At this moment, the old man Wang shouted from behind: "Brothers, kill all these bandits." ”

Then the gate was opened, and the old man Wang led the people to surround those who besieged us, and those people also panicked, and no longer attacked us in an organized manner as before, and turned around and ran into the courtyard, and the large group of men and horses behind also followed.

Master Ran shouted, "Go to the main house first, there is the entrance to the secret passage." With a shout, he took the lead and chased inside.

I didn't leave, but squatted down and looked at Xuanyun and Li Jianhua's wounds, Xuanyun said, "Uncle Shi, it doesn't matter to me, you go chase them first." Lao Liu was already examining Li Jianhua's wounds, and Liu Lianjiang, who was sweating profusely behind, was also guarding the gate with a few soldiers, and he was most afraid that someone would escape from the gate at this time.

Lao Liu tore off a piece of his clothes, first wrapped Li Jianhua's arm, and then came to bandage Xuanyun, Xuanyun at this time, because of excessive bleeding, had fainted, I and Lao Liu found a clean place, I took off the windbreaker outside and spread it on the ground, put Xuanyun away, Lao Liu used a knife to cut the clothes near Xuanyun's wound, and tore another piece of clothing, bandaging Xuanyun.

At this time, there were no bandits in the courtyard, they all retreated to the house, and the master was arranging people to attack, I took a look at the remaining three corner towers, and the people above didn't know where they went, it is estimated that they all ran down just now, and the old man Wang left more than a dozen soldiers at the door, and I followed the old Liu who bandaged Xuanyun and said: "Brother Liu, you and Liu Lianjiang are looking at the gate, don't let anyone out, I'll go in and have a look." ”

"Young master, I'll go in with you." Liu Lianjiang saw that I was leaving, and said anxiously.

"Okay, don't go, just keep an eye on the gate with your father, I'll be fine."

Liu Lianjiang saw that I insisted, so he didn't speak anymore, and reluctantly arranged for soldiers to guard the gate.

I came to the old man Wang who was besieging the main house and asked, "Old man, is it difficult to get in?" ”

"Yes, the bandits inside are very rampant, knowing that they are at the end of the road, they desperately resist, and they have injured more than a dozen brothers before they can enter it."

"Why don't I go to the front and take a look, their kung fu is not good."

"Forget it, don't go, I don't think it's going to be able to attack."

"That won't block the secret passage, we can't get in, and I'm afraid that people in the distance will see it and report to the official."

"It's okay, just scare them with a small fire, you can't burn the houses, these houses are made of bricks and stones, as long as you don't burn until the beams of the house are fine, we prepare water in advance, and when we force them away, we will take advantage of the weakness."

After saying that, the old man went to arrange for the soldiers, went to the stable and brought a few bundles of hay, lit them with torches, and threw them into the house, and after the fire was thrown in, the bandits who were holding on to the door were suddenly in chaos, and several people's clothes were set on fire by the fire, and they were crying and rolling in it.

Because the fire just now had startled the other party, so it didn't take long to end the battle, and the old man Wang and I also entered the house, in the northwest corner of the house, there was a big hole, the old man came to the side of the hole and said: "This is the entrance to the secret passage, in order to avoid casualties, it is still necessary to attack with fire, and if they can't be burned to death, they will choke them out." ”

But where there is an underground secret passage, the most afraid is water and fire, even if there is a vent, it will not come out quickly, and the soldiers went to the stable to bring dozens of bundles of hay, lit them and threw them down. There must have been someone guarding below, because they had already taken precautions against the fire attack just now, so they didn't hear the sound of crying.

The old man instructed the soldiers: "A few of you are getting wet, and a few of you, if you look for some curtains and sheets, you should also get wet with water, hurry up, you go to find a bucket and face plate to get water." ”

After arranging all this, Master Ran said to me: "Don't go down with Master Wang for a while, and then go down when we get rid of the remnants of the bandits below, you don't know the secret passage mechanism inside, or safety is the best." ”

"Uncle Shi, you're old, so I'd better go down."

Uncle Ran said unhappily: "What do you say, I'm afraid that I'm getting older, Brother Wang is not the same as me, don't look down on us old people, our experience is not comparable to yours, isn't it Brother Wang." ”

Old Man Wang also nodded: "Master Ran is right, you don't want to go down first, let's go down and clear the remnants of the enemy, you will take care of it from above, and prepare to receive us." "I think they want to arrange it this way, and I can't refute it, so I have to acquiesce.

After a while, the soldiers were ready, and the fire below was already much smaller, and the soldiers poured the water down first according to the arrangement of the old man Wang, and then the soldiers who were drenched in wet clothes, and the soldiers who were wearing wet sheets, rushed down, because the steps were very slippery, and the soldiers who rushed in front slipped to the ground, and a few screams, it seemed that it was more than auspicious, but then the soldiers of the brigade followed down, reversed the disadvantage, and went down more than 30 soldiers in a row.

Behind them were also the soldiers of the brigade, and they followed the old man after following the secret passage, and they went down, and I wanted to go down, but the old man and Master Zhiran told me to stop again, so I should wait.

The soldiers outside were also under the command of the leader and searched the rooms, but the bandits entered the secret passage and did not catch anyone.

I stood in the main room, observing by the light of the torches, it was a three-room big room, there was nothing in it except for a calligraphy and painting hanging in the place facing the door, and a large table of eight immortals, and in the east side of the room, there were more than a dozen chairs, and two tables of eight immortals put together, it seemed that this was the place where they held meetings or discussed things.

But it's a bit unreasonable, the calligraphy and painting in the main hall is a bit big, this layout is very inconsistent with this room, and the things painted on the calligraphy and painting are not in accordance with the rules, it is a character painting, and the painting is an old birthday star, but the old birthday star has no longevity peach in his hand, and the old birthday star's face is not the conventional kind of eyebrow and kind appearance, it is a very serious expression.

Besides, the birthday chart is all about the old birthday star holding a big peach in the palm of his hand, and there is a box in it. The more I looked at the moon and doubted, I simply asked the soldier to go up and take off the picture for me, but the soldier couldn't pick up the painting after going up, because it was too high, there was no way, and I asked people to go to the yard to find a ladder, so I took the painting off, and the soldier who picked the picture just took it away, and shouted: "There is a door behind." ”

I asked the soldier to roll up the painting and take it down, sure enough, there was an iron door behind the painting, this painting just covered the door, it seems that this painting is such a role, no matter how unusual I always feel, let the soldier go to the door ** to Lao Liu, let Lao Liu keep it for me, and prepare to take it back to slowly refer to the mystery inside.