Chapter 175: Down the Valley
"It depends on whether what you say is valuable?"
The old man sighed, slowly turned around and sat down, and said leisurely, "It definitely won't be done by our people." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info A few years ago, an informant was bewitched and brought outsiders into the valley, and as a result, those outsiders were strong in martial arts, and the whole valley was controlled by them. ”
"This valley is no longer ours, but our relatives are all in the valley, so what can we do outside?"
Xu Shixuan asked, "Who are they and when did they come?" How many people are there? ”
"I've been here for five or six years, I don't know what their identity is, and the number of people is not too many, I just know that they are strong in martial arts. Moreover, I have no news here, and even if anything happens, I won't get here. ”
"And who are you?"
The old man turned his head to look at him in surprise, at this time he believed that Xu Shixuan really didn't know, but the words had already been spoken, and it was impossible to pretend to be an ordinary person anymore.
The old man's heart was full of chagrin, he was the one who hurt everyone!
Xu Shixuan stopped talking and waited for him quietly.
After being silent for a long time, the old man said: "We are the family members of King Wuliang's subordinates, and after King Wuliang died in battle, a surviving deputy general brought us here to settle down, just to let future generations have a peaceful life." ”
Xu Shixuan knew King Wuliang, and he once competed with Emperor Taizu for the world, and the people in this valley were actually descendants of the family members of King Wuliang. It's just that the family members of the subordinates don't need to hide like this, and any new dynasty and new monarch, in order to show mercy and win people's hearts, will not rush to kill them all.
Unless there are still people!
"Is it that King Wuliang still has descendants?" Xu Shixuan asked again.
The old man was stunned by his question, and after reacting, he said loudly: "No! We're just women and children, and we don't even know martial arts! ”
This kind of thing is confidential, and the old man was not an important person back then, so he naturally didn't know. Xu Shixuan no longer pursued, but asked about other things, "They control the valley?" Won't you run away? ”
The old man smiled bitterly and said, "There is only one secret passage leading to the outside world in the valley, and our people can't get close at all, how can we run?" ”
"The same place where the big yellow dog ran to deliver the letter?"
The old man bowed his head and said, "That's the exit, and there are their people sitting in the secret passage." ”
"What the old man said, we will naturally verify it when we go to the valley, and if it is true, we will not only rescue everyone, but also treat each other leniently. If it's tricks, don't blame us for being rude. ”
After Xu Shixuan returned to the tent, he asked someone to serve a pot of hot tea and invited Chu Shuhuang over. The old man didn't say anything when he thought about it, but he couldn't ignore it yet.
After listening to his retelling, Chu Shuhuang thought for a while and said, "Do you think you can rebel against the descendants of those Wuliang Wang's subordinates, and we should cooperate with the outside world?" ”
Xu Shixuan shook his head and said, "I have also thought about this situation. This old man was sent to such a place, he was definitely not a person who was taken seriously, and he had been exiled for many years, I am afraid that he might not even know the person in charge inside, how to rebel? ”
Chu Shuhuang nodded and said, "And those people have been controlling the valley for five or six years, I'm afraid that some of those descendants have already taken refuge in them, and it is too dangerous to rebel." In this case, we can only let people guard the entrance of the cave and enter the valley to see the opportunity to act, but fortunately, it will not take two days for the officers and soldiers to arrive, and it is not impossible to take it. ”
The result of the final discussion between the two was to let Chuan An take twenty brothers to guard here, in addition to guarding the entrance of the cave, but also guarding the old man and the old woman. Of course, if they have misdeeds, they don't have to be ruthless. After the officers and soldiers who had waited for two days had arrived, they divided into two routes, one staying here and the other supporting the valley.
On the morning of the second day, after a brief tidying up, the two set off with their people. It's all mountain roads, so naturally they can't ride horses, they need to walk into the mountains.
Although the mountain is still full of fog, the brothers in front have removed the poison from the fog and left obvious route marks, so they just need to follow it. Even so, it took two days of walking to reach the upper peak of the valley.
The fog here is much thinner than when you enter the mountain, and you can see the whole topography. It was a long, narrow valley, hidden behind a side peak, and if it weren't for a professional like a scout, even if you entered the valley, you might not be able to find such a place.
The terrain in the valley is uneven, and a lot of houses are built sparsely, some of them live in the mountains, and some of them are crowded in a corner, all of which are small doors and small courtyards. However, there are also two large mansions built on the two largest open spaces in the valley, and the pavilions and water pavilions in them are looming, which must not be for ordinary people to live in.
It is surrounded by steep cliffs, about 200 meters high, which may be protected by poisonous fog, and no one has been sent to defend it for more than 20 years.
The brothers who went to the mountain first, except for the five who went down to the valley, were guarding here, and when they saw them, they jumped out to salute. Due to the inconvenience of the message, they only knew that the five brothers were fine, and the specific situation was not clear.
Xu Shixuan gave them a brief introduction to what he could say, laid out a plan of action, and finally decided to go down to the valley before dawn on the second day.
That night, everyone found a leeward place on the mountain, and made do with it for the night, and in the early hours of the morning, when it was still dawn, five thick rope locks hung down on the cliff and began to descend the valley.
Xu Shixuan and Chu Shuhuang are in the second group, as well as Qianyun and Yun Fang, as well as Xu Shixuan's secret guard. Although it is a vertical cliff, there are some thorns, but fortunately, the people in front have already dealt with it simply, Chu Shuhuang wrapped the rope and slid down lightly.
Qianyun followed her silently, and always had to take two steps faster, always checking to be safe.
Xu Shixuan knew that Chu Shuhuang had a great relationship with the Anguo Mansion, and after looking at the kung fu of the two, he knew that Chu Shuhuang's martial arts also came from the Anguo Mansion. While secretly praising her light skills, she sighed at Qianyun's intentions, which shows that Hua Chang is also very attentive to Chu Shuhuang.
But as soon as he thought about it, the corners of his mouth curled, Chu Shuhuang obviously didn't understand this intention, no matter what the reason, this was his chance.
It took about a quarter of an hour for them to reach the bottom. The five men who had gone into the valley earlier to investigate also rushed over, and were very happy to see that they had come down safely. After the ceremony, they gathered together and introduced what they had learned.
The land in the valley was barren, and the descendants of those tribes lived in a very poor life, and those who came after them did not treat them well, and almost became their slaves. (To be continued.) )