Chapter 1238 The Old Lieutenant's Mansion

The front of the old lieutenant's mansion in Xuchang Xicheng District is very quiet, which is not as lively as usual. Mu Yang knows that there are two reasons for this situation.

One, Yang Biao, a former lieutenant who had countless former brothers, had been assassinated by Cao Cao. After almost a month, there was finally an uncontrollable situation of people walking cold tea - almost no one would come to worship a month after the death of their mentor and boss.

Another reason is that today is the day when the emperor sacrifices to the imperial mausoleum. This grand event with a very obvious meaning of political confrontation has long attracted all the eyes in Xuchang City. The place of the New Imperial Mausoleum is 20 miles away from Xuchang City, so there is a very strange situation today: the bustling city suddenly becomes deserted, but outside the always deserted city is crowded at this time...

Mu Yang's mood at this moment is a little nervous. To be honest, he can't imagine why he, a newcomer who has just entered the shadow, was sent by the Lord to do such a major task. Even six old shadows were dispatched to help cover, and the six old shadows didn't even know the reason why they made some noise in Xuchang this time.

Naturally, there is a reason for confidentiality, but Mu Yang still feels that this is too risky. For such an important task, Mu Yang felt that it would be safe to let any of the three shadows come under the cover of those skilled and experienced elder shadows.

However, then Mu Yang remembered his sincere and trusting eyes and encouraging smile when he was in Chang'an... Mu Yang couldn't help touching his right shoulder. At that time, the master gently patted his place and said to himself with that kind of trusting smile printed in people's hearts: "Mu Yang, work hard, I'm optimistic about you..."

Poor Mu Yang, he didn't know that Ma Chao said this to almost any of his subordinates. However, even if he knew this, he would still swear to die - because Ma Chao's trust at that time was true.

Thinking of this, Mu Yang took a deep breath and quietly approached the old lieutenant's mansion. He skillfully used the curves of the eaves and wall shadows to hide his figure in the dark most of the time. Fortunately, based on people's evasion of some bad events, the front of the lieutenant's mansion is so lonely that there is no one. This gives Mu Yang a good operating environment.

The closer to the old lieutenant's mansion, Mu Yang found that the coldness of the situation was reflected more and more vividly here: Therefore, the lieutenant's mansion used to have 35 guards, of whom 25 were in office and 10 were retired. However, since Yang Biao was suddenly assassinated, these private soldiers with Yang's salary cut off the source of food and salary, and gradually couldn't stand the cruelty of reality. Mu Yang secretly observed the old lieutenant's mansion for three days. When he first arrived in Xuchang, there were only 15 guards left in the lieutenant's mansion. In the past three days, five more guards have left one after another.

Ten people are responsible for the patrol area of 25 people, which is really reluctant. What's more, I'm afraid the rest of these guys don't have the intention to patrol. They should focus more on looking for whether the old man who used to be a prosperous family has any treasure hidden in the mansion, right?

This is not Mu Yang's good guess. Within three days, he found that those guards were always close to the old slave in the captain's mansion and dug holes under strange- looks like trees from time to time. Moreover, the five guards who left one after another also looked depressed and angry when they left.

At this moment, only two people are stationed on the front stairs in the four horns of the lieutenant's mansion. The main gate guards two people, and the remaining six people are divided into groups of two touring back and back in the T-shaped corridor. Regardless of the patrol interval and density, it is enough to let people see that they will not forget their old kindness.

Mu Yangyou walked to the outer wall of the north ear room and looked at the corner tower against the root of the wall. The corner tower in this location is unguarded today, and the rear is a mansion that was killed by Cao Cao, and there is no smoke. After Mu Yang confirmed that he would not be seen, he took out a flying hook from his arms, tied a hemp rope on the hook, and threw it to the other side of the wall. The hook flew over the wall, and the special iron head of the hook snapped and ate the inner wall of the old lieutenant's mansion made of mud bricks.

Mu Yang first listened to the movement around him and confirmed that it was safe before he pulled the rope. He felt that the first hook was firm, and then took out the second hook and made it as it was. Next, he stained some talcum powder in his hand, supported by two hemp ropes, and climbed up with his hands and feet. It only took a while to climb to the wall. His first move was to lie down, because the patrol happened to come from the inside of the wall. The two guards glanced lazily at the yard and turned around.

Mu Yang immediately grabbed the gap and pulled the two ropes from the other side and secretly hung them to the inside of the wall, which was to prepare a retreat for emergencies. At this time, he found that he was not nervous at all. All the content of the shadow training lived in his mind and guided him step by step.

Next, Mu Yang slipped down the wall with the help of a rope and squatted down next to the pillar in the ear corridor. Under the cover of those lush flowers and plants that have not been cleaned for a month, unless someone walks to the pillar and looks carefully, it is unlikely to find that there is still a person squatting here. Mu Yang waited quietly in such a state where he was motionless and even his breathing gradually weakened. He knew that how long he would squat this time depends on what God meant.

Half an hour passed, and Mu Yang still endured the heat and remained motionless there. But at this time, he rubbed his hands and legs without the attention of the patrol soldiers. This is a necessary measure to keep his body flexible. The next moment, he took out three copper needles from his arms and looked at them, and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Judging from their shape and size, these three copper needles should not be parts of a certain machine, but more like a tool. Moreover, the tail of the copper needle is suitable for a person to clamp with his thumb and index finger, and this barb is obviously used for pulling and strapping. In the environment where the overall level of smelting was very backward in the Han Dynasty, only the arsenal of the Ma family could produce such a sophisticated tool.

These three copper needles are used to unlock the lock, which is also the next link that Mu Yang will carry out.

The origin of the three copper needles is very interesting. That is, when Ma Chao unintentionally inspected the secret weapon casting drawings of the arsenal, he saw that the locks of the lock drawings were all locks of metal reed structures. Instead of praising Han Feng for his cautious work, he muttered, "Isn't this waiting for others to steal?"

Han Feng was very shocked at that time. The butterfly-wing iron lock with metal reeds was the strongest lock in this era. But the next day, Ma Chao took three brand-new copper needles, and then inserted the three copper needles into the lock hole in turn in full view to support each other; then gently swing one of them in a wonderful rhythm, and the lock opened with a click.

After that, the arsenal has all used the composite sliding tooth iron lock designed by Ma Chao. Unless there is a specific key, ordinary people can't open it at all. However, for Ma Chao, who was still a cavalry general at that time, how he knew how to unlock the lock became the sixth gossip in the arsenal list. But later, I vaguely heard the bodyguard around the Ma family say that the lord once said something like 'If this is the master of the unlocking company I know, stealing the palace princess's underwear is trivial' and so on...

Soon after, this magical unlocking skill was added to Shadow's training content - although it can't unlock the lock of the Ma family, the locks in other places are really useless for Shadow.

Plugging the third sister's bronze needle into her clothes to avoid falling, Mu Yang finally heard an extremely short sound from the front yard in the distance. Then I heard someone shouting for running, mixed with the words 'Sure enough, there is still hidden money'. At this time, Mu Yang saw that the two soldiers in charge of patrolling the old lieutenant's bedroom changed their faces and quickly ran to the front yard.

Mu Yang smiled and suddenly felt a little distressed: he knew that it was two pieces of horseshoe gold that fell from the eaves that had been found. And those two pieces of gold were rewarded for saving the horse at the beginning. This time, it is used as bait. After falling on the eaves and rubbing the string back and forth by wind and self-heavy, it will become the object of these people to compete, thus creating a unique opportunity to sneak in.

However, at the same time, those two pieces of gold are completely out of his own... He has to lose his own money to do this task. Mu Yang is distressed and feels a little wronged.