. Here was a dark alley with no one in sight.
In Xiao Yu's impression, he seemed to have walked here before. Going south out of the alley should be the avenue leading to Chaogou Wharf.
The three women seemed to be familiar with each other and ran north along the alley, with Xiao Yu following behind them.
From time to time, you can hear the yelling of men and the barking of wolves and dogs on the other side of the wall. However, the ordinary houses on the other side of the alley are extremely quiet, and you can occasionally hear one or two coughs.
Although Xiao Yu was confused, he saw that the three women did not speak and did not dare to ask any more questions. He just ran with them.
There was another fork in the road ahead, and the four of them turned right one after another. At the moment of the turn, Xiao Yu seemed to notice that there were torches flashing at both ends, and someone must have chased them outside the courtyard.
"Little prince, don't get lost!" Ani Yin turned around and said.
Hongxiao replied: "As long as I am here, he can't throw it away."
Ani Yin chuckled lightly. There was a pile of firewood in front of the house in front of her. She saw the girl stepping on the firewood and jumped onto the courtyard wall. She lowered her weight and walked quickly along the courtyard wall.
Yuqin followed closely behind, her steps light and steady.
"Young prince, you go first!" Hong Xiao said. She looked back and saw that there seemed to be fire approaching at the corner of the street.
Xiao Yu nodded without giving in. He followed the path of the two women in front and climbed up the high wall.
But I found that the walls here were much narrower than the walls of the previous house. It felt like walking on a tightrope when I stepped on it. My center of gravity suddenly lost my balance and my body swayed from side to side on the wall.
A hand grabbed his belt from behind, and he stood still.
Hong Xiao's voice came from behind: "It doesn't matter, just lower your focus and follow behind Yuqin, I will be behind you."
"Thank you for your work..."
Xiao Yu thanked him, but heard a cold snort from Hong Xiao behind him.
But he didn't care, and followed closely behind Yuqin carefully.
After following for a distance, his mind stabilized a little, but he found that running and jumping between the eaves or walls was not that difficult. His current body could fully cope with this series of dangerous movements.
The lights behind them disappeared into the night, the barking and cursing of dogs gradually faded away, and the group of four seemed to be out of danger.
The machine's rapid running and jumping made Xiao Yu's brain a little tired, and his brain began to think wildly.
At this moment, the image of Ezio jumping and running back and forth on the roofs of tall buildings in Venice or Rome in the game "Assassin's Creed" always appeared in his mind. If there were one or two assassinations from high altitude, it would be really impressive. My blood was gushing and I was so excited.
Just as he thought of this, a chuckle came from his mouth, but a hand behind him pushed him.
"What's so funny, hurry up and catch up."
Xiao Yu looked back at Hong Xiao. Under the moonlight, Hong Xiao's pretty face looked so soft, as if the coldness and anger before were gone.
Hong Xiao was looked at a little unnaturally. She was not angry, but said softly: "What are you looking at? Leave quickly, don't keep Aniang and the others waiting for too long."
Xiao Yu sniffed Hong Hao's neck.
Facing this "disciple" in front of him, Hong Xiao just frowned.
"What are you doing!"
"I seem to have smelled your scent somewhere before."
"You...do I smell?"
It is extremely impolite for a woman to be told that she smells bad. Hong Xiao's first reaction was that Xiao Yu thought she smelled like sweat. She couldn't help but feel hot on her face, and felt embarrassed and annoyed.
Xiao Yu sniffed again, but Hong Xiao stood there, not daring to move.
After a long time, Hongxiao held back a sentence: "What... what smell..."
"The smell smells good, seems familiar."
Hong Xiao looked stunned, but she felt particularly at ease.
Does he still remember my taste...
Hong Xiao started to think wildly, but saw that Xiao Yu had turned around to chase Yuqin and the others.
…
In front of you is a quiet small building that is independent from the bustling city beside the Qinhuai River. It is as high as four stories.
There were no lights on the three floors below, and it was pitch black. In a room on the top floor, the windows were open, revealing a wheat-yellow light.
The four of them stood side by side on the roof opposite the small building.
The night breeze blew gently, bringing a touch of coolness to this early summer night.
"You live here?" Xiao Yu asked.
"Staying here tonight? I don't know tomorrow night." Hui Yin replied, "My mother-in-law is waiting for us on the fourth floor! Let's get there quickly!"
After saying that, Ani Yin was the first to jump off the eaves. She was as light as a fallen autumn leaf and came to the small building in a few seconds.
She did not go through the main entrance, but jumped up and down the small building, and got into the open window in a short time.
Xiao Yu was a little dumbfounded. The distance from here to the ground was at least a foot, and the small building on the other side was at least three or four feet high. He couldn't believe that the little girl Ani Yin, who looked like she hadn't grown yet, was so tall. He jumped up to the fourth floor in two jumps.
He has never seen anyone else possess this skill except Dongfang Lao. If it were placed in the future society, she would be blind if she didn't become a stuntwoman with such a good material.
On the side, Yuqin saw Xiao Yu looking at the small building in surprise, and said with a smile: "Young prince, you don't have to imitate that crazy girl, we can just enter from the front entrance."
"okay."
While the two were talking, Hongxiao had already jumped off the eaves and came to the street.
She looked around to make sure there was no problem, and clapped her hands twice.
Crisp applause sounded, and the first floor of the small building suddenly lit up, and the dim light also reflected on the road.
On both sides of the road, two pretty women wearing short-sleeved Northerners emerged from the darkness and met Hongxiao.
"Little prince, please!"
Yuqin said, before Xiao Yu could react, she had already taken his arm and jumped down together.
Three women on the ground stepped forward to respond.
When Xiao Yu landed, he felt that he couldn't hold his feet. The inertia made him take a few steps forward, and he happened to bump into Hong Xiao's arms again. Somehow, his palm touched that soft spot again.
Hong Xiao's face suddenly turned red, but in front of so many sisters, she just acted as if nothing happened. The other people's attention was not here, and they all hoped that the young prince would be fine.
"No problem...no problem..." Xiao Yu waved his hands repeatedly and looked back at the eaves where he was standing. It was about five meters high. "This is the first time I have jumped from such a high place. If If it weren’t for Yuqin, I would definitely have to break my bones.”
Several pretty women laughed, but Xiao Yu noticed that Hong Xiao was standing apart from these women, with an unnatural expression on his face.
He also felt his unintentional rudeness just now, how could he not feel it? He just pretended that nothing happened, so that he wouldn't look embarrassed.
A woman in a green shirt said: "Where is my mother waiting for the young prince inside? Please go upstairs and talk to the young prince."
"Please, young prince." Another woman in a yellow shirt made a gesture of invitation.
Hongxiao and Yuqin did not enter the small building. Instead of the other two women, they stayed outside the building to guard.
The outer door of the small building opened, and Xiao Yu walked in under the guidance of the woman in green shirt.
Before entering the door, he turned his head and glanced at Hong Xiao. Hong Xiao turned her back to him and walked towards the darkness on the north side. He could not see her expression at the moment.
Xiao Yu turned around and walked into the small building.
The first floor is a lobby. Judging from the furnishings, this is either a restaurant or a brothel.
Since traveling to this world, Xiao Yu has never been to that kind of land of smoke and willows, and he doesn't know whether his guess is correct.
But the place was empty, with only two maid-looking girls waiting here.
After Xiao Yu went up to the second floor, they extinguished the lights, but the candlelight lit up in the corridor on the second floor.
It wasn't until Xiao Yu went up to the third floor that he originally thought the "grandma" might be on the fourth floor, but the woman in green clothes led him to a room at the end of the third floor.
The woman in green shirt stopped in front of the door and called softly: "Mom, the young prince is here."
A woman's gentle voice came from inside: "Let the young prince come in!"
"Here..."
The woman in green shirt turned her head and smiled at Xiao Yu, then gently opened the door to signal Xiao Yu to enter.
Xiao Yu cupped his hands at the woman in green shirt before walking into the room.
A burst of quiet incense hits the face. Judging from the furnishings inside, it seems that this is a certain lady's boudoir.
Xiao Yu stood in front of the door and saw a woman in her thirties sitting on the couch by the window looking at him with a smile.
Xiao Yu had already thought about who the "grandmother" in those women's mouths would be. It must be the madam from Chunxiang Painting Boat.
It's just that on the painting boat that day, Yan Niang looked vulgar and pink. At this time, she didn't apply makeup, but she looked bright and charming. She seemed ten years younger than her previous makeup.
She has a lazy posture and a different kind of charm in her maturity. A single smile in a thousand turns can be fatal to a man.
"Young prince, please sit down. It's really rude of me to see someone without applying makeup."
The voice was soft and charming, as if an invisible delicate hand was tugging at Xiao Yu's mind. He raised his eyes to look at this beauty in the world, and his heart beat wildly involuntarily.
"No...this is good..."
Xiao Yu answered carefully. He sat on the couch opposite Yan Niang, but his eyes looked elsewhere, not daring to look at her.
At this time, his mind was a little confused, and he felt like he had fallen into the Pansi Cave, waiting for the goblins in the cave to eat away at him bit by bit.
The Yanniang seemed to see Xiao Yu's thoughts, smiled at him, stood up and walked behind the screen.
"My young prince, please wait a moment. I will change my clothes and come back. Then I can talk to my young prince."
"Girl, please do as you please."
Xiao Yu still turned his head towards the window, using the moonlight to distract himself.
But his ears heard the sound of pieces of clothing slipping off. The sound was too deadly for a man, especially when such a beautiful woman was changing clothes in the same room as him.
Xiao Yu's breathing was slightly rapid. He even imagined that the beauty behind the screen would stand naked in front of him and seduce him in every possible way.
But as time went on, his illusions dissipated.
When Yan Niang appeared in front of him again, she was dressed in a decent formal dress. Her beauty was dignified, making people think nothing of it.
"The young prince dares to look at the slave family now." Yanniang's words seemed to be ridiculing and teasing.
"Why don't you dare."
Xiao Yu glanced at Yan Niang, then turned his attention elsewhere.
"Haha, the Queen Mother said that the young prince is extremely interesting and makes people feel lovable. It is true."
Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows. Does this aunt mean that she is cute? She also likes little fresh meat?
"Don't dare, don't dare." Xiao Yu saluted politely, "Xiao Yu escaped unscathed tonight, all thanks to... all thanks to the girl's rescue."
"I just happened to meet him." Yan Niang's expression became dignified, "I wonder why the young prince appeared in that courtyard?"
Xiao Yu raised his eyes and looked at Yan Niang: "This is also what I don't understand. Why do the girls from the Northern Dynasty... Chunxiang Huafang also appear there?"
Yan Niang looked at Xiao Yu with a somewhat complicated look, and she smiled coquettishly: "Little prince, what does Chunxiang Painted Boat do? Isn't it that the young prince doesn't know! Previously, the Queen Mother was willing to bring Chunxiang Painted Boat to the public for this kind of work. The nobles of the Southern Dynasty know that the Queen Mother has great trust in the young prince. The meaning of Chunxiang Painted Boat itself is to nip in the cradle all things that are unfavorable to the Wei Dynasty... What the imperial court cannot do openly, we will do it secretly Do it. The young prince wants to ask more things. If the young prince doesn’t think it’s overstepping the bounds, the slave family won’t tell them.”
"I know that." Xiao Yu nodded, "Originally, when I returned from Huafang, I never thought about having any interaction with you again. On the one hand, I wanted to avoid suspicion, and on the other hand, the fight between the northern and southern courts had nothing to do with me. I don’t want to get involved.”
"Haha... The young prince has a free and easy temperament. It's good if he is willing to stay out of it." Yanniang smiled, and her conversation suddenly changed, "It's just that the slave family doesn't understand what the relationship between the young prince and the owner of the house is?"
"Do you know who the owner of the courtyard is?"
"Of course I know." The corner of Yan Niang's mouth turned up slightly, "Of course I know more things than the young prince. I wonder if anyone has advised the young prince not to sink too deep. It will be difficult to extricate himself in the future."
Xiao Yu nodded: "My two companions are on your side."
"Here I am."
"What didn't they tell you?"
"The two of them were very talkative. Dongfang Lao would curse from time to time. He had such a bad mouth that it was really annoying. The other one, without saying a word, took advantage of my maid's unpreparedness and bit her on the butt..." Yanniang said I frowned here.
Xiao Yu probably understood what was going on.
"You tied them both up?"
"It's too late, otherwise I'd still have you."
"Why?"
"The three of you were about to rush in, and you happened to bump into us. I'm afraid you missed us!"
"What are you doing in there!"
"Young prince, you can tell me why you want to go in. That shouldn't involve any secrets. But what kind of organization is Chunxiang Huafang? Our affairs have no right to be known to anyone except the Queen Mother. If necessary, we will help you. But you can’t interfere with what we do.”
"You are a spy organization from the Northern Dynasty planted in the Southern Dynasty."
This word was used in a novel way, and Yan Niang nodded.
"That's right."
"I want to save people! Can you help me?"
"Save people? Save who?" Yan Niang was puzzled.
"How many barbarians can be saved inside?"
Yanniang looked Xiao Yu up and down: "Little prince, are you crazy! You are a Han, why do you want to save a barbarian?"
"Would you like to save him or not?"
"If we don't save him, there's no way we can save him!" Yanniang shook her head.
"They are barbarians, Xianbei, Qihu, Xiongnu, and maybe Qiang and Di!"
"The young prince doesn't know the depth of it. This is Jiankang, and we can't save it even if we want to! Chunxiang Huafang is that... spy organization, spying on intelligence and assassinating leaders. We will eliminate anything that is detrimental to the Northern Dynasty. We are hiding in the dark. How can one go to the bright side?"
"Aren't you also a barbarian? They are your fellow tribesmen!"
Yan Niang looked puzzled: "The Nu family is Han, surnamed Hu, and comes from the Anding Hu family like the Queen Mother."
"No matter what, they are still your subjects of the Northern Dynasty!"
"Are there many incidents of robbing men and women from each other between the two countries? There is no shortage of this one." Yanniang seemed a little anxious when she said this, "Little prince, if there are two of you, I will help you for the sake of the Queen Mother. Rescue, you have to rescue so many people! How can we, the Northern Dynasty spies, do it? We might as well start from other places, such as... Princess Yongning."
Xiao Yu shook his head: "We can't involve the eldest princess anymore."
Yanniang took a deep breath and sighed: "Then there's nothing we can do to help. Please ask the young prince to leave after dawn! The slave family will go and help the young prince arrange a guest room."
