Qingchen stood at the foot of Jiang Yan Mountain, looking at the grass and trees of Jiang Yan Mountain, covering the overlapping shadows of the mountains, and his eyes swept from left to right, taking in the panoramic view as far as the eye could see.

Facing Jiang Yanshan, looking up, three miles away in the northwest direction, was Liang Xulin, who was secretly stationed with 30,000 elite soldiers led by Tianshu. Tianshu, like Tianquan, is Mu Qingjue's henchman, and his ability is outstanding, if Su Baohua wants to cross Jiang Yan Mountain from this road and go to the blind ditch in the north, it is impossible for Tianshu's spies not to know.

In addition, walking from the mountain road, according to the time, it is impossible for Su Baohua to go back and forth in one day, so she dares to conclude that there must be other roads in this mountain, which may be a shortcut or a secret road.

Now it seems that Tianshu has been secretly stationed here since the day Mu Qingjue ascended the throne, and it has been several years, and even he has not found another way, so it is conceivable that Su Baohua must have taken the secret road to the blind ditch.

"Childe, sure enough, there was a discovery. After a while, Nightshade returned to Qingchen's side and arched his hand.

"Very good, tell me to come over tomorrow, let's go. Qingchen commanded, turning and walking in the direction where the night had come.

But I saw Nightshade put his index finger in his mouth and blew a whistle similar to the chirping of a nightbird, and then, a black shadow flew out from the mountains and trees not far away, chased in the direction of Qingchen, followed by Qingchen, led by Nightshade, and went towards the place where Nightshade found.

The place where the night was discovered was in the southeast corner of Jiang Yan Mountain, just in the blind spot of the Tianshu army's station, and Tianshu was afraid that Su Baohua would find out where his 30,000 horses were, so he did not move in Jiang Yanshan on a large scale, so that he missed such a blind spot that he could not see on weekdays.

"Childe, please take a look. Nightshade came to the foot of the mountain in the southeast, stopped, said to Qingchen, and then stepped forward, brushing aside the lush grass in front of him, revealing a hole.

"Sure enough, there is a secret passage, but this secret passage is covered by trees and grass, and it is not easy for people to find it on weekdays. Qingchen smiled and said, "This Su Baohua is also bold enough, the most dangerous place is the safest place, who would have thought that such a secret passage with great importance is actually at the foot of this mountain, and it is also the foot of the southeast mountain with a little more pedestrians." ”

"Childe, we don't know the situation in the secret passage yet, and we ask Childe to allow his subordinates to explore the way first. Tomorrow he saw the entrance to the cave and spoke.

"No need, let's go in together. Qingchen said, and without hesitation, he walked to the entrance of the cave, pushed aside the grass, and got into it first.

Nightfall and Tomorrow followed, and when Tomorrow finally entered the cave, he turned around and turned the grass outside back to its place, covering the hole tightly, completely cutting off the light that was not bright outside.

At this moment, Nightshade took out a fire fold and lit it, and the entire secret passage as far as the eye could see was illuminated, allowing Qingchen to see the situation in front of him clearly.

This is a very simple secret passage, not as exquisite as the secret passage of the Star Picking Tower of the Ning Yue Kingdom, and the time when the secret passage was built can be seen that it is not very long, it should be after Su Baohua arrived in Yancheng.

"Childe, this secret passage should be Su Baohua's passage between the north and south of Jiang Yan Mountain. Nightshade said.

"That being the case, let's also take a walk along this secret passage to see what secrets Su Baohua has. Qingchen said, and then walked forward.

Tomorrow, I will also take out a fire fold and light it, so that the secret passage will be brighter, and everyone will see more clearly.

According to the current situation, this secret road just connects the south of Jiang Yan Mountain and the north of the mountain, starting from the southeast foot of the south of the mountain and coming out of the north of the mountain, and the whole secret road runs through the entire Jiang Yan Mountain. In this way, Su Baohua does not have to go over the mountains and mountains to delay time, nor does he have to risk being discovered to travel back and forth.

The three of them walked forward unhurriedly, and a cold cold air came from the stone walls on both sides of the secret passage, lingering around everyone. There is nothing unusual about the secret passage, there is no hidden weapon, and there is no stone door and stone room, just a passage for people to walk.

It seems that Su Baohua's secret is not in this secret passage, but he doesn't know what he will see when he walks out of the secret passage. Tomorrow looked around and said.

"Just go out and know, Su Baohua can go back and forth from this road in one day, which means that this secret road is not very long, and according to our footsteps, we should be able to walk to the exit soon. Qingchen said, his footsteps did not stop.

After listening to Qingchen's words, Tomorrow and Nightshade didn't say anything more, but just followed Qingchen intently and walked forward.

Qingchen's speculation was really good, this secret passage was not very long, and the three of them only walked about a stick of incense before reaching the exit of the secret passage.

The exit is halfway up the slope of the north of Jiang Yan Mountain, out of the hole, there is a path for going down the mountain, and at the foot of the mountain, it is the place called the blind ditch by the people of Yancheng.

"It turns out that this is Su Baohua's secret, it's really unbelievable. Standing at the exit of the secret passage, Nightshade extinguished the fire in his hand, and looked at the scene in the valley and couldn't help but sigh.

What appeared in front of Qingchen's eyes at this time was not a silent valley, nor a blind man's ditch surrounded by darkness. On the contrary, the bottom of the blind man's valley is now brightly lit, and countless torches line up to illuminate the road at the bottom of the valley, and the road is not empty, but there are some people pushing carts in their hands, and there are some sacks on them, and they don't know what is in the sacks.

Qingchen stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the direction of the carts, and followed the path at the bottom of the blind man's valley all the way north, disappearing at the end of the bend of the path.

"In the past nine years, I didn't expect Su Baohua to arrange so many people here quietly, but I don't know what these people are doing here, and what are the things being transported on those board cars. Tomorrow stared at the bottom of the valley and said so.

"If you want to know, just go and see. A smile appeared on the corner of Qingchen's mouth, and then he spoke, "Tomorrow, you stay outside and guard, if there is any situation, I will follow and take a look." However, it is not known what the situation will be inside, if we don't come back before dawn, you can go and meet Ning Chen. ”

Tomorrow heard this, nodded, looked around, found a hidden location, hid in it, and saw no clues.

Qingchen glanced at Nightfall, and the two of them jumped up, flew out of the exit of the secret passage, and soon disappeared into the jungle.

The black shadow walked through the dark night, following the path at the bottom of the blind man's ravine, following the transporter of the carts, heading north, and it didn't take long for them to find the whereabouts of the carts, which turned out to be a stone cave on the opposite hill, and all those carts were pushed into the cave, and they did not know where to go.

"Childe, there is only one way to enter the stone cave, and there are heavy guards at the door, so if you want to get in, I'm afraid it's not easy. Seeing this, Nightshade said in Qingchen's ear.

"After tonight, it will be the tenth day of the new month, and when it is the fifteenth day, I will have my own way to get in. Qingchen said, and then spoke, "Nightfall, you go back to rest first tonight, and starting tomorrow, you stay here to monitor, and report any situation immediately." ”

"The subordinates obeyed. Nightshade nodded in response.

Qingchen took one last look at the stone cave, his eyes showed a hint of deep thought, and then he jumped up, whistled and informed the three of them at the entrance of the secret passage, and then returned the same way, taking advantage of the night, back to the inn.

Rao tossed for half the night, but Qingchen was lying on the bed, still not half sleepy, just closed his eyes, thinking about everything he saw today, and the news from all over the world in the past few days was connected, and a reasonable speculation was formed in his mind.

Previously, Mingyue sent a secret letter from Kyoto in the Heavenly Star Kingdom, which explained that Su Baohua's purpose for coming to Yancheng was actually related to a prince of the Heavenly Star Kingdom.

This prince is the younger brother of the first emperor of the Tianxing Kingdom, and the youngest son of the first queen mother of the Tianxing Kingdom.

When the old emperor of Tianxing Kingdom died, and when the first emperor ascended the throne, there were also courtiers in the middle of the court who supported King Qi and wanted King Qi to succeed him. But in order to avoid infighting between the first emperor and the brothers of King Qi for the throne, the first empress dowager made an agreement with the two brothers.

The agreement between the mother and son stipulates that the king of Qi will take the initiative to retreat and the first emperor will ascend the throne, in order to prevent people from stirring up, the king of Qi must return to his fiefdom, and the fief should be spent by the first emperor from the treasury, and the king of Qi only needs to be an idle prince with peace of mind.

However, later, the Tianxing Kingdom and the Ningyue Kingdom fought a war, the military expenditure was huge, the treasury was tight, and it coincided with the king of Qi going to Beijing, and he cleverly set up a project to ask the first emperor for appropriation in the name of disaster relief. The first emperor refused on the grounds that the war was tight, and not only did not give money, but asked the king of Qi to take out a part of the fief for the war.

And because of this, King Qi felt that the first emperor did not keep his promises, did not abide by his promise to the first queen mother, and was treacherous, so he held a grudge. So the king of Qi listened to the advice of his staff and sent Su Baohua to Beijing to take the imperial examination, gaining the trust of the first emperor in order to plot the future.

After Su Baohua gained fame, he successfully won the trust of the first emperor in him, and then invited himself to serve in Yancheng, taking advantage of Yancheng's superior geographical location and unique conditions to recruit troops and horses for the king of Qi and plan a rebellion.

It's a pity that the will of heaven is hard to disobey, and before the king of Qi has finished preparations, the first emperor has already died, and Mu Qingjue succeeded to the throne. Mu Qingjue was not familiar with this past, and coupled with the war with Ning Yue Kingdom, he had no intention of understanding this Uncle Qi Wang, so the matter of appropriation was gradually put on hold.

Now after more than ten years of planning, and it coincides with the war between Tianxing and Ning Yue, the court is unable to divide troops to suppress it, so it is the best time for King Qi to rebel and overthrow the court.

So...... The stone cave in Blind Ditch should be the evidence of Su Baohua's recruitment of troops and horses for King Qi, and she is sure that there must be a lot of things in that stone cave.

All thoughts flashed through Qingchen's mind, in fact, it didn't matter who the emperor of the Heavenly Star Kingdom was, because no matter who it was, it was the object of her use in order to fight against the Ning Yue Kingdom and against Xiao Ling. But the king of Qi is a profligate person, and he has no ambition and no strategy, which can be seen from the fact that he listened to the staff to provoke the intention of raising troops, so compared with the two, she prefers Mu Qingjue to be the emperor.

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(Tianjin)