There was a long yawn in the darkness, but it stopped abruptly before it ended, followed by a burst of scratching and whimpering sounds.
A tall figure slumped to the ground, making no sound.
A dark figure left the shadow and was exposed to the moonlight. He turned around and waved. Without any extra words, eight figures of different sizes jumped from the high wall and landed in the courtyard.
The dark figure who was scouting the road before came to the eight dark figures behind, and raised his hand to a figure of medium stature holding a silver gun: "My young prince, as you said, there is indeed a hidden whistle here."
The figure nodded: "I understand."
This person was Xiao Yu. At this time, he was taking eight people on the same route he had taken before. Although this road was a bit detoured, he had roughly remembered all the Mingka secret sentries lurking in various places. In my heart, compared to other routes, this road is more familiar and safer.
And Dongfang Lao was rushing to another place with another wave of people to escort the final success of their operation.
As for Da Xiwu and Yanniang, since they separated at Yuelai Restaurant, they have taken their own actions with their own men, and their progress is still unknown.
A few people gathered together, and Xiao Yu briefly talked about the route in his memory.
Finally, he glanced around the crowd: "This operation is very dangerous. Except for ourselves, there is no one we can really trust. We have only one purpose, to save as many people as we can. We don't have to worry about the signals from the spies of the Northern Dynasties. When we arrive, We just have time to break out south, Dongfang Lao will support us at the critical place."
The other eight people nodded in agreement, and no one said anything.
It was still the same person exploring the way in front, and Xiao Yu followed with the other seven people.
It was too quiet along the way, and the guards who were originally patrolling at night had disappeared, and there were no hidden whistles in the places where there should have been whistles.
They had carefully avoided several guarded residences before. When they passed by, they felt that the place was deserted and scary. There was no one in sight, and there were no lights. However, some doors were open, and they could often be seen being thrown away on the ground. Or broken daily necessities.
This abnormal situation can easily make people suspicious. Xiao Yu was already nervous, and the silence in front of him made him even more uneasy.
In short, he didn't feel good. He always felt that there seemed to be a trap waiting for them to approach slowly, and the real "hunter" was quietly hiding somewhere and peeping at them.
Among the people traveling together, there are those who are carefree and not afraid of ghosts and gods, and there are also those who are cautious and thoughtful. The combination of the two can play a complementary role.
In the meantime, someone was as worried as Xiao Yu and reminded: "Little prince, is this going too smoothly?"
Another person scolded: "I'm afraid of you. When the time comes, I'll build a mountain when I encounter a mountain, or I'll build a bridge when I encounter water. I'm afraid of him!"
Xiao Yu said with a smile: "Be careful. It's been a little smoother along the way. The situation along the way is really completely different from the last time I came here. I'm afraid..."
Xiao Yu didn't want to go any further when he said this. He didn't want his hidden worries to affect everyone's emotions.
But others persisted and asked: "Afraid of what?"
Xiao Yu pondered for a moment: "It's nothing. I'm afraid that a lot of supplies here have been withdrawn, and there will be fewer people staying here. This is best. The probability of success tonight is very high."
Most people remained silent, as they seemed to hear the side behind Xiao Yu's words in his explanation.
But some people still echoed: "What the young prince said is absolutely true, it must be so."
"Stop talking, there is someone!"
As soon as the man finished speaking, he heard a strange man's voice coming from the darkness not far away, and the voice seemed to be filled with alertness.
"Who is it! Who is there!"
The person who was scouting the front had already walked more than 20 steps. No one thought that there was a sentry so close to them. There was no sound just now. It may be that the person took a nap and just woke up from his sleep.
No one reacted in astonishment. Xiao Yu felt that someone next to him had already started in advance and rushed out like a meteor. His reaction was faster than that of all his companions present.
That person is Dendrobium!
Before Xiao Yu could open his mouth to let him live, he saw an electric flash, a cold light cut a shadow in the darkness, something was thrown into the air, fell to the ground and rolled a few times, and finally it turned out Rolled to Xiao Yu's feet.
It was a human head, Xiao Yu was dumbfounded, and everyone else was also shocked.
"Too...too fast..." Someone exclaimed.
Xiao Yu complained: "Dendrobium, I want you to leave me a tongue..."
The dendrobium trees in the darkness let out a burst of unbridled laughter.
Xiao Yu didn't know whether it should be called laughter, but he thought the sound was as sharp as a night owl's, which was very unpleasant to hear.
This was the first time Xiao Yu heard Dendrobium laughing, if that could be called "laughing".
He heard someone whispering: "Why does his movements and laughter look so like a mandrill..."
Xiao Yu has never seen a mandrill, let alone how he laughs.
But this was the first time he had seen Shi Hu kill someone. That kind of "quick, accurate and ruthless" could only be completed in an instant. I am afraid that killers who are famous in the world may not be able to reach Shi Hu's current level.
Just as Xiao Yu was thinking about this, he heard a burst of footsteps coming from a little further ahead. It was the brother who was exploring the way ahead who was leaving and returning.
"Why didn't you follow?"
"Can you keep up?" someone sarcastically asked, "Why are you back? There is no road ahead?"
But the man didn't understand the meaning of the words, and just said anxiously: "Little prince, come here quickly!"
"What's wrong?" Someone asked again for Xiao Yu.
"There are dead people ahead! More than one!"
"dead?"
Everyone was surprised. Xiao Yu walked in front faster than the others, following closely behind the explorer. It didn't take long before he walked out of the end of the dark alley, and saw a familiar intersection in front of him.
Xiao Yu still has fresh memories of this place. It was here that he escaped from a group of patrolling guards the night before yesterday.
In front of him, there were indeed four or five strong men in guard clothes, lying on top of each other on the ground.
Xiao Yu squinted at the corpse in front of him. Someone came forward to check the situation, and after a while he raised his head to report.
"Little Prince, these people should have died not long ago. Although they have been cold, their bodies have not completely hardened yet, and there are no signs of fighting... They should have died suddenly together. The time of death was surprisingly consistent. It seemed like there was no time to even struggle.”
Xiao Yu wanted to step forward to take a look, but a man with experience in martial arts next to him immediately stopped him.
"Young prince, don't go there. These people died strangely, especially because they were poisoned and couldn't be touched." The man then asked his companion who came forward to check the corpses, "Hey, brother, you didn't touch those dead people." Skin it!”
"Don't worry, I only touched their clothes."
"Did they die of poisoning?" Xiao Yu turned to ask.
The man thought for a moment: "It looks like, and the attack happened at the same time, and he died on the spot. The villain thought... someone must have put poison on their food or something they often come into contact with. The poison was violent when it attacked, and they were killed before You should feel nothing like normal people."
Xiao Yu nodded slightly. At this time, he was thinking of Da Xiwu.
Only spies who are good at poisoning and assassination can do this kind of thing. Xiao Yu seems to vaguely remember that Da Xiwu once praised Haikou to him. It seems that he has already made arrangements here.
At this time, another message came from someone not far away: "Little prince, look, there is one here too. This one seems to have just died not long ago, and he was trembling just now!"
Everyone stood on the spot, no one knew what happened here.
The same was true for Xiao Yu. He was also full of doubts at this time. He turned his head and happened to see the small door that seemed to be ajar under the dim light.
The defective "grenade" was taken out from a room there before, and an indescribable curiosity gave Xiao Yu the urge to go in and find out.
Everyone's attention was focused on the unknown dead people. They followed Xiao Yu's lead. Seeing that Xiao Yu had no intention of moving forward, they all stood quietly. They didn't pay attention to the small door.
"You guys wait for me here. I'll come as soon as I go." Xiao Yu said.
No one understood what Xiao Yu wanted to do until he walked to the small door.
Someone took two steps forward and came to Xiao Yu: "Young prince, do you want to go in?"
"That's right."
The man sniffed it, then cupped his hands and said, "Young prince, I don't know what's going on inside. You wait here while I take two brothers in to take a look."
"Thank you." Xiao Yu smiled, "I have been here before and wanted to confirm something."
The man was puzzled, but wanted to follow. Xiao Yu shook his head and asked him to wait outside, while he bent down and wanted to get in.
Before his head could get in, his arm was pulled by someone again. He originally thought it was the person who wanted to enter with him before, but when he turned around, he saw Shi Hu.
"What do you want to do?" Xiao Yu asked.
Dendrobium made a gesture to go in first.
"Do you know what's in it?"
Dendrobium shook his head.
"Remember that grenade last night? It was..."
Xiao Yu was still thinking about how to describe the scene when the "grenade" exploded.
Dendrobium suddenly realized it. He opened his arms and made an "explosion" motion, and finally used the onomatopoeia "coax... coax...".
The other men in black looked puzzled. Only Xiao Yu could understand what he meant and nodded approvingly.
"That's right! Just wait outside. This thing can cause danger if you're not careful, coax..."
Xiao Yu originally wanted to scare Shi Huo so that he could retreat.
But he didn't want him to be so stubborn, and he had to follow Xiao Yu in until the things inside were dangerous.
In the end, Xiao Yu couldn't defeat him and had to take him in. Two bold and strong men also volunteered to go in and protect the young prince.
So four people went in, and four people stood guard outside to respond.
Xiao Yu took the lead and got in through the small door. Then he saw that the courtyard was in a mess under the mottled light and shadow at night. Weeds were still overgrown. Broken earthen jar fragments could be seen everywhere among the weeds, which were also filled with a kind of sulfur and nitrate. The strange mixed smell makes people cry.
"Cough... cough... little prince, this... what on earth is this place?" Someone asked while coughing.
Xiao Yu wiped away his tears: "This is where they store gunpowder. You go out first, and I'll go and look in a few rooms."
The two companions hesitated for a moment, but when they saw that the young prince would not leave, they did not want to go out alone no matter how uncomfortable they felt. They just covered their mouths and noses with their hands and looked for places where there was no sulfur or saltpeter to stand.
Xiao Yu glanced around, and the messy scene in front of him was completely different from the last time he came here. Presumably all the original things here had been evacuated.
But Xiao Yu didn't give up and wanted to see if there was anything left in other rooms.
Thinking of this, he was going to the room where the "grenade" was originally stored.
Before he had taken a few steps, Shi Hu hugged his arm tightly, as if unwilling to let go.
Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile. He knew that the explosion of the unsuccessful "grenade" car building in Mingyangju last night had frightened Shi Hu, so he was so scared.
Xiao Yu comforted him and asked him to go out first. Shi Hu kept shaking his head, feeling scared and not wanting to go out alone.
Xiao Yu had no choice. He originally wanted to go to the room he had been to last time, but then he thought it would be better to go inside and take a look. Since there can be "grenades" outside, there may be a "fire gun" in the room inside!
Xiao Yu walked there with Shi Hu. The door was half open and the door lock seemed to have been broken. However, the room was pitch black and he couldn't see anything clearly.
Xiao Yu sighed, the door was smashed, there would be something inside.
He was about to turn around and leave when he heard a slight sound coming from inside, a rustling sound, as if there was the sound of a chain sliding.
Xiao Yu stopped immediately, but Shi Hu forced him to move forward.
"Did you hear anything?" Xiao Yu asked.
Dendrobium was seen shaking his head, his teeth chattering up and down out of fear, and his eyes were filled with fear.
Xiao Yu didn't know what kind of person Shi Hu was. He was neat and tidy when killing people, but he was extremely timid when encountering unknown things.
"Don't be afraid, there might be someone inside..."
Although Xiao Yu comforted him, Shi Huo still shook his head vigorously, like a frightened child, just unwilling to look back.
Xiao Yu turned around again. This time he seemed to faintly hear the voice of someone speaking, but the voice was intermittent and weak, as if like a ghost. When Xiao Yu heard the voice, he felt the hairs on his back stand up. No wonder his five senses were astonishing. Dendrobium will be scared.
But driven by curiosity, Xiao Yu became bolder.
"Wait for me here, I'll go in and take a look!"
This time Xiao Yu finally got rid of the "bullshit plaster". He turned around and walked forward a few steps until he came to the dark door of the house.
He paused for a moment, then suddenly thrust forward with the spear in his hand, pushing open the half-closed door.
The moonlight finally penetrated into the room, and a strong stench hit his face.
Xiao Yu took a few steps forward facing the stench and asked in a low voice: "Is there anyone inside?"
A response came immediately from the room, the voice was as dry as rotten wood.
"Is there anything to eat?"
"Who are you?" Xiao Yu asked.
"Those who deserve to die..."
