"The gate is heavily guarded, you can't get out at all..."
"At the high walls around, there are elite tiger guards patrolling. There are 20 people in a team, and they all bring mastiffs. There is no way to get close, let alone climb over the wall..."
"The general's mansion is allowed to enter but not to leave, not only us, but also the generals in the general's mansion can't get out..."
"The most unlucky thing is that when we entered the arena, the guards even confiscated our weapons. Without weapons, wouldn't we want to capture them without a fight?"
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Several senior brothers searched around, and the news they brought back was quite discouraging.
After hearing the negotiation between Ye Qingxuan and Xue Gongwang, and his assessment of the situation in the general's mansion, everyone felt that there was no need to take any more risks and should leave the mansion immediately. It's just that the results of these four investigations made everyone quite helpless.
Lu Qingzheng and his entourage, together with Ye Qingxuan, had already arrived at the main hall on the second floor of the "Palace of Nourishment". Although the Yuanshan Escort was invited, the position was still arranged at the very edge, but this was also just right. Whispering and whispering here, no one is afraid to be heard. At the same time, it is very close to the side hall on the left, and not far away are the steps to go downstairs. Of course, the steps to go upstairs are not far away...
At this time, dozens of guests came to the "Palace of Nourishing Qi", and the quota of five people for each banquet made the number of people in the main hall almost two hundred. After the guests entered the hall, they each sat in their own banquets. When they talked, they all whispered to each other, and they didn't dare to make any noise. The atmosphere was tense and serious.
Ye Qingxuan sighed and said: "It seems that we can only leave when we take advantage of the chaos when the two sides are fighting. Although Chong Xielin doesn't care about him, the evacuation method originally planned can just be used."
"That's right, the imperial court and Chongxuanhu are fighting. We have to leave before the situation deteriorates, so as not to harm Chiyu." Taoist Qingyan said.
"Hmph, both the imperial court and Chongxuanhu are determined to win. They both feel that their plan is absolutely perfect. They will show their cards later. I don't know who will laugh at the end. I really don't understand what cards are hidden by both sides. So full of ambition..." Ye Qingxuan's complaining words made everyone sink into depression.
He Qingzhu looked at the surrounding environment, and said quietly: "Little brother is right, the two sides must have a hole card that surprised us, so both sides will feel that they will win, and they think they have calculated each other. Then this hole card must be It's something none of us can imagine... the more so, the more dangerous we are."
Everyone felt a sense of urgency at the same time.
Ye Qingxuan looked at the stairs going down to the bottom floor from the side hall, and said in a deep voice: "The timing of the imperial court's move at the banquet should be when Qiu Feiyan is performing, and her [sonic skill] is enough to control people below the congenital level on a large scale. Of all the masters, there are only a few who are above innate, relying on Xue Gongwang's 'Thirty-Six Heavenly Jue' skills, they are still quite easy to deal with a Chongxuan Tiger.
Once fighting, Chongxuanhu has soldiers and generals in his hands, and the number is in the majority, so he must live in the "Nursing Qi Hall" from all around. Using a bow and crossbow is enough to kill a group of heroes.
Therefore, we must take advantage of the moment when the two sides start to fight, and quickly enter the ground floor in order to escape temporarily. The situation on the ground floor is extremely complicated, we can take this opportunity to get rid of the pursuers... Zi'an, are you sure that place can leave the scope of the 'Palace of Nourishing Qi'? "
Xie Zi'an nodded solemnly, and said, "Uncle Master, don't worry, I bought the cook who passed through here in order to plot against Chong Xielin, and I have walked through the tunnel for transporting garbage and swill twice, there is absolutely no problem."
"Is there a tunnel under the 'Hall of Yangqi'? Can Chongxuanhu hide this matter? If he has a trap in an ambush, aren't we falling into the trap?" Fang Yuanshan, who was not involved in making the plan, asked suspiciously at this time.
Ye Qingxuan patiently explained: "Don't worry, Chief Escort, that tunnel was dug by those lazy servants themselves. The ground floor is designed with nine bends and eighteen bends. The cooks used to burn fire and cook in it. It was extremely boring, and it was extremely inconvenient to transport garbage. , with the consent of Xie Changshi at that time, several skylights were opened, and a tunnel for transporting garbage was dug. Later, Chongxuanhu's large-scale banquet activities decreased, and the "Yangqi Hall" was too large, so the small banquet was moved to another place. Several skylights in the kitchen on the ground floor and the passage for transporting garbage were sealed, but only the entrance was sealed, and the tunnel inside was still there. The entrance here is in the warehouse next to the kitchen on the ground floor, and the exit is not here. The garden in the distance, where the garbage of the entire mansion was disposed of in the past, is only a few hundred meters away from the east gate of the General’s Mansion. Now the east gate has already been sealed, and the place where garbage is transferred has become I entered the garden, but Zian had checked it before, and the exit was behind a rockery, which was considered hidden... "
Fang Yuanshan was relieved when he was here, and Xie Zi'an on the side came over and said: "When my father dug the tunnel and opened the skylight, it was also when the 'Zhennan General's Mansion' was first built. Xuanhu didn't know about it. Later, when the general's mansion was rebuilt, my father just told the artisans at that time to seal up the skylight and the tunnel, but at that time he was busy, and my father didn't personally supervise it. I don't know that the artisans just sealed up the tunnel. Two entrances and exits, instead of filling them all up... I spent a lot of effort to deal with Chongxielin, and I found this past when I was looking for the architectural drawing of Zhennan General's Mansion, and I spent a lot of effort to get it Finding out the details of the tunnel that the craftsmen learned back then, and spending a lot of money to enter the exit found in the mansion..."
Fang Yuanshan was too lazy to listen to the boy's nonsense, but when he heard the "big price", he couldn't help but became interested, and asked, "What price did you pay to sneak into the General's Mansion?"
Xie Zi'an looked unbearable, and said resentfully: "My father often comes here to work and report, so I followed him reluctantly, and then took the opportunity to go out to investigate..."
"What is this 'big price'..."
"You don't know, when my father saw that I was willing to come, he thought I had changed my temper and became interested in these clerical jobs, so he forced me to study for another half a year. Alas, you don't know how painful it is..."
Everyone sighed together, but they thought: It is your father who has a son like you, how painful it is!
"So, you can clearly remember the location of the entrance?"
Xie Zian smiled badly, "Not only do I remember the location of the tunnel entrance, but I also remember the location of the skylight..." Then he pointed to a seat less than ten meters ahead, "That place is a skylight The original site of this 'Yangqi Hall' and the ground floor below were covered with blue bricks and solid wood, which was extremely strong, and it was difficult to break even if a congenital master shot it. However, the place where the skylight was opened is weak. There are so many, even a few uncles can easily smash it, leading directly to the ground floor... "
He Qingzhu's eyes lit up when he heard that, he looked in that direction, and then said: "Quickly explain the exact location, everyone, please remember, if there is any accident later, we will directly open the floor and retreat to the ground floor..."
"good-"
Xie Zian didn't expect that he would make another contribution by talking too much for a while. In a moment, the positions of the six skylights were explained clearly.
After Ye Qingxuan finished his explanation, he took out a large lump of cotton from his bosom and distributed it to everyone one by one.
"Qiu Feiyan's [Sonic Art] hurts people's meridians and inhibits the flow of internal energy. It is very powerful, but everyone can prevent it by covering their ears with wet cotton."
After dividing the cotton, Ye Qingxuan specially instructed: "Everyone remember, when plugging the ears, the cotton must be moistened with saliva, otherwise it will not be of much use to plug the ears with cotton."
Everyone expressed their understanding one after another, and put the cotton in their arms with great care.
Ye Qingxuan took a deep breath, looked at the more and more guests around, and then looked at the sunset outside.
Ye Qingxuan secretly said "Sanqing Blessing", and then solemnly said: "Everyone, good luck—"
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It was six o'clock in the afternoon, and it was already sunset, and the lanterns had just come on.
There was only one hour left before the opening of the banquet.
At this time, the guests had already arrived, 60% to 70% of them, complimenting each other.
Ye Qingxuan should return to Xie Yuanlue's side at this time, after all, he is Xie Yuanlue's entourage, if he doesn't sit beside him, it would be suspicious. When he was looking for Xie Yuanlue, there was a commotion at the door.
Ye Qingxuan turned around and saw a tall, noble old man walking into the arena with four attendants, one of whom was a young and beautiful girl. This group of people immediately attracted everyone's attention, and many dignitaries and celebrities flocked Come forward to chat.
"My brother should also know this person, he is Cao Zhengfang, the richest man in Jingnan City who held a birthday banquet in the 'Daiqing Yuan'."
Ye Qingxuan turned around in surprise, and couldn't help laughing when he saw the person coming, and the one who could keep talking to Ye Qingxuan so affectionately was Mo Yeli in front of him. Not only did Mo Yeli rush over, but behind him was the elder Lu Xuantong who had not seen him for a long time. This old man hadn't seen each other for several days since the "Daiqing Yuan" parted.
"Brother Mo is here, hehe, this junior has met Elder Lu, but he hasn't seen him for a few days, but the demeanor of the senior is even better than before. He really deserves to be the number one expert in Changkong Zhaojianmen..."
Lu Xuantong laughed out loud at Ye Qingxuan's teasing flattery, but just one sentence showed that the relationship between the two parties was very close, which was much better than the direct flattery.
"I didn't expect to see you in a few days. My brother's kung fu has improved by leaps and bounds. Sigh, you are flattering my brother, but I'm telling the truth..." Lu Xuantong piled up all the wrinkles on his face, and turned towards Ye Qingxuan blinked.
Ye Qingxuan smirked, but said in his heart: My entry is too fast, even this old man can't hide it...
Mo Yeli said with a smile: "Not only Lao Lu and I arrived, but also several other people. Lao Lu came here on behalf of 'Long Sky Shining Sword Gate', but he gave General Chong a great deal of face." , the seats at this table are much higher than mine, which shows that General Chong attaches great importance to your faction..."