one step closer to the end

Zhao Guanren looked towards the east side where the light had already been lit, and said: "The enemy deliberately sent us here. I think a small dragon is just an appetizer. The dragon guards quickly test the water depth. If you can hold the boat, you can punt it. If you can't hold it, find something for me. boating!"

"Brother! Go into the room and change your clothes, be careful of catching a cold..."

Ye Jier pushed him with concern, and Zhao Guanren immediately called Luo Tan into the wing room. After he changed his clothes and came out, the sky was already brighter, and the guards also began to dismantle things to make oars. The previous oars were thrown away by the mole. into the river.

"There are mountains! There are mountains ahead..."

Ye Jier and the others rushed to the bow of the boat in surprise, and two majestic mountains appeared in front of them, but Zhao Guanren had already taken out the map of the water area, and referring to the compass, he said, "This is probably an island in the heart of the river. blank!"

"Oh my god! Brother, come and see..."

Ye Jier waved anxiously from the bow of the boat, and when Zhao Guanren rushed up to take a look, he gasped.

The dense fog has thinned a lot, only to see a meandering river passing between the two mountains, a large number of boats ran aground or capsized on both sides of the cliff, large and small, and some of them are already covered with moss and vines , to say the least, it has been decades.

"Oh my god! What kind of place is this..."

Qiu Ning and the other women all came over in panic, Yong Ning and the others huddled in the cabin on the second floor and peeked at it, but Zhao Guanren hurriedly shouted: "Tie the spears together, the front should be able to reach the bottom, don't let the ship run aground Already!"

"Yes!"

The guards hurriedly tied their guns and punted the boat. After inserting the gun, it reached the bottom, and the simple oars that had been made began to slide, but this power could only go with the current, and it was impossible to go upstream.

"It smells so musty..."

Ye Jier subconsciously hugged Zhao Guanren, and Qiu Ning and Luo Tan also held him tightly. The official boat had already sailed to the mouth of the gorge between the two mountains. Many broken boats were full of big holes and small holes, and not a single bone could be seen. Everyone on the boat should have been eaten by Jiaolong.

"Hold against the cliff! The water on both sides is very shallow..."

The guards stabbed at the cliffs with long spears. The cliffs on both sides were hundreds of meters high, and the river was like a big funnel.

"It's so cold here!"

The women were all leaning towards Zhao Guanren, the whole ship was extremely quiet, everyone subconsciously slowed down their breathing, and looked around nervously and curiously, but a gravel beach suddenly appeared in front of them, and a large number of broken ships stranded on the beach side.

"Everyone be careful, the ultimate move is coming..."

Zhao Guanren narrowed his eyes solemnly. Everyone looked forward suspiciously, and suddenly found that there were skeletons in many broken ships, but none of them had heads. gravel beach...

Chapter 0547 Longtan Tiger Den

The stranded ships almost blocked the entire river, and there was a large gravel beach right in front of it. The river disappeared miraculously, but there were too many stranded ships, and the big red official ship was not a warship. .

"Hold on, everyone, let the boat slow down..."

The guards tried their best to slow down the speed of going straight down the current. Everyone's heart was raised in their throats, for fear that there was something ghostly in the water. No one came to help.

"Bang~"

There was a sudden earthquake on the official boat, and several small broken boats were knocked away. One end of the boat shoveled on the cliff and stopped. The cave entered the mountain.

"What can we do, we can't get in such a big ship..."

Ye Jier stood on tiptoe anxiously. The wide grotto looked like a flat animal mouth. It opened at the bottom of the tall cliff. You could only see the cave entrance with strange rocks. If you went deeper, it would be pitch black, and the tall official ship Can't get in at all.

"The Dragon Guards are on alert, pay attention to the attack above the cliff..."

Zhao Guanren took a binoculars and stood on the bow of the ship to look carefully. There were more than a dozen large and small ships blocked in front of him. Old headless corpses were scattered everywhere, looking miserable and gloomy.

The bloodstains and traces had long been covered with moss, and it was not obvious that they were attacked by anything, but at this time the sky was already bright, and the pool under the gravel beach was crystal clear, and it didn't look like there was anything in the water.

"Yunxuan!"

Ye Jier came over with a few guards and said, "There is a gravel path next to the cave, you should be able to walk in, why don't we send a few people to investigate first!"

"Going in is death, this is a trap..."

Zhao Guanren put down the binoculars and said, "In nature, there are very few things with a right angle of 90 degrees. Right angles are all man-made, but the edge of the cave is a right angle, and the gravel road is too deliberate. Disembark and attack again!"

"man-made?"

The guards were all startled, and Ye Jier hurriedly asked, "Could it be that there are water thieves in the cave?"

"I hope it's a water thief. A water thief is easier to deal with than a monster..."

Zhao Guanren turned around and said, "The Long Guard quickly cut down the mast and demolished the second-story house. The eunuchs and female guards were in charge of repairing the cabin. The removed boards were erected and nailed to both sides. tow the boat away!"

"Yes!"

Everyone jumped into action, the Long Guard quickly set up the springboard, Ye Jier and Qiu Ning personally led the guards, and Zhao Guanren kept running around on and off the boat, personally directing everyone to work, and even letting the skilled Man climbs the cliff with a rope.

"Hmph~ I still want us to marry here..."

Yongning sat on the gravel beach and said contemptuously to Ye Jier: "Look at how many things have happened along the way, we haven't lost even a chicken in Dashun, if it wasn't for my uncle protecting you all the time, You went down to the river to feed the bastard, your country of Ji is really rotten to the root!"

"I admit that there is a problem within us, and I am also negligent..."

Ye Jier said with a sullen face: "But there can be no conflicts between us. This is the result the enemy wants. If the peace talks break down, they can take advantage of it. But you don't have to be angry. As long as Ben Ji goes out, you will be sure." Let them die ugly!"

"Stop talking big, let's go out alive and then talk..."

Yongning beckoned impatiently and asked the maids to start preparing food. Naturally, the maids were not idle, the men were all working hard, and they were also delivering food and water one by one, trying to keep everyone energetic.

"My son-in-law! This hole is so deep that there is no light at all..."

A team of guards gathered around the cave with their crossbows. The gravel road leading into the cave was two people wide. Judging from the wet marks, they would be submerged at night, but the cave was like a large air-raid shelter. Although it was not high, it was more than 20 meters wide. It's just winding and rugged with no end in sight.

"I see, this is a widened quarry..."

Zhao Guanren held up a flashlight to shine into the cave, and said: "This kind of cave will become wider as you go in, and the stones that have been mined will be shipped out directly, but since you don't know this place, it means that it has existed for a long time. Well, it’s something that goes back and forth!”

"It's not a problem to hide tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here. Since no one comes out, there must be monsters..."

The guards looked at him anxiously, but suddenly someone swam over, climbed ashore and said, "Master! There is a boat pulling wood at the bottom of the water, and it can be unblocked as long as you pull the wood out of the river, but it doesn't look like man-made. There are two big holes in the bottom of the boat, and the keel is broken!"

"It doesn't matter so much, quickly pull out the wood..."

Zhao Guanren rolled up his sleeves and walked back. There were many ropes and tools on the broken boat. There were nearly 100 of them, men and women. After laying wooden stakes on the shore, they fixed the boats that were not stranded, and worked together to drag the logs in the water to the shore one by one.

"click~"

A sour sound came suddenly, the boats silted up on the edge of the cliff suddenly moved, and the broken boards on the river floated downstream one after another.

"One two three! Pull..."

Everyone hurriedly pulled the ropes that fixed the boat, and even the maids came to help and dragged the floating boat ashore together, so as not to float down and block the grotto.

"Let's go! The official ship can move..."

The Dragon Guard cheered excitedly. A passage was cleared on the edge of the cliff, just enough for the official ship to pass by. The mast and second floor of the official ship were dismantled and fixed in the water for renovation. Tethered to the rocky beach.

"Nail more boards to wrap the boat to prevent fire oil attacks..."

Zhao Guanren climbed onto the boat to direct the transformation. There is no shortage of wood and tools here. The damaged rudder has been repaired. Everyone packed the boat like a submarine. Lots of buckets ready to fight the fire.

"My son-in-law!"

Two guards climbed down from the cliff, found Zhao Guanren out of breath, and said, "This is really an island in the middle of the river. Although the fog has cleared a lot, we still can't see the shore. We waited on the shore for more than an hour. Not a single boat in sight!"

"No hurry! Let's eat quickly..."

It was noon, the official ship had been fully remodeled, and the heads of the black flood dragons were hung on the bow. It looked majestic and scary, and everyone stopped to eat, and the cooks killed many Jiang. Fish for everyone to try.

"Go to work after eating, pick up your knives, guns and sticks..."

Zhao Guanren took a few guards to the river, untied a boat full of wet wood, pulled the rope behind the boat and let it go into the cave. Zhao Guanren threw a box of matches along the way, and the boat full of kerosene boomed. was ignited with a bang.

"Haha~ My son-in-law has so many ways, this is to smoke the monster to death..."

Everyone laughed eagerly. Wet wood is the easiest to smoke, and the dry wood below is flammable. After the guards fixed the rope to the entrance of the cave, the boat had already penetrated into the grotto, and the billowing smoke kept lingering in the grotto Jump around.

"There won't be another dragon jumping out..."

The guards held their weapons and waited in full force, and everyone else hid in the "turtle boat", but after waiting for almost two cigarettes, none of the dragons appeared, instead there were many chirping sounds and a lot of flapping wings. sound.

"Damn! What a big bat, back up quickly..."

Zhao Guanren hurriedly led the people back to the edge of the cliff, and then heard the sound of "buzz", and the black bats rushed out like a tornado, all of them were like wild cats with wings, and their claws were as sharp as eagle claws. normal bat.

"Man-eating bats! This thing eats people..."

A guard yelled in horror, but before the words were heard, bats rushed over with red eyes and rushed towards the crowd. The guards quickly raised their crossbows and shot them, and the armor-piercing crossbow arrows easily killed them. However, the number of man-eating bats was too large. huge.

"Get on board!"

Zhao Guanren quickly slashed at the man-eating bats with a knife. The more than 30 dragon guards were all good players, and they all fought and retreated in a busy and unhurried manner. Fortunately, the sun was in the sky, and there were not many man-eating bats that were eager to fight. Most of them were chattering. Flew into the mountains.

"Cover the fishing net quickly, don't let them get in..."

The guards successfully retreated onto the official boat, and a bat corpse fell into the river. Fortunately, even the top of the official boat was covered with wooden boards, and no birds could fly in if they were covered with fishing nets. The female guards were stabbed to death with knives.

"Whoo~"

Zhao Guanren wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile, "This time, I really hit the right spot. Thanks to the construction of this turtle boat, otherwise the girls in the boat would have suffered!"

"It's still the son-in-law who has the foresight..."

A deputy commander also said with lingering fear: "If we rush in rashly, we will definitely be torn to pieces by man-eating bats, but how can there be so many monsters in this place? Flood dragons and man-eating bats are legends, really There are almost no people who have seen it!"

"Everyone I see is dead, of course there are none..."

Zhao Guanren lined up all the guards and walked onto the bow, looked into the grotto through the cracks in the planks, and waited for more than an hour for the smoke to gradually dissipate.

"Let's sail! All the girls go into the house and hide..."

The eunuchs picked up the pennies one after another and stretched them out of the boat through the gap. After cutting off the rope, the official boat started again, drifted slowly along the current into the cave, and entered the "beast" full of smoky smell. Mouth".

"..."

Everyone held their breath nervously, the eunuch carefully supported the penny, the guards raised their steel knives and stared wide-eyed, the girls all hid in the cabin on the first floor, watching timidly through the window.

"Bang~"

From time to time, the official ship made a rattling sound. Even if the second storey was demolished, the height of the official ship could barely pass, but after slowly turning a bend, the front suddenly opened up, as if it had entered a huge gourd. In general.

"It really is a quarry..."

Zhao Guanren put the flashlight on the gap in the bow of the ship. There was a large platform in front of it. The ropes and wooden frames used to transport the stones were still left on top, but the evacuation was obviously in a hurry. Many iron tools were not taken away, and perhaps they did not leave at all.

"There seems to be writing on the wall!"

Ye Jier pointed to the stone steps above the platform, and Zhao Guanren took a look at it with a flashlight, only to see three big characters written in blood vaguely on it, but he didn't recognize these characters, but the guards of the Ji Kingdom had all expressions on their faces. Change together.

"Escape! There is a ghost..."

Ye Jier covered her mouth with an exclamation, but before she finished speaking, she heard a "crash", and Zhao Guanren suddenly shone his flashlight on the water, only to see a large number of skulls floating out, rushing towards the official boat with a clatter...

Chapter 0548

"Ahh~"

Ye Jier's scream was suppressed by Zhao Guanren, but everyone in the large cave was startled. When the guards rushed to look under the ship's head, they all gasped.

Hundreds of skeletons emerged from the water, and white flowers covered the entire surface of the water. There were glimmers of light in the eyes of the black skeletons, as if they were swimming like skeleton soldiers, rushing toward the official ship. come.

"Don't move! It's not a ghost, there is a snake inside the skeleton..."

Zhao Guanren stretched out his flashlight and yelled. Everyone lay down on the gap and took a closer look. It turned out that there were a large number of black snakes holding the skulls. But these black snakes were too big to talk about. The big ones were more than ten meters long, and the small ones were five or six. Rice, densely packed like entering a snake's nest.

"Little dragons! These are the little dragons born by Jiaolong, they are just like Jiaolong..."

The sharp-eyed guards noticed the clues, these python-like things were like dragons, with umbrella-shaped fins around their necks, but they did not attack the official ship, but surrounded the broken dragon head hanging in front of the ship, Swimming up and down.

"Fortunately, I brought the dragon head on, otherwise I wouldn't be able to suppress these little bastards..."

The guards stared at the water nervously, but Zhao Guanren frowned and said, "I have some bad news for you. The dragon I killed was a male. It can't give birth to so many baby dragons. Maybe its wife is waiting in front." Follow us!"

"Gudu~"

Everyone swallowed their saliva with pale faces, and Ye Jier didn't dare to speak after squatting behind, but the cave didn't know how deep it was, and there was no end in sight after turning a corner, but on the platform where the stone was mined, It was full of bloody fingerprints.

"There is light in front, it doesn't seem to be an exit..."

The guards suddenly frowned suspiciously, there was a faint golden light behind the turning cliff in front of them, the eunuchs hurriedly stabbed out the pennies and slowed down the speed of the boat.

Unexpectedly, a large number of black dragons also disappeared into the water, causing everyone's hearts to rise to their throats, with an ominous feeling of being ambushed.

"Wow! So much gold..."

Suddenly, everyone's eyes lit up. Behind the cliff was a spacious platform with hundreds of wooden boxes piled up on it. Many of the wooden boxes had already rotted away, revealing a large amount of gold, silver and jewels.

Among them is a night pearl that is bigger than a basketball. It is half buried in a pile of golden beans, shining brightly on the jewels. However, there are many skeletons mixed in among the many jewels. Some of them are still wearing standard armor. They are obviously soldiers of the Ji Kingdom. .

"Xiangbei Army? Why is there a Xiangbei Army here..."