Chapter Seventy-One: The Fake Treasure Cave That Stumped the Two Princes
Jia Qianqian and his party walked for two days before they came to a place not far from the fake treasure cave and stopped at a post station next to an official road.
Money can make ghosts grind, Jia Qianqian threw a gold ingot over, and the little official in charge of the post station immediately served them as a first-class member. In this remote and desolate place, he only raised two horses for nothing, in preparation for the border pass to send an urgent chapter to the imperial court, but this kind of thing is rare to encounter once a year, so the little officials of this post station are idle and panicked. Jia Qianqian used the excuse of going to the nearby mountains to find a very special herb to make a medicine guide, and stayed with him for a night, and at the same time left the carriage with him.
There is a small village with only seven or eight households not far from the post station, Jia Qianqian took Zhou Mazi over for a walk, and soon saw Xu Xiaozi who lived here. Jia Qianqian opened Zhou Mazi, and after quickly talking to Xu Xiaozi, he returned to the post station as if nothing had happened.
The next day the group began to climb towards the highest mountain. As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, and the main peak seems to be very close, but the group walked for an hour and a half before reaching the foot of the mountain. None of these people know martial arts, but they are young and strong, and they can still persevere, but Jia Qianqian is too tired to walk. took out the drawings and looked at them, thinking back to the path that Xu Xiaozi said.
After resting for a while, I mustered up my spirit again and began to climb up, there was no road on the mountain at all, but fortunately, the slope was very gentle, and there were pine needle trees that grew long, and there were not too many weeds and thorns under my feet, and it was not too difficult to climb.
Zhou Mazi and Zhang San protected her before and after Jia Qianqian, pulled her up, and looked at the iconic mark not far from the entrance of the cave, a big spruce tree was not far away, and suddenly came to the spirit again, leading everyone to climb there in one go.
The people lay down in a flat place to rest and eat dry food. Jia Qianqian was eating, looking at the surrounding reckless mountains, thinking that the lush woods might be hiding people and horses from all walks of life now, Jia Qianqian wanted to laugh, hehe, it's a pity that this son doesn't have the strength, otherwise he will prepare enough delicious food and drink, and lead you around the mountains for four or five days.
"Jia Gongzi, is there really a treasure here? Who is hiding here? Zhou Mazi asked.
Jia Qianqian grinned and said: "Since ancient times, treasures have been hidden in the mountains, as for who hid them, why do we care so much." Anyway, with a treasure map, definitely give it a try. ”
No one in these stunned boys thought about it carefully, anyway, Jia Qianqian was their leader, she said that there was a treasure here, that is.
Li Si was anxious, "Are you almost there?" Let's not rest, let's find the treasure first. ”
Jia Qianqian frowned, "My son really can't walk." Skinny monkey, you are nimble, go to the front and look around to see if there is a cave, and if there is, come here quickly, and don't rush into the cave. ”
The thin monkey got the order and immediately went to check, and after a while, the thin monkey shouted in surprise not far away: "Come here, everyone, come here, I have found the cave." ”
Zhou Mazi immediately ordered: "Zhang San, Li Si, you two help Jia Gongzi to go." ”
So, Zhang Sanli and Li held Jia Qianqian's arm, and several people ran towards the thin monkey.
The entrance of the cave was half covered by hanging vines, and the inside was dark and nowhere to be seen, Jia Qianqian had to admire that Xu Xiaozi would find such a natural and suitable cave in a short period of time, and arrange the mechanism. She didn't know that as long as Xu Xiaozi started to make hidden weapons, he would forget to sleep and eat and devote himself wholeheartedly, and he also hired four stonemasons to help at a high price, which was naturally efficient.
Jia Qianqian looked around, found the mark made by Xu Xiaozi, and understood that he had found the right place, so he called several people together, and deliberately said with a serious expression: "In the general treasure cave, there will be a mechanism, you must follow me later, I tell you to do whatever you want, otherwise, if you are killed by the hidden weapon of the mechanism, don't blame me." ”
A few thugs suddenly woke up from their extreme excitement and nodded their heads like chickens pecking rice.
Jia Qianqian asked them to light three torches, take the lead by themselves, and go into the cave.
This cave naturally can't be compared with the cave that Yun Xian brought into before, that cave spent a lot of manpower, built a lot of secret passages and stone chambers according to local conditions, and the mechanisms were even more numerous and powerful, if it weren't for the fact that the masked man used too much explosives to blow up the stone door, the violent vibration triggered a series of mechanisms, and also touched the dark spring in the belly of the mountain, where could those people escape smoothly.
Jia Qianqian walked cautiously under the light of the torch, this section of the road was tortuous and winding, the passage was sometimes large and sometimes small, the big place was still very spacious for five people to stand there, and the small place was only allowed to be drilled by one person. There are no traps along the way, and they are mainly arranged deep in the largest cave.
The group cautiously came to the belly of the mountain, which was seven or eight meters high, and in front of it were a few large stones stacked in a mess, Jia Qianqian looked at the surrounding terrain and knew that he could not go any further, so he picked up a stone and knocked it on the stone wall a few times. Zhou Mazi and the others were looking at Jia Qianqian's actions in amazement, when suddenly a heavy babbling sound sounded on the cave wall, and a hole was actually opened in the cave wall, and a ghostly figure flashed out.
Zhou Mazi and the others suddenly screamed in fright, and Jia Qianqian shouted: "Brother Xu." ”
That person was none other than Xu Xiaozi, who came earlier than them. Xu Xiaozi beckoned: "Sister, come in and talk about it." ”
A group of mermaids entered another passage with a stone door. This passage is actually a small branch in the cave, and it has no way out, but a crack on it is connected to the main cave, and a one-foot-wide gap is about seven meters above the main cave.
Jia Qianqian introduced Xu Dwarf to a few gangsters with suspicious faces in the small passage: "This is my eldest brother who swore to me, and you can also call him Brother Xu." Then he smiled and said: "I'm sorry that my son lied to you, there is no treasure here at all, I came here to use fake treasures to clean up those who haunt me." But my son promised you that when you go back, I will give you two thousand taels of silver for each of you. ”
Although a few gangsters were a little disappointed, they had always been the only ones who looked forward, so they were quickly relieved. Zhou Mazi smiled: "Jia Gongzi, you will see the outside world, we are all good brothers, if you have something, everyone will naturally do their best to help you, where do you need any helper fees." ”
Several other people also chimed in, "Yes, yes, Jia Gongzi, you don't take care of us less, and we should help you." ”
Jia Qianqian patted Zhou Mazi on the shoulder happily: "Brother, settle the account, you still have to give what you should give, but we'll talk about this matter after I go back." So he lit a candle at the base of the wall, and told them to put out the torches, not to make a sound, but to sit down on the ground and rest. Then he and Xu Xiaozi climbed along the gap where the simple stone ladder had been dug by the faint candlelight to the place where it was connected to the main cave.
Xu Xiaozi whispered beside her, "The person you want to deal with has not yet come." If you come, you will be intercepted here. ”
Jia Qianqian secretly guessed that the first person to come in was lying there and waiting patiently.
After about a quarter of an hour, the light of a torch came, and the footsteps of the person who came were very light, obviously Lian Jiazi. He walked very carefully, obviously for fear of touching the hidden weapon.
Jia Qianqian looked down condescendingly, and by the light of the torch, he found that the first person to enter the cave was Long Jie.
Long Jie cautiously entered the rocks, but saw that he was circling around there for a long time, and then returned to his original place. Long Jie probably didn't mean something was right, and stood there at a loss.
Jia Qianqian secretly sighed that the sworn brother beside him was really extraordinary, and he actually knew how to form a soul formation by combining three natural big stones with two big stones that were artificially piled up, so that the people who entered it couldn't walk through.
At this moment, there was a faint light and subtle movement, and Long Jie hurriedly extinguished the torch and hid behind a stone pile.
There were four people who came this time, three big men and a man in a golden mask. Jia Qianqian snorted secretly, and sure enough, it came. However, to her surprise, Long Jie actually walked out from behind the stone pile and shouted: "Brother Huang! ”
Jia Qianqian suddenly fell into an ice cellar, she didn't wonder that Long Jie was a prince, she just didn't expect that the masked man who had grabbed her parents and threatened her turned out to be Long Jie's brother, and he was a prince. No wonder my father was dismissed for no reason, if it wasn't for Long Jie's troublemaker, then it must be this masked man. It must have been because he didn't get the jade medal, so he was angry with his father in a fit of anger. Jia Qianqian really didn't expect that Long Jie and the masked man would be in a group.
The masked man asked in a cold voice, "Why didn't you follow up?" ”
Long Jie pointed to a few large stones in the darkness: "There is a bit of an evil sect here, it seems to be a formation." ”
"Formation?" The masked man was also a little surprised, and then asked a big man to go in with a torch to take a look.
This big man is the same as Long Jie, and he can't turn to the other side after turning for a long time.
"Who understands formations?" The Masked Man asked the other two men, and both shook their heads
For a while, several people looked at each other, not knowing what to do!
I heard Long Jie say: "It's strange, how did Qianqian pass?" Could it be that there are still masters among them who understand Qimen Dunjia? ”
The masked man jumped up the boulder with a torch in his hand, trying to see what lay ahead. But except for a few large rocks nearby, nothing could be seen in the black linen. He jumped to another stone in the air, trying to stand on a high place, ignoring the visual distraction, and leap over this strange formation, but unfortunately, he thought he had been jumping forward, but in fact, he came and went, all of them.
Jia Qianqian, who was hiding in the cracks of the stones above, saw him jumping around, still spinning on those stones, and was so happy that he almost laughed out loud.
At this moment, Long Jie suddenly heard a deep voice: "Who is it?" Come out! ”