Chapter 30: The Labyrinth
Zhang Hao looked at me with a very strange look and said curiously: "You are very happy to see me?" ”
I nodded desperately, but Zhang Hao walked past me very calmly and squatted next to Jiang Yuan, "What's the matter?" ”
Jiang Yuan briefly explained the cause and effect, and I added the deficiencies by the side, and the patchwork was a restoration of everything that happened to us in the past few days.
Zhang Hao sat on the ground and looked at his hands, and suddenly looked up and asked me: "You don't know if the things you hold in your hands are taken away?" ”
I immediately argued: "It was a mess, and I really don't know if the notebook was taken or washed away by someone in the water." ”
Zhang Hao actually showed a very strange cold smile after hearing my words, he didn't seem to believe what I said, but he didn't refute me anything, just asked me simply, "Are you sure?" ”
I said sure, and he ignored me.
For the next hour, I was in charge of eating, because I was already very hungry, Zhang Hao poured all the contents of his backpack in front of me, although it was all canned food and compressed biscuits, but it did not affect my appetite in the slightest.
During the time I was eating, Zhang Hao had been talking to Jiang Yuan in a whisper, not loud or small, but I just couldn't hear clearly, and I wondered if they were using a dialect I didn't understand.
I was really tired, once the tense nerves were relaxed, they would often be accompanied by a thick sleepiness, I glanced at Zhang Hao, and shrank next to the miner's lamp with peace of mind, closed my eyes and slept for a while.
In the haze, I felt water on my face, it could also be said that someone had sprinkled water on my face, I opened my eyes and saw Jiang Yuan sitting next to me, he probably sensed that I was moving, and immediately covered my mouth with his hand.
It was very quiet, and in addition to the sound of the water, there seemed to be a sigh.
After more than ten minutes, Jiang Yuan let go of the hand that was pressing on my face, and at the same time helped me up, and whispered, "They passed." ”
I asked him what was going on, and Zhang Hao came from a certain direction in the darkness, and sat next to me as if he was sorting out something, and I heard a bell or two, and then I heard him say, "It's not safe here, these guards will go back the way they came after a turn, we have to go immediately." ”
When I heard the guards, I immediately thought of the footsteps I had heard in that corridor before, and at the same time, I realized that the layout here was somewhat similar to that of Yunnan Star Palace, with underground barracks.
When I turned on the miner's lamp, I saw that Jiang Yuan's eyes were still blank, I didn't dare to ask, I just tried it secretly, and his eyes didn't respond.
"Brother Fang Zi, please help me."
He spoke politely, but there was a strong sense of helplessness in his tone, and although he tried his best to restrain the panic in his heart, he was only twenty-two years old after all.
I helped him to follow Zhang Hao and walked in the direction of the current, during which I asked him where we were going, Zhang Hao looked back at us, turned around and continued to walk forward, I asked behind without giving up, maybe he annoyed me, and said without looking back: "This underground river flows through the post station, as long as we go down the river, we will definitely be able to find the exact location of the Gulan post station." ”
"Why do you all think that the Quran Post Station will be in this city, don't you know what the Quran Post Station means?" I'm still struggling with that.
Zhang Hao suddenly stood still, he raised a flashlight and looked me up and down, and said, "I can't see it, you still have some brains, but your cleverness is in the wrong place." ”
I was puzzled, "Then tell me, what am I doing wrong?" ”
Zhang Hao sighed, turned around and continued to walk forward, and Jiang Yuan beside me said, "Gulan Station, there are two in total." ”
"Two?"
Jiang Yuan nodded and said: "Legend has it that there is a post station on the Gulan Trade Road outside the Gulan City, and that is a real post station, a place for officials to change horses and rest, but there is also a post station in the Gulan City, and the role of this post station is not the same as that on the Guran Trade Road, it is built underground and used for the transmission of military cipherlands. ”
When I heard this, I suddenly remembered what we had discussed earlier, and asked, "What does the Qur'an really mean by the way of Yin and Yang?" ”
Jiang Yuan said: "Yes, the Gulan post station recorded in the ancient books is connected to yin and yang, and everyone thinks that it is the post station of the Gulan trade road, but in fact, it is not the case. ”
"If that's the case, why is it public?"
Before I finished speaking, Zhang Hao said in front of me: "The post station of the Gulan Trade Road and the post station in the Gulan City are connected underground, and only when you reach the post station on the trade road first and open the mechanism inside, can this side play a role." ”
I suddenly remembered the position where Zhang Yang suddenly went up in the underground passage, and after he went up, he asked me to come down first, and then the grasshopper, and he himself suddenly appeared later, presumably at that time, he was at peace with us through another channel.
Thinking of this, I have to admire the amount of information and his own extraordinary courage, if it were me, I would not necessarily believe what others said, and I would never take people to risk it for the sake of an unconfirmed piece of information.
Jiang Yuan saw that I didn't speak, he hesitated, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, but Zhang Hao said: "We have to thank Zhang Yang, if it weren't for him leading people to the post station on the trade road and opening the door of the organ here, we would still be circling around the corridor now." ”
I felt very tired at the moment, I didn't want to say more, tightened my backpack, and helped Jiang Yuan to wade cautiously forward, in my experience, the quieter it is, the more dangerous it is.
However, when this thought was still in my mind, Zhang Hao suddenly stopped, and then motioned for us to squat, covering our mouths and noses, and we did so, and after a few minutes, I heard the sound of water behind me, as if someone was wading in the water later.
I wanted to see what was coming behind me, but Zhang Hao stopped me in time, he covered my mouth with one hand, and turned off the flashlight and the miner's lamp at the same time, in the dark, I saw countless red dots appear under the water, one by one, they swam past our feet, fortunately, there was no communication between the two sides.
After seeing those red dots leave, Zhang Hao turned on the miner's lamp again, but this time he was no longer calm, but said to Jiang Yuan a little anxiously: "We have to hurry up." ”
Jiang Yuan shook my wrist hard and whispered: "There is a mulberry leaf-shaped birthmark on Zhang Yang's wrist, that person is disguised as Qianjue, after we see through it, he will definitely change his plan, you have to be careful." ”
I patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it." ”
After crossing the water, a wooden structure appeared in front of us, I had lived in Xi'an for a while, and I had done some work to understand the architecture of the Han Dynasty, and I was stunned by the bridge building above the water.
"What is this?" I looked at the wooden tower, which was just over two meters tall, and turned on the flashlight, "Model?"
"No, it's the Library." Zhang Hao's determined eyes told me that he was right.
Jiang Yuan repeated in a low voice: "Library Pavilion? ”
I helped him get closer, although I knew he couldn't see, but I still wanted him to get closer, "Three points of rolling wood, nine pillars and eighteen beams, commonly known as the swallow building." ”
Jiang Yuan stretched out his hand to touch it, I took him over slowly, suddenly I saw countless small red dots appear in it, and immediately thought of the things that appeared in the water just now, and pulled Jiang Yuan back two steps, Zhang Hao also found this, he dodged in front of us, turned around and whispered: "You stand far away, give me the lighter." ”
I took out the lighter and handed it to him, and then took Jiang Yuan backwards until it reached a rocky beach before stopping.
Jiang Yuan asked me why I wanted a lighter, I told him that Zhang Hao wanted it, maybe he was going to burn this swallow building, Jiang Yuan immediately asked me to take back the lighter after hearing this, I asked him why, he said that this swallow building could not be burned, because the building is likely to hide a lone copy of the golden phoenix silk book.
As soon as I heard that it was the golden phoenix silk book, I immediately rushed up to stop Zhang Hao, but I didn't expect that Zhang Hao just stood there quietly holding a lighter, and when he saw me coming, he immediately put on a defensive posture and asked me: "What are you doing here?" ”
I gestured hesitantly, pointed to the lighter in his hand, and said, "I smoke, give it to me first." ”
To be honest, I don't know what's going on, I don't want him to know about the Jin Feng Silk Book from the bottom of my heart, so I hurriedly made up such a reason, but I didn't expect Zhang Hao to believe it, he handed me the lighter and still looked at the swallow building, I just wanted to go back with the lighter in my hand and heard Zhang Hao say: "Many times, you have to have the ability to judge right and wrong, don't always listen to others." ”