Chapter 315: The Fall of Jinan
Suddenly, a large piece of dust fell on the roof of the cave that lost its support, and then there was a muffled sound of "boom", a huge stone collapsed from the top of the cave, and the large and small stones continued to collapse at the entrance of the three-pronged cave, and soon the three branch caves were all tightly blocked, and the whole cave seemed to shake a little.
Wu Zhiyuan, Hua Gu and Manniu had already hid to the side, until the stones on the top of the cave no longer fell, and they fell silent.
"Little brother, you are really witty, this roundabout technique implies a trick of the golden cicada to get out of the shell, very clever!" Hua Gu not only praised Wu Zhiyuan.
"Obediently, what if you kicked down just now, what if the wooden pillar keeps coming? Or if the wooden pillar is broken, but the stone on the roof of the cave has not collapsed, then we are not going to be caught by the corpse? Although Manniu also admired Wu Zhiyuan's wit, he still had lingering fears about the thrilling scene just now.
Wu Zhiyuan smiled slightly, did not reply, he saw that the leftmost branch hole had also been sealed by a collapsed boulder, and the treasure at the bottom of the pool inside was probably difficult to see, but this also invisibly interrupted the grain and grass of Li Lanru's group of Manchu remnants, and it could be regarded as inadvertently doing a good deed.
Hua Gu and Manniu didn't know what Wu Zhiyuan was thinking, and when they saw Wu Zhiyuan coming out of the branch hole on the left unharmed, they thought there was nothing abnormal inside, so they didn't ask more.
"We'll get rid of the corpses inside when we have a chance." Wu Zhiyuan looked at the pile of boulders in front of him, and there was a faint roar from behind the boulders.
"We don't need to take action, as long as Nantian Eagle doesn't come to save them, after seven hundred and forty-nine days, they will naturally starve to death." Hua Gu smiled.
"Starving?" Wu Zhiyuan asked in surprise, thinking to himself that the corpse man would not be able to eat?
"If a corpse person wants to move as freely as a normal person, he needs to eat Gu poison once every three days, and if he has not eaten Gu poison for seven or forty-nine days, his body will gradually dry up, and eventually turn into white bones." Hua Gu nodded and explained.
Wu Zhiyuan always thought that corpses could be compared to zombies, but it turned out that this kind of Gu corpse could not be the same as zombies, and its own weaknesses were not many.
The three of them stood in the cave for a moment, and Wu Zhiyuan remembered that the Marshal's Mansion might be in crisis now, and if he could inform Zhang Dashuai before Li Lanru acted, at least Zhang Dashuai could be on guard.
In fact, Wu Zhiyuan did not have a good impression of Zhang Dashuai at first, but after this period of contact, Wu Zhiyuan gradually abandoned many misunderstandings about Zhang Dashuai, although this fat man is lustful and fierce, but he is in a troubled world, and he is in a high position, and he has to do it as a last resort.
After the three of them walked out of the cave, night had already fallen, and it was windy outside, and although the oil lamp had a lampshade, it could not withstand the invasion of the cool breeze, and it was quickly extinguished. Fortunately, the moonlight was still bright, and they could barely see the mountain road, and the three of them went around the foot of the mountain back to the east side of the mountain. The White Horse Mountain itself is on high ground, so although it is at the foot of the mountain, you can still see most of Jinan City when you look east.
At this time, it should be brightly lit and the night scene is prosperous, but as far as the eyes of the three of them can see, it is a firelight, and a few gunshots can be faintly heard, and there are constantly mixed with the cries of people, and most of Jinan seems to be purgatory.
"What's going on?" The brute bull rubbed his eyes, stunned.
"We're still a step late." Looking at the situation in Jinan City, Wu Zhiyuan muttered in his mouth, it seems that the Marshal's Mansion has been taken by Li Lanru.
"Now the country is in turmoil, forces are rising, and there are turf fights everywhere, and it is the people who are suffering." Hua Gu said with feeling.
"Oops." Wu Zhiyuan suddenly remembered that Ju'er and Laidi were still waiting in the teahouse, and now Jinan City was in such chaos, I don't know if they were in danger.
The three of them hurried down the mountain and went directly to the direction of the teahouse in the western suburbs.
In the city of Jinan, Wu Zhiyuan really felt surprised and angry. There were not many houses in the western suburbs of the city, but they had all turned into a sea of fire, and he was faintly worried about the situation of the teahouse, and he had no time to care whether there were people in the other burning houses, so he ran towards the teahouse.
As soon as he walked to the entrance of the street where the teahouse was located, Wu Zhiyuan's heart suddenly "chuckled", and he saw that the teahouse had already ignited a raging fire.
Wu Zhiyuan was unwilling, and rushed to the door of the teahouse, and was dumbfounded, the fire in the teahouse had already risen more than three people high, and the scorching heat wave made him dare not get close, and the situation in the teahouse was completely unclear.
"Ju'er!" "Come on!" The three of them shouted into the fire, but there was no answer at all, in fact, the three of them knew that if Ju'er and Laidi were really still in the teahouse, they would have been burned to death by the fire.
Wu Zhiyuan shouted a little hoarsely, and finally knelt on the ground in disappointment, he remembered the situation when Ju'er was by his side these days, and the fragments kept coming to mind, Ju'er's voice and smile and every word she said poured out of his mind, and he was annihilated in the ruthless fire in front of him.
"Little brother, don't be sad, I think they may have left early." Hua Gu squatted down beside Wu Zhiyuan and comforted her.
"That's it, Laidi's girl's vitality cultivation is almost better than mine, just a few clear dogs, she is definitely not a problem." The bull also chimed in.
Wu Zhiyuan supported the ground with both hands, kneeling on the ground, sadness, sadness, and loss, all kinds of feelings were intertwined, but the most was remorse and self-blame, Ju'er was determined to follow him, no matter what danger he encountered, he was willing to endure and suffer, if Ju'er really died, Wu Zhiyuan was afraid that he would never forgive himself.
After a moment of silence, Wu Zhiyuan's feelings gradually stabilized, and a glimmer of hope rose in his heart, hoping that Ju'er and Laidi would really leave the teahouse before the Qing soldiers arrived, or repelled the Qing soldiers and left this place safely.
"I'm afraid that Jinan City has been occupied by the Manchu remnants, if they are still alive, where will they go?" Wu Zhiyuan looked up at Hua Gu and asked.
"Huh?" The brute bull slapped his head, "I think of a place, if they are still alive, they will definitely go there and wait for us!" ”
"Where?" Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly asked.
"You're talking about the ruined temple in the south of the city?" Hua Gu also asked.
"That's it." Manniu clapped his hands, a little excited, "What do you think, now that Jinan City is in chaos, where is there a safe place to hide?" The location of the broken temple in the south of the city is remote, and the Qing soldiers will definitely not find it, besides, we have settled there before, and Laidi is so smart, she should have thought that we would go there to find her. ”
When Hua Gu heard Manniu's analysis, she couldn't help but smile and said, "I didn't expect you to be very arrogant, but you think very delicately." ”
The brute scratched the back of his head and smiled ashamedly.
In this case, the inference of the brute bull can be regarded as the only hope. Wu Zhiyuan hurriedly stood up and walked around from the west of Jinan City to the south with Huagu Manniu. Now that the city is in chaos, it is not wise to take a route from the city.
The three of them walked very fast, and soon went around to the southwest of the city, the ruined temple was just south of Jinan City, and they could see it after a short walk to the east.
Wu Zhiyuan looked east and found that the sparsely populated land in the south of Jinan City had indeed been preserved, and there was no sign of a fire.