Qi Buchen suddenly felt a chill, and his entire back froze instantly.

If it's not Mr. Storyteller behind me now, who would it be?

Qi Buchen clenched the short knife in his hand tightly, shook his teeth, and scolded in his heart, "No matter what you are, poke a hole for you first!" ”

Having made up his mind, Qi Buchen turned around in an instant, and the bright blade stabbed behind him like lightning.

Just when he turned his head, Qi Buchen had already discovered that there was indeed a dark shadow behind him, and seeing that he was about to succeed, the corners of his mouth sneered slightly.

But before the corners of Qi Buchen's mouth could rise completely, he suddenly felt his hand holding the knife tingle, and at the same time, a spark splashed in the darkness.

I only heard a "ding" sound in my ears, and the short knife in Qi Buchen's hand broke out and flew out.

"What is so hard!" Qi Buchen was shocked and raised the fire fold in his hand.

Under the reflection of the jumping firelight, a big face suddenly appeared in front of Qi Buchen, with a strange smile on his gray face.

Qi Buchen's back was cold, and he gasped suddenly. He recognized the big gray face, which was clearly the dragon face portrait just now!

In an instant, he felt his scalp explode, and this thing turned out to be alive!

At this moment, Mr. Storyteller's fire fold also lit up, and the entire outline of the dragon-body figure instantly appeared in the darkness.

Where had Qi Buchen seen such a scene, this stone statue didn't know when it came behind him, and he was stunned for a moment.

"Let's go!" The storyteller shouted, turned and ran.

Qi Buchen also woke up, relying on his agility, he jumped to the side, followed by a neat heel, and his waist twisted and his toes landed on the ground. Without stopping for a moment, he sprinted away in the direction he had come.

The two of them had barely taken a few steps when they heard another loud crash from the stone gate behind them. The entire space shook for a moment, and the gravel and dust on it fell one after another.

Qi Buchen touched the slag on his face, one eye was already squinted and couldn't be opened, but he didn't dare to stay at all. Because he heard a strange voice behind him approaching them quickly.

Qi Buchen anxiously shouted at the storyteller in front of him, "What the hell is this!" ”

Still unanswered, the storyteller stopped and turned his head to look, took out a small ball of unknown material from his bosom, raised his hand and threw it into the darkness behind him.

Qi Buchen only heard a "poof" behind him, as if something lit up, followed by a strong pungent smell.

At this time, Qi Buchen closed one eye and didn't dare to turn his head back, but it was strange to say that Mr. Storyteller threw it out this time, and the voice behind him was really gone.

The storyteller smiled slightly and said to Qi Buchen, "It's flat!" Then he took two steps forward, and jumped into the water.

Qi Buchen followed and jumped down as well.

Under the washing of the water, Qi Buchen's eyes opened in the water, but he still couldn't see the situation around him. However, as a martial arts practitioner, he has a keen ear, and he can clearly discern the direction and location of the storyteller. So he swam over closely, I don't know why, at this time, Qi Buchen had a strange confidence in this storyteller surnamed Qin, and felt that he would be able to go out smoothly with him!

Qi Buchen held his breath and followed closely the sound of the storyteller swimming in front of him, for fear that he would be thrown off by him. When he first came in, the fear of losing his way back still haunted him.

I don't know how long he swam, but Qi Buchen saw a bright light in the water in front of him, and he knew that it was the entrance to the cave. Then he saw a figure flash in front of him, and he drilled out of the hole.

Qi Buchen sped up to catch up, rushed out and desperately surfaced.

The strong sunlight made Qi Buchen a little unable to open his eyes. He opened his mouth wide and gasped for breath, touched the water on his face, and looked towards the shore. I saw that the storyteller had already come ashore and was running towards a cornfield.

Qi Buchen had not forgotten his mission, and shouted loudly to the surroundings: "Quick! Stop him! He was glad that he had placed the men around him in advance.

Soon, several figures chased in the direction of Mr. Storyteller.

The storyteller, who had already rushed into the cornfield, ran at a rapid pace and lowered his body. But he still heard several voices behind him approaching him.

The storyteller was not surprised by the situation, he seemed to have already thought that Qi Buchen was here, and his men must be nearby.

The storyteller glanced behind him, bent down and sped up again, and suddenly changed direction.

Qi Buchen's men saw the corn stalk near the place where the storyteller had been swaying, and then fell into peace. They immediately slowed down and moved closer to that position.

When they got closer, they realized that a hole had already been dug in the ground. Mr. Storyteller is gone.

At this time, Qi Buchen also arrived, and he couldn't help but choke when he saw this scene. But he didn't panic too much, but looked around calmly.

One of his subordinates said, "My lord, should we go down to the cave to chase after us?" ”

Qi Buchen waved his hand, "He didn't have time to dig the hole too long, I guess the exit of this hole is in a nearby hidden place." At this point, he fixed his eyes on a sorghum field on the opposite side of the ridge.

Qi Buchen sneered and waved his hand, "You two go into the cave to chase, and the others come with me!" ”

At this time, the storyteller had crawled out of the hole in the ground, and the exit was indeed in the sorghum field.

Qi Buchen led the men towards the ridge of the ground, towards the sorghum field, and just as they were about to rush in. Suddenly, there was a neighing of a horse from inside.

Qi Buchen and the others couldn't help but be stunned, and before they could come back to their senses, Mr. Storyteller had already rushed out of it on horseback with a package on his back, and one of his men was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground at once.

Mr. Storyteller rode on his horse and smiled at Qi Buchen, "This lord, I have taken my leave, and we will have a chance to drink together again in the future!" ”

Qi Buchen scolded angrily, but his feet couldn't catch up with the speed of the horse no matter what.

Just as Mr. Storyteller was about to ride away, a man in Tsing Yi suddenly rushed out of the cornfield just now. I saw him bend his bow in his hand, aim it in the direction where the storyteller was leaving, and shoot the bow with an arrow.

Qi Buchen's face, which was still angry just now, suddenly showed a smile.

This man in Tsing Yi has followed him for many years, and because of his delicate appearance and love to wear cyan clothes, he is nicknamed Tsing Yi, and no one knows his real name. He was Qi Buchen's most powerful arm and the best archer by his side.

As soon as the arrow string of Tsing Yi was loosened, a feather arrow broke out of the air with a "boom", and went straight to the back of the storyteller's heart. Tsing Yi did not stop after shooting an arrow, and chased after him while setting up an arrow.

When the storyteller heard the sound of breaking wind behind him, he screamed badly, and hurriedly turned sideways to dodge.

Despite Mr. Storyteller's best efforts, the sharp pure steel arrow still left a terrible scar on his shoulder, and the blood flowed out instantly, and to make matters worse, the arrow cut through the package, and the dragon pattern stone box inside rolled out and fell off the horse.

The storyteller hurriedly dismounted to pick it up, but before he could reach out, another arrow arrived.....

Mr. Storyteller didn't dare to fight, so he could only stomp his feet, turn over and gallop away......

Tsing Yi chased after him and stopped, bending down to pick up the dragon pattern secret box on the ground......

Qi Buchen led people to arrive, took the secret box in Tsing Yi's hand, looked at the direction of the storyteller's escape, and stopped the others, "Forget it, don't chase it, let him go." ”

......

In the Chuxiu Palace of the Forbidden City, there is a woman over half a hundred years old sitting on the couch, she is graceful and luxurious, with fair skin, half-closed eyes, and a string of jade Buddha beads in her hand, exuding a condescending arrogance from her body. This is the most powerful woman in the late Qing Dynasty - the Empress Dowager Cixi!

Qi Buchen knelt at the door, bowed his head, and didn't dare to say a word.

A eunuch walked up to Cixi with a dragon-patterned stone box in his hand, "Lafayette, Qi Buchen and others have brought things back." ”

Cixi glanced at it with a slight eyelid and nodded, "This is the stone box?" ”

Qi Buchen, who was kneeling on the ground, hurriedly said, "Back to Lafayette, this is it!" ”

"Okay," Cixi raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and slowly opened her eyes, her eyes like a pan. "Wait for the merit, reward!"

Qi Buchen hurriedly kowtowed, "Slave thank Lafayette!" ”

Cixi raised her finger, "Okay, stand down!" ”

"Huh!" Qi Buchen stood with his hands down, walked backwards out of the door, and then turned to leave.

That night, the largest restaurant in Beijing.

Qi Buchen, the man in Tsing Yi and several of his subordinates were pushing the cup and changing the lamp.

One of his subordinates said: "My lord, you have won the praise of Lafayette this time, and you will definitely be promoted to the rank of knight in the future!" ”

Qi Buchen laughed, "Glory and wealth, you and my brothers share!" ”

Everyone immediately raised their glasses, "I wish to follow my lord, and my liver and brain will be ruined!" ”

Soon several of his subordinates were drunk and hazy, Qi Buchen picked up the wine glass and found the man in Tsing Yi alone, "This time I can get back the dragon pattern secret box, Brother Tsing Yi is the first achievement, I toast you!" ”

The man in Tsing Yi smiled and picked up the wine glass, and the two drank it all.

Putting down the wine glass, the man in Tsing Yi said softly: "My lord, what is so special about that dragon pattern secret box?" ”

Qi Buchen shook his head slightly, "I don't know about this, but I'm sure the secret behind it must be earth-shattering, otherwise it wouldn't alarm the Queen Mother Lafayette." ”

The man in Tsing Yi nodded, Qi Buchen looked at the other subordinates who were already drunk, leaned into the ear of the man in Tsing Yi and whispered: "Brother Tsing Yi, let me tell you a secret, I didn't tell Lafayette about this matter." ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, the man in Tsing Yi couldn't help but be a little surprised.