Cao Cao didn't have time to think about it, where was the Calvary that he was looking forward to the most?

He didn't have the heart to admire the stone ox, he was eagerly waiting for Zhang Liao to tell him where the Calvary Terrace was, and he heard an unbelievable news.

"Calvary Terrace is in this ice pool! On weekdays, this ice pool is like this, if you want to see Calvary, only when the ice water recedes can the water fall out of the 'platform'. But for hundreds of years, the water level in the pool is almost constant, the year of the flood does not rise, the year of the drought does not fall, the molten slurry into the water, that is, diluted by the ice water without a trace, for 400 years, the ice pool seems to have never changed its appearance. “

Cao Cao opened his mouth in surprise, and Xiahou Tang rubbed his eyes with his hands, and then looked at the pool, almost suspecting that Zhang Liao was joking with them.

How is this possible? The Calvary Platform is under the water, it is really incredible, and the moment Zhang Liao finished speaking, Cao Cao almost stood up. It's so unexpected, Calvary, Calvary, I thought it was a high platform, but I didn't expect it to be lower than the water, 'hidden' under the water.

Xiahoudun said blankly: "So, if you want to see Calvary, you can only wait until the water in the pool dries up?"

"Dried up?" Cao Cao smiled bitterly, "Didn't the owner of the village say just now, the water surface has not changed for hundreds of years, how can it dry up?"

"What should I do then? Could it be that we can find more people and scoop up the water in the pond with buckets?" said Xiahoudun immediately.

Cao Cao shook his head again: "How long does it have to be scooped?

"As long as the kung fu deep iron pestle is sharpened into a needle, the foolish man moves the mountain, and the Jingwei reclaims the sea, aren't these all living examples?"

"It's useless, the water surface of this ice pool can be kept constant, and there must be water replenishment at the bottom of the pool, otherwise how can it not fall in a year of great drought?"

Xiahoudun couldn't help but become impatient, and said loudly: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, it's a big deal that I can swim with a fierce son." ”

"This kind of strange cold ice water, we can already feel its cold air when we sit on the edge of the pool, really jump into the water, and it won't freeze into ice?"

Xiahoudun was finally deflated, and he suddenly had some doubts about whether the legendary Calvary really existed!

When Xiahoudun said this, Cao Cao was also a little uncertain, so he asked, "Has the owner ever seen it with his own eyes?"

Zhang Liao also shook his head: "I've never seen it! My brother grew up in this Woniu Mountain, and the ice pool has always been like that! I can't hide it, my Zhang family has been guarding Woniu Mountain for nearly 400 years, and no one has ever seen the true face of Calvary with their own eyes!"

Zhang Liao's words are terrible, and Cao Cao is also a little discouraged: What can you do if you find the Five Elements Sword, what is the use of not finding the Calvary!

Cao Cao asked again with a glimmer of hope.

"So, has anyone ever seen Calvary?"

"Of course, it is said that when it was built, there was no such ice water, and although the lava was there, it would not have flowed down like this. When the Sword of Heaven was sealed, the ancestor Zhang Budo was on the scene. After the seal, there was this ice water. ”

His ancestor Zhang Budo had seen it, so the Calvary Terrace must have existed, and Cao Cao and Xiahoudun rekindled hope in their hearts.

"How did the ice water come from? It must be a little strange that the water is so cold. ”

"It's not surprising, there is a spring under this pool, and water comes out all year round, and the reason why it is so cold is because there is a big ice silkworm king in this pool. “

"Great Ice Silkworm King?" Cao Cao said silently.

"Yes, the Great Ice Silkworm King is the most yin and cold thing in the world, it is in this ice pool, not to mention this small pool of water, it is the entire Qingshui River, as long as the Great Ice Silkworm King spits out cold air, it can also become ice in an instant. Brother Cao, please see, the molten slurry column is soaked in ice water and oppressed by low temperature, which makes the molten slurry flow out continuously, and it is the high-temperature molten slurry that makes the pool water cold but not frozen. “

Cao Cao suddenly realized, last night tossed and turned, the idea of Yu Gong moving mountains, Xiang Yu digging tombs and other ideas has an answer, one cold and one hot, one water and one fire, such a natural barrier, mortals can't get close to the front at all, even if there are 100,000 troops, what can they do?

"So, is it possible to row close to Calvary?"

"No, you can't. Zhang Liao grabbed a round-leaved grass and gently threw it into the pool, and everyone saw it clearly, and the round-leaved grass immediately sank. "The ice pool can't even hold a feather, let alone a boat. ”

The wisdom of the ancestors is really clever and talented, this link is linked to a link, no wonder after the Son of Heaven Sword was sealed, it was foolproof for more than 400 years.

"Where did you get this Great Ice Silkworm King?"

"It is the first princess of the Han Dynasty, Princess Lu Yuan, who got it from the 'Qin Palace'. After the princess's wedding, the concubine was named 'Nangong Hou', when the couple rushed to the fiefdom of Nangong County, passing by Julu County, and inadvertently got the big ice silkworm king in the 'Qin Palace', they immediately dedicated it to their father Liu Bang, Gaozu was overjoyed, and he decreed that the concubine would be changed from 'Nangong Hou' to 'King Lu'. “

It is said that this Great Ice Silkworm King is the treasure of Xu Fujin, the first scholar of Great Qin, who gave it to the First Emperor, and he was deeply trusted by the First Emperor and went to sea several times to find overseas treasures, in order to prolong the life of the First Emperor. Although the First Emperor unfortunately died on the sand dune platform of Julu County, how could such a treasure be discarded?"

"Reasonable, I heard that the body of the first emperor was later transported back to Xianyang thousands of miles away, the weather was hot, the body was rotten and stinky, if there was a big ice silkworm king to protect the body, it would definitely be able to be transported back to Xianyang in good condition, there was no reason to discard it, there must have been some major change at that time. ”

Cao Cao immediately remembered that he was trapped in the 'Qin Palace', and the underground passage where the big snake was tracked down must have rebelled, and the first emperor had no choice but to order people to dig the tunnel, in order to escape and report the news, but unfortunately the success fell short, and the passage was not dug in the end, and those who excavated were all killed.

It is possible that before the death of the First Emperor, some kind of accident had occurred, and perhaps he had already been held hostage, otherwise how could he have made such a decision to escape by digging tunnels? The truth of the matter would not have been known by anyone anyway.

Daqin not only left thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to the Han Dynasty, but also left the Great Ice Silkworm King for more than 400 years, guarding the sword of the Son of Heaven and the Golden Slip of Gaozu, leaving a glimmer of life for the future when the Han Dynasty was in decline.

"According to what the owner said, even if you gather the Five Elements Sword and know the secret of opening the Calvary, you still can't get past this water and fire barrier?"

"No! That's why Brother Cao was invited to come to the Ice Water Pool. Brother Cao, please see that there is a meteorite filling on the top of the molten pillar, so the molten slurry is flowing down, instead of spraying out, as long as the meteorite is mashed, the molten slurry will definitely roll out, even the Great Ice Silkworm King can not resist, when the ice water and the molten are neutralized, there will be a chance to open the Calvary. “

"So, will the molten slurry be submerged when it cools down? The molten slurry can dry the ice water, but at the same time, it will also be cold and turn into stone, and the calvary will have no future, isn't it self-defeating?"

"This is a secret that my Zhang family has passed down from generation to generation, and I don't know if it is spiritual or not, after all, for four hundred years, the Calvary Terrace has not been opened. Now Brother Cao, can you know Duan Jue's intention to snatch my Zhang's 'Qiankun Bow', right?"

"The molten pillar is so far away from the edge of the pool that mortals can't get close, and only the 'Qiankun Bow' can shoot the meteorite and release the boiling molten lava?"

"Exactly. That's why it was said last night that the Zhang family knew half of the secret, which meant cracking the water and fire barrier, and as for how to open it next, it was necessary to find Ren Ao's descendants. ”

When Ren Ao's descendants were mentioned, everyone fell silent for a while.

Yes, no matter who it is, what's the use of getting the Five Elements Sword? Without the opening method handed down by Ren Ao, it is still impossible to obtain the Sword of the Son of Heaven.

With a wooden bucket tied to the tail of the stone ox, Zhang Liao untied the rope, threw the wooden bucket into the pool, and dragged up a small half bucket of cold water. said: "Xue'er, after returning to the villa, boil the pot of boiling water, and then mix it with this cold water, let the Xiahou brothers take a bath, and the poison of the 'Royal Bee Needle' can naturally be solved." ”

"Yes. Cher replied in a low voice.

Zhang Liao looked at Xue'er and said: "Xue'er rest assured, except for the secret of the Son of Heaven Sword, I can agree to any conditions, even if I fight for my life, I will definitely be able to exchange for an antidote, except for the poison of the 'fairy water' in your body." ”

Xue'er couldn't cry silently, knelt in front of Zhang Liao, and the crying pear blossoms brought rain.

Zhang Liao hurriedly pulled her up and wiped her tears with his hands.

Cao Cao suddenly thought of a question: "Last night, the owner of the village said that the 'Qiankun Bow' was secret, and only the people of the Zhang clan knew about it, so how did Duan Jue know about it?"

This sentence made Zhang Liao also tremble suddenly, yes, how can a eunuch know a secret that even the emperor doesn't know?

There is only one possibility, and that is that someone from the Zhang clan has leaked the news.

In other words, that is, the Zhang clan has a mole.

The people in Woniu Villa don't have much contact with the outside world, and no one seems to know who Duan Qi is, so the biggest possibility is that the clansmen in Qinghe City have secretly joined forces with Duan Jue.

This thing is not good, he can cooperate with Duan Jue, he can also cooperate with Zhang Jiao, and even cooperate with Dong Zhuo and 'Hongmen', Lu Bu will go to Qinghe in a few days, now Duan Jue is dead, but his nephew Duan Shuiqing escaped, with the heart of 'Hongmen', once Lu Bu figured out what happened, then the Zhang clan in the city will usher in a catastrophe.

The stakes are very high, Zhang Liao was shocked into a cold sweat, he hit his forehead with his hand, blaming himself for being careless, he knelt on his knees, respectfully, "Thank you Brother Cao for reminding me, otherwise my Zhang clan will not be able to escape the doom of annihilation." ”

Zhang Liao said sincerely, from the bottom of his heart, as the lord of a village, he knelt not for himself, but on behalf of the Qinghe people.

Cao Cao hurriedly pulled Zhang Liao up and reminded him to make arrangements early.

Without further ado, Zhang Liao and Cao Cao hurriedly returned to the hall to discuss, while Xiahoudun and Xue'er went to prepare for detoxification first.

Zhang Liao has two sibling brothers, one Zhang Jin and one Zhang Qian, plus the chief manager Niu Shopkeeper, to discuss the next move.

Zhang Jin smashed his fists and said angrily: "It's too much to deceive people, big brother, what else to discuss, everyone is knocking on the door, as long as you give an order, let's go to Qinghe, little brother wants to see if the people of 'Hongmen' are three-headed and six-armed." ”

Zhang Qian persuaded: "The second brother is angry, everything is arranged by the eldest brother, the matter of Qinghe is indeed important, but the Woniu Villa and Calvary Terrace cannot afford to lose, we have to think of a way to do both." “

Zhang Liao knew the character of his two brothers, and knew that they couldn't come up with any good ideas, and was about to ask Cao Cao for advice, but suddenly found that the cattle shopkeeper was standing in a daze, and seemed to be a little distracted, so he asked him first.

"Shopkeeper Niu, what do you think?"

The cow shopkeeper didn't react.