Chapter 158 Underground Ruins
As night fell, the innkeepers began to clean up, and the closing sign was hung at the door. The group of Hun barbarians also returned to their respective rooms to rest. Bai Jingtang and the three of them stared at Ren Xiao's room through the stable window.
"What do you mean they have other purposes?" Ren Xiao and Wutong talked about business, and Zilan had to sit aside without saying a word.
"Judging from the unified waist knives hanging from their waists, they are very consistent with the wounds on the wolves, and it can already be judged that they are the group of people who sneaked into the Central Plains. Secondly, I just found another suspicious thing on their bodies!" Ren Xiao's brows squeezed together.
"What's that?"
"Luoyang shovel!"
When Ren Xiao said the name of this tool, Wutong thought for a while and said, "Are you talking about the Luoyang shovel used to dig holes and rob tombs?"
"That's right! After the death of the Hun barbarians, they generally choose to be buried in the sky, and it stands to reason that they cannot have the habit of robbing tombs! But why do these people carry Luoyang shovels on them?" Ren Xiao was a little puzzled. Just when Ren Xiao said this, Zilan on the side suddenly trembled, Ren Xiao turned his head to see her with an expression of wanting to speak, and said, "Does Miss Zilan have something to say?" ”
Zilan blinked her bright eyes, opened her cherry mouth slightly, and said, "Could it be that they came from the ruins below Sanqiao Town?" I have heard others say more than once that there is a ruin of a large scale under Sanqiao Town. ”
Zilan's words suddenly reminded Ren Xiao that she had indeed mentioned this matter just now. "Tell me more about the ruins. Ren Xiao wanted more information.
"I'm just hearsay, a long, long time ago, a large-scale war broke out between the Central Plains and the Huns, when the Central Plains troops built a warehouse here to store supplies in order to expand their armaments, but then with the end of the war, the warehouse here was slowly abolished, until it was gradually forgotten. Later, a violent earthquake struck the area, burying all the warehouses in the ground. "The story described by Zilan has never been heard of by Ren Xiao, and there is no way to verify whether what she said is true or false.
"And how do people know that those warehouses are just below the town of Three Bridges?" Sycamore questioned, apparently with great suspicion of the veracity of the hearsay story.
"I can confirm this because I saw it with my own eyes. Three years ago, there was another earthquake here, and a large number of knives, guns, and armor poured out of the sand. Zilan was obviously full of confidence when she said this. "Haven't you been thinking about these treasures in the past three years?" Ren Xiao was very curious, after all, this was the wealth left over from the war back then, and the scale must be amazing.
"No one wonders why almost everyone was looking for treasure just after the earthquake, but in the end it was all in vain. Slowly, people forgot about it, and if you hadn't brought it up just now, I wouldn't have remembered it. ”
"Could it be that the purpose of this group of Hun barbarians is really a warehouse left over from the war?" Ren Xiao could almost think of what would happen after these people got this material, but he still had a trace of luck, because Zilan also said that Sanqiao Town is not someone who wants to come, and this place does not exist on the map, so it is difficult to explain that this group of Hun barbarians came here to dig treasure.
"Haven't you already thought about investigating them, whether they are here for this batch of supplies or not, I think it is necessary to get to know their details. Wutong himself has no interest in this group of Hun barbarians, but Ren Xiao came here because of them, so he also considered the problem from Ren Xiao's point of view.
Ren Xiao smiled and said, "Then it seems that we will stay here for a few more days!"
After making up his mind, Ren Xiao was much more relaxed, compared to not knowing what he was going to do, having a plan can make people feel more down-to-earth.
"Okay, then let's rest early, and follow this group of Hun barbarians tomorrow to see what they are doing!" Ren Xiao moved his wrist excitedly, but suddenly remembered a very tricky matter. Wutong's face was full of evil smiles, his eyes stared at Ren Xiao like staring at the meat on the chopping board, Ren Xiao was very embarrassed, he had already sent himself into the wolf's den in the same room with Wutong, and now there was another dusty woman, although Zilan did not show the initiative that other dusty women should have, and there was no lightness and rudeness in the words, which made Ren Xiao a little relieved. But after all, I spent the night with two women, who can tell you about it in the future?
"Kiki! You must believe in my innocence!"
It was soon dawn, and the Hun barbarians in the inn got up early to prepare to go out. Wutong was woken up by their movement and gently woke Ren Xiao up. The latter opened his hazy eyes, obviously the quality of sleep last night was very bad. At this time, Zilan also woke up, and after yesterday's conversation, she already knew the purpose of Ren Xiao and Wutong coming here, so she didn't bother the two of them.
After all the Hun barbarians left the inn, Ren Xiao and Wutong prepared to follow, and when they walked to the door, Ren Xiao turned back to Zilan and said, "Miss Zilan, please don't tell anyone else about us, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble." Zilan nodded, and Ren Xiao said again: "By the way, after we leave, please help us drag Bai Jingtang and them!"
Sure enough, after Ren Xiao and the others followed the Hun barbarians away, Bai Jingtang and the three of them pushed open Ren Xiao's door. "Miss Zilan, who are they, they didn't hurt you!" Bai Jingtang carefully examined Zilan's body as soon as he entered the door, wanting to see if she was injured. Everyone knows that as a dusty woman, she has to face all kinds of people, who knows if Ren Xiao has any special envoy habits.
Zilan shook her head with a smile, and said softly: "Both of them are good people, they didn't touch me at all night!" Zilan's words made Bai Jingtang take a reassuring pill, he had been fantasizing about what kind of person Zilan would meet all night yesterday, I have to say that I have reached the point where I don't want to eat for Zilan, how many times I want to redeem Zilan from Yihong Mansion, but this girl doesn't agree to herself. Finally waited for the day when Zilan threw away the handkerchief, but who would have thought that this handkerchief would fall on a woman's body, which has never happened since the establishment of Yihong Mansion. Now seeing that Zilan is intact as before, the stone in Bai Jingtang's heart has finally landed, the rules of Yihong Mansion, no matter if the girl loses her handkerchief, as long as it is the person who receives it, she can let the girl do whatever she wants on this night, outsiders must not get involved, of course, Zilan is also the first girl who didn't do anything all night.
"By the way, who are the two of them? Xiao Wusheng seemed to care more about Ren Xiao's identity than Bai Jingtang. Long before Bai Jingtang and the others came in, Zilan had already thought of her words and said, "They are indeed from the Central Plains, and they heard that the Hun barbarians are going to invade the Central Plains, so they want to go to Mobei to find out the news." ”
"What? Why are the Hun barbarians going to war again, haven't they been scared yet? Aren't these barbarians really high-minded, when have they ever benefited from the hands of the Central Plains people for hundreds of years?" Xiao Wu's silent words were full of disdain for the Hun barbarians. Bai Jingtang didn't care about this matter very much, and said: "If they want to fight, they will fight, anyway, it has nothing to do with us." Anyone who has been here will not be able to find it a second time, and we don't have to worry about being implicated. ”
"You're right, although so many wars have been fought in this vicinity, none of them have affected us. But don't forget, it's not uncommon for outsiders to come here, and we can't guarantee that the next time you come there won't be a warlord. "Ziller always prepares for the worst.
"I'm going back, if you want to stay here, stay on! Zilan didn't have much interest in the three people who had been following her since she was a child, but she still had a hint of gratitude in her heart for their protection.
The words were divided into two ends, and Ren Xiao and the others followed the group of Hun barbarians out of the town quickly, and after walking about five or six miles to the east, these people stopped near a boulder. Fortunately, there are many strange rocks here, so that Ren Xiao and they still have a place to hide.
The group was trolling under the boulder, and soon a two-foot-wide hole appeared there. A group of people climbed down the hole, and the last man moved the nearby stone to block the hole.
"It seems that this group of people has indeed found the warehouse. Ren Xiao and Wutong lay in a nearby hidden place and observed for a while, and then slowly approached the entrance of the cave after not finding any movement.
"Shall we go down?" asked Sycamore, standing at the entrance of the cave. Ren Xiao shook his head and said, "It's very likely that we'll meet them now, let's wait until they go back in the evening." ”
So the two slowly left the cave and returned to the town of Three Bridges.
"What I'm most curious about now is how they found the exact location of the warehouse, which hasn't been discovered for three years. Ren Xiao and Wutong sat at the table on the first floor of the inn and drank tea.
"Have you ever heard of the Dragon Ruler?"
"What is the dragon ruler?"
"This was originally used by those who specialized in tomb robbery to find large tombs, and later it was used many times to find underground resources such as ore veins and underground caves. No one in a remote place like Sanqiao Town would use the Dragon Ruler at all, so it has been impossible to find the underground warehouse for three years. "Wutong had heard of these things when he was walking in the rivers and lakes in the early years, so he speculated so.
"Then why do these Hun barbarians use dragon rulers?"
"Don't forget, we don't know what they infiltrated the Central Plains for before, and it's hard to say that they didn't learn how to use the Dragon Ruler. It's not a mystery, but anyone with some experience in inverted fighting can use it proficiently. ”