The main hall was deep, and Zhao Ta ordered the nearby windows to be opened, but it was still dim.

Because this hall is really wide, not all sides are transparent, and there are side halls in the middle, which isolate the space and do not reach each other.

Then he asked the soldiers to light the freshly made torches, because they did not expect to be in such a situation in the door, there was no special preparation, and the torches and the like could only be made freshly, but fortunately, there were many pines and cypresses everywhere, and it was not difficult to tie them up.

When everything is over, ask Luda to take a break to lead the army, and replace it with Wu Song in front, although Wu Song is also injured, but it is not as serious as Luda, but it is only broken and lightly damaged, and there is no injury to the muscles and bones, unlike Luda who faced the half-step grandmaster who rushed hard, was knocked out of the hall, and it was fortunate that he was seriously injured and saved his life.

Zhao Ta instructed Wu Song to be careful, and he must guard against Li Huangzhu, because Li Huangzhu's great grandmaster martial arts are not as good as the previous Tiger Guard and Tiger Shuai, who is only a half-step grandmaster, and there is still the possibility of escaping when encountered.

Wu Song said yes and cautiously led the soldiers forward to search.

At this time, 5,000 elite soldiers were divided into 3,000 and surrounded the temple, and the remaining 2,000 all entered the temple.

Although two thousand people did not hear much, when they entered the main hall, even if the hall was vast, it was bloated and crowded, and there were armor, swords, and guns.

Zhao Tan frowned, so he asked Bai Zhan and Bai Ba to take a group of people to check left and right, and then he and Yuan Ying waited for news in the middle.

This hall is not only long, longitudinal and deep, I don't know what the places are, some of them have wax in the candlesticks, so they are lit, and some have no items, they are full of dust, and they are useless at a glance, and there should be few people on weekdays.

After standing for a while, Zhao Ta ordered the soldiers to escort the three captured Zizaimen people to him.

These three people are the girl in red, Li Huangzhu's sixth disciple Ye Luoju, and the second disciple Zhou Douyuan.

The girl in red hung her head, her martial arts were not good, and her identity was not as high as that of the two girls, so she didn't dare to raise her head at this time.

Zhou Douyuan was expressionless, she was injured, but it was not a serious injury, looking at Zhao Ta with a complicated face, she was silent.

Only Ye Luoju looked annoyed and angry, and said coquettishly: "Song thief, offending my sect and occupying my country's land, the crime deserves death, don't let go of this girl as soon as possible, and fight to the death with you Song dogs." ”

Yuan Ying said angrily on the side: "Master, this wild girl is not convinced, and the disciple will go and block her mouth." ”

Zhao Ta said: "First ask them if they know where Li Huangzhu and Li Qianshun are." ”

Yuan Ying nodded, jumped over and said: "If you three want to live, just tell Li Huangzhu's whereabouts, and where is the dog emperor Li Qianshun, say that there is a reward, if you don't say it, you will be killed!" ”

The corners of Zhao Ta's mouth twitched, and he twisted his head slightly, he had never seen such a question.

The girl in red still bowed her head when she heard this, Zhou Douyuan was still expressionless, only Ye Luoju said: "Wishful thinking, you traitor to the Great Xia Kingdom, traitor to the Yuan family, you are the wild girl, don't dream!" ”

Yuan Ying's little face tensed and said, "Who is the wild girl?" Who are you talking about? ”

"You're a wild girl!"

"I'm not, you're a wild girl!"

"You're a wild girl, a traitor, a traitor!"

"You wild girl, hand, your subordinates are defeated!"

Yuan Ying couldn't say Ye Luoju, so she had to talk about martial arts: "You can't beat me, you are a defeated general, you don't have the face to speak!" ”

Ye Luoju almost died of anger when she heard this, what she was most angry about at the moment was not actually her family and country, but her defeat to Yuan Ying, she believed that if she did it all over again, she would definitely not lose!

"I was negligent just now, do you dare to fight again? I'm sure I'll beat you wild girl crawling on the ground! Ye Luoju said loudly and angrily.

Yuan Ying is not stupid, where is it possible to compare with Ye Luoju again, even if he can win steadily, there is no need to repeat this effort.

"You have already lost, if you lose, you will lose, who will fight you!" Yuan Ying snorted lightly, then rolled her eyes, and said: "Winning or losing is taught, if I win you, I will win you for a lifetime, you will always be my defeated general, who will compete with my defeated general again!" ”

Ye Luoju was so angry when she heard this: "Wild girl, cowardly as a mouse, you won by luck, it doesn't count, it doesn't count!" ”

The more Zhao Tan listened, the more wrong he became, and said in his heart that this is for you to ask Li Huangzhu and Li Qianshun where are the two, why are they still competing for a good name, and what do you win or lose? It's a big deal right now!

He snorted coldly: "Shut up!" ”

Suddenly no one spoke, Ye Luoju glared at him angrily, Zhao Ta didn't pay attention, his eyes slowly swept over the three of them, and said: "This king is from the door today, and he didn't want to kill a river of blood, as long as he holds Li Huangzhu and Li Qianshun, the rest can be let go, but you are a disciple of the sect who does not know the current affairs, and there is more than innocent death, as for the three of you have good martial arts talents, it is not easy to practice hard for many years, this king has the virtue of a good life, I want to give the three of you a chance, as long as you tell Li Huangzhu and Li Qianshun's traces, I will spare you from dying, and also give you and other meritorious deeds, and reward them according to their merits!" ”

Yuan Ying blinked beside him: "From my master, reward for meritorious deeds, not from my master, ask for guilt and kill your head!" ”

When Zhao Ta heard this, he glanced at Yuan Ying, his face was a little dark, this rebel ...... Why didn't you find out such nonsense before!

"Song thief don't think about it!" Ye Luoju spoke at this time: "You occupy my sect and kill my people, this hatred is not shared, I can't wait to cut you with a thousand knives, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart." ”

She is a little crazy at the moment, but it is not all because of the great changes in the sect, part of it is actually Yuan Ying's anger, otherwise she is not such an anxious and formless person, how can she not know the reason that there is no good end to angering the other party, and everything must wait for the opportunity.

Zhao Ta frowned: "Twenty-eight ......"

Yuan Ying said, "What does the master command?" ”

Zhao Ta raised his chin at Ye Luoju, Yuan Ying immediately went over, stretched out her hand and tore hard at the corner of the other party's clothes, and there was a "stabbing" sound, and she dragged off a piece of cloth.

Ye Luoju was suddenly startled, Yuan Ying tore a little big, revealing snow-white flesh, her face became red, and she was about to scold, but Yuan Ying stuffed the cloth into her mouth, and did not forget to whisper: "Your subordinates are defeated, and you are told to be honest, and now you are gagged, see how you still talk nonsense." ”

Ye Luoju was so angry that she struggled desperately, but the cow tendon rope was tied, and she couldn't break free, and she couldn't spit out the rags in her mouth, only making a "woo" sad and angry sound.

"You're done!" Yuan Ying smiled and said, "My master won't let you go!" ”

"Forehead ......" Zhao Ta was too lazy to pay attention to the unfilial disciples at this time, his eyes swept over the other two daughters, and he wanted to ask, but there were soldiers over there to report.

"Lord Wang, I found a secret hall inside, the furnishings are strange and strange, and there are statues enshrined, I don't know where it is, General Wu called Xiao Yu and the prince to know."

"Enshrined in a statue?" Zhao Ta frowned: "Take it with me." ”

The soldiers led the way, Zhao Ta took a few steps, turned his head and said to Yuan Ying: "Come here!" ”

"Okay, Master." Yuan Ying immediately led the troops and escorted Ye Luoju and the three of them to follow.

After a while, go around to the depths of the main hall, there is indeed a hall here, not what the little soldier said, but there are many things listed in front of the palace door, what dragon and tiger unicorn stone statues, and there are wall screens, depicting Luan Feng cloud pattern, and the palace door is in these places, it looks like it is hidden.

At this time, Wu Song was waiting in front of the door, and when he saw Zhao Ta coming over, he hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates are shallow, and I don't know where this place is, so I can only send someone to ask the prince to see it in person." ”

Zhao Ta nodded, didn't speak, walked towards the door with his hand, only to see that there was a stone carving above the door of the hall and a horizontal batch of gold brushes, which were Chinese characters, and they were actually the three official books of Nanhua Hall.

There are couplets on both sides of the door, the number of words is not much, there are five characters in the upper and lower runs, a total of ten are written, respectively, the master of virtue is far away, and the sound of the door is long.

Zhao Ta nodded: "This is the ancestral hall of the Freedom Gate." ”

"Ancestral Hall?" Wu Song said curiously: "My subordinates read and write Chinese characters, although they know it, they don't know what it means, could it be that this ancestor of the Sect is not a Han person?" ”

Zhao Ta sighed slightly when he heard this, and said: "This is my Han family's sect, this Helan Mountain has been my Han family's place since ancient times, but it is also like the land of Youyan, lost for a hundred years, and these sects and clans are also occupied by foreign clans. ”

Wu Song was surprised when he heard this: "Lord Wang, if this is the case, then who is the ancestor enshrined in this hall?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "It is the sage Zhuangzi in the Spring and Autumn Period." ”

As he spoke, he walked into the hall, but he saw that it was antique, completely different from some of the halls outside, as if he was in ancient times.

Six copper crane furnaces are placed on both sides, the middle stone leads to the inside, there are bells and drums on the side, and the wind makes a slight sound, go to the innermost place, and see the gorgeous offering platform in front of it.

The light veils on both sides of the offering platform are pulled outward, and the golden seat in the middle is dedicated to the statue of Zhanggao, but it is kind and kind, and a moral atmosphere, which is the real person Zhuang Zhou of Nanhua.

Wu Song also followed at this time, and said in the back: "My subordinates know Zhuang Sheng, but I didn't expect that there would be martial arts handed down from the sect. ”

Zhao Ta said: "Spring and Autumn princes, which one is not a strong martial artist?" Needless to say, the master is as tall as a giant, with infinite strength, proficient in swords, can lift the city gate, and Mozi, who is also a master of martial arts, and is good at trapping hidden weapons, and has a farmer, the leader is known as a chivalrous leader, and his martial arts are also amazing, and it is said that he will also be terrain formation. ”

Wu Song said: "My subordinates have heard that there are only disciples of the master, and the others do not know that there are inheritances. ”

Zhao Ta said: "The Mo family has a heritage, but the Mo family is hidden, and the cover does not appear, and the peasant family has dispersed since the end of the Qin Dynasty, and many of the hundreds of schools have evolved into another style, just like three hundred and sixty lines, and there are three religions and nine streams to distinguish, and the inheritance is still there, but it has changed course, and it is not the same thing as in ancient times, and many of them have only passed down the teachings, but the martial arts have not been handed down, and the skills and means have been lost." ”

Wu Song said: "But it's a pity, I have heard the master say that the ancient martial arts are very powerful, but the closer they get, the weaker they are, the more difficult it is to inherit, and they have to obey the training, so they often leave a hand, but when they encounter a fork, they are confused, so that the generation is not as good as the generation." ”

Although the old man surnamed Zhan did not accept Wu Song as an apprentice, Wu Song has always called him a teacher.

Zhao Ta nodded: "The truth is this truth, but it also has something to do with the world, in ancient times, there were many sparse people, wild beasts were rampant, the king's order was far away, and it was difficult to pass the political life, most of them had to practice martial arts and self-defense, even if they didn't know martial arts, they didn't have a master, they had to use their brains to create a few hands, this is a matter of life, who dares not to take it to heart?" In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred flowers bloomed, and all kinds of strange arts reached their peak, and later the population increased, the land was occupied, the beasts went up the mountain, the danger decreased, and people became lazy, and they were lost, and they were not made, isn't it not as good as the generation? ”

Wu Song hugged his fists and said: "What the prince said is extremely true, saying that Wu Song is confused in his heart. ”

Zhao Ta turned around and walked out, and said, "Tell someone here to guard and don't move, and then search again, first go to find Li Huangzhu and the others." ”

The two went out of the hall gate, Wu Song continued to search, and Yuan Ying moved a chair for Zhao Ta to sit down and wait for news.

But after half a day, Wu Song turned back, that is, to check Bai Ba and Bai Zhan on both sides of the main hall, and also came back, and he didn't find anyone at all.

Zhao Ta frowned, this is unlikely, although there are many disciples of the Freedom Sect outside the front hall, but it will definitely not be all of them, the Freedom Sect is the number one sect in Western Xia, it is impossible that there are only so many people.

And how could Li Huangzhu not be in the sect? There is also Li Qianshun, who must be in this free gate, General Lu once reported that Li Qianshun went into the mountain with nearly 1,000 people that day, and there is no reason why so many people disappeared out of thin air.

So, where did all these people go?

This time into the mountain, although with a large number of elite soldiers, but there are Luda, Wu Song and other grandmasters to open the way, it is also secret, carefully probe on the road, will not leak the news too early, it is impossible for these people to run away early, and even disappear now.

What's more, the 20,000 troops under the mountain have outflanked and blocked the mountain road, so many people want to hide, as long as they go down from this horseshoe ridge, there is no reason not to be seen.

Zhao Ta took a deep breath, a little incomprehensible, it was possible for just one or two to run away, but nearly a thousand people would definitely not, these people must be hiding somewhere!

Thinking of this, he exhaled lightly, and recalled the terrain inside the Freedom Gate, behind the Freedom Gate was the cliff of Malan Peak, and there was only one way down the mountain in front of him, no matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like he could escape.

Zhao Ta's eyes fell on the three daughters of Ye Luoju in front, first looked at the girl in red, and said: "This king only asks once, and if he answers, he will live, and if he can't answer, he will die, can you hear clearly?" ”

The girl in red trembled, looked up at Zhao Ta, and her face was pale.

Zhao Ta said lightly: "Can there be a secret tunnel cave or something like this free door?" ”

The woman in red was stunned when she heard this, shook her head for a moment, and snorted, "I, I don't know." ”

"Don't know?" Zhao Ta twisted his eyebrows when he heard this: "Push it out and cut it!" ”

Two soldiers immediately came up from behind, grabbed the girl in red and pushed her out of the hall, and the girl in red looked miserable: "I really don't know ......"

"Wait!" At this time, a voice suddenly sounded, and it turned out to be Zhou Douyuan.

Zhao Ta squinted and only listened to Zhou Douyuan: "Her identity is not enough, she is not a disciple of her own lineage, so she naturally doesn't know about the secret passage in the door." ”

"Oh?" Zhao said: "You know? ”

"I do know and can tell you, but you have to let them both go, and you can't embarrass them anymore!"

Zhao Ta stretched out his hand and touched his chin, and stood up with a "whew": "As long as you tell the location of the secret passage, this king will not only spare the three of you, but if you can find Li Huangzhu, Li Qianshun and others along the secret passage, this king will reward you, and even seal you an official position!" ”

"Are you telling the truth?" Zhou Douyuan looked at Zhao Ta with both eyes.

Zhao Ta said lightly: "This king has always been true to his word, and this king is also short of manpower now, if you help this king to catch those traitors, how can this king treat you badly!" ”

"Good!" Zhou Douyuan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart when she heard this, she knew that if she really wanted to surrender to the other party, then I am afraid that it would be difficult to have a better chance except for now.

"There is indeed a secret passage inside the door, which leads to Malan Peak, and this secret passage is in the ......"

"Where?" Zhao Tan raised his eyebrows.

"It's in the Patriarch's Hall, behind the statue of Zhuang's ancestor......"

(End of chapter)