Chapter 2: The Secret Passage (Part II)
Xiao Dong sighed: "Your mother is the pride of my Liao people, she lives and stoic, and she dies heroically." And you're still young, so there's no need to die with us. Gu Yu raised his head, gritted his teeth and said, "I am also a five-dead soldier, and I should fulfill my promise." Xiao Dong was relieved: "With your words, you have fulfilled your promise, and your duties are not over, so you can't go with us." Gu Yu said confusedly: "My duty?" Xiao Dong said: "The prince ordered you to protect the county lord before his death, this is your duty." If you die, who will protect the lord of the county? Gu Yu couldn't cry and said, "That'...... Then I'm alive. Xiao Dong said: "That's right." As long as my Da Liao righteous warrior does not die, there is still hope for the restoration of the country. With that, he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground. Everyone sighed with emotion in their hearts.
A wisp of white smoke suddenly rushed into the entrance of the secret passage, and Luo Tianchu said, "It's not good, they're setting fire." Let's go. Yeluqi looked at the corpses of the three of them, and said to herself, "Where are you going?" Luo Tianchu said: "Of course it's to leave here." Jeruqi said, "Why are you leaving? I'm going out." Luo Tianchu was shocked: "What are you going out for?" Yeluqi said: "My father's corpse is still in their hands, and as a daughter, no matter how unfilial she is, she must get the corpse back." Luo Tianchu said: "You."
To do it is to find death. Yeluqi said: "I didn't think I was going to live, and after settling my father, I can go to see him with peace of mind." Luo Tianchu said: "Are you crazy?" Ye Luqi said angrily: "If you are not crazy, you will drive you crazy." ”
Luo Tianchu sighed and said, "Let's not be angry first, there is already a sea of fire above, if you go out, not only will you not return the corpse, but you will also be burned to death by the fire, please think twice." Yeluqi said: "Even if I am burned to death, I don't want to see you again." Gu Yu also persuaded: "Please calm down, his words are right, and the prince will not want the county lord to commit suicide if he knows it." Yeluqi said: "You can do whatever the county lord wants, you can't control it." So saying, he walked upward. Luo Tianchu really had no choice, so he had to click on her acupoint, make her fall asleep, and hand her over to Gu Yu to take care of.
Two hours later, the Jin people crawled out of the secret passage in disgrace, and this time they lost twenty gold soldiers. Either they got lost or fell into the trap, if it weren't for Wan Yanchang marking on the way here, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to come back. Wanyan Wushu threw the extinguished torch to the ground and scolded: "Who the hell designed this secret path, it really hurts this prince." Wan Yanchang wiped the dirt on his face and muttered: "It's just that the secret passage used to escape will not be so complicated, and it takes great manpower and material resources to build such a secret passage, and Yeluying does not have this ability." Wanyan Wushu also calmed down, and observed it: "The soil in the tunnel is all five-flower loam, it is old, it should have been built a long time ago, but what is the purpose?"
Speaking of this, the expressions of the two of them changed, and they looked at each other and exclaimed, "Treasure Secret Dao?" Wan Yanchang pondered: "It's very possible, if it weren't for the huge treasure hidden, why would it be so complicated to cultivate." Only an emperor can cultivate a secret path of this scale. Wanyan Wushu said: "No wonder Luo Tianchu and they always stay in the palace, it turns out that the treasure is right under our noses." Let's go and ask a craftsman who understands civil engineering to come down with us. Wan Yanchang shook his head and said, "It's late." Yelu Ying and Luo Tianchu have already been embarrassed, otherwise how would Luo Tianchu know about this secret road. I really don't know what that kid promised, and he can say that Yelu won. ”
Wan Yan Wushu hurriedly said: "Then did they transport the treasure away?" Wan Yan Chang said: "It won't be so fast." They only came a dozen days before us. The old man thought that the exit of the treasure was set somewhere outside the city, so Luo Tianchu was not afraid of our siege, but he didn't know what method they wanted to use to transport such a huge treasure. Wanyan Wushu pondered: "They must need carriages, a lot of carriages. Wan Yanchang also muttered: "And you must have an identity that hides people's eyes, otherwise you will be investigated if you can't go far." At that moment, he ordered: "The order will be sent down, and the state capitals will expand the patrol area to a radius of five hundred miles, and every carriage must be strictly checked." ”
Before the herald left, a junior colonel rushed to announce: "Report to Your Highness, Lu Guogong." I just got the news, Cheng Jian, Sun Xing, and Liang Yuzhong have left the city from the south gate, should we chase them?" Wanyan Wushu said: "Of course we have to chase! I also ordered these three traitors to be wanted!" The little colonel said: "There is another strange thing. When Cheng Jian and the others went out of the city, they encountered the dart convoy of the Luma Dart Bureau, and Cheng Jian let the city gate official let him go with a token. ”
Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Chang instantly widened their eyes and said, "Dart team?" Xiao Xiao said: "Yes, Boss Pei of Lumazhuang wants to go to Yanjing to expand his business, and the dart car is all his belongings." Wan Yanchang said: "How many vehicles are there?" Xiao Xiao said: "About twenty vehicles, thirty or forty bodyguards." Wan Yanchang said: "When did they leave?" Xiao Xiao said: "About three hours ago." Wan Yanchang said: "I guess the dart cart is filled with treasure, and all the soldiers are ordered to gather at the south gate, and we will personally lead the team to pursue." In addition, he cut off the head of the city gatekeeper. ”
It was late at night, the silence in the barren forest was terrible, and a few wolf howls were heard in the distance, which was even more terrifying. At this time, the lights were turned off and the whole city fell asleep, but the forty-five people in the forest did not even feel half sleepy. They all sat against the trees and waited.
Zhu Yushi had been squatting on the edge of the jungle for four hours. Two hours ago, he saw Wan Yan Chang and Wan Yan Wushu leading five hundred cavalry galloping along the avenue through the woods, followed by two thousand infantry, in a hurry, and did not even raise the flag. He breathed a long sigh of relief, secretly called it a fluke, looked up at the sky, and asked, "Is it time to be ugly?" Li Xiaodao, who was beside him, said: "There is still half a pillar of incense." Zhu Yushi said: "Tell everyone to prepare for departure." Baalik said, "Okay." "Inform me to go into the forest.
Li Xiaodao: "How do you know that Jin Bing will catch up so quickly?" Zhu Yushi said: "I'm not sure, I just thought of this possibility, so I didn't dare to take risks." Since Xiao Luo and the others have been exposed, it is very likely that the matter of the secret path will also be exposed, even if it is not exposed for a while, Wan Yanchang will be able to find out the clues. We will be the first target of pursuit, and we will not be able to escape the cavalry pursuit, so we might as well hide here and wait for them to go far before we set out at night. Li Xiao said: "That's why you asked everyone to stay in place and personally go back to clean up the traces of wheels and horses' hooves, in order to avoid Jin Bing." Zhu Yushi said: "If Xiao Luo is here, there may be a better way, and my methods are the most cautious." Li Xiao said with a smile: "This errand can only be done by cautious people, so the castle master will choose Brother Zhu." ”
If Luo Tianchu hadn't gotten lost in the secret passage, they would have been able to make peace with Zhu Yu at this time. After all, he has only walked through two secret paths, and no matter how smart he is, he can only remember most of them in the face of these similar and complex forks. Yeluqi and Gu Yu hadn't come down before, so they couldn't help much.
Whenever he encountered an uncertain fork, Luo Tianchu personally went in to investigate, and tasted the challenges of quicksand, traps, flaps, falling rocks, flying spears, stone gates, iron hammers, formations, poisonous snakes and other traps. Fortunately, he is a master of art and bold, and Liu Shaoqing is by his side to take care of him, and he saves the day every time. After Ye Luqi woke up, he ignored him, and finally it took seven hours to reach the exit, at this time, Luo Tianchu was already a master of the first half of "organ science".
Seven hours of underground time is a long time, and the endless darkness is crazy enough, not to mention that in the labyrinth, no one is sure that they will get out alive. Every step is accompanied by the unknown and fear, even if there are thousands of troops of the Jin Kingdom outside, Luo Tianchu is willing to go out first. He would rather die under the sky than be buried in a pit like an earth rat. After coming to the cave, they suddenly felt that this ugly barren forest was comparable to heaven, and everyone gave birth to a joy of surviving after the catastrophe, lying in the forest greedily breathing fresh air. Seven hours without a drop of water, I didn't feel thirsty for a while, and although the road ahead was still full of dangers and accidents, the mood at this time was extremely joyful.
Liu Shaoqing's waist was still as straight as a sword, he looked at Luo Tianchu who was lying on the ground, and said lightly: "How long are you going to lie down?" Luo Tianchu closed his eyes and sighed: "It would be nice if I could lie down like this all the time, I really want to sleep until dawn." Liu Shaoqing said: "Do you need to send you a big bed, a soft pillow, a bowl of chilled plum soup and a maid who shakes a fan?" Luo Tianchu sat up and said: "Don't mention any chilled plum soup, my throat is about to smoke, and I will be content with cold water to eat." ”
At this time, a heavy snoring sound was suddenly heard, and Zhao Hengshan actually fell asleep on the ground. He had lost so much blood that he had reached his physical limit by walking for another seven hours. Although Luo Tianchu usually blames him a lot, he treats him as a big brother in his heart, although he is a muddy person, his heart is as simple as a child.
Luo Tianchu cautiously came to him and squatted down, his eyes couldn't help but moisten. Remembering that he was his "back" regardless of his life, he would never dodge the spear when he stabbed it into his waist. Zhao Hengshan is usually alert like a cheetah, and at this time, he can't even notice that there are people around him, and a child can easily harm him.
Liu Shaoqing sighed: "I'm afraid he won't be able to walk." Luo Tianchu held Zhao Hengshan's generous hand and said, "Even if you carry it, you have to carry Brother Zhao back to Chang'an." He took Zhao Hengshan on his body and said, "Let's go." Yeluqi said lightly: "If you want to go, you can go, I will stay." Luo Tianchu sighed: "At this time, don't make the child angry. Yeluqi said, "I don't have a temper, I want to go back to the city to take back my father's body." Luo Tianchu said: "Then didn't you throw yourself into the net?" Ye Luqi said: "I always have to try." My father brought me up single-handedly, and his kindness was as heavy as a mountain, and I could not fulfill my filial piety during my lifetime, and I would never let his corpse be trampled upon after death. Luo Tianchu said: "I understand your feelings, but I believe that the spirit of the prince in the sky does not want you to go deep into the tiger's den." Come with us. Yeluqi said word for word: "I have to go back." I hope you can stay with me, this is my last chance for you. Luo Tianchu sighed and said, "I really can't go back." Are you leaving?" Yeluqi's eyes showed an extremely sad look, and she didn't look at him again, and said firmly: "Don't go." Luo Tianchu gritted his teeth and said, "Since you are so stubborn, then I won't persuade you." (To be continued.) )