Zhao Zongru stood in front of Gao Qiu, his hands behind his back, thoughtful.

Behind him, heavily armed sergeants surrounded the passage into the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum.

Not far away, in the clearing, a large number of wounded sergeants were bandaging, their limbs and legs broken, bleeding profusely, and wailing all over the field.

Their tragic situation also made the soldiers besieging the entrance of the cave nervous, for fear of some monster coming out of the cave, they clenched the blades in their hands, stretched their bows and arrows aimed at the entrance of the cave, and waited for battle.

And Zhao Zongru's heart is still beating wildly at this moment.

The scene that they had seen with their own eyes before the Broken Dragon Stone just now was still vivid, what kind of monster was that that appeared in front of them?

A white giant snake that is seven or eight feet long and can't be hugged by a few people!

Its skin was as hard as iron, and the swords, guns, and arrows could not hurt it in the slightest, and the sergeants had nothing to do with it.

Zhao Zongru was just a civilian official, so how could he have ever seen such a scene? Even these well-trained sergeants under his command, who could be called an elite division, had never experienced such a scene, and they were panicked and completely lost their fighting spirit.

Zhao Zongru had to take them all the way until he withdrew from the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum and saw the light of day again, then he was shocked and began to reorganize and place the wounded soldiers.

In the middle of the night, the bright moon hung in the sky, and the sun that had been eaten by the tengu when the seven stars were in unison was long gone, and the winter night was very cold, and the gusty evening breeze blew through, making people feel cold all over the body.

But Zhao Zongru was still in a cold sweat on his forehead at the moment, and he was still thinking about the thrilling scene just now.

Unexpectedly, there are not only those incredible buildings in the depths of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, but also such terrifying and terrifying monsters!

Leaving Ye Feng like this, they returned with a feather, how should he explain when he went back?

Thinking of the terrible end he would face if he went back like this, he couldn't help but feel frightened, but he really didn't have the courage to enter the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum again to face that terrifying monster.

Besides, there is no way to deal with this monster, and as many people as they go will only be sent to death, these sergeants are afraid that they will no longer be willing to obey their orders.

He could only stay outside the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum like this, although he didn't know what he was waiting for, naturally he would never believe that Ye Feng and the others could have a way to kill that monster-like giant snake and come out of it alive.

But now he could neither go nor dare to enter, so he could only continue to wait hopelessly.

I heard that Ye Feng's kid has always been blessed with a great fortune and is extremely smart, maybe he will really come out of it alive?

For a while, his mind flashed the terrifying situation of the giant snake opening its bloody mouth, and the next moment flashed the angry dragon face of the emperor that he was embarrassed to face back, and he felt that he was about to be crushed by this huge pressure, after all, he was just a civil official.

Just when he was thinking wildly, the sergeants guarding the entrance of the cave behind him suddenly made a commotion, and his heart suddenly chuckled, and he hung in the air, could it be that the monster chased out?

As soon as he turned around, he saw a sergeant running over in a hurry and reported to him: "Lord Qiyu, come out of the cave, two people!"

As soon as he heard that it was not the monster, Zhao Zongru's mind was a little more settled.

However, who will be the two people who will come out?

He walked over quickly, and saw two people surrounded by the sergeants from a distance, one was fat and bloated, and the other was a weak scholar, but it was Zhang Fat Man and Xie Zhenliang!

At this time, although the two of them were in tattered clothes, dirty, and looked embarrassed, they were not panicked and calm.

Zhao Zongru walked in front of them and looked into the cave again, making sure that there was no one else, and then he couldn't help but ask strangely, "Why are you?

Fat Zhang shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "Lord Zhao seems to be disappointed to see the two of us, don't you think we should also die below?"

Zhao Zongru was not in the mood to listen to him play poor at the moment, so he anxiously asked again: "What about Ye Gongzi?

Zhang Fat shook his head and sighed: "Dead, they are all dead." ”

Zhao Zongru almost couldn't believe his ears, his eyes turned to Xie Zhenliang on the side, and asked in surprise, "What?

Xie Zhenliang nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, all of them are dead." ”

Zhao Zongru knew that Zhang Fatzi was usually not serious, and he might lie, but Xie Zhenliang was a humble gentleman, he would never lie, and now even he said so, it seems that most of it is true.

His heart was cold all of a sudden, but he was still a little unwilling, and asked, "How did they all die?"

Zhang Fatzi sighed and began to speak.

He started with how they entered the labyrinth, and how they successfully got out of the labyrinth under Xie Zhenliang's calculations, and then how they got away with it

How the iron-cast puppets in the square, which would automatically attack the invaders, entered the tomb of the First Emperor in the Heavenly Palace of the Clouds.

Next, there is the death of Old Man Mei, as well as Mo Qizhong's betrayal, and how Sun Lao Er jumped down with him in his arms to trigger the mechanism, and they all died together.

In the end, how they met the terrible giant snake before the Broken Dragon Stone, Zhang Fatzi told them all one by one.

His mouth is fast, and he is good at telling stories, this originally very legendary experience is told from his mouth, that is called painting sound and color, Lin Re, you are like being there, and Zhao Zongru was stunned for a while, and his expression was full of yearning.

Almost all of what Zhang Fatzi told was the facts of his personal experience, only in the last paragraph, Zhang Fatzi processed it a little.

In his mouth, after meeting the giant snake, Tang Da's secret weapon had no effect on the giant snake at all, and he himself was pressed into powder by the giant snake.

Ye Feng, on the other hand, in order to give the two righteous brothers a chance to escape, used himself as bait to attract the attention of the giant snake, and was finally swallowed by the giant snake with no bones.

The most perfect lie in the world originally needs to be hidden in a lot of truths, so that people will not be noticed, it seems that Zhang Fatzi still has a lot of experience in this truth.

His wonderful narration was over, but Zhao Zongru was fascinated and hadn't come back to his senses, and asked a little stunned: "It's over?"

Zhang Fatzi looked at him in some surprise and asked, "Of course it's over, does Lord Zhao still think that there is something else to follow?"

Zhao Zongru was still stunned, this blessing was great, Ye Feng, who was known as the smartest person in the world, really died like this and disappeared from this world?

This ending was too abrupt, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

Xie Zhenliang shook his head and sighed, "It seems that Lord Zhao doesn't believe our words very much!"

A look of righteous indignation immediately appeared on Zhang Fatzi's face, pointing to the entrance of the cave and shouting at Zhao Zongru: "If Lord Zhao doesn't believe it, you can rush down with the army now, capture that giant snake, and break open its belly, maybe Ye Feng's corpse hasn't been cleaned up yet!"

"It just so happens that Lord Zhao still has so many subordinates, let's go down together, we also want to avenge our brother, and cut that giant snake with a thousand knives in order to vent the hatred in my heart!"

What?

Zhao Zongru shook his head like a rattle in his heart, and went to find that monster desperately, wouldn't that be sent to death?

Besides, if they talk about going down to deal with the giant serpent, I'm afraid that none of the sergeants here will be willing to follow them.

But if you want to say that they can die below, and they can't even find their bones, he really can't believe it, mainly because it's difficult to make a difference.

After hesitating and hesitating for a while, Zhao Zongru saluted the two of them and said, "Zhang Shizi, Gongzi Xie, the two of you must also know the purpose of this trip, because you are also shouldering the same mission. Now that the matter has come to this, the lower officials can only grieve the two of them, please follow the lower officials back to Beijing to reply to the decree, and explain to his old man in person, what do you think?"

Xie Zhenliang politely replied: "Lord Zhao doesn't have to be polite, that's exactly how it should be." ”

The fat man on the side shouted a little reluctantly: "Why? Don't go down? That monster is still down there! We still want to avenge our brother! You have so many men, what are you afraid of? Let's go down and slaughter that bird monster together!"

Zhao Zongru shook his head, waved his hand, and motioned to the sergeants behind him to step forward and take Xie Zhenliang and Zhang Fatzi, who was jumping and screaming, away.

Then he turned to his sergeant and ordered him to leave.

The sergeants had long been frightened by the monsters below, but they didn't get the order to retreat, so they held on here.

Now that Zhao Zongru ordered the retreat, all the sergeants, including the wounded soldiers who pushed the stump and broken legs, all ran fast, just wishing that their parents would have two more legs, and they would withdraw cleanly in the blink of an eye.

The sergeants were all gone, but Zhao Zongru was still standing still.

When he was sure that there was no one around, he suddenly turned to the barren grass about one person tall on the side and said respectfully, "My lord, did you hear it just now?"

The dense grass was pushed away, and an old man dressed in black walked out, his eyes were like electricity, describing majesty, but it was the former commander of the Jinyi Guard, Ye Feng's father, Ye Zhiqiu!

Zhao Zongru was extremely respectful to him, lowered his head and whispered: "What the little fat man said just now, Ling Lang has already ...... I wonder if adults think his words are credible?"

Ye Zhiqiu was silent for a while before he said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, the most important thing is whether the emperor believes it or not." ”

He turned his head to look at the deep entrance of the black hole, and added faintly: "After all, that monster-like giant snake, you have seen it with your own eyes." ”

Zhao Zongru nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, Xia Guan understands." ”

said that he understood, but in fact, he didn't understand anything at all, because Ye Zhiqiu didn't say anything at all

。

Zhao Zongru just felt very strange in his heart, when he heard that his son had died, this Lord Ye was not moved at all, and he was not even a little excited, is this his own son?

Ye Zhiqiu's eyes flickered when he looked at the entrance of the cave, the emperor had been planning for so many years, how much power he had used, but now it was over like a cliff, would he really be willing?

Ye Zhiqiu's heart was silently asking, Feng'er, are you really dead?

......

At this moment, on the Lishan Mountain behind the high hill of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, on the mountainside covered by lush trees, an old man in plain clothes was standing there, looking at Zhao Zongru and Ye Zhiqiu who were whispering below from a distance.

Behind him stood a young man in white, described as handsome, but he was the leader of the younger generation of the Ming family in Jiangnan who had returned from the swallow set, Mingyulou!

At this moment, he whispered softly behind the old man: "In this way, Mo Qizhong has failed. Not only that, but even his own life was put into it. ”

The old man did not react, but still stood motionless and straight.

Ming Yulou shook his head lightly again, and sighed: "I can't imagine that the British public Zhang Fu, the university scholar Xie Jin, and this old fox Ye Zhiqiu, I thought that a character like them would be so generous, willing to sacrifice their own son, it seems that for their own future and wealth, they can really sacrifice anything." ”

The old man in front of Mingyulou is naturally the head of the Ming family in Jiangnan, the old man Ming.

He smiled slightly and said to Ming Yulou, "Do you really think so?"

Ming Yulou was stunned: "Isn't that so?"

Old Man Ming shook his head: "This matter is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface, perhaps, there are deeper secrets hidden in it." ”

Ming Yulou smiled a little disappreciatively: "Anyway, Ye Feng is dead now, and it doesn't matter if he has any secrets." ”

Old Man Ming snorted coldly: "Do you think Ye Feng is really dead like this?"

Ming Yulou was obviously taken aback: "Isn't it? But this is what the dead fat man said just now!"

Old Man Ming shook his head and said, "You can't tell if it's true or false, your experience is still too little." ”

Ming Yulou bowed his head respectfully and responded, "Yes." ”

Old Man Ming sneered: "Although that little fat man's words don't sound flawed, but when it comes to Ye Feng's death in the end, his emotions are not excited, just like telling someone else's story." He and Ye Feng grew up together since childhood, and they were like brothers and sisters, how could they not be moved in the slightest? It can be seen that what he is telling is a lie. ”

Ming Yulou responded convincingly: "The old man is wise. ”

Old Man Ming smiled and said, "Is Ye Feng's kid so easy to die? He is the chosen son of the prophecy, if he dies so easily, what prophecy, what ancient treasure, wouldn't it be worthless?"

Ming Yulou frowned, and muttered, "Prophecy, what prophecy?"

Old Man Ming seemed to realize that he had missed his mouth, snorted coldly, turned his head to glare at Ming Yulou, and reprimanded: "Are these what you should ask?"

Ming Yulou seemed to be extremely afraid of Old Man Ming, his whole body trembled, and he lowered his head and said, "Yes, oh, no!"

At that moment, there was a fluttering sound in the sky, and a carrier pigeon flew over.

Ming Yulou greeted him, blew a whistle, and the carrier pigeon immediately fell to the ground obediently.

Ming Yulou grabbed the carrier pigeon with one hand, took out a small note tied to his leg, turned around and respectfully handed it to Old Man Ming.

Old Man Ming unfolded it and looked at it, and his face changed.

Ming Yulou looked at his face and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Old Man Ming snorted and said, "I can't imagine that the old fox who broke the sky is still not giving up, and he is going to make waves!"

Ming Yulou looked indifferent: "He is now a toothless tiger, what kind of waves can he raise?"

Old Man Ming's face was solemn: "I didn't expect that person to be alive." ”

Ming Yulou asked in surprise: "Who?"

Old Man Ming sighed and said, "Sword Saint!"

The god of the sword, the saint of men!

Ming Yulou's face also changed suddenly, he naturally knew this name.

Old Man Ming crumpled the note, turned around and looked down the mountain, Ye Zhiqiu and Zhao Zongru below had already left at this moment.

He said to Ming Yulou: "Let's go too, I'm afraid that this storm is coming." ”

Ming Yulou nodded silently.

The figures of the two disappeared, and the moonlight shone quietly, and everything around them returned to tranquility.

It's just that no one noticed that in the grass not far behind Old Man Ming just now, there was a head with a white beard and a pair of shining eyes with a thoughtful look at the moment.

After a while, he suddenly smiled: "Ye Feng, are you really dead?"

(End of volume)