Suddenly, Ling Yun, who had walked to the front, in the darkness, took a step, and hit his head against a wall, and his head hit the stone wall with a crisp sound.

"It looks like it's the end. The little girl covered her mouth and smiled in the dark, grabbed Ling Yun's palm, and said, "Does it hurt, sure enough, it is better for me to walk in front, otherwise, this sound will hit my head." ”

Ling Yun rubbed his head, his hideous and painful appearance could not be seen in the darkness, and groped around the walls, ready to find a way out.

"Do you touch the top for a mechanism?" said the little girl.

Ling Yun remembered that the two of them were underground, and if there was a way out, it must be overhead, so he picked up the little girl and said, "You sit on my shoulder and touch the top." ”

The little girl was held in his arms, a little shy, climbed on his shoulders, stepped on her shoulders, Ling Yun held her legs with her hands, she stood up with a balance, and said, "Stand firm, but don't shake." ”

The little girl groped for the roof, and sure enough, there were a few gaps where the stones could be pushed, but she was too weak to push the stones that weighed a thousand pounds.

"I can't push this stone, I need you to come. The little girl climbed down and said, "Step on my shoulder." ”

Ling Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said in his heart: "If I step on your shoulder, I'm afraid that I won't be able to stand up if I step on you." ”

"No, you get out of the way. Taking advantage of the darkness that the little girl couldn't see, Ling Yun pulled a stone from the wall that was a foot thick, put it on the ground, and stepped on it.

The top of the head is a heavy stone, Lingyun doesn't care about a lot, anyway, it's just a picture scroll, this mountain-like heavy stone, it's just a thicker picture scroll, so it was lifted hard, and a ray of light shot into the tunnel, accompanied by the fresh air after the rain, making people feel the pleasure of rebirth.

Ling Yun took the little girl's hand, lifted her up and sent her outside, and then climbed out on his own.

Outside is a small garden, and the boulder pressed on the exit of the tunnel is actually a rockery three feet high, and the hollowed-out Taihu Lake stone was pushed aside by Ling Yun messily, and the rockery was crumbling.

Ling Yun restored the entrance of the cave to its original state, for fear that others would find the entrance to the cave, and driven by curiosity, he walked all the way to the county office.

The little girl looked around and found herself in a small garden, surrounded by the scent of the grass mixed with the mud after the rain, and the garden was planted with many low flowers and trees, and the heavy rain had knocked off many fallen leaves and petals.

Ling Yun straightened the entire rockery, got up and looked around, and found that the environment was a little familiar, but the night was blank, and he couldn't be sure where this place was for a while.

"Is this the place where you have a tryst?" asked the little girl playfully.

"You know what. Ling Yun lightly pressed her head and followed the garden path to the half-moon gate of the garden, which was a small gate out of the garden, and there was also a small door on the opposite side.

Looking from the Half Moon Gate, it was a small courtyard, and there was a stone table in the courtyard, and at night, Ling Yun approached and saw that there were traces of the stone table in the corner, and suddenly remembered, and exclaimed in a low voice: "This is where Hu Shao lives!"

The little girl followed, and before she could start, Ling Yun covered her mouth and said in a silenced voice: "Shhhhhh

Ling Yun picked up the little girl, tiptoed out of the courtyard, returned to the garden, and then walked out through another door, Hu Fuzhong, he was not familiar with the courtyard where the female dependents lived, fortunately, the garden and Hu Shao's courtyard were located in the innermost part of the compound, and then go out, and you can walk out of Hu Mansion by climbing over the wall.

Ling Yun covered the little girl's eyes, stepped over the high courtyard wall as if she were walking on the ground, and came to a small bamboo forest outside, where the rain remained on the bamboo leaves, and the earthquake fell.

Behind the Hu Mansion is a tall bamboo forest, through the dense bamboo, Ling Yun and the two came to an alley, and outside the alley is the street.

The little girl shook off Ling Yun's hand and said, "Where is that yard, why are you so scared that you run away, is there a tiger in it?"

"There's a tigress. Ling Yun smiled helplessly, he knew that this little girl was very weird, if she let her meet Hu Shao, I don't know if she would say something like a tryst lover, which angered Hu Shao, it was really troublesome, and what was worse was that Hu Shao misunderstood her relationship with this little girl.

The little girl showed a suddenly realized expression, and said with a wicked smile: "Sure enough, it is the authentic way of a secret lover." ”

In the dark night, the street after the rain is as clean as a wash, and the cool night breeze occasionally blows, bringing a fresh breath.

The little girl yawned and said, "I don't want to go back to that dungeon, where are we going now?"

Ling Yun was silent, and in the night, the crisp sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance.

Ling Yun pulled the little girl to hide behind a shadow wall in the alley and covered her mouth.

One person said in a rough voice: "Master Zhao, we went back to Xianmen this time, is it just to participate in the immortal cultivation conference, after all, we are not interested in cultivating immortals, we have gone through hardships and dangers, and we have broken through the encirclement of the official army, that is, to participate in a conference where people from the rivers and lakes gather, I privately think it is not worth it." ”

The other person laughed loudly, and the laughter spread far away in the quiet night, and said: "Chu Wu, do you think this is just a conference for cultivating immortals? The world has been cultivating immortals for thousands of years, and during this period, except for some myths and legends, who has really seen those who have cultivated immortals and attained the Tao? Therefore, the matter of cultivating immortals is just illusory." The reason why people from the rivers and lakes gathered together to participate in the Xuanyuan Peak's immortal cultivation conference was just to compete for fame and profit. At the Immortal Cultivation Conference, the elite clusters of various sects will inevitably compete with each other, and the reputation of the winner will immediately be famous all over the rivers and lakes, and they can expand the power of the sect when they go back, and it will be a good thing to gain fame and fortune. What's more, the conference needs to elect the alliance leaders of the five major regions of the south, north, east, west and middle earth, this is the biggest event in the rivers and lakes, once it obtains the status of the alliance leader, it means that this sect will become the leader of the famous sect, ruling hundreds of large and small sects in the land of one realm, and the power is extraordinary. The speaker was none other than Zhao Weisong.

"So what, people from the rivers and lakes, what do you have to do with me?" Chu Wu's tone was a little disdainful.

Zhao Weisong continued: "Do you know, now the Xianbei people of the Northern Wei Dynasty are in the extremely cold land of the north, and they have always emphasized the north and neglected the south, and they have expropriated and expropriated the counties in the south of China, and the people have great grievances. This time I came to Xianmen to participate in the Immortal Cultivation Conference, but it was just an excuse to gather anti-Wei people and conspire with great things. ”

Chu Wu was puzzled: "A few warriors in the rivers and lakes, just brute force, is it worth taking such a big risk?"

Zhao Weisong only brought Chu Wu and Ding Zizhen with him on this trip to Xianmen, and the rest of the people stayed by the young master's side, never leaving.

Ding Zizhen interjected: "Master Chu doesn't know, the southern sect is extremely powerful, it is not just as simple as a Jianghu sect, some major sects, in the name of the sect, practice the reality of the clan, own 10,000 acres of fertile land, and even several counties, there are no less than 10,000 tenant farmers under the door, and the business is all over the teahouse, wine shop, grain store, cloth, etc., almost monopolizing all the taxes of a prefecture and county, comparable to the northern family. ”

Chu Wu was dumbfounded and said, "How can the local government allow these sects to have such a monopoly?"

Ding Zizhen said with a smile: "The local government also wants to, but as soon as these sects collapse, the local taxes will be reduced by ninety percent in the second year, do you still want the official master's black gauze hat?" So it's too late for them to tie up, this is also a problem left over from history, when the Northern Wei Dynasty defeated the main force of the Great Qi in the first battle, the whole southern territory has not yet been involved in the war, and the Great Qi Emperor has surrendered, so after the south was included in the rule of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was not overturned like the north, and most of the officials were still the old officials of the Great Qi, but the taxes were more than three percent heavier than the Great Qi, so the people in the south did not like the Northern Wei Dynasty and secretly thought about the Great Qi. ”

Zhao Weisong stroked his palm and stared: "The people's hearts are available, don't miss the opportunity." ”

Ding Zizhen nodded, quite agreeable.