treacherous world

After winning the Duanjiazhai, Ziying and Zheying did an interesting thing, which was to interrogate Duan Dashan.

Generally speaking, people with strong enough bones are quite promising, while those without bones are basically worthless.This section of Dashan is not to mention an idiot, but also a coward.

Ziying glared and just took out the soldering iron to scare him, the fellow knelt down and kowtowed, even telling where his family's ancestral grave was buried.

Both Zhao Pu and Bao Zheng were listening outside the cell, they looked at each other, and there was a hint of doubt on their faces.

Duanjiazhai has been repaired very beautifully. This section of the mountain seems to be a very enjoyable person. It is said that the cottage was just renovated half a month ago. Many craftsmen were hired, many exotic flowers and plants were planted, and the floor was square. Brick paved, extremely luxurious.What's even more wicked is that he is also lustful, and there are only fifteen wives in Yazhai, and it was said that they were all women from good families.

All the people in the cottage were detained, and the others were discussing things in the other courtyard.

Zhan Zhao took the list that Lin Quanfeng had given to Bai Yutang, and found that at the end of the list, there were dozens of names written in cinnabar.Writing people's names in cinnabar is nothing more than telling people who read that these people have unfortunately died.

The reason why Zhan Zhao's idea was aroused was that these names seemed to match some well-known but disappeared martial artists.

Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, just when he couldn't figure it out, he felt someone approaching and rubbed the center of his brow.Zhan Zhao originally thought it was Bai Yutang, but when he saw the fat little hand in front of him, he knew it was the fourth son, and looked at him in the blink of an eye.

"Meow, don't frown." The fourth son said, holding the table with both hands, sitting next to Zhan Zhao to read the list, "Is Zhu Sha's name already dead?"

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao raised his head, only to realize that no one was around, only a few children, rock, scissors... and Wu Ming who was dozing on the table.

Wu Doudou came over to take a look, and a dejected look appeared on her little face, a little uncoordinated.

Zhan Zhao touched his face, "Doudou, is there anyone you know here?"

Doudou nodded and pointed to a name——Liu Xin.

"Liu Xin is a very common name, may I have misunderstood it?" The fourth son comforted Doudou.

Doudou shook his head, "He's Daddy's brother, and he also helped steal the account books. If it wasn't for saving Daddy, he wouldn't have died... Daddy told me to always remember him."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "What does that Liu Xin look like?"

"He's very tall and strong!" Doudou said earnestly, "He always holds a stick, and his skill is very good. I always thought he was the most powerful person in the world. With him protecting Daddy, Daddy will be fine, but at last……"

Doudou lowered his head and wiped his tears, Wuming woke up suddenly, and moved to Doudou's side, gently pressing his arm with his soft white paws, as if to comfort him.

Zhan Zhao put down the list, and asked Xiao Liang beside him, "Where are Bai Yutang and the others?"

"Fifth Master told you to find something to eat, and everyone else went to settle down the Zhao family army." Xiao Liang replied, "Fifth Master said not to disturb you."

Zhan Zhao knew that he was focusing on what he just watched, and maybe Bai Yutang also noticed the problem, so he asked Doudou, "Doudo, is the stick Liu Xin used a black iron stick with a tiger's head on the top?"

Doudou looked at Zhan Zhao in surprise, "Brother Zhan, how do you know? You know Uncle Liu?"

Zhan Zhao's face darkened a bit.

"Cat."

At this time, Bai Yutang walked in, holding a food box in his hand, which was full of food, and gathered the three little guys together for them to eat.

Bai Yutang gave Zhan Zhao a snack, and asked, "Did you find it?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"What did you find?"

At this time, Gongsun came in with Bao Yan and Pang Yu carrying a medicine box. These people were going to check the health of the villagers who were held by bandits on the mountain.

Zhan Zhao asked Gongsun to look at the cinnabar-colored list, "There are more than a dozen people here, all of whom are well-known masters in the world."

"A master?" Pang Yu was a little interested. He came over to feed Wuming to the fish, and asked, "How tall is the hand?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, "Very tall."

On the other end, Xiao Sizi was feeding fried noodles to Shi Shi, holding half a bun in his mouth, and raised his face, "Really? So many powerful people died?"

Bai Yutang went over the list again, "It's strange... Could it be that He Zheng has thousands of troops at his disposal?"

"These people were all assassinated."

At this time, the old man Wu Lin came in and said something.He was holding a few steamed buns in his hand, and seeing that Doudou was already eating, he looked at the steamed buns in his hand and smiled wryly, "I'm used to it, I almost forgot that no one is chasing us here."

Bao Yan frowned, the old and the young didn't know what kind of life they lived before.

At this moment, Bao Zheng also came back, Zhan Zhao asked, "My lord, where is Zhao Pu?"

"I should have eaten in the camp." Gongsun helped Bao Zheng reply without waiting for Bao Zheng to speak.

Everyone was a little puzzled.

Xiao Liang fed the scissors fried rice and helped answer, "Master wants to eat with the soldiers."

"Yeah." Little Si shook his legs, "Jiujiu said, soldiers don't eat, generals don't eat, eat with food, drink with wine, fight with battles, this is the rule."

Wu Lin sighed and shook his head, "It's a pity that there are too few generals like this, and the soldiers here are exhausted every year. If Tubo invades, I'm afraid our soldiers will be so hungry that they can't even hold their knives.

Gongsun hurriedly handed him tea and told him, "Old man, don't say that when Zhao Pu comes back."

Everyone nodded, Zhao Pu was going to be pissed off.

Wu Lin nodded, and seeing Zhan Zhao looking at him, he remembered that he hadn't finished speaking just now, and continued, "These masters of the rivers and lakes, without anyone noticing... just died like that!" What? "Everyone was taken aback.

Bai Yutang asked, "Concealed weapon or poison?"

The old man shook his head again and again, "Not at all."

"How did he die?" The fourth son couldn't figure it out.

"You may not believe me when I tell you." The old man whispered, "It's a spell."

"Spell?" Everyone was silent for a while, then asked in unison.

Even Bao Zheng frowned, "Is there really such a thing?"

Gongsun thought for a while, "Could it be...with the help of the tricks of the Western Regions demon monk?"

Wu Lin nodded, "Mr. Gongsun has also heard about the monster monk in the Western Regions?"

"I have heard." Gongsun said, "It is said that the demon monks in the Western Regions have secret spells, which can kill people invisible and make people crazy."

Wu Lin frowned, "I think it's a trick, but it's true that it's impossible to guard against."

"It must be a trick." Bao Zheng said suddenly, "Those who say they can kill people thousands of miles away are mostly tricks."

"What's your opinion, my lord?" Gongsun was curious.

"You think, if it's really so evil, why don't you just kill the emperor, me, and all the officials in the court? Why just kill a few people around you?"

Everyone looked at each other, and they all felt that what Bao Zheng said made sense.

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "But we have to be careful on this trip, we must have a trump card to deal with so many masters at once."

"Speaking of the trump card." Bao Zheng interrupted, "He Zheng may indeed be hiding something, but it's a pity that we don't have a deep friendship with him on weekdays, and we didn't say much during the same period... I only listen to rumors, and I don't know much about him."

"My lord, what's wrong?" Bai Yutang asked when Bao Zheng was puzzled.

"Duan Dashan has limited clues, all of which we have already grasped, but Duan Dashan doesn't know much about He Zheng, and the strangest thing is that since He Zheng knew that Jincoffin Town is very important, he specially sent Lin Quanfeng to assist the guards. , why put a mediocre person like Duan Dashan here? What can he do? Doesn't this add to the chaos!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that was the case.

There is still some way to Chengdu Mansion, and everyone settled down in Duanjiazhai first... The night on the mountain is naturally a little different from the peaceful one.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were sitting on the cool couch in the yard, they didn't bother to look at the stars anymore, they looked at the roster in their hands, feeling a little bit embarrassed.

"Unexpectedly, these masters suddenly disappeared in the martial arts world. So they died here, and they died for no apparent reason." Zhan Zhao lamented the impermanence of the world.

"It would be great if we can find the body." Gongsun also nodded, "This way we can find out the murderer."

While talking, Zhao Pu came back. It can be seen that he had been busy for a day. He sat down on the stool and got into Gongsun's arms, "Dear, I haven't been so tired for a long time. He Yihang even sent that boring gourd Zou Liang. Say three sentences and he won't even fart."

Gongsun pressed him on the wicker chair and squeezed his shoulders, Zhao Pu hummed in comfort.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other, and before they could speak, they heard Wu Ming suddenly "meow".

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang turned to look at it, only to see Wu Ming standing in the middle of the yard, circling continuously.

At first, the two thought it might be chasing some bugs, but Wuming kept meowing, seeming very disturbed.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other... Wu Ming's screams became louder and louder, and finally he screamed outright, the screams were frightening.

"Wow." Zhao Putting his chin, "What's wrong with this cat? Isn't it meowing in spring? What is it called in winter?"

Gongsun patted him, "Spring is a female cat, Wuming is a male cat."

"Is that so..." Zhao Pu scratched his head.

Wu Ming's cry attracted Wu Doudou.

"Five lives, what's wrong?"

Doudou picked it up, but Wuming continued to scream, bleeding from the corners of his mouth.

"Ah!" The fourth son leaned over distressedly, "What's going on with it?"

"Grandpa!" Doudou looked at Wu Lin who was rushing over, her little face was snow-white, "It's the same as that day!"

"What day?" Bai Yutang asked.

Wu Lin's face was also pale at this time, Bao Zheng walked out, "What happened?"

Wuming is still screaming, and the cry is desolate and disturbing.

Wu Lin hurriedly explained, "Wu Ming has saved me many times. The most dangerous time was the night when the mountain torrent came. Wu Ming woke us up with this cry."

Everyone looked at each other.

Pang Yu looked up and looked around, "This is the top of the mountain, so there should be no mudslides or flash floods, right?"

"It hasn't rained these days, it's so cold, it's impossible." Gongsun shook his head.

At this time, Wuming lowered his head and yelled in one direction. Everyone followed its gaze and saw Shi Shi sitting on the ground, looking at Wuming in Wu Doudou's arms. Scissors also came over, mouth There was a "squeak" sound... as if communicating.

"Can they understand?" Zhan Zhao asked.

The fourth son touched the stone, "Shitou, what did Wu Ming say?"

Stone sat there, as if he couldn't figure out something, and looked back at the scissors.The scissors lowered their heads and began to sniff the ground. When they reached the base of the wall, they pulled some grass on the ground.

"I'll just say a smell." Pang Yu went to pick up the grass and knocked on it, "Why are there so many wormwood planted on the ground? Is it to repel mosquitoes?"

Gongsun looked at the wormwood in the corner, thoughtful, "This kind of grass is only available in summer, and it will die long ago in winter. These should be dug from the hot area in the west. They have just been planted. You can see that the roots are in the soil. They didn't grow well.

After pulling away the wormwood, the scissors made sure that there was only dirt left on the ground, and turned back to call it a stone.

The stone came over and sniffed, and then began to dig the ground fiercely, and the scissors also quickly dug the ground together with it. As the sand, gravel and dust kept flying up, everyone realized—five lives are gone!It seemed to be relieved, lying in Doudou's arms very tiredly, Gongsun helped it treat the wound, and found that its mouth was torn. It is estimated that its throat must also be injured, and it needs to be recuperated.

After a while, the stone got into the hole and came out quickly with something in its mouth.

When you get to Zhao Pu, give it to Zhao Pu.

This situation is a bit strange, no matter what the stone picks up, it is always given to the fourth son first, but this time it was given to Zhao Pu.Zhao Pu picked it up and looked at it, his face changed drastically, "Thunderball!"

Everyone was shocked—there was gunpowder buried in the ground? !

Zhao Pu immediately ordered the shadow guards, "Let everyone put out the fire. Open fires are not allowed in the cottage. The moon is quite bright tonight. Let's use the moonlight. All soldiers dig the ground together to dig out the Thunderbolts!"

"Yes." The shadow guards also knew that it was no small matter, and led them to dig the ground together.

It was very lively tonight, the entire Duanjiazhai was dug three feet into the ground and turned upside down.

In the yard here, rock scissors dug up the whole ground and found a large number of thunder and fire bombs underground.

Zhao Jiajun worked as a digger for the night, and when the sky was bright the next morning, everyone gathered all the thunder and fire bombs on the temporary playground and piled them up into a hill.

Bai Yutang brought some veterans who were familiar with thunderbolts to dismantle the fuses so as not to accidentally detonate them. Looking at the thunderbolts piled up like a hill, everyone in the Zhao family's army felt chills on the back of their necks—what a guy!If it hadn't been discovered early, a sudden explosion would have killed everyone.

Bai Yutang was so tired that his hands went limp, and he hadn't been so tired from practicing kung fu. Zhan Zhao put his arms on his legs, and massaged them with both hands. Then he looked at the spotless white clothes of Mr. Bai Wu, which were covered in black, black, yellow and yellow gunpowder. , and some can't laugh or cry.

Zhao Pu stared at the hill for a while, then asked Ouyang, "How much?"

Ouyang replied, his voice was a little hoarse, "Three thousand."

Zhao Pu sneered, "It's enough to blow up this mountain."

Bao Zheng frowned, "He Zheng is really scheming. He arranged for Duan Dashan to come here to let us capture the Duan family village, so that we can catch the turtle in the urn. He was also afraid that taking the village too easily would make us suspicious, so he specially arranged for Lin Quan. The wind is coming.

Pang Yu thought for a while, "It's thanks to Lin Quanfeng who gave us the blueprint, we came early, if we didn't have the blueprint, we might be caught..."

"The other party probably thinks that it will take some time for us to attack the mountain and there may be a big commotion. Duan Dashan can take this opportunity to send someone to report, and then when we get a cottage and camp here, He Zheng will send people here anytime and anywhere to take us, Duan Everyone in the family village, including Lin Quanfeng, went up to the sky." Zhao Pu sneered, "Sure enough, he is neither poisonous nor cruel, nor is he a husband. His grandma, I have fought for half my life, and almost dragged my family and my mouth into this ravine."

Zhan Zhao rubbed Bai Yutang's arm, and said in a low voice, "It's fortunate that your elder brother has friendship with Lin Quanfeng."

Bai Yutang laughed, looked at Wu Ming obediently in Doudou's arms, "Thank you."

Everyone turned their heads to look at Wuming, a chubby little black cat, docilely lying in Doudou's arms and wagging its tail.Look at the tall pile of Thunderbolts, and they almost made a group of kebabs.

Zhao Pu couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, and heard Ouyang hug Wuming up with a loud voice, holding Wuming high above his head, "This is not a cat, it's a cat Bodhisattva!"

All members of the Zhao family army nodded.

Ouyang raised his five lives, "Would you like to join the Zhao family army? I'll give you the second place!"

All the soldiers nodded together again, Zhao Pu stroked his forehead, Gongsun looked at him helplessly, "The soldiers you brought out are very good at fighting, is it because of their personality..."

Zhao Pu looked at him, "How's your personality?"

Gongsun curled his lips, "Just like you, off-line and funny!"

Zhao Pu sighed again, and looked up, tens of thousands of soldiers from the whole battalion came to touch Wu Ming to be happy, Wu Ming was so frightened that his hair exploded and he fled back to Doudou's arms.

Zhan Zhao squeezed Bai Yutang's arm, and said to the enjoying Bai Yutang, "Look, the world's most powerful cat!"

Bai Yutang also wanted to laugh, and answered, "It's a cat and a mouse."

Zhan Zhao couldn't help but slapped him, Bai Yutang pretended to be in pain, Zhan Zhao was funny, Bai Yutang pretended to be a hooligan so gracefully...

However, everyone is always curious - what is the origin of the five lives?Why so smart psychics?

Zhao Pu asked people to keep the Leihuo bombs safe, and everyone gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Bao Zheng said, "The thunder and fire are not going off, so He Zheng probably doesn't know we're here yet."

"Listen to Lin Quanfeng, indeed, He Zheng didn't expect us to come so soon!" Zhan Zhao asked, "Does your lord want to use his tricks?"

Bao Zheng nodded and looked at Zhao Pu, "These lightning bombs may one day be returned to He Zheng and those foreigners!"

Gongsun opened one and was studying it, and told everyone, "The yellow paper used to make Thunderbolts is Western Region paper."

"He Zheng is hoarding so many Thunderbolts, this guy really wants to rebel!" Pang Yu shook his head, "And this person is too thoughtful, even spreading wormwood on the ground to remove the smell, so that we can't find it!"

Zhao Pu nodded, "He wants to rebel."

"Using spells from the Western Regions to kill martial arts people, and using thunderbolts from the Western Regions." Zhan Zhao crossed his arms, "It can be seen that the fact that he colluded with Tubo is also true! We have to find a way as soon as possible, so as not to fight together and cause bloodshed into a river."