"I've checked the map, unless you're out of Suzhou, no matter where you are, if you want to get to where I am, that tunnel is the way you have to go. I've been waiting for you near the tunnel. ”

"As a result, as soon as your side left, the men and horses of the Fire Gate began to assemble nearby. Haven't you ever thought about how your whereabouts were revealed?"

I was silent for a moment and said, "Tao Xiyu, does the Ghostless Sect have a secret way to communicate?"

"Yes, and very much. Tao Xiyu said, "I also think that it is not appropriate to suspect Xia Qingqing just because the No Ghost Sect gathers nearby. ”

Ye Xun said in a deep voice: "How to explain Xia Qingqing's disappearance?"

Tao Xiyu didn't seem to want to argue with Ye Xun, so he didn't want to pick up Ye Xun's words, but I said in a deep voice: "Regarding Xia Qingqing's matter, I still want to try." ”

Ye Xun couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Okay, if you want to try, just try it! Where are you going to find her now?" Waiting for her to come out?"

I thought for a moment before I said, "I know where to find someone." I've seen the map of Suzhou, let's go!"

The place where I took Ye Xun and Tao Xiyu was the former site of the "Jiangsu Governor's Yamen". When the three of us arrived at the governor's yamen, it was already late at night. We climbed to the roof under the cover of night, and Ye Xuncai asked in a low voice, "What are you leading me here for?"

"Find a family. I said in a deep voice, "When Yongzheng was in power, the blood drops were always dealing with those women. Since Tiger Hill Sword Pond is in Suzhou, Yongzheng will definitely put some effort here. ”

During the Yongzheng period, the Jiangsu generation has developed into the economic center of the south of the Yangtze River, and the Qing court attached great importance to Jiangsu, set up the post of governor of the second grade, and set up the governor's yamen in Suzhou. If Blood Drops is also looking for clues about those people in Suzhou, there will definitely be a secret stronghold. That stronghold is likely to be in the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu. ”

As I spoke, I happened to see a fire flash on the rockery in the backyard of the governor's yamen: "Over there!"

When we jumped off the roof and chased near the rockery, we happened to see the rockery slowly turning from west to east, and the secret door hidden under the rockery appeared in front of us.

Xia Qingqing walked out of the secret door: "Please go inside!"

I quietly made a gesture to Ye Xun, and then followed Xia Qingqing into the secret passage behind the rockery. I quietly pressed the handle of the gun and asked, "You brought us here and don't want to explain something?"

Xia Qingqing said as she walked, "If I told you that I was hypnotized at that time, would you believe it?"

Ye Xun sneered: "A hypnotic master, will he be hypnotized by others?"

Xia Qingqing said slightly angrily: "According to your theory, is it true that a master of sword skills cannot die under the knife, but can only be killed by a gun?"

Ye Xun was speechless for a while, but Tao Xiyu said coldly: "Don't confuse the concept, how can knife technique and hypnotism be compared?"

Xia Qingqing smiled faintly and quickened his pace. I followed him down four steps before entering a secret room underground. The expressionless Sheng Wuwei brought us tea: "Please use tea." ”

"Not busy!" I put down my teacup, "I want to know the real purpose of Yongzheng's establishment of a secret room in the governor's yamen." ”

"Wait for others, wait for the people of the fox clan. Xia Qingqing said, "The warlocks of the Yongzheng Dynasty once deduced that one of the nine tripods had fallen into the hands of King Wu, and the most likely place for King Wu to hide Jiuding was the tomb of Jianchi. ”

Tao Xiyu said in a deep voice: "Isn't Yongzheng looking for Jiuding to suppress the luck of the Qing Dynasty, why didn't he open the sword pond himself? Don't tell me, Yongzheng loved the people, or Yongzheng cherished the ancient ruins of the Tiger Hill Tower so he didn't touch the sword pool." ”

Tao Xiyu's sarcasm is not unreasonable. In the feudal era, the monarch was the sky, and the so-called "the people are the most important, and the monarch is second" did not have much weight in the eyes of the feudal emperor. As long as it is determined that Jiuding exists, even if Suzhou really becomes an ocean, the blood droplets will forcibly open the sword pool, not to mention a Tiger Hill Tower?

Xia Qingqing immediately replied: "Jiuding Zhenguo." Alone, it is more than enough to suppress Wu Guo's luck, but it can only backfire when used to suppress the luck of the Qing Dynasty. Unless you find Jiuding at the same time, you can't open the Jiuding Great Array. ”

I understand. In ancient times, Huaxia was divided into Kyushu, Jiuding Town, and each town and one state. If Yongzheng only takes one tripod, the luck of the other eight states cannot be suppressed, and it will inevitably attract variables. He didn't dare to move Yu Wang Ding easily.

I put my hands behind my back and said, "What do you mean, there must be Jiuding in the tomb of King Wu?"

Xia Qingqing shook his head and said, "I said, that's just an inference, and it's not certain." Blood droplets once explored the tomb of King Wu three times, but the whole army was wiped out. Therefore, we can say that we do not know what secrets are hidden under the sword pool. ”

Tao Xiyu sneered: "Is there a place where blood droplets can't get in?"

Xia Qingqing sneered: "You mean that as long as the mausoleums in the world can be found, they will definitely be able to enter, right?

Xia Qingqing is right, the mausoleums in the world cannot be opened as long as they are found.

Taking the Qianling Tomb where the empress Wu Zetian of the first generation was laid to rest, which of the Huang Chao, Wen Tao, and Sun Lianzhong who fought the idea of Qianling was not a warlord, and which one did not use thousands of troops and horses? Huang Chao mobilized 400,000 troops to open the mountain and failed to touch the Qianling Tomb in the slightest; Sun Lianzhong dispatched a mechanized reorganization division and failed to see the true face of the empress.

Tao Xiyu didn't know these things, and she wasn't a person who liked to talk a lot, she had been targeting Xia Qingqing, probably because Ye Xun had been deflated in front of Xia Qingqing twice, and she wanted to find a way for Ye to return to the field.

However, she herself has now been scared back by Xia Qingqing, I can't look at it like this and be indifferent!

I coughed lightly twice and said, "Don't be angry, everyone. In all fairness, Xia Qingqing does have a lot of suspicions, and sometimes, I have to doubt her motives. However, we are now collaborating. Until there is conclusive evidence, I hope that everyone will not attack each other first, which will not be beneficial to our cooperation. ”

Ye Xun was just about to speak, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.

Since Ye Xun and I debuted, we have cooperated with the Divine Explorer, the Demon Gate, and the Ghostless Sect, which time was not seeking the skin of the tiger, and which time was not escaping death?

At present, the only person we can reach a cooperation with is Xia Qingqing. Although this cooperation is not reassuring, in the face of the Qingqiu Fox Clan, I can only join forces with Xia Qingqing first.

I believe that Ye Xun should understand my thoughts.

Ye Xun stopped talking, Tao Xiyu simply didn't look over, I could only pretend that I didn't see anything, and smiled reluctantly: "You continue." ”

Xia Qingqing said: "Since the beginning of the Yongzheng Dynasty, there have always been people in charge of monitoring the sword pool, but the fox clan has never appeared. Although there was an abnormal movement in the God Exploration Hand, it failed to bring out Jiuding. ”

I was silent for a moment before I said, "Let's not care about the matter of the sword pool for the time being. What just happened over there?"

Xia Qingqing said: "Sheng Wuxian and I have both been hypnotized, and the other party's purpose is to make us kill each other. Fortunately, I broke free in time, but I was controlled by hypnotism at that time, and I could only lure him away temporarily. It's as simple as that. ”

When I turned my head to look at Sheng Wuxian, a flash of shame flashed in the latter's eyes - I reckon that being controlled by others would be tantamount to a great shame for Sheng Wuhui.

Tao Xiyu said coldly: "Then why don't you join us and come directly to this place?"

"Let you bring people over. Xia said in a deep voice, "Don't you see that your every move is under the surveillance of others? ”

Xia Qingqing said confidently: "Even if the Qingqiu Fox doesn't come, the people of the Ghost Sect and the Divine Explorer will come, I want to leave them a lesson here, so that they don't get in the way all the time." ”

While Xia was speaking lightly, the alarm bell suddenly sounded in the entire secret room.

Xia Qingqing raised his eyes and said, "Sure enough, it's here." Put the foxes. ”

Sheng Wuxian casually opened the secret door in the corner of the wall, and the three healthy foxes flew out of the wall and disappeared into the secret passage in the blink of an eye.

I looked at Xia Qingqing: "You use a fox to catch a fox?"

Xia Qingqing nodded and said, "The Qingqiu Fox Clan may not really be the mythical fox spirit, but since the battle between the Blood Drops and the Qingqiu Fox, we have been using foxes to track each other. It turns out that only foxes can find foxes. ”

While Xia Qingqing was still talking, he reached out and pulled open the mechanism in the secret room without complaint, revealing more than a dozen copper pipes hidden in the wall.

This is still the same trick in Tailingli, and the blood droplets should have used the sound from the brass pipe to locate us in the first place.

It didn't take long for a rapid fox to roar from one of the brass pipes.

"The direction of the first digit. I'll take a look......" After Sheng Wu withdrew without complaint, more than a dozen copper pipes screamed almost at the same time, and then the sound of the tip of the knife hitting was a mess in the secret room, and it sounded as if there were hundreds of masters fighting for their lives in the secret passages of the stronghold, screaming and cursing one after another.

I said in a deep voice, "Xia Qingqing, how many traps have you set up in the secret room?"

Xia Qingqing replied in a good time: "Although the mechanism here is not as good as Tailing, it is enough to resist the simultaneous attack of hundreds of masters. Unless the other party uses high explosives, don't try to break through the ambush outside. ”

I frowned and said, "Why do I think that your mechanism has been breached?"

Xia Qingqing's face changed slightly, "What do you mean?"

I pointed to the brass pipe on the wall: "Listen to yourself." Isn't the sound of those people fighting too rhythmic?"

Although the screams outside did not come from one person, the sound of the swords striking was extremely gentle, and even the interval between each impact was exactly the same, sounding like two people were hitting each other's weapons with a very tacit understanding.

Xia Qingqing's face changed drastically under his ears, and he grabbed a copper pipe in a few steps and shouted loudly at the copper pipe: "Sheng Eleven, what's going on outside?"