Chapter 175: Where is it?
The shadow lurking in the palace had already made preparations. The carriage stopped in the inner city of the palace, a long distance away from the Xuanwu Gate.
Shen Yu looked around on the way here. Tonight is the day for His Majesty to draw blood. Some secret guards will follow Li Yongquan to Kunning Palace. At the same time, the number of eunuchs and guards monitoring on the road is nearly half of the previous number.
They did not encounter any palace maids passing by along the way. The route designed by Ying Shiqi was concealed and avoided the key sections checked by the palace.
Shen Yu walked at the end, his steps gradually slowed down, and when he passed a corner of the palace wall, he looked inside. It was completely dark, and the light in Kunning Palace was left behind. They had already left there.
Shen Yu retracted his gaze and followed the team forward for nearly 700 to 800 meters before seeing a carriage parked in the middle of the intersection. The carriage was ornately decorated, with a special black eagle flying in the deep dark guard at the top.
There were already shadows waiting there. Shen Yu glanced at the shadows guarding on both sides and stepped back to let the prisoners from Chengyuan Mountain go up first.
There were quite a few of them, and they had three carriages. Ying Shi had Murasaki's pass in his hand, and he stuffed the mask and black clothes he needed to change into in the carriage, preparing to rush out of Xuanwu Gate under the pretext of urgently arresting a prison escapee.
Shen Yu stood at the end. He waited until everyone got on the carriages before he stepped into the third carriage that was not yet full. Ying Shiqi stood in the front, and he was in charge of the rear.
Ling Yun was also in the last carriage. She was seriously injured, but she managed to keep a straight face. After getting on the carriage, she put on a mask and a black dress, and leaned her forehead against the corner of the carriage without moving.
Shen Yu glanced at him, and reached out to pull up the shadow who had been waiting by the carriage. The shadow's palm was cold, and there was a thin layer of silk in the palm.
Shen Yu pinched it secretly with his fingertips, and the secret guard raised his eyes to look at him and hooked his knuckles in his hand.
Shen Yu raised his eyes slightly, and he pulled Shadow Guard into the carriage and let him sit near the inside. Wen Yu moved smoothly and without any mistakes. After he got into the carriage, he sat inside like the other Shadow Guards without saying a word.
As Shen Yu expected, although Wen Yu had never left Kunning Palace in the past two years, he knew everything about the outside structure. Given a chance, he could quietly escape from Kunning Palace - just like Shen Yu was able to escape from Kunning Palace in the chaos of war when Yue State was destroyed in his previous life.
Now that Wen Yu still has his eyes and mind clear, it will be much easier for him to leave this magnificent prison.
Shen Yu pulled down the carriage curtain, and the entire carriage was plunged into darkness after the thick black cloth fell. Shen Yu sat at the edge, looking at Goujuetousheng, who was emitting purple light in the air.
Perhaps affected by the current tense atmosphere, the brightness of Gu Chui Tuo Sheng's body flickered, and the data on his body kept flashing and rolling.
The carriage soon left this remote corner. Shen Yu sat in the carriage and felt the roughness and stiffness of the wheels pressing against the ground.
"By His Majesty's order..."
The sound of the coachman and the guard talking came from the front. The guard in charge of guarding the Xuanwu Gate relaxed his tone after seeing the token, but still searched the inside of the carriage as usual.
Since all the people hiding in the carriage were secret guards who were sent out to carry out a mission, the guard at the door simply lifted the curtain, took a quick look, and then stepped aside to let them pass.
Shen Yu paid attention to the situation outside. When the curtains were opened, the shadows inside looked like sculptures. They did not move at all. The guard looked for two or three seconds and then put the thick cloth down again.
"Let him go."
After the voice fell, the carriage continued to move forward. Shen Yu sat in the carriage. He glanced at Wen Yu who was sitting silently inside, and reached out his hand to grasp the scabbard of the long sword at his waist without knowing why.
"Bang——"
"Bang——"
"Bang——"
The sound of several fireworks exploding suddenly exploded in the sky. Shen Yu's nerves tensed up. He sat up straight and saw that the shadows behind him were all bent over, ready to make a move.
"Catch them! Don't let them get away!"
"They are all imperial spies, shoot them all!"
"Pass on His Majesty's order to shoot him directly—"
The sound of the command from outside broke through the air, shaking the city walls. The soldiers guarding Xuanwu Gate were shocked when they saw this. They quickly blocked the road ahead and tried to close the city gate. When they looked up, they heard the horses neighing, knocking aside the guards in front and running towards the city gate.
"Stop them!"
Shen Yu held on to the handle of the carriage. He sat at the back and could see hundreds of secret guards rushing behind them through the gaps in the thick cloth. The archer at the top had already drawn his bow and arrow, with the tip pointing directly at the center of the carriage.
Shen Yu said to the people behind him: "Everyone hide inside, there are wooden boards underneath..."
Before he finished speaking, dozens of cold arrows shot in from outside. The shadow at the edge was shot through the arm by an arrow. He groaned and swung his sword to cut off the center of the long arrow.
Upon seeing this, Wen Yu immediately walked out from the inside. The people on Chengyuan Mountain had no power to fight back, so Wen Yu simply stood in front of them and broke the arrows that were shot in from outside from time to time.
They have now reached Xuanwu Gate. After breaking through this boundary, there should be shadows from the shadow building outside to support them. The market is not like the palace. There are many small paths and dense jungles. Even if the secret guards of the imperial city chase them relentlessly, it will be difficult to capture them all.
Wen Yu glanced at the familiar faces behind him, and finally fixed his gaze on Shen Yu.
Just one step... They have already stepped out of the palace gate, just one last step.
Shen Yu pulled out the long arrow that had penetrated the carriage with one hand. These secret guards could not see the number and faces of all the people in the carriage, so each arrow shot had a slight deviation, as if they were deliberately avoiding the fatal spots of the people in the carriage.
Xuan Lin wanted to capture them alive.
The carriage shook violently several times. Shen Yu was standing at the back. He saw the secret guard who had climbed to the top of the carriage at some point fell down upside down and reached out to grab Shen Yu's sleeve.
Shen Yu's eyes were slightly cold, he did not move, and drew out the dagger the moment the secret guard reached out his hand. The secret guard screamed, Shen Yu cut his tendons, kicked into his chest with his right foot, flipped him over and kicked him out of the car.
After a heavy sound of something falling to the ground, another secret guard stepped on the body of the person in front of him and used the force to jump towards the carriage regardless of his own life.
Shen Yu was ruthless, the methods he used to kill zombies in the apocalypse were even more brutal. He grabbed the secret guards by the neck, and after a few clicks, he killed them all.
Wen Yu's mask was stained with blood. He protected his fellow apprentices with one hand and stared at Shen Yu with a frown. The shadows around them all jumped out of the carriage and fought with the chasing secret guards.
Shen Yu grabbed the supporting point on the inside of the carriage, and the entire rear curtain on the back of the carriage was torn down. He stood at the outermost edge and vaguely saw the cold and gloomy light above the imperial city.
Xuan Lin stood on the city wall. He pulled the bowstring to its full length, with the tip pointing at Shen Yu.
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