"But why is this totem so strange?"

Jiuzun stared at the totem and studied it, looked left and right, and finally shook his head and said, "It's not good-looking, but our purple phoenix totem is the best." ”

"Do you know who painted the purple phoenix totem in your father's palace?"

"I don't know."

"When did that happen?"

Jiuzun tilted his head, "I had it when I sneaked in to see it a few days ago, it looks very new, it should have been painted not long ago." ”

Wu Jinghong smiled lightly, completely relieved, the real purple phoenix totem is hidden in a corner waiting for people to discover, just like the thousand-faced flower here. If the totem in the palace of Shuo is really a brand new painting as Jiuzun said, then it may be the wish of the first emperor of Shuo, just a painting.

But this thousand-faced flower totem is absolutely real, and it is even very likely to be the thousand-faced protector under the legendary purple phoenix.

Wu Jinghong was carefully looking at the totem, but Jiuzun walked towards the end of the tunnel with a new face, maybe the tunnel was too dark, and he couldn't see anything in the distance clearly when he squinted. I had to take two more steps back and shout, "Hey, there seems to be something here, take a light and take a look!" ”

“…… Anyway, I won't run away after all, and I have to check the classics again when I go back. Wu Jinghong shook her head, she just stared at this totem for a night, and she couldn't see any tricks. However, this tunnel is more worth studying, and if there is a direct passage out of the city, it is the best.

Wu Jinghong held the oil lamp, Jiuzun explored the way in front of her, after all, she couldn't rest assured that Jiuzun, who had now regressed to the four-year-old mind, had to pull him back, "Don't worry, the mechanism of the Li family is not so simple, maybe there are traps here, you must be careful." ”

Jiuzun nodded ignorantly, with a serious look on his face, if it was when he was a child, he must be very cute, "I know, then let's walk slowly and don't step on the trap." ”

The two of them gently probed forward hand in hand, this tunnel was very deep, and along the way, they saw two pairs of totems of thousand-faced flowers, which seemed to be guiding something.

"Wait."

Wu Jinghong used his hand to pull back Jiuzun, who was still probing forward, "There is a smell of firewood, and the exit is near here." ”

There was no fork in the road, and there was no other exit, Wu Jinghong was a little disappointed in his heart, thinking that this tunnel did not lead to the outside of the city. I just don't know where the exit in front is, judging by the approximate direction and distance they traveled after entering the tunnel, they should have passed through the alley outside the house and arrived at another house.

"The smell of firewood? Where? Jiuzun sniffed and sniffed hard, but he didn't smell any firewood, but he sucked in a lot of some humid air in this tunnel, and his irritating nose itched, and he sneezed without holding back.

A loud bang echoed in the tunnel for a long time, and Wu Jinghong couldn't hold back her fright, this time, she clearly heard the footsteps, the sound of uniform footsteps, and the sound of friction between armor.

"Let's go!"

Wu Jinghong didn't think about it anymore, if he turned around and went back the same way, the road was too far, it was better to go out and find a place to transfer nearby, and the house of the Li family couldn't go anymore!

"What's wrong? Are the bad guys coming? ”

Jiuzun didn't seem to be flustered, just grabbed Wu Jinghong's hand tightly, glanced up vigilantly, moved the tips of his ears slightly, and lowered his voice, "It's soldiers in armor, more than twenty people, just above." ”

Wu looked at him in surprise, and then thought that even if his mind had retreated, his ability was still there. Years of martial arts practice and even the training on the battlefield have become his conditioned reflexes, like a whirlwind floating to the ground when he just fell into the tunnel.

"They're going that way!"

The direction of Jiuzun's finger is the house of the family surnamed Li, Wu Jinghong's heart is tight, Wei Ting doesn't know if he is still there, if he is, I hope he can transfer Ming Yuedong out in advance, if the infantry saves Ming Yuedong, their hope of escaping from this imperial capital will be even slimmer.

"Let's go, let's go out first, this place will be discovered soon."

The two didn't dare to delay any longer, and continued to walk along the tunnel for a distance, before they came to an exit. Pushing open a slightly camouflaged stone door, a warm air flow rushed to the face, accompanied by a strong aroma of wine.

"What kind of place is this? What a fragrant taste! Jiuzun forgot his nervousness for a moment and looked around curiously.

The place was much more delicate, not as cold as the tunnels, and the heating came from the brazier in the corner, and in front of it was a simple staircase.

Wu Jinghong looked left and right, and found that there were still a few medical books that were rarely seen on weekdays, and there was a deeper cellar on the wall behind the cabinet where the medical books were kept, and there were several jars of wine squatting in it.

In the middle of the room is a small wooden table, with two cool handfuls, and a soft collapse on one side, it seems that this is still a place where people have lived for a long time.

"Shhhh What kind of water is this? It's delicious! ”

Wu Jinghong didn't pay attention, so he was sneaked to the small wooden table by Jiuzun himself, picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all.

"Jiuzun, that's wine, don't drink it indiscriminately." Although I know that Jiuzun's amount of alcohol has been practiced, for the current Jiuzun, wine is like poison, and if you drink a little, the toxicity will be deepened.

"Huh?" Jiuzun licked the corners of his lips greedily, wine, he knew that his father often drank it when he was happy, but this taste was obviously much more fragrant than what his father drank.

"This is not a place to stay for a long time, and if the infantry discovers the tunnel, they will definitely chase after it. Listen, is there anyone on this now? Wu Jinghong stood on the simple staircase and beckoned to Jiuzun, who walked over obediently, his face was already slightly red, his eyes were even a little moist, and he looked at the wooden board in a daze, "No, no one!" ”

“…… Okay, then I'll go out and see the situation first, if it's safe, I'll call you again, don't run around, just wait for me here. ”

So a glass of wine to get drunk? Wu Jinghong could tell whether he was really drunk or fake drunk just from Jiuzun's face, but he couldn't understand why a small cup could make Jiuzun look like this.

Jiuzun tilted his head, counted as a nod, and then forced his somewhat shaky body to stand firmly.

Wu Jinghong asked, carefully stepped on the ladder, lifted the corner of the plank and looked out.

A big dark face suddenly flashed from somewhere, straight at Wu Jinghong, a pair of slender eyes flashed with a strange green light, and then some sharp weapon stretched out from the corner of it, straight to Wu Jinghong's neck.

"Murderous!"

Before Wu Jinghong could react, Jiuzun noticed something first, stepped forward, forced the sharp weapon back with one palm, and slapped the wooden board away by the way.

"Bang Dang Dang"

"Meow-"

Jiuzun's moist eyes stared at the black cat that stood up with hair, and both of them looked on full alert, unaware that they had lifted the plank away and flew into the boiling cauldron.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a cat." Wu Jinghong sighed helplessly, and said hurriedly, "Don't fight with the cat first, it's too loud, I'm afraid the owner of this house is coming over soon, let's go somewhere else to hide first." ”

It is a clean and simple kitchen, the tunnel exit is not far from the stove, like a cellar for storing things, the stove is burning, the cauldron is "gurgling", and the smell of meat wafts in the air.

Wu Jinghong didn't wait for Jiuzun to frown, so he forcibly pulled him away, opened the back window of the kitchen and looked left and right, but it was a pond, and there was no way to escape.

"You guys, who are you!"

A soft-voiced girl ran in, and at a glance saw two people by the window, Wu Jinghong didn't expect the arrival to be so fast, so she had to frown and turn around, and was about to explain, but she heard the girl's trembling voice and continued, "Don't, don't make a sound!" My dad, my dad hasn't come back yet, you guys, hide here first! ”

The girl pulled on the firewood and grass pile for a while, and pulled out a hole, just enough to accommodate the two of them, "Come on, my father won't blame you as long as he has meat to eat, you and you, don't mess around, I will let my father pay back." ”

"Pay it back? Is your dad in debt? Jiuzun said curiously.

The girl also froze for a moment, but suddenly became anxious again, and looked out, "Hurry up, hurry up, my father is coming!" ”

Wu Jinghong no longer hesitated, and took the lead in stepping into the firewood and grass pile, no matter who this girl was, maybe they just mistook them for someone, but a teenage girl would not have much heart, and now they will avoid the owner of this house first.

"Do you want to hide?" Jiuzun smiled a little excitedly, and followed in, and the girl pulled outside for a while, blocking the firewood and grass tightly, and then hurriedly went to the stove and quickly cleaned up the wooden planks that were broken by Jiuzun.

"Little kite, is the meat cooked?"

"Ah, okay, dad, you go wash your hands first, and I'll put it up for you right away." The girl answered, and in a panic she put the wet wooden board back in its place, and then began to serve the soup.

"Oh, what wash, I've washed everything, give me meat! I want to eat meat! ”

Wu Jinghong carefully held her breath, Jiuzun is a person who practices martial arts, and her breathing is shallow, and only she is in danger of being exposed. Listening to the voice, the father of this little kite is not very old, but he has a rough appearance.

"Dad, you go down and wait for a while, and I'll bring it to you right away."

The little kite was a little weak in front of the firewood and grass pile, holding a bowl of broth that had just been filled in his hand, and said with a nervous expression, "Dad, why did you suddenly run out just now, did you find the debt collector again?" Are we moving again? ”

"Oh, don't care so much, where are there so many debt collectors, they all said that our family's debts have already been solved by your father, so I'm worried!"

"But Dad, there were still people who came to collect debts yesterday......"