Chapter 520: Smoke
Shi Si's goods, Zhao Yu originally wanted to free up his hands to rectify it again, but now he is not honestly hiding to avoid trouble, but he has to challenge his patience. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThen he can only find some time to get rid of it first, otherwise he will become a caged bird, and he will be held back in this square inch every day and can't even get out of the door. So after waking up the next day, he found that Wen Tianxiang went to supervise the beheading, and Ying Jieyan went to the east gate to inspect it, shouting that the opportunity had come. There are only three people Zhao Yu is afraid of in Quanzhou, one is Wen Tianxiang, one is Ying Jieyan, and the other is the monk Yuan Miao.
The two of them went out, and Yuan Miao was sure to persuade them. Although he has been a monk for half his life, he has no consciousness of being a monk, and he is still very sullen and competitive. And he has a special identity, he is not only a child of the royal clan, but also an elder of Shaolin in Quanzhou, who lost his relatives and many disciples in the bloody night of Quanzhou. If you talk about hatred for the Pu family, I am afraid that he will be second, and no one will dare to call him first. With these two fatal weaknesses, he had to follow Zhao Yu's baton.
Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Yu wanted to go out, he found Yuan Miao sitting cross-legged at the door meditating and chanting, and he had already been caught in the door, he only whispered two words in his ear, and Yuan Miao immediately got up and followed His Majesty. Ni Liang naturally obeyed, and immediately ordered a team of guards, and summoned two groups of guards to escort them. Although calm had long since returned to the palace, it was still under strict guard, and all the way they went, in addition to the soldiers on guard, were the scribes in a hurry. Seeing Zhao Yu coming, he knew that His Majesty had entered the mansion, and they stopped saluting.
"That's where Shi Si escaped from here?" The group came to the front of the hut in the corner of the backyard, there was a sealed corner door on the side, this house should be the gatehouse used by the servants to rest when they were on duty, it looked very old from the outside, and few people came here after the corner door was blocked, so that the shady wall was covered with moss, Zhao Yu asked people to open the door and there was a musty smell coming to his face, he flashed back and asked.
"Your Majesty, exactly, but a section of the road inside has been blocked!" A sergeant of the Operations Team of the Secretariat said.
"Let's go inside!" Zhao Yu nodded and was about to enter the house.
"Your Majesty, wait a minute, Lao Wei will go down and take a look first!" Although Yuan Miao was moved by His Majesty's words, he also knew that if the little emperor was wrong, he would simply be killed, so he grabbed the torch and rushed to check it first, so as not to have an ambush.
"You follow the master, don't rush in!" Zhao Hao hurriedly ordered two guards to let them follow.
"Be on guard, get close without permission and kill without mercy!" Ni Liang looked around and ordered the guards to set up a cordon, but pulled His Majesty away from the door to protect him behind him, in case an assassin popped out of it.
The explorers couldn't come back for a while, Zhao Yu looked at this small courtyard, and buckled the crack of the wall with his hand, the lime inside was already very soft, and it had been built for quite a long time, even before the construction of Pufu. Then this tunnel is likely to be built by the previous owner, but the Pu family did not block it after discovering it, but isolated this courtyard, so that the people of Pufu did not know the existence of this secret passage, and then built a house around the house to completely bury the tunnel, and no one would have thought that there was a secret existence in this dilapidated courtyard.
"Your Majesty, there is no one in the tunnel, and no mechanism has been found, after three hundred steps, it has been blocked with rocks, and it should have been prepared in advance to block the pursuers, and it is impossible to move forward, and it is difficult to find out where it leads!" When the guards who had entered the tunnel with him returned, he immediately reported to the emperor who was crouching by the wall and didn't know what he was looking at.
"Well, how big is the rock, can it be moved!" Zhao Hao asked by tapping his finger hard at the wall a few times.
"Your Majesty, the stones are as big as basins, and the small ones are also big buckets, and they should be able to move, because they are worried that they will collapse, so their subordinates dare to move!" The guards weren't quite sure about the tunnel.
"Okay, that's good, is there any standing water in the tunnel?" Zhao Yu stood up and patted the dust on his hands.
"When I first entered the dark passage, the water could not reach my knees, but it was gone after only a hundred and ten steps forward!" The guard replied after a moment's thought.
"Can you see how long the blockade has been?" Zhao Yu looked down at his pants and asked again.
"Your Majesty, it should be very long, and the torch can't shine on the other side!" The guard thought for a moment.
"Well, let's go in and have a look! Oh, and bring a short crossbow and rockets. Zhao Hao didn't ask any more questions, and walked towards Dongkai.
"Your Majesty, don't go in, right?" Ni Liang stood in front of him.
"Amitabha, the old man is here, don't be troublesome!" Seeing this, Yuan Miao pronounced the Buddha's trumpet, Ni Liang turned his head and glared at Yuan Miao when he heard this, took a torch and walked forward first. Zhao Yu folded his hands and gave Yuan Miao a smile and followed, but Yuan Miao didn't follow this time, but just glanced at Fa Zheng and Fa Qiao and asked them to follow, but he stayed at the door.
The hole in the tunnel was directly opened on the floor of the inner room, Ni Liang was in front of him with a torch, Zhao Yu walked down the steps made of blue bricks, and before he reached the bottom of the cave, he could see the reflection of the stagnant water, and Fa Zheng, who was following behind, picked him up and waded forward with the water. But he was not idle, hammering a stone in his hand against the wall, echoing in a dull echo in the dark alleyways.
The further he walked, Zhao Hao felt that the sound of water was gradually decreasing, the direction of people was going up, and the inside became more and more narrow, Ni Liang's block could only barely pass, leaving a fist space above his head, and he could only shrink his neck so as not to touch his head when he was held by Fa Zheng, and there were constantly water droplets dripping and falling on his body. The torches seemed to become less bright in the dark holes, and there was a feeling of walking in the bilge.
"Let me go!" The sound of water disappeared, and Zhao Yu knew that he had arrived on dry ground, and spoke. As soon as Fa Zheng put him down, Zhao Yu squatted on the ground and groped up.
"As I expected!" Just when everyone was strange, Zhao Yu stood up and leaned under the torch to watch, but he only grabbed a handful of sand in his hand, but he was very excited, which made the other three very inexplicable.
Zhao Yu didn't care whether they understood whether they took a torch and walked forward, although he was fat, but he was small and could still come and go freely in the narrow alleyway, and he actually arrived at the blocked place first, and took a picture up and down, and sure enough, as the guards who surveyed said that this place was all blocked by stones, of course, he didn't dare to reach out rashly to touch it, in case it collapsed, there was no place to hide in such a narrow place.
'Huh......'
"There is really a gap, this saves trouble!" When the torch was raised, the flames suddenly jumped up and floated away, and Zhao Yu was overjoyed to see it.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Seeing His Majesty yelling, Ni Liang hurriedly asked.
"Look at how big a gap there is at the top? Be careful, don't touch it! Zhao Hao leaned sideways and dodged a way, letting Ni Liang lean forward.
"Your Majesty, the gap above can hold my fist, but I can't see how far it is!" Ni Liang looked at it and replied.
"Give him a crossbow arrow and shoot an arrow through the gap!" Zhao Yu instructed Faqiao again.
"Shoot again!" Ni Liang took the short crossbow as instructed, mounted a rocket, lit it, and shot an arrow blindly along the gap. Because he couldn't see clearly, the rocket didn't fly far before it hit the top of the cave and fell, and Zhao Yu ordered to shoot again.
"Your Majesty, the rocket has landed!" Ni Liang shot two arrows in succession, because the rocket falling in front of him illuminated the gap, so that he could see the target clearly, and shot farther and farther, but the third arrow fell to the ground.
"How far is it?" Zhao Yu asked.
"Your Majesty, it's about ten zhang!" Ni Liang lifted his feet and looked at it again and replied.
"Okay, go back!" Zhao Yu listened and ordered.
"Oh......" The other three people thought that His Majesty would tell him how to pass through this blocked road, but they didn't expect to go back like this, and they were all very surprised and stunned and replied......
The four of them returned the same way, Zhao Hao didn't say anything, and immediately ordered someone to call Zhao Mengjin over, and at the same time asked people to find flammable and smoke things to send here, and began to demolish this hut. He only breathed a sigh of relief at this time, Ni Liang had already asked people to smash open the door next to him, but found that it was full of dust, so he had to move a chair and wipe it clean for His Majesty to sit down and rest.
waited for others, and Zhao Yu also thought through his thoughts to improve his plan. His initial idea was also a stupid way, that is, after finding out the direction of the dark passage, and determining the approximate location after the blocked place, and then it should be demolished, dug and dug, and after finding out the secret passage, follow the map. Although this is also laborious and laborious, it is better than a large-scale 'demolition'.
After arriving at the place, Zhao Hao had a new idea after the field survey, and he found that the yard was built early, and the terrain was much lower than other places. It is said that in the event of heavy rain, there will definitely be water accumulation here, and looking at the water stains left on the wall further confirms my judgment. He pondered that if this was the case, the secret passage would be even lower when it went deep into the ground, and it should have been filled with water a long time ago, so how could Shi Si escape from here? Unless there is a culvert in the tunnel to drain it, or if it is sandy, the water flowing into the tunnel will quickly seep into the ground, indicating that the ground is soft enough to excavate.
If this is the case, then the tunnel is likely to be made of bricks and stones, and the ground is not hardened, so the newly dug soil can be transported out by excavating in situ, and the stones that block the tunnel can be filled into the pit, so as to open up the tunnel. This method can involve multiple people in the operation, which is fast, has little movement, and is not easy to alarm the teacher.
In order to verify whether his idea was correct, Zhao Yu decided to go in and have a look, and wondered if he could make some simple lifting and excavation equipment to improve efficiency. This entry is good, not only to prove that his judgment is right, but also according to the change of flames, he found that the dark passage was not completely blocked. As for bringing a short crossbow and rockets, he was worried that there was a secret door hidden in the secret passage, if an assassin suddenly came out, how to fight in such a narrow place, but the short crossbow could shoot the enemy from a long distance, and the rocket could determine the enemy's location.
And this unintentional move of inserting willows further made Zhao Hao sure that this gap was not small, and it was not too long, which gave him a new idea, that is, to light a fire and smoke. The swing of the flames has shown that the air in the tunnel is flowing, and the tunnel is underground, but the smoke is upward, and it is pervasive, at that time, as long as a few observation points are set up, arrange troops in the general area of the tunnel, as long as the observation post finds where the smoke rises again, you can determine where the exit of the tunnel is, and immediately mobilize troops to round up.
In fact, the bureau is more knowledgeable in doing this, and it is most appropriate to wait until after the curfew in the evening. But there are enough things to think about Zheng Huchen, and the time is urgent, and it is easy to determine the goal during the day, plus Zhao Yu can't wait until the curfew at night, after all, this is still related to his own safety. Then they can only use the Chinese army holding the city to do this, thinking that they have sufficient troops and control the city defense, which is also appropriate.
"Why did Your Majesty come out, if there is anything, how can your subordinates take care of it!" After a while, Zhao Mengjin arrived in a hurry, followed by a group of guards, and at the same time ordered them to strengthen their vigilance, they trotted to the emperor to salute.
"I'm not so delicate, as long as you do this well today, I'm safe!" Zhao Hao helped him to excuse him.
"Oh, Your Majesty has found a way to catch Shisi?" Last night, the assassin disguised himself in the palace to assassinate everyone knew about it, and Zhao Mengjin was also worried, this is his own Chinese army fortification, if something happens to His Majesty, he will be blamed, and he naturally hates Shi Si to the core.
"Well, but it's up to you whether you can catch it or not!" Zhao Yu nodded.
"Although Your Majesty commands, his subordinates can't catch him and come to see him!" Zhao Mengjin was also refreshed when he heard this, and he was able to get rid of this big trouble, and he was at ease, and he assured at the moment.
"Okay, even if you make a military order, if you can't catch Shi Si, you will ask!" Zhao Yu said. Then he explained his plan, it is still the time to pass, people have eaten breakfast, and it is not yet time to make lunch, and there will be no fire in the house to heat up on such a hot day, and there will be no smoke. He lit a fire here to smoke cigarettes, and Zhao Mengjin's task was to watch the smoke and arrest people.
Because the tunnel is blocked, there may be a fork in the road, so the smoke may come out from several places. And Shi Si's hiding place will definitely be protected, and there are even killers hiding there, Zhao Yu ordered that the troops must be fully prepared, the encirclement must be strong, and the boiled duck must not be allowed to fly, and if necessary, the naval army that has just entered the city can be mobilized to assist.
Zhao Mengjin took the order and left, mobilized the army, and arranged an observation post. Zhao Yu couldn't help but wait for the deployment to be completed, and immediately let people light the fire, and used the airbag to pour all the smoke into the dark tunnel. And he immediately rushed back to the middle hall to climb the top floor, holding a telescope to look in the northwest direction, speaking of which he was really a little nervous, he didn't know that his method was not effective, if it didn't work, it would be difficult to startle the snake, then Shi Si moved the nest again, and it was even more difficult to find it. But there are many mansions in the northwest, and there are no less than 100 families living in them, so it is really not easy to find out from them.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's smoking over there!" After a while, there was no smoke rising, and just when Zhao Hao wondered if his judgment was wrong, Ni Liang pointed to the northeast and shouted...... (To be continued.) )