In the dim night, the three people landed silently. After one of them looked around for a while, he made a silent gesture with his hand. The other two nodded immediately and left under the cover of night.
After the leader saw them disappearing into the night, he went in the opposite direction. The direction he was going was towards the inner courtyard of Zhang Mansion.
This man quietly sneaked in the darkness and moved very quickly. If you don't look carefully, it's hard to spot any movement.
After passing through several courtyards, he hid in the dark and looked at the Zhang Mansion in the dark, as if he didn't know how to get around.
After a while, he turned his head and looked at where the other two people were going, which was in the direction of the front yard of Zhang's house.
Suddenly, a shout rang out, which was particularly harsh in the silence: "There is an assassin, catch the assassin!"
There was a lot of movement in the front yard, and as the shouts rang out, many people were heard echoing. One after another, it was obvious that there were many people.
When the man hiding in the dark heard the movement, he immediately looked around and then jumped to the edge of a corridor. Judging from his purpose, it should be the shadowy place near the corridor.
Suddenly, the man jumped forward suddenly, almost pounced forward with all his strength. Almost at the same time, an arrow was stuck on the ground at his original position.
"Bang bang bang..." The sound of bow strings continued to sound continuously. The man's movements were coherent and non-stop, and he hurriedly ran to the pillars of the corridor to avoid it.
After just a short while, he saw several feather arrows stuck in the area where he came. There were even three feather arrows stuck in the pillar where he was hiding.
The movement here happened suddenly, and then suddenly stopped.
No one came out, and there was no more sound of bowstrings. If it weren't for the arrows stuck on the ground and pillars, it would be as if nothing had happened just now.
The man continued to hide by the pillar without making any movement. Obviously, he is also a veteran and knows that the archers hiding in the dark are not not letting go of arrows, but are waiting for him to show up.
Zhang Mingwei had just fallen asleep when he heard some noise and was about to get up to take a look. Fei Zhen'e, who was on duty outside, suddenly said to him: "Master, please don't turn on the lights. There are assassins outside."
When Zhang Mingwei heard this, he was immediately shocked. Is there really a legendary assassin?
So fast? He did it to himself, it was so awesome and exciting!
Thinking like this, he quickly asked: "How's it going with the princess?"
"Don't worry, sir, the general's wife is guarding the place there, and everything will be fine!" Fei Zhen'e replied carefully.
While they were talking, they saw several people running quickly from the front yard to the inner yard along the corridor. The sword in his hand reflected light from time to time under the candlelight.
Wherever they passed, the guards hiding in the dark all appeared, and following these people, they all rushed to the inner courtyard as quickly as possible.
There is still a stalemate on the corridor pillar side. The movement coming from the outer courtyard is getting closer and closer. It's estimated that it won't take long to get here.
The man behind the pillar suddenly jumped out to the left. His mere movement immediately caused the sound of "bang bang bang" bowstrings.
However, this person turned out to be just a fake move. While jumping forward, he actually flipped back. His real escape direction turned out to be to the right of the pillar.
The archer hiding in the dark was obviously deceived. Although the bow and arrow could be fired rapidly, the man's movements were very fast, and he was about to escape into the dark again.
But who knows, there will be another accident at this time.
I saw that the person who could have jumped into the darkness ducked back and hid in the pillar again. His action stunned the archers hiding in the dark.
With a "clang" sound, the person behind the pillar threw a knife out, and it made a noise when it fell to the ground.
Then, I heard the man say loudly: "Don't shoot arrows, I'm not an assassin!"
The archer made no sound and continued to hide in the dark.
In just a short while, a group of people rushed from the front yard and arrived. The person at the head was none other than Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhou Yuji.
I saw that he was not wearing armor and was holding an ordinary waist knife. He saw the arrows on the side of the pillar and vaguely saw someone behind the pillar. He immediately waved and shouted: "Surrounded!"
"I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender!" The man behind the pillar put his head in his hands, knelt down, and said quickly at the same time, "The villain has something to report, and he is not an assassin!"
Zhou Yuji ignored him and strode forward without fear of the assassin's deception. However, there were two personal guards beside him, one of whom was a sword and shield bearer, who quickly rushed to protect him. But behind him, there were several female archers, pulling their bow strings and keeping strict guard.
It was only at this time that the archer hiding in the darkness emerged, also a female archer. Needless to say, these female archers were all female soldiers brought by Zhou Liu, hiding at sentry posts in the darkness of the inner courtyard.
The man knelt on the ground and did not resist. Even if Zhou Yuji's two personal guards rushed to tie him up, they did not resist.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Yuji breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the backyard again. He happened to see his wife coming out of the darkness and asked quickly: "Sir, is the princess okay?"
"It's okay!" Ms. Zhou Liu, dressed in military uniform and holding a long sword in hand, came to Zhou Yuji, stared at the assassin on the ground and said, "This is the person who broke into the inner courtyard. I just saw that he was able to escape from this pillar. But I didn’t run away.”
The man on the ground was already tied up with his hands behind his back, and was pulled to his feet by two of Zhou Yuji's guards. When he saw the female archers around him and such a large group of people, there was a clear look of surprise on his face.
After coming back to his senses, he quickly said to Zhou Yuji: "This must be Marshal Zhou. I have something important to report. Please report it to Master Zhang Bodhisattva!"
"..." Zhou Yuji was stunned when he heard this. This person actually knew him, and who was Zhang Bodhisattva?
However, he quickly came to his senses and immediately understood that Master Zhang, the Bodhisattva Zhang mentioned by this person, was naturally the master of the Zhang Mansion, and there was no second possibility.
After understanding this, when he really wanted to ask questions, he heard this person say first: "Please show mercy to Marshal Zhou and send someone to the front to inform you that my two companions do not really want to set fire to the front." Courtyard.”
Set fire to the front yard? When Zhou Yuji heard this, he immediately understood that this was a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain and attract all the people from the inner courtyard to the front yard. This would make it easier for this person to attack in the inner courtyard?
But why did this man say that he was not an assassin, and why did he still report the situation?
For a moment, Zhou Yuji couldn't help but feel a little confused. So, he frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
At this time, the news that the assassin has been restrained here has probably been reported to the police. The lights in Zhang Mingwei and Zhu Yuyao's rooms were lit up one after another.
