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Chapter 248: Three Days and Three Nights

The order of the Chief Secretary of the Han Dynasty: From now on, all the guards are prohibited from causing trouble in the city, and they will start training every day.

Early in the morning, Zhu Gaoxu arrived at the school ground south of the royal palace to inspect the guards. The civil and military officials of the royal palace arranged the school ground according to the etiquette.

As the sun rose, bells and drums were ringing on the school ground. Hundreds of people were singing and dancing in front of them. The lyrics were probably like poetry, "Drawing the sword and starting the Huai soil, and riding the horse to set the Huai area... The general's star circles the barbarians, and the warriors' moon bend the arc..."

After a while, everyone finished dancing. The soldiers of the army followed the drums and slowly marched towards the city wall.

In each phalanx, there was a soldier with a cowhide drum hanging around his neck, and another with a suona playing military music. In the noisy drumming, there were also strange commands such as "step in line" that were not previously unsuccessful. The army lined up to follow the drum commands.

As the infantry and cavalry marched, they formed a huge formation. The sound of the horn sounded, and thousands of people stood there. Then they started to fuck them. Everyone held spears and followed the instructor to shout and danced their marksmanship. It was like doing exercises. The school ground was very lively for a while.

Zhu Gaoxu inspected the troops and nodded to express his satisfaction to the civil and military officials around him.

Although the scene is a bit inconsistent, it doesn't matter. Because the training of the troops and horses of the Ming Dynasty is different, and even the organization is different, it is mainly related to the military tactics passed down by each general's family. Zhu Gaoxu taught the soldiers in Yuezhou, so everyone naturally thought that this was the habit of the Han King's guards.

Zhu Gaoxu soon left the school ground shortly after inspecting. At this time, he was not interested in the teaching soldiers, and just wanted to gather them all and be ready to mobilize them at any time.

As soon as he walked into Duanli Gate, he saw Wang Gui and others in the gatehouse. In the distance, there were more than 300 guards and soldiers from the guard office running with weights. After they ran, they had to go to Wenlou to learn to read and read.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and told everyone to scatter. At this time, Wang Gui stepped forward and bowed his head and whispered: "Yao Fang was in the restaurant in the north of the city and said there was something important. I asked him, but he only wanted to report it to the prince in person."

Didn’t Yao Fang go to Dali? At this time, Zhu Gaoxu heard Yao Fang suddenly return to Kunming, and he guessed in his heart: Something might have happened!

He looked around and found that it was morning when he saw people on duty everywhere inside and outside the palace. Zhu Gaoxu immediately said: "Prepare the car. Call me Chen Dachui, Zhao Ping brings some people out with me."

Wang Gui bowed and said, "Abide by the order!"

After getting ready, Zhu Gaoxu changed his clothes and took a carriage to go out from Tiren Gate to the east.

He came to the restaurant, went straight into the yard behind, and saw Yao Fang, who was exhausted in a living room. Yao Fang stepped forward and bowed with his fists, and glanced at the eunuch Wang Gui.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu said, "Yao Baihu has something to do but it doesn't matter."

Yao Fang clasped his fists and said, "Officer Hu met a woman named Duan in Dali and learned that Emperor Jianwen was hiding in Lanfeng Temple in Diancang Mountain. However, Lanfeng Temple was protected by Dali hermit Duan Baoji. It is said that the general of Dali was also Duan Baoji's man. Official Hu asked the Mo General to return to Kunming City immediately and ask the King of Han to dispatch troops to reinforce and search for Emperor Jianwen!"

A woman named Duan? Zhu Gaoxu immediately remembered Duan Yang. He asked Yao Fang again and asked Yao Fang to describe the woman's appearance roughly, and he felt more convinced that the woman was Duan Yang!

Yao Fang seemed to want to make contributions through this matter, and then persuaded: "I saw that woman didn't seem to deceive us, otherwise she wouldn't be able to escape even if she fell into the hands of our brothers. This matter is worth a try!"

"Don't be impatient." Zhu Gaoxu said, "As long as Hu Yi and others are not discovered by Duan Baoji, there is no need to panic for a while. If the Han Palace takes action, then you should fight for it at that time. Soldiers are of great speed!"

Yao Fang exhaled and said, "The prince is right."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I will go back to the royal palace first, and then do it."

Yao Fang clasped his fists and said, "The letter has been brought here. I will return to Dali first and wait for the prince's army to come!" He looked tired, but said he wanted to return immediately, which was really commendable.

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "There is no large army, just a team of elite cavalry is enough."

...

There is a street outside the main gate of the Xiping Hou Mansion; if you want to go from the Xiping Hou Mansion to the three officials in Yunnan, you usually have to walk through this street.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, but one of them has been closed for a few days.

Inside the wooden inlay door, the light is dim in the daytime. The sunlight penetrates into the dark room through the cracks of the door, like tangible white lines, and the thin dust dances lightly inside like small insects.

It had just rained last night and it was sunny until dawn. The house was a bit leaking, and there was a wooden basin in the house, which should have been placed by the owner. The sound of water droplets was heard from time to time in the wooden basin.

There was a woman sitting on the ground with her back against the wooden board in a very relaxed position. She was holding a long wooden scabbard in her arms and a crossbow at her hand.

Her skin is very pale, although white, but lacks luster. Her face is relatively small, her cheeks are full, and her chin is pointed, so her eyes appear larger, but her eyes are dull.

Her left hand was holding a hardened cake, and she would chew it for a long time after taking a bite. Then she glanced at the door crack next to her. A ray of sunlight was shining on her eyelashes, and the bright sunlight made her black eyelashes look pale. She narrowed her eyes and immediately moved away from the door crack. Then she picked up a water bag and raised her head to take a sip of cold water.

The woman is Duan Xueheng.

...Duan Xuehen's eyes left the ray of sunshine and felt much better. There were too many days when she hiding during the day and leaving at night. Now she was more used to darker environments, and the sunny day was too dazzling.

She had been waiting here for three days and three nights, but she believed that Mu Sheng would definitely pass through this street. Mu Sheng always went to the Sansi Yamen. She waited for Mu Sheng to go out this time and then killed his enemy!

Occasionally, Duan Xueheng would also think of a question. According to the layout of his mother Duan Yang, he exposed that Mu Sheng hid Emperor Jianwen and the whole Mu family was finished! At this time, Duan Xueheng also went to assassinate and kill Mu Sheng, what's the use?

Maybe it doesn't work, maybe it's also very useful... Duan Xuehen understands the deep hatred in her mother's heart. She must kill the big enemy with her own hands before she can be willing to do so. Mu Ying and her eldest son Mu Chun are both dead, so the biggest enemy will naturally be counted on Mu Sheng.

No matter what, Duan Xueheng finally followed his mother's arrangement.

This is your own fate! The name you choose is Xueheng. Born in the world, it is for revenge. If you don’t avenge, then what is it like living for many years?

...Duan Xueheng turned her head and looked at the scene outside the crack of the door. As usual on the street, she immediately sat back to her original place.

The dazzling sunshine shook, and she felt a little dizzy. In a trance, the sounds that had been thinking of her mother countless times echoed again as if they were imprisoned in her mind.

The white spell was like the sad soul in the middle of the night, or like the sound of wind falling into the endless abyss, which always lingered in her heart.

Duan Xue couldn't help but touch the old scar on her arm. Every trace seemed to hear a "pop" sound, and she could still feel the pain of the whip. My mother said, "What is this pain?" Your biological father was burned by the Mu family with a soldering iron. Every stroke was a thousand times more painful than this!

Sometimes when Duan Xuehen saw the Buddha statue, he couldn't help but think of those perfect Bodhisattvas, who somehow ended up in boundless hell... This is probably the impression of my father.

Duan Xueheng couldn't say what kind of person his mother was. If it weren't for the sake of acting, his mother had never smiled at her; it was probably the same with Duan Xueheng, and I can't remember when he had laughed.

Duan Xuehen even felt that his mother hated even his daughter, and she hated everyone. However, the only person close to Duan Xuehen was her mother Duan Yang; without Duan Yang, Duan Xuehen could not grow up so big.

...In the past twenty years, she has learned a lot of things, mostly assassination, poisoning, opening doors, climbing over the wall and other abilities. If she fights with the martial artists in the sun, she is not necessarily better than others; what she wants is to attack suddenly while others are unprepared!

The last time the incident in Liyuan appeared before her, and the attack that I thought would be successful was also a failure. That incident left a shadow on her. Duan Xuehen felt even more unsure at this time, and felt that it was not easy to assassinate these warriors who led troops to fight.

So for three days, Duan Xuehen has been very suspicious. Will it really succeed if he wants to assassinate Mu Sheng in broad daylight?

However, I missed this time, as my mother said, once the incident in Dali happened, I may never have the chance to kill my enemy with my own hands!

Duan Xueheng looked sideways through the crack in the door every time, and from here he could see clearly the situation on the street outside. At this moment, a team of people appeared outside the main gate building of Mu Mansion and were slowly coming here!

Duan Xuehen's body immediately became a little nervous, her eyes stayed in the crack of the door, and she carefully observed the situation on the street. She hoped to see Mu Sheng riding on the horse instead of taking a car!

After a while, she finally realized that a team of guards surrounded a carriage. I'm afraid the person sitting inside was Mu Sheng...

Duan Xueheng felt cold in her heart, and suddenly a sense of fear surged into her heart. She thought she was already dead and would not be afraid of anything, but she did not expect that she still felt great fear at this time.

At this moment, she is afraid of failure or death? She can't say it, fear is probably difficult to control, and life is just about to be born.

Duan Xuehen sat back on his original place, picked up the strong crossbow at hand, and breathed slowly and long. She closed her eyes slightly, imagining the position of the team of people; guessing that after the horse pulling the cart was hit by the crossbow, the reactions and positions of the people running.

She still had a hint of panic in her heart.

Duan Xuehen said to herself silently: If there is only pain, hatred and fear when a person lives, then death may be a kind of relief. At least the pain and fatigue that she is unwilling to face can no longer be felt. It seems that the huge stone on her body has been moved away, and a ease is summoning her.
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