CHAPTER XV

Zhang Jiunian and others were all heroes back then, and after being accepted as a retainer by Zhang Yungu, they had no worries about food and clothing, although their social status was slightly restricted, they could be regarded as having a head and a face.

If there is a better choice, who wants to die in the world for the rest of their lives and be that reckless hero?

At the moment, they are already fugitive slaves, even if they return the same way, ** and the Tuyuhun people are fighting fiercely, and after returning, they will either be cut down by the Overseers or pushed up as cannon fodder, which is no different from killing themselves.

The way has been blocked, although I don't know if Xu Zhen has any way to leave, but since he opened his mouth, he will not deceive everyone, because this kind of deception has no meaning.

Even if they don't agree, threaten Xu Zhen to open the passage and escape, what will happen after that? Do you really want to drag the son of the grandfather of the country around? Or maybe kill it and then kill it quickly?

After all, they are former retainers, and they know the wisdom to survive in this society, and they are not lacking in courage and courage, but it is just an opportunity.

Zhang Jiunian's face sank like water, and then he slowly raised his head and said to Xu Zhen: "We can follow you, but there is one condition, no matter what happens, we must not separate my twelve brothers." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the others suddenly warmed, but the black man sneered and muttered in a low voice: "Big brother... This little team is going to have a bird's egg..."

Zhang Jiunian looked at his brother Zhou Cang and complained, but he didn't say much, he is Zhang Yungu's chief think tank, and his skills are very good, although Xu Zhen is still young, but it gave Zhang Jiunian an unfathomable feeling, in danger but not chaotic, Mount Tai collapsed in front and his face did not change, this is the appearance of the young eagle!

Xu Zhen saw that Zhang Jiunian had made up his mind, chuckled, stretched out his white and slender palm, and swore an oath with Zhang Jiunian three times, and then took out a thin three-finger-sized round iron cylinder from the flying scabbard of the belt.

Li Deqian's heart tightened, this firecracker-like thing, but he made it himself according to Xu Zhen's instructions, hollow and thin skin, although I don't know what it is for, but at such a critical moment, Xu Zhen will never be untargeted.

Xu Zhen stuffed the iron cylinder into the gap of the stone slab above the boulder, and fixed it with gravel filling, and the half-cut head of the cylinder was exposed, making everyone retreat more than three feet, and then handed over a fist-sized rock to the hands of the black man Zhou Cang.

"Big black man, give you a chance to perform, you don't need to take a hundred steps through Yang, three zhang away, and hit that iron cylinder even if you have a success."

With Xu Zhen's flying knife kung fu, it is not too easy to hit that iron cylinder, but he has just formed an alliance with Zhang Jiunian, a group of heroes, so he naturally needs to be deterred, and let these people see their good methods.

Zhou Cang didn't appreciate it at all, and grinned and scolded: "Black you mother!" ”

However, he was still annoyed by the banter in Xu Zhen's eyes, he was born with divine power, and he was famous for his courage in the countryside before he reached the weak crown, and he was honest and foolish by nature, and he grabbed the rock in one hand, and the cat's waist was not good to exert force, but he looked forward with his left foot, bent his right foot, squatted lunge, and his waist board was like a strong crossbow full of bows, only to hear a loud shout, and the rock in his hand flew straight out, and the iron cylinder was in the middle!

"Boom!"

The white light in front of him was dazzling, everyone's eardrums tingled, and a powerful wave of impact air mixed with gravel dust swept in, Zhou Cang bore the brunt of the blow, his bulky body suddenly flew back, but Zhang Jiunian was supported by several people, which blocked most of the impact, but his face was black, his face was full of dust, and the gravel scraped out tiny blood on his face!

"My god grandpa!" Zhou Cang ignored the pain and itching on his body, and the entire secret passage was very shocked, as if there were several earth dragons in the surrounding rock formations biting and fighting!

Zhang Jiunian hurriedly lit the extinguished torch again, and everyone looked at the scene in front of them and was suddenly dumbfounded!

The boulder was blasted through a small corner, and the slab on top of it was shattered in a large piece, revealing a black breach!

Zhang Jiunian is just a martial artist in a nursing home, and he may not be far behind in terms of fists and feet, but where have he seen such a strange thing, he was stopped by Xu Zhen on the spot!

However, Li Deqian has been obsessed with the skills of craftsmen since he was a child, and he accepted the inheritance of traditional skills in the Ministry of Industry, and vaguely seemed to remember the records of some classics, and he admired Xu Zhen even more!

As early as when Xu Zhen handed over the drawings to him to make, he had doubts, and later saw Xu Zhen secretly collecting saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal and other igniting things, and asked for mercury and the like, so he was even more interested, but Xu Zhen did not tell him the specific inside story, he was really forced to ask tightly, and only told Li Deqian that this thing is called a "detonator".

I didn't expect this detonator to have such great power!

However, Xu Zhen was a little dissatisfied, risking his life to secretly produce nitroglycerin in the craftsman's room for three or four days, thinking that it could come in handy, but it was wasted here, and he was a little unhappy.

However, he was more interested in the tomb above, kicked Zhou Cang, patted the dust on his body and said, "Hey, big black man, don't be stupid, go up and see if there is a way out." ”

This time, Zhou Cang simply said "hey", patted his big buttocks, grabbed the torch, and climbed up from the gap above the boulder.

Zhang Jiunian's brothers hurriedly followed, but when it was Zhang Jiunian's turn, he hesitated, then turned around and said to Xu Zhen: "Xu Lang should go first." ”

Xu Zhen was slightly stunned, obviously this Zhang Jiunian had accepted his new identity, and immediately smiled in return, took Kaisa and Li Deqian, and stepped on the boulder.

Above the boulder is a regular slope, with potholes and pits on it, and it is supposed to be the guide groove of the falling rock, which was rolled down by the falling rock, and smashed seven or eight points to rot.

Zhou Cang is tall, he can only bend over after going up the slope, and the torch is swept away, but he can see the situation in front of him clearly, this square secret room is a square foot, it seems a little crowded, and there is a half-hidden stone door on the left hand.

The people behind couldn't squeeze in, Zhou Cang could only continue to take the lead, and after pushing open the half-hidden stone door, his eyes suddenly opened up, but after seeing the scene in front of him clearly, he was as bold as a cow, and he was also scared out of a white sweat!

This is a burial chamber with more than four feet, the coffin is tilted on the high platform in the middle, the coffin lid is obliquely placed on the coffin, and the tomb is full of corpses!

The brothers in the back were blocked by Zhou Cang in a daze, and couldn't help scolding, but when they squeezed into the tomb, they were also silent, and they could only hear their hearts beating!

Xu Zhen had expected that this was a tomb above, and this falling stone should have been triggered a long time ago, perhaps due to the relationship of disrepair, the mechanism was stuck, and it was only loosened and fallen recently, so he was not too shocked.

Li Deqian was timid, hiding behind Caesar, his face was pale, and it took a long time for him to dare to open his eyes to check, but when he saw clearly the clothes of the corpses on his face, he suddenly exclaimed: "This... How can it be! These people are the Tiance Army! ”

Zhang Jiunian and the others were born in the rivers and lakes, how could they not know the prestige of the Tiance Army, and when they heard Li Deqian's words, their faces were suddenly solemn.

Xu Zhen glanced around, asked Zhang Jiunian to light the immortal lamp at the four corners of the tomb, and searched separately, the burial things in the tomb had already been stolen, but the clothes and armor on these corpses were not completely rusted, especially the blades on the body, after erasing the dust, they were still as clean as new, and the cold glow was shining!

Li Deqian is an architect, and he has long been attracted by the murals of the tomb and the coffin on the high platform, while Xu Zhen noticed that on the side of the coffin, a corpse was leaning against the high platform, and the long knife in his hand was actually bound to the arm with an iron chain, and the iron chain and the white bone were actually stuck together, which shows that this person was unwilling to give up the knife until death.

Looking at the iron armor on this person's body, it is different from other corpses, the blood-colored red copper armor is quite eye-catching, although only the white bone skeleton remains, it is still intimidating, and he should be a fierce general who is invincible to 10,000 people before his death.

Xu Zhen finally untied the long knife, a touch of the blade, the cascading cloud patterns on the blade are breathtaking, and the sharpness is irresistible!

This blade is more than four feet, longer than the horizontal knife in the army, the narrow blade with a graceful slight arc, a bit like the katana of the island country, but more eye-catching than the katana, the handle is engraved with a small seal, Xu Zhen is not very clear, it is estimated that it should be "Qiao" or "Kun".

Zhang Jiunian and the others also found the blades in their hands from the corpses, and even Caesar, who had always been silent, found two short swords, which seemed to be excellent blades.

The big black man Zhou Cang is not too heavy, he actually picked a six-foot big Pu knife, which weighed fifty or sixty pounds when he looked at it, everyone thought he was blind, but he himself laughed with joy.

Xu Zhen held the treasure knife in his hand, looked around, saw the treasure, and swept around the coffin, the things on the master's body were stolen, only the white bones remained, he was also little interested, and his eyes were just about to look away, but he found that there was a fist-sized drum skin bag at the foot of the corpse, after pulling out the stopper, a strong sour smell rushed into the nasal cavity, choking Xu Zhen's eyebrows and heart ached, but he put away the skin bag as if he had obtained a treasure.

This thing is rare, although it may not be used, but it is definitely an excellent help for Xu Zhen's big plan!

He was about to beckon his brothers to find an exit, but Xu Zhen squatted down again, because he found that although the armor of the other corpses was intact, their underwear had rotted, and they were full of white bones, but this lord wrapped the corpses tightly, so he put the corpses down, untied the armor and looked at it, but his eyes were attracted by the things in front of him!

This master general actually has a golden silk soft armor on his body!

Everyone had already searched the entire tomb, except for the blades and some fine gold and silver objects, nothing else was found, and when they saw the golden light on Xu Zhen's side, they gathered over one after another, and when they saw this golden silk soft armor, they also swallowed saliva.

Xu Zhen was not polite, bowed to the corpse, and took off the golden silk soft armor, but handed it to Li Deqian, who took the soft armor in a hurry, but his eyes were hot.

He knew that Xu Zhen would not really sell him to Zhang Jiunian, because Xu Zhen seemed to have noticed all this from the beginning of the chaos in the mining area, and as soon as Zhang Jiunian and the others slipped away, he would take him and Kaisa with him like a prophet, and the rhetoric of persuading Zhang Jiunian and others to join the gang seemed to have been prepared for a long time.

Silently took over the soft armor, Li Deqian's heart was warm, but he also seemed to realize something, in short, after putting on the golden armor, his heart was even more uneasy.

Sure enough, Xu Zhen slowly stood up, looked around at Zhang Jiunian and the others, and then said slowly: "The Tiance Army was built in the hands of today's saints, although it is not popular, but all of them are elite soldiers, these sons are reckless, but they benefit the country, do not seek wealth and nobility, even if they die, no one has their reputation, only buried in such nameless tombs, dare not to shout!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were in awe!

Xu Zhen then said solemnly: "These sons and daughters are from the rivers and lakes, and inside, they are just reckless martial arts people, but externally, they are the defenders of the Tang Dynasty government, both the court and the rivers and lakes respect them, but they are unknown to everyone, and they are not people on both sides, but they died here in obscurity, why?" ”

"All because they have no good or evil in their hearts, no good or evil, only for the safety of the Tang Dynasty and the stability of the people, they are wolves! The wolf will not care about the opinion of the dog, in their hearts, there is nothing more important and noble than the people, in order to maintain the stability of the Tang Dynasty, they are willing to meet the gods and kill the gods, meet the Buddha**, even if they fall into the point of no return! ”

Li Deqian wept when he heard this, because he was a pure son of an official family, but Zhang Jiunian and others had mixed feelings, their backgrounds were similar to those of the Tiance Army, but they were convicted because of the head of the family, and the people's livelihood of the country was really far away from them, not long ago, they were just thinking about survival.

However, Xu Zhen's next sentence made their blood boil.

"You are also born in a reckless background, why can't you repeat the glory of the Heavenly Policy!"

Including Zhang Jiunian, the thirteen miners all raised their heads suddenly, their eyes lit up with inexplicable flames, Xu Zhen raised the long knife in his hand, wiped it on his left palm, blood dripped down, he looked directly at everyone, and said word by word: "Follow me, I won't let you die so badly!" ”

Zhang Jiunian's hands trembled slightly, his left hand wiped on the blade, clenched the blood in his palm, leaned his fist on his right chest, bowed his head to Xu Zhen, and spit out two words loudly: "Lord!" ”

"Huh!"

The rest of the people neatly drew their knives, made a bloody alliance, and followed Zhang Jiunian to bow his head and say, "Lord! ”

(Note: The Tiance Army was established by Li Shimin when he was still the king of Qin, and later became a confidential organ with Li Shimin's claim to be the emperor, responsible for the affairs of the rivers and lakes.) Then the Guangming Temple incident broke out, and the Tiance army attacked the high-level gathering place of Mingjiao with lightning speed, directly killing the four great kings of Mingjiao and many high-level people, Mingjiao suffered heavy losses, and only the head of the sect was spared, and Mingjiao was not allowed to move west)