Chapter 5 In the Cave of Confusion
The candlelight shone on the silver pile, and the flickering light was a little strange. Guo Ao couldn't help but pick up a ingot, looked at it carefully, and sighed. Shangguan Hong's face changed, she took a closer look at the silver ingots in her hand, and found that the silver light was dim and gray, and the mountains of silver ingots were all fake! This is undoubtedly another plan to lure them in.
Guo Ao probed his feet, only to find that the floor under his feet was slightly loose, but its color was dark and solid, as if it was made of steel. It's also a delicate mechanism, and if it carries more than a certain amount of weight, it triggers a spring that catapults off the stone slabs on both sides. Shangguan Hong's weight was extremely light, so he didn't trigger this mechanism, and because of this, Guo Ao was reckless once, but it was precisely the enemy's trick. The person who arranged this mechanism seems to have calculated everything, and Guo Ao is not fooled!
The great disappointment and the horror of death had knocked Shangguan Hong down, and she fell to the ground, crying bitterly. Her hand was still holding the fake silver ingot, and even though she knew it was fake, she wouldn't let go! It was the only thing she could hold.
Guo Ao sighed: "At this point, what's the use of crying......" said, leaning over and pulling her up. The silver pile behind him suddenly rushed up, and among the silver ingots flying in the sky, a sharp sword pierced out like a poisonous snake, flying away from Guo Ao's back!
Sword light**, stealthy and silent. The sword striker was obviously a master of assassination, and by the time the opponent felt the sword wind behind him, the sword had already been captured. But this is underground, and the tunnels on both sides are closed, and the space is too narrow. He struck his sword in the air, fast and sharp, but it sent a surge of air that caused the candle flame to flicker.
The candle flame shook gently, and Guo Ao was immediately alert. This confined underground should not be windy! At the same time, he also felt the killing intent like his back collapsing. Suddenly, Guo Ao's figure flickered, and he had turned into two people. The long sword broke through the shadow, only cutting through Guo Ao's clothes! The sneak attacker was taken aback and screamed, "How can you do this!" ”
Guo Ao has already turned his back. The sneak attack man was dressed in black, but the long sword in his hand was dazzling, and it was Yuan Du. Perhaps it was precisely because the ink sword he used was broken and the weapon in his hand was not in his hand that Guo Ao escaped with his life at the last moment.
Guo Ao was obviously taken aback, but Shangguan Hong laughed and said, "Catch him!" He must know how to get out! "Guo Ao's spirit is long. Yuan Du "giggled" and laughed, as if he had heard something extremely funny, and bent down with laughter, completely ignoring the strong enemy Guo Ao in front of him.
Guo Ao looked at him silently, and when Yuan Du finished laughing, he asked, "What are you laughing at?" You should know that if I try to capture you, you don't want to run away. Yuan Du screamed: "Run? Why should I run? I'm telling you, it's useless for you to catch me! This place is blocked to death, and I have no way to leave! ”
Guo Ao's heart was shocked. Shangguan Hong pouted: "Who will believe you?" If you don't know the Dharma of leaving, how can you come in? Yuan Du's eyes flashed with a look of viciousness, and he said word for word: "Just because I swore to kill this person with my own hands, even if I want to go to hell, I don't care!" His words were cold to the bone, and the resentment contained in them made Shangguan Hong can't help but shiver. She really didn't expect that one person hated another person to such an extent that she could even take her own life.
- Is this the rivers and lakes? Shangguan Hong would rather run away from afar, and no longer have any contamination with this river and lake for the rest of his life. She also suddenly understood what a stupid choice her father made to open a dart game to be a dart master.
Yuan Du looked at the disappointed look on Guo Ao and Shangguan Hong's faces, and was extremely happy. He laughed wildly and said: "But Guo Jianshen's skills are too big, I am afraid that this little slate will not be able to trap him, so I got a hundred catties of gunpowder, and dozens of catties were buried on each side of the tunnel, and when there will be a boom, the tunnel will be completely sealed, and Guo Jianshen will not be able to wear it even if he becomes a pangolin!" ”
Shangguan Hong wiped her tears and said fiercely: "You thief, why don't you bury the explosives under this cave, just blow us up!" Yuan Du smiled cruelly: "How can I be willing to let him die so soon?" I'm going to watch him suffocate a little bit! As soon as Guo Ao's heart moved, he waited to extinguish the candle with his palm.
Although the ancients did not know the reason, they knew the existence of "qi", people need qi to breathe, and the burning of candles also consumes qi, and when the candle is extinguished, people can live a little longer. If you live a little longer, you might have a chance to break out.
As soon as he moved, Yuan Du said coldly: "If you extinguish the candle, I will immediately draw my sword to see if you can protect this little girl." Guo Ao's heart sank. Even though his swordsmanship is higher than Yuan Du, it is not easy to protect this little girl in the dark. Unless there is a way!
Shangguan Hong hissed, "Why didn't you kill him?" Kill him and have one less gasp, can't we live longer? Guo Ao was silent. Yuan Du laughed strangely: "Kill!" Let's kill! I'm very happy to be able to get the divine sword Guo Ao to be buried for me, come and kill me! He hissed and screamed, his voice terrible, like a monster. Guo Ao smiled faintly, turned around, and pulled Shangguan Hong away from the distance.
Yuan Du smiled cruelly: "Don't kill me, right?" Do you think I'm grateful to you for that? I can't kill you, so taking a few more breaths at this time can also make you live a little shorter! He did as he said he and immediately began to breathe heavily. Shangguan Hong watched him panting from afar, and couldn't help but feel pitiful. But when I thought that the air I was inhaling was exhaled from this mouth, I couldn't help but feel sick. Disgusting or pitiful, the air in the cave became less and less, and the candle flame gradually dimmed.
Guo Ao said loudly: "Brother Yuan, today we have stepped into the ghost gate together, can you tell me where the dart silver went?" Yuan Du sneered: "Why should I tell you? I call you a ghost and a fool! Guo Ao said: "Okay, then I'll ask you another question." The mechanism you set up in this secret passage seemed to have calculated that Guo was coming, which made Guo very puzzled. Can Brother Yuan solve Guo's confusion? ”
Yuan Du said: "Do you think that an escape tunnel will not set up such a complicated mechanism, right?" Guo Ao sighed: "This organ seems to be specially designed to close people, and it is only Guo who is puzzled." Yuan Du said: "That's just because this tunnel is not used to abscond!" Guo Ao's face changed color and said, "Impossible!" If it weren't for the tunnels, how would so many of you get out? Yuan Du said: "Naturally, there is a secret way to get out, but not this one, this one is specially used to harm people!" ”
Guo Ao muttered, "Is there another secret path? Yuan Duwei smiled: "You can't think of it, right? I'm sure you've dug a few traps, and when you find this tunnel, you'll assume that this is the escape tunnel, and those traps are used to cover it, aren't you? ”
Guo Ao sighed: "At that time, how many people didn't think so? Yuan Du said: "Although you are smart, the person who designed this authentic is even smarter!" He had long anticipated the weakness of the human mind, so he made this secret passage. Do you want to know where the real escape tunnel is? Guo Ao couldn't help asking, "Where?" Yuan Du said: "It's on the wall of the third trap you dug up!" But you already decided that these traps were used to cover the real tunnels, so you would never look closely at the four walls again, which is also a weakness of the human mind! He laughed as he spoke, laughing so hard that he couldn't catch his breath: "If you are clever and find that secret passage, you can capture us one by one, because we were at the secret passage at that time, eavesdropping on you!" ”
Guo Ao secretly called it a pity, but if he was allowed to experience it again, he was afraid that he still wouldn't have imagined that there were so many mysteries in this tunnel! And what kind of character is the person who designed this authentic person? Even if Guo Ao can get out of today's predicament, how will he confront such a character?
Yuan Du said sharply: "Originally, we calculated that you were already dead, but I hated you so much that I hated you to the point of teeth, so I hid in this silver pile and assassinated you despite their obstruction." But your bastard's martial arts are indeed high, and he can't even stab you like this! But it's enough for me to be able to see you die! As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on Guo Ao, refusing to move away, and he really wanted to watch Guo Ao die.
Guo Ao was silent. Shangguan Hong said sharply: "You thief, you are really crazy!" Uncle Guo, kill him quickly, I just need to look at him now, and I feel disgusted! Guo Ao shook his head and said, "Since everyone is going to die, why should I kill him?" Shangguan Hong said loudly: "You also know that everyone is going to die? Don't hurry up and think of a way! Guo Ao said: "The only way now is to wait." Shangguan Hong said: "Wait? What are you waiting for? Wait for the heavenly gods to come down and save us? Guo Ao actually nodded.
Trapped in the ground for others, he is about to suffocate to death, and this guy is still in the same way as no one, and he is not in a hurry at all. It seems that both of these people are crazy. Shangguan Hong only felt that he was going crazy.
Suddenly, Guo Ao said: "Brother Yuan, just now you mentioned the loopholes in my thinking, I think about it carefully, I did find a few loopholes in my previous thinking, I wonder if Brother Yuan can talk to me about it?" Yuan Du stared at him and said, "You say." Guo Ao said: "There is another secret way in the Juyi Hall, I already understand this. But it takes a while to get into the secret passage and then seal it off, but why haven't I noticed that there are fewer people in the hall? ”
Yuan Du said: "How do you know that there are fewer people in the hall?" Hear it? He smiled coldly and continued, "Or do you feel it with sword qi?" Guo Ao's expression was shocked, he obviously didn't expect Yuan Du to know about sword qi induction.
Yuan Dudao: "Can you find many monkeys outside the window of the Juyi Hall?" Guo Ao nodded. There were indeed a lot of monkeys outside the window of the Justice Hall, and he used them to hit him with the stones he struck on the floor. Yuan Du said: "That's the 'person' you sensed later." A man burrowed into the ground and caught a monkey from outside the window. Although the monkey is not the same as a human in terms of breathing and body temperature, your sword qi sense must not be so sensitive. ”
Sword Qi induction is indeed not so sensitive, and it can distinguish between monkeys and humans. But who could have thought of the idea of replacing people with monkeys?
The hall was already on the mountain, and when the window was finally opened, the monkeys swarmed out. Even if it is seen by others, there are monkeys in Yamamoto, which is not unusual, but it has created the illusion that dozens of people have suddenly disappeared. The plan was meticulous and ingenious, and the people who planned it thought all the elements properly. It's just that how did he know that Guo Ao's sword qi had reached the level of sensing foreign objects? Or did he have cultivated his own sword qi to this extent?
Guo Ao's heart was amazed, his heart flashed, and he said, "That's not right! If I had replaced it with a monkey, how could I hear so many human voices? Yuan Du sneered. As if he was waiting for Guo Ao to ask this, his voice was full of sarcasm: "Have you ever seen juggling?" Guo Ao nodded. Everyone has seen it. Yuan Du said: "Then have you ever seen ventriloquism?" Guo Ao was stunned, his mouth full of bitterness.
Ventriloquism! He suddenly thought of the man lying on the floor of the Justice Hall. The poisoned wine in his hands, the expression on his face. It turned out that this man was a ventriloquist, and all the voices were made by him. It is precisely because he is only a ventriloquist that in the end he can only die, because there are too many secrets that cannot be leaked. But now these secrets are no longer secrets. Does this also mean that Yuan Du is convinced that they will not be able to live anymore? Guo Ao's face was still faint and expressionless. There is neither the anger of being deceived nor the fear of dying.
This may be the waves, they are accustomed to the torment of life and death. Or they were born to die, to be killed.
Yuan Du's gaze rarely lifted from Guo Ao's face, and he muttered, "It's fast, it's almost ......."
At this moment, a hoarse explosion suddenly came from outside the cave, although the explosion was not very loud, but it shook the cave. Yuan Du laughed wildly. There was also a muffled sound on the other side of the cave, and I heard a drum surging outside the cave, and the rumbling sound was endless, showing that the gunpowder that Yuan Du had ambushed had been triggered, and the tunnel was blown up.
The flame of the cave shook violently, fell to the ground with a "plop", and was extinguished. Although Yuan Du was full of resentment, he was also shocked by such boundless power, and stood on the ground, speechless. Guo Ao and Shangguan Hongxin were both sad, and the fear of death swept up, and the two of them were powerless to stop them.
Even if there is a sword technique that reaches the sky, it is difficult to resist the changes of fate. Who would have thought that Guo Ao, who dominates the world, would die in such a narrow underground cave? Sword God Sword God, isn't this also a ridiculous thing?
Shangguan Hong suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Look at you! Guo Ao looked at the fixed eye of her arm, and saw that there was a small hole in the wall of the cave. There was a faint glow through that small hole! Although this light was faint, it shook Guo Ao's heart! The sword wind is fierce. The Sword God Excalibur, which no one has ever seen before, has finally struck!
There was a "bang", and the small hole was broken into a large hole, and fresh air poured in, and the sunlight poured in. Shangguan Hong couldn't help but run forward, and saw that there was a cliff outside this cave - this tunnel was dug here from the Juyi Hall, and it happened to pass by the edge of the cliff, if Yuan Du didn't bury explosives, even the gods would not have thought that this tunnel would be on the edge of the cliff. But after the explosives were detonated, although the tunnel collapsed, it also cracked the cliff into a big hole, which saved Guo Ao and Shangguan Hong's lives.
It's a coincidence, but it's providential. Human beings are poor and ingenious, but where can they compare to the calculations of the heavens? It seems that there is really a kind of power of fate, if it weren't for Yuan Du's single-mindedness to put Guo Ao to death, how could Guo Ao be saved?
Shangguan Hong slowly knelt on the ground, as if he was intimidated by the majesty of the heavens, and only by kneeling could he express his awe. Yuan Du stood stunned and muttered, "This is impossible! That's impossible! Guo Ao said coldly: "This is God bless the good people and let your plan come to naught." Yuan Du jumped up: "You help Wu Yue Wang Yunyin, and you still have the face to say that you are a good person?" Guo Ao sank his face and said, "I took this trip just to save the Shenwei Dart Bureau." If you want to fight with King Wu Yue, why don't you rob him? Are you afraid of him? Yuan Du jumped up again: "I'm afraid? Why should I be afraid? Guo Ao said: "Since you are not afraid, why should you snatch it from the Shenwei Dart Bureau?" I took the dart this time, but also to find out where the dart silver is going to be sent, once King Wu Yue receives it, I will immediately start to rob it! Yuan Du's face changed.
Guo Ao waved his hand and said, "Let's go." Yuan Du was taken aback: "You want to let me go?" Guo Ao smiled: "What if you don't let you go?" Do you want you to walk with me? Yuan Du still refused to believe it: "I was bent on killing you, setting up so many traps to harm you, and you actually let me go like this?" Guo Ao nodded.
Yuan Du took two steps and paused, but saw that Guo Ao was motionless, and hesitated: "Do you want to sneak attack while I'm not paying attention?" Guo Ao said: "If I want to kill you, do I need to work so hard?" Yuan Du nodded and said, "Then you really want to let me go?" Guo Ao smiled and said, "If you don't want to leave, you can stay by yourself." Yuan Du's face changed, he didn't seem to expect Guo Ao to let him go so easily. He hesitated, and finally shouted: "The surname Guo, I don't owe you any favor, I tell you, Dart Yin is in ......"
A mysterious smile suddenly appeared on his face, and his head slowly drooped. Guo Ao waited for a long time, but Yuan Du was still motionless.
Guo Ao shouted, "Brother Yuan? Yuan Du acted as if he hadn't heard it. Guo Ao's heart moved, and when he stepped forward to look, Yuan Du's body was already stiff and he had been dead for a long time!
This dart silver now seems to have become a taboo word, and if anyone mentions it, the gods and demons of the heavens and the earth will immediately rush to take this person's life. The mountain breeze blew in, and Guo Ao couldn't help but shiver. Shangguan Hong was already stunned.
Suddenly, there was a "gurgling" sound, and Yuan Du's body gradually melted, and finally turned into a pool of black water, which slowly dispersed. Seeing this scene, Shangguan Hong couldn't help but vomit. Guo Ao sighed, picked her up, and flew down from the cliff.
Shangguan Hong was too frightened, his body gradually became hot, and he began to babble nonsense. Guo Ao knows that she has been bumpy for a few days and in distress several times, this little girl is only afraid that she will be a little unbearable, if she is sick, how should she explain to her father?
Shangguan Hong's body was getting hotter and hotter. Guo Ao was uneasy - Qingtianzhai couldn't see people around, but where to seek medical treatment? He couldn't help but stomp his feet and said in a low voice: "If only Li Qingchou, the barefoot doctor, was here, at least this hot potato wouldn't be in my arms." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a person above his head laugh and said: "Nephrite is warm and fragrant, but you seem to be very unhappy, no real man has a conscience." When Guo Ao looked up, he saw two embroidered shoes hanging from the tree in front of him. The shoe was shallow with a bow and two small butterflies embroidered on the top. The upper is emerald green, the embroidered shoes sway gently, and the butterflies flutter like they are flying in the grass. Guo Ao couldn't take his eyes off it.
The woman on the tree jumped down lightly, but it was the blue-faced woman who appeared in the dart game. She pointed to Guo Ao's nose and said, "Do you see every woman who sees it like this?" Guo Ao said lightly: "If it was specially sent to me to see, I will look at it like this." The woman crossed her waist and said, "Did I send it to you specifically to see?" Guo Ao said: "If not, what are you doing with your feet in front of me?" The woman's face gradually turned blue, and she said hatefully: "Maybe I want to kick you a few times!" Guo Ao sighed: "I only know that such a beautiful foot should not be used to kick people." The woman couldn't help but smile, the green anger on her face gradually dissipated, and Ying Ying said, "If you said it so nicely from the beginning, how could I kick you?" Guo Ao said: "If you put your face on me from the beginning, I'm afraid I will speak better!" ”
The girl was even more pleased, and suddenly her face sank, and she said, "What do you mean by talking to me, but you are holding another girl?" Guo Ao said: "Such a young girl, also called a girl?" The girl's face immediately sank: "What is the girl's name if you don't call it?" Are you going to call her aunt? When she said this, she couldn't help but laugh again.
Guo Ao sighed: "Who can stand being so angry and laughing?" The girl "snorted" and said, "You were born a cheap life, and you can't die with explosives underground, so what's not to stand it." Guo Ao's gaze suddenly became cold: "How do you know that the explosives in the ground can't kill me?" The girl seemed to lose her mouth for a moment, and hurriedly covered her mouth. Guo Ao never ate her again, and looked at her coldly. The sword qi is pulled, and the killing intent has taken shape. The girl seemed to be frightened by him and could not speak.
Guo Ao said coldly: "Where is the dart silver?" The girl jumped up: "You think I stole the silver?" You think I'm in their group? Guo Ao didn't say a word, but seemed to have acquiesced.
The girl yelled: "The surname is Guo, you slander me so much, I don't want to live!" So saying, he rushed to the edge of the cliff and jumped down. Guo Ao stared at her. The girl's figure jumped into the air, turned suddenly, landed on the edge of the cliff lightly and skillfully, and shouted, "The surname is Guo!" Do you still have humanity? I'm going to die, and you won't even pull it? Guo Ao smiled faintly and said, "If the girl wants to seek death, how can she hold it down?" The girl hurriedly said, "You can hold it!" As long as you put away your heart sword, you promise that you won't die without pulling me. ”
Guo Ao's face changed again, and the girl said: "Although I didn't steal the dart silver, I know where the dart silver is hidden, let me tell you, okay?" Shangguan Hong suddenly jumped down from Guo Ao, threw herself in front of the girl, and cried: "Good sister, tell me where the dart silver is, so I can save my father." My father ......" she couldn't say a word, and she cried bitterly.
Guo Ao sighed, the cold pressure suddenly relaxed, and sighed, "Say it." The girl rolled her eyes and said, "What did you say?" Her face suddenly turned cold, "Can you still use your heart sword at this time?" A pair of slender hands had already clasped Shangguan Hong's neck, but the voice was even more gentle: "Little sister, I'll take you to a place first, and then wait for Daddy to come, okay?" Shangguan Hong was unconscious, and responded: "Okay! Dart silver is also there? The girl smiled and said, "There is everything in that place, as long as you go, you don't have to worry about dart silver again." ”
Guo Ao sighed and said, "Let go of her, you go." The girl wondered, "You don't want dart silver?" Guo Ao shook his head and said, "I'll give you three hours to escape, and after three hours, I'll start killing you." The girl said, "Oh? So why should I let go? Wouldn't it be nice to hold this shield? Guo Ao's eyes flashed. The girl sneered: "Don't think you can kill me by surprise, you have seen my kung fu, and I am also a master." Guo Ao said: "You have been targeting me in the Shenwei Dart Bureau, what do you want to do?" The girl smiled and said, "What I want to do is actually very simple, I just want you to promise me one thing." ”
"What's the matter?"
The girl smiled suddenly, and said, "Come home with me." ”