The fall was not deep to the bottom of the cave, and there was a forward hole in front of him, this hole was not high, only enough for people to bend down and squat down to enter, and Yan Hong saw that Xiao Hongying was already holding a fire fold inside.

Yan Hong observed this tunnel with the light above his head, and found that the soil was still very fresh, it seemed that it had not been dug out for a few days, and the four walls were very neat, and it looked like a veteran.

Afraid that Xiao Hongying would encounter any danger, Yan Hongyi also drilled into the hole in front of him. However, he was much taller than Xiao Hongying, and it was quite difficult to move.

When he was walking, Yan Hong looked down and saw that the footprints on the ground were messy, in addition to the footprints, there were obviously traces of something being dragged, it seemed that Sima Hongyan was taken away from this tunnel by someone unconscious.

The distance ahead is quite short, and it has not reached the end of walking for half a day in such a half-squat, and this tunnel is a little tortuous, and the two of them can't distinguish between east and west, north and south in the dark, and they don't know at all that this will be going in which direction. If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Hongying's fire fold in front of him flashed with firelight, Yan Hong would have had the illusion of being spinning in circles all the time.

After walking forward for about a cup of tea, Xiao Hongying in front of him suddenly stopped, and moved up with the firelight, and it turned out that Xiao Hongying actually stood up.

However, it seems that there is not much place to stand, Xiao Hongying did not move after getting up, so Yan Hong still squatted in the hole and couldn't come out, and Xiao Hongying was tiptoeing up to reach something.

Hearing only a "whoosh", the top of his head suddenly lit up, and the sun shone down, making the two people who had been in the tunnel blind in an instant, and they couldn't see things clearly.

Seeing it with his eyes, Xiao Hongying didn't know if there was someone in ambush outside the cave, so he hurriedly squatted down and tried to open his eyes and look up. And Yan Hong's long sword was still in her hand, and she was also raised at the entrance of the cave at this time.

After getting used to it for a while, the two of them gradually regained their eyesight, and after listening to any movement outside, Xiao Hongying rushed upwards violently, brandishing a long sword and rushing up from the entrance of the cave. Yan Hong followed closely behind and jumped out of the hole.

When they came outside, the two of them took a look, and found that it was a place that looked like the backyard of an ordinary house. The entrance to the cave was in the corner of the courtyard, and there was a pile of earth dug out of the hole, covered with some reeds, and there was no one in the courtyard.

At this time, it was daytime, Yan Hong was not afraid that someone would still stay here, so he glanced at Xiao Hongying, and the two of them ran quickly to the front room.

This courtyard is not very big even with the houses in front of it, and Yan Hong already knows in his heart that this is the housing of an ordinary family in the city. It seems that these guys usually hide among ordinary people, maybe this small courtyard is prepared in the morning.

As expected, when he came to the front main room, it was already empty, Xiao Hongying went out from the main entrance and found that this was actually a grocery store. It's just that the door of the store is open on a relatively deserted street, and there are not many people passing by.

Yan Hong returned to the small courtyard, looked around, and found that there were many cut wooden scraps in one corner, and there was a back door at the back of the courtyard, and there were traces of a carriage on the ground. Needless to ask, Sima Hongyan was packed into a wooden box prepared in advance and transported away in a carriage.

Without further ado, Yan Hong greeted Xiao Hongying, and the two ran quickly towards the school martial arts field, and met the patrolling cavalry on the way, Yan Hong asked for two horses, and Xiao Hongying rushed back to the school martial arts field.

After returning to the school martial arts field, the turmoil inside seemed to have subsided, and Yan Hong didn't care how to solve it, and instructed Xiao Hongying: "You must keep the matter of Hongyan's disappearance a secret and don't mention it to outsiders." Now immediately go and find Hongyan's sisters to see if they can participate in the next games instead of Hongyan, I will transfer troops and chase after the four city gates, hoping to catch up. ”

Xiao Hongying said: "I'll go with you, I can't find Sister Hongyan who cares about this broken game." ”

Yan Hongyi frowned and said: "It is important to find Hongyan, but the Five Nations Competition is not a trivial matter, if we lose the game because of Hongyan's disappearance, wouldn't it make the country suffer?" At that time, even if Hongyan can't help it, I'm afraid that he will be charged with misleading the country, and it is not something you and I can solve at that time. ”

Xiao Hongying pouted, although she knew that what Yan Hong said was right, she was unwilling, and her face was reluctant.

Yan Hong didn't have time to talk to Xiao Hongying, the little girl, so he dropped a sentence: "You must strive to win the game for Hongyan, and leave the matter of finding someone to me!" With that, he immediately turned around and left to arrange for the manpower.

Watching Yan Hong leave, Xiao Hongying did not return to the school martial arts field, but rushed directly to Shangshu Mansion, found Shi Jinyan, who was cultivating in the mansion, and Ban Lingruo, who accompanied her, and roughly told Sima Hongyan about the disappearance.

Shi Jinyan and Ban Lingruo were shocked, they never expected this kind of thing to happen, the two did not dare to delay, and immediately went out of the house with Xiao Hongying and rushed to the school martial arts field.

On the way, Shi Jinyan had a plan, she asked Xiao Hongying to immediately withdraw all the female soldiers in the school martial arts field, and at the same time summoned Zhong Liying and all the rest of the red-faced female soldiers, and went to the four city gates to track all the traces of the carriage pulling the wooden box out of the city today, no matter what the wooden box is, even if it is a coffin, you must make sure that it contains a dead person before you can let it go, the situation is urgent, even if you offend people, you can't take care of it, as long as you don't make trouble.

Sima Hongyan was not there, so naturally it was Shi Jinyan who came to give orders, and Xiao Hongying was ordered to arrange it immediately. Later, Shi Jinyan arranged for Ban Lingruo to take a team of people to learn more about the origin of the grocery store, including who lived there before, what they were doing, all of them had to know their appearance and age, and the surrounding neighbors also had to ask again, and they must try to know what the origin of these people is.

As for the competition in the school martial arts field, Shi Jinyan knew that except for herself, I was afraid that no one could replace Sima Hongyan in the battle. Her physical and mental recovery is not bad, but she is not sure at all about whether she can win the game.

After entering the school martial arts field, Shi Jinyan saw that the presiding officer was explaining to everyone what had happened before. Shi Jinyan knew about Sima Hongyan's slap to Shen Chengjun before, and she had already thought of countermeasures on the way, took out the silver token that Xiao Hongying gave her, and beckoned the two forbidden guards to take her straight to the center of the arena.

The host was hoarse and tried his best to finally explain the reason, and the five national racers also heard the reason and quieted down. The presiding officer sighed with relief and secretly sighed that this errand was really not easy to do, and was about to step down, but found a cold woman standing behind him and looking at him.

The presiding officer knew that this was Shi Jinyan, the daughter of Yanling Shishangshu, and the song "Liufang" that day had amazed the audience, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked in a hoarse voice: "Miss Shi, why are you here?" ”

Shi Jinyan said: "Today's debate competition is no longer allowed for her to participate in the following competitions because of Sima Hongyan's injury, and I will complete all the projects that Sima Hongyan wants to participate in for her." ”

The presiding officer was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "I just stated the experience to everyone, Miss Sima is also out of saving people, and everyone has already understood, why should she be disqualified from the competition?" ”

Shi Jinyan said: "No matter what the purpose, beating someone is beating someone." The five-nation tournament is about national interests, and she may embarrass everyone if she plays again, so I will replace her. There is no need to discuss this matter, please follow this. ”

The presiding officer didn't want to say anything, so he had to nod his head and say yes.

Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the debate game continues as usual, and Shen Chengjun has been diagnosed by the imperial doctors and taken some antidotes, so there is basically no big problem.

However, when Shen Chengjun heard that he was replaced because Sima Hongyan beat people, he was sorry, so he had a low morale in the later games, plus Sima Hongyan had already achieved a certain advantage in the previous game, and Shi Jinyan's eloquence was not weak, so in the end, Shi Jinyan won the victory.

So far, the seven rounds of competitions have ended, Yanling has four firsts, Dongning has two firsts, Beiling has one, Xiyue and Nanyi have no winning events, and there are only three competitions left, which means that in addition to Yanling, Dongning and Beiling, the other two countries have no hope of winning the championship.

And Beiling's chance can only be regarded as theoretical, because he only won one game, even if he can win the next three games, it is only enough to draw with Yanling, and he has to play an extra match to win against Yanling to win, but this possibility is very small in terms of Beiling's strength.