Cao Cao's left hand was pulled by Zhang Mei, and his right hand grabbed the sword of the Son of Heaven, and his body trembled slightly with excitement.

Zhang Liao walked over and held Cao Cao's trembling hand.

Xiahoudun also came over and held the hands of the two of them.

The three of them looked at each other, and they were all full of perseverance and faith!

This belief is interconnected, and only three people can have a heart.

"Son of Heaven Sword, I, Cao Cao, will help you find a good home. ”

"Big brother, I, Xiahoudun, will be your sword-bearer in the future. ”

"Big brother, I, Zhang Liao, will be your sword protector in the future. ”

Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan also walked over, and when they saw the scene, they burst into tears.

The Golden Rooster Daoist looked at the group of young people quietly and smiled.

When the Moes saw them, they couldn't help but think of themselves back then.

Qin Zhang reminded everyone with a sentence of 'let's go'.

Cao Cao was worried that Zhang Mei would follow all the way, and was ready to let Cao Ren and others stay with her, but Zhang Mei refused, she said, 'You forget, you are my home, where you are, my home is.' Cao Cao's heart was like spring and snow, and he had mixed feelings.

Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan made a wooden shelf, and the two lifted Cao Hong, whether he could wake up or not, all his luck was pinned on the sword god seniors.

Zhang Liao led the way, and everyone quietly went out of the city, until they reached the foot of Ganling Mountain, and then they lit torches.

Although the mountain road is winding and rugged, it is familiar with it, and with Zhang Liao as a guide, it will not take long to reach the top of the mountain.

Along the way, there are either large woods or dense graves, and the night breeze blows coldly, and the ghost fire flickers, and even the brave will be frightened at this time.

But Zhang Mei is not afraid, she followed Cao Cao's side, swept away the worries and uneasiness in the past few days, and her mood became extraordinarily good, she was a quiet girl who didn't like to talk, but she was very active along the way, and it seemed that if she had saved up for a long time, she poured out all her brains.

The woods on the top of the hill were even deeper, each tree was at least waist-thick, and it was evident that it had grown for a long time, and the weeds were overgrown under the feet, and from time to time small animals hiding in them were frightened and escaped.

Even with the torches, there are still nocturnal animal sounds from time to time, probably because people have never been seen here at night for several years, so the animals are not afraid of people. But they were afraid of the light, so they fled in fright.

Together, there are bursts of wine aroma, rich and fragrant, straight into the nose, and the further you go, the more intense the aroma of the wine, the smell of wine wafts into the nose, it is simply intoxicating.

Cao Cao and others knew that this was the fragrance of the 'intoxicating fruit'.

Smelling the fragrance, the Golden Rooster Daoist couldn't help it, and he went up and down like a bird, picked a few ripe 'intoxicating fruits', and put them into his arms like a baby.

The night was as dark as paint, and I did not know how he could tell the fruit, but suddenly he scurried to the treetops, and then returned to the procession, and in a short time saw him bulging in his arms.

He is a person who loves to eat, as long as he sees food, he can't move his legs, and I believe that this tempting aroma is extremely difficult for people like him to resist.

Cao Cao and Zhang Liao hurriedly reminded him not to eat it, and the Jinji Daoist nodded again and again, claiming to know, but he was greedy, and took one out of his arms from time to time, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it fiercely, which made Cao Cao and others very nervous, but fortunately he never put his mouth down.

Speaking kung fu, you will arrive at 'Meng Po Spring'.

This is a natural spring on the top of the mountain, the old man Zhang Zhaozhen once said that this spring water is connected with the clear water of the river under the mountain, because in the dry season, the river water falls, and the spring water also falls, and in the rainy season, the river water soars, and the spring water also rises.

I remember looking at the water spring during the day, the scenery was beautiful, but I couldn't see anything in the dark, and I could only feel the moisture brought by the wind blowing the spring water.

Such a heaven-sent treasure took the name of 'Meng Po Spring'.

Legend is that after the death of a person, the soul has passed the ghost gate, there is a Huangquan Road, the end of the road is a Lechuan River, there is a bridge on the river, there is a Wangxiang platform at the head of the bridge, there is a Meng Po Pavilion on the side of the platform, there is a woman named Meng Po under the pavilion to guard the way, hand a bowl of Meng Po soup to each passerby, as long as you drink Meng Po soup, you will forget everything in this life.

Cao Cao said as he walked, talking about this in this gloomy and dark mountaintop dense forest undoubtedly added to the terrifying atmosphere, Zhang Mei is a daughter after all, how can she not be afraid, so she got close to Cao Cao's body and did not leave half a step.

The Golden Rooster Taoist 'enjoyed' the fruit, so he made fun of Zhang Mei.

"I said little girl, it is said that Meng Po likes to let the loving one-on-one drink soup the most, and after drinking the soup, neither of them knows anyone anymore!

Zhang Mei hugged Cao Cao's arm with both hands, and said emotionally, "No, I don't want to drink it, Brother Cao doesn't drink either, we won't be separated." ”

"If you don't drink, you can only jump into the Lechuan River, one in the east of the Nai He Bridge, one in the west of the Nai He Bridge, the people who loved each other the most in life can only see each other every day, but they can't get close, let alone speak, and they must be reincarnated for thousands of years. ”

Zhang Mei listened and asked, "Brother Cao, are you willing?"

Cao Cao smiled: "The seniors are teasing us." Of course I'd like to be with Mei'er. ”

Zhang Mei also smiled and said, "Mei'er is also willing!" Although she can't speak, she can see her every day, so she is satisfied." As long as you don't drink Meng Po soup, no one can forget anyone, even if it is thousands of years, you can't ask for it. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes were sour, and he almost burst into tears.

I don't know why, he has always been difficult to control himself these days, in the Yinma River, in the Qin Palace, in the Lao Zhanghe, when Princess Sanssouci said something similar, he couldn't help crying.

Thinking of Princess Sanssouci, Cao Cao had mixed feelings in her heart, and her infatuation with herself was no less than Zhang Mei.

Fortunately, in the dark night, while no one was paying attention, Cao Cao secretly wiped his tears.

But the words of the two deeply shocked everyone present.

Including Mo Wenxue and Qin Hongyi couple.

The two have been in love for many years, crisscrossing the rivers and lakes, the husband sings and the wife follows, and the swifts fly together.

In the dark night, Mo Wenxue held his wife's hand and asked, "Would you like to?"

Qin Hongyi's face was slightly red, and she said angrily, "I'm all a handful old, and I'm not ashamed to be in front of so many people." Immediately, she raised her face again, looked at her husband with affection, and said softly, "I do!"

"I do, too. Mo Wenxue seemed to have returned to twenty years ago, if it weren't for the presence of so many young people, she almost hugged her wife into her arms.

Qin Zhang saw that the Golden Rooster Daoist was very old, but he made fun of the little girl, and wanted to say a word or two, but after all, the Sword Saint was a senior, so he didn't say anything.

However, in this way, everyone's tense mood has eased a lot at the moment.

In fact, this water spring is named 'Meng Po Spring', eighty percent is because every year these 'intoxicating fruits' are put into the spring, over time, the spring water contains a lot of juice, if people drink the spring water, drunk to death, there will naturally be a temporary amnesia phenomenon, just like drinking Meng Po soup general effect.

The people talked as they walked, and soon came to the spring. After walking a few dozen steps to the east, I saw a water-friendly wooden platform built by the shore by the torch, which stretched straight into the water.

With the help of the faint firelight, he saw that there was an 'island in the water' three or four zhang away from the end of the platform, which was not very large, and there was a high rammed earth mound on it.

But Cao Cao found that the tombstone had fallen, and it was still vaguely broken into two

intercepted, and the high rammed earth mound also revealed a bloody mouth of the black hole, which was extremely hideous under the light of the torch.

What's even more worrying is that there are still several corpses floating in the spring, but it is impossible to see whether they are from the Zhang clan in the dark night.

The mood of the people who had just relaxed became tense again.

It's not good, it's too late, this must be the sin of Wu Dongyou, Yue Xihong and others, could it be that they have already succeeded?

The plan for now is to hurry to find the two and prevent them from committing more sins.

Don't ask about the snow and dry land, pluck onions, fly to the 'island', and see that this 'island' is actually a large tomb.

The 'island' is oval-shaped, slightly longer from east to west, all paved with bluestone, plaster mud joints, the center is a steamed bun-shaped rammed earth mound, the tombstone faces west, but it has been crooked, and a hole is exposed in the southeast direction, and the black and dark do not know how deep.

However, there were no corpses or bloodstains on the 'island', and there was no trace of Zhang Zhaozhen and Wu Dongyou at all.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cao Cao, Xiahoudun and others searched carefully nearby, but they also found nothing, and it seemed that except for a few people floating in the spring, the others should not have been killed.

But where did they go? Could it be that they snatched the keel and fled down the mountain?

It is unlikely, because according to the thief nature of Wu Dongyou and Yue Xihong, once the treasure is obtained, it will definitely kill people.

Without the information of Zhang Zhaoqi and others, it is a good thing.

Mo Wenxue came back and told everyone about the situation on the 'island', and when he reached the entrance of the cave, Xiahoudun immediately realized that the thief might have entered the tomb.

He is from a gold faction, so he is naturally more sensitive.

Everyone agrees with him, so let's go and find out.

In view of the fact that the 'island' is not large, the entrance to the cave is not wide, and the island in the water is a few feet away from the shore, it is thought that some people should be left to guard it.

Cao Hong is unconscious, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan must stay.

Mo Wentian's injuries are not light, and it is inconvenient to enter the cave.

And Zhang Mei didn't know martial arts, and Cao Cao was reluctant to let her take risks, so he also let her stay.

Zhang Mei was reasonable, although she was very reluctant, she still listened to Cao Cao's words.

In order to ensure her safety, Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao to stay, and with him, Cao Cao's heart was much more down-to-earth.

Originally, Xiahou Dun's eye disease was not good, but after all, he was a disciple of the Touching Gold Sect, and his experience might come in handy.

Cao Cao and Xiahoudun each held their torches high and jumped on the island first.

Then there were the Mo couple, then the Jinji Dao people and Qin Zhang.

The six of them came to the entrance of the cave in turn, and found that it was not so much a cave entrance as an entrance, because down the cave was a bluestone paved downward passage.

Is there a mystery in it?

There is no doubt that Wu Dongyou and the others must have gone down from here.

Cao Cao remembered clearly, the old man Zhang Zhaozhen once said that this island in the water was actually the tomb of Zhang Budo, the ancestor of the Zhang family, but how could there be a passage in the tomb?

For 400 years, the Zhang clan worshiped this ancestor, and they were all worshiped on the shore, except for the regular tomb sweeping arranged by the old patriarch, the children of the clan were not allowed to step on the island, so no one has found any mystery in the island in the water for so many years, and even doubted it.

Then the problem comes, although Zhang Zhaozhen and Zhang Wenjing are older, they are not old patriarchs, and it is unlikely that they know the mystery of the island in the water.

Even if they knew a little bit about it, they would definitely not tolerate Wu and Yue destroying the tombs of their ancestors. Because Cao Cao had seen with his own eyes, the old patriarch and others did not hesitate to bite their tongues and commit suicide in order to maintain the reputation of the family.

So, where did Wu Dongyou and Yue Xihong come from?

(End of chapter)

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