Chapter 46: The River
Noon.
The sky was still very bright, but the lanterns were hung up early in the Li Mansion, firstly because of Li Daji's birthday, and secondly, to prepare for the New Year.
The two largest lanterns hung on both sides of the gate of the Li Mansion, and the people who entered the mansion had smiles on their faces, of course, most of them were pretended, after all, few people could really smile when giving gifts.
The lanterns are bright red, and the red light is reflected on everyone's faces, as if the Spring Festival has arrived early.
Li Ji was standing in front of the door to greet the guests in person, and he was also smiling, and he was smiling more sincerely than anyone else.
It's just because Yuwen Shang promised him two things just now.
"After tomorrow, she will belong to you, and I will not interfere with you no matter what you do, and no one else will interfere. ”
"Also, the relationship in the south has been taken care of, and you can do business in the south after the New Year. ”
He immediately knelt on the ground, thanked him non-stop, and then took out a dark brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to Yuwen Shang.
The brocade box is not big, but the weight is not light.
Yuwen Shang's eyes lit up, what he had spent a lot of time and energy not getting, and now it was so easy to get, he was already a little annoyed, he had known that he would hire a few people to kill his son, and then hand over those few people to Li Ji casually, wouldn't this earth-shattering thunder be available early?
In the brocade box, of course, is a thunderbolt.
Yuwen Shang took it in his hand, looked at it carefully for a long time, and suddenly said, "This is the earth-shaking thunder?"
Of course he knew it was nonsense, but he couldn't help but ask.
Li Ji said: "Yes." ”
Yuwen Shang said: "Only this one?"
Li Ji said: "There is only this one left in this world!"
Not to mention that he didn't know the tunnel under the sarcophagus, even if he knew, he would only say this to Yuwen Shang.
After all, people will always leave a back road for themselves, and the ancestors of the Li family thought of doing it, but the descendants of the Li family did not know this back road.
Li Ji is gone.
There are now only two people left in the study.
Yu Wenshang was still staring at the earth-shattering thunder, and suddenly said, "What do you think?"
Lin Sheng said: "He didn't lie. ”
Yuwen Shang was looking at him and said, "Autumn is dead?"
Lin Sheng was stunned, he didn't know why he would ask such a knowing and inconsequential question, but he couldn't help but answer, so he hesitated and said, "It's dead." ”
Yuwen Shang said again: "The crow is also dead?"
Lin Sheng said: "I haven't come out until now." ”
Yuwen Shang seemed to sigh, paced to Lin Sheng's side, and said softly: "Just for this little thing, I paid such a big price. ”
Lin Sheng lowered his head and said, "Not a lot." ”
Yuwen Shang said: "So you should understand. ”
Lin Sheng listened.
Yuwen Shang then said slowly: "I will take back all the principal with interest." ”
Lin Sheng looked up at Yuwen Shang, his eyes were full of loyalty, and he said in a deep voice: "If Your Highness has an order, your subordinates will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire!"
Yuwen Shang said: "Manager Zhao has taken care of everything, I'm just afraid"
Lin Sheng immediately continued: "I know that Lao Zhao doesn't know martial arts. ”
Yuwen Shang nodded with satisfaction and said, "So you have to stay and help Manager Zhao persuade Li Ji and those who choose the wrong path." ”
Lin Sheng also nodded and said, "Yes!"
A person who does not know martial arts will never be able to talk away those hungry wolves with his mouth, because only blood can convince them, with their own blood.
The dead will never resist.
Noon has passed.
The sunlight shone through the snow-white window paper, and his face turned even paler.
Yuwen Shang was facing the sun and said, "How many days has the third child been in?"
Lin Sheng said: "Three days." ”
Yu Wenshang didn't look back, still staring at the window paper, and said, "Wait until tomorrow, call a few good hands and bring the woman out." ”
As for how to deal with Yuwen Xia, Yuwen Shang didn't say, of course Lin Sheng wouldn't ask more, he could only answer: "Yes." ”
Of course, he won't do more things that Yuwen Shang didn't order.
Yuwen Shang seemed to have really forgotten the existence of Yuwen Xia, and he was actually asking, "What about the gang of people from the Eight Great Sects?"
Lin Sheng thought for a moment and said, "I'm ready to go." ”
Yuwen Shang couldn't help but look back at him, and said in surprise: "Walking so fast?"
Lin Sheng said: "They are here to see Your Highness, except for those who have something to do with the Li family, there is no need for others to stay after seeing you, and they are still in a hurry to go to Wandie Mountain Villa to participate in the stargazing meeting." ”
Although Wandie Villa is not a martial arts faction, it can also rely on its unique medical skills to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes for a hundred years, after all, injuries are very commonplace in the rivers and lakes, most people in the rivers and lakes have been to Wandie Villa for healing, no matter who will not want to offend such a life-saving Bodhisattva.
Even Yuwen Shang is no exception, he was infected with lung disease when he was young, and even the imperial doctor in the palace was helpless, but he only recuperated for more than a month in Wandie Villa to recover as before, for which Yuwen Emperor Dayue, it is said that on the day Yuwen Shang returned to the palace, the gold and silver given by the emperor were sent into a car.
It was a great opportunity to win over Ten Thousand Butterflies, but he didn't seem to plan to go, as he already had something more important to do.
Yuwenshang pondered for a moment and said, "This time, I can't go." ”
Lin Sheng said: "The reputation of Wandie Villa in the rivers and lakes is not under the eight major factions, this time the owner of Zhou Zhuang personally wrote an invitation to you, which clearly means to climb." ”
Yuwen Shang seemed to have a smile in his eyes, and sneered: "It's better to save ten people than to kill one!"
He seemed to suddenly remember something, with a smile on his face, but his hands were clenched, and the hand holding the earth-shaking thunder was bruised.
Since the day weapons were created, they have only been used to help kill, and the Heaven-Shaking Thunder is clearly the best of the many weapons.
Lin Sheng was looking down at the earth-shaking thunder, sighed secretly, and said, "My subordinates understand. ”
He watched Yuwen Shang grow up, but he had to watch him go to a dead end step by step, and even pushed him behind Yuwen Shang's back, Lin Sheng was powerless and irreparable.
The only one who chooses the road is Yuwen Shang, who is just a person who drives a car.
But what about Yu Wenxia?
Is it just a roadblock in the way?
Has he really forgotten his brotherhood?
Only Yu Wenshang can answer these questions himself, but the answers have always been hidden in a very secret corner of his heart, and if he doesn't say it, no one may ever know.
Maybe even he didn't want to think about it himself.
He didn't say any more, because it was then that the two of them suddenly heard a muffled sound, followed by a second sound, like a continuous thunder on a rainy day.
The sky was still clear, and the sound was not coming from the sky, but underground.
Yu Wenshang's face changed, becoming iron blue and pale.
"Its sound is like thunder, so it is called earth-shaking thunder"
He glanced at the earth-shattering thunder in his hand, which was supposed to be the last one in the world, and remembered what Li Ji had said to him, and a kind of indescribable irony arose in his heart.
"Come with me!"
He flew out of the window, and Lin Sheng followed closely behind him.
Liancheng has jumped into the tunnel, and at the exit of the tunnel, the collapsed Guanmei Pavilion is surrounded by people from the Divine Hunting Mansion, and there were many guards nearby, but now they have become dead.
Blatantly trespassing on people's houses and killing, Liancheng doesn't care about this kind of crime, all he cares about now is Yuwenxia, because Yuwenxia's identity is not only the prince, but also his friend.
He had slept very little in the past two days, and his hair had turned a little yellow, but his eyes were still sharp.
Now he was looking at the bloodstained quilt.
He only hoped that this was not Yuwen Xialiu's.
Suddenly, a man swept up behind him and said, "Boss." ”
Lian Cheng looked back at his face, a delicate face that was blue and white, a kind of face that could only be seen on the faces of dead people. His left eye was also white, and there was a kind of look at the dead in his eyes all the time, even if he was looking at Liancheng.
The vulture was furious, this man had never missed in thirteen years, but there was not even one person he brought back and sent to prison, because there were only two kinds of people in his eyes, the damned and the undeserved.
Liancheng said: "What did you find out?"
Zhang said angrily and said in a deep voice: "There are two stone rooms, one has the body of a crow, and the other has a sarcophagus, and there is a tunnel in the sarcophagus that has been forcibly broken. ”
Lian Cheng said: "Tell someone to stare at the crow's corpse and take me to the tunnel." ”
Before he finished speaking, he walked quickly past Zhang Nu's side, and as soon as Zhang Nu turned around, he saw his back suddenly stunned, and then stopped and stood in place.
Of course, this person is Yuwen Shang.
The expression on Yuwenshang's face was even more anxious than Liancheng, and he gasped and said, "Liancheng, where is the tunnel?" ”
Lian Cheng stared at him and said slowly, "Why did His Royal Highness the Second Prince appear here?"
Yuwenshang's face sank, and he said, "Liancheng, what are you talking about? The third brother has an accident, of course I have to come to save him." ”
Lian Cheng said: "As far as I know, there are not many people who know the news of the accident with His Royal Highness the Third Prince. Where did His Royal Highness the Second Prince get the news of the accident with His Royal Highness the Third Prince?"
Yu Wenshang's voice was deeper, and he said slowly: "Boss Lian, are you doubting me, don't forget your identity!"
Liancheng immediately clenched his fists and bowed, but his eyes did not hide a mocking smile, and said, "My subordinates don't dare, but they are just a little curious." His Royal Highness the Second Prince didn't want to say more, and his subordinates naturally wouldn't ask any more. ”
Yuwen Shang retracted his gaze, sighed, and said, "Speaking of which, I am also to blame for this matter, I didn't know that Li Ji would have such a crazy idea." ”
Liancheng was silent.
Yu Wenshang continued: "The woman killed his son, and he tied up the woman again, which was very fair, but I didn't want to, so I actually involved the third brother." You should also know that people who are blinded by hatred and love rarely keep their sanity. ”
Lian Cheng said: "Li Ji did this?"
Yuwen Shang said: "Of course, when you find the third brother, your Divine Capture Mansion must take Li Ji back for a good interrogation!"
Interrogation is usually meant to be tantamount to torture.
Lian Cheng said: "Of course, this is also a matter within my divine capture mansion. ”
Yu Wenshang is not worried at all that Li Ji will not be able to bear the torture and give a full explanation, because dead people will never speak.
Lin Sheng was on his way to "convince" him.
They had begun to walk deeper into the tunnel.
There are no lights.
There was a light in the tunnel, a very harsh light, as dazzling as the sun, which was by no means the light that a candle could emit.
The sun certainly doesn't appear underground.
Yuwen Shang jumped down first, followed by Liancheng and Zhang Nu, as soon as they landed, they were immediately squinted by this light, except for Zhang Nu, he still looked straight ahead, as if he didn't feel pain.
The pupils constricted, and they were soon able to see beyond the clear light.
The first thing Liancheng saw was a mirror inlaid in the wall, followed by a second, then a third, and then countless mirrors, each reflecting light.
Countless rays of light intertwined, and it looked as if it was a huge web of light.
But where does this light come from?
Lian Cheng looked at the light and seemed to have opened the net layer by layer, and the last ray of light pointed into the distance, and he walked down the light, and he didn't know how long he walked, the road under his feet suddenly disappeared, and what appeared in his eyes was an underground river.
There were still dark brown scratches on the bluestone floor by the river, and he crouched down, brushed his fingers over the scratches, and put them in his mouth to taste them.
He immediately recognized that this was an old gray stone wood, the wood was hard and waterproof, and most of the fishermen in Jiangnan County used this kind of wood to make boats, but the people of Yannan County used this kind of wood to make coffins.
There seems to be a lot in common between the two.
Yu Wenshang had already walked to his side at this time, looked at the stone walls on both sides of the underground river, and suddenly said: "There should be a wall here to block the waterway and the sunlight outside. ”
There are fractures on both sides of the stone wall, and they are very new.
Lian Cheng stood up, followed his gaze, and said, "There should be a boat here, which leads to the outside along the waterway." ”
How did the stone wall break?
"Only earth-shattering thunder!"
They didn't say much, of course they knew it in their hearts!
Lian Cheng suddenly turned his head to stare at Yuwen Shang and said, "His Royal Highness the Third Prince should have also fled here by boat. ”
Yu Wenshang's face was expressionless, and he just said lightly: "I hope so." ”
"In that case, the subordinates will go first. Lian Cheng also said lightly, and suddenly turned around and said loudly: "Zhang Fu! Call all the brothers and search down this river!"
He said aloud, and strode out of the chamber with a furious face.
Yuwen Shang was still standing in place, his face still had no expression, he just looked ahead in a daze, and he didn't even roll his eyes.
What the hell was he thinking?