Dressed like a deadly enemy

Just a little white light appeared on the east side, Jun Ji looked out from the abandoned palace, there were guards from the family everywhere, it was a chaotic night, after all, they were not as familiar with Taicheng as Jun Ji, after searching for several hours, they couldn't find anyone.

"Master Qi ordered that whoever finds the emperor will be rewarded heavily, promoted to three ranks, and changed from a lowly to a good one, why don't you put your eyes on the bright spots?" Someone yelled loudly outside the abandoned hall.

Someone complained: "The Golden Dragon Terrace is so big that people can hide in any corner. How do you find it?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Go over there and have a look."

Then there was the sound of footsteps, Jun Ji raised his index finger to boo, and the three quietly retreated to the courtyard.

This abandoned hall looks quite large, the mottled stone lacquer carvings have been worn away by the years, and the prosperity of the past can still be seen. The trees in the courtyard are tall, the weeds are overgrown, and they are taller than people.

"There is a well here." The Queen Mother accidentally staggered two steps and bumped into the entry fence. The manhole cover was old, but it was a piece of rotten wood. She pushed hard and was able to push it away.

Mu Shen leaned over cautiously, and looked into the well, "The dry well, there is no water in it. I'll go down and have a look."

He looked left and right, but he couldn't find the rope. He threw a fist-sized stone and listened to the sound. It seemed that it was not too deep. He took a deep breath, climbed to the edge of the well and jumped down.

"Brother, be careful." The queen mother called out from the well, looking nervously.

"It's okay, come down, there is a secret passage below." Not long after, Mu Shen's voice came from the well, "Be careful, I'll throw a rope for you."

"Okay." The queen mother stepped aside, and then a thin hemp rope was thrown up. She picked up the rope, turned her head and waved to Jun Ji who had been paying attention to the movement outside the courtyard, and whispered: "Ji'er, come here, we Take the secret path."

Junji listened attentively for a while, but no one came this way, so he leaned against the well, "The mother and queen will come down first, and the baby will arrive later."

He first tied one end of the rope to the tree by the well, tried it out, and it was strong enough.

After a night of scuffle, Junji calmed down quite a bit. After finishing the rope, he insisted on letting the queen dowager get down first.

"My son has grown up." Empress Dowager Mu smiled gratifiedly, without insisting, she stretched out her hand to help him straighten his slightly messy clothes, and said softly: "The empress mother is waiting in the secret passage, come down as soon as possible."

"Okay." Jun Ji responded, helped her climb up the well mouth, and watched her fall down while grabbing the rope until she landed safely.

"Ji'er, come down quickly." The queen mother raised her head and shouted anxiously.

Junji untied the rope, put the rotten manhole cover on the side of the wellhead, cleared the traces, and then jumped down just like Mu Shen did just now.

"Aren't you hurt?" The two elders were taken aback, and quickly helped him up, looking up and down with concern, for fear that something might happen to him if he fell.

"It's okay, let's go." When he landed, he stretched out his feet and scratched the wall of the well to slow down the speed of his fall. Except for some wear on the soles of his shoes, he was not injured.

The three of them entered the secret passage with the light from the mouth of the well.The secret passage was not high, and they had to bend their waists when walking in it. After getting away from the mouth of the well, the secret passage was dark and dark, so they could only walk forward in the dark.

I don't know how far they walked, the secret path suddenly turned downwards, but fortunately Mu Shen took the lead and warned everyone to be careful. From here, the secret path went up and down, as if it had no end.

After walking forward for about half an hour, there was a little light in front, which looked like an exit.

Mu Shen stopped and listened to the movement, but this place seemed to be very secluded, only the rustling of the leaves blown by the wind could be heard, not a single human voice could be heard.

"You wait here first, I'll go and see where this is." Mu Shen turned his head and said to the mother and son behind him, and then poked his head out.

"Uncle, let me go, I am more familiar with Taicheng than uncle."

Since yesterday, Jun Ji no longer called himself the Son of Heaven. Only then did he realize that without strength, even if he has the world, he will be robbed and kicked off his throne.

Mu Shen noticed the change in him, but didn't care, he just thought he was shocked and wanted to do something to save face.

"Be careful, don't go too far." Empress Dowager Mu said worriedly, no matter who went out to explore the way, she was worried, so she could only advise them to be more careful.

Junji passed them, carefully climbed up to the narrow opening where the light came from, first looked up at the sky, it seemed that it was almost noon.

He pushed hard, got out of the secret passage, looked up, and through the gap between the tall tree tops, he could see the shadows in front of the corridor of the ancestral temple.

He found that this was another abandoned garden, with lush trees, a thick layer of fallen leaves, and horses neighing next door. He knew that this was a racetrack he ordered to build before. Mu Shen sent Yun Feitan to teach him the course of Ce Ce, but Master Yun sent him to the Taixue at the foot of Junshan without saying a word, back and forth, the racecourse was deserted, only the horses and special personnel feed.

A smile appeared on Junji's face, there is no unparalleled road, behind the stables there is a small gate for entering and exiting Taicheng, which he opened for the convenience of carriages entering and exiting, it seems that there are no rioters and no one has been sent to guard it.

In the past, there were people on guard and some people were taking care of the horses, but now it seems that everyone has run away, no human voices can be heard, only the horses' crowing.

He walked around, but thanks to the tall grass, he couldn't be spotted unless he looked closely, but it also made the journey difficult. It took him a cup of tea to get to the stable, and to look through the wooden fence. I saw the fat horse snorting irritably as it stepped on its hooves.

He ran back to the secret road with small steps, and said a little excitedly: "Outside is my racecourse, and there are horses."

"You can't get out of Taicheng even if you have a horse." Mu Shen sighed and shook his head. The current situation is worrisome.

"Brother, did you forget that the horse trail in Taicheng is here? This leads to the main entrance, and there is a side door that goes straight out of Jinlongtai." The Queen Mother used to care about her son, she had nothing else to do, so she naturally knew the existence of the racecourse.

"That being the case, let's go." Mu Shen went out of the secret passage first, and stretched out his hand to pull his sister out as well.

Fortunately, there are tall trees next to the racetrack, and the field used to be an inch of short grass, but now it grows up, and the autumn wind blows, knocking down a large area, covering up the traces of their running.

Because the three were careful enough, no one noticed that they had entered the stable.

Mu Shen still had a sword in his hand, swiped the sword and cut off the reins that tied the horse, got on the horse, then stretched out his hand to the queen mother, and brought her onto the horse with a little use.

The queen mother is a boudoir woman who can't ride a horse and needs someone to take her with her.

When Jun Ji also got on the horse, Mu Shen led the queen mother towards the side door, swung the sword in his hand vigorously, and cut off the door bolt with one sword, the door was pushed open by the momentum of the horse, and the two horses quickly ran out of the side door.

"It's really the Son of Heaven. I guess this direction is the racecourse. I've been here before." Mu Cheng's voice came from outside the door, waving at the person who just rushed out with a hint of joy, "Here, this side."

"Father, are you alright?" After Mu Shen rode up to him, he asked with concern, straightened his robes, and then saluted the Queen Mother and Jun Ji.

Behind him were Lu Junzhuo and Yun Feitan. They had just returned to Yaodu, and they had just learned that several aristocratic families now occupy Taicheng.