Chapter 31: Secret Conspiracy?

"Wang Yan, do we still need to prepare some more things?" Seeing that Wang Yan had already put his hand on the doorknob, Zhou Shan reminded behind him.

"What else do you want to take?" Wang Yan threw the package wrapped in Zhou Shan's clothes in his hand to his shoulder, and turned his head to look at Zhou Shan.

"Weapons, food, and silver. Zhou Shan said what she had to bring.

"It's still Sister Shan'er who is careful. Wang Yan smiled awkwardly, remembering that when he first arrived in Red Moon City, he had no silver. "Let's go see what the other cabins have in store. “

The two of them held hands and began to inspect each cabin one by one.

Pushing open the door of the first wooden house, Wang Yan and Zhou Shan saw that it was full of grain. There were a few rats that were stealing food, disturbed by the sound of them opening the door, squeaking and scurrying around.

"Sister Shan'er, whatever she likes to eat, I'll get it. Wang Yan was quick to kick a mouse that ran to his feet, and picked up the cloth bag that was placed on the edge of a large tank.

"There is only rice, noodles, and meat, why is there no fruit?" Zhou Shan looked at the room full of food, a little disappointed.

Wang Yan, who was about to load food, heard Zhou Shan's words, and stumbled under his feet and almost fell.

Do bandits eat fruit? It seems that he has only heard of bandits eating meat and drinking wine, Wang Yan thought to himself, but what he said was: "Sister Shan'er, fruit is not easy to store, let's bring some rice and meat." When you come across wild fruit in the mountains and forests, I will pick it for you to eat. ”

The door of the second wooden house was closed tightly, and Wang Yan couldn't push it open. He took a step back and kicked the door hard, and the door of the hut collapsed. After a "bang", the contents of the wooden house are presented to them.

Knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, axes, hooks, forks. Neatly arranged on a stand. Sunlight shines through the wooden hut without a door, shining on the weapons. The refracted light made Wang Yan and Zhou Shan involuntarily squint their eyes before they could see everything clearly.

"Great!" Zhou Shan let out a cheer and ran into the wooden house. Growing up in the dart chief, she doesn't have the same hobbies as other girls at all, but she doesn't like red clothes and arms.

Touch this, touch that, Zhou Shan really didn't pick a suitable weapon for a while. Just because these weapons are relatively bulky, although they are not so bad that they cannot be held, but they should be used as weapons for protection or attack, and they can be wielded freely, Zhou Shan understands that she does not have so much strength.

Finally, in the corner of the wooden house, among the piles of weapons piled up haphazardly, Zhou Shan found a sword and a short knife, and put them together.

Wang Yan took a bow and two pots of arrows very casually and hung them on his body. After thinking about it, he grabbed a ghost-headed machete again, and danced it up and down, left and right, he felt that this knife could still play a role in the mountains and forests to cut through thorns, clear obstacles, and open up paths.

The door of the third wooden house was open, Wang Yan and Zhou Shan glanced at it, and left. Because that's the cabin where they found their clothes.

From the fourth hut onwards, the rest of the huts were the same, full of beds for the robbers to sleep in.

Walking back to the wooden house where the bandit leader lived, Wang Yan and Zhou Shan both knew that the most important item here had not been discovered by them.

"Wang Yan," Zhou Shan suddenly asked, "If you go as a bandit, will you not rob gold and silver?"

"I won't be a bandit!" Wang Yan was very dissatisfied with Zhou Shan's analogy, and glanced at Zhou Shan from the corner of his eye, then twisted his head to the side.

"It's just an analogy, so why take it seriously. Zhou Shan muttered, then held the beast with both hands and held it in front of his eyes: "The beast is good, listen to my sister's words and answer well." If you were a bandit, would you treat money like dung and not rob it?"

"Sister, gold and silver are such vulgar things, beasts can't see them at all. Beasts and beasts only rob the godhead, and the godhead is delicious. The beast thought, and was about to drool.

"I didn't ask. Zhou Shan didn't expect that Wang Yan and the beasts would not cooperate with her, so she didn't say anything angry.

"Sister Shan'er, will the robbers use the gold and silver they have stolen to buy weapons and food?" Wang Yan saw that Zhou Shan's face became unsightly, and quickly said his analysis.

"Please, use your brain before you speak. Zhou Shan glared at Wang Yan, "Have you ever seen that robbers will spend money to buy things?

"Sister, I know the way, I know the way! The robbers must have hidden the gold and silver. The beast scrambled to say.

"Well, it's still the beast that is smart, and it's the same as my sister thinks. Zhou Shan smiled at the beast, and then said to Wang Yan: "We didn't find gold and silver on the bright side, so it means that there must be a dark room or cellar here." We're going to have to take a closer look. ”

"You just said you couldn't find it, why bother going around in such a big circle. Wang Yan still likes to speak and do things straightforwardly.

"It's a pity that there wasn't a single living bandit left, so it would be much easier to ask. Zhou Shan said regretfully while looking for it.

"You should have been reminded earlier. Wang Yan was his kind again, and then added: "You are smarter than me." ”

"I was angry. ”

"I'm no less angry than you. “

"You, when did you learn to flamboyate?" Zhou Shan stopped looking, is this still Wang Yan in his mind.

"I learned it all from the beasts. Wang Yan hurriedly blamed the beasts.

"Who did I provoke, why did I get shot while lying down?" the beast angrily jumped onto the table and pushed the portrait of the bandit leader against the wall to the ground, venting his frustration.

The portrait fell to the ground, and the sound of "pop" alarmed Wang Yan and Zhou Shan. The two of them looked at the beast on the table together.

"What is that?" Wang Yan saw a red ring on the wall behind the portrait, walked over curiously, and pulled it with his hand.

Wang Yan, Zhou Shan, and the beasts heard a sound of hinges in the house at the same time, and then felt the ground tremble, and then saw that the bed of the bandit leader in the wooden house automatically turned up to the wall, and stood by the wall, and the ground under the bed sank one meter as a whole, and shrank to the side, revealing a dark tunnel.

"Be careful!" Wang Yan hurriedly rushed to Zhou Shan's side, blocking her, putting himself at the forefront of possible dangers, holding a knife and being vigilant.

The sound of hinges and the trembling of the ground disappeared after the tunnel was completely exposed, leaving only the black tunnel, like a monster with a huge mouth, waiting for Wang Yan and Zhou Shan to throw themselves into the net.

There was no movement for a long time, and Wang Yan didn't dare to look back and asked Zhou Shan: "Sister Shan'er, what should we do?"

"Light a torch and go down and have a look. Zhou Shan didn't have any ideas. The vault containing gold and silver is likely to be in the tunnel, but it is unknown if there is any danger inside, "Be careful." “

"Beast, you are fast and clever, you go and explore the way. Wang Yan is not afraid that he will encounter danger, but that he is afraid that Zhou Shan will follow, once danger occurs, what should he do if he hurts her, even if he hurts half a hair, he will be uncomfortable. As for the beast, he can completely heal the injuries it has suffered, so let's ignore the feelings of the beast for the time being. These are really two very different treatments.

"Here it again, I know that there is nothing good about the road!" The beast came to the entrance of the tunnel very reluctantly, looked around for a while, jumped into the tunnel, and disappeared.

"You don't feel sorry for the beast at all. Zhou Shan complained behind Wang Yan, if she was the owner of the beast, she would be reluctant to let the beast take risks, but unfortunately she was not, she could only watch.

"You don't know the beast, it won't be dangerous. Wang Yan deceived himself and deceived Zhou Shan, in fact, he didn't dare to guarantee that the beast would not be injured.

"That's good. Zhou Shan nodded in disbelief and stopped talking. Take precautions with Wang Yan and wait for the beast to come back.

After a while, the beast did not come back, but its voice came from the tunnel: "Master, sister, come down, there is no one here, and there is no danger." “

"Really, nothing?" Zhou Shan asked uncertainly.

"There are wooden boxes. The beast replied, "There are a lot of wooden boxes." “

"Let's go, let's go down. Wang Yan saw that the beast was not in danger, so he lit the torch, took Zhou Shan's hand, and walked into the tunnel step by step.

The tunnel was not narrow, and after walking a few steps, Wang Yan saw a lamp holder hanging on the wall of the tunnel, and there was lamp oil and wick in it. Lighting these lamps makes the tunnels look less eerie.

The tunnel was not very long, and it didn't take long for Wang Yan and Zhou Shan to see a secret room with more than a dozen wooden boxes, with tables and chairs next to them, and nothing else. The beast was jumping around on the wooden box at this time, amusing itself.

The two of them stepped forward quickly and opened all the wooden boxes. It was indeed full of gold, silver and jewels as they had guessed, but they were only two wooden boxes, and the rest were empty chests, and the expressions of disappointment appeared on the faces of the two of them, this robber was not as rich as he imagined.

Zhou Shan began to choose valuable and portable jewelry, while Wang Yan looked at the secret room idly.

Tables, chairs, wooden boxes.

Wooden boxes, chairs, tables.

Wait, Wang Yan noticed that there were still pen and ink and a few pages on the table. Walked over to the table, reached for the pages, and saw through the light the scribbled writing.

"Sister Shan'er, come and have a look. After Wang Yan read these pages, he shouted excitedly.

"What the hell is going on?" Zhou Shan had to stop choosing, came to the table, took the paper in Wang Yan's hand, and read softly: "Respected City Lord, I am relieved to know that you have received the treasure we have sent. I have led people to gain a firm foothold in the mountains and forests between Red Moon City and Orange Moon City. This time, the five hundred death row prisoners you sent over have been tamed by me, and we are pretending to be bandits to operate here, on the one hand, disrupting the order of Red Moon City and Orange Moon City, causing panic among them, and on the other hand, we can train the combat ability of these death row prisoners, just wait for your order from the city lord, we will "

"Why is there no follow-up?" Zhou Shan read this, found that there were no words on the paper, and hurriedly flipped through the pages repeatedly.

"Sister Shan'er, don't look at it, that's it. Wang Yan said, "It must have been that the robber who wrote the letter encountered something urgent, so he didn't finish it, and he didn't hide it in the panic, so we found out." It's just that what are we going to do?"

"Conspiracy!" Zhou Shan said decisively, "We must quickly inform the emperor of this news, otherwise, the inhabitants of the July Kingdom will face a great disaster." “

"Although I don't know which city lord is mentioned in this letter, I am sure that it is not the city lord of Red Moon City, so we might as well go back and tell him and let him inform the emperor. Wang Yan said.

"No, I can't. Zhou Shan categorically vetoed, "Without conclusive evidence, no one can trust it, and this letter can only be handed over to the emperor by us personally." “

In fact, this was just a reason why Zhou Shan was reluctant to hand over the letter to the city lord of Red Moon City. The other is that she is afraid that once she returns to Red Moon City, she will be told by her father and mother, and she will never be able to come out again, and she will be forced to marry into the Zhao family. Therefore, he resolutely cannot go back, including Wang Yan.

The two of them did not delay any longer. Wang Yan hid the bandit's letter close to him, and together with Zhou Shan, he took all the items that had been prepared and left the bandit's lair.

It's just that they are still advancing along the mountains and forests, towards Orange Moon City. Zhou Shan told Wang Yan that all the bandits had been eliminated, and there was still time for this matter, and there was no delay in walking through the mountains and forests. The important thing is that this will not be discovered by the parents. When you cross Orange Moon City and reach Yellow Moon City, the possibility of being discovered is much smaller, and then you can take a carriage straight to the palace.