After walking for about half an hour, the soldier with the Yu Mei on his back finally stopped by an inconspicuous elm tree. Yu Mei turned around and saw that the military camp was quite far away from him, so he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his voice slightly and said, "Senior Brother Xu, we have arrived." After that, let "Xu Jia" get the lantern closer, and groped for a long time between the grass and rocks before finding the hole.

Yizhi looked carefully and saw that this cave could only be entered and exited by one person, hidden under the deep grass half a person high, presumably knowing that there was a cave here, and it would not be possible to find it for a while. was sighing, but heard Yu Mei urging: "Senior Brother Xu, hurry up, don't let the officials and soldiers find out." Then I heard a dull "Ahhh "Shouting.

The material of the instrument was that this Yu Mei could not bear the strength of his two feet, and accidentally fell into the hole, so he hurriedly illuminated the entrance of the cave with a lantern, carefully probed into the hole, and picked him up with all his might. Looking around, I saw that the inside of this tunnel was much wider than the entrance of the cave, and it could accommodate two people to enter and exit side by side, but the height was only enough for one person to stand up straight and walk, and it was no longer possible for people to carry Yu Mei forward.

So Yi Zhizhong climbed out of the tunnel again, and ordered the sergeant to cut down two small trees with the thickness of the bowl mouth, and made a simple stretcher, so that Yu Mei could sit on it, and the sergeants took turns to carry it, which was much easier than carrying him on his back.

The tunnel was indeed very long, and the light emitted by a few lanterns could only shine a few steps away, so that the twelve people walking in the cave did not know how long it would be, and they only felt that the terrain in the tunnel was sometimes undulating, sometimes twisting and turning, and they did not know where to lead.

After walking blindly for half an hour, the tunnel finally no longer extended forward, but became a stone staircase, layered and spiraled upward.

Yizhi stopped, held the lantern high, and leaned on the dim light of the lantern, only to see that the staircase was paved with neat stones, and the chisel marks on the stones were visible, which was very different from the stone steps in the famous mountains and rivers that were smoothed by the soles of tourists' shoes - it can be seen that this passage is rarely used.

Yizhi pondered for a while, made everyone stop to rest, and said to Yu Mei, who had been placed on the ground: "Presumably, I have arrived at the foot of Funiu Mountain, and I can go straight to the top of Yuhuang through this stone step, right?" ”

"Senior Brother Xu is really smart, Senior Brother, I have come down from this mountain." This Yu Mei was carried away for a long time, staggered, groggy and fell asleep, and ate the dry food brought by Qiu Yizhi, and his spirit was much better than when he first "escaped" from the barracks, and he shook his head when he spoke.

"I want to ask Senior Brother Yu, I don't know how long I have to go?"

"This ...... Senior brother came down from the mountain, and he walked for two or three hours, now do you want to climb up from the bottom......" Yu Mei dragged out his voice and asked himself, "I'm afraid it will take three or four hours." ”

Yizhi nodded and said: "Fortunately, Yuhuangding is heavily guarded, and it is difficult for the officers and soldiers to capture it for a while. ”

Yu Mei listened to his head and said: "Senior brother's words are true, it's just that my legs and feet are inconvenient, senior brother, and I have suffered these brothers who carry me!" ”

The ten people who accompanied him were all Yizhi's cronies carefully selected from his own personal guards, and all of them followed the temperament of the chief general, and they were very shrewd, and they replied one after another: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Yu Mei was embarrassed when he heard this, and sat on the ground and bowed to everyone.

Yi Zhi saw that he looked like an old pedant in the three villages, thinking that although he couldn't get into the move, and with his identity as a showman, he planted a few acres of tax-free thin fields and taught a few village children, and the food and clothing were still more than enough, why did he inexplicably believe in Tianzun's teaching?

After a short rest, Yizhi ordered everyone to set off.

It was really difficult to carry an adult up the stairs, and Rao was one of the ten people who could also be called elite in the elite Youyan Army, and he was also out of breath. Seeing this, Yizhi divided them into five groups, stopped and rotated every 300 steps, and continued to move forward after a short rest.

After five rotations like this, the dragon-like stone staircase was finally completed, and a stone chamber was only one zhang square. The stone chamber was empty, except for a wooden door at the end.

As soon as Yu Mei was carried indoors, he hurriedly jumped off the stretcher, sat on the ground with weak legs and one buttocks. Without waiting for anyone to help him, he stood up, staggered to the wooden door, slapped it vigorously, and shouted, "Someone! Come on! Yu Mei is back! ”

After shouting for a long time, until Yu Mei was hoarse, the wooden door slowly opened a thin crack, revealing a glimmer of light. Seeing this, Yu Mei inserted his finger into the gap and forcefully pulled the door open, and suddenly the narrow stone room was illuminated through.

The people who had been climbing in the dark for a long time were so stimulated by the bright light of the sun that they couldn't open their eyes in an instant, and it took a while to get used to it, but they saw that there were many people around the door, all holding steel knives, looking at themselves.

Yu Mei stood at the door, and when he saw such a formation, he was so frightened that he took half a step back, and said, "Why do you all senior brothers look like this? Didn't you forget my Yu Mei? I'm back to rescue everyone! Seeing that everyone was at a loss, he hurriedly asked, "What about Deacon Shi?" Is Deacon Shi here? I want to see Deacon Shi! As he spoke, he put his hand on the pergola and searched among the crowd.

Only then did a white-haired old man separate the crowd, hurriedly walked to Yu Mei, looked him up and down a few times, and finally said: "Alas~ You have been there for a few days, and there is no news, I thought you were either killed by the official army, or you ran away...... I didn't expect you to go and return, not to lose the trust of the old man! As he spoke, a few tears came out of the corners of his eyes.

Seeing that he was sad, Yu Mei hurriedly persuaded: "Now is not the time for me to wait for my grievances...... Come on, come on, I'll introduce someone to Deacon Shi, this time I can escape from the official prison, all thanks to this Xu Jia, Senior Brother Xu! ”

As he spoke, he added fuel and vinegar to his experience with "Xu Jia" in the past two days, and asked "Xu Jia" to take out the bronze mirror given by the saint for everyone to see. In this way, most of the Heavenly Venerable Sect disciples trapped on the top of Yu Huang had already believed it.

Deacon Shi was thoughtful, and slowly walked to Qiu Yizhi, who was aliased as "Xu Jia", handed over the bronze mirror and said: "Now that the main altar of my Holy Sect is in danger, this brother can go up the mountain to save him at this time, he is really a faithful believer of my Holy Sect!" ”

Yi Zhi saw that no matter how young this "Deacon Shi" was, he had already passed the mandate of heaven, with white hair and five long beards that were also snow-white, and he was left straight to his chest, which was quite a bit of a fairy wind and bones, so he took the bronze mirror and said: "This is the righteousness that a disciple in my sect should have, how can a disciple afford such a false award as Deacon Shi?" ”

This Deacon Shi stroked his beard, his triangular eyes narrowed, and said, "It's easy to say." It's just that I don't know when this junior disciple entered the Holy Sect? Which brother made the introduction? ”

Such a question, Yizhi had been preparing in the camp for a long time, and Lang Lang replied: "The disciple is an orphan, and the matter of joining the religion is still very rare, but he was personally introduced by the lord of Wang Tan in Guangyang City, and personally arranged to be placed in the Youyan army. ”

When Deacon Shi heard him say nothing more than the words "death has no proof", he couldn't find anything wrong, but he wanted to ask him about the incision code of the Tianzun Sect.

At this moment, someone shouted: "The official army has attacked!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were immediately in chaos, how could they have the time to check the identity of this "Xu Jia" again, and they scattered one after another, climbing up to the city to observe.

It turned out that when Yizhi discussed with the two brothers yesterday, he estimated the time to pass through the tunnel, and asked Zheng Sen to launch an attack at the end of the next day, so as to force Yu Huang to fall into the trap. Unexpectedly, this Zheng Sen was rude-minded, and misunderstood what Yizhi said about launching an attack at the time of Mao, so it was close to the time when he attacked Yuhuangding. However, Yizhi's action was delayed for a while because he had to carry Yu Mei's action, which was inconvenient to lift his legs and feet. When it was a coincidence, the time was perfectly matched.

Although this Zheng Sen is rude, he is not stupid, and he knows whether Yu Huangding can attack it, so he will do it here. Therefore, he personally led the army to supervise the battle, and let the soldiers work in groups of five, carrying two huge shields dedicated to the "Dangya Battalion", blocking the opponent's bow and arrows, and slowly advancing from the mountain road. In this way, he actually reached the outside of the Yuhuang Ding Gate, but this mountain road was narrow, and he could not carry siege equipment, so he was still helpless against this heavy city gate. It's just that the official army has never made such progress in the previous attack, and for a time they resisted the gate, chopping knives and axes, and setting fire to them, with great momentum.

At the beginning of the Tianzun Sect, the war was quite smooth, and several cities were captured, forcing the Henan official army to be like a turtle with a shrunken head. However, since Youyan's army went south to quell the rebellion, the Tianzun Sect army was like a big water rushing into the sand, cutting through bamboo with a sharp blade, and there was no resistance at all. Therefore, although this Yuhuang Dome Altar is still solid, the believers in it are already frightened birds.

Although Qiu Yizhi is young, although King Youyan has been walking around in the army since he was a child, he immediately felt the uneasy atmosphere in this general altar cottage, so he raised his voice and said: "The Youyan army has met in one place a few days ago, with a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses, so regardless of casualties and losses, we will go all out to break through the main altar and ...... my Holy Sect disciples."

Yu Mei "escaped" from the hands of the officials and soldiers, and was most afraid of being arrested again and suffering twice, and before Yizhi finished speaking, he hurriedly said to Deacon Shi: "The current situation is urgent, and it is not a long-term solution to trap the main altar after all, please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

Just as Deacon Shi hesitated, a Tianzun disciple beside him suddenly threw down the steel knife in his hand, squeezed into the stone room, and was about to escape into the dark passage, but was blocked back by the ten cronies brought by Yizhi.

Qiu Yizhi didn't say a word, pulled out the sword on his waist, and stabbed the person to death with a single sword, and without waiting for others to react, he walked to Deacon Shi's ear and whispered: "At present, the main altar is in danger, and the disciple is worried that the secret exit will be discovered by the officials and soldiers. For the sake of today, the only way to go is to evacuate as soon as possible. It's just that this secret passage is narrow and long, and if everyone scatters and tramples on each other, it is tantamount to killing each other. Therefore, the disciple thought that the altar master, deacons, and intellectuals in the main altar would evacuate first, and the rest of the sect members would continue to resist the officials and soldiers and gradually escape, this would be the best policy! ”

When Deacon Shi heard this, he was still in the aftertaste. Yizhi didn't wait for him to think it through, and urged: "This matter is imminent, there is no room for half a moment, and I also ask Deacon Shi to discuss with all the senior brothers quickly and make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to make a mistake in this adventure of the disciples!" ”

Deacon Shi finally didn't hesitate any longer, turned around and left, only left for a moment, and then led fifty or sixty people to "Xu Jia" and Yu Mei, and said: "These fifty-eight people, together with the old man, are all senior brothers in the sect who are above the altar master, and they are all willing to listen to the arrangements of the two junior disciples and evacuate the main altar in order to make a comeback!" ”

Yu Mei's position in the Tianzun Sect, if it is placed in the official mansion, is just a small county government office, seeing that this group of sect backbones who have never put themselves in their eyes on weekdays and have to force themselves to venture down the mountain to investigate, but now they are obedient to their orders, they can't help but be extremely excited, and arched their hands: "Don't dare to be!" The little brother is willing to lead the way! ”

Yizhi raised his hand to stop: "No! Senior Brother Yu's legs and feet are inconvenient, and his movements are very slow, so for fear of delaying the plan, it is better for the junior brother to take the lead and lead all the senior brothers to retreat! ”

This suggestion is in line with everyone's intention to evacuate this dead place as soon as possible, and everyone reiterates that it is true.

After everyone had been preparing for more than an hour, Yizhi took four of his own soldiers who came up the mountain with him, led these nearly sixty backbones of the Tianzun Sect, and went down the mountain from the tunnel.