At the beginning of dawn, when the thin morning mist had not completely dissipated, a long brigade of carriages and horses appeared from the hazy field and drove straight towards the Yangling.

Although the Yangling defenders vaguely saw the banner of the Han army fluttering in the ranks from a distance, but in this extraordinary period, no one dared to take it lightly.

An official walked out of the convoy and shouted at the Yangling defenders who came forward: "Don't get me wrong, I'm Wu Cheng!" ”

Several of Yangling's subordinates recognized the person, but Wu Cheng was a small official under the food official order, and I heard that he was sent to Hanzhong a few days ago to purchase materials for building a platform. Although they breathed a sigh of relief, they looked at the huge convoy in front of them and the hundreds of Han troops accompanying them, but they had a trace of doubt in their hearts.

A cavalryman said in surprise: "It turned out to be Lord Wu, you came back from purchasing supplies?" But what's going on with these Han troops? ”

"It was the official who asked for it back!" Wu Cheng said angrily: "When the official went, he was fine, and he didn't have too much burden, but although the procurement was completed, there were dozens of more carriages and ox carts." If you really encounter a large number of mountain bandits and horse thieves, can you stop it with more than ten brothers around you? ”

He smiled proudly and said: "It is also the official Fuda, on the way back, I happened to meet the soldiers and horses of the Taishou of Hanzhong, and they were ordered to enter Beijing to present the rare birds and beasts of Dongchuan to the Son of Heaven to congratulate the Son of Heaven on the joy of the New Year." The officials begged hard, and they agreed to escort us back to Yangling by the way! ”

Several cavalry were relieved together, when today's son loves rare birds and beasts, I heard that the palace is specially raised with all kinds of animals that are difficult to find in the world, and there is even a pair of rare white donkeys in the world, it seems that this Hanzhong Taishou is good at the way of greeting. Several people were curious, and they stretched their necks together to look into the convoy, and sure enough, they saw that there were tall wooden cages on the last dozens of carriages of the convoy, but the outside of the cage was covered by black curtains, and it was difficult to see the true face of the strange beasts in the cage.

I only heard those Hanzhong soldiers and horses, some people shouted loudly, and soon hundreds of Han cavalry galloped out of the team, only protecting the carriages with wooden cages, and marched eastward.

That Wu Cheng turned sideways and let go on the side of the road, kept bowing, and thanked endlessly.

The Yangling cavalry saw that the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong had not even approached the gate of Yangling and left directly, and the only trace of doubt in their hearts immediately dissipated without a trace, and one of them laughed and said: "It's still Lord Wu who is thoughtful and brilliant!" ”

"Not bad, not bad! I haven't congratulated you on your successful return from an errand! ”

Wu Cheng smiled when he heard this, and said, "Brothers, please help guide the convoy to unload, right?" ”

Several cavalrymen were busy responding, and one of them whispered to the others: "This Wu Cheng is afraid that he still doesn't know the news of Lord Ning's death, if that food official Zhao You takes the lack of food official order, maybe it will be Wu Cheng's turn to be the food official, but he can't be offended!" ”

Under the wall of Yangling in the distance, two figures stood side by side, staring at the departure of the Hanzhong soldiers and horses.

"Whew!" One of them exhaled lightly and said, "Startle me, when I saw a large group of cavalry at first glance, I thought that the killing god surnamed Nan was back again!" ”

"Phew, you're too cowardly!" Another person teased: "You just have to rest assured, when the surnamed Nan left yesterday, I had already sent someone to follow from afar, and it was not until this morning that the man reported that Nanying's cavalry had traveled a hundred miles, except for the normal dispatch of a few scouts to break away from the brigade, there was no intention of turning back!" ”

"You're so careful! But if you are bold, why should you send someone to follow? The man sneered, "Aren't you more afraid of him than I am?" ”

"Alright, alright!" The other person said helplessly: "All in all, now that he is gone, you and I have to get down to business." ”

"Hah! God help us! The man said excitedly: "As soon as Nanying leaves, the materials we have been waiting for for will be transported, and it will be completed tonight!" ”

"Not bad! Although Ning Shao is dead, everything he should do has been completed, and there is no use value! The other person said lightly: "But although the materials are complete, what about the manpower?" How did you get people together? ”

"Don't worry, my more than 100 people are hidden in the nearby villages, as long as the word is passed down, they can gather outside Yangling in half a day in the name of Yangling's employment!"

"What? You are crazy! Another person lost color and said, "You are so bold, how can you place so many people in a nearby village?" Aren't you afraid of revealing flaws and being discovered by the officials investigating the case? ”

"Huh! You can't trust me like that? The man's smug expression was overflowing: "Let me tell you the truth, these people can never be suspected!" Because they're natives at all! ”

"How is this possible?" Another was taken aback and said, "How did you do that?" They won't have a problem with loyalty, right? ”

"Pardon me! How long have you been in Yangling? The man said lightly: "I've been here for nearly ten years!" In the past ten years, I have not only deliberately moved some of my subordinates here to make them deeply rooted, but also taken this opportunity to develop some loyal and reliable people! All preparations are for today! ”

"I see!" The other let out a long breath: "What a deep scheming! Brother admire! If you succeed tonight, I will report your work truthfully! ”

The man suddenly changed his face and smiled, "Where, where!" Brother, you are young and promising, as my brother said last night, I will have to rely on my brother more in the future! ”

The two chuckled in unison, and the laughter was full of ambition.

The night was filled, the starry sky was moonless, and Xianyangyuan fell into a dark silence.

A few miles away from Yangling, on the side of Weishui, outside the camp where materials for building the altar were hoarded, ghosts suddenly appeared, slowly surrounding the camp from all directions.

There were hundreds of people who came, and although it was pitch black, they drove into the camp and came to a mountain of wood.

"Move out!" Two men in black stepped out of the crowd, and one of them shouted in a low voice, "But it must be light!" I heard that this place is not far from the place where Zi Er hides the demon beast, don't disturb it, otherwise if Zi Er can't stop it in time, you and I will die in vain! ”

All the subordinates were shocked together, and they all nodded silently, but no one dared to answer.

The wood was gently removed one by one, and the fire lit up, revealing a huge bluestone square slab on the ground. Several people stepped forward and quickly lifted out the stone slab with iron rods in their hands, revealing a bottomless hole in the ground.

"The old rule, enter one by one, and don't make loud noises after entering!" A man in black at the head whispered: "When working, your hands and feet should be light, and once you have difficulty breathing, you must immediately withdraw from the ground!" ”

The black-clothed people gently jumped into the hole one by one, and the seemingly small hole was like an endless beast's mouth, greedily devouring the black-clothed people, seeing that dozens of people had entered, but there was still no sign of filling.

The entrance of the sloping underground cave goes all the way down, leading to the underground, and the further you go, the more spacious it becomes, and even the bifurcated passages appear in some places, which are terrifying and deep under the light of the faint firelight.

None of the men in black were apparently new to the area, and only a few of the dozens of people kept torches at a distance, apparently to avoid reducing the amount of air consumed in the burrow. Everyone followed behind their companions in silence, silently moving forward, and no one made any unnecessary noise.

Suddenly, a soft sigh broke the oppressive silence.

"What's wrong?" The man in black suddenly stopped and asked in a low voice. Although he had deliberately lowered his volume, there were still echoes in the narrow cavern.

"First ...... Chieftain! A black-clothed subordinate said in a trembling voice: "The wall here seems to have traces of excavation and then sealing again!" ”

He took a step back and pointed to the dirt wall in a corner in front of him.

"What?" The small torch in the leader's hand shook, and the shaking light of the fire reflected the figures in the tunnel.

He slowly stretched out his hand and touched the earthen wall, and sure enough, he felt that the soil was a little soft, and the moisture in the soil seemed to be greater than elsewhere.

His heart sank, and he put his ear to the earthen wall and listened carefully.

Suddenly, as if he heard something, he couldn't help but take a step backwards.

"Guisan, what's going on?" Another black-clothed leader gently squeezed forward from the back of the line and asked suspiciously.

Nakusan suddenly made a gesture that silenced everyone, and then took the lead and continued to walk forward.

Although everyone was puzzled, they were afraid that Na Ji San was the highest person among all people, but no one dared to ask.

After walking a long way, Na Qi San exhaled and said softly: "It's dangerous, it's dangerous!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" The other leader waved his hand to signal his subordinates to move on, and then asked in a low voice, "Is there something wrong behind the earthen wall just now, why don't you check it out?" ”

"Do you want to die?" There was a hint of fear in Gui San's voice: "What are you checking?" How can someone who can enter this tunnel be an outsider? Fourth, the people here are your direct subordinates, give me a stern warning to them, no matter what, don't approach that earthen wall again! ”

"Why?" He was stunned and said, "Is there any danger behind the earthen wall?" ”

"Stupid! Can't you guess? Gui San breathed heavily and said: "I said that why Zi Er has been elusive, and even Nan Ying has not been able to find out where he is hiding!" ”

"You, what do you say!" Qi Si's voice changed, and he took a half step back in shock: "He, they are hiding in this tunnel?" But I dug this tunnel, and I didn't know anything about it......."

"Shh Gui San raised his fingers and sealed his lips, and suddenly he smiled coldly and said, "You don't know? Even I don't know a lot about it! ”

He approached Gui Si and said softly: "I heard that not only Zi Yi and Zi Er are lurking in this Xianyang Plain, but also the most mysterious person in our Gui line, he also came here secretly!" I don't even know who he is, huh, do you know? ”

"You, you mean Ji Er!" Huang Si trembled and said, "According to the rules of the organization, we should be able to know the person whose ranking is only higher than our own!" For example, I know your true identity, you are second only to Gui Er, how can you not know his identity? ”

"Humph!" Gui San snorted and said: "The last Gui San unfortunately died in battle, and since I took over this position, no one has ever told me the true identity of Gui Er!" ”

"Forget it! Stop gossiping! He hated and said: "In the final analysis, you and I are just pawns in the organization, and if we want to occupy a place, this is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions!" The front should be the last obstacle, start work immediately! ”

"Yes!" Gui Si sighed, obviously feeling the same way.

The men in black quickly moved up, and after carefully checking the direction, they chose an earthen wall and began to dig in the dirt.

These people are obviously not weak, although they are holding wooden shovels, they are a shovel down, silently into the ground, a flick of the wrist to dig out a large piece of soil, the companions next to them immediately use bamboo baskets to transport it away, and someone like a stream of water to transport the wooden planks and wooden pillars hoarded on the camp, to support the soil above their heads, the whole process is orderly, extremely efficient.

When Gui San saw a basket of dirt being transported outside the cave, he couldn't help but be surprised: "What will you do with this soil?" Don't be seen as flawed! ”

"It doesn't matter! Why did I ask Ning Shao to set up the camp where the supplies were hoarded on the shore of Weishui? Gui Si chuckled and said: "Weishui has been turbid for a long time, and the water flow is rapid, as long as you pour the soil into the water nearby, it will naturally be seamless!" ”

"Sure enough!" Gui San said sincerely: "My brother has been stationed here for nearly ten years, and he really knows everything well!" ”

"Back then, except for the people of the Xin Department who were far away in Liangzhou, it was inconvenient for us to transfer the ten major heavenly cadres, and the other nine departments infiltrated the Nine Great Emperor's Tombs in Xianyang Yuan respectively!" Gui Si said proudly: "But to this day, except for the brothers who are lurking in Changling and Anling, who have been temporarily transferred away and cannot continue to act, only our Gui family can be regarded as having completed the mission among the remaining seven departments, except for the better luck!" ”

He pointed to his head and smiled, "This is the key!" ”

He suddenly laughed and said: "Not long ago, the water level of a pond by Weiling soared, and the water quality was mixed, it was a good deed done by those fools of the Geng family, they must have poured the excavated soil directly into the pond!" ”

After digging for a while, Gui San suddenly became a little anxious, he silently calculated the time in his heart, and said uneasily: "Gui Si, why have you been digging for so long, and you still don't see the dark passage you said?" Could it be that you miscalculated the bearings? ”

Gui Si slowly turned around and said unpleasantly, "What do you mean?" ”

Ji San knew that he was in a hurry, and said embarrassedly: "Don't get me wrong, I just heard you say that it was two years ago that you dug out that secret path with your own hands." After all this time, I'm afraid you'll make a mistake in your calculations! ”

Gui Si's eyes were bright, and he stared at Gui San without blinking: "Mistake? Will I make a mistake? Do you know how I've spent all my years? Let me tell you, when I first arrived here nine years ago, I didn't do anything, but spent three years remembering every grass and tree, every house and even the location of a stone in the neighborhood! Then, I started digging that secret passage from my room! ”

"Do you want to know how I got so much dirt out of my house?" There was a deep bitterness in his slow tone: "Clothes, backpacks, leather boots...... Even the water bladder, because I can't go in and out as often as often throughout the day, I always take as much dirt out of the house as I can, and then find a secluded place to throw it away. However, I was still afraid, afraid that my hard work would be wasted by making mistakes in surveying the terrain, so I would measure the distance over and over again with my own pace every day......

Listening to him complain as if in a dream, the hairs on his body couldn't help but stand up, trying to squeeze a smile on his face, but he couldn't laugh.

“…… I dug like this for almost five years! Gui Si glared at Gui San viciously: "I finally dug through the imperial tomb and found what we dreamed of. Tell me, will I make a mistake? How could I make a mistake! ”

Huang Sanqiang said with a smile: "My brother has endured for many years, and finally made this great achievement, maybe the position will be above me in the future, congratulations!" ”

Gui Si vented, and seemed to have dissipated a lot of the misery that had been deposited in his heart for many years, waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "That's it, our Gui family has always ranked last among the top ten heavenly stems, and the strength is the shallower, if you and my brother can't help each other in the same boat, how can we have a bright future?" ”

He paused and said, "You single-handedly planned to buy Ning Shao and set up the camp, if it weren't for that, how could I mobilize people to open up the two tunnels from the outside with such fanfare?" Of course, it's still up to you to decide what to do! I can't do anything to grab credit! ”

Hearing this, Gui San felt comfortable and smiled: "Where did this come from?" In response to your brother's words: You and my brother will be in the same boat from now on! ”

As soon as the words fell, someone suddenly heard someone cheering softly: "It's done!" It's already opened! ”

"Great!" The two of them were overjoyed together.