Chapter 081: Master of Tomb Guards
If everyone fights with Gao Zheng at the same time, there is indeed a possibility of victory, and the possibility is still very high, but the casualties will definitely be very tragic.
And in the face of the Great Grandmaster, these people have an instinctive fear.
Especially when they thought that the terrible fracture on Wu Yongfeng's body was from Gao Zheng's hand, everyone shuddered.
However, Gao Zheng also has a fatal weakness, that is, he has too many scruples. He not only wants to ensure Wu Qing's safety, but also does not leave Wu Yongnian and Wu Yuanan behind.
Then, as long as you send someone to besiege and kill Wu Qing and others, it will disturb Gao Zheng's sight, and even if Wu Qing is captured alive, you can also coerce and pinch Gao Zheng.
After some deliberation by the old fellows, they finally made up their minds.
"Yuanping, Yuanhao, each of you will take a team of people to the lounge to intercept and kill Wu Yongnian and the others! Wu Yongnian and Wu Yuanan were both injured, and it was difficult for Wu Qing to take care of them alone. Hmph, this is a good opportunity to besiege them! Wu Yongyun said viciously to the two young people beside him.
After Wu Yongqing's two brothers were injured, Wu Yongyun was the strongest, so he was elected as the temporary Great Elder and continued to carry out this family dispute.
Although Wu Yuanping and Wu Yuanhao are the same generation as Wu Yuanan, they are not much older than Wu Qing. Both of them are the deputy hall masters of the Zhiwu Hall, and the masters of the Great Realm.
Wu Yongyun thought that if the two of them led people to besiege and kill Wu Qing and others, coupled with the cooperation of the gunmen inside (this old guy didn't know that the gunmen had been eliminated by Gao Zheng), the chances of winning were still very good.
"Yes!" Wu Yuanping and Wu Yuanhao responded at the same time, and each rushed in from two different lounges with a team of people from the Zhiwutang.
These two lounges happened to be sandwiched between the lounges that Wu Qing and the others had entered just now, so although Wu Qing and the others didn't have to face the gunners in the council room, it was still very troublesome.
Because as Wu Yongyun said, Wu Yongnian and Wu Yuanan were both injured, and Wu Qing had to be distracted to take care of them, and he couldn't use his fists and feet.
At the same time, the three gunmen aimed at Gao Zheng at the same time, just waiting for Wu Yongyun to give an order to shoot.
Gao Zheng frowned, and the momentum on his body skyrocketed, enveloping the gunman in it, and at the same time, a few quenched and poisonous steel needles were clamped between his fingers.
Originally, these steel needles were only used when he was on a mission abroad, but today's situation was so critical that he had to make an exception.
Soon after Wu Yongping saw Wu Yuanping and others enter the lounge, he gave the order to shoot at the gunnery.
However, Gao Zheng reacted much faster than the gunman, and when he heard Wu Yongyun say the word "open", the steel needle in his hand shot out.
There were four steel needles in total, three of which were aimed at the three gunners, and one was Wu Yongyun.
In order to facilitate the concentration of firepower, Wu Yongyun did not let the gunners disperse, but stood in a straight line. In this way, Gao Zheng was fulfilled, and two of the three steel needles stabbed the eyebrows of the two gunners respectively.
Because it is far away, it does not cause too serious trauma, but the toxin on the needle is more harmful. When the two gunmen fell to the ground, their throats suddenly let out a "hiss" sound, and at the same time, their bodies convulsed, and their faces were deformed from pain.
The center of the eyebrows is very close to the brain, and the time for poison is naturally very short.
The other steel needle fired at the gunner was slightly out of place, not stabbing the gunman's vital point, but the position of the middle needle was fatal, it was actually the lip. In just a dozen seconds of the needle, this guy's lips were swollen like ham.
As for the steel needle shot at Wu Yongyun, it did not deviate from the target. However, the ruthless Wu Yongyun was in a hurry, and actually pulled a Wu family disciple standing next to him over as a shield.
The steel needle didn't hit Wu Yongyun in the end, but stabbed the unlucky guy in the neck.
The nerves and blood vessels in this position are relatively abundant, and after the guy was hit by the needle, he immediately went limp.
Wu Yongyun's fierce approach suddenly chilled the hearts of the children of the Wu family, the "eighth master" in their hearts, and the "eight elders" in their mouths, in order to save their lives, they did not hesitate to take the children of the younger generation of the family as sacrifices.
"Let's go up together, drag that kid, and buy time for Yuanping and Yuanhao." Wu Yongyun did not feel the slightest guilt and continued to give orders.
It's just that this time no one acted rashly, afraid of Gao Zheng on the one hand, and more importantly, Wu Yongyun's character in the hearts of these people collapsed instantly, and no one was willing to work for him anymore.
Even the other elders of the elder group felt that Wu Yongyun was a little too much, and disdainfully kept their distance from him.
"What, what I said didn't work?" Wu Yongyun saw that no one moved, and snorted coldly: "I repeat it again as a great elder, everyone will act immediately and drag that kid down......"
Gao Zheng didn't bother to pay attention to the infighting between these guys, and now that the gunmen had been dealt with by him, there was no need for him to stay here anymore.
So taking advantage of the chaos on the field, Gao Zheng slipped into the lounge behind him and rushed to meet Wu Qing and the others.
As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he met a team of people led by Wu Yuanhao, and the two sides started without saying a word.
Wu Yuanhao, who led the team, was only in the big realm, and these people were naturally not enough to be abused by Gao Zheng, so they fled in less than a minute.
Gao Zheng did not stop and continued to rush in the direction of the escape ladder. Being able to meet Wu Yuanhao here means that they have not encountered Wu Qing, so Wu Qing and the others should have gone down the escape well.
Sure enough, during the third break, Gao Zheng found traces of a fight, and there were still a few pools of blood stains on the ground, which should have been injured when Wu Qing and Wu Yuanping's team fought here.
But there was no one to be seen at the scene, and it was not known which side of the blood stain was left behind.
After a moment's hesitation, Gao Zheng pried open a few almost seamlessly disguised floor tiles, revealing a black whirring opening.
At that time, Gao Zheng also stepped on this position unintentionally, and felt that the sound was different from other places, so he found that there was something boring.
It is estimated that in the Wu family, except for an old guy like Wu Yongnian, no one knows that there is such a passage in the lounge of the conference hall.
Even if it is an old guy who knows the passage, his memory is very vague, otherwise Wu Yongnian would not have pondered for so long before remembering.
The main reason is that this passage has never been used since it was built, but I didn't expect that the purpose of opening it for the first time now is not to prevent foreign enemies, but to avoid family infighting.
After making sure that there was no one around, Gao Zheng quickly got into the escape ladder and covered the camouflaged floor tiles.
There is a long staircase and bottomless darkness underneath your feet, and you have to be winged at every step, and if you step on the air, you will fall straight down.
It's hard to imagine how Wu Qing and Wu Yongnian took the unconscious Wu Yuanan and stepped down the stairs in the dark.
Or are they not down at the moment?
Gao Zheng hesitated, a little uneasy, and climbed back up.
When he was about to approach the entrance, there was a noisy sound of footsteps from above, followed by Wu Yongyun's shouting and scolding: "A group of waste, the lounge is so big, where can they hide?" I'll find it separately, and don't let go of any corner......"
It turned out that Wu Yongyun was leading people to search for the whereabouts of Wu Qing and others, which made Gao Zheng relieved, indicating that Wu Qing and others had escaped, so he quickly descended the stairs.
This guy thinks that the biggest gain from learning from Feng Zongdao is that he has cultivated a pair of night vision eyes, even in an environment where he can't see his five fingers, he can see the situation under his feet clearly.
In the past, when he was on a mission in the "Blood Alliance", he relied on these night vision eyes and made a lot of achievements. He has repeatedly broken into the enemy's center in a dark environment, such as entering a no-man's land, and directly taking the opponent's head.
At this moment, his night vision eyes were in play again, and he didn't need any light at all to see what was going on under his feet.
When he walked down to a height of about two floors, there was a sudden slight sound below, and Gao Zheng was stunned and stopped.
Wu Qing had told him that the middle building was the largest building of the Wu family's mansion, with five floors on the ground, a secret room equivalent to a three-story building underground, and a huge ancestral hall.
It is rumored that the stone tomb is behind the ancestral hall, because the annual ancestor worship ceremony of the Wu family is carried out in the underground ancestral hall.
It was only on that day that ordinary family members were allowed to enter the underground secret room, and no one was allowed to step into the underground secret room except for the head of the family and the great elder who could enter in an emergency.
It is said that in a small room of the ancestral hall, there is an isolated master who has been silently guarding the stone tomb, so as not to disturb the tranquility of the ancestors of the Wu family.
Wu Qing's mouth is very powerful, but she can't say a specific situation, so Gao Zheng guessed that it should be a great master at the level of a great grandmaster, and it is likely that he has entered the second level of a great grandmaster.
Wu Qing herself is a master realm, and if she can feel very powerful, it must be beyond this great realm.
Gao Zheng didn't want to provoke such an old monster, especially in this environment, so he had to be cautious.
Of course, the location where Gao Zheng is now is still two or three stories above ground, and there is still a long distance from the secret room on the lowest floor and the underground ancestral hall. And the sound that came from below just now should have come from the first floor of the ground.
Whether it is Wu Qing and others, Gao Zheng is difficult to judge.
But usually, the secret room is closed, and ordinary people can't enter it at all, so if you infer from this, it's either Wu Qing and the others, or the old monster guarding the tomb.
Gao Zheng felt that it was more likely that it was Wu Qing and others, because since they were guarding the tomb, as long as they didn't go to the underground ancestral hall, they wouldn't disturb him.
And the grave keeper shouldn't be fine, so he just came here to wander around, right?
However, for the sake of prudence, Gao Zheng first paused for a moment, then stood on tiptoe, trying not to make a sound, and slowly leaned down step by step.
At this moment, a faint light suddenly lit up below, and then Wu Yongnian's voice came: "I don't know what happened to that kid...... Alas, this time our grandfather is still alive, thanks to him. Speaking of which, he is the benefactor of our family! ”
"Grandpa, if you and my dad wait here, I'll go up and see Gao Zheng." Wu Qing almost cried and said: "Actually, you should also know that Gao Zheng and I don't have that kind of relationship, he didn't have to be involved in the dispute of the Wu family. ”
Wu Yongnian sighed and said in a deep voice: "If something really happens to that kid, you will only be sent to death in vain." Yuan'an's pulse breath is getting weaker and weaker, he can't get out here, and his mobile phone has no signal and can't get in touch with the outside world, so he can only go to the ancestral hall first, where he can first find some medicine to treat internal injuries to save Yuan'an's life. ”
Wu Qing was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help crying: "But grandpa...... I can't leave Gao Zheng alone, even if something happens to him, I will take his body out. ”
Gao Zheng's heart moved, a warmth flowed through, and he was also a little moved.
"Alas......" replied to Wu Qing with a deep sigh at first, and only after a long time did he hear Wu Yongnian say: "Okay, I don't object to you going up, but don't be impulsive, you must ensure your own safety." Qing'er ...... You are the last blood and hope of our family, grandpa doesn't want you to have an accident! ”
Wu Qing snorted, and then there was a rustling sound, it should be Wu Qing preparing to come up.
However, it seems that it is not from the long staircase of Gao Zheng, but from other passages.
Gao Zheng was worried that he would go wrong with Wu Qing, so he coughed vigorously twice, and then stomped his foot heavily, and the iron staircase immediately emitted a harsh muffled sound.
"Who?" Wu Qing asked vigilantly, and then it seemed that Wu Yongnian covered his mouth, and there was no sound below.
"Sister Qing, don't be afraid, it's me." Gao Zheng said lightly, only about one story high from Wu Qing.
"Gao Zheng? Is it really you? Wu Qing couldn't believe her ears and was stunned. After confirming that it was Gao Zheng's voice, he jumped up excitedly.
When Gao Zheng came down the stairs, Wu Qing suddenly pounced on him, hugged Gao Zheng tightly, and couldn't stop crying down.
Wu Yongnian on the side smiled, turned his head and coughed twice. This old man was seriously injured, his clothes were stained with blood, and it was all up to Wu Yuanan and Wu Qing to support his last will.
"Sister Qing, we're fine!" Gao Zheng gently wiped the tears from her face, and then looked around, it should be a space similar to a secret room, there were no doors and windows, and there were no stairs to continue down, only an elevator.
When he saw the elevator, Gao Zheng's eyes lit up, and he finally understood how Wu Qing and Wu Yongnian came down together with Wu Yuanan, who was in a coma.
After asking Wu Qing, I found out that in addition to the iron staircase leading to this in the lounge, there was a camouflaged elevator on the left side of the window, and Wu Qing and the others arrived here through the elevator.
Before coming down, they met Wu Yuanping in the No. 3 lounge and had a fight. As a result, in order to protect Wu Yuanan, Wu Qing added several new injuries to his body, and Wu Yongnian couldn't use one arm and was stabbed twice.
However, Wu Yuanping's gang didn't get a good deal, two of them were smashed by Wu Yongnian with crutches, one of the palms was cracked, and the rest were injured to varying degrees.
The worst thing is Wu Yuanping, when he fought with Wu Qing, he broke a few flank bones around his waist, and his back was also attacked by Wu Yongnian and smashed out of a bloody hole.
At that time, Gao Zheng saw blood stains on the ground, most of which were left by Wu Yuanping.
In the face of a master realm master like Wu Qing, those guys were also stunned, and after suffering a loss, they fled in the wilderness.
After they left the No. 3 lounge, Wu Yongnian immediately pushed open the large iron cabinet outside and opened the elevator. In other words, if Wu Yongyun's gang looked closely, they would find that the iron cabinet had been moved, and it was likely that they would also find this escape well.
"Ahem...... That's pretty much it, and when you get to a safe place, there's time for you to make out for the two of you. Wu Yongnian said: "It's not safe here, you have to leave quickly." If those bastards find the escape shaft, they'll be chasing them soon. ”
Wu Qing blushed, got up from Gao Zheng's arms gently, then raised her eyes to look at the black iron staircase, looked at Gao Zheng puzzled, and said, "After making trouble for a long time, this is the secret passage you discovered?" ”
"Or else?" Gao Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "If I knew that there was a lift to come down, I wouldn't have to bother with this effort...... Time is urgent, let's go to the underground ancestral hall first and control the injury for Uncle Wu. In addition, the old man's injury cannot be delayed, and it will be dangerous if it is not treated in time. ”
In fact, Gao Zheng didn't tell the truth, although Wu Yuanan's internal organs were seriously injured, he was still younger than Jiao and could bear it. On the contrary, Wu Yongnian, who now seems to be in good spirits, has reached the point of running out of oil and running out of lamps due to old age and excessive blood loss.
"I'm fine, I can save Yuan'an." Wu Yongnian pressed the button of the elevator and walked in first.
He knew his physical condition better than anyone else, but in front of Wu Qing, he had to pretend not to know.
Living to this age, he has seen through many things, especially the infighting he just experienced, which made him feel embarrassed, and he cherished the affection between Wu Yuanan and Wu Qing even more.
After the elevator sank to the bottom, it stopped, and several people walked along the long corridor towards the underground ancestral hall of the Wu family.
The underground ancestral hall is the most important strategic stronghold of the Wu family, with a large amount of food and emergency medicines, in fact, there is no shortage of various Chinese and Western medicines to treat internal injuries.
In fact, every big family will have such a place to escape from the world, some are far away in the deep mountains and valleys that are rarely visited, and some are to buy a piece of land and build an underground castle in the name of development.
When the family encounters a major crisis, the core members can hide in to preserve the last of their strength.
The Wu family's escape place was chosen in the basement of the mansion because the tombs of the ancestors of the Wu family were here. According to the family rules and ancestral teachings, after the death of the successive heads of the Wu family, they must be buried near the ancestors' tombs, that is, in a large open space behind the underground ancestral hall.
That clearing is a huge naturally formed karst cave, when the Wu Mansion was built, a feng shui gentleman went in to see it, and said that it was an excellent "dragonfly point water bureau".
Burying the bones of the ancestors there can shelter the descendants of the family, so that the family can continue to enjoy wealth and prosperity for generations.
The great family has always been particular about feng shui, and the ancestors of the Wu family divided the cave into two according to the suggestion of Mr. Feng Shui. Half of it was used to build an underground ancestral hall, and the other half was used as a burial place for the Wu family, burying the bones of the heads of the previous generations.
Because the head of the family embodies the luck of a family and is born with the aura of the ancestors, he is qualified to be buried in the "ancestral grave" after the ancestral hall after death.
"It's just a rumor, if it's really as Mr. Feng Shui said, how can the Wu family come to be destroyed today?" After experiencing family infighting, Wu Yongnian no longer believes in the "testament" handed down by the family.
Wu Qing also nodded and said, "I don't believe in this kind of mysterious thing, but I'm a little worried that when we enter the ancestral hall, will we disturb the tomb keeper...... I heard that those who trespassed into the underground ancestral hall before died at the hands of the senior who guarded the tomb, and I don't know if it's true? ”
"It's true!"
Wu Yongnian sighed, suddenly stopped, looked ahead in a daze, his brows twisted into a ball, as if he had found something extremely terrifying.