Chapter Forty-Nine: Underground Escape
The carp escaped the golden hook, shook its tail and shook its head. ----------Bright. Zhang Fengyi "Irrigation Garden"
It is said that Tang Zhou has gone out with the three generals of the imperial court, and Zhang Ning has no hope of revenge, Chen Long arranged for Zhou Budo, Hu Ji, and Hao Pu to drive a boat to the vicinity of the Xiaopingjin ferry on the Yellow River to respond, and prepared to save Ma Yuanyi and escape directly from the Yellow River. After Zhao Da carried the boat to the two, he hurriedly returned to the safe house, and when Chen Long encouraged Zhao Daduo, he wrote a letter again, asking him to send someone to Lingling Huang Gai, and asked Huang Gai to send someone to pick up Chen Qun.
Everything is in order, and the sun is already falling. Lu Chang procured food, and while Zhang Ning ate, he gave Chen Long a detailed description of the strategic concept and troop layout of the Yellow Turban Army in Zhang Jiao. It turned out that Zhang Jiao originally thought that after Ma Yuanyi's success in Luoyang, the soldiers would point directly at the Tiger Pass, and attack Ma Yuanyi's rebel troops inside and outside, occupying the imperial capital in one fell swoop, thus annexing the entire division. Then the Tun Soldier Division, with Runan's Bocai, Nanyang's Zhang Mancheng formed an echoing trend, from the Central Plains to more flowers, connected into one, twenty-four Daqu Marshal together to send troops, unified the world. It's a pity that although the calculation is good, I didn't expect Ma Yuanyi's first step, because of Tang Zhou's rebellion, has died.
After hearing this, Chen Long thought that the Yellow Turban Army was actually very considerable, and it also occupied some strategic places. It's a pity that the Yellow Turban Army is uneven, good at fighting but not good at using strategy, thirsty for killing but not appeased, and is called a thief by the people, and it falls short of success. The most important thing is the lack of his own ruling ideology and propaganda that is kind to the people.
Zhang Ning listened to Chen Long's words, nodded secretly in his heart, and expressed deep admiration for Ailang's concept of governing the country and his ideas of governance. Chen Long sighed: "Mei Niang, Lingling is not lacking in benevolence, what is lacking is manpower and talents, in the future, I plan to be widely affected by the displaced people, reclaim the barren, one is to let the displaced people have a fixed place, and the other is to obtain productivity from the displaced people." Once the population of Lingling reaches the level of Sili, it can establish a first-class political and military center to build Luoyang and Chang'an south of the Yangtze River. ”
"Long Lang, Lingling is just a county in Jingzhou, I think your next goal should be to become the lord of Jingzhou, right?" Zhang Ning said with a smile.
Chen Long thought of Zhuge Liang's Longzhong pair, and said with a smile: "Mei Niang can see it accurately. Jingzhou's fertile fields are thousands of miles, the land of fish and rice, which is naturally my first goal to conquer. After mastering Jingzhou, Jiangdong can be operated in the east, Yizhou can be operated in the west, Jiaozhou can be pacified in the south, and the Central Plains can be coveted in the north, which is the land of the four wars. Saying that, he stood up, walked to the window, showed his toned and masculine figure, and said slowly: "When I unify Jiangnan, if the yellow scarf really wins the north of the Yangtze River, I will give the south of the Yangtze River to my father-in-law as my dowry, how about it?" ”
Zhang Ning was shocked when he heard this, and said shyly: "Who said I was going to marry you?" Chen Long was dumbfounded.
The sky was dark and dark, and everything was silent, Chen Long and Zhang Ning were talking and laughing, and they were concubines, and they didn't notice that time had flown by. Before the hour, Lu Chang knocked on the door and brought a night coat to support, Chen Long inserted the Qinglong dagger, inserted his serrated dagger to Zhang Ning, and said: "Enter the South Palace later, I will take you to the palace first, and I will go alone to rescue Brother Ma and meet in the palace." Zhang Ning and Lu Chang knew that only Chen Long could enter the water prison alone, and they couldn't help much, so they all nodded obediently.
A few people packed up, locked the safe house, and leaped into the darkness. Lu Chang carried two torches on his back, ready to climb over the mountain. On the way, Chen Long's childlike heart suddenly rose, and he deliberately flew off the wall, wanting to try Zhang Ning's light skills, but Zhang Ning followed suit, and followed without any obstruction, Chen Long thought to himself, is that light work more suitable for women to practice?
Smoothly flew into the Nangong Garden and dived into the river, Chen Long took the two of them to swim and stop, and breathed under the bridge every few minutes, and successfully arrived at the flowers on the left side of the Qifei Palace. Chen Long pointed to the hanging window on the left side of the main hall, the two of them understood, Chen Long and a team of patrols walked by, first leaped up, and opened the hanging window with ease, and Lu Chang and Zhang Ning followed the leap outside, submerged into the darkness of the main hall.
Chen Long closed the lattice from the hanging window, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, it was the second team of patrolmen, walking with torches. Chen Long could not avoid it, at this time, as long as a patrolman looked up at the starry sky, he could find the figure hanging by the window, fortunately, the soldiers were just routine, so they walked by with their heads down.
Chen Longxin shouted that it was dangerous, and saw the torch cross the Jinshui Bridge and went all the way south. Submerged in the river again, he swam under the Canglongmen Bridge in one breath, and drilled into the cave, where Chen Long dug along the culvert. The culverts collapsed under the sharp green dragon dagger, Chen Long caught the fallen tiles and stones and gently put them into the water, and the cave quietly progressed, and suddenly Chen Long felt bad, only to see the culvert branch out and go to the left and right.
Chen Long was depressed, he didn't expect that there would be more than one water prison in this damn prison. Is it left or right? This is a problem.
Although Chen Long did not choose phobia, he was still stumped by this question, God knows whether the old horse is locked up on the left or right. Gritting his teeth, he simply ignored the left and right, and continued to dig from the middle, thinking that the water dungeon should be connected anyway, and it was unknown if he could dig through the wall of the water dungeon.
The stones in front of him were gradually thinning, and Chen Long dug up a lot of earth, and it was obvious that the cave had passed the palace wall. Chen Long slowed down the speed of digging to prevent the water from flowing too much after the wall was broken, and finally after two hours, the green dragon dagger touched the hard green bricks.
The green dragon dagger rotated slightly, traveled along the brick joint, and pry down the first green brick. At the broken place, the water flowed out along the *, and for a while the muddy water splashed, Chen Long continued to dig, and the breach became bigger and bigger, and finally allowed Chen Long to go against the current and drill into the water prison.
Chen Long emerged from the water prison, thinking that the guards must be outside, and the prison should be safe. Looking around, there was no one in the prison, and when he was depressed, a voice suddenly burst into the air: "Who are you?" ”
Chen Long was overjoyed, heard that it was Ma Yuanyi's voice, and followed the voice. Ma Yuanyi was trying to see the person in the dark through the wooden fence, Chen Long grabbed Ma Yuanyi's hands, lowered his voice and said, "Brother Ma, it's me, Chen Long." ”
It turned out that what Chen Long broke was the water prison next door where Ma Yuanyi was imprisoned. When Ma Yuanyi heard Long Chen's words, his hands trembled violently, he really didn't expect that Long Chen, who was thousands of miles away, would appear in front of him like a miracle.
Both of them were afraid that the guards outside would hear the movement, so they chose not to make a sound. Chen Long used the Qinglong dagger to cut a section of the wooden fence, Ma Yuanyi turned over, and Chen Long picked up his iron cuffs again. In the dark, Ma Yuanyi leaned into Chen Long's ear and said, "Wenlong, I didn't expect you and me to meet in Pingshui, but it was you who came to save me today." ”
Chen Long shook his head and said that he didn't need to thank him, pulled Ma Yuanyi, and groped to send Ma Yuanyi into the cave first. Unexpectedly, Ma Yuanyi did not move, Chen Long was puzzled, looked at Ma Yuanyi, and saw that he actually left tears.
Ma Yuanyi leaned into Chen Long's ear again and said: "My tendons and tendons have been broken by Cao Cao, and I am already a wasted person." It's also a burden for you to save me, so I'll leave quickly after saving the saint. You can risk death to come to save me, let me avoid the car crack, this kindness, I will be a cow and a horse in the next life. ”
Chen Long was shocked, and he didn't pay attention, and the Qinglong dagger in his hand was snatched by Ma Yuanyi and waved it over his throat. Chen Long was caught off guard, and when he was about to grab the dagger, Ma Yuanyi had already fallen softly in his arms. Chen Longhu had tears in his eyes, thinking of the black-clothed man with strong martial arts in Lingling, who had died in this stinking water prison, and couldn't help but sigh deeply. I had to put down the body, bow deeply, and escape along the cave.
Following the original path back to the Qifei Palace, falling from the window into the flat ground in the hall, Zhang Ning and the two saw that he was just alone, and hurriedly asked in a low voice. Chen Long was afraid that Zhang Ning would be upset, so he first hugged Ning Ning, and then slowly said how Ma Yuanyi was generous and righteous.
Zhang Ning was already crying, but he didn't dare to make a sound, and bit Chen Long's shoulder tightly to prevent the choking sound from spreading. Chen Long patted Zhang Ning on the back and soothed him in every possible way, until Zhang Ning calmed down a little, then made a silent gesture, helped the grief-stricken Zhang Ning, and went to the dragon bed to open the mechanism, and the three of them entered the tunnel in turn, and the floor behind them slowly closed.
Chen Long breathed a sigh of relief, and shook the fire and said, "Mei Niang, are you better?" Zhang Ning nodded silently, and the design of the tunnel next to Lu Chang was very exquisite, and he couldn't help but admire, and asked: "This tunnel to the north should lead to the mountain, and where does this southwest lead to?" ”
Chen Long was about to answer, when he suddenly put his finger to his lips and extinguished the fire. Zhang Ning and the others hurriedly silenced themselves, only to hear the sound of footsteps in the air, which was actually from the southwest tunnel. Chen Long was shocked and pulled the two of them into the darkness in the corner on the right side of the alleyway. There is a half-side wall here, and if someone comes out of the southwest tunnel and turns directly into the tunnel to the north, they should not be found.
The footsteps were getting louder and louder, and there should have been seven or eight people. Suddenly, a young voice sounded: "Father, the little poem you took me to see this time is really beautiful." Next time, the widow will go again. ”
A flattering voice sounded next to him: "Your Majesty, there is no problem with this, tomorrow I will let that Shishi bring her sisters with her, Your Majesty*, hehehe." The voice turned around the corner and headed north along the tunnel.
Chen Long suddenly felt in his heart, no wonder Emperor Han Ling was so kind to the Ten Standing Servants, he was simply accompanying him to eat, drink and have fun. Emperor Han Ling died of illness at a young age, probably because of excessive wine. Unexpectedly, this southwest tunnel leads to the Qinglou. I just don't know which green building it is?
After a long time for the crowd passed, silence returned to the tunnel. Zhang Ning twisted Chen Long's arm, and the implication was that you men are all womanizers, even the emperor. Chen Long smiled wordlessly, stood up and didn't dare to light the fire, silently led the two of them, touched the tunnel wall, and headed north.
Finally, there was no danger and no danger, walking out of the tunnel exit, Chen Long sighed, ordered Lu Chang to light a torch, identify the direction of the north, carry out light work, and climb over the mountain. The road was tortuous, stumbling, and finally arrived at the west side of the Xiaopingjin ferry on the Yellow River. Seeing a small boat in the dark shadow, knowing that the boat that Hu Ji and they were answering had arrived, he hurriedly jumped to the side of the boat, and Lu Chang shouted: "Hu Ji! ”
In the dark shadow of the rock next to him, someone said yes, and three heads appeared. It turned out that Zhou Budo was afraid to stop the boat by lighting up the lights and attracting the attention of passing ships, so he called out the lights, and the three of them scattered to the shore to wait.
Chen Long told them to sail at night, go straight to Jizhou, and get out of Si Li's sphere of influence first. Pulling Zhang Ning to sit in the cabin, Chen Long sat on the deck with a tired ass, and suddenly heard Zhang Ning gritting his teeth and shouting: "Cao Cao!" ”