Fu Tang

Li Congjia followed Shi Xueting and ran all the way, but no matter how he ran with his two legs, he couldn't escape the surging water behind him. Seeing that the end of the team was about to be caught up, Shi Xueting couldn't help saying: "Hold your breath!"

Li Congjia had always trusted him unconditionally. After hearing this, he immediately took a deep breath, and then he saw Shi Xueting quickly tie the hem of the two people's clothes together.

Although the situation was not quite right, a word popped up in Li Congjia's mind at that moment: brother-in-law.

The word "brother-in-law" originally meant mutual confidance, but Shi Xueting probably didn't know his heart.

Soon Li Congjia had no room for wild thoughts, the rushing water submerged him in an instant, Shi Xueting hugged Li Congjia tightly the moment the water flowed over, trying to hold him in his arms as much as possible.

Because within the belly of the dragon, there is only such a road, and the only thing everyone can do is to protect their vitals as much as possible, and then follow the water all the way forward.

Without air, you can only hold your breath. Not knowing how far the road is is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the guards brought by Li Congjia came down with weapons in their hands!

Usually they are mo knives or scimitars. When the water rushes by, the weapons on many people are washed away and swept away along the water flow. If you are unlucky, if you are hit by these weapons, you will be killed or injured. After all The impact of the water is still great.

Li Congjia and Shi Xueting hugged each other, their backs kept bumping into other people or stone walls along the way, feeling like they were going to fall apart.

After a long time, maybe not so long, the time in the water has gradually blurred. Li Congjia only felt his heart beat faster and faster, and his head was slightly dizzy. The discomfort in his whole body seemed to be telling the desire for air. .

Yet they haven't stopped.

Shi Xueting felt that the strength of Li Congjia's hand holding him was gradually weakening, and his heart tightened. He looked down and found that Li Congjia's eyes were closed, and he seemed to have lost his intuition, so he had to take a breath.

Li Congjia recovered in one breath, and before he opened his eyes, he felt the slightly cold temperature on his lips. It took him a while to react, and his whole body suddenly became extremely stiff.

Feeling Li Congjia's stiffness, Shi Xueting couldn't help feeling anxious, but it was inconvenient to ask, so he could only continue breathing.

In the icy water, Li Congjia still felt a little hot all over his body, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest. In the end...he didn't know when he passed out again.

After he passed out, Shi Xueting and the others were rushed to the next fork in the road. Unlike before, this time there were five roads to choose from. A group of people were lying in front of the intersection, all motionless.

Shi Xueting was the first to come back to his senses. He got used to it for a while before finding Li Congjia in the dark. Fortunately, he had tied himself to Li Congjia before, otherwise he would have rushed to Far.

Without torches and without any light, Shi Xueting could hardly see anything, he could only hug Li Congjia tightly, hesitating for a moment, he still didn't plan to care about other people, if he guessed correctly, those who were rushed over Among the people, Long Xiu is definitely the one.

It's also their bad luck. If they entered the faucet earlier, even if Long Xiu's people stepped on the mechanism, the water would be blocked from the faucet. As a result, just as they entered the faucet, the water rushed over.

Shi Xueting reached out and touched Li Congjia's neck. After finding that the other party's pulse was still beating strongly, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He groped to find Li Congjia's left hand, took off the string of beads from his wrist, and continued to count according to the old method.

After calculating clearly, Shi Xueting took the beads back to Li Congjia's wrist, then picked him up and walked towards the middle road.

In the darkness, Shi Xueting's footsteps were firm and powerful, and he walked all the way to a stone door.

Shi Xueting groped a little, took out a torch wrapped in oilcloth that was not soaked from his body, and lit the oil lamps on both sides of the door.

After the oil lamp was lit, it revealed a strange pattern on the door. It was a unicorn. Shi Xueting pressed the scales of the unicorn a few times, and the stone door slowly opened, revealing the inside.

It was a stone room, and the stone room was filled with all kinds of huge wooden boxes, but Shi Xueting didn't even look at those wooden boxes that looked very gorgeous, and directly carried Li from the only stone bed in Jiachong's stone room. go.

After placing Li Congjia on the stone bed, Shi Xueting turned around and closed the door of the stone room, only then did he have time to check Li Congjia's physical condition.

Because the clothes were already soaked, Shi Xueting simply took off all the clothes on his body, and then picked out some barely intact cloth from a box next to him to cover him.

After tossing and tossing like this, Li Congjia still fell asleep, but fortunately his breathing was steady and the bones in his body were still intact. After Shi Xueting touched his whole body up and down, he was relieved, and then sat on the stone bed side, looking at each other quietly.

Shi Xueting's eyes rested on Li Congjia's lips, perhaps because of the relationship that had just passed his breath, Li Congjia's lips looked very rosy at this moment.

When Shi Xueting thought of the touch when he was in the water just now, his heart skipped a beat, the more he looked at it, the more he wanted to try it, is the inside of that red lip also that soft?

When Li Congjia woke up, he opened his eyes and saw Shi Xueting who was very close to him, and couldn't help saying: "Ah!"

Shi Xueting was awakened from the state of obsession just now, and immediately sat up straight, his mind was full of confusion, he didn't understand why he suddenly had such thoughts?If he did, wouldn't he belittle Li Congjia?Thinking of it this way, he felt a little scared, but he also had delusions of being suppressed by force.

Li Congjia, who had just woken up, didn't notice Shi Xueting's abnormality. After sitting up in a daze, he lowered his head and found that he had no clothes on. He couldn't help but bewildered: "Where are we?"

Shi Xueting came back to his senses, forced to suppress the complicated thoughts in his heart, and said, "This is one of our destinations."

Before Li Congjia could ask a question after he finished speaking, he recounted what happened just now. Li Congjia frowned and said, "It doesn't matter if it's not good for them to leave the autumn harvest like this?"

Shi Xueting sighed: "I had no choice at the time, I couldn't see anything, I could only confirm that you were real, other people couldn't tell, and I was the only one who was awake at the time, so I had to bring you You're here."

Li Congjia immediately explained: "I don't blame you, I just think we'll find a way to find Qiushou and them here... what are these here?"

Shi Xueting glanced across those boxes, and said indifferently: "It's just some gold and silver jewelry, and some silk and so on. It's just that after so many years, these cloths have rotted badly. This point on you is probably The last ones left."

Li Congjia looked down at the silk that could barely cover half of his body. Although it was torn to pieces, he could vaguely see the exquisite and beautiful patterns on the silk.

"Where are my clothes?" Li Congjia said helplessly, "I can't wear these things."

Shi Xueting frowned: "The clothes are wet, and it's easy to catch cold if you wear them again."

Li Congjia waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and get rid of your things, and you will naturally have clothes to change after you go out."

They still have people outside to meet them, and all the clothes are in the hands of those people, so they must go out quickly.

Shi Xueting had no choice but to watch Li Congjia put on the wet clothes. After putting them on, Li Congjia said, "You go to Qiushou, I'm here to see if there is anything I don't need to take away."

Shi Xueting nodded and said: "I'll go first, basically there are no organs here, so be careful."

Li Congjia nodded, looked at the boxes in the entire stone room, counted them and found that there were not many boxes, there were sixteen boxes in total, each about one meter high, one meter long and half a meter wide. As Xue Ting said, there is really nothing worthless in it.

Of course, since it is a treasure for the restoration of the country, there are no such things as antiques. It is all hard currency, gold, silver, ingots, pearls and agates.

Among them, there are only two boxes of longan-sized pearls. Li Congjia felt very sorry when he looked at the two boxes. After so many years, these pearls have turned yellow, and they are worthless no matter how big they are. Agate is not bad, but Li Congjia thought about it. The coming camels have limited load-bearing capacity and must be taken away selectively.

When Shi Xueting came back with his people, Li Congjia had already made five boxes, which were basically filled with gold and silver, and a small amount of jade and gemstones.

When Shi Xueting came in, he could tell at a glance which ones were to be taken away, so he couldn't help asking: "Don't you take them all away?"

Li Congjia shook his head and said, "It's too heavy, I can't take it with me, put it here, I'll pick it up again when I have a chance in the future... Eh, who are these people?"

What Shi Xueting brought was not only Autumn Harvest and others, but also a few people from the Western Regions who were tied up. They were not tied with ropes but...belts.

Li Congjia looked at everyone's disheveled appearance, and couldn't help laughing.

Shi Xueting said: "These may be Long Xiu's subordinates."

After he finished speaking, he heard a cold snort. Li Congjia followed the voice and found that it was a very handsome young man with disdain and fear on his face, which made Li Congjia very interested.

Seeing Li Congjia staring at the young man, Shi Xueting cleared his throat and said, "This person should be their leader."

Li Congjia opened his mouth and said, "Why did you bring them here? Anyway, Long Xiu is already dead, and if you killed them all, who can find this place?"

Shi Xueting immediately reacted and said, "I thought Mr. Lang would want to ask questions."

Li Congjia waved his hand: "Long Xiu has said everything he can say, what else is there to ask?"

Shi Xueting said with a smile in his eyes: "Okay, autumn harvest, let's do it!"

Qiushou... Qiushou looked confused, but the main reason why Li Congjia chose him to follow him was that he was obedient enough. Although he didn't understand what Li Congjia and the others meant, he still drew out the scimitar he had picked up earlier, and was about to chop it.

But before he could make a move, he heard the young man shout: "Stop! If you kill me, no one will be able to leave Suzhou!"

Qiushou held up the knife and looked at the young man and then at Li Congjia, feeling quite uncertain for a moment.

Li Congjia said with a smile: "This sentence is really familiar."

Shi Xueting sang along beside him: "Long Xiu said the same thing, but he was still killed by us."

A look of fear flashed across the young man's face, and he said hoarsely: "I am different from Long Xiu, if you let me go, I can give you a lot of money!" After he finished speaking, the people tied up behind him also responded .

After hearing this, Li Congjia waved at Qiushou, then walked around the young man and asked, "Oh? Who are you?"

The young man hesitated a little, as if he didn't seem to want to reveal his identity, Li Congjia simply said: "If you don't tell me, who knows who you are, is what you said true or false? Forget it, I don't bother to know, Qiu Harvest..."

"Wait..." The young man gritted his teeth and said, "My name is Long and my name is Lei."

Long Lei?

Li Congjia thought for a while, then turned to look at him and asked, "Long Lei? The eldest son of the Dragon King?"

Long Lei said proudly: "That's right, since you know my identity, why don't you let me go?"

I really didn't expect such a big fish to be hidden. From this point of view, the above Long Xiu is really nothing. After all, in Li Congjia's impression, the name Long Xiu is not among the important high-level figures of the Long family.

Li Congjia chuckled and said, "So what if you know? You must have kept the Dragon King secret from your visit, right? In other words, if you die here, no one may know about it, right?"

Long Lei stared at Li Congjia and said, "No, my teacher knew about it. He didn't follow me. If he still doesn't see me after three days, then none of you will live."

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows: "Three days later? We took our things and left. Who can find us in the vast Gobi?"

Long Lei raised his eyebrows and said, "I know who you are. A large group of horse thieves suddenly appeared in Kunlun Mountain recently, and that is the leader of that group of horse thieves."

Li Congjia was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, it made sense. Li Congjia and the others had wiped out so many Uyghur tribes in such a long time. If the Long family didn't find a way to find out their truth, they would not be able to occupy Suzhou. for many years.

Li Congjia sat on the stone bed and said, "I'm not afraid. You also said that we are horse thieves. If you kill you and take your things to Kunlun Mountain, even the Long family can't do anything to me, right?"

Long Lei thought it was true, and couldn't help but said: "It is impossible for you to reach Kunlun Mountain safely with these treasures, but it will be different if I am here, I can let you leave here safely!"

Li Congjia thought that this was really the case, and he immediately asked, "You said you were Long Lei, but what evidence do you have?"

Long Lei said: "I have my seal in my arms!"

Li Congjia winked at Qiushou, and Qiushou immediately put down Mo Dao and found his seal from Longlei's arms. After reading it, Li Congjia said, "Okay, I can spare your life, but if you want to entrap me, don't Blame me for the dead fish!"

Long Lei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was really afraid that the leader of the horse thief only knew how to slash and kill but didn't know how to weigh, then he was afraid that he would die a miserable death, and at the same time he scolded Long Xiu in his heart, if it wasn't for him Long Xiu told him about the treasure, how could he bring someone over without telling his parents?

As a result, he was caught straight!It's just that Long Lei was very puzzled. In order to protect him, his subordinates were reduced to only three people. Why do these horse thieves seem to be unharmed?

Long Lei suppressed the doubts in his heart, and watched Li Congjia and the others pack up the gold and silver, very greedy, and because Li Congjia had Long Lei as a hostage, he didn't worry that people would notice if he transported too much, so he just took all the things, oh, Except for pearls.

Seeing that Li Congjia had made a decision, Shi Xueting said, "Let's go to the next place."

Li Congjia was stunned: "Next?"

Shi Xueting nodded: "Back then, Xuanzong prepared not only the gold and silver, but also some weapons and armor."

Li Congjia's eyes lit up. What they lack most now are weapons and armor. Food can be bought with money and grown by themselves. Only weapons are difficult to get. Both copper and iron are in the hands of various regimes, and they basically restrict exports.

Shi Xueting walked to the edge of the stone bed, bent down and found a stone brick at the lower left corner of the stone bed, pressed it hard, and the stone bed started to move down slowly, revealing the stone steps.

Li Congjia stared: "Still going down? How deep is this?"

If you go any further down, it feels like you're reaching the center of the earth, okay?

Shi Xueting nodded and said, "There are two stone chambers below."

Li Congjia had no choice but to say, "Let's go."

It was still Shi Xueting who took the lead, followed by Li Congjia, and Long Lei followed by Qiushou.

Long Lei walked and observed all the way, the more he looked, the more shocked he was, because he found that these people seemed to know what mechanism was in this treasure and how to avoid it. How did they know?And along the way, these underground things all have a distinct Tang style. Could it be that they have something to do with Tang?

As a relatively weak regime, the Long family in Suzhou was actively attached to Tang and regarded Tang as the suzerain state. Even now, they still have a good impression of Tang. Unfortunately, the Central Plains has split into many countries. It's remote, and I don't know which one is orthodox, and I haven't had much contact with it.

In Long Lei's mind, Tang is still a relatively powerful country. If these two people are from Tang, he really has to weigh whether to make friends.

But Tang people, why did they go to the Western Regions to become horse thieves?

There were question marks in Long Lei's mind, and while he was thinking about this, Shi Xueting had already led the way to the next stone room. As he said, this stone room was full of weapons and armor, not many in number, but Everything is fine. After 100 years, those Tang knives are still sharp when they are drawn out, and those long spears are still sharp.

Shi Xueting asked people to pack up these weapons and armor, turned to Li Congjia and said: "With these things, my lord will be able to reorganize his personal guards."

Li Congjia nodded. These weapons and armors are too few for the soldiers and horses in his hands. It is more than enough to form a bodyguard. When we go back this time, Anning City should have a general appearance, and everything has to go. On the right track, his personal guard is indispensable.

Li Congjia said with a smile: "Why don't you come and be my left back rate."

Shi Xueting smiled lightly: "How can a monk confer an official position?"

Li Congjia was really regretful, he had said many times that he wanted to give Shi Xueting an official position, so as to avoid his embarrassing status in the future, but Shi Xueting wanted to be his monk instead of life or death, it made people angry and love him.

The two of them felt that these topics were very normal, but they caused an uproar in Long Lei's heart.

Left guard rate?The official position of the Tang Dynasty is the leader of one of the ten leaders of the Eastern Palace. Could this person be the prince?If it weren't for the prince, who would dare to confer such an official position lightly?

Has the prince come to be a horse thief these days?Long Lei felt that this answer was completely unacceptable. He wanted to ask but felt that since Li Congjia came to be a horse thief, his real identity would definitely not be revealed. However... Long Lei felt that he should report to his father later.

Fortunately, when they saw that this group of horse thieves were having trouble with the Uighurs, they turned a blind eye and closed their eyes and didn't plan to intervene. Otherwise, they really bullied the prince of the Tang Kingdom... Long Lei trembled, he didn't dare to think that it would be a what scene.

Li Congjia didn't know that because he said a word, Long Lei's mind was wide open. After everything was cleaned up, without Shi Xueting looking for it this time, he saw another stone door in the stone room at a glance. There was a huge stone door on that stone door. I don't know what kind of material the lock is made of, but it looks very strong, and I think it can only be opened with a key.

On the stone door was engraved a dragon head that was very similar to that in the previous stone hall, but the size was different. When Li Congjia saw the dragon head, he couldn't help looking at Shi Xueting's hand.

Sure enough, Shi Xueting tore open the previous wound again, dripping a few drops of blood on the longan.

It's just that this time it's different from the previous ones. After absorbing Shi Xueting's blood, the originally closed longan's eyelids opened, revealing the black jewel-like eyes inside, which shocked everyone.

Then the faucet on the door opened its mouth slowly, and Li Congjia saw a beautifully shaped...key inside.

After Shi Xueting took the key, he opened the lock and pushed the door open. Li Congjia was very curious, after gold, silver, treasures, weapons and armor... what did Xuanzong leave behind?

But before they got in, they heard a voice from inside: "More than 100 years have passed, and finally someone has come."