At midnight, Feiyun was checking near the palace with Tianxiang, Liangchen and Meimei when he saw four men in black running towards the palace. The visitors were none other than Li Gui, Ruoxue, Pei Fu and Yanran from Longmen. After Ruoxue returned to the capital, she always wanted to enter the palace to assassinate Wu Zetian, and then wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rescue her parents.
Li Gui knew that there were many experts in the palace, so he was unsure and never agreed. But he couldn't stand Ruoxue's pleading, so he also interceded with Pei Shouyi on her behalf. Pei Shouyi couldn't resist them, so he agreed to give it a try.
Li Gui then decided to take only Yanran, Pei Fu and Ruoxue to the palace to assassinate them. After all, the other people's martial arts were slightly inferior. The four of them have the strongest martial arts and can escape unscathed if they encounter danger. The four of them changed into their night clothes and came outside the palace wall.
The palace wall is three feet high, and the imperial guards patrol back and forth from time to time. The four of them, Li Gui, used the cover of night to avoid the patrolling imperial guards and flew up the wall. The four of them were extremely fast with their qinggong skills, making it difficult for the forest guards to detect them. They looked inside and saw that the houses inside were densely packed.
Ruoxue looked at it and asked quietly: "Master, there are so many houses here, how do you know where Wu Zetian lives?"
Li Gui thought for a while and said, "It's difficult to talk here. Let's go up to the top of the house in front and observe and discuss!" The four of them immediately flew down the wall, avoiding the patrolling guards in the palace, and went straight to A house nearby. When they reached the side of the house, the four people jumped up, went up to the roof, lay down, and watched what was going on inside.
I saw a larger open space in front of me, which looked like a martial arts arena. There were two teams of guards looking like people in the middle of the open space, patrolling back and forth. All of them were strong men, and each of them held a weapon. Li Gui couldn't help but frown secretly. She didn't expect that the palace was so heavily guarded.
In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Someone came in at night and made a big fuss. Now it is natural to strengthen the defense. What's more, Feiyun has reminded Wuwei and Princess Changping many times, asking them to strengthen their guard.
Li Gui thought for a while and said softly: "Pei Fu, go down and check. We'll wait here."
Ruoxue immediately said: "It's such a small matter, so it would be more appropriate for me to go down and let Brother Pei take action."
Li Gui quickly asked: "Xue'er, why are you suitable?"
Ruoxue smiled and said: "I have an advantage over you. I have been to the palace before, I know the situation in the palace, and I can even pretend to be a palace maid. Generally speaking, women can easily make the other party relax. They will not be wary of palace ladies. .”
Pei Fu thought for a while and said: "Master, Xue'er's words make sense, just let her go!"
Li Gui was afraid that something might happen to Ruoxue alone, so he said, "I'm not worried about her going alone. Let's do this, I'll go down with her. Pei Fu and Yanran, you wait here, be sure to hide yourself and don't be caught by others." Found it!" The two agreed softly. Li Zhen and Ruoxue immediately jumped down and landed quietly on the ground.
The two of them were walking in secret when they saw two palace maids walking slowly over carrying a lantern. Ruoxue said softly to Li Zhen: "Master, why don't we follow them first, find an opportunity to restrain them, and ask where Wu Zetian is!"
Li Gui had no other good idea for a while, so he nodded in agreement. The two followed the two palace maids to a house. Li Gui pressed Ruoxue's hand and said, "Do it!" The two of them flew out and struck the acupoints of the two palace maids like lightning, and then they hugged each other. Arrived at a secluded place.
The two palace maids had their vital points pressed, unable to move or make a sound, but their consciousness was clear. Li Zhen said softly: "You two girls, don't be afraid. As long as you are obedient and answer a few questions truthfully, we will not hurt you!" After that, he untied the acupuncture points of a palace maid.
The palace maid looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. She was already pale with fear and said tremblingly: "Hero, spare your life!"
Ruoxue said softly: "Little sister, don't be afraid. Let me ask you, do you know where Wu Zetian lives?"
The palace maid quickly said: "This heroine, we are just low-level palace maids, how do we know where the emperor is?"
Ruoxue said angrily: "If you don't tell the truth, then don't blame me!" After Ruoxue finished speaking, she pretended to hold the sword behind her back.
The palace maid was shocked and said quickly: "Sister, spare your life! We really don't know. At this time, the emperor must be in the palace of the harem."
Li Gui said sternly: "Are you telling the truth? If you dare to deceive us, we will come back to settle the score with you!"
The palace maid hurriedly said: "I don't dare, I don't dare!" Ruoxue couldn't bear it when she saw this. Judging from the palace maid's appearance, she probably didn't dare to lie.
Li Gui then reached out and tapped her acupuncture points. Ruoxue then untied the acupuncture points of another palace maid and asked, "Little girl, do you know where Wu Zetian is?"
The palace maid said in a trembling voice: "If the emperor is not in the palace, he is usually in the imperial study." She then gave detailed directions to the imperial study.
Ruoxue waited for her to finish speaking, then reached out and touched her acupuncture points, and said softly: "Girl, you will be able to move freely in two hours. But if you want to save your lives, it is best not to tell others what happened."
Li Gui said to Ruoxue: "Xue'er, this should be the residence of the palace maids. You go inside and change into palace maid clothes. It will be more convenient later." Ruoxue nodded in agreement and ducked in.
After a while, Ruoxue came out dressed as a palace maid. The two immediately left, found where the guards were stationed, and stole three sets of guard uniforms.
The two returned to Pei Fu and Yanran's hiding place. Li Gui handed the guard uniforms to their brother and sister and said: "The three of us are dressed as guards and Ruoxue is a palace maid. When I encounter people interrogating me, I will say that we are the emperor." Let the palace maid take us to strengthen the guards, and all of you should be silent!"
Yanran said happily: "Master, this is a wonderful plan." The three of them quickly changed their clothes.
The four people immediately flew off the roof, with Ruoxue in front and Li Gui behind. They followed the path pointed by the palace maid and walked towards the imperial study. It was late at night and there were not many people walking around the palace. Occasionally, I encountered several groups of patrolling guards, but Ruoxue dealt with them skillfully. After all, they were wearing the costumes of palace maids and guards, and the guards did not expect anyone to dare to impersonate them. After a while, the four of them arrived in front of the imperial study room.
Li Gui raised his eyes and saw bright lights in the imperial study. Li Gui said with great joy: "It seems that we are lucky. Hunjun is actually in the imperial study at this time. Pei Fu, sister Yanran, Xue'er and I will enter the house later, and you two will go up to the roof to prepare for the reception."
Pei Fu said: "You two are too weak, I will go in too. Just leave Yanran alone on the roof to take care of her!"
Yanran also said: "Brother is right. If you three go in, you will be more confident." Li Gui has the strongest martial arts among the four. Even if there is an accident, he can lead Pei Fu and Ruoxue to break out of the siege. .
Li Gui knew Pei Fu's stubborn character, and since this was not the time to argue, he had no choice but to agree. At this time, the four of them had arrived at the door of the Imperial Study Room.
When the four guards standing in front of the door saw someone approaching, they immediately shouted: "Stop, where are you guards? How did you get here?"
Ruoxue said quickly: "Four brothers, I am the maid beside Princess Changping. I have been ordered to summon these three guards to see the emperor."
A guard looked at Ruoxue and said doubtfully: "What's your name? Why haven't I seen you before? Bring out your badges, we want to check them."
Li Gui said, "Here!" He immediately flew up and struck the two guards with his palms.
At the same time, Pei Fu and Ruoxue also stepped forward, each identified one person and struck out with their palms. The four guards noticed something was wrong and drew their swords to greet him. But their martial arts were mediocre, not to mention that Li Gui and the others tried their best. Therefore, the four guards were easily knocked to the ground before they had much time to react.
Although Li Gui and the others quickly knocked down the guards at the palace gate, the sound of the guards falling to the ground alerted the people patrolling in the courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard a loud shout: "What kind of thief dares to break into the imperial study!"
Li Gui took a closer look and saw two middle-aged men with more than a dozen guards surrounding him. At this time, Li Gui stopped covering up and replied loudly: "We are righteous people in the world, and we have come to settle accounts with Hun Jun! I don't want to embarrass you, just call Hun Jun out."
The two leaders were Wu Wei and Wu Yuan, the commanders of the palace guards. When the two heard Li Gui's rude words, they immediately became furious and shouted: "How dare you be so rude!" Before they could finish speaking, Wu Wei pulled out his sword and struck at Li Gui. At the same time, Wu Yuan also wielded his sword to attack Ruoxue, while the rest of the guards raised their swords to attack Pei Fu.
Li Gui had fought against Wu Wei and knew that he was very powerful. Li Gui hurriedly drew out his sword, used his internal strength to meet him, and faced him directly. There was only a "clang" sound, and Wu Wei's sword had been cut into two pieces by Li Gui's sword. Li Gui succeeded with his sword and struck out with his left palm. Wu Wei felt a light touch in his hand, and the sword had been broken into two pieces.
When Wu Wei was stunned, he felt a strong palm force coming towards him, and he hurriedly waved his palm to greet it. With both palms touching, Wu Wei took several steps back before standing firm. Li Gui just shook his head and then stood firm.
Obviously Wu Wei's internal strength is now a little inferior, and Li Gui is no longer the Wu Xia Ameng he used to be. Li Gui stabbed straight with his sword again. Wu Wei threw away the half-cut sword, took a long spear from the nearby guard, and waved it towards Li Gui's long sword.
There was only a "click" sound, and Li Gui's long sword cut Wu Wei's spear into two pieces. Seeing that Wuwei was defeated, the guards rushed towards the two men, one from the left and one from the right.
Li Gui didn't even look at it. He drew out the sword in his right hand, the palm of his left hand, and the palm sword at the same time. Only two screams were heard. The guard on the right had already been stabbed through the chest by her sword and died immediately. The guard on the left was knocked backward several feet by the force of her palm and fell to the ground.
Li Gui jumped up and waved his sword in the air. Suddenly the sword light struck Wuwei directly. Wu Wei didn't dare to meet him head-on and hurriedly dodged to avoid it. Li Gui saw him get out of the way and took the opportunity to come to the door of the imperial study.
At the same time, Ruoxue meets Moo Yuan. Ruoxue's sword was also a sharp weapon and she immediately cut Wu Yuan's sword into pieces.
