Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu stood for a while, then took out a big hat from the bag, and covered his mouth and nose with a blue gauze scarf.Then he took out a small incense burner and opened the lid, a thin and short piece of incense was inserted in it, he blew on the fire and carefully placed it on.Taking out a wet towel to cover his mouth and nose, he carefully leaned against the wall and touched the house over there.

The door was open, and the firelight was coming out of the room. Zhu Gaoxu reached out and lightly and quickly put the small incense burner into the threshold.There was another room not far away, it was pitch black, and there were snoring sounds coming out one after another.

Then he dodged and hid in the shadow of the corner, took out an hourglass, and gently placed it on the ground.

After waiting for about a quarter of a quarter, Zhu Gaoxu walked towards the door again and stood still to observe... Since there are still people on duty in the middle of the night, he must be able to see the room where Qu Neng lives from the door, otherwise the two on duty There is no point in guarding here.

Holding his breath, Zhu Gaoxu observed carefully for a moment, and soon he was attracted by a door diagonally opposite: it was already late at night, and there were still two lanterns hanging under the eaves outside the door.

He walked around the wall calmly, but came back soon, because there was a brass lock on the door.Zhu Gaoxu hesitated for a moment... There was an iron sled in the bag, but prying on the door might make some noise, and there were a few people snoring in the other room.So Zhu Gaoxu went back to the door of the fire room just now, reached out to retrieve the small incense burner, the short incense inside had been burned out.

After listening to the snoring for a while, he took out another small stick of fine incense and put it into the incense burner.After clicking on it, he walked to the next room, reached in through the window, and gently placed it on the window sill.

Zhu Gaoxu covered his mouth and nose with a towel, returned to the room with the door open, and walked gently to the two armored soldiers.They still didn't move, they were fascinated by the incense prepared by the monk Qingyuan of Xuanzang Temple in the capital.

However, in order to prevent any leaks, Zhu Gaoxu used very little fragrance on the two armored soldiers, and the door was wide open, so he probably won't be fascinated for a while.He simply lifted the head of a soldier, and with a muffled "bang", he punched that soldier on the chin, and the soldier grunted.Then Zhu Gaoxu did it again|turned over another soldier.

Zhu Gaoxu touched the two of them for a while, and he found a key.

He took the key and approached the door next to the two lanterns, stretched out his hand and gently opened the door, and the locked door moved a crack.Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand and tapped lightly three times.

After a while, a voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

It's a bit like Qu Neng's voice, Zhu Gaoxu had talked with him, and he still probably remembers the voice.Zhu Gaoxu knocked three more times, and the voice inside said: "Damn! It's so late, what's the matter, do you want someone to sleep?"

"It's me." Zhu Gaoxu responded, took the key and opened the door, opened the door and walked in, pulling off the veil on his face.

The people inside had already blown the torch and lit a candle.Zhu Gaoxu took a look by the candlelight, who was it not Qu Neng?At this time, a young man who only wore obscene clothes came up from behind, and said in a surprised voice, "King Gaoyang?"

"It's me." Zhu Gaoxu repeated.

Qu Neng immediately blew out the candle, and said in a low voice, "Hush! There is someone on the other side."

"The people in the two rooms have been lost to me, and I haven't found the others yet." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Qu Neng immediately blew on the torch and lit the candles.

Zhu Gaoxu asked: "General Qu, do you believe me?"

Qu Neng stared at Zhu Gaoxu's face, nodded and said, "I believe it!"

"Do you want to leave?" Zhu Gaoxu asked again.

The military commander is happy, and Qu Neng is also very straightforward: "Think!"

Zhu Gaoxu felt that Qu Neng has quick judgment and decision-making ability on the situation, so he really is a general!A few short sentences seemed to contain a thousand words, since everyone is a cheerful person, Zhu Gaoxu will not be procrastinating, let's talk when we are done!

He asked directly: "How many people are there in the house?"

Qu Nengdao: "Except for our father and son, there used to be 25 people, but now there are 13 people. Five sergeants are in this courtyard, and the other five sergeants, a cook, and two handymen are in the inverted room outside the gatehouse."

"Very good." Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his forehead, "Two soldiers have been fucked|turned over, and three in the next room have been fascinated. I used incense, but I used it very little, and it can only be fascinated for a while. Try not to make any noise. Qu Liangcai went to find Chaihe and moved into this bedroom; I will go out again, and General Qu will come to meet me."

The two nodded happily.All of a sudden, Zhu Gaoxu felt that he really liked doing things with the generals.The military orders in the army are like a mountain, there is not much nonsense, and the generals are courageous and dare to do it!It is very refreshing to do things.

So the three split up.When he and Qu Neng arrived at the place where they climbed over the wall just now, Zhu Gaoxu put on the stool, stood up, turned his head and said in a deep voice, "I'll throw a rope in later, and you pull things up, slowly."

Qu Neng nodded.

Zhu Gaoxu jumped over the wall and went out.He returned to the uninhabited house just now, and after entering, he blew on the fire.He took a few deep breaths, took another sharp breath, then held his breath, walked over quickly, and opened the door of the room where the person was placed.

After entering the room, Zhu Gaoxu held his breath and put away the fire bag first, then pinched a person with one hand, and walked out quickly.

He closed the door, kept vigilant against the wall, returned to the mansion just now, and threw the rope tied to the unconscious person into the wall.

After getting both of them in, Zhu Gaoxu followed the same pattern and used the stool to climb over the wall and enter.At this time, Qu Liangcai had already brought a large amount of firewood and thatch from the stove, and Zhu Gaoxu and Qu Neng went together and carried them back to the room.

Needless to say, Qu Neng and his son already understood what they were going to do.They first found dark clothes to put on, then hurriedly piled thatch and firewood on the upper and lower sides of the bed, then untied the two unconscious people, pulled out the cloth balls from their mouths, and put them on the bed.

Zhu Gaoxu said in a low voice: "General Qu and others turn out first, the bench is at the door. I'll come later."

The two clasped their hands together and went out.

Zhu Gaoxu first walked to the opposite side lightly, put the key back into Jia Bing's arms, and then went to the window next door to take the incense burner.

When he returned to Qu Neng's room, he first locked the brass lock, and then carefully pried open the door with a crowbar.After walking in, Zhu Gaoxu lit the candle and put it on the thatch under the bed.

The fire ignited at once!Zhu Gaoxu quickly exited the room, walked quickly to the edge of the wall, and then climbed over the wall and went out.

The nearby Qu Neng father and son followed, and the three of them walked towards the back of the mansion. Zhu Gaoxu led the way into a small alley, then turned a corner, and came to the door of the previous house.

Qu Neng and his son followed in, and Qu Neng said, "This place is too close to that, so we can't stay for long."

"I know." Zhu Gaoxu took out a bottle of something, "Wait a moment, I'll go inside and clean up the incense ash and other things. If I'm fascinated by the residual incense, I'll use this to fill me."

The fire over there has already been ignited, but Zhu Gaoxu still held his breath and walked to the inner courtyard. He entered the room where the two rebellious soldiers were placed, concentrated his attention, and cleaned up every tiny thing with his hands and feet. , Try not to leave any clues.

1 Fifty Chapters of the Living Lion

Just after dawn, the street was full of people and it was noisy.Many people were nearby civilians who ran out when they heard the shouts of the fire.At this time, the fire fighting was very slow, and the fire could easily spread and spread to many nearby houses.

Crowds of armored soldiers have blocked all intersections, and the onlookers cannot approach.There were some discussions among the crowd, "Has the fire been extinguished?" "I heard that it is not burned, and many water trucks came back and forth, blocking the street over there..."

The fire destroyed several nearby mansions. Fortunately, there were shouts and people ran out of the houses before the fire spread.The most severely burned mansion was the mansion where Qu Neng and his son lived. Almost only the earth wall remained, and the roof collapsed.

The two officials were questioning some distressed sergeants, at this moment, an old monk with triangular eyes stepped down from a gorgeous carriage.The officials came forward to pay respects, and the monk said, "Tell them to continue."

A man in obscene clothes said: "We shouldn't be on duty last night. We were sleeping soundly. We woke up when we heard someone slapping the gatehouse 'bang bang bang'. When we opened our eyes, we saw a big fire outside the window." Soaring to the sky! We quickly got up, didn't even bother to put on our clothes, and quickly opened the gate, and let the people in the shelter go into the yard.

I went to the duty room next door to watch again. The brother on duty was knocked out, and his jaws were all staggered!We went to the well to draw water again, but the house was on fire, and everyone sent people to the nearest official store to call for a water truck..."

Another soldier clutched his chin and said with a mournful face: "Damn you, you dozed off in the middle of the night, and you were knocked out while you were still asleep."

After hearing this, Yao Guangxiao walked into the yard without saying a word.At this time, the fire had just been put out, and on the wooden beams of the collapsed house, there was blue-white smoke everywhere, and there was a smell of burnt charcoal.

An official in a green robe came up to meet him, cupped his hands and said, "Your official is the official from Beiping Mansion."

Yao Guangxiao nodded.

The Qingpao officer accompanied him and said: "At present, it seems that the cause of this incident is that after the Jingnan army broke through the capital, Qu Neng and his son saw that the situation was over and refused to surrender, so they set themselves on fire and died..." He pointed to a piece of ruins and said : "The bones of Qu Neng and his son are inside."

Yao Guangxiao didn't say anything, just walked and watched, then walked towards the ruins.

Walking to the side of the ruins, the green-robed officer said again: "According to what the guards said, before nightfall, the door of Arquneng's room was locked. The next officer checked, the door was scorched, and the copper lock fell to the ground. It really is locked.

The firewood in the kitchen was also emptied, and there were still grass and trees scattered on the ground.Other than that, there are no traces elsewhere.

The lower officials deduced that Qu Neng and his son first pried open the locked door and came out. While the soldiers on duty on the opposite side were asleep, they went over and knocked the two soldiers unconscious to the ground.Then they went to the kitchen to move firewood back to the room, piled it under the bed, and set fire to themselves. "