At this time, Wan Buddha and a sergeant came in to report that they had not found any shavings that had been put into the well last night in the Qinglong River.

"But you've all looked closely?" Duguyue asked sharply.

"Chief, how dare you not be careful, according to the terrain and the direction of the water, we have not found any shavings in the five miles down."

"Could it be that this culvert doesn't lead to the Qinglong River? Where does that go? You can know where there is indigo, pour a bucket of indigo, and then look for it, maybe the shavings are sinking to the bottom. Nalan asked.

Sima Coo said to Li Dao: "Go to the dyeing workshop quickly, I want a bucket." ”

Nalan pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid I can't wait, hurry!" Chop off the heads and tails of these two sampans! Several sergeants hurriedly picked up their knives and slashed at the sampan. After a while, it will be cut into about three feet long, but the width can not be cut anymore, and if it is cut again, it will fall apart.

Nalan hurriedly found a few Mawang nails in the coffin shop, re-nailed the sampan, connected the rope, forcibly stuffed the sampan into the well, and went down to the well with a cronie one after another. When he arrived at the mouth of the well, he said to Duguyue with a trusting and affectionate look: "Don't let the rope connecting the sampan break." ”

Duguyue nodded. When you get to the well, you will have a sampan horizontally and a great force of the water will wash it away. Fortunately, the sampan is wide, and the cliffs on both sides of the culvert are constantly rubbing, slowing down the speed. After about forty or fifty steps, Nalan saw that the rock crack next to him was wider, so he suddenly inserted the Mo knife handle into the stone crack, tied a knife handle with a rope, and fixed a sampan, he asked the sergeant to stay on the sampan and be ready to answer at any time, and he took another sampan to continue the downstream.

When going down more than fifty steps, the water flow was obviously urgent, if it was not for the rope pulling, its speed could be described as a fall, and thinking that Ling Hu Zhao did not have a rope to fix, at this time I don't know where it has been. This culvert is so strange, according to the topography estimate, such a rapid water flow downward, the impact formed, enough to stir up waves in the Qinglong River, but the Qinglong River has always been not in a hurry, is this river leading to the Yin River? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shudder, thinking about Ling Hu Zhao at this moment......

Don't dare to think about it, hurry downstream and flow downstream, and after ten or so steps, the situation is unexpected, a drop of nearly three or four feet of rapids, the sampan almost overturned, fortunately the rope was stretched and did not continue down, the torch was almost extinguished, and when the torch was rekindled, he shone forward, and was surprised. Ling Hu Zhao propped his hands and feet on the rock wall, his whole body was soaked, and he was estimated to be so cold that he couldn't speak. Nalan hurriedly lowered the sampan for five or six feet, and picked up Ling Huzhao, who was shivering from the cold. Then he shouted to the sergeant in front of him to pull hard.

Duguyue, who was guarding the well, saw the information that the rope was shaking, and hurriedly instructed the sergeant to collect the rope. When the two sampans were pulled up, the three of them were already soaked, making Hu Zhao's face even more pale and trembling.

Sima Cao hurriedly lit the shavings of the coffin shop, added some firewood, and lit a big fire, and when the three of them were pulled out of the well and placed by the fire to bake for a while, Ling Hu Zhao came back and said: "The old man is really confused, in fact, this culvert is going against the water." There is only one dead end in going down the river, and if Captain Nalan hadn't arrived in time today, my life would have been lost here. This culvert is accompanied by an underground river, and it cannot be brought out if it flows down. ”

When Duguyue heard this, she was eager to try, "I'll go down and go upside for a while." ”

Nalan said angrily: "What kind of mess are you making now! ”

Duguyue had never seen Nalan have such an attitude towards herself, and after looking at him for a while, she said, "What's wrong with you today?" ”

Linghu Zhao came out to persuade: "Post chief, there is no point in us staring at this canal. Stop making fearless sacrifices. The upstream of this culvert should have a rope tied to the sampan. The night before we attacked the door, and several of them took the opportunity to pull the sampan and flee upward, and by the way put away the ropes, such a rapid, without anything to pull, there is no way to go against the current. This culvert should be connected to the dark hole, and the situation inside is unknown, so don't add to the fearless sacrifice. As long as we guard this well, their point will be wasted. ”

"I don't think there is a need for human handles, so I can press the boulder on the wellhead, so that they can also taste the taste of being washed into the underground Yin River." Nalan continued.

Duguyue, who was on the side, listened to it and said, "Captain, when did the methods become so cruel." ”

"To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself!"

So, a few sergeants first went to the mountains to cut down a few thorns, hung upside down in the well, and put a few boulders weighing four or five hundred pounds on top of them, and no dozen people came to carry them to make a noise, and they did not want to open the mouth of the well.

Ling Hu Zhao was not lightly frozen this time, he was chilled all over, sneezed, dizzy, Mr. Zhuge came to see, prescribed a dose of ephedra powder, and sweated all over, the wind and cold are except, it may be because of old age, but the essence has never recovered. Coupled with the fact that Hu Yan was robbed in a hurry, he lay down in the inn room to rest.

According to several sergeants guarding the pass, in recent days, people and vehicles have crossed the pass from the direction of Luoyang to Tongguan, and there have been robbers on the ancient road of Cuihan for a long time, robbing and killing the fleeing people and robbing property. It is said that the imperial court appointed Feng Dashuai and Gao Dashuai, who had been fighting in the border pass for a long time, to return to the defense pass and garrison in the Tongguan area, so as to wait for a favorable opportunity to send a letter to the valley and conquer Luoyang.

This situation is really difficult to judge, the elite of the border army in the four towns of Anxi cannot return to defense in time, and the imperial court has only more than 200,000 available soldiers. If Luoyang is conquered at this time, the area around Tongguan is empty, and if it is exploited, it will be directed to Chang'an.

Just thinking about it, someone knocked on the door outside the door, and after it was opened, it turned out to be Huangfu Dan, Ling Hu Zhao smiled bitterly, and Huangfu Dan sat down unceremoniously, carrying a bag of things wrapped in lotus leaves in his hand and resting it on the table and said: "Fang Zhi made Uncle Fox uncomfortable, and this morning he specially roasted a suckling pig and brought it to his uncle to taste, so as to nourish his body." ”

"I'm sorry for you, Dan'er."

"Uncle called me Dan'er so kind, and I was moved, as soon as I was moved, I wondered if I had gone too far, as for taking Sister Linghu to start. But uncle, don't worry, although I robbed Sister Linghu, I won't treat her badly, as long as my uncle is not difficult for me, I will return it to Zhao. ”

"Dan'er, do you think this is okay? As long as you let Yan'er go, I will leave for the east tomorrow and no longer get involved in the affairs of Qinglong Town and Hangu Pass. ”

"Uncle, didn't you help them go down the culvert the day before yesterday. I was really worried that you were too old to stand the toss. If anything, my father says I didn't take good care of you. ”

"Haha, in my vague memory, you were able to speak and speak one set when you were a child."

"Uncle, you remember me when I was four or five years old again. How smart, clever, happy, and happy I was, wasn't I? But why don't you remember when my mother and I begged all the way to Gaochang, why don't you ask me what I experienced in Gaochang? ”

"Dan'er, at that time, I had no time to take care of myself, and I also looked for your mother and daughter, thinking that you were the only descendant of the eldest brother of Huangfu. But in the huge Chang'an, I can't do anything. ”

"But you're still alive, what about my father, what about your four brothers in Nanyang Camp? Uncle Situ didn't say that he had already left the barracks due to his injuries, but just like that, my mother and I found him, got us a carriage, some silver, and escaped from Chang'an. Otherwise, we would have become ghosts under the sword. ”

"Is it a sin for me to live?"

"You're not guilty, I just want to know why you're alive? Everyone else died. Just you and Nangong Xuan.

"I see, you think I've surrendered to the prince's party. In that case, I really don't have much to say. ”

"Uncle, it's not impossible for you to prove your innocence, as long as you stand on my side, pull the emperor off the horse, and take down the Tang Dynasty, you and I will be heroes."

"Finally speaking your heart. Do you think I'll be with An Lushan? Then you think that I am wrong, and I would rather die than obey. ”

"Uncle, how can you join the Hu people. We have our own true God. ”

"I won't do anything to mess up the society. Don't bother with me. ”

"Can my uncle really let go of the hatred he had back then?"

When Ling Hu Zhao heard this, she completely understood her intentions, she was not ignorant of my situation back then, so pressing, it was nothing more than wanting to use my heart of revenge for the princess to achieve their goals. But Yan'er is in their hands, what should they do? He thought he might as well test it.

"Tell me, how?"

"Let the Hu people capture Chang'an, and then we will take advantage of the situation and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"You have to tell me, who are we working for?"

"Xue ......"

"I understand, after Xue Shao."

"But back then, Chongjian was on Xuanzong's side and indirectly forced his mother to death."

"Uncle, a generation is the ideal of a generation."

"But how can such a foreign surname Li Tang support this piece of the world?"

"Uncle, we only care about revenge, as for the rest, do our best, and obey the destiny of heaven."

"And what do you need me to do?"

"Uncle only needs to join us, set up a note, we will arrange someone to send you back to Huating, you are the head of the Wuyue area, when the world is in chaos, we will take the opportunity to rise up and seize the world."

"Where's Bing? Where is the money and food? ”

"We'll snatch it then."

Ling Hu Zhao pretended to be in deep thought, and he was really thinking that the cave on the cliff wall of the Qinglong River that day was a portrait of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty in the previous dynasty, and now Huangfu Dan actually wanted to seize the world after supporting the princess again, which was really ridiculous. But if you want to get out, you have to pretend to cater to it, if you really sign and draw a charge, once the incident happens, it will be liquidated afterwards, and the crime of destroying the nine clans will be small, but you have to implicate the Linghu family, and Yan'er and Yan'er will definitely be involved. But if you don't cater to it, how can Yan'er escape, and where is she hiding, there is no way to find out. If the investigation is tight, there is a fear for life. So, he decided to reply to Huangfu Dan's words first.

"Dan'er, I don't dare to forget this revenge, since there is such a big trend now, why worry about revenge. It's just Yan'er, you have to send it back as soon as possible, so that I can return to the east as soon as possible according to your wishes, and expand my strength over there to achieve great things. ”

"Since my uncle said so, then everything will be easy, you see that we will write the note now, and Yan'er will send it back to you later. I did some hypnotism to put her to sleep and she wouldn't wake up knowing what was going on these days. ”

"Dan'er, uncle knows that you are superb, on the day of the heavy snowfall, you used illusion and almost killed Captain Nalan, this time you use hypnotism, you won't hurt Yan'er."

Huangfu Dan smiled a little proudly, "Uncle is too worried, how can I use cruel means to deal with my own people." Rest assured, rest assured. Uncle, let's set up the note first. ”

"I promised you, do you still need a written note? Besides, I don't know much and my writing is very poor, so I rely on the dialogue between you and me, can't I? ”

"Uncle, don't play tricks with me, if you don't sign a note, how can I easily trust you?"

"Okay, you go back and prepare the paperwork first, and bring Ling Huyan back by the way, how about I sign and draw it?"

"Uncle, you can't treat me like a child. In broad daylight, let me carry someone for you, it's not appropriate. I'll write the paperwork for you now, you draw and sign it, and in the evening, I'll send Sister Linghu to come, and it won't make people suspicious, just say that you found it. After that, I had to go to the front hall of the inn to get paper and pen.

Ling Hu Zhao shouted: "Captain Nalan and Captain Dugu are here, you can't make a mistake like this, right?" ”

"Uncle, don't worry, I've already seen it, one went to Hangu Pass, and the other went to Nangong Yue."

Ling Hu Zhao originally wanted to delay the time, let her go back to prepare the paperwork, this back and forth to delay some time, I didn't expect her to be so aggressive, Ling Hu Yan in her hands, dare not do anything to her, if you start today, your spirit has not recovered, which is her opponent. Thinking of this, it's better to sign it, the rebels are coming to the city, the chaos is coming, the world is falling apart, I don't know what the situation will be in the future, what can be done if you sign, don't do things that insult your conscience.

So he cried out, "You kid, you really can't trust me, go get the pen and ink now." ”

Huang Fu Dan immediately went to get the pen and ink, took out a roll of paper from his bosom and unfolded it, the original notes have been written, only need to draw and sign, Ling Hu Zhao saw that the notes were written on the several major crimes and faults of Xuanzong, and slandered it as unorthodox, and now want to raise troops to abolish it. Full of rebellious words, if this is a heinous crime in times of peace, it will destroy the nine tribes.

Ling Huzhao hesitated, he was a person loyal to the Tang Dynasty, from the bottom of his heart he was ashamed to be with these Xiaoxiao, he couldn't figure out that the Huangfu brother was heroic, and there was such a femme fatale-hearted daughter.

Seeing that he was hesitant, Huangfu Dan ridiculed and said: "Uncle, you have to think about it, once you put pen to paper, it will be a crime of rebellion!" ”

Ling Huzhao thought in his heart: "For Yan'er, there is only one fight." He paused and said solemnly to Huangfu Dan: "Dan'er, it's no problem for me to put pen to paper, if you don't let Yan'er go, I will definitely die in the net." ”

"I know that my uncle will definitely do what he says, how dare my nephew deceive my uncle."

"Good!" After speaking, Ling Hu Zhao signed his name with a trembling hand and drew a charge.