Chapter 336: The Bridge
The sound of grinding teeth?
Ling Xiaozi and Fang Yunye's eyes suddenly became serious, their bodies moved slightly, their ears were erected, and their eyes swept around in an instant.
No, no, or no......
The two looked at each other and looked at Jiang Xian and the others again: "Is that voice still there now?" β
"Gone." Jiang Xian said in a deep voice, and at the same time, his ears trembled at an extremely low frequency: "It disappeared when we stopped." β
Stop, disappear?
Fang Yunye's eyes condensed slightly, and his mind immediately recalled his previous experience, and asked with a trace of doubt: "Mr. Jiang, will it be the same as the footsteps before?" β
Jiang Xian didn't speak, just shook his head slightly, he glanced at Lin Ruoxue, who was also slightly bowed, and couldn't help but secretly tense his nerves: "Next, everyone be careful, no one can say what will happen here." β
The few people continued to walk forward, and the continuous passage was not endless, and when they crossed a bend and looked to the side first, their eyes suddenly brightened.
In front of me is no longer a road only ten meters wide, but a field that is fully spread out on both sides, with a space of fifty or sixty meters.
In front of this site is a cliff sixty or seventy meters wide.
The light of the flashlight shone under the cliff, and a faint mist rose from it, blocking the light. A breeze blew from below, bringing a whining sound, which made the body of the person who blew cold, and the heart of the person who blew was cold.
On both sides of this cliff, they are connected by suspension bridges, which are not metal, but are laid out with ropes and planks of unknown kind.
Even after a thousand years, the planks are still not broken, and even when the flashlight shines on them, there is no trace of decay.
Several people looked at the bridge deck, Ling Xiaozi flicked his sleeves, and several round balls appeared in his hands. He flicked his fingers, and the ball smashed into the bridge deck, making a clanging sound, and the bridge deck only shook slightly, and the wooden planks showed no signs of breakage.
"It's so hard...... Ling Xiaozi touched his chin in surprise: "It's been like this after more than a thousand years...... It's hard to ......"
Golden Silk Nanmu!?
He couldn't help swallowing and spitting, and rubbed his hands: "This place has a fate with the poor road, and there is a big fate......
"It doesn't have to be a thousand-year-old piece of wood." Jiang Xian poured cold water on the side and said, "Who told you that this bridge is the one built nearly two thousand years ago?" Don't forget, there were other people here before we came in. β
With these words, Ling Xiaozi suddenly calmed down, he stepped forward, lightly touched the wood on it, and looked at it confidently, with a look of disappointment in his eyes.
"It's not Jinsi Nanmu, right?"
Ling Xiaozi shook his head: "It's really not golden silk nanmu, it's the wood of iron birch." Bad luck...... Dao Ye Bai was happy! β
"It should be a specially treated iron birch wood board, which is more resistant and corrosion-resistant than normal iron birch, and there is no problem with using it for about four or five hundred years, and any more will ......"
As he spoke, his voice stopped abruptly.
"Three or five hundred years...... Fang Yunye was stunned on the side: "That doesn't match Mao Ziyuan's period?" It can't be that he is the same as those giants in Yun Mengze, right? β
Ling Xiaozi and Lin Ruoxue were also shocked, although they knew that the giant had crossed a long history and escaped the great flood. But in cognition, Mao Ziyuan has broken through the limit of human life expectancy before, and he never thought that he might live for hundreds of years!
"No, it won't be Mao Ziyuan." Jiang Xian's words abruptly interrupted their imagination: "He can't live that long, and he can't build this bridge." β
"Think about it, is the iron birch tree alone something he can get?"
"Even if he gets it, can he bring it in here without alarming others?"
"This suspension bridge is not something that can be built by one person."
"For individuals, it is more convenient to build this suspension bridge than to go down the rope."
Ling Xiaozi, Lin Ruoxue, and Fang Yunye suddenly realized in an instant: Yes, Mao Ziyuan was alone after the death, judging from his self-report in Longhu Mountain and Mosquito Free Village, and Ba Sipa's message, he was more like a careless person at that time.
Maybe they will use the power of the White Lotus Sect to explore and listen to any news, but they will hardly use the White Lotus Sect to do any major events that attract attention.
And the iron birch tree is not a tree species that grows in Yunnan at all.
Their eyes fell on the suspension bridge, which was very wide, more than twenty meters, and even enough for carriages and horses to walk on it.
But if it's being transported from out of town and transferred here, it's very eye-catching.
Without a certain strength and prestige, completely blocking the surroundings is bound to be discovered and some rumors will be left.
However, there are no relevant rumors around Fuxian Lake today.
"All...... This was built by someone who was later than Mao Ziyuan, but was very powerful here in southern Yunnan? β
Ling Xiaozi frowned slightly, and touched his chin: "The wood is still very hard, and it has little impact on corrosion...... It must be in three or four hundred years, and in three or four hundred years, there is a strong ...... in southern Yunnan."
Lin Ruoxue showed her beauty and said slowly: "It's really only one ......."
"King Pingxi, Wu Sangui!"
Fang Yunye was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some surprise: "Is it him?" β
"Yes, only Wu Sangui has the strength and power at this time." Jiang Xian nodded: "He called a petition in the Qing court, strangled Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and gradually became bigger here in southern Yunnan, which is the extent that he can tear the soil and seal the king." β
"Even during the Kangxi period, if he wanted to rebel sincerely, he really had a chance to overthrow the Qing court in one fell swoop."
Fang Yunye said with some doubts: "Mr. Jiang, didn't he have a rebellion, rebelled, and was easily suppressed?" β
"Old Fang, you have been misled by TV." Ling Xiaozi couldn't help but walk over and patted him on the shoulder: "Wu Sangui, this guy was purely forced to rebel, he was in his sixties at the time, his son was not a proton, and he was a proton in the capital." β
"If he wants to rebel sincerely, how could he choose a period when Kangxi was pro-government and the cadres were dictatorial? As early as the period when the Lord was suspicious of the country, he raised troops. β
"Even so, he occupied the south of the Yangtze River for more than two years, and there were uprisings in various places."
"If it weren't for the fact that he was old and died of illness later......," Ling Xiaozi sighed, "It's hard to say what will happen then." β
"That's right." Jiang Xian also nodded: "And when he was extremely dominant, he also negotiated peace with Kangxi, and Wu Sangui, who was in his sixties, really didn't have any big ambitions." Although the Ping San Domain is regarded as a merit on TV, it is the trouble that Kangxi found for himself in history. β
"Otherwise, after Wu Sangui's death, I don't know how much easier it will be to solve the problem of the three feudatories."
As he spoke, he looked at the drawbridge again: "Although Wu Sangui had a conflict with the Qing court very early on, and even had his military power reduced, he still has considerable strength in southern Yunnan. "It's not too difficult for him to repair this suspension bridge."
"Then Mr. Jiang, let's go over this suspension bridge?" Fang Yunye asked from the side.
"Hmm." Jiang Xian nodded, and looked at a few more people: "But you must also be prepared, be careful, there is no big mistake." β
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Brother Sun walked behind the army, and the brothers around him marked various places on the walls, and did not go a few tens of meters to check the traces of the newly arrived area to see if there were any marks they had left behind.
In the process, they also deliberately chose a different path from before.
Fortunately, for the time being, they have not encountered the marks left by themselves, and the footsteps behind them seem to have disappeared.
Everything is moving in a good direction.
Suddenly, Brother Sun's pace suddenly stagnated, he stretched out his hand and made a pause movement, a pair of ears trembled slightly, just moved twice, and all the complexions around him changed. Because, they have heard it tooβ
Dada, dada, dada......
The rhythmic, regular footsteps came into my ears, and there was hardly a person's complexion that did not change.
The sound of the footsteps was different from the previous ones, it was more crisp and louder.
And, instead of disappearing because they stopped, it went a little faster,
As if I couldn't wait to meet them.
"Sun, Brother Sun......" A person said with difficulty: "The voice ...... The voice seems to be coming from the front, let's, what should we do? β
There was silence in the passage, and Brother Sun was eager to strangle this person to death at this time: What should I do? You ask me, who do I ask? What if I knew, wouldn't I have gone out soon!?
His brain spun rapidly, with a calm look on his face, and he looked at everyone: "Don't forget, we came in with people." Who told you that the footsteps sound the same as before? Can't you hear such a big difference? β
Everyone who was originally nervous was stunned, and looked up at Brother Sun in unison, some people were stunned, and some people were surprised.
"That's right...... Although they are all footsteps, this one is clearly different...... This, this is a real person! β
Some people's eyes lit up, and even some impulses appeared on their faces: "Brother Sun, what should we do next?" What to do? β
"Do you want to ...... them?"
"That's right, there are only a few of them, Brother Sun, let's do it!"
"It's done, Brother Sun!"
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Looking at the fanatical expressions of several of his subordinates, the panic in Brother Sun's heart was also suppressed, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was right, so he cleared his throat and said, "Okay, we're here to make a fortune!" If you can, try not to do it. β
"However, they are all good people, and it is easier to get out alive with them."
"And isn't he coming to us too? If you give up such a great opportunity......"
Brother Sun smiled: "That's not my style!" β
"Let's go, the army will lead the way, let's go meet them. The signal here is not reachable. β
As he spoke, he led the group forward, but before he walked a few dozen meters, everyone's footsteps stopped suddenly.
Their pupils contracted in an instant, their eyes stared tightly ahead, and their arms grasped the weapon, but the weapon was trembling slightly, not as stable as usual. The person in the back had just passed the corner, and the moment he saw the front of him, his face turned pale, and he cried out in astonishment and fear:
"Xiao Qi!?"