Li Sanlang heard that someone was visiting outside the car, so he lifted the curtain of the car and poked his head out, and saw that the person who came was Gao Jian, and was immediately surprised, and secretly thought to himself that it was Princess Taiping who asked him to be a lobbyist, so that he could come forward to intercede with His Majesty? So he asked Gao Jian: "I don't know what is the matter with Lord Gao?" ”

Gao Jian looked around vigilantly, then looked into the carriage, and after making sure that there were only Li Ke and Pei Min, he carefully took out a note from his arms and handed it to Li Sanlang, and whispered: "The princess asked the villain to hand over this letter to Li Sicheng, and I hope that Li Sicheng must deal with the princess in front of His Majesty after the matter is completed." ”

Li Sanlang took the note, but did not open it, and continued to ask Gao Jian: "May I ask Lord Gao, does my aunt have anything else to explain." ”

Gao Jian shook his head lightly and replied: "The princess said that Li Sicheng knew how to act after reading this article, and he didn't explain anything else, and he hoped that Li Sicheng would help him in this matter." Without waiting for Li Sanlang to reply, he covered his face again, turned around and walked into the alley on the side, and left.

Li Sanlang looked at Gao Jian and walked away, so he waved his hand to Pei Min, and the two got into the carriage together, Li Sanlang slowly opened the note, and suddenly looked startled, Li Ke saw this and quickly took the note, which also changed color in an instant, and between the two of them, Pei Min also saw the content of the note: Kule Duotina, fifteen miles east of the city, in the gourd cave at the foot of the mountain, the three of them suddenly looked at each other.

Li Ke broke the silence and said, "I can go and check, if this letter is true, it will be destroyed in advance." ”

Li Sanlang shook his head and said, "Li Duwei must not, you have also heard that this thing is powerful, if it is really in that cave, it will be all dangerous, I must not let you take the danger alone." ”

Pei Min asked, "Then how to deal with it now?" ”

Li Sanlang replied: "I will go to the Yulin Army to mobilize manpower, prepare weapons, bows and crossbows, and go to get rid of them." ”

Li Ke hurriedly said: "Li Sicheng, this matter must not be allowed. ”

Li Sanlang looked at Li Ke with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Why?" ”

Li Ke replied: "Li Sicheng also saw it, Gao Jian came to look for us just now, so cautious, I think it must be being watched, if a large number of people are mobilized at this time, the target must be too big, and if Keduo is aware of it, it will definitely transfer this thing, and it will be difficult for us to get anything." ”

After hearing this, Li Sanlang nodded lightly and whispered: "Li Duwei is reasonable. ”

Pei Min continued: "Don't worry, will there be fraud in this matter? ”

Li Ke pondered for a moment and replied: "I expected that this matter is true, Princess Taiping is already a guilty body, if she harms us, it will not be beneficial to her, at this moment she should want to show favor to us, if it is done, she will be regarded as a credit to reduce her guilt." ”

After hearing this, Li Sanlang nodded his approval and continued: "In that case, how about I mobilize a small number of people to go?" ”

Li Ke still shook his head and said: "This may be our only chance, one more person knows about this matter, there is a greater risk of leaking the news, if it is missed, then it is difficult to have such an opportunity, it is more appropriate for me to go and find out." ”

Pei Min said: "Brother Li, don't forget that there is also Pei!" As soon as Li Ke wanted to open his mouth to persuade, Pei Min grabbed Li Ke's wrist and continued: "Brother Li has a wife and children, it stands to reason that you should not take this risk, but I know Brother Li's temperament, and it must be more difficult to persuade you not to go than to ascend to the sky, but don't forget, Pei is also a person who does not hit the south wall and does not look back, how can he not go together, Brother Li do not persuade him." ”

Li Ke sighed softly and stopped talking. Li Sanlang looked at the two of them left and right, and said, "Since this is the case, then the three of us will go together, so that we can take care of them." ”

Li Kegang was about to speak, but was stopped by Li Sanlang again: "Li Duwei, my temperament is the same as the two, and I won't repeat Pei Daxia's words." ”

This time, Li Ke was not silent, and hurriedly said: "Li Sicheng must not be like this, the two of us can still protect ourselves, how can Li Sicheng be a daughter, how can he take risks with us?" Pei Min also hurriedly dissuaded together, but Li Sanlang is also the kind of person who will be difficult to change once he makes up his mind, no matter how the two persuade him, he also insists on doing so, Li Ke has no choice but to sigh: "In this case, when you get to the mouth of the cave, please ask Li Sicheng to answer outside the cave, don't embarrass us." Li Sanlang saw that Li Ke was relieved, and he was no longer stubborn, nodded and agreed, so the three of them drove off and went straight to the east of the city.

An hour later, the three men had reached fifteen miles east of the city, and after they got out of the carriage, they hid the carriage by the side of the road, and hid in the shadows for a while, and after making sure that no one was following them, they began to look for the gourd hole mentioned in the letter.

Fifteen miles east of the city is far away from the divine capital, there are sparsely populated here, although the trees are not as lush as in the summer season, but the mountains and the mountains are also densely wooded, the three of them happen to be on the mountainside, at a glance, the scene in the valley is blocked by trees, Pei Min couldn't help but sigh when he saw this: "Such a big mountain, how should we find it?" ”

Li Ke shook his head, also with a helpless face, this scene was something that the three of them had not thought of before they set off, it was really difficult to find a hole in this barren mountain range, and it was appropriate to ask more clearly, but it was expected that Gao Jian would not know the specific location. Li Ke looked around again and continued: "I thought that whatever this Kule Duotina was, it must have been carried here by Keduo and others, and it was expected that there would be footprints, so the three of us should try to find the footprints first." The three of them looked at each other for a moment, and for a moment they couldn't think of a better way, so they split up and began to search. A moment later, Pei Min finally found a trail, carefully observed, there were traces of people walking, Li Ke hurriedly rushed over when he heard the sound, leaned over and observed carefully, this is a dirt road, hidden behind a pile of wild grass, if it weren't for Pei Min's carefulness, it was really not easy to find, Li Ke walked a few steps on the path, leaned down to continue to observe, and then said to the two: "In my opinion, it should be this way." ”

Li Sanlang's face was full of doubts, and he asked, "Captain Li, why are you so sure?" ”

Li Ke pointed to the footprints on the ground and said: "The previous footprints on the trail are deeper than what I just stepped on, which should be caused by lifting heavy objects, there has been no rain in recent days, and the footprints are relatively clear. ”

After hearing this, Li Sanlang couldn't help but admire Li Ke's meticulous observation ability, so he replied: "Since this is the case, then let's set off as soon as possible." With that, the three of them cautiously began to walk along the path.

About a moment later, the three of them finally came to the bottom of the valley, in front of which was a stream, and the footprints left by the predecessors disappeared here. Li Sanlang looked up and looked around, there was a sense of familiarity here, and the surrounding scenery seemed to be a little familiar.

Li Ke turned around and sighed and said, "The footprints should have been deliberately erased, just like the caravan robbery and murder outside the Shendu City that day." ”

Li Sanlang was observing the surroundings attentively, and he didn't pay attention to Li Ke's speech for a while, and finally muttered, "I seem to have been here before." ”

Pei Min heard clearly, stepped forward and asked, "Li Sicheng has been here?" ”

Li Sanlang walked closer to the creek, checked around, turned around and said, "This is exactly the place!" About seven or eight years ago, my father and aunt took me here to hunt, and suddenly it rained heavily, so we went down the stream to find shelter from the rain, and later found an upper cave, and the two entrances of the cave were connected... It's gourd-shaped, and my aunt must be referring to this place! ”

After hearing this, Li Ke was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "What does Li Sicheng mean to go down the stream?" ”

Li Sanlang nodded and replied, "Exactly!" ”

After that, the three of them began to walk downstream along the stream, and it didn't take long for Li Ke to finally find footprints in the grass, which strengthened the inference of the three people, Li Ke was delighted, so he took the two of them to speed up the pace, and after about a moment, two caves finally appeared on the opposite side of the stream, closely connected, and from a distance, it really looked like a lying gourd.

Li Saburo pointed to the cave and said, "This is exactly the place. ”

But Li Ke's joy was fleeting, although the cave was found, but the thought of Kul Dotina to face after entering the cave made him feel a chill in his heart, according to Yuewa, this thing can swallow people into white bones in an instant.

Li Ke led the two of them to carefully flow across the stream, and soon came to the mouth of the cave, the entrance of the cave is about two zhang high, from the outside it is two holes, but to the cave is connected into one, Li Ke stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at the cave, the cave is bottomless, although it is daytime at the moment, but the cave is very dark, to the cave two or three zhang after almost no light penetrates, the cave is unusually quiet, from the hole from time to time to reveal a chill.

Li Ke turned to Li Sanlang and whispered, "Has Li Sicheng ever entered the cave here before?" ”

Li Sanlang shook his head and replied, "Last time, I just took shelter from the rain at the entrance of the cave and never entered. ”

After Li Ke heard this, he didn't ask any more, and began to look for dead wood around, then tore off the corners of his clothes, and after a while, he tied up a few torches, he took out the torches and lit them one by one, handed them to Pei Min, and then drew out his long sword, sighed, and seemed to have made up his mind, and then said to Li Sanlang: "Li Sicheng, please be sure to wait at the entrance of the cave, don't enter, if it's the two of us... What's the accident, I hope Li Sicheng will escape here as soon as possible, in addition... If something happens to Li, Li's wife and children still hope that Li Sicheng can help take care of them. After that, Li Ke's eyes were a little ruddy.

Li Sanlang hurriedly grabbed Li Ke and said in a trembling voice: "Li Duwei and Pei Daxia will be fine, if something happens, I hope to escape in time, don't lose your life!" In a hurry, Li Sanlang's eyes couldn't help but be a little ruddy.

Pei Min also drew his long sword, stepped forward and patted Li Ke's shoulder, and said, "Let's go." ”

Li Ke broke away from Li Sanlang, didn't say anything more, and as Pei Min began to slowly walk towards the cave, Li Sanlang looked at the backs of the two of them gradually disappearing, and unconsciously had some tears in his eyes.

Li Ke and Pei Min didn't go far to the cave, it was already dark, if it weren't for the torch in their hands, they would have already lost their fingers, the two raised the torches in their hands, put their backs together, protected each other, and slowly walked towards the depths of the cave.

The cave was unusually cold, and the more you went inside, the more you could feel the moisture, and from time to time you could hear the sound of water droplets, and gradually the cave became wider, and the top of the two of them gradually rose higher, and it was expected that the two of them had already walked into the interior of the mountain.

Li Ke suddenly took a deep breath and whispered to Pei Min, "Brother Pei, do you smell it?" ”

Pei Min nodded lightly and replied in a low voice: "I smell it, this smell seems to be... ”

Li Ke replied affirmatively: "It is the smell we smell today, in front of the Lampstand Buddha." ”

Pei Min nodded affirmatively again, and Li Ke continued: "But why does this smell here, is it possible?" ”

Before Li Ke finished speaking, he suddenly stumbled under his feet and almost fell, Li Ke hurriedly shone a torch into the ground, under the light of the fire, he finally saw clearly, it turned out that what he kicked was a humanoid white bone, Li Ke was shocked, and hurriedly whispered to Pei Min: "Brother Pei, be careful!" Maybe Kuledoti is nearby, and this white bone must be eaten by it! ”

Pei Min was about to answer, but a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, and before he could see it clearly, he suddenly "snapped", Pei Min seemed to have been hit by a galloping bison, and flew backwards into the air, not to mention two or three zhang away, and slammed into the cave stone wall behind him.

This happened too suddenly, and after Li Ke reacted, he hurriedly raised the torch in his hand, but the black shadow in front of him shocked him, and his voice trembled slightly and burst out a word - "Dragon?" ”