Liu An, the foreman of several craftsmen who stayed in Lishan, has been missing for three days.

Whether he was lost, or he encountered some danger while exploring the mountains, or was kidnapped by someone else, it is still unknown.

However, it is unlikely that someone will be captured, because Meng Tian has already sealed the mountain, who would take such a big risk to kidnap a craftsman?

If so, then this man is probably very sick.

Don't think about it in a hurry, Ying Zheng sent someone to find Meng Tian, and he returned to the Zhongjun tent.

Jing Fan also followed to the Zhongjun tent, and it could be seen that he was also quite anxious.

It was only when Li Si was quite calm and comforted him that Jing Fan's emotions calmed down.

Not long after, Meng Tian came back in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, I think you have also heard that Liu An is missing." Meng Tian said with a slight gasp.

"Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly." Ying Zheng raised his hand and signaled.

Meng Tian wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, sat down and said: "Here's the thing, after you returned to Xianyang, Liu An has been leading the craftsmen and leading the soldiers to build the passage to the secret room of the gods, and on the morning of the day when it was about to be completed, Liu An said that he wanted to inspect the situation around the passage, so he took some armor soldiers to explore around, but according to these armor soldiers, Liu An said that he was going to relieve his hands, and then disappeared, this is the third day, Weichen almost searched the mountains and forests, but still couldn't find anyone. ”

Ying Zheng listened carefully, thinking about why Liu Anhui disappeared.

"You mean, Liu An went to relieve his hands, and then disappeared?" Ying Zheng asked.

Meng Tian nodded and said, "That's true, presumably those armor soldiers won't be mistaken, let alone lie." ”

"It's amazing, whether it's falling into a trap or encountering birds and beasts, it's impossible that there is no trace at all." Jing Fan said.

Li Si, who has always been calm, analyzed: "If this is the case, there are only two possibilities. First, Liu An suddenly encountered an emergency situation and immediately disappeared on the spot, and the armor did not probe carefully enough to find no traces. ”

Ying Zheng nodded, this situation is not impossible, because Xi is guarding that area.

"Second, Liu An left there by himself, either because he found something secret and searched for it, or he wanted to leave deliberately." After saying that, Li Si fell into deep thought again, as if he was thinking about whether there was a third possibility.

Ying Zheng also gasped when he heard this, because no matter what kind of possibility, it seemed to have something to do with Xi, either it ate Liu An, or Liu An found some trace of it and followed it.

It seems that only this possibility can be explained.

Of course, Meng Tian and Jing Fan didn't know the key to this, and they were still figuring out what kind of possibility.

"Now that it's over, let's go to the place where Liu An disappeared and take a look." Ying Zheng said, "Maybe, some traces can be found." ”

Several people felt that what Ying Zheng said made sense, so they followed Ying Zheng out of the big tent and went straight to the place where Liu An disappeared.

Led by a few armor soldiers at that time, about an hour later, the group finally arrived at the scene of the incident.

Li Si surveyed very carefully, without revealing a trace of details, and Jing Fan also searched this area very carefully.

Meng Tian and the sergeants were also extremely focused.

After most of the hour passed, the scattered crowds gathered together again.

"How's it going, have you found anything?" Ying Zheng asked.

Li Si sighed lightly and said, "I've checked everywhere, but I haven't found any traces of fighting or fighting. ”

"Yes, it's the same as it was then." Meng Tian said, "That day, Weichen rushed to the scene as soon as he received the news, and nothing else was found at the scene except for the footprints left by those armor soldiers who were traveling with him. ”

Ying Zheng looked at Jing Fan again and asked, "What about you?" ”

Jing Fan shook his head, indicating that he hadn't found anything.

Ying Zheng pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "That means that the first situation mentioned by Mr. has a very small probability of happening, and Liu An can't be kidnapped or encountered any traps." ”

"We have also checked the situation here, and it is indeed nothing

Traps, and nothing suspicious. Meng Tian said.

"In this way, Liu An probably left on his own." Lees said.

"Leave on your own?" Ying Zheng asked, "Then why haven't you come back these days?" ”

Li Si said with a wry smile: "Even if he left on his own, he must have his own certain reasons, or he found some secrets, or found a more suitable place to build the royal tomb, or perhaps, he encountered something unexpected on the way there......

After Li Si said this, Yingzheng's uneasiness became more and more obvious.

Not for anything else, just because he had an agreement with Jairus that it was okay to build a mausoleum, but no one was allowed to discover the secrets here, especially not to see the existence of Jairus and Xi.

Everyone felt that Li Si's analysis was indeed reasonable, and they had no idea for a while, and they all looked at Yingzheng, waiting for King Qin's next instructions.

Ying Zheng bit his lip lightly, forcing himself to calm down and settle down so that he could make a better judgment.

"Meng Tian, this mountain area has been searched all over, right?" Ying Zheng looked at Meng Tian and asked.

"This mountain area has been searched for miles all the way to that secret room, and beyond the boundary of that secret room, it is the forbidden area set by the king, and without the king's order, we dare not cross the line." Meng Tian said.

Li Si said: "In this way, Liu An probably went to the area of the forbidden land. ”

In this case, Ying Zheng actually had a premonition, so he said: "If that's the case, then let's go back first, do whatever you have to do, and the widow and Lord Tingwei will go and find it." ”

Although Ying Zheng was quite familiar with that area, Meng Tian was still relieved, and said, "Your Majesty, let's bring some people, so it will be more convenient to search." ”

"No need to search just yet." Ying Zheng said in a rather calm tone, "The widow will go first to see if he has automatically walked to the gods like those cattle and sheep." ”

This seems to be a joke made by Yingzheng, but everyone is in the mood to laugh.

"Wechen takes orders." Meng Tian knew that Ying Zheng's decision was naturally reasonable, so he escorted Ying Zheng back to the mountain road that had been repaired.

A group of people escorted Ying Zheng to the secret room, Ying Zheng only left a dozen armor soldiers, and ordered Meng Tian to send the people of the Jing family class back, and quickly familiarize themselves with the ground conditions, so as to start work as soon as possible.

It wasn't until Meng Tian and they disappeared that Ying Zheng and Li Si walked to the other end of the secret room.

Over a small hill, Ying Zheng came to a tree.

This tree was the one he had cut down when he tried the Divine Weapon after he found the 'My Weapon' before. Strangely, the gap wounded by the 'self' seemed to be smaller, as if it was healing, and the root of the tree was still facing something black, and it looked a little sticky.

The direction was right, and the two men continued to walk towards the cave.

"Sir, you said that Liu An's disappearance, could it be related to Xi?" Ying Zheng asked the question that he had always doubted.

Li Si thought for a while and said: "Weichen thinks that Liu An's disappearance should have nothing to do with Xi, but Liu An has not returned yet, so it may have something to do with Xi." ”

It seems that Li Si is more concerned about why Liu An has not come back for so many days.

Ying Zheng pondered Li Si's words for a while, and then asked, "Sir, you said, if it is really related to Xi or Jianxi, then what should we do?" ”

"If it's really related to them, then we'll try our best to agree." Li Si's expression was quite serious, "Don't get angry, let alone anger them." ”

"Understood." Ying Zheng replied.

Before they knew it, the two had arrived at the cave.

Coming out of the other exit of the cave, the two looked around, found nothing special, and continued in the direction of the fire eye.

Strange to say, this place seems to be much quieter than usual, I don't know if the birds and beasts are far away from this place, or because the evening is not guarding here.

Ying Zheng called softly a few times, and sure enough, he didn't receive a response from Xi, it seems that it really didn't stay here.

Ying Zheng decided that the two of them would go their separate ways, Li Si went to Jair's cave to inquire, and he himself went to the cave where Xi lived to check.

The reason why they went separately is because:

Ying Zheng wants to find them as soon as possible and then figure out the truth of the matter.

Moreover, Ying Zheng was really a little stunned by the temperature of the fiery eyes.

After agreeing on a meeting time with Li Si, Ying Zheng turned around the foot of the mountain alone and came to the entrance of the cave where Xi was staying.

After taking two deep breaths, Ying Zheng settled down and exhaled tentatively: "Senior Xi, are you here?" ”

There was no sound inside the cave.

"Yu-senpai?" Ying Zheng walked towards the entrance of the cave, "I'm going to come in." ”

At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the cave, followed by the sound of wheezing in the evening.

Immediately after, the inside of the cave suddenly lit up, as if there was a fire shining from it.

It's strange, Xi should never use fire.

"Come in." The sound of the night came from the cave.

Ying Zheng straightened his clothes and walked into the hole.

The light in the cave was dim, and after Ying Zheng got used to it, he looked in the direction of the firelight.

At this glance, Ying Zheng was stunned on the spot.

The one holding the torch is none other than Liu An!

Xi was half-squatting on the ground not far from him, looking at Ying Zheng with Liu An.

"Your Majesty, you are here!" Liu Anle walked over.

"You ......" Ying Zheng looked at Liu An, not knowing what to say for a while.

He didn't expect Liu An to be really here, or he didn't want to believe that Liu An would be here.

And Liu An's calm expression also surprised Yingzheng.

"Your Majesty, just now the senior said that someone had come and told me to extinguish the torches, and then I heard your voice, so I told you to come in." Liu An said.

Ying Zheng settled down and said, "Don't talk about that, tell the widow, why are you here?" ”

"The king must be tired after walking such a long way up the mountain, so hurry up and rest and listen to me tell you slowly." After that, Liu An pulled the corner of Yingzheng's clothes, walked to a corner, and sat down on the ground.

I don't know if Ying Zheng was really tired from walking the mountain road, or if he reacted after seeing Liu An, he took two deep breaths and calmed his heartbeat before saying, "Say, what's going on." ”

Liu An cleared his throat and said, "Actually, the moment I followed Wang Shang to Lishan, I was deeply curious about this place. Because the king found the divine soldier 'my weapon' here, and Jing Jiaban reluctantly imitated it with the secret book of forging, this alone shows that this place is extremely unusual. ”

It's normal for a craftsman to be curious about what he can't make.

"After coming to Lishan, I want to go to the place where the king found the divine soldier to have a look, even if it is to feel the mysterious atmosphere there for a moment." Liu An continued, "Later, the king told us that there may be gods living in this mountain, and I don't know if others believe it or not, but I believe it anyway, so on that day, I took the opportunity to sneak out, wanting to meet the gods, and by the way, also to find out the situation of the construction of the royal tomb." ”

"You have this curiosity, few people can understand, but why are you here?" Ying Zheng is well aware of the consequences of Liu An's coming here.

"When I had crossed the place of the chamber that day, I was thirsty, and I sought water. Later, I found a mountain spring. After drinking heavily, I found that there were many chaotic footprints near the mountain spring, and some of the footprints could be clearly discerned, and I wondered if such a huge footprint could have been left by some animal, could it be the god's mount? With that, Liu An stole a glance at Xi.

Xi was still lazy and didn't look at the two.

"Later, I followed the intermittent footprints, which can be regarded as a mistake, and came here, and before I reached the entrance of the cave, I was met by the Xi seniors." Liu An said, "If it weren't for the fact that Senior Xi knew that I was your craftsman on the king, maybe he would have eaten me a long time ago." ”

"In this way, I have to thank Xi seniors." Ying Zheng stood up and said, "It's not too early, let's not disturb the rest of the seniors, let's go back with the widow." ”

"He's not going anywhere." Xi suddenly stood up, and his voice was like a bell, "If you want to go, you can leave your life!" ”