Book 49 Chapter 6 – Xiaos Governance Followed By Cao[1] (1/2)
Book 49 Chapter 6 – Xiao’s Governance Followed By Cao[1]
Fro pulled his head back, his face revealed a I-can’t-believe-my-eyes shocked expression, he drew out a o and see for yourself”
Xu Ziling and Hou Xibai quickly climbed the stone steps to the top and stuck out their heads to look
Shocked, Xu Ziling said, “My Niang! Unexpectedly it’s right in the middle of Taiji Palace Hall Ke Dazhi and I have stepped on this lid e fought”
Hou Xibai swept his gaze around, starlight and ht on the roof of the palace hall The gate to the palace hall was tightly closed, four octagonal palace lanterns were lit above the dragon throne on the northern extremity of the palace hall, so that that side of the palace hall was shrouded in a halo, while the other side gradually transitioned fro his brows, he said, “If this exit must be pushed to open it, it does notnodded and said, “That’s right! Relying on the main entrance as the only way out is absolutely iits move, the noise can wake up the entire Taiji Palace Hey! Ia little, but therethe New Year’s Eve banquet, Li Yuan and a group of imperial concubines entered the main hall from that side But Taiji Palace is an important place within the imperial palace co with both covert and undercover guards Going out from either the front door or the back door, there’s no way to avoid the guards If I a correctly, thereto Li Yuan’s palace bedroom”
Shocked, Hou Xibai said, “If we follow your cun-by-cun exploration method just noithout several days of hard work, we could forget about finding the other entrance to the tunnel”
Kou Zhong sat down on the edge of the exit; tapping his own head, he seneralshi+p is to balk the ene to use our brains, we could save a lot of effort If there is indeed another tunnel leading to the palace bedroom, in order to save labor, the tunnel entrance must be someplace rather close to the bedroom, Li Yuan could also save a few steps I, Kou Xiaoshi+ [little rand from Li Dashi+, I dare say that the entrance on platforon seat This way, the search scope can be greatly reduced”
Xu Ziling and Hou Xibai nodded in agree’s speculation indeed ree up and darted toward the white stone steps leading toward the elevated platforon seat was located The vast and e and Hou Xibai ju the bundle on Hou Xibai’s back, Xu Ziling asked, “What’s inside that thing?”
Hou Xibai sat cross-legged in the middle of the palace hall He untied the bundle fro, “Let Kou Zhong be busy! We et this survival tool allocated properly first”
Xu Ziling understood i hied and watched as Hou Xibai unwrapped the bundle
On the other side, Kou Zhong was unleashi+ng his ‘professional’ research on the target, delightedly busy Just by looking at the ingenuity of the design of the previous long tunnel, he knew that the entrance to this segment of the tunnel inside the palace could not possibly be easy to find
Immensely proud of himself, Hou Xibai poured the contents of the bundle cohed and said, “Not even in ined that I would sit in the uise as a thief, to become a thief This part here is yours, because you are Cao San, hence you ers and a set of fake teeth”
Xu Ziling was not interested in Cao San’s things, he picked up the hook and rope that Hou Xibai pushed in front of his knees He spoke in astonishment, “This is a thick rope made of ox tendon, the hook isthat you grabbed at the last moment If you had one set for your own use, I would not be surprised at all, but you have as many as three sets, it is really beyond hed and said, “Cheng Huang [Note: city good] is near, you still don’t kno to ask for a good sign? I asked Lu Dashi+’s genuine direct disciple Lei Ye tolong, even if you give it to an ordinary hand, he won’t be able to use it If we have a bit of skill, it would be like we grow a pair of wings, able to coive us convenience to be a thief, also to slip ahen necessary”
Pointing to three piled of round balls [or bullets] that were as big as jujube pits but which s are these?”
Hou Xibai replied, “These are not ordinary knockout incense bo used by third-class robbers, but the faic weapon that Cao San used to defend himself It is both to knockout the eneot these froinally I left it alone just as a ht that unexpectedly I could put it to good use We can get three bullets each You only need to toss this bullet; especially in a closed, indoor space, it could display an unexpected result, to make people believe that you are Cao San”
Xu Ziling was dubious, “Such a small bullet, how much thick smoke can it produce? I wonder if Cao San used several bullets at the sainally I had ten altogether I had the saround, I’m afraid you won’t believe me if I tell you the result, the thick s like Kou Zhong”
Xu Ziling spoke in displeasure, “Looking at your outfit, listening to the tone of your voice, tonight does not seem like you can just come, look around, and then you are done”
Hou Xibai took out a scroll fro else, he spread the scroll on the floor, and held it down by putting knockout sh, “This is thepalace city, which Xiaodi refined this past few days based on ; it is hui’s classified hly retentiveat it a few times, you will , it will be as convenient as walking around in your own home The blank spaces are places where I have not yet been”
Frowning, Xu Ziling said, “You haven’t answered my question yet”
‘Crack!’
The noise coon platfor at the direction of the noise, Kou Zhong, haltingly, but full of aspiration, stood up froon seat, which had been nal toward the two
The design of the entrance under the dragon throne was identical to the entrance of the Yin Mansion’s tunnel, except there was no bolt lock However, without enough power, one could not open this entrance Therefore, unless one was as resolute as Kou Zhong, one could forget about even detecting the entrance’s existence
The secret tunnel extended straight to the north, the three ht to the rear of the palace and only then did they see the exit This tianized their outfits first, each one wrapped the rope and hook around his waist, Xu Ziling even put on Cao San’s flying dagger and ’s back so that the latter could eavesdrop any movement outside the tunnel
Under the twospoke heavily, “Outside arden, I hear the sound of wind blowing, leaves rustling”
Kou Zhong happily said, “Based on Xiao Hou’s arden of the Fen Ge HouGong [rear palace], to the right is Li Yuan’s bedroom palace, to the left is the i Bi Ge is an independent courtyard inside this co’s palace city was located at the northern extre’an, living high and looking down, the south side was called King [not sure], the palace city consisted of Imperial City and Inner Imperial Palace, twoacross it Furthermore, the Imperial Palace was divided into three sections In theGuan, where Li shi+min’s Heavenly Policy Mansion was located, on the east was Li Jiancheng’s Crown Prince East Palace
At the heart of the Taiji Palace was Taiji Dian [palace hall], followed by Liang Yi [lit two righteousness: heaven and earth, yin and yang], Cheng Qing, Li Zheng, and Shen Long, four palace halls Crossing these four palace halls going to the north were the iarden and the courtyard where eate was the Xuanwu [Black Tortoise] Gate, with the palace guard; this here the palace’s iuard headquarters was located It could houseterm, which was responsible for the defense of the palace city Therefore, the rear courtyard of the I’s Palace; one thing rong, they could easily attract thousands of elite i said, “I aht exploration of the Tang Palace; some say it’s to find a path, while some other seem to really want to show off their fists and feet”
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “Why not say that ant to let Cao San show off hisShao, no need to look atLi Yuan’s so called his Niang’s Zhu Xie Dui is definitely unwise, plus it is totally crazy Therefore, wea pleasant-to-the-eyes treasured object, while also leave the genuine goods at fair prices sIf that is still not enough, Ling Shao could use your handwriting to leave so like ‘Cao San was here’ on the wall”
Hou Xibai excitedly said, “Entering Baoshan [lit treasured mountain], how could we co Yuan Tu’ in passing; it definitely surpasses waiting for Li Yuan to suhi understood; he patted Hou Xibai’s shoulder and said, “Things have difficult and easy differences, tonight we’ll choose the easy and avoid the difficult We are going to explore Li Yuan’s study roo is really in there, after you, Gongzi Daye take a couple of glances, you ether and go to bed”
Hou Xibai was greatly astonished He spoke in disappoint fro said, “This is all for your own good! That’s the decision Tonight, we are co only some traces of Cao San Please put out the fire paper”
The tunnel returned to extend-a-hand-cannot-see-five-fingers pitch-black condition
Under Kou Zhong’s skillful application of his power, the stone lid, without creating any noise at all, sank down and slid to the side
Kou Zhong cried out in low voice, “This lid is particularly heavy”
The star-studded night sky appeared overhead
Xu Ziling stuck out his head to look, he could not help secretly praising the original and ingenious design of the tunnel It turned out the exit was located inside a fake rock ht at the heart of the i sides, with the ht, so that getting in and out, one would not need to worry of being seen
The three climbed out and closed the exit, they also put on their hoods