Xiao Hongtao looked at Chai Rong, then at the black hole, and scolded his mother in his heart: Grandma's Chai Rong, who is going to die, is still so difficult for me. Now no one knows where this cave leads, and they don't know if there are any traps in this secret passage, so it's not for me to die. Xiao Hongtao's heart was full of reluctance, thought about it, and said: "Big brother, junior brother, I am not good at martial arts, it's not that I don't want to go, it's just that the situation in this cave is unknown, so I must just go to death in vain." ”

Chai Rong seemed to have expected Xiao Hongtao to say this, he narrowed his eyes, and said slowly: "Third brother, you and I are like brothers, how could I let you go to death." But you also know what is in this cave, and it is likely that this cave hides the secret of hegemony, and if the rumors are correct, this cave also hides the secret of immortality. As he spoke, Chai Rong paused for a moment and said, "Otherwise, I will go with you." As he spoke, he took off his armor and prepared to enter the cave. Where are Chai Rong's cronies willing to let the emperor personally take risks, they have spoken out to stop them, and at the same time expressed their anger at Xiao Hongtao.

Xiao Hongtao's hateful teeth itched, this is Chai Rong's retreat, if he doesn't go, the emperor will enter the cave in person, which is obviously to roast himself on the fire. The current situation has become like this: if you don't go, it is reasonable to ignore Brother Gu's life and death, and organizationally it is to resist the leader's orders. Seeing everyone's eyes, Xiao Hongtao was depressed in his heart: Grandma's Chai Rong, if it weren't for the fact that you only have one day to live, wouldn't it be happy to stab you to death now, pull your team out, and occupy an area as the king.

Helpless, the public was angry, Xiao Hongtao had no choice but to agree: "How can I let the eldest brother go in person, and I will go to the younger brother." When Xiao Hongtao said this, Wei Jiang said anxiously beside him: "Father-in-law, this, this, the future is unknown." ”

Chai Rong was willing to let go of Xiao Hongtao's opportunity to relax, and when he heard Xiao Hongtao agree, he immediately laughed and said, "Okay, third brother is benevolent and righteous, quickly prepare a treasure knife and blade for my third brother." ”

Xiao Hongtao prepared some ropes, daggers, short swords, torches, flints, medicines and other necessary items, and prepared to enter the cave. When Xiao Hongtao was preparing the items, Wei Jiang also began to prepare, what did Xiao Hongtao do for him, Wei Jiang said that he wanted to go with his father-in-law, Xiao Hongtao stopped him, whispered in his ear, let Wei Jiang wait at the entrance of the cave, and at the same time looked at Chai Rong and others, in case there was a change. When Wei Jiang heard this, he immediately understood, and no longer insisted on going to the cave, but just told Xiao Hongtao to be careful. Xiao Hongtao was also a little moved when he saw Wei Jiang like this, compared to him Zhang Zhang, it was the first time that a person of the same sex cared so much about himself.

After everything was cleaned up, Xiao Hongtao wore a short dress, held a torch and boarded the entrance of the cave, and when he was about to enter, Chai Rong came to the entrance of the cave and whispered in Xiao Hongtao's ear: "Third brother, if you see that thing, you should not move around, and come back immediately to report the news." ”

Xiao Hongtao was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what the "thing" in Chai Rong's mouth meant, but judging from Chai Rong's expression, this thing should be very important. But you can't ask directly, if you ask, it will be equivalent to directly announcing that you are not Chai Rong's third brother at all, then you will directly break the stuffing, and it is estimated that your fate will be even worse at that time.

Xiao Hongtao had to vaguely agree, and then took the torch and began to walk towards the inside of the cave. The width of this hole is about the same as the width of other holes in this room, Xiao Hongtao originally thought that crawling in the hole would be a very tiring activity, but he didn't expect that after crawling down for a distance, the caliber of the hole suddenly increased, Xiao Hongtao roughly estimated, the height of the hole increased to about three meters, so that Xiao Hongtao could walk in the hole with a torch, and he didn't feel the pressure at all.

Xiao Hongtao originally walked very slowly, carefully observing this unfamiliar environment, this is also human instinct, in the unfamiliar environment is full of things that he is not familiar with, even if it is a smooth road, people will be cautious.

At the entrance of the cave, the wall of the cave is very smooth, it should be carefully polished, the more you go inside, the darker the light, Xiao Hongtao can only rely on the light of the torch to identify the road under his feet, he found that after walking for a long time, the feet are still very smooth, there are no stones, not even small stones.

Walking in the dark, Xiao Hongtao's sense of direction slowly disappeared, and he could still discern the general direction according to the direction of the original hole in the first few turns, but then there were more and more turns, and the angle became more and more difficult to distinguish, Xiao Hongtao completely lost his sense of direction. Fortunately, I didn't find any abnormal movement after walking for a long time, the cave was surprisingly clean and dry, and the space in the cave was very large, and the oxygen was sufficient, which made the gradual loss of vigilance and the pace gradually accelerated. At this time, Xiao Hongtao also became curious about what was in front of him, and he wanted to know what kind of world was connected to the end of this hole.

After another turn, this turn is different from what he encountered before, the angle is particularly large, the turn is close to 90 degrees, from Xiao Hongtao's original direction can not see the situation ahead, Xiao Hongtao at this time also completely relaxed his vigilance, along the way, he did not encounter any special circumstances, therefore, he walked very fast at this time.

Suddenly, he felt a chill in his throat, and suddenly felt a great sense of fear enveloping him. Many times people have the ability to predict danger, Xiao Hongtao feels like this at this time, although he has not received any harm for the time being, but Xiao Hongtao is inexplicably afraid.

After feeling the coldness in his throat, Xiao Hongtao hurriedly took a step back, moved the torch down, and found that there was a sword in front of his throat, and the peak emitted a metallic cold light under the light of the torch.

As the fireball on the torch stabilized, Xiao Hongtao gradually saw the scene in front of him: a soldier wearing a Hou Zhou military uniform was holding a sword across the road, and the sword he held in his hands and feet was just enough to cut the throat of the visitor.

Xiao Hongtao saw that it was his own person and hurriedly said: "It's me, I'm General Xiao." ”

But the soldier with the sword did not reply, and remained in the middle of the road with the sword. Xiao Hongtao shook his doubts, and he shook the torch, wanting the soldiers to see his face clearly so as not to cause misunderstanding. I also wanted to take advantage of the shaking of the torches to see the intentions of the soldiers on the other side.

However, to Xiao Hongtao's surprise, the soldier holding the sword on the opposite side still did not speak or move, and soon, Xiao Hongtao found that something was wrong: the soldier in front did not move, but could not move at all.

Xiao Hongtao slowly approached the soldier's face with the torch, and he found that the soldier with the sword did not dodge the burning torch at all, and still maintained his original posture. Xiao Hongtao brought the torch closer again, almost burning the soldier's eyebrows, but the soldier still didn't move, and didn't even blink his eyes.

In order to confirm his conjecture, Xiao Hongtao went up and touched the soldier's body with his left hand, and the soldier immediately lost his balance and fell stiffly.

Xiao Hongtao bent down to check, and finally confirmed his thoughts: this is a person who has died.

Xiao Hongtao checked the soldier's body again, and he found that there was a bronze medal hanging from the soldier's waist, and several small seals were written on the bronze medal. Xiao Hongtao had some impressions of this bronze medal in his heart, but he couldn't remember it for a short time.

When Xiao Hongtao looked at the corpse of a soldier, he always felt that someone was staring at him, which was a very strange feeling: physiologically speaking, people can only see things in front of them, but strangely, many people can feel the eyes from behind. Xiao Hongtao's feeling at the moment is very similar to the feeling of being stared at from behind by the homeroom teacher when he was young, but it is different, he can clearly feel that someone is staring at him from behind, and he can even feel the malice in his eyes.

At this time, the sense of fear in Xiao Hongtao's heart slowly began to spread, he always felt that this hole was not so simple, and what was the "thing" in Chai Rong's mouth.

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongtao felt uncomfortable in his heart, he stood up suddenly, and shouted loudly behind him: "Come out! Who are you?"

Xiao Hongtao's voice came far away, and when the sound disappeared completely, the cave was quiet again, no one answered, except for Xiao Hongtao's fading firelight, what remained was heavy darkness.

At this time, Xiao Hongtao was even more disappointed and uneasy, how much he hoped that someone would come out to fight with him at this time, or arrest him, now that he was here alone, in addition to the darkness, his heart was full of loneliness and fear.

After stopping in place for a few minutes, the uneasiness in his heart gradually became stronger, Xiao Hongtao felt that he could not stay in place any longer, and he strengthened his courage, he picked up the torch that was about to burn out and continued to walk forward.

Soon, he encountered the corpse of the second soldier, and like the first, the soldier still maintained the posture of fighting, and even his expression was the same as when he was fighting, resolute and resolute, but he could not fight anymore. Similarly, he wears a bronze belt tag around his waist.

Touching the waist card, Xiao Hongtao suddenly remembered that these two people were Chai Rong's personal soldiers!

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongtao was even more frightened in his heart: he was also present when Chai Rong's personal soldiers went down to the cave, and it was basically the same as the time when he entered the cave, and the speed at which he walked just now was not slow, so how did they get to the front of him, and how did they die in such a way? The things in front are actually not the focus of Xiao Hongtao's thoughts, the point is that what is waiting for him in front will not be the same fate as Chai Rong's personal soldiers.