Konoha Aogen

Even for warriors like Yi Yi who have entered the "Drought Realm", it is not easy to sneak into a mansion with many guards quietly.

"The most important thing is the weather, followed by the self-lighting skills." Afterimage often said this when teaching at "Qingxuan Academy". For a stalker, the most friendly weather is "night rain", which is neither gentle breeze nor drizzle, nor violent storm, but something in between. The rain is too thin and cannot hide the sound; it is too violent and disturbs the sleeper's dreams. The medium-sized and endless plum rain is the stalker's best friend.

However, in the winter in the north, it doesn’t rain a few times in a season, so you can’t rely on luck for afterimages. She has been waiting at the "Fengyin Inn" for three days.

This night, thick clouds blocked the light of the waning moon. The afterimage jumped out of the window, avoided the night guard along the street, and came to the vicinity of Chen's mansion. She considered herself highly skilled and did not change her clothes when walking at night. Only the "slim daggers" on her waist changed positions and were thrust diagonally up and down her back. The strap and knife pouch are integrated into one, specially made for stealth.

The biting night wind penetrated her thin blouse along the collar and cuffs, biting her bare ankles directly. Advanced qi practitioners would never be stupid enough to wear bulky lint clothes and pants because of the cold, and their shoes would be light enough to barely hide their shame.

Even if it is inconsistent with the ancient ritual that scholars have been thinking about all day long, warriors above the "Fire Realm", regardless of male or female, will never wear socks to wrap their feet, because if they do it, they will really die. There is a layer of soles "as thin as light leaves" between the soles of the feet and the ground, which is the limit of what they can endure.

The Chen family's mansion is spacious, and the guards inside and outside the courtyard walls are densely packed, but they are far from continuous. Taking advantage of the lack of light from the stars and moon, Afterimage shrank down and sneaked under the west courtyard wall, put his right ear against the wall, and listened carefully to the footsteps in the courtyard. She didn't have much time. If the "guards" patrolling outside the courtyard or the "city guards" patrolling the streets came at this time, she would have to retreat. The steps of diving from a distance to the base of the wall will have to be done all over again.

With luck, the outer wall can be climbed at this time. She sucked the wall with her five fingers and climbed up like a civet cat. Since the collapse of the "Great Liang Empire", there has been no taboo among the people. In the homes of wealthy people, the "courtyard walls" are as straight and towering as the "city walls". If the city lord doesn't care, no one will pay attention to them. Fortunately, the walls of the Chen family's courtyard are only high but not thick, and no one can stand on the wall stacks. Otherwise, the ups and downs would be many times more difficult.

Compared with the sparse and scattered lights in the city, the lights in Chen's residence are much denser. Although most of them are weak, they are enough for afterimages. The simple map that Chen Qi drew for her had already been imprinted in her mind. She lay on the roof, and with her hearing far beyond the reach of ordinary people, she quietly flew and jumped among the groups of "night patrol guards". , not long after we saw the "main courtyard" where "Chen Feng" lived.

The afterimage lay on the ridge of the roof closest to the "main courtyard", secretly complaining in his heart. Around the main courtyard, there is a wide open space of nearly 16 to 70 feet, but Chen Qijing did not mention it. The courtyard walls are covered with huge "cage lanterns", which are ugly and almost vulgar in terms of elegance alone. However, for "Stalker", emptiness and brightness are the deepest and greatest malice. Afterimage doesn't know whether the mansion was bought by someone else or built by the Chen family. But she was convinced that the person who built this mansion must be an expert.

There are guards all around the main courtyard, and the guards patrolling the courtyard with lanterns are also very dense. Since the emergence of "Qi Practitioners" in this world, the "Empire" has collapsed and the "Imperial Palace" has fallen. However, the courtyards of ordinary wealthy families are even more tightly guarded than the "Imperial Palace".

No gaps, no holes. Afterimage decision and so on.

The best time to climb over the outer wall is late at night. She can fool the guards into being slow;

The best time to enter the main courtyard was during the day, and she had to wait for the guards to relax.

The afterimage lay like this on the roof all night. After the sky turned pale, she couldn't hide it anymore and started running around in the "Chen Mansion". As the sun began to rise, the crowds in the courtyard gradually became denser. Even though they relied on their extraordinary ear skills to predict the situation, they were still in a state of confusion after half a day. To make matters even more troublesome, she felt like peeing.

While hiding here and there, he would go back to the "main courtyard" from time to time to investigate. Finally, she caught a good opportunity in the afternoon when "the sun is warmest and people are laziest". In broad daylight, except for the main entrance and the back entrance of the "main courtyard" where Chen Feng lived, there was no one on duty under the courtyard walls.

At this moment, the servants and servants were taking a nap, and the patrols of the guards also slowed down. Seeing the two guards disappear behind the corner, the afterimage gathered strength and jumped up, like a "light blue feathered arrow", towards the courtyard wall. It only attached its ears to the wall for a moment, and then floated into the wall without any obvious sound. This one is a gamble.

"Chen Feng" was not in the courtyard during the day. Even if the residual image was seen, it would only be regarded as a burglar in the house, not an assassin. Perhaps the mission could still be rectified.

Fortunately, no one was in the courtyard. "I don't know if the maids and servants are resting in the side room, or maybe Boss Chen, like Sister Qing'er, doesn't allow servants to stay in his courtyard at all." Can Ying thought to himself.

Sneak along the courtyard wall to the eaves of the north house. After concentrating and listening quietly, I realized that no one was in the room, but the side window could not be pushed open, and the front door was locked with a copper lock. Afterimage took out a thin needle from his waist, skillfully opened the copper lock, sneaked into the room, immediately climbed out the window, locked the copper lock, jumped back through the window, and locked himself in the secret room. Only then did he grow up. He let out a long breath, sat on the ground and leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and rested for a moment.

There is not much time to waste, and at this point, only a small part of the gamble is won. Afterimage stood up and began to quietly look for a place to hide in the room. There is no space in the study and the cabinets are full. Turning to the bedroom, a huge "corridor bed" as big as a small house came into view. Afterimage has always disliked this thing, finding it depressing and cramped, but "Ghost Moth" likes it very much, saying it has endless uses.

The afterimage walked around the "Babu Bed" and carefully observed it, and found that on the side of the wall, there was a gap between the corridor and the bed frame, and he could barely fit his slender body sideways into it. Unless you lean over the bed rail and look down, it's hard to find anyone hiding here. It's just that this posture... is really uncomfortable. Even if the true energy flows around the body and the muscles and bones are not stiff, I don't know how long I can endure the panic and anxiety caused by the narrowness and claustrophobia.

After squeezing out from between the beds, the afterimage stood in front of a copper basin, hesitating.

The copper basin was polished brightly, but there was no water in it. The afterimage stood there for a long time, and finally he put the copper plate lightly on the ground and poured the light yellow juice that had been stored in his belly overnight into the basin. After fastening the belt, he closed his eyes tightly and poured all the warm soup in the basin into his mouth.

When he swallowed the last mouthful, a tear squeezed out from the corner of his right eye. At this moment, she felt a little regretful, hating herself for why she had to cry and make a fuss over this task. However, the afterimage clearly shows that the profession of "stalker" is as exciting and enjoyable as it is difficult and frustrating. Since this is what she wants, she has to bear it by herself.

From last night to this moment, she had not drank water or relieved herself for seven hours. Of course, high-level Qi practitioners could endure it longer, but she couldn't.

First, she knew for sure that she would have to be squeezed in for at least a few hours, which would drain her spirit.

Secondly, if there is no chance tonight, if she doesn't drink or pee now, the next time no one will be in the room may be five or six hours later. She can grit her teeth and endure it for so long, she is confident that she can do it. But what if Chen Feng doesn't go out tomorrow?

You can bet when there is no road. If you dare not walk on the road under your feet, she will look down on yourself.

After drinking heavily, Afterimage quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped away the water stains in the copper basin. Then, with a secret breath, he held the handkerchief in his palms, dried it, and put it back in his arms.

Everything was ready, and the afterimage was leaning against the window with eyes closed, waiting. It was already evening when I heard the sound of footsteps in the courtyard. She nimbly crawled to the bedside and gently and quickly inserted herself into the gap between the "corridor" and the "bed frame".

"You bastard, you haven't been able to see anyone for a few days. I'm not upset if I take over his tea shop, and I'm not anxious if I don't let him check the accounts. This is really... really... damn him!"

The person who entered the house with Chen Feng was a woman: "Don't be angry, sir, I will give birth to a baby for you."

Chen Feng stopped talking and roughly pushed the woman onto the bed. The afterimage heard the sound of clothes being torn directly.

……

"The woman who can do this must not be the 'fourth aunt'. Chen Qi must not have another younger brother." Afterimage thought secretly. What's more important than this is that neither of them touched the "infinitely useful" bedrail. This was another gamble she won.

As Chen Qi said, Chen Feng was afraid of noisy and would not let anyone sleep on his bed for the night. After the clouds and rain, the woman chatted for a few words and left. Afterimage waited for more than an hour before hearing Chen Feng's quiet snoring.

"If I had known it would be so difficult to sleep, I would have brought some incense." The afterimage slowly rose from the gap like a ghost, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart. Of course she just thought about it. The aftertaste of something as despicable as incense lingers for a long time after use. The guards in the courtyard don't have to be great experts. Those who have seen a little bit of the world will know it after smelling it.

The afterimage left the gap and rubbed against the edge of the bed. He stretched out his right index finger and used the "Yin Feng Finger" force that he was not very good at to gently rub Chen Feng's neck, making him sleep deeper.

The afterimage looked at Chen Feng's face, which had a thick forehead and sword-shaped eyebrows. It was completely different from Chen Qi's appearance. Putting aside the fact that "having a beard makes a person look slightly older", based on his appearance alone, it is difficult to tell that he is more than a hundred years older than "Chen Qi".

People in this world first become men and women at the age of twenty, and enter "prime age" at the age of forty. They can maintain this appearance until about three hundred years old, and then age rapidly, and they will be exhausted within twenty years at most. Therefore, the signs of "the first gray hair" or "the first loose tooth" are called "Pluto's invitation".

Afterimage pinched Chen Feng's cheeks, pried open his lips, inserted a small pill, knelt beside the bed and waited quietly for a stick of incense, then put a large pill into his mouth. Using both hands together, and with the inner strength in his mouth, he forced the big pill into Chen Feng's belly with difficulty.

Hidden in the small pill is the powder of "water lily". The person who takes it will fall asleep like a dead person. After waking up, he will have splitting headaches. The big pill is a wax pill wrapped with six layers of "Wangyou Fruit Cream" with "oil wax". The oil wax dissolves slowly after entering the abdomen. After the effect of "Water Lily" wears off in the morning, the first layer of "Wangyou Fruit Cream" will The potency of the medicine is just enough to relieve the pain in the head and teeth.

In the next few days, the "oil and wax" will melt away layer by layer in Chen Feng's abdomen. When the innermost layer of "fruit paste" is digested and the tooth root has become necrotic, there will be no pain.

This method was taught to Ye Xuan by the famous doctor "Yunda" who settled in "Kurong City" two years ago. It is said that it was originally created by the jailer of the "Great Liang Empire". When the empire was prosperous, the laws were extremely strict, and those who were found guilty were frequently cut into pieces. The pain of Ling Chi will last for three days. The jailer made this pill and sold it to the prisoners in exchange for a lot of money.

After the wax pill was inserted, the afterimage lifted Chen Feng's upper lip, and the knuckle of his right "index finger" slid against the gum above an "incisor" on the left side of his front teeth. After finding a suitable position, he raised his delicate hand slightly and used a cold and crisp force to break the root of the tooth with one blow.

Then I pinched the tip of the tooth and shook it gently. I felt a little relieved after confirming that the "tooth body" was still tightly held by the "thick gums". Then he knelt down on the edge of the bed and took a nap. He didn't dare to fall asleep, but he was not eager to hide in the small gap. She knew that she couldn't sneak out of the "main courtyard" quietly at night, just like she couldn't get in last night.

The sky was dim, and the afterimage reluctantly bid farewell to the comfortable edge of the bed and retracted into the gap between the "Babu Bed". After struggling for nearly an hour, I finally heard Chen Feng stretch his body and hum a very pleasant sound in his throat. This is when the "Wangyou Fruit Cream" begins to take effect. Chen Feng hugged the soft pillow and rubbed himself in the warm quilt for a long time. He couldn't hold it in anymore, so he finally got out of bed and opened the toilet to relieve himself.

"Fuck your mother!" Chen Feng, who had just put on his belt, suddenly let out a thunderous scream. "Fuck your mother! Fuck your mother!" I heard the strong man who had lost his soul yell and curse repeatedly, "Fuck your mother!" Finally, he kicked open the door and ran out while cursing and crying. It was freezing cold and I didn't even have a coat on.

After hearing the first curse, Afterimage almost laughed out loud. After hearing his curse, he became more and more sad, and suddenly he couldn't help but feel a little sour.

No clothes were on and the door was unlocked. The afterimage still shrank in the gap and dared not come out. Now she has to solve the last problem: how to sneak out of the "Chen Mansion" without anyone noticing.

Unable to move at this time, Chen Feng kicked the door open and walked out. He might come back at any time. It needs to wait until he officially goes out. But if you want to float across the open space outside the main courtyard, you may still have to wait until the afternoon. The Chen Mansion will have a big event today. If you are not lucky, it will be difficult in the afternoon. At this moment, she really wishes there was a god to whom she could pray. If the price could be exchanged, as long as she didn't get slapped in the face, she would rather receive a hundred lashes than live in that horrible trap again.

It's a pity that she doesn't have her own god. Chen Feng came back and closed the door from the inside, ignoring the genuine or fake concerns from the group outside. Sitting alone in the chair, she sighed like a disgraced daughter. He sighed for a while and cursed Chen Qi to himself for a while. The "Wangyou Fruit Ointment" made him feel painless, but it failed to make him forget his worries.

Afterimage suddenly thought that Chen Qi's "disappearance" at this time was a smart decision. Everyone, including Chen Feng, thought he was out to play again. After a few days, I came back, was shocked by the bad news, cried bitterly, and repented... I just hid the most difficult days of acting, beautiful!

Chen Feng sat in the room until noon, feeling much more stable. After getting dressed, he looked at the bronze mirror for a while, then opened the door and strode out. When the door opened, Afterimage heard another bustle. After the lock clicked, the room gradually became quiet.

After Chen Feng left, the afterimage hurriedly emerged from the gap, let out a long breath, and stretched his waist and legs. Suddenly, there was a sound of tiny footsteps coming from outside, like the sound of walking with a bowed head, and the afterimage quickly jumped up to the beam.

She guessed that "Chen Feng" would not be back soon this time. If anyone broke into the house next, it would most likely be Sasu's maid. When she got into the crack for the first time yesterday, there was no dust inside, so the servant girl couldn't stay in that crack while she was working. There is no secret in the beams. People who stay in this room for a long time will see her sooner or later. However, the servant girl often lowers her head when working, so the afterimage can only rely on this.

After the maid unlocked the house and entered the house, she first entered the study on the left. Afterimage waited for a while, and heard a sound like "rag stroking the wooden table" in the study. He thought to himself: "This study was spotless when I came in yesterday. It has not been used since Chen Feng came back. I don't know if there is anything to wipe. Come to think of it. This servant girl of the Chen Mansion has been trained to the point of losing her mind, and she only works according to the rules."

Thinking of this, the afterimage fell lightly from the beam, and tiptoed out of the ajar door. For a wealthy family like the Chen Mansion, the decoration of the owner's residence is extremely elegant, and the heavy wooden door does not make a harsh creaking sound when it is opened and closed.

When I got to the courtyard, I didn't dare to relax. The afterimage flashed out of the wooden door and hurriedly shrank into the shadow of the rockery. He held his breath and listened carefully. After waiting for more than half an hour, the maid finished sweeping and left the main courtyard, then she put her ear to the wall and listened to the noise outside the courtyard.

The warm sun caressed the side of her face. It was exactly twelve hours since she entered the "main courtyard" where "Chen Feng" lived yesterday. Counting from the time she left the inn, she had not eaten or slept for eighteen hours. Afterimage felt hungry at this moment, took out two "thumb-sized candy cubes" from his arms, put them in his mouth and chewed them.

After walking around the courtyard wall and listening for a while, I felt that the sound of people outside the "west wall" in the backyard of the "North Room" was the thinnest, so I boldly climbed up the wall and looked out. The scene was no different from what she had guessed. There were only a few people, but it was not enough for her to avoid all eyes and walk straight through the vast emptiness. She had no choice but to stay in the hospital and do what a "stalker" should do best: wait.

The afterimage reminds me of a night many years ago, when Ye Xuan said something out of nowhere for no reason at all: "The two most cruel things in the world are hope and waiting." I don't know if it was the same person. she said, still talking to herself.

It felt quite meaningful at the time, but now Afterimage is convinced that Ye Xuan must have never been waiting in the cracks when he said those words. How could it be cruel to wait while holding on to the edge of the wall, sticking half of your head out from time to time to take a look?

After a long time, she finally caught an opening. The afterimage turned over and hung on the side of the outer wall like an ape. Without sliding down, it pushed its feet on the wall and shot itself out with a "whoosh".

No matter how good his body-lighting skills are, he can't fly over seventeen or eighty feet in one leap. When he saw that the green brick house within sight was still eighty or ninety feet away, the afterimage was like a spirit fox on all fours. On the ground, the two rises and falls disappeared into the shadow of the brick house.

Exile Diary - Excerpt (3)

A slave girl was bitten by a snake during vigil, but it was nothing serious. Snakes are non-venomous. The idiot must have fallen asleep. Unforgivable! What if the snake gets around her and bites me?

I ordered "Anese" to tie her to a tree and beat her severely with a riding crop. Anese advised me to be gentle, as there is no replacement female slave now. It makes sense, but my anger is still there.