It was very quiet in front of the Gu Taiwei Mansion in Xicheng District, Xuchang, not at all like the usual bustling and noisy crowds.
Mu Yang knew that there were two reasons for this situation.
First, the former Taiwei Yang Biao, who had countless disciples and brothers, has been assassinated by Cao Cao.
After almost a month, the situation gradually became uncontrollable and people left for tea.
Almost no one came to pay homage to my mentor and boss a month after his death.
Another reason is that today is the day when the emperor pays homage to the imperial mausoleum.
This grand event with a very obvious political contention has already attracted all the eyes in Xuchang City.
The new emperor's mausoleum is located twenty miles outside Xuchang City, so a very strange situation occurred today: the bustling city suddenly became deserted, while the usually deserted city outside was now crowded with people.
Mu Yang suddenly felt a little nervous at this moment.
To be honest, he couldn't imagine why he, a newcomer who had just joined the shadows, would be sent by his lord to do such an important task.
Even six veteran shadows were dispatched to assist in the cover.
Moreover, those six veteran shadows didn't even know the reason why they wanted to make some noise in Xuchang this time.
There is naturally an element of confidentiality involved, 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 one of the three shadows come under the cover of those skilled and experienced veteran shadows.
However, then Mu Yang remembered his lord's sincere and trusting eyes and encouraging smile when he was in Chang'an.
Mu Yang couldn't help but touch his right shoulder.
At that time, the lord gently patted him on this spot. , said to himself with that trusting smile that immediately impressed people's hearts: "Mu Yang, do your best, I'm optimistic about you."
Poor Mu Yang, he didn't know yet that Ma Chao said this to almost any of his personal guards.
However, even if he knew this, he would still fight to the death because Ma Chao's trust at that time was true.
Thinking of this, Mu Yang took a deep breath and quietly approached the former Taiwei's Mansion.
He cleverly used the curves of the shadows of the eaves and walls to hide his figure in the darkness most of the time.
Fortunately, due to people's avoidance of some bad events, the front of Taiwei's mansion was really lonely, with not even a single person.
This gave Mu Yang a good operating environment.
The closer he got to the Gu Taiwei's Mansion, the more Mu Yang realized that the tense situation was more vividly reflected here: There used to be thirty-five guards in the Gu Taiwei's Mansion, of which twenty-five were in office and ten were retired.
However, since Yang Biao was suddenly assassinated, these private soldiers who received Yang Lao's salary gradually couldn't bear the cruelty of reality after their source of food and salary was cut off.
Mu Yang had been secretly observing Gu Taiwei's Mansion for three days.
When he first arrived in Xuchang, there were only fifteen guards left in Gu Taiwei's Mansion.
Within these three days, five more guards left one after another.
It is really difficult for ten people to be responsible for the patrol area of 25 people.
What's more, the remaining guys probably have no intention of patrolling.
They should focus more on finding whether the old man with a prominent family has any treasures hidden in the mansion.
This was not Mu Yang's good guess.
Within three days, he discovered that the guards were always getting close to the old slave in the Taiwei Mansion, and they would also dig holes under strange-looking trees from time to time.
Moreover, the five guards who left one after another looked dejected and angry when they left.
At this moment, only two of the four corner towers in the Gu Taiwei's mansion were guarded by people on the front floor.
Two people were guarding the main entrance, and the remaining six people were divided into groups of two and patrolled the T-shaped corridor.
Regardless of the patrol interval and density, it is not satisfactory, but it is enough to show that they do not forget their old grudges.
Mu Yang wandered to the outer wall of the north wing, leaned against the wall and looked toward the turret.
The turret at this location is unattended today, and behind it is the mansion of a high official who was killed by Cao Cao, so there is not even a human being there.
After Mu Yang made sure 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 hard towards the other side of the wall.
The flying hook flew over the wall, and the specially made iron head of the hook smacked into the inside of the outer wall of the former Taiwei Mansion made of mud bricks.
Mu Yang first listened to the movement around him, and after making sure it was safe, he tugged on the rope again.
He felt that the first hook was already firm, and then he took out the second hook and repeated the same procedure.
Next, he dipped some talcum powder in his hands, supported his hands on two hemp ropes, and climbed up using his hands and feet.
It only took a while to climb up the wall.
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His first action was to bend down, because the patrol happened to be coming from the inside of the wall.
The two guards glanced lazily around the yard and then turned around.
Mu Yang immediately seized the opportunity and pulled the two ropes from the other side, secretly hanging them to the inside of the wall.
This was to prepare an escape route for emergencies.
At this time, he found that he was actually not nervous at all.
All the content of the Shadow training was lived in his mind, guiding his step-by-step actions.
Next, Mu Yang slipped down the wall with the help of a rope and squatted down next to the pillar in the corridor of the ear room.
Under the cover of those lush flowers and plants that have not been taken care of for a month, unless someone walks to the pillar and looks carefully, it is impossible to find a person squatting here.
Mu Yang waited quietly without moving, even his breathing gradually weakened.
He knew that how long he had to squat this time depended on God's will.
Half an hour passed, and Mu Yang still endured the heat and remained motionless.
But at this time, he rubbed his hands and legs without the patrol soldiers paying attention.
This was a necessary measure to keep the body flexible.
The next moment, he took out three copper needles from his arms and looked at them, with a smile on his lips.
Judging from their shape and size, these three copper needles should not be parts of a machine, but more like a tool.
Moreover, the tail of the copper needle is suitable for a person to hold between his thumb and index finger, and the barb is obviously used for pulling and belting.
In an environment like the Han Dynasty where the overall level of smelting was very backward, only the Ma family's arsenal could produce such precise tools.
These three copper needles are used to unlock the lock, which is what Mu Yang will do next.
The origin of the three copper needles is very interesting.
When Ma Chao accidentally inspected the secret weapon casting drawings of the arsenal, he saw that the lock heads in the drawings were all metal reed locks.
Instead of praising Han Feng for his carefulness, he muttered : "Aren't you waiting for others to steal it?"
Han Feng was very shocked at the 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, in full view of everyone, he inserted the three copper needles into the keyhole one after another, supporting each other; then he gently swayed one of them in a wonderful rhythm.
Root, only a click was heard, and the lock opened in response.
Since then, all arsenals have used composite sliding tooth iron locks designed by Ma Chao, which cannot be opened by ordinary people unless they have a specific key.
However, for Ma Chao, who was still a hussar general at the time, how he knew how to pick locks became the sixth gossip in the arsenal rankings.
But later I vaguely heard the guards around the Ma family saying that my lord once said that if the master of the locksmith company I knew was here, it would be a trivial matter to steal the underwear of the princess of the palace.
Soon after, Shadow's training content included this magical lock-picking skill.
Although it couldn't open the locks of Ma's house, the locks in other places were really useless to Shadow.
After inserting Sanmei's copper needle into his clothes to prevent it from falling off, Mu Yang finally heard an extremely short sound coming from the front yard in the distance.
Then I heard someone shouting for a running figure, and there was also talk that there was indeed hidden money.
At this moment, Mu Yang saw that the expressions of the two soldiers patrolling the late lieutenant's bedroom changed, and they hurried to the front yard.
Mu Yang smiled slightly, and suddenly felt a little distressed: he knew that the two pieces of horseshoe gold that had fallen from the eaves had been discovered.
And those two pieces of gold were a reward for overtime when he saved the horse.
This time it is used as a bait.
If it falls on the eaves, the string will be rubbed back and forth by the wind and its own weight.
After it falls, it will become the object of competition for these people, thus creating a unique sneak opportunity for yourself.
However, at the same time, those two pieces of gold were completely out of his reach for this task, and he had to pay for it himself.
Mu Yang felt heartbroken, and he felt a little unfair
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