In front of Tianque Villa, Shen Chao, Li Qiushui, Ashinabale, A Wu and a group of guards waited quietly in the main hall of the attic.
Suddenly, the Jackdaw guard came to report that Lord Han's sedan chair had landed.
Everyone tensed up.
A moment later, a man in a pale gold gown with cloud patterns walked in slowly, surrounded by guards.
Although he is full of energy, he still knows his destiny, the corners of his eyes and mouth are wrinkled, and his temples have white hair.
But in his eyes, there is no silence and turbidity after the destruction of the world.
This person is the Regent King Han Ya.
"Lord Han."
"Master Han."
Everyone bowed and bowed in unison.
Han Ya's eyes swept over everyone present one by one, and finally fell on Shen Chao.
He walked in front of Shen Chao, and said with a smile in a very soft voice, "General Chu, ah no, Lord Shen, I haven't seen you for many years."
The title of General Chu made Shen Chao dazed.
He hardly remembered that his surname was Chu, let alone what it was like to be called a general.
Fourteen years ago, they were deprived of their official positions and ransacked all their homes. After the family fortune fell, their family lived a very difficult life.
What defeated General Chu completely was that after his first wife died of illness, he couldn't afford to bury her. His two sons were still young, how would he spend the days after that.
Just when General Chu was at a loss, Han Ya, who had great power in Dang Chao's hands and could overturn clouds and rain, suddenly found him.
Han Ya asked: "If you knew what's going on now, would you still write to the emperor asking to send troops?"
General Chu replied without hesitation: "Yes."
Han Ya said: "Okay, the emperor is cowardly, and he can't see Mount Tai with a blind eye. Why don't you join me, general, to uphold righteousness and build a proud backbone?"
General Chu knew what Han Ya was going to do.
Intimidate the emperor, evade the imperial power, and monopolize the power.
It is really the ambition of a treacherous minister, and those who hear it are amazed and shameless.
But.
Han Ya's talent is indeed much higher than that of the current emperor.
Is it really a bad thing if under his administration, a country with pride and peace can be exchanged
"What do I need to do?" General Chu asked.
"Wait for a chance." Han Ya replied.
Half a year later, Prince Shen, who was frail and sickly since he was a child, was granted a fiefdom and went to the beautiful Baidi City to recuperate.
A month later, the news that Prince Shen died of tuberculosis on the road was sent to the capital, but he disappeared suddenly on the way.
Three months later, the emperor learned that Prince Shen had successfully arrived at Baidi City.
However, soon after, the emperor was poisoned to death, the palace was undercurrents, and everyone in the palace was in danger.
Prince Shen has been away for fourteen years, and he has never returned to the capital, and no one has cared about this matter.
In the past fourteen years, General Chu, who has become the Shen Dynasty, joined forces with Han Ya to build canals, build granaries, promote agriculture, and support merchants in Baidi City.
Fourteen years later, Baidi City has become the granary of the world and the lifeblood of the Central Plains.
But now, this lifeline is in Han Ya's hands.
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It was night, and the moon and stars were scarce. Li Changtian leaned against the railing of the attic, looking at the brightly lit Tianque Villa opposite.
Today is exactly the day that the mysterious man in black said.
The Shen Dynasty held a banquet at Tianque Mountain Villa to welcome Han Ya, and most of the guards were transferred away.
Li Changtian went back to the house silently, changed into the black clothes he picked up from the Jackdaw Guards earlier, covered half of his face with a black cloth, and went out the door without making a sound.
Every step he took was very cautious, and he avoided the patrolling guards without being noticed.
Li Changtian came to the attic where Yan Shu was imprisoned, quietly walked up to the third floor, and took a careful look with his head.
As far as the eye could see, there were eight guards in total, four of whom were patrolling back and forth, two guarded at the stairs, and two guarded in front of the house where Yan Shu was imprisoned.
Li Changtian didn't act rashly, he walked back to the first floor of the attic, and secretly found the bundles of thatch that had been hidden near the attic for the past few days.
He found an unoccupied corner near the stairs, spread thatch on the ground, took out the flint and fire sickle in his arms, lit part of the thatch, and extinguished the open flame with other thatch, leaving only smoldering.
Billows of thick smoke came immediately and drifted upstairs.
Li Changtian remained silent and hid near the stairs extremely patiently.
Soon, commotion was heard upstairs.
"What's going on? Where's the smoke?"
"Is it out of water?"
"Where is the water? Go and see!"
A few guards rushed down from upstairs, Li Changtian waited quietly for them to go downstairs, then ran upstairs, pretending to be panic-stricken: "Run, there's a fire underneath, the fire is burning up, it's very hot Big, if you don’t run away, you will be burned to death here!”
The other guards upstairs instantly panicked and didn't think too much for a while.
"Go quickly and take the prisoner down with you!"
"Yes, hurry up, you guys go down first, I'll take the prisoner down." Li Changtian took advantage of the confusion and mingled among them, commanding loudly very naturally.
Seeing the thick smoke billowing below, the guards were all flustered, and they didn't care to think too much, so they followed the instructions of the man.
Li Changtian achieved his goal, rushed to the house where Yan Shu was imprisoned, slammed his shoulder twice, and knocked the door open.
Inside the house, Yan Shu was still bound with ropes and his eyes were covered with a black cloth. He also smelled the smoke and sensed the chaos outside the house, so he frowned tightly.
Li Changtian walked up to him, took off the black cloth from his eyes, and untied the rope on his body.
Yan Shu was not used to the light, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Yanshu."
Yan Shu heard the person in front of him calling his name, it was a familiar voice.
He looked hard, and saw Li Changtian pulled off the black cloth on his face, and smiled at him with his eyes and teeth bared.
Li Changtian said.
"That's my choice, my position, and what I want to do."
"No matter what, I will not watch you imprisoned here and suffer torture."
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After untying the rope on Yan Shu's body, Li Changtian asked anxiously, "After you were imprisoned here, do you still take cartilage pills?"
"No." Yan Shu replied.
"Then can you fly?" Li Changtian asked.
"...it's not flying, it's lightness kung fu..." Even at this moment, Yan Shu still didn't forget to correct Li Changtian, "I have the strength to be able to do lightness kung fu."
"We have to go through the window, but this is the third floor of the attic, more than ten meters above the ground, can you do it?" Just as Li Changtian finished speaking, there was a commotion outside the door.
It seems that the thatch has been found, and the guards also realized that someone was cheating, so they hurried back.
"Oops, come back so soon... ah..."
Before Li Changtian finished speaking, Yan Shu suddenly hugged him horizontally.
Yan Shu took a few steps to the window, jumped out lightly, tapped his toes on the eaves, and went around to the back of the attic. He held Li Changtian firmly, and told Li Changtian with practical actions whether he could do it or not.
Li Changtian showed Yan Shu the way, and Yan Shu took advantage of the night and the moonlight, and after a while, he jumped to the vicinity of Linyuan Pavilion without a sound.
There was a lot of noise in the attic in front of him. It seemed that the news of Yan Shu's escape had already spread and made a big noise, and it might be found near Linyuan Pavilion soon.
Li Changtian did not dare to hesitate, and led Yan Shu to the cliff on the right side of Linyuan Pavilion, found out the hemp rope that had been hidden before, and tied it firmly to the tree trunk: "Listen to me, under this cliff, there is a tree Hanging pines and cypresses upside down, there is a cave near the pines and cypresses, can you go in?"
"Yeah." Yan Shu nodded.
"Okay, hurry up, we have to go down one by one, you go down first, it's too dark, and it's your first time climbing, so be careful." Li Changtian stuffed a rope into Yan Shu's hand, and tied the other rope around his waist On the road, I tied several knots for fear of accidents, "After you have successfully arrived at the cave, pull the rope three times."
Yan Shu didn't ask any more questions, and gave Li Changtian 12 points of trust. Holding the rope firmly with both hands, he slid slowly down the edge of the cliff.
Li Changtian looked back to see if there were any guards, while staring at the rope nervously, his heart beating like a drum.
It seemed like a hundred years had passed, and it seemed that it had only been a moment. Finally, the rope moved three times.
Li Changtian showed joy, and praised in his heart, "As expected of Yan Shu", he quickly pulled up one of the ropes and tied it around his waist, and grabbed the other rope with both hands to slide down the cliff.
The wind was strong at night, and Li Changtian was blown swaying after slipping a few meters. He had climbed several times, but he still found it difficult to move at night.
Thinking that it was the first time Yanshu climbed, Li Changtian couldn't help feeling that Yanshu was amazing again in his heart.
At this moment, a human voice suddenly came from above.
"Why is there a rope tied here!"
Oops, found out!
Li Changtian's eyes narrowed suddenly, regardless of safety, he descended a little faster, but when he was still about a meter away from the cave, the flames flickered above the cliff, and a guard poked his head out.
"Who's down here! Don't move!"
"Pull him up, pull him up quickly!"
As soon as the words finished, the rope around Li Changtian's waist tightened, instantly pulling him up half a meter!
Li Changtian came down in a cold sweat.
"Li Changtian!" Yan Shu, who realized something was wrong, stood by the cave and shouted upwards.
Li Changtian gritted his teeth, untied the knot on his waist, gave up the safety rope, and slid down while grabbing the other one.
The rope is being pulled up, Li Changtian is sliding down
Seeing that the cave was less than one meter away from his feet, Li Changtian felt a sudden chill in his heart.
The rope was not long enough for him to reach the cave.
Li Changtian took a deep breath and shouted to Yan Shu: "Yan Shu, there are torches, flint stones, and fire sickles in the cave. I made a mark on the stone wall. You can go out according to the mark and go straight forward. Do you hear me?"
Yan Shu slammed his fist on the stone wall, his voice trembling: "Li Changtian, come down quickly!"
"No, I can't go down. The rope is not long enough to reach the cave." As soon as Li Changtian finished speaking, he was pulled up again.
"Wait..." Li Changtian suddenly thought of something.
He took a deep breath, suddenly let go of the rope with both hands, and jumped down! ! !
Yan Shu's eyes shrank suddenly, his heart stopped beating, and he even forgot how to breathe.
Li Changtian didn't fall off the cliff, he landed dangerously on the pine and cypress tree, smashed the tree until the roots were pulled out a few points, but he couldn't stabilize his body in time, his feet slipped and he fell.
Fortunately, Li Changtian reacted in time and held the branch tightly with both hands, so he didn't fall off the cliff.
"Fuck."
Li Changtian's clothes were almost drenched in cold sweat, and he couldn't help cursing.
He slowed down and observed the terrain.
The cave is next to the pine and cypress trees, but there is no place to stay in front of the cave, it is a flat mountain wall.
Li Changtian checked the distance with his eyes, and felt that he should be able to swing over by turning his body sideways.
But if he failed to jump into the hole, or slipped, he would fall again.
Yan Shu stood by the entrance of the cave, his face pale, staring at Li Changtian.
"Yan Shu, step back a little bit." Li Changtian took a deep breath, grabbed the branches with both hands, and swayed towards the direction of the cave, "I'll say one, two, three, and I'll let go and swing over after I'm done."
"one."
"two."
"three."
The mountain wind howled, and the cliff was hundreds of feet high.
After counting three times, Li Changtian let go of his hand suddenly, and by virtue of his inertia, leaped towards Yan Shu without thinking about himself...