Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 233: The sky is clear and blue

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan interrogated the two women for a quarter of an hour. If Qiao Lili was not afraid that the prime minister would return and find that they were not there, which would trigger a series of dangers, she would have wanted to ask more questions. However, these were enough, and they could roughly connect a thread. Yu Jingyan had another guess.

Yu Jingyan picked up the two women and threw them to a place a little distance away from the fork in the road. He gave them the antidote. After they woke up, they would continue to do what they were doing before being attacked and would completely forget what had happened during this period.

By the time they went up, the drugs on the two kneeling men should have taken effect, and they wouldn't notice anything unusual.

Anything produced by a miracle doctor must be of high quality.

After Yu Jingyan came back, he discussed with Qiao Lili and decided to wait until the father-in-law returned before going to the altar to investigate. The two women who accompanied him had already gone to the altar on the ground, and he should be back soon.

Sure enough, just an incense stick later, footsteps were faintly heard in the secret passage, and Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan even slowed down their breathing.

After making sure that Zaifu had gone up, Qiao Lili said, "Let's first see where this fork in the road leads to. If there is danger later, we will know where to escape." There were two of them facing thirty-six people, and it was not known what the chances of winning were. The martial arts of these two female disciples were not very good, and it was not known what the situation was with the saint girl. If they walked from the altar on the ground, they might have a tough battle. Zaifu's martial arts were pretty good, and the four or five people in the yard were not bad either.

However, they left marks along the way and asked Xiao Cang, who had been following them in the air, to go back and report. It was estimated that Qiao Peng and others would be here soon to pick them up.

However, there's nothing wrong with being cautious.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, we reached the end of the fork in the road.

It was pitch black and nothing could be seen. Anyone who came here would think that this was a cave that had been dug out of use. There were also some stones and discarded items piled on the side of the cave. The two decided to give up the exploration and walked back a few steps. Suddenly, Qiao Lili stopped and said, "Brother Jing, this is not right. Such a deep cave should be very stuffy. Do you feel it?"

"No, my breathing is smooth." Yu Jingyan also reacted.

"There must be a ventilated place. Let's look for it." Qiao Lili shook the fire starter.

The two men groped around at the end of the cave and found nothing unusual, so they stepped back and continued searching. Just when the tinder was about to burn out, Yu Jingyan discovered an irregular bulge on the stone wall. If you didn't look carefully, you would think the stone wall was a little uneven.

Yu Jingyan raised his hand and pressed it, and the stone wall at the end of the cave opened to both sides, revealing a deeper cave inside. The two walked in and found another bulge at about the same distance as the stone door. They pressed it and the stone door closed. Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan walked for about half an hour and reached the end of the cave again.

The two men had experience this time. They searched on the cave wall at a distance from the bottom of the cave, but found nothing. They kept looking for the bottom of the cave and finally found it there. This time it was a groove. They did the opposite. Yu Jingyan picked up a long and thin stone from the ground and poked it into it. Another door opened. As the door opened wider and wider, brilliant light poured in, making the two men squint their eyes at the same time. A breeze mixed with the fragrance of grass and trees blew towards them.

After adapting for a while, the two walked out of the cave and looked up. There was a clear blue sky. The moment Qiao Lili saw the sky, she felt sympathy for the two sisters. There was really no difference between living and dying in this place without sunlight.

Looking out, they could see layers of green mountains. Looking down, they saw that they were standing halfway up a high mountain. Yu Jingyan felt that they had not walked in the cave for long, so they should not have walked far when a sharp whistle sounded from his mouth.

Soon, a huge bird circled down. It was Xiao Cang.

Xiao Cang fell down, and Yu Jingyan took off the bamboo tube on its feet. Inside was a letter from Qiao Peng. Except for those who stayed in the Killer Pavilion, all the other members of the team had already ambushed around the altar, waiting for their orders.

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan discussed it and decided that there was no day or night in the cave, so they could do it at any time, but if they were outside, it would be better to do it at night.

He used a fire stick to burn a thin piece of dry branch, wrote "start at midnight" on the back of Qiao Peng's letter, dealt with the people outside the altar, and entered the secret passage through the mechanism on the bookshelf.

Xiao Cang flew away with the letter, and half an hour later, not only delivered the reply letter, but also brought them a charcoal pencil and white paper for the reply letter, asking them where they were and whether they were safe.

Qiao Lili felt a little amused holding the letter. They had come to raid someone's lair, so why were they playing the letter-sending game back and forth? Since her brother asked, in order to reassure her, Qiao Lili told him about her and Yu Jingyan's situation and location, and added that they were very safe.

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan rested for a while. When they were about to leave the cave and go to the mountains to find something to eat, the postman came back again, and this time he brought not only a letter but also a package.

Xiao Cang carried a bag of dry food on his back. The child was just strong, and he couldn't order people around like an eagle.

Qiao Lili touched Xiaocang's head and said, let's not go back, let's take a rest. The two of them ate some dry food and felt a little thirsty, so they took Xiaocang to find some water. Xiaocang didn't eat dry food, only meat, so they found some more food for it.

The mountains in the southwest are different from those in the north. They are lush and green everywhere, and the thing that is most abundant is water. However, one must make sure that the water is non-toxic and can be drunk. However, Qiao Lili did not take Yu Jingyan to find a stream. It is best to boil the stream water before drinking it. Before the sneak attack, it is not a wise thing to light a fire and boil water in someone else's territory when the situation is still unclear.

Qiao Lili saw a patch of traveler's palm not far away on the hillside. That was it. The two men and the eagle came closer. Qiao Lili cut off a traveler's palm with a dagger, and a stream of slightly sweet water flowed out from the trunk.

This is absolutely clean, hygienic, non-toxic and pollution-free water. The two of them quenched their thirst easily. Xiao Cang drank water from a tree himself. Look how tired the postman is.

Afterwards, Yu Jingyan caught a snake and a rabbit for it as a reward. It was really hardworking and good at eating.

The two men and the eagle wandered around the mountain casually, and found a dry cave to sleep in for a few hours. They didn't sleep last night, and they were going to do a big job tonight, so how could they not get enough rest?

After waking up, Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan found a creek, caught a few fish, gave some to Xiao Cang, and for the rest, built a fire at the windy vent downstream of the creek. With the wind, the smoke was blown away as soon as it came out. It was not easy to be seen in the low-lying area, and the fish were easy to cook. They were roasted in a quarter of an hour, and then the fire was quickly put out.

After a hearty meal of grilled fish, dry food, and healthy drinks provided by Traveler's Banana, they returned to the cave entrance. It was already dark. Yu Jingyan asked Xiao Cang to go back to Qiao Peng, and he and Qiao Lili took the time to rest.

At the beginning of the evening, the two entered the cave. Qiao Lili thought about it and asked Yu Jingyan not to close the door. In case Qiao Peng and the others followed Xiao Cang, they could also enter from this side.

The two men opened the two mechanical stone doors and walked smoothly all the way to the fork in the road. They hid at the fork in the road for a while. The entire secret passage, which connected the bookshelf in the front and the so-called altar in the back, was very quiet.

It was eerily quiet.