In the deep underground world of Bianliang, the headquarters of Sanssouci Cave is like a hell on earth.

The headquarters of Sanssouci Cave is under the Cai River in the outer city, and the head is one of the eight views of Bianliang, "Fantai Spring Dawn". There are many embankments here, and there are a large number of drainage pipes under the embankments, which are suitable for people to enter and exit.

And because of its proximity to Xuanhua Gate and Puji Gate, even if something happens, it can run out of the city, so it has gradually become a place where the underworld forces are stationed.

The pipes below weave a dense network of water channels, and the headquarters of Sanssouci Cave is located in a secret cave, which requires a boat to take to an underground pier and climb a three-meter-high rock to drill into it from below.

The hole is narrow, but it gets much bigger when you get inside. Countless caves, large and small, have been artificially excavated inside, where thousands of people lived, and there are also underground rivers, where there is no shortage of oxygen and escape routes.

In this case, Sanssouci is in a position where it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if the water is flooded, unless the water can extend to the upper cavern, it will be safe and sound most of the time.

It's just that the disadvantage is also more obvious, it is too close to the Cai River, and the officers and soldiers can take a boat to kill directly to the entrance of the cave.

At this time, the cave at the bottom of the cave was filled with all kinds of screams. Staying down there for a long time has gradually distorted the psychology of these vicious people, and they have begun to take pleasure in torturing the victims they have taken captive.

These days, apart from adultery, I don't know how many victims they torture to death. Although because I have to rely on them to make money in the future, or I want to take them hostage, it is quite restrained.

But if it goes on like this, if there is no news from above. Or if they can't go out yet, and the food below is getting less and less, maybe the fate of these hostages will be even more miserable, not only will there be no food, but I am afraid they will be used as food.

Outside a cave on the lower level, several young men with sharp knives at their waists watched vigilantly at everyone who came and went. Now it is not peaceful in Sanssouci Cave, and sometimes there will be fights to relieve everyone's pressure.

"When do you say the top will send someone down?"

"Come on."

"I don't have to keep it going, I don't want to come until their food is gone."

"Chiji is not such a person, be patient and wait."

They whispered.

The ancients had a sense of counter-reconnaissance, but first, not everyone had it, and second, it was far less powerful than modern times.

At least the underground underworld forces in Bianliang can't screen out undercover agents.

They didn't even think that the government would send undercover agents.

Therefore, at this time, each force has the internal response of the Imperial City Division, and when they came down, they hid a piece of red cloth on their bodies.

As I had told before, once the fight began, tie a red cloth to your right arm to distinguish friend from foe.

One of the men glanced at the cave not far away, where a lamp was lit, and seven or eight men were playing dice, drinking and eating meat, and there were unclothed women waiting beside them.

Inside the cave, there were also women's moans of pain and excitement, and occasionally various screams and other chaotic sounds of scolding and reprimanding could be heard.

In this dark underground, apart from gambling and playing, there is basically no activity.

As gangsters who fled from outside, they didn't have their own women below, so naturally they didn't have to watch like this. But these days, the sins below are worse than they think.

To the north, near the river, it stinks. From time to time, you can see people carrying corpses, some covered in blood, some with missing arms and legs, and some simply bottles.

"I'm going to send a group of people up soon, so it's time for me to go."

One of the young men whispered, "I've been down there for a long time, I feel like I'm going crazy, and I really want to draw a knife and kill people, kill these beasts clean." ”

"Okay, don't worry, even if no one is sent down for the time being, we can go up."

The leader said: "Now that the blockade is strict, the cave master will not send his cronies, but only those like us who have escaped from the periphery or from the outside. As long as they need to send someone up to inquire about the news and gather supplies, we can contact the prefect and know when to act. ”

"Shh

The other man booed, signaling for silence.

Sure enough, a drunken man came out of the cave next to him, walked nearby, poured urine, and staggered back.

And the people fell silent.

Each had their hands on their waists and clutched sharp knives tightly.

In such an environment, no one wants to be the next dead person, and their nerves are tense.

You won't provoke others, but you can't be bullied arbitrarily.

It's not easy to be an undercover agent either.

At the same time, in the upper cavern of Sanssouci Cave, another thing happened.

The upper caves are much more comfortable and wide, and even houses have been built, although they are only simple wooden houses, but they are much better than the caves below.

Outside a wooden house, several middle-aged men sat on the flat ground, and in the cave next to them, there were women's screams.

One of the middle-aged people couldn't stand it, and shouted inside: "Don't beat them to death, you still expect them to make money in the future." ”

"Huh."

There was also a middle-aged man out of the cave, he was dirty, wearing a silk robe, the whip on his hand was stained with blood, and a blue tattoo was exposed on his arm. A group of outsiders settled down and also commanded Lao Tzu? ”

"Humph!"

A few men outside snorted coldly, and a sturdy man led by him said, "If you have itchy hands, why don't you fight with me?" ”

The middle-aged man also had helpers, and more than a dozen people came over with hulala, shouting, "Who is afraid of you?" ”

The sturdy man stood up and was about to make a move.

"That's enough."

On the other side, another middle-aged man shouted, "Do you want to die?" ”

Seeing him, the two groups stopped and stopped confronting each other.

The middle-aged man who spoke out was named Li You, and he was the deputy cave master of Sanssouci Cave, and his status was very high.

The cave owner of Sanssouci Cave, like the owner of the Ghost Fan Tower, is haunted and does not stay in their headquarters.

It is said that their identities have been bleached, and they are all wealthy businessmen in Bianliang on the surface, so the following things are basically taken care of by the left and right hands.

This is documented in historical sources.

For example, there is a beggar gang leader surnamed Jin in Lin'an Mansion, and their family has been a beggar gang leader for seven generations, and he is not on the street like a beggar at all, but lives in a mansion and raises slaves.

The middle-aged men from outside turned out to be the Qinglong Club gang on the periphery of Sanssouci Cave, and the president's name was Tian Saburo, who was the sturdy man.

Tian Saburo still has a bit of a conscience, and he didn't help the people of Sanssouci Cave to do some things that lost their conscience, but because of some things, he became a thug of Sanssouci Cave.

Before escaping this time, he was caught by Zhao Jun, checked the bottom line, and did not do anything to kill, rob, or kidnap people except for fighting and collecting protection money.

Therefore, Zhao Jun considered it again and again and decided to give Tian Saburo a chance to detain his family, as long as he made meritorious contributions, he would not be guilty of the past.

Originally, Tian Saburo was still hesitant to turn back on the water before he came down, because the reason why he was the thug of Sanssouci Cave was because the owner of Sanssouci Cave had been kind to him before and helped him find his relatives who were taken away by Ghost Fan Lou.

But after seeing the situation underground, he no longer hesitated, and honestly started to be the internal response of the Imperial City Division.

This is also expected by Zhao Jun.

The people selected by Zhao Jun are all people who have checked the information, and they belong to the rivers and lakes who are affectionate and righteous, and have the bottom line of doing things.

Just as there are many people in Liangshan who were forced to fall into the grass, some of them have no choice but to become gangsters.

In addition, the family members and relatives who control them, as long as they go down to the cave and see the situation below, it is estimated that everyone will not turn against the water and betray the Imperial City Division.

After all, since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, and they should understand and recognize the reality clearly which leg is thick between the Imperial City Division and the underworld forces below.

At this moment, Tian Saburo stared at Li You with his eyes.

This time, because of his status as the president of the peripheral club, he can enter the middle and high-level after entering the cave, so the assigned task is to catch Li You.

He must not let the other man escape.

The minutes ticked by, and it was night.

Below, due to the prolonged darkness, day and night are reversed. Many people indulge, eat and drink when they get up, and lie down when they are tired, and they can't tell the difference between night and day.

However, most people's basic biological clock is still there, and at night they feel tired and want to sleep, so the cave is also a lot quieter.

By the beginning of the day, at nine o'clock in the evening, many people had already gone to sleep.

Ground.

A shrill whistle shattered the silence.

"Toot toot!"

Outside the quiet cave, there was a shrill whistle, which instantly woke everyone in the cave.

"What's going on?"

"Officers and soldiers have come in."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry."

"Run!"

In an instant, there was chaos in the cave of Sanssouci Cave.

Since the headquarters was too close to Caihe, they set up a sentry on the periphery.

Moreover, it is only a mile from the entrance of the river to the headquarters, and there are seven or eight secret sentinels in the middle, keeping an eye on them at any time.

However, what people didn't expect was that almost at the moment when the whistle woke up, there was a shocking shout of killing outside, and ships rushed in like arrows.

It turned out that the officers and men had not moved for more than two months, which caused the sentry posts below to be lax, and they actually waited until the officers and men were close to the killing, and when they were about to blow the whistle, they had already been shot with crossbow arrows by the officers and men who had figured out the location of the sentry posts.

If it weren't for the fact that the sentry at the entrance of the headquarters cave was hiding in a dark hole, and the crossbow arrows from the river below could not be shot, I am afraid that it is estimated that the officers and soldiers would have killed them, and they would not have reacted.

Almost at the moment when the whistle blew, the Imperial City Priests below the cave were all in good spirits.

The young men below immediately pulled out the sharp knives at their waists, and at the same time tied the red scarf to their right arm. In the side cave, the people who hurried out looked at them in surprise and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Fight with a knife."

Someone replied.

"The officers and soldiers have come in, can they resist?"

The man scoffed and was about to flee.

A sharp knife suddenly stabbed him in the back, and in his disbelieving eyes, the young man whispered: "It's not fighting with the officers and soldiers, it's fighting with you!" ”

At this moment, there was chaos in the cave, and the shouts of officers and soldiers were getting closer and closer, and a large number of torches poured in, adding to the already turbid air.

With the influx of officers and soldiers at the entrance of the cave, the cave became even more chaotic.

As soon as the talents in the caves came out, they met the officers and soldiers head-on, and the fighting began in an instant.

These are all men who lick blood with knives, and when they saw that they couldn't retreat to the escape channel, they gritted their teeth and fought fiercely, raising the knife in their hands and fighting with others.

Di Qing's little friend Zhang Zhong was responsible for leading two teams of Praetorian Guards to rush to the front, and more than a dozen men happened to be created from the cave on the right side, he grinned, raised the knife in his hand and slashed towards one person first.

The man was caught off guard, and his head was cut to the ground, and blood was splattered everywhere, and there was a warm feeling.

When the rest of the people saw this scene, they were much more courageous, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to rush to kill again, turned their heads and screamed, and ran into the depths of the cave like crazy.

It is not a flat land with a wide view, but a large number of passages that twist and turn, and the passages are connected to a large number of caves.

Zhang Zhong shouted: "Chase!" ”

They had only been chasing for less than two or three minutes before the group running in front of them was stopped.

The crowd rushed up, and someone inside shouted, "My own people! ”

Zhang Zhong looked intently, and there were torches everywhere in the cave now, but they could also be illuminated clearly, and he vaguely saw several young men with red belts tied to their right arms fighting bloodily, so he shouted: "Go help them." ”

The Praetorian Guards at the back door rushed up and helped them cut down several enemies, while the rest were wounded and jumped into the depths, some fell to their knees and surrendered, and some simply drilled into the cave next to them, but there was no way out inside, and they were completely self-defeating.

"Go to a group of people, kill them, and free the people inside."

Zhang Zhong shouted.

Then a group of people rushed down and killed them.

Those young men are members of the outer gang of Sanssouci Cave, and their status is not high, so they are below.

At this moment, seeing that the officers and soldiers finally came in, he said with tears in his eyes: "We are the inspectors sent by the Zhisi to Sanssouci Cave to investigate the situation, I don't know who this big official is?" ”

"Zhang Zhong, the head of a certain imperial horse, is responsible for protecting the safety of the Zhisi on weekdays, and this time the Zhisi sent us down to save people."

"Great, I'll lead the way!"

Everyone is overjoyed, they have been undercover agents for more than two months, and they are going crazy below, and now they have finally sent someone to kill them.

At that moment, everyone was in a hurry to show that they immediately led the officers and soldiers to pursue the enemy in various caves.

At this time, there was a great chaos on the side of the Sanssouci Cave Association, and the officers and soldiers poured into the caves like a river, and those who resisted were directly killed, and the ground was full of corpses, scattered weapons and stumps.

With the screams of those underworld forces, the panicked screams of the victims, and all kinds of chaotic sounds, there was chaos in the cave of the Sanssouci Cave headquarters.

"Run."

"Help me, help me."

"Straight lady thief, I can't live anymore, just kill all those people, it's these people who attract officers and soldiers."

"Retreat to the cave first, and go quickly. Don't get in the way, it's all for Lao Tzu to die. ”

"Kill!"

"Don't let a thief go."

"There is an order from the prefect, but those who resist will not be killed."

"Save people first."

The voices of the bandits and the officers and soldiers were intertwined.

Various whistles also sounded.

In the midst of the chaos, the upper level of the cavern was quiet at the moment.

First, there were few people in the upper echelons, and secondly, the distance was relatively long, and the officers and soldiers had not yet been killed, and Li You immediately gathered people, so he did not panic.

"What should I do?"

"Let's withdraw first, I can't stand it below."

"Wherever you run, there are officers and soldiers everywhere."

"Follow me!"

Li You glanced around, about forty or fifty people gathered with him, and waved his hand to signal everyone to follow.

They were turning around in the back of the cave, and one dodged, and the people in front suddenly realized that Li You didn't know when he was gone, and they panicked in an instant.

Only a few pairs of eyes had been staring at Li You's figure all the time, and when they saw him enter the side passage with a few cronies, they immediately followed.

(End of chapter)