Chapter 332: The Sinkhole Trap
Chen Fujiang rowed away very depressed, Xiao Laodao smiled and greeted the grandfather, let's not be stunned, let's find a place to stay first.
Leaving the river, everyone walked not far, and a river appeared next to it, although this river cannot be compared with the Yangtze River, but it is not small, the river is turbulent, and it flows into the Yangtze River.
After walking a short distance along the river, a small town shop appeared by the river, and at this time, it was dark, and several people found an inn in the town to stay. Draft,I'm really sorry.,Stopped for a few days.,And upload a draft.,Mainly,The official account divides most of my energy.,I hope to be able to transfer all the last series to the official account before the three are finished.ć
After dinner, Xiao Laodao wanted to go out for a walk, and the grandfather and Xiaoqing went out with him.
After walking around the town, the three of them came to the outside of the town again, which is basically a mountainous area, except for the river, which is a large and small hill.
After walking a short distance along the river, a ferry appeared by the river, and at this time, the ferry was hung with lanterns, and although there were not many people, there were also guests who disembarked or took boats.
Xiao Laodao stopped next to the ferry, looked at the ferry for a long time, and Xiaoqing asked him puzzled, "Dao Chief, what are you looking at, what's so beautiful about this?" ā
Xiao Laodao said thoughtfully: "Have you noticed that after crossing the river, you never saw a single officer and soldier again?" ā
The master and Xiaoqing glanced at each other, and the master asked, "Brother Xiao, do you think there is anything wrong?" ā
Xiao Laodao smacked, "I can't say it, but I just feel that something is wrong." Saying that, Xiao Laodao looked to the southwest and asked Xiaoqing, "The strange treasure is not far from us, can you feel what it is?" ā
Xiaoqing also glanced at the southwest and shook his head, "I don't feel anything, Dao Chief, is there really a treasure here?" ā
Xiao Laodao pondered for a moment, and with a thoughtful expression, Xiaoqing hurriedly asked, "Could it have been taken away?" ā
Xiao Laodao glanced at Xiao Qing, "Tomorrow I will be able to rush to the place where the strange treasure appears, go there and see the situation first, if it is really taken away, I don't think I will be able to go far." ā
The next day, everyone left the town early in the morning and headed for the mountains to the southwest.
After a day's walk on the mountain road, in the evening, they came to a small village, and as soon as the grandfather and a few people entered the village, they found that many people in the village with different accents had almost covered the village. After going around the village, I didn't find a single person from their village, and these people were old and young, in groups of three or five, and none of them seemed to be in a group, but they all looked very capable and carried swords, and they were not locals at all.
Xiao Laodao immediately greeted the master and left the village, however, the surrounding terrain was treacherous, although it was winter, there was no chill at all, and there were poisonous insects from time to time.
On a small hill not far from the village, a few people found a place, because the yin qi was heavy, and there were more insects and ants, so they cut a grass and built a bonfire.
While eating and drinking, Xiao Laodao said to everyone: "I think that strange treasure should still be there, otherwise, there will not be so many people in the village below." ā
The master nodded, and Xiaoqing asked, "Why don't you seem to see people from their village?" ā
Xiao Laodao said: "Maybe these people drove them away, or perhaps, they were given a lot of money, and they temporarily moved out of the village." However, we have to be more careful, before we find the strange treasure, there will be no accident, and after we find it, these people will designate to fight themselves. ā
The grandfather said: "I didn't expect so many people to come, are these all the same as us, all tomb robbers?" ā
Xiao Laodao said: "Most of them are tomb robbers, and some of them look like people on the rivers and lakes, or maybe they are ringing horses." Let's just be careful, let them go first, and we'll go later. Several people nodded at the same time.
That night, several people fell asleep around the extinguished bonfire, and slept until midnight, when the grandfather heard the sound of stepping on the blades of grass in the distance, the grandfather opened his eyes, turned over quietly, and looked in the direction where the sound came.
I saw a tall figure, slowly walking towards the camp, the master lay down and did not move, stretched out his hand and pulled out the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword in his waist.
Soon, the figure came to the front of the camp, but he didn't come to the side of the grandfather and the others, kept this distance, and shouted in a low voice: "A few friends, are you asleep?" ā
The master lay on the cover and didn't say a word, and the person who came shouted in a low voice: "A few friends, I have no malice, if you don't fall asleep, get up and reply." ā
The master still didn't move, and there was no movement in the camp at all, Xiao Lao Dao They wouldn't be unaware, maybe they were just like themselves, they wanted to see what the people wanted to do.
The person who came said again: "Friends, don't hide it, this time the strange treasure is in the world, it is a trap, I advise you, it is better to leave early." ā
The words of the person who came did not fall, and the master felt that Xiao Laodao beside him was up, and the grandfather turned his head to look, and Xiao Laodao really sat up from the cover.
Xiao Laodao gave the person who came, "This brother, I heard everything you said, thank you for telling me, please go back." ā
The master also sat up from the bed, and at the same time, Xiaoqing, Xiao Chujiu and the others all got up.
Someone came to look at the grandfather, "You guys, don't you believe what I said?" ā
Xiao Laodao smiled and asked rhetorically, "You are from the village below the mountain, right?" ā
The visitor replied: "No, I came from the river overnight to inform you." ā
"Oh?" Xiao Laodao was full of disbelief, and asked again: "Why are you so kind to tell us this news?" ā
The person who came said, "I came here this time just to save my father, if you don't believe me, you will take your leave." As he spoke, the man turned around and was about to leave.
Xiao Laodao hurriedly stopped him, "Wait first, brother, it's not too late to leave after you explain it." ā
He didn't reply, and strode away, "Since you don't believe me, I have nothing to say to you." ā
When the master heard this, he hurriedly got up from the cover, rushed over in a few steps, and put the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword on the neck of the visitor.
The person who came was a big man, with a similar figure to Xiao Chujiu, dressed in coarse cloth, and looked like an honest farmer.
When the visitor saw that he was being held by a short sword, his body immediately froze, "You, what are you going to do, believe it or not." ā
The master said coldly: "You came to us in the middle of the night and said something inexplicable, do you think you can leave so easily?" ā
Xiao Laodao also came over at this time, looked the big man up and down, and asked, "Who sent you, and how many taels of silver do you collect?" ā
The big man's lips trembled suddenly, "IāI don't understand what you're talking about, no one sent me, and IāI didn't confiscate anyone's silver taels." ā
Xiao Laodao said: "No one sent you to confiscate the silver taels, so why did you come over in the middle of the night to tell us this lie, you want us to listen to it, and then go home, do you go to find a treasure again?" ā
"No, no, no......" The big man looked excited, clumsy, and couldn't say anything when he was excited.
Xiao Laodao waved his hand at the master, and the master understood and took the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword off his neck.
Xiao Laodao pulled his arm, "Come, come and talk." ā
The big man didn't resist, and followed Xiao Laodao to the camp, Xiao Laodao let the big man sit on the cover, "Say, what's going on, if what you say is credible, a few poor people will let you go." ā
At this time, it was pitch black, and no one could see each other's faces clearly, and the big man seemed to stabilize himself, and said to everyone, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was immediately interrupted by Xiao Laodao.
"A few months ago, our ancestral grave was dug up ......"
"What?" Xiao Laodao said: "I asked you to say who sent you, what do you say your ancestral grave is for!" ā
The big man swallowed dryly, "Don't worry, Daoist, listen to me." A few months ago, our family's ancestral grave was dug up, saying that it was ...... It is said that a royal relative died, and he fell in love with our ancestral grave, and he didn't even say a word to our family, but dug up several ancestors in our family grave and burned them, and scattered their ashes into the original cemetery, saying that if the ashes in the original cemetery were sprinkled, the imperial relatives would be buried, and the feng shui would be more prosperous. ā
"I went to them to theorize, but they were relatives of the emperor, not only did no one pay attention to me, but they also beat me up and was bedridden. However, not long after the burial of the emperor's relatives, the grave was dug open, and not only the contents were stolen, but even the body was hung upside down on the tree. It's really happy, after I heard about it, I got up and burned a few sticks of incense for those beneficiaries, but, a few days later, I heard that the imperial court was furious, and sent officials to strictly investigate the matter, but those few engongs were haunted, the officials were not good, and they were afraid that the court would blame, so some strategists let the local people spread rumors that there were strange treasures in the local world. They want to catch all of you people, after I heard about it, I hurried overnight, but I don't know which ones are Engong, and today I saw a few good faces, so I came to inform a few first. ā
After listening to this, the whole family looked at the big man, and Xiao Laodao said to himself, "No wonder you have many officers and soldiers along the road, if you say so, the appearance of a strange treasure is really a rumor from the government." As he spoke, Xiao Laodao seemed to remember something, and asked the big man, "How did you know this news?" ā
The big man said: "Don't look at me not very well, I am a person in our family to change clothes, my family is on the other side of the Yangtze River, it is also a big family with a head and a face, in the government, there are also people who are good friends with our family, they told me, I thought I found someone to dig the grave of the emperor's relatives, those people in the government interceded for me, plus I was bedridden, so I didn't find me trouble." ā
Xiao Laodao nodded, "In other words, there are no exotic treasures here at all?" ā
The big man said: "Although there is no strange treasure, but in this area, there has always been a rumor, saying that there is a sinkhole nearby, there is a hidden soldier cave, I don't know which dynasty, there are countless military assets in the hidden soldier cave, and the locals and government people also know it, but they can't find it, this time, they spread the strange treasure in the world, I'm afraid they want to kill two birds with one stone......"