The last person to come in was Wu Rong, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard.
Except for the Wang tripod, nothing was thrown away. Ji Jie, who was hiding on the second floor, held his breath. He could have escaped through the skylight on the third floor, but doing so would expose a lot of clues, and he could freely come and go through the passages full of agencies.
, the only ones who know the situation here are those few people, and they can find it out with a quick check. He doesn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble to Qian’er. These people won’t hide upstairs just thinking about me!
Wu Rong has served as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Palace Guards for nearly ten years. He is vigorous and resolute in his work, has a cautious personality, and has excellent martial arts skills. He has firmly occupied the top position in the Zhao Palace.
Wu Rong checked the stone base where the Wang Ding was originally placed, and then the surrounding situation. He quickly made a judgment: "I would like to report to King Qi, the Wang Ding was indeed stolen, and there were footprints of the thieves on the scene. It's just that
It’s strange, judging from the footprints, there is only one thief!”
How could a thief move the heavy Wang Ding? Even if he was a strong man, how could Wang Ding leave without anyone noticing because Wang Ding's target was so big?
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. Please move away. I will investigate this matter as soon as possible!" Wu Rong bowed to King Zhao Xiang.
King Zhao Xiang sighed and said, "Well, I will leave this matter to you and I will wait for your good news!"
After saying that, King Zhao left the place surrounded by several court guards. Wu Rong suddenly shouted toward the upstairs: "Thief, why don't you come down and be bound!"
Has it been discovered?
Ji Jie was taken aback. He had already slowed down his breathing rhythm to the slowest before Wu Rong came in. How could he be discovered?
In fact, Wu Rong didn't detect Ji Jie from his breath, but the footprints on the ground led to the stairs. He concluded that the thief was hiding upstairs, which was Ji Jie's bad luck. What a coincidence. If he didn't come out today, Wang
The theft of the tripod will only become an unsolved case, but now it's fine, I've hit the muzzle of a gun.
"Is there someone upstairs?" The imperial guards drew their weapons one after another, and looked nervously at the stairs leading to the second floor.
It seemed that a bloody battle was inevitable. Ji Jie decided to pay attention. He took out more than a dozen crossbows specially designed for imperial guards from his Sumeru ring and lined them up in front. He wanted to catch me. Let's see if you have this ability.
Wu Rong was very smart. Of course, he thought that while the thief was still here, he calmly advised King Zhao to leave, so that he could free his hands. If he took action rashly, he might endanger King Zhao.
"Triangle formation, advance!" Wu Rong gave the order to attack. Three imperial guards formed one front and two back, and walked up the stairs with weapons in hand.
"Whoosh..." Two crossbow arrows shot out. Before they had time to react, two of the imperial guards were hit in vital parts and rolled down the stairs. The third one didn't even see clearly who was on the other side.
The peeing shit fell from above together with the two corpses.
Look at Ji Jie again, holding two crossbows while holding the bow on the left and right. This Zhao Guo crossbow specially built for the imperial guards is not very powerful, but it is still very effective for such close range shooting.
These crossbows were captured after killing Zhao Can's men last night. I didn't expect them to be put to use so quickly.
Wu Rong immediately recognized that the crossbow arrows came from the court guard crossbow. This is standard equipment. It is strictly managed on weekdays. Except for the palace guards, other soldiers are not allowed to use it. How could the thieves have this thing? Is it because they were guarding and stealing it?
Beads of sweat broke out on Wu Rong's head. If this was the case, he, the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards, had committed a serious dereliction of duty. "Prepare shields and advance in parallel!"
The four imperial guards stood close together, lined up in a row holding shields over one meter high, and walked upstairs in unison, their bodies completely hidden behind the shields.
Ji Jie suddenly appeared directly above the stairs. After hearing Wu Rong's order, he immediately adjusted his hiding position, raised two crossbows and activated the crossbows, and immediately replaced the other two.
, and shoot two more arrows.
None of the four imperial guards were spared. They thought their shields could provide 100% protection, but they neglected their own backs.
Both times were due to carelessness. Six of Wu Rong's men died. His heart was bleeding. If it weren't for the fact that this was a warehouse full of treasures, he would have taken his people out without hesitation and set a fire.
, the thieves hiding inside can only have two outcomes: being burned to death or being shot to death when breaking out.
"Which brother is above and why did he do such a treacherous thing? Can you answer it?" Wu Rong's purpose was to find out the identity of the other party so that he could make next arrangements.
Ji Jie ignored it.
"Turtle shell formation!" In desperation, Wu Rong had no choice but to send people up again. One person held the shield high above his head, and five more people centered on him, and the six shields formed a cylindrical formation with a top cover.
As the name suggests, arrows fired from any direction will be blocked outside the shield. There are pros and cons. The biggest weakness of this formation is the inconvenience of movement, and the sight of people inside is blocked, so they all move by feeling.
The turtle formation finally moved step by step from the stairs to the second floor. The people inside just breathed a sigh of relief when they felt the weight of a thousand pounds. The six people were pressed to the ground by the weight of a thousand pounds. The giant shields made of thick wooden boards were placed one after another.
Was crushed to pieces.
That's right, what's pressing down on their heads is the King's Cauldron, and it's not one, but three! No matter how hard your turtle shell is, it can't withstand the overwhelming pressure from above.
Speaking of miserable deaths, these six people were the worst, being crushed to death.
Ji Jie waved his hand, and the three royal cauldrons flew back to Xumijie. Play with me, you are still not close to being successful.
Wu Rong was about to collapse. He had killed twelve of his men in a short period of time, but he didn't even see the other party's appearance. He reached out and grabbed the round shields and weapons of the imperial guards around him, and shouted: "You guys wait below.
Hold on, I’ll come!”
Wu Rong reacted extremely quickly, and with his agile movements, he knocked down three incoming crossbow arrows. When he saw Ji Jie, he felt an indescribable familiarity, as if he had seen him before.
Ji Jie's disguise technique can only deceive ordinary people. He is a familiar face recognized by the Zhao Palace.
To strike first, Ji Jie attacked with a sword and fought with Wu Rong. The two of them had a few ping-pong moves, and they basically knew the opponent's strength.
Ji Jie knew very well that he was no match for Wu Rong. If he switched to a long spear and fought on horseback, he would still have a chance of winning. At this time, he hated Han, Zhao and Wei who had kidnapped Wang Ding even more. Otherwise, he would have learned the "Xuanyuan Sword" method.
, how could Urong be his opponent!
After the fight started from above, several bold imperial guards from below sneaked up, holding crossbows and aiming at Ji Jie who was fighting.
"Whoosh...whoosh..." Four arrows shot at the same time, the situation was extremely dangerous.