treacherous world

Where did Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang go?They took something out of the barracks and went up the mountain.

What the two of them were holding was what the dead leaf gave to the fourth son that day. He personally carved the penholder of the scenery along the Heishui River.

Zhan Zhao and the others thought that this pen might be carving a certain section of scenery along the coast of Heishui. However, after arriving at Heishui, they looked carefully and found that the scenery was almost the same everywhere, but they never found one that felt exactly the same.

There is another point that they didn't understand.

Earlier, Dead Leaf told Xiao Sizi that the sound of the Heishui River was very loud, just like thousands of horses galloping down. They did find that the Heishui River was very fast, but they really didn't realize that. A torrent resounding to the level of thousands of troops.But if the mountain is blown up to divert water, that's a different matter. The sound of the turbulent river rushing down the blasted river in an instant, and the sound of the river turning into a waterfall is enough to beat the "thousands of troops".

I don't know if it's a psychological effect. Everyone always feels that this "thousands of troops" has a little hint in it. Could it be that the dead leaves are hinting at a battle here at the beginning, and water attack is the best way. Also a way to find them?

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went up the mountain. This time they went upstream until they reached a bend in the river, and found that this was the best place to install the Thunderbolt Bombing Mountain.

Bai Yutang ventured onto the edge of the river, looked down, his eyes lit up, and he waved to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao also went over, stood beside him and looked in the direction of his finger, and found that there was a canyon below, surrounded by clouds and mist, and the enemy's military camp could be seen from a distance. It is certain that if you blow up mountains and release water here, you can achieve the ultimate goal. Good results.

What surprised the two of them the most was... the shape of the rocks on both sides of the canyon and the appearance of the clouds and mist are very similar to those carved on the penholder by dead leaves.

"If you add an iron cable here." Zhan Zhao pointed to the other side of the mountain, "Could it be the cave where the other party is?"

Bai Yutang squatted down to see that the canyon was very long, so he asked, "Where are the iron cables for such a long canyon?"

Zhan Zhao also frowned, "What Dead Leaf said at the time was that an iron chain was set up on the turbulent river, and the big girl and the little daughter-in-law carried a basket on their backs, and they just passed by... If they fell, they would be smashed to pieces, and even the time for cremation would be too much." save."

Bai Yutang raised his face, and suddenly pointed to the mountain peaks in the distance, "Mao'er, look at the two peaks over there."

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to build a pergola to block the sunlight, and looked in the direction of Bai Yutang's finger. Sure enough, there were two mountain peaks in the distance with unique shapes, one was like a stooped old woman, and a piece protruded from the back, as if she was carrying a pannier. .On the other side, there is a mountain peak, which looks like a girl walking... lifelike.

Zhan Zhao had an idea, held the pen holder in front of his eyes, stretched out his hand and retracted it a little bit, compared for a while, stopped, and asked Bai Yutang, "This is like stepping on an iron rope!"

Bai Yutang raised his face back, looked at the position of the pen holder in Zhan Zhao's hand, thought for a while, turned sideways, and looked in the direction that the pen holder was pointing at, suddenly frowned, and lightly patted Zhan Zhao, "Cat, look!"

Zhan Zhao held the pen still, rather awkwardly. He tilted his head and looked into the distance. On the other side of the cloud-shrouded canyon, on a mountain wall, behind the floating clouds, there was a cave-like place.

Zhan Zhao's eyes widened. Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to gently pull him, crouched low, and stared at the cave, "There are traps near the cave."

"Does that mean there is really someone there?" Zhan Zhao was surprised, "We got it right?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then frowned, "The person who found this cave must be a master of tricks. The terrain where the cave is located is impossible to get close to. Adding a trick, it can be said to be foolproof."

"So careful?" Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "So, there are either very important things or very important people inside?"

"I think so."

"Then what should we do?" Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, "Go back and ask Zhao Pu?"

"Let's discuss it." Bai Yutang said, suddenly stopped, and gave Zhan Zhao a wink to make him look into the distance.

Zhan Zhao followed the trend, and saw two little girls with baskets on their backs in the valley on the side of the mountain wall, bouncing up the mountain. On one side of the mountain was a cliff with only sporadic vines. The two little girls had very high lightness kungfu, and they walked up the vines and the mountain wall familiarly, and finally reached the vicinity of the cave and got in.

Zhan Zhao raised his face, "Can we go in like that? But there should be guards at the door?"

Zhan Zhao asked, but Bai Yutang didn't answer. He looked at him curiously, and saw Bai Yutang touching his chin with one hand as if thinking, with a confused look on his face.

"What's the matter?" Zhan Zhao poked at him, this precipice, beware of falling down in a daze.

Bai Yutang frowned and hesitated, "I think those two girls look familiar."

"Ah?" Zhan Zhao's eyes widened, "Have you seen it?"

"Hmm..." Bai Yutang hesitated again, "I just think it looks familiar..."

Zhan Zhao's deep double eyelids drooped a little bit, turning into kitchen knife eyes aimed at Bai Yutang, "Oh...it seems."

Bai Yutang looked at him and said, "Maybe I remember wrongly?"

"Impossible?" Zhan Zhao said in a small tune, "Your Bai Wuye has such a good memory, who have you forgotten?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao sourly, awkwardly, "You think too much about cats, she's not a friendly girl, she just passed by and saw each other, and it must have been a long time ago... a long time ago..." said At this point, Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and his eyes lit up.

Zhan Zhao knew he had remembered, so he asked, "Remember?"

"Do you still remember the case of Mafu?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhan Zhao frowned and thought for a while, "That case has been going on for a long time! Is it bad for my eyesight? Is this the first time my elder brother left us a clue?"

"Yeah." Bai Yutang nodded, "I met these two girls back then. They were in Qushan County. They were the ones who told me where you were."

"Ah?" Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Then why don't I remember? What are their names?"

"I'm not sure, but they should be pickpockets." Bai Yutang said, "One sister and one younger sister, one is more impulsive and the other is more thoughtful."

"A thief, or a sister." Zhan Zhao stroked his chin, "There are not many sisters who are thieves in the Jianghu. At this age, could it be Liang Shangshuangfeng?"

Bai Yutang didn't understand, "What phoenix? Why haven't I heard of it? It's very famous?"

"Of course I'm not famous, this kind of little thief, but I'm an official post after all, so I've read some files. Don't look at these two sisters who are young, they are quite capable, and besides stealing, they also cheat. They like to play tricks to scare those Rich gentleman."

"Pretending to be a ghost?" Bai Yutang sounded fresh, "You two girls, why are you pretending to be a ghost?"

"So it's not like these two girls are incompetent at all." Zhan Zhao said, "These two seem to be proficient in some spells. If they are really Liangshang Shuangfeng, then there is very little information about them, and there are only a few notes in the file. , I remember that there is no background or past experience of them anyway.”

Bai Yutang frowned and nodded slightly, thoughtfully.

"What's the matter?" Zhan Zhao felt that Bai Yutang was absent-minded, and it was dangerous to squat on the edge of the cliff, so he dragged him and hid with him in an open place beside the river, "Who do you think looks familiar?"

Bai Yutang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Of course not, I just remembered another thing."

"what?"

"Do you still remember that your elder brother said something about the southeast and northwest?"

"Oh!" Zhan Zhao nodded, "East and east, east and west, north and south, south and north, not east and west, not south and north."

"The memory is not bad." Bai Yutang praised.

"It's not hard to remember." Zhan Zhao said, frowning, "There is also that sentence that almost killed Second Uncle Wu's heart."

Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "That sentence is east and west, north and south, south and north, not east and west, not south and north, now it seems that it should be a formula for footwork!"

"Footwork?" Zhan Zhao was surprised, "What?"

"Around this cave, you can see the protruding rocks and the surrounding vines. They are formations. Once you pull the wrong vines, the mechanism will be triggered. East, west, north, south, south, north, north, south, north, just follow this direction to pick stones. Non-East African West, non-South African North refers to vines. According to this formula, non-East African West means north-south, and non-South African North means East-West. That is to say, the vines must follow the steps, the first to grasp the north-south direction, the second Grab the east and west, and so on and on.”

"Oh..." Zhan Zhao understood, "No wonder I see such strange movements."

"Knowing this formula means that we can also go up."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "My elder brother wants to tell us how to enter the cave? He said it so early, and he really believes that I can remember it."

"Does he understand you?" Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao, "Let's go, go back and discuss with Zhao Pu, and besides..."

"Do you want to see Gongsun play tricks, you know!" Zhan Zhao felt a little better, and rushed down the mountain with Bai Yutang.

And in the cave far away, Sifeng asked Sanfeng with a basket on his back, "Guess, do they understand what they mean?"

"You should understand." Sifeng shook his head, "Anyway, we've done everything Master Zhan asked us to do, let's ignore the rest."

After the two of them finished talking, they slid down the long mountain path to the dark cave below with their backpacks on their backs. The backpacks behind them were filled with neither food nor use, but a few white things. skull.

……

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang returned to Zhao Pu's barracks. Zhao Pu had already set up a big platform. Gongsun was wearing a big white robe. He found a bamboo sword from nowhere. He was learning a set of sword skills from Xiao Liang. You must be able to deceive people.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao told Zhao Pu about their discovery. Seeing that Zhao Pu had indeed found the cave where the other party was located, Zhao Pu had some confidence in his mind, but he still had to explore again. Be careful. , the consequences are unpredictable.The most confusing thing about a battle is that apart from not knowing the other party's details, there is also not knowing the other party's intentions. Why on earth does the other party want to fight?What exactly is it aiming at?

To create false appearances to confuse the other party, Yue Ya'er and Chen Xing'er need the help of them. The two girls have gone to serve Lu Tianhan and Lu Dongdi, and if they can use the cold ice true energy of the two old men, it will be even more effective.Zhao Pu still has to send a letter of challenge to the other side first, and there are a lot of things to do.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang suggested that they go to replace the elder and two maids and let them monitor Duan Sulong.

Zhao Pu felt that this was a good idea, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's kung fu should not go wrong, Yinhou was not at ease, and said that he would go with the two, and Tianzun would stay and help Gongsun... Everyone split up.

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang took Yin Hou to exchange for Lu Tianhan and Lu Dongdi, the two old men were dozing off on the roof, but the two little girls were squatting on the roof and looking down, staring slightly.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were a little speechless, and Bai Yutang scolded his grandfather, "This is a big matter, Zhao Pu asked you to do such an important matter, and you two are sleeping!"

Lu Tianhan was quite aggrieved, and pointed to Lu Dongdi, "Your uncle said that nothing will happen during the day, but it will happen tonight!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback, "Tonight?"

"Yeah." Lu Dong nodded, "Tonight is the key to spies."

Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er told Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang that they had been stalking Bai Yutang for a long time, and Duan Sulong had been meditating the whole time, no one came or went out, and there was no movement at all.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang told Lu Tianhan what Zhao Pu meant, the two old men didn't care, they were helping everywhere anyway.

Before leaving, Lu Dongdi patted Yin Hou suddenly, and said to him, "There will be a big commotion tonight, you watch the two children, don't make trouble."

Yin Hou was puzzled, "What kind of basket can you poke?"

Lu Dong shrugged his shoulders, "Then how would I know where to go, anyway, tonight the Emperor Star is very stormy."

"You mean Duan Sulong is going to die?" Marquis Yin was startled, Zhao Pu is in Dali with an army at the moment, if Duan Sulong confesses tonight, who will he reason with?

"Dark and dark, maybe!" Lu Dongdi left another sentence that didn't make sense, and left.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were left with a heart hanging, could it be that someone is going to assassinate Duan Sulong tonight?

Soon...it got dark, and everything around the Dali Palace was completely silent.Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were squatting on the roof. Although Yin Hou knew that the two young ones would not be afraid of the cold, he did not know where to get two robes for them to put on, but in the end they covered Yin Hou with the robes up.It can be said that how can a man in his 20s be afraid of the cold, and an old man in his 100s must keep warm.

Yin Hou lay on the roof, covered with two robes, resting his chin with both hands, looking at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who were squatting and paying attention to the movements around them, and couldn't help muttering, "What could be wrong, there is not even a breath of wind this night. .” Saying that, he yawned.

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Do you feel that there are so few guards in the Dali Palace?"

"Compared to the Great Song Palace, it is indeed too small. Probably the troops are insufficient, or Duan Sulong has no real power." Bai Yutang replied.

The corners of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, and he said to himself that the guards are so strict that you often go for a walk in the palace, Zhao Zhen is afraid of you.

Bai Yutang rubbed his chin, "The fourth son said that Duan Sulong is ambitious, if what he said is true, Sulong's acting skills are good enough.

"How to say?"

"It's not the first day for the Dali Duan royal family to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha. Even children know that they have no ambitions. Has it changed in this generation?" It's not the prince, but as for the desire for power, is it as if someone has robbed him of the throne?"

Zhan Zhao also thought it made sense.

"Could it be that the little four son didn't understand and misunderstood?" Yin Hou asked, "After all, he's still young."

"No." Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang shook their heads together, "He is still very shrewd at critical moments."

……

"Ah chirping..." The fourth son sneezed, Xiao Liang hurried over and asked, "Jin'er, why is the sneezing sound so strange?"

The fourth son rubbed his nose, "Ah Choe has a cold, Ah Chiu is basically someone talking bad about me!"

"How do you know?" Xiao Liang was surprised.

"Jiujiu is Jiangzi!" The fourth son replied seriously.

Zhao Pu, who was "arranging formation" at the door, suddenly raised his face, "Ah Chirp..."

Everyone around turned to look at him with a clatter... Sure enough, Zhao Pu kicked over a stake next to him, "Who said anything bad about me!"

Gongsun shook his head helplessly holding the bamboo sword.

……

"It's really strange to say that." Zhan Zhao said to himself, "It's easy for a person to endure for a day or two, or for a year or two, but it's strange to endure for 30 years!"

At this moment, there was a sudden "huh", and a gust of wind passed by.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at the corridor leading to Duan Sulong's bedroom.

Yin Hou leaned over and reminded in a low voice, "Someone is coming."