Wind and Rain Empire

Chongqing government office

At the door, Lan Xueyi and his party walked into the government hall

Sun Zhineng, the prefect of Chongqing, quickly entered the inner hall to meet him, bowed his hands to Lan Xueyi and Zhang Tianyu

"I pay my respects to the two generals and the two honored guests"

Lan Xueyi hands up

"Master Zhifu is serious, we are equal, so you don't need to be polite"

Sun Zhineng quickly shied away and did not dare to raise his head

"The lower officials are terrified. General Lan is the adopted daughter of the official family. She is at the same level as the princess. The lower officials dare not be rude."

Lan Xueyi heard that this person knew a lot, so he explained

"Master Sun, please let me speak quickly. That level is false, and my position as a general is based on the enemy's head. This is the real level, so I hope you don't be too polite, otherwise our matter I don’t know when it will go.”

Sun Zhineng raised his head slowly

"Since the general has orders, I will obey them."

"The purpose of our coming here is very clear. The officials asked us to check this place here. You can see for yourself."

Lan Xueyi handed over the treasure map

Sun Zhineng took the map and looked at it, he was shocked

"This... this is..."

Lan Xueyi looked at Sun Zhineng's face and asked

"Master Sun, what's wrong here? Is there any problem?"

Sun Zhineng rolled up the map and returned it to Lan Xueyi

"I advise the two generals not to go."

Zhang Tianyu stepped forward

"Master Sun, you may wish to speak directly if you have something to say. After all, we are here on the orders of the officials. If we don't go, how will we explain to the officials?"

Sun Zhi Neng sighed, helplessly

"It's not my official who's being tricked, it's that place that I can't go to."

Lan Xueyi stared at him

"Why, you just need to answer why"

Sun Zhineng hesitated

"Because there...you will definitely laugh at me if you say it, so I don't want to say it anymore"

Zi Linglong frowned and couldn't help but say:

"I'm so anxious, my lord, tell me quickly."

Zhang Tiancheng circled around Sun Zhineng

"If you don't tell me, we'll take you with me"

Sun Zhineng hurriedly took a few steps back

"Don't, my official said my official said (pause for a moment) because it's haunted..."

Lan Xueyi was surprised, thinking he had heard wrong

"What? Haunted?"

Zhang Tianyu, Lan Xueyi, and Zi Linglong all looked at Sun Zhineng with surprised and puzzled eyes

Zhang Tiancheng was stunned for a while, then laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, I thought why can't we go, how could we believe such absurd things?"

Sun Zhineng frowned and looked at the four of them.

"Don't you believe it, it's really haunted, because every night as long as someone passes by that place, you can hear the sound of whining and crying, as if it came from the ground, and there are some places that emit strange lights at night, even It’s scary, and there are frequent cases of missing people, so for your safety, I suggest you don’t go there.”

Lan Xueyi looked at Zhang Tianyu and said to Sun Zhineng

"Master Zhifu, since such a big incident happened there, why don't you send some people to investigate, so as not to spread rumors and panic people?"

"General, you have said that such a big thing will make people panic. How can I not send people to investigate? The official said that I don’t recommend you to go.”

Lan Xueyi looks at everyone

"Since this is the case, then we have to go even more. We should investigate this matter clearly, both public and private. (Looking at Zhang Tianyu) General Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Tianyu did not comment

"General Lan, this matter is up to you to decide, I will listen to you, General"

Lan Xueyi told everyone

"Master Sun said that there are strange phenomena at night, so let's take advantage of the daytime to find out what happened (turning to Sun Zhineng) Sir, can you please send someone to guide us?"

Sun Zhineng sighed

"There are only three people left in the yamen servants here. At most, I will send a coachman to take you all away."

Lan Xueyi thought for a moment

"Okay, Mr. Sun, let's go now."

Sun Zhineng stretched out his hand

"please"

Lan Xueyi and Sun Zhineng walked out of the hall from the main entrance, followed by Zhang Tianyu, Zhang Tiancheng and Zi Linglong

After driving for a while, the carriage stopped in front of a hillside, Lan Xueyi and his party jumped out of the carriage

"General, this is the place, if it gets any closer, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back"

The coachman said in a nervous tone

Lan Xueyi stepped forward to look at the hillside and the ground under his feet, and said to the coachman

"Then you go back first"

"Thank you General"

The coachman was about to drive away when he was stopped by Zhang Tiancheng

"You're gone, if we're done, how should we go back?"

Zi Linglong approached and said

"There is a donkey rental in the town we passed by just now. After we are done, let's ride the donkey back."

Zhang Tiancheng said with disgust

"What? It's okay to ride a mule cart when we came here, but we have to ride a donkey when we go back? It's really degrading."

Zhang Tianyu pulled Zhang Tiancheng aside and let the coachman pass

"Oh, it's good if you have a donkey to ride. We don't have enough horses in Song Dynasty. Where do you ask others to get you a horse to ride? Do you think this is in the capital?"

The coachman looked at Zhang Tiancheng with a disgusted face, and left with the carriage

Lan Xueyi squatted and inspected the ground, sometimes stomping on the ground with her feet

"The soil here looks a bit soft, there may be some problems"

Zhang Tiancheng took a few steps forward

"I'm fine here."

Lan Xueyi reminded again

"It's better for you to be careful, lest..."

Zhang Tiancheng took a step back with his hands behind his back, and stepped into the hole, only to hear "Ah~~" and he disappeared

Lan Xueyi looked at Zhang Tianyu and Zi Linglong, and finished speaking

"Fall into the hole..."

A group of three approached the cave carefully, looking at the cave, the cave wall is very smooth

Zhang Tianyu picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it in, there was a ding ding dong dong

Lan Xueyi looked at Zhang Tianyu and asked

"Why did you throw that stone?"

Zhang Tianyu found it strange

"Didn't you measure the depth of the hole by listening to its echo?"

Lan Xueyi put on an expression of "Okay, I'm going to test you"

"Then tell me how deep the hole is?"

Zhang Tianyu is inexplicable

"Then who knows? It's probably very deep."

Lan Xueyi and Zi Linglong looked at each other, smiled, and shook their heads

Zi Linglong explained

"This method has never been accurate (looks at Lan Xueyi) What should we do now? Are we going to save him?"

Lan Xueyi looked at the burrow and sighed

"Hey, this Zhang Tiancheng is really troublesome."

In the cave

Zhang Tiancheng slipped out of the tunnel, and fell to the ground on his stomach. The pain caused him to rub his chin quickly, and looked around

It was dark all around, and there was only another door opening 20 meters away from the front left, with a dim yellow light of fire

Looking back at the tunnel, Zhang Tiancheng could only see a faint white light. He tried to climb up the tunnel and turn back, but the hole was more than 2 meters above the ground, and he couldn't climb up.

Looking at the lights in front of him, he was a little scared, and muttered to himself

"What should I do now? Should I wait for Xueyi and the others to come down or go first? It's so dark here, maybe there are insects, maybe there are snakes, yes snakes, maybe my feet are full of snakes now"

"Ah~~~~!!!"

Zhang Tiancheng was frightened by himself and ran towards the light, screaming

Outside the cave, Lan Xueyi listened carefully

"Huh? I think I heard Zhang Tiancheng's cry."

Zi Linglong nodded

"I heard it too"

Zhang Tianyu is puzzled

"Did you all hear it? Why didn't I hear it?"

Lan Xueyi looked at Zhang Tianyu

"This proves that he is still alive, which means that this tunnel is not dangerous, let's go down too."

Zi Linglong looked at the cave

"The size of this hole can only go down one person at a time, who will go down first?"

Zhang Tianyu rolled up his sleeves

"I'll go down first, that's my baby brother, hey"

"Okay, you go down first, then Linglong, Zhang Tianyu, you are in charge of following Linglong, I will go down last, just in case someone gets behind us"

Zhang Tianyu answered his brother "Yes" and jumped down the hole

Zi Linglong looked at Lan Xueyi

"Actually, I'm also a little scared..."

Lan Xueyi approached and took Zi Linglong's hand

"It's okay, Zhang Tianyu is following you."

Zi Linglong smiled

"To tell you the truth, I always feel that the people in their family are not very reliable."

Lan Xueyi patted Zi Linglong on the shoulder

"General Zhang is much more reliable than Zhang Tiancheng, just trust him once."

Zi Linglong replied hesitantly

"Well, since you said so"

She put her luggage in her arms and held it tightly

Lan Xueyi reached out to Zi Linglong

"Give me the burden, I'm afraid it will hurt you when you go down"

Zi Linglong handed the burden to Lan Xueyi and asked

"In this way, don't you have two burdens? Isn't it heavy?"

"To me, there is no difference between carrying one bag and two bags. You go down first."

Zi Linglong nodded

"okay"

So she sat at the entrance of the cave and slid down. Afterwards, Lan Xueyi hung the two bundles in her arms and slid down

In the cave, Zhang Tianyu felt that the tunnel was about to slip through experience, so he jumped up, somersaulted and landed smoothly, and what he saw was darkness and lights in the distance

Zhang Tianyu stood at the entrance of the tunnel and listened carefully, and neatly caught Zi Linglong who had slid down, spun her around and put her down

Then Lan Xueyi slid down, stepped on the ground steadily and took two steps forward

Lan Xueyi proudly said

"Oh, I didn't expect this tunnel to be well built. It's very comfortable to slide on. (pointing to himself with the thumb) I can guarantee that I will be the smoothest when I come down. Do you two believe it?"

Zi Linglong smiled and groped towards Lan Xueyi

"Okay, you are the most stable, how about awarding you the 'World's Best Sliding Tunnel Award'?"

Lan Xueyi smiled and looked at Zi Linglong

"What's the use of that prize if I want it?"

Zhang Tianyu is worried

"It's so dark here, how can you see clearly?"

Lan Xueyi points to the light in the distance

"I guess your brother is afraid of the dark, and then he thought something terrible would happen, so he ran towards the light over there in fright."

Zhang Tianyu thought it made sense, and nodded repeatedly

"That's right (looks at Lan Xueyi) Do you know my brother well?"

Lan Xueyi snorted and said disdainfully

"That man, I know all the virtues by heart."

Zi Linglong said to Lan Xueyi

"Sister Xueyi, there is something in my bag that can illuminate, please pass me my bag."

Lan Xueyi took off the burden on her body and handed it to Zi Linglong

Zi Linglong untied the bundle, groped inside for a while with her hand, found out a tinder for lighting, lifted the cover and took a breath, the torch lit up, illuminating the surroundings

Lan Xueyi looked at Zi Linglong in disbelief

"Linglong, how many things did you bring with you when you went out? Even the fire pockets?"

Zi Linglong held up the torch and illuminated the surroundings

"I'm a woman no matter what, I must think more than you brash men who have stayed in the military camp for a long time."

Lan Xueyi held Zi Linglong's hand holding Huozhezi

"You think I'm a reckless guy too?"

Zi Linglong thought about it

"Well, almost"

Lan Xueyi tickled Zi Linglong, Zi Linglong hid herself with a smile

Zhang Tianyu felt that the scene was a bit awkward, so he coughed twice

"Ahem, we're not here for tourism. You two should be careful. If you want to fight, go back to the ground and talk about it. Sister Linglong, give me the torch, and I'll take care of it."

The two stopped fighting, Zi Linglong handed the fire bag to Zhang Tianyu, and the three walked towards the place where there was light