Reaching the third bookshelf, Yuwen Sheng looked at a wooden box on it. Was this it?
He reached out and opened the wooden box. Sure enough, there was a letter inside. Just as he was about to take it, he heard a "click" sound coming from somewhere on the wooden shelf, like the faint sound of a mechanism being activated.
If it were an ordinary person, their hearing would certainly be insufficient to hear clearly, but Yuwen Sheng was highly skilled in martial arts and heard the noise immediately.
However, it was clear that the wooden box was not just an ordinary container.
When the letter inside is taken, the mechanism will be activated automatically, and a poisoned arrow will suddenly shoot out. He turned his head to dodge it.
The arrows bounced heavily and struck the wooden frame behind, causing quite a commotion, which was immediately noticed by the warrior monks guarding the bottom of the tower.
"Who broke into the Peacock Tower?!"
Yuwen Sheng's gaze swept over the wooden box, and he wondered to himself, what kind of mechanism is this? Such a slight shift in weight can activate it so quickly, and the hiding place is so well concealed that there is no trace of it at all.
Hearing the rapid clatter of people climbing the stairs, he jumped back out the window. He didn't intend to fight the monks because he didn't want anyone to know that he was the one who did it, and he didn't want to leave any evidence afterward.
As soon as he landed, the warrior monks who had been guarding the Peacock Tower came out and attacked him with fists and sticks. He immediately blocked them with his palms and did not draw his weapon.
Wherever the palm wind reached, the monks who were no match for him fell to the ground. Yuwen Sheng then spun around and leaped into the air, sucking away an iron rod mid-air.
With a swift movement, the staff, like a fan, struck the struggling monks, knocking them back to the ground.
Just as Yuwen Sheng was about to escape the encirclement of the martial monks, a throwing knife shot out from the window of the second room. It was from the martial monks who had chased him up the tower earlier.
They are skilled at throwing willow-leaf knives, have excellent eyesight, and are numerous.
He shifted to the side, escaping injury, but accidentally cutting the drawstring of the candy bag at his waist. Seeing the bag slip away, he knew deep down he couldn't turn back, couldn't hesitate, but he—
He turned back and reached out to grab it.
As he held it in his hand, he was stabbed in the chest.
Blood immediately dripped out, soaking the entire lapel.
He stuffed the sugar bag into his chest, then pulled out the blood-stained willow-leaf knife and threw it on the ground. Seeing the monk chasing after him again, he leaped and disappeared into the grove of trees.
Having shaken off the monks' pursuit, Yuwen Sheng clutched his chest wound, and his bodyguards immediately stepped forward to treat and apply medicine to it.
He stared blankly at the bag of candy in his hand, his face pale and his eyes as dark as an abyss.
The incident just now surprised the guards. With their master's skills, he could have left unscathed, but he turned back and was stabbed. They didn't have time to protect him.
"My lord..."
Yuwen Sheng snapped out of his daze and threw the letters in his hand at them: "Destroy them."
"What? It's ruined, but this..."
This is the map of Shimodabu that the Lord stole with great difficulty, why does he want to destroy it in the end?
Yuwen Sheng did not explain the reason to them, but he knew that this Tianxia Buluo map was definitely fake.
But he already knew exactly where it was.
"Miku, even a wild goose leaves a trace. You try to deceive and mislead with your deception, but you can't hide it in the end." Yuwen Sheng's lips curled into a bloodthirsty smile.
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"Buluotu?" Upon hearing that it was an important military matter, Zheng Quchi immediately covered his ears: "Forget it, don't tell me. Such an important matter is not something a mere craftsman like me can concern myself with."
Fu Rong agreed, "I shouldn't have told you."
Zheng Quchi glared at him: "..." I was just being polite, and you actually took it seriously?
"However, the general will be going to the Thousand Trees Palace with his wife tomorrow. In order to prevent his wife from being unaware of this, Fu Rong told her about it, hoping that his wife can lend the general a hand."
“Me?” She pointed to her nose and quickly shook her head, saying, “I’m not really capable. I don’t know anything about this or that. How could I possibly help your mighty and valiant general?”
"Madam, the final competition will be held at the Thousand Trees Palace tomorrow. Abbot Miku, Gongshu Jiruo, and the great craftsmen from the seven kingdoms will all be present. You don't need to do anything dangerous. You just need to stand in a prominent position and attract everyone's attention."
Zheng Quchi swallowed hard, then asked again, "Me? Attract everyone's attention?" Her lips twitched. "You didn't give me an unparalleled face, so what am I supposed to attract people's attention with?"
Fu Rong was speechless upon hearing this. At this moment, Yuwen Sheng, supported by Wang Zebang, walked in "weakly" and looked over: "If you want to, you can."
Zheng Quchi looked at him.
"Although I am not here today, I heard that you have brought out Mi Ku and Gongshu Ji Ruo. In the past, they would never have appeared at the exhibition for the preliminary rounds of the Jichun Craftsmen's Guild. You see, my wife can attract everyone's attention even if she only participates in a preliminary round." He smiled gently at her, but his tone was always somewhat sarcastic and ironic.
Seeing that his face was as white as a ghost, and thinking about his recent illness and injuries, which made him look both miserable and crippled, Zheng Quchi sighed and said, "If I do this, will you be less in danger?"
Yuwen Sheng paused.
“If you get injured again, I’m afraid we won’t be able to return to Ye, so I will do everything I can to help you,” Zheng Quchi said earnestly.
She was well aware that their safe and smooth journey was entirely due to Yuwen Sheng's formidable reputation. Once someone discovered their identities, without Yuwen Sheng's support, they might never be able to return to Ye Kingdom and would be buried in a foreign land.
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