Chapter 214: Change of Plans
Just when Grandpa, Grandma and the others were concentrating on the wine altar, Xiao Jiu and Yingnan Qiaotian were in the room next to them, studying the information sent by Gray Eagle.
The information was sent by the eldest sister, saying that it was in the station of the Baihou family, and I heard all the people who had been there in Rongrong say that the aura there was particularly sufficient, and it was very different from other places, and the plants were also growing very luxuriantly, so it was recommended that Xiao Jiu could take time to go there and have a look. Now Rong Rong has sent someone to guard it in secret.
Another piece of news is that the two countries of Ziwu and Queqi have begun to assemble their mobilized troops at the border passes, and another large army is assembled at the junction of the two countries, and the direction of the current action is not clear, the main thing is that the equipment of this army is very sophisticated, and it is estimated that it is the forbidden army and other armies in the two countries, and now there are people in the special people who are probing. Xiao Jiu crawled on the map and calculated for a while: "Send a message, let them pay attention to the division of troops gathered at the border pass, and the other pay attention to the movements of this army on the border." I estimate that it will take nearly a month for them to get ready, and we still have some time now, so let's take this time to visit the residence of the White Queen family and see what is going on. He said, "Then we will have more than ten days to rush back before the two countries attack." Tomorrow as soon as we get out of here, we'll go straight there. ”
Qiao Tian said worriedly: "The big war is coming, whether we should rush back as soon as possible, or let the rush be tight when we go back, in case of a big war in advance, we won't make it more nervous." "Obviously it's about the big picture.
Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "We go back now, and it's nothing." In this war, the time of outbreak is not in our hands, just like a treat, we have prepared all the meals, but the people to greet are delayed, what should you do? It's expected to wait anxiously, so it's better to hurry up and do your own thing. When the guests come, we will serve the dishes according to the ready, isn't it good for both families? He said to the little girl: "Let everyone get ready, wait a while to pack all the things that grandma gave, and put away everything that you want to stay, and we will leave early tomorrow morning." I hope that this kind of thing will not happen again in the future, and the thing that fights in the nest is the most hateful. ”
Yingnan said: "But this is also a common problem. I have already checked the affairs of the elders in the family that Gongzi asked me to check. The elders were dissatisfied with the family master's laissez-faire approach of the collateral family, and they had said it many times, not only did they not change, but they also let the people in the collateral family scold the elders, and the elders began to be disappointed in the patriarch, so although the elders got the news late this time, they did not act fast enough, and the only desirable thing was that they were very strict with themselves, and basically there was no major chaos. The preparation is also sufficient, and those who come from outside do not intervene. Only a few elders in the collateral family were involved in this matter, according to the plan. We've cleaned up the entire family. During the cleanup, it was found that there were traces of dealings with the ancient martial arts family in Mengqi Kingdom, but the person had been cleaned up and could not be traced. From this point of view, the ancient martial arts family of Mengqi Kingdom should be prepared to deal with it as soon as possible. ”
Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "I don't need this anymore." I'll be able to solve it before I get there. ”
Yingnan and Qiaotian looked at Gongzi in confusion, and Xiao Jiu didn't speak again.
Early the next morning, Xiao Jiu had already begun to leave. It can be said that there are a lot of people who saw off this time. In addition to my grandparents, all the adults and children of my uncle's family also came out to see them off. As soon as he left the mansion of the head of the family, he saw all the elders standing on the avenue outside the gate, coming to see him off. Xiao Jiu's eyes rolled, and he glanced at the twins and the little girls, the twins and the little girls all lowered their heads, followed the big car in front of them, and walked out, and the big men who carried the sedan chair also drooped their heads, and carried the sedan chair to the front for a while, leaning against the wall and resting weakly, waiting for Xiao Jiu.
Xiao Jiu and Xiao Qi, both of them were innocent with a smile on their faces, and they said goodbye to the elders and uncle's family with a carefree look. After everyone stopped seeing them off, Grandpa and Grandma continued to send them far away. During the send-off, the two of them slowly discovered a lot of strange things, such as the expressions on everyone's faces, which changed at any time, and when no one could see them, the eight big men came over to greet their grandfather, changing the appearance of being spiritless just now. After everyone officially said goodbye, my grandfather suddenly discovered that the wheels of each cart were actually suspended.
Xiao Jiu got out of his grandfather's family station, and immediately let more than ten guards get on the two empty carts, pulled by the big men, and rushed directly to the station of the Baihou family from the mountain road. At noon the next day, everyone had already rushed to the foot of the mountain pass where the White Queen family was stationed. At this time, two people came out from the side of the road, came to Xiao Jiu's sedan chair and said: "Childe is here, our captain is on the mountain at this time, and I will lead the way." ”
Under the leadership of this person, it didn't take long to come to the station of the Baihou family, Xiao Jiu and the women walked down the sedan chair, and then a man with a long sword came and said to Xiao Jiu: "Childe, you are here, we are also following the arrangement of the eldest sister, exploring the surrounding terrain and what may be buried underground, but we have not found any traces so far, please go to the hall to rest." ”
Xiao Jiu said: "You send someone to lead them in to rest first, and you take me around." The man waved his hand, and several people came. These people are all very young students, only more than ten years older than Xiao Jiu, but they are all very capable.
At this time, the twins and Xiao Qi came over, saying that they wanted to accompany Xiao Jiu to go around, and the captain asked, "Childe, are you going to look from there." Xiao Jiu said to the highest point.
Under the guidance of the captain, everyone went up the mountain to a high tower at the top of the mountain, standing on the high tower, Xiao Jiu found that the entire residence of the family was like a growing tree, stretching out according to this mountain. At the foot of the hill are clearly neatly housed, forming the entire trunk of the tree, and the distant station is like an open canopy, and this mountain is like the soil in which the tree takes root. Xiao Jiu pointed to the place that was neatly shaped like a tree trunk and said, "That is the residence of the head of the family and the place where the children of the family live. The captain looked at Xiao Jiu suspiciously, nodded and said yes. Xiao Jiu looked at the newly built messy houses around the main trunk, and sighed: "The hard work and wisdom of the ancestors, these descendants can understand and know the Tao, and the ancestors' efforts have been wasted. ”
The captain didn't know what Gongzi said, but silently looked at the irregular empty house in front of him, Xiao Jiu calculated for a while and said: "There are some things in front of this mountain, such as not being able to live in people." ”
The captain said, "It's right next to the mountain." Directly below us, there is a dilapidated temple that has been in disrepair for so long that it is about to collapse. ”
After Xiao Jiu asked a few more places, he turned around and watched slowly in this tower, approaching the root of the wall from time to time, carefully watching the various patterns on the wall, and slowly walked down. Coming to the bottom of the tower, Xiao Jiu circled the tower several times, then came to a place next to him and said, "This should be two huts that are symmetrical on both sides. This is the joy of later generations to tear down these two huts in order to only care about their own fun, these losers. As he spoke, he turned over his hand and took out a large sword, and lightly struck it on every stone slab on the ground.
After a while, he pointed his sword at a stone slab and said to the captain, "Get rid of this slate." ”
The captain came to the slate suspiciously, and saw that this slate was no different from the others, it was all very old. The captain took the sword handed over by Xiao Jiu, cleaned up the dust around him, and inserted the sword in the direction of Xiao Jiu's finger. Slowly pry, the slate will start to move with the strength of the prying, and then pry again. One side has already left the ground, and Xiao Jiu was about to reach out when he passed, but was blocked by the twins, and the twins blocked Xiao Jiu. When the two men reached out, they began to grasp the stone slab that had left the ground and looked upward, and with the efforts of the three people, the stone slab was erected. Then it appeared to the eyes of the people that was under the place where the slate was covered. It is a small square hole made of stone slabs, and there is a rusty iron pull ring in it, and everyone looks at Xiao Jiu in amazement, and everyone knows that this is the entrance mechanism of the underground passage where things are hidden. Xiao Jiu thought for a while and asked, "Do we still need to go in, this is not ours in the first place, what are we going in to do." ”
Xiao Qi said: "Let's go in and see what we should do, this made thing for you to discover, it means that it is for you to go in, let's go in and have a look." ”
Xiao Jiu shook his head and said, "I've guessed what is in here, cover this stone slab, we can't go in now, because we still have a lot of things to do." ”
Without saying anything, the captain put the slate back in its place, swept the dust again, and restored it to its original appearance. Xiao Qi couldn't help but ask: "Is it still time-consuming to open the passage and go down to see if it is really time-consuming, I really don't know what you think." ”
Xiao Jiudao: "This is not as simple as a passage, not only there are all kinds of hidden passages, but also very huge, we don't have two or three months to explore this, plus to break all kinds of mechanisms, it takes longer, we don't have so much time now, once we enter, it is impossible to turn back, and it will not let you come out if it is not completely completed, and the exit is not here." ”
When Xiao Qi heard this, it turned out that there were still so many dangers here, and it would take so long, so he nodded in recognition of relief. Although Xiao Qi is very willful, this little girl is naturally smart, and she has followed Xiao Jiu for so long, and now she has a high vision and far-sighted thinking, and her wisdom is already very high. So Xiao Jiuyi said, Xiao Qi immediately understood which important truth.
After everyone went down the mountain, Xiao Jiu asked the captain to lead him to the dilapidated temple, and saw that this temple was indeed far away, and many of the pillars had been moved, leaving behind the original imprints. Looking at the stone statues not far from inside, you can imagine that this hall was very large in the past. Xiao Jiu looked at the broken offering table, the already tattered idol sitting on the platform, and couldn't help but sigh: "The descendants are not good, can they not perish like this." (To be continued......)