Cao Cao naturally knows the story told by Zhang Bao.

It's just that he doesn't know the reason why Zhang Bao and the others are obviously outnumbered, but they don't come in, one thing is obvious: there are many people outside, and they can't rush out for the time being, so they can only hide here for a while, and then slowly look for a good opportunity.

From the outside, the palace was barely in shape, but inside it was dilapidated: many rooms had collapsed, and the courtyard was full of weeds, and when people came in, there was a sound of rustling in the grass, presumably frightened snakes, rats, insects and ants.

A huge palace, no matter how brilliant it once was, is now full of desolation, giving people a feeling of vicissitudes, let you be a prince and a prince, high and powerful, in the end it is not a barren grass.

In fact, this 'Qin Palace' was also completely renovated during the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, because his mother Empress Dowager Dou was a native of Qinghe County, Xingdi, and the Empress Dowager had a wish to return to her hometown once in her lifetime. The son is the emperor, and it is not difficult to realize the wish of being a mother, so Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty issued a decree from the capital to Qinghe County, and built many palaces for the queen mother to rest temporarily, and the Dune Palace was also among them.

It is said that 'Qin Palace' is still the name changed by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, as if it was called 'Qin Palace' in the past, and the Han Dynasty was established by overthrowing the tyrannical Qin, although the word 'Huang' can no longer be used, it can be given to a 'king' word, which shows that Emperor Jing of Han is also a benevolent lord.

Among the three, Guan Yu was the most seriously injured, the knife on his leg was more powerful, but fortunately it didn't hurt the bones, Cao Cao tore off a piece of clothing and wrapped it carefully for him. Tired and hungry, the three of them gasped for a long time before discussing what to do next.

Looking at this situation, Zhang Bao and the others will not attack for the time being, and it is clear that they will trap three people. It's not that easy, it's summer, and there's always something to eat. Xiahoudun has followed his master since he was a child, and as a disciple of the 'Touching Gold School', he often lives in the wild, he asked Cao Cao to take care of the injured Guan Yu first, and he tried his luck in the palace.

In terms of survival in the wild, Cao Cao naturally couldn't compare to Xiahoudun, he talked to Guan Yu about Liu Bei, guessing where they should be at the moment.

It didn't take long for Xiahoudun to come back, and in addition to picking a few wild fruits, there was actually a hare stuck on the 'Overlord Sword'.

It's amazing, there's a hare to feed and get through tonight.

Cao Cao handed the wild fruit to Guan Yu to eat, he had lost a lot of blood and needed to replenish water. The wild fruit is a bit sour and not sweet at all.

Xiahoudun dissected the hare with his sword, and dug in the yard, Cao Cao watched him busy, and said with a smile: "If Lu Bu knows that the second brother uses the 'Overlord Sword' as a kitchen knife hoe, wouldn't he feel very distressed?"

Soon, the pit was dug, and Xiahoudun wrapped the hare layer by layer with the wet soil at the bottom of the pit, and put it into the pit, then found some dead branches, thought about it, walked to a collapsed room, and used his sword to split the wooden purlin into small sections, and lined up several layers in the pit.

Cao Cao smiled again: "Okay, it can also be used as a woodcutter." ”

In such a predicament, Cao Cao can still have such a calm mood, Guan Yu can't help but secretly admire.

A fire was lit and a fire was lit above the pit. Cao Cao admired this brother from the bottom of his heart, he was really careful in his work, and he could prevent the fragrance from escaping from escaping the hare like this, so as not to be smelled by people outside.

And now it is summer, the grass and trees are growing vigorously, if it is used to start a fire, it will inevitably produce a lot of smoke, but fortunately there are ruins and broken walls everywhere here, and the beams, columns, rafters, and purlins of the roof are dry and burned, which is the most suitable for fire.

Although no condiments were added, the fragrant rabbit meat was still very delicious, and one hare was in the belly, and the three of them were basically half-full.

After regaining their strength, taking advantage of the dawn, the three of them decided to walk around to see if they could escape while it was dark.

It is divided into three rows of buildings in the front, middle and back, most of which have been destroyed, all of which are waist-high and decaying, and no one has been here for at least a few decades.

When I came to the backyard, I was faced with a tall old locust tree, with a thick trunk, it was estimated that two people could hug each other, the bark was rough, cracked, and full of wood tumors. The main trunk is about three zhang high, and the top part of it has died, but some new branches have grown around it, this strange shape is very similar to the monk of the Western Regions: the center of the top of the head is bald, and some hair has grown around it.

Looking at the old appearance of this tree, it must be at least hundreds of years old. Cao Cao flew up and jumped on the old locust tree, wanting to observe how many Yellow Turban soldiers there were, but as soon as he stood firmly, he asked a fishy smell, followed by the sound of friction in the tree. Before he could react, he saw a big snake coming out of the dry trunk of the tree, and opened its mouth to bite.

The head of the snake is the size of a basin, Cao Cao didn't dare to be careless, he stabbed with a sword, although the big snake was agile, but Cao Cao was faster, and the 'Qinghong Sword' swept on the snake's head and cut a bloody hole. Without waiting for the serpent to attack a second time, he hurriedly jumped off the tree.

The big snake doesn't know how many years he has lived here, and he usually suffers this loss there, so he can't help but be a little annoyed, and his body follows Cao Cao down, refusing to let Cao Cao go.

Cao Cao fell to the ground, and the snake head also followed, Cao Cao counterattacked with a sword, probably because he had suffered a loss just now, and he had some scruples about the 'Qinghong Sword', so he hurriedly dodged.

The big snake wrapped its tail around the tree, hanging upside down, its two red eyes staring at Cao Cao, ready to attack with a bloody mouth at any moment.

The two people under the tree were also shocked, how many years does such a long snake have to live, how many things can it eat?

Seeing that Cao Cao had helpers, the big snake became more vigilant, and it knew that Cao Cao's 'Qinghong Sword' was powerful, so it turned to bite Xiahoudun. This time it 'miscalculated' again, and the 'Overlord Sword' was not easy to mess with, not only did it not bite it, but it had another bloody wound on its head.

The smell of blood irritated the snake's nerves even more, and it launched several attacks at the two of them at great speed, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one.

Cao Cao even dodged and slashed, and the big snake was also smart, it knew that its head was a weakness, so it used its body to smash Cao Cao, and Xiahoudun attacked from the flank, and the long sword slashed at the snake body.

The body of the big snake was covered with a thick layer of scales, and the 'Overlord Sword' slashed on it, and the big snake was unharmed. Seeing that the snake's body could not be cut, the two swords aimed directly at the snake's head.

"Eat a trench, grow a wisdom", the big snake bit Guan Yu again, this time it had experience, rolled its body, wrapped around the Qinglong knife, and then the snake's head went around the back to bite Guan Yu.

The Qinglong knife was entangled in the body of the big snake, and the thorn couldn't be pierced, and it couldn't be pulled out, and it felt a pain in the back, and it was estimated that it was bitten by the big snake.

The snake has no teeth, Guan Yu was moved and painful, and he must have been caught by the mouth of the big snake. But whenever a snake swallows something, it first uses the bite force of its mouth to restrain the prey, and then slowly swallows it into its belly.

So when it bit Guan Yu, it began to suck violently, intending to swallow Guan Yu's head first. Seeing this, Cao Cao and Xiahoudun slashed the body of the big snake with their swords, although it was protected by scales, but this huge momentum also made it very painful.

The more painful it was, the more desperately it devoured Guan Yu, seeing that his shoulder had entered the big mouth, and the next thing was his head, Cao Cao suddenly thought of a way, so he took a leap and jumped to the front of the big snake, and the green light flashed, and the 'Qinghong Sword' had already pierced into the right eye of the big snake.

Its body has 'armor' scales, but the eyes are not, was stabbed by Cao Cao's sword, the painful snake is crazy, a mouth, Guan Yu fell to the ground, the big snake is 'hate' Cao Cao at the moment, the long tail whip towards him, Cao Cao turned over to avoid, the long tail swept the palace in front of him, a blow missed, the snake smashed Cao Cao with its head, 'bang' a loud noise, did not hit Cao Cao, but smashed the old locust tree at the waist.

The hundred-year-old locust flower was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the upper half of the 'click' snapped and fell, and the broken branches fell to the ground, stirring up dust in the sky.

Taking advantage of the time, the serpent plunged headlong into the tree and disappeared.

When the dust settled, the three of them flicked the sand on their bodies, and found that the center of the trunk of the old locust tree was a big hole, and it turned out that the center of the trunk had long been empty, no wonder the crown of the tree grew into a 'bald' appearance, I really didn't think that the hollow of the trunk was the nest of the big snake.

This is not right, the old locust tree has broken off at the waist, although the lower part is still growing on the ground, but at best it is less than a zhang high, how can such a long snake shrink in it?

Since the serpent has fled, there is no need to chase after it. Fortunately, none of the three were injured, so it is better to find a way to leave this 'Qin Palace'.

Guan Yu touched it, only to find that the package behind his back was missing, and it was a 'double-strand sword' inside!

The three of them searched carefully, but there was no shadow of the package at all, could it be that they were accidentally lost when they were chased by Zhang Bao and others?

Guan Yu remembered clearly, it was obviously still there when he ate the rabbit meat, and the three of them couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts, and at the same time thought of a possibility: that is, the package was swallowed by the big snake.

It must have been when the big snake bit Guan Yu's back just now and swallowed the package he was carrying behind his back. This is troublesome, the 'double-strand sword' is still buried in the belly of the snake, what can I do?

After thinking about it again and again, I could only go into the cave to look for it, and the big snake disappeared in the black hole, indicating that there should be a lot of space underground, and for the sake of safety, it was decided that the three of them would go down the cave together.

As a descendant of touching gold, Xiahoudun is very experienced, he picked a few brown rafters, in order to prevent embalming, when building the palace, these rafters are soaked in fish oil, as a torch to use the most suitable.

Xiahoudun lit a piece of brown wood with a fire fold, and after burning enough, he gently threw it into the black hole, and the 'torch' continued to burn after it landed, fortunately, at least it proved that there was air in the cave.

In fact, the big snake also has to breathe, and there should be air in the hole, but it is more reassuring to try.

After all, it was from the gold faction, and Xiahoudun followed his master, Mr. Zhong, in order to gather treasures for the 'Hongmen', he had been in and out of many ancient tombs, so he did these things with ease just now.

Xiahoudun held a sword in one hand and a torch in the other, and was the first to jump into the cave, seeing that he was safe and sound, he shook the torch at the bottom of the cave, and Cao Cao and Guan Yu jumped down in turn.

It turned out that the black hole was going down from the hollow in the trunk of the tree, along the roots of the tree, and below it was a passage. The passage seems to be round but not round, like square and not square, winding and stretching forward, and I don't know how deep.

In this way, this dead tree is either the entrance to the passage or the entrance to the passage.

Holding the torches, the three of them could see clearly that the passage was by no means naturally generated, but artificially built, even if it was built roughly, but it was also clear that these walls were built with Han bricks.

It's incredible, what is this underground passage for?

Could it be built specifically for this serpent? Could this be its nest?

Don't think about it! Since the 'Twin Strand Sword' has been devoured by the serpent, we can only find it first.

Whatever it's used for, it's a must!