I thought for more than ten seconds and slowly walked out of the kitchen.

"Ah, great, you're really here!" Zhang Quanzhong's face showed joy.

The young men behind him waved to me and called me "Mr. Xia".

I shook my head slightly: "I'm here, it's just not good." ”

Zhang Quanzhong's eyes also darkened instantly, and it can be seen that he and I judged exactly the same.

"In your opinion, who set up the Qimen formation of 'Eight Gates are all dead' here? This is a very deep layout, and the people behind it must have been planning for a long time. I said.

Zhang Quanzhong's eyes rolled a few times before he replied hesitantly: "I don't know...... Since last winter, no, since Chairman Han was in power, the thaumaturgists in Jinan have had infighting, and the more they make trouble, the more they fight, and finally they kill each other. Nanshan, Beiyuan, Dongguan, and Ximen formed their own circles of influence, some of them took refuge with the Japanese, some followed other military forces, and some simply became bandits and grass bandits-"

I raised my hand to interrupt him: "Mr. Zhang, don't go around in circles, I want to listen to the truth." ”

Zhang Quanzhong thought for a while, and only replied with one word: "Xia." ”

When I heard this word, my heart was filled with joy and sorrow. Happily, his answer confirmed my guess, it was indeed the ancestors of my Xia clan who laid down the thaumaturgical array; sadly, it was precisely because of the extremely high level of thaumaturgy of the Xia clan that no one could break through this "dragon head" formation today and trapped me alive.

This situation is probably the best explanation for the idiom "cocooning oneself".

"No way?" I asked bluntly.

Zhang Quanzhong nodded bitterly: "Well, the one surnamed Xia has no opponent in the land of Qilu, and my level is 108,000 miles away from him." It is said that he found the roots of Chinese thaumaturgy in classical texts, and then went against the current to enter the ancient era before the birth of the oracle bone inscription, and finally obtained the true meaning of thaumaturgy. If there is no war, he will be the well-deserved 'king of thaumaturgy' in all of China." ”

My mood was heavier than his, as if a person who had worked hard for the mountains had finally fallen short, and the mountains that had been piled up with all my might collapsed in an instant.

Originally, I was very excited to be able to enter the illusion, and I really hoped to take this opportunity to find the true answers to the unsolved mysteries of old Jinan. I am indeed close to the answer, and I am only one step away from meeting the Xia ancestors who set up the array. It's a pity that this step pushed me to the ghost gate.

"Can you think of a solution?" I asked.

Zhang Quanzhong lowered his head and pondered, and after at least three minutes, he turned his head and asked the four young people: "You say, can the people of the Tujia dig into the ground and avoid all kinds of thaumaturgical prohibitions on the ground?"

The talkative young man immediately replied: "The people of the Tujia family claim to be able to go 30 meters deep into the ground to explore the root of the Baotu Spring water. There are no springs or stones here, so it must be easier to drill down. But Master, I don't understand what's up ahead that makes you so scared?"

Zhang Quanzhong shook his head: "The things here are not something you can understand, quickly, release the pigeon and pass the book, and notify the people of the Tujia family to come here." ”

The young man took a black cloth bag from his bosom, untied it, and a pigeon with gray feathers leaped lightly from the pocket to his left shoulder.

"Call the top masters of the Tujia family, the matter is urgent, ask them to come over, don't procrastinate. Zhang Quanzhong advised again.

The young man stroked the pigeon's little head with his right hand, muttered a few words, and then shook his shoulders and bulleted the pigeon into the air.

The pigeon spreads its wings and flies southeast.

"Wait patiently, the people of the Tujia family must have a way to save you. Zhang Quanzhong was relieved to see that the pigeon had gone.

We approached cautiously, each standing five paces away from the door.

When they looked at each other, both sides felt helpless.

"Tell me about the guy surnamed Xia. I said.

"All I know is that he is Chairman Han's man. After the Japanese crossed the Shanhai Pass, he repeatedly suggested that Chairman Han should garrison troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, build echelon fortifications, and wipe out the devils in the plain area on the north bank. At first, Chairman Han listened to his words and prepared to transfer elite troops to cross the river for fortification. However, the people around the chairman did not agree on the same ideas, and it eventually turned into the result of abandoning the city. At the moment, it seems that he did not follow Chairman Han, but stayed alone in Jinan City to fight against the Japanese. Zhang Quanzhong said.

I sighed, "If I die here today, I will never blame him." ”

The determination of the Xia ancestors to resist Japan can be seen by day and moon, even if I was injured by mistake, I admit it.

Zhang Quanzhong suddenly rubbed his hands vigorously, looked to the side, pointed to a dead small tree and turned back and ordered: "Break off the trunk and give it to me." ”

I understand that he wants to use the trunk of a tree instead of the human body to detect the "Eight Gates are Dead" formation.

The young man walked over and broke off the trunk of the tree with the thickness of his wrist, and brushed off the branches and leaves, leaving only a two-meter-long straight stick.

"Mr. Zhang, the stick is ready. The young man said.

"Hand it to Mr. Xia for me. Zhang Quanzhong pointed at me.

The young man was very obedient, and immediately reached in with his sticks in both hands and reached for the door.

If the sticks can pass safely, then my body must be free to come and go.

The stick was in the young man's hand, and the other slowly crossed the doorway to my fingers.

Zhang Quanzhong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded lightly: "It seems that it's not a big deal." ”

The young man laughed: "Mr. Zhang, you are too cautious, there is no ambush here at all. ”

The blood of the man who was killed was not dry, and the scene of horror just now was still in front of me, and I absolutely did not dare to be careless, so I could only smile bitterly at the young man.

Zhang Quanzhong's eyes rolled twice, his frowning brows slowly opened, and he nodded with a smile: "Indeed, you young people still have courage and drive. Okay, since it's all right, you go inside, search around the kitchen, find the mirror, and move it out. ”

The young man agreed, threw away the stick, and strode forward.

I noticed that as the young man stepped forward, Zhang Quanzhong took two steps back silently, and his expression became nervous again.

Subconsciously, I also retreated at his pace.

This is the instinct of a master, and there is no reason to speak of it.

As soon as the young man stepped into the door, one foot was still outside the door, and the dark clouds in the sky suddenly fell, and the electric sword light reappeared, cutting the young man into two parts.

The other three young men screamed in unison, and they fell backwards in fright.

"Look, no. Zhang Quanzhong said.

I feel angry and sad. Zhang Quanzhong is worthy of being an old and cunning person, and he instigated young people to move forward, just to test the knife with young people, so as not to spoil a big thing.

It's insidious, but it's understandable. In his eyes, the value of young people is far lower than mine, so under the principle of "the lesser of two evils", he chose to sacrifice young people.

Zhang Quanzhong paused: "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”

I only have sorrow in my heart, for the death of the young man, and for Zhang Quanzhong's choice.

All human beings are created equal, and there is no distinction between young people and me. It's just that the ignorant are fearless, and he pays the greatest price for his recklessness.

"Don't let everyone die in vain. "I don't expose Zhang Quanzhong, I just stop the remaining three young people from being sent to death.

"Don't worry, when the Tujia people come, they will definitely be able to save you. Zhang Quanzhong said.

As he spoke, two people from the southwest approached on an old-fashioned bicycle.

"The second and third young Tujia have arrived. "There are reports from young people.

Zhang Quanzhong was overjoyed, immediately turned around, and waved to the two people.

When the two approached, they got out of the car and leaned their bikes against the wall.

"The second, the third. Zhang Quanzhong greeted.

The two of them were very short, about 1.60 meters, and their appearance was not good, and it could even be said that they were very obscene.

"Mr. Zhang's flying pigeon summons, do you dare to come quickly? Excuse me, what are your orders?" replied the second earthen man.

Tu Laosan was relatively young, only in his early thirties, and his big eyes were quite attentive, looking at me with a burning eye.

"Dig three feet into the ground and rescue this Mr. Xia in the yard. Zhang Quanzhong said.

There is no red line at the door, and there is no rope to block it, anyone can enter if they want to.

The two turned at the same time and walked towards the gate. When they reached the door, they stopped in unison.

Looking around, the length of the small courtyard from east to west is no more than forty steps, and the length from north to south is no more than thirty steps, which is probably my last place of survival. The arrangers sealed the doorway, and the other seven directions were also sealed, and there was no gap to break through.

"Why bury bones, there are green mountains everywhere in the world. I whispered to myself.

Of course, if I die here, it is equivalent to dying on my homeland, after all, this is the northeast of Daming Lake, and my family's old house on Qushuiting Street is directly south of Daming Lake.

Jinan is the hot land that raised me, I missed the time, but I didn't miss the space.

"Interesting, interesting. Tu Laosan said with a grin.

"What's interesting?" asked Tu Lao Er, squinting his slender eyes, weakly.

"The 'Dragon's Head Guard' Qimen Dunjia Great Array has been set up here, and we can't enter it at all. Don't say it's you and my brother, even if you invite all the thaumaturgical masters from all over Jinan, you won't be able to break the formation. I guess that the people who set up the formation must have made up their minds to die, so they set up this kind of desperate array, leaving no way back for others and no way out for themselves. Tu Laosan explained.

Tu Lao Er opened his eyes, swept his gaze over my face, hummed, and narrowed his eyes again.

"Since there is no way, the two of you can save your worries. I said.

I Ching gossip is the foundation of Qimen Dunjia's art, and it is also the origin of all illusory changes. When two or more gossip masters fight, no tricks can be used, high is high, low is low, and nothing can be concealed.

Therefore, when I, Zhang Quanzhong, Tu Lao Er, and Tu Lao San saw this "Eight Gates are all dead" array, they immediately understood that the person who set up the array was extremely clever and was not something we could fight against.

"Since you have come, you cannot come in vain. Tu Laosan said with a smile, "After all, our Tujia is one of the oldest branches of thaumaturgy in the Central Plains, and if we just retreat like this, won't it mean destroying the prestige of the Tujia family? Alas, people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves, they are all from Jinan, so what's the point of fighting back and forth and consuming energy?"

"The Tujia can't lose. The second child said coldly.

"Why can't you lose, what if you lose?" asked Tu Laosan.

"There are so many things left on the elders, we have to pass on this set of things to the juniors neatly, and leave a 'soil' word in the Central Plains thaumaturgical world. Tu Lao Er replied.

Tu Lao San smiled: "I think so too, but today this matter is a big problem, and if we are not careful, our brothers will go straight to Huangquan...... Alas, what are you talking about, ruining, ruining!"

I can see that they are very afraid of the "Eight Gates are Dead" array, but they don't want to disgrace the family, so they must give their lives a try.

"Mr. Zhang, who is he?" Tu Laosan asked back.

Zhang Quanzhong replied word by word: "His surname is Xia, and he is the most important guest in my life." ”

The smile on Tu Laosan's face disappeared: "Mr. Zhang, everyone is mixed in this industry. You should know that the enemy is determined to kill people when he sets up a large array of 'all eight gates are dead'. If we reluctantly save him and destroy the qi of yin and yang, then someone must sacrifice his life to the array, the sky, and the earth to ensure that everyone can retreat with their whole body. Are you ready for this sacrifice?"

Zhang Quanzhong nodded immediately and didn't say anything, but the meaning was obvious.

One of the four young men who came with him had already found the way and died, and the remaining three were naturally those who sacrificed to the array, the heavens, and the earth.

I couldn't help but feel sad in my heart, but at this time, I couldn't stop the situation from getting out of control, so I could only take one step at a time.

"Good. Tu Laosan nodded, "Go up to the poor and fall into the Yellow Spring, let's go down to the Yellow Spring first, and then go to the blue sky——"

His body suddenly became "shorter", and I could look at his face with a slight bow, but in the blink of an eye, his height had been reduced to half of his original height, and I had to bow my head and bend down to meet him.

It turned out that his lower body had instantly sunk into the dirt.

Tu Lao Er walked due west, turned the southwest corner of the small courtyard, and disappeared.

When I looked back, Tu Lao San had disappeared in place, and the dirt on the ground immediately closed up, leaving no holes.

"The Tujia people are amazing. Zhang Quanzhong said.

In ancient times, the king of Zhou was defeated, and the pioneer officer Tuxingsun under Jiang Ziya was able to sneak into the ground, and he was haunted and made great achievements. Since then, all the "submersible techniques, drilling techniques, and soil escape techniques" have regarded Tuxingsun as the ancestor of the industry.

The "submersible technique" of Tu Lao 2 and Tu Lao 3 must be from Tu Xing Sun, which is extremely mysterious and cannot be explained in detail.

"Wait patiently, there may be some minor troubles, but I believe that since the Tujia brothers have promised to save people, they will definitely be able to do it. Zhang Quanzhong said.

I am both grateful and disdainful to Zhang Quanzhong, because in order to achieve his goals, he always does whatever it takes, and treats everyone as a bargaining chip, rather than a living individual.

If he succeeds, he will really fulfill what is said in the Tao Te Ching - "Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs." ”

A real master must first have benevolence and benevolence, in order to achieve "the benevolent is invincible".