Chapter 9 Shocking the Cave(1/2)
"Brother Shen, I think it's better not to act in a hurry, seal the city first, and then find the spies." Dong Chao touched the sheepskin map in his arms and said.
Shen Xingliu asked in return: "The spies have been lurking in the city for so long without you noticing. Do you think they don't know the whereabouts of the ancient jade?"
Dong Chao said in disbelief: "But the sheepskin map is always by my side."
"I'm with you now, but what about before, or when did you get the map?" Shen Xingchen asked.
Indeed, sheepskin maps have been in circulation for more than a hundred years, and may have changed hands many times during this period.
Dong Chao thought of this and said anxiously: "Brother Shen, everything is up to you. Let's go to the south of the city. The location of the military city is two hundred miles southwest of this city."
"Okay, let's go." After saying that, he took Tang Xuanxuan's hand and said, "Follow me." Because he felt that it was also dangerous here.
Tang Xuanxuan's beautiful eyes were as crescent-shaped as she let him pull her away.
After leaving the inn, Chao Gai took out the message fireworks and fired two of different colors in succession.
A big man with a scarred face hurriedly ran out of the mansion. When he saw the fireworks in full bloom, he immediately said to the guard: "Quickly, send an order to seal the city gate quickly and vigorously search for Beirou's spies."
"Yes, Lieutenant General." The guard returned.
Wei Mou looked at the departing guard and thought to himself, Dong Chao! I hope you live up to everyone's expectations. He held his fist behind his back and opened and closed it repeatedly.
After a stick of incense, the inn was taken over by the army. Wei Mou looked at the chopped wooden wall and the waiter on the ground, searched for a moment, and kicked off the wooden floor in the corner.
The wooden floor opened in response, and it was actually connected to the first floor.
The seven people came to the south of the city. The guard looked at the token in his hand. After confirming that it was correct, he ordered: "Open the city gate."
Before leaving, each of them was given a horse.
Seven people and seven horses were galloping along the official road. Unexpectedly, Tang Xuanxuan, who was weak and frail, could ride so well. They were followed closely by Dong Chao and Shen Xingliu.
The horses are all high-quality horses. It took about an hour and a half to finally reach the location.
This is a grand canyon, whether it is natural or man-made. Shen Xingliu used his ears and heard that there was a river rushing at the bottom of the canyon, but he could not see the city.
Several people got off their horses and gave the horse a hard blow on its butt. The horse roared in pain and ran along the way it came.
The "old horses" know the way and they will return to the city on their own.
Dong Chao saw Shen Xingliu's doubtful look and immediately comforted him: "Brother Shen, don't worry, we are not looking for a military city on the ground."
"Is it possible that you are still in the canyon?" Shen Xingliu asked.
"That's right, but it's not in the water, but on the rock wall." As he said that, Dong Chao took out a compass and observed the Feng Shui around him: "It's strange, it worked very well before, why doesn't it work?"
Shen Xingliu took the compass and saw the compass' pointer rotating in circles.
"It's probably very dangerous down there for you," Shen Xingliu still wanted to persuade.
Tang Xuanxuan took over the topic and said, "Wherever you go, I will go. Don't even think about leaving me behind."
"Again?" Dong Chao and the four of them murmured in their hearts, "What have you done to me, you thin lover?"
Shen Xingliu couldn't help but cry out that he was wronged. I really didn't do anything, but I couldn't say it.
"Monkey, you go explore the road first." Dong Chao wanted to lighten the atmosphere and said to the thin man who had previously held the Shen Xingliu knife.
The monkey smiled and untied the rope on his shoulders. As if he was amnesty, he called three people to help, with Dong Chao directing from the side.
"Miss Tang, don't talk nonsense. See if you scare others." Shen Xingliu said in a low voice.
Tang Xuanxuan curled her lips and secretly smiled: "No.
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Before I knew it, who said I was his wife?"
Shen Xingliu was speechless. Isn't that a temporary solution?
"There is something, there is a big hole below." The monkey, with a hemp rope hanging from his waist, said happily when he found the hole.
"Hululu!"
There was a strange noise in the canyon, and then the monkey was attacked by an unknown creature.
"Ah! There is a monster in the cave. Pull me up quickly. Ah, it is biting me." The monkey struggled on the rope.
When everyone heard that they had found the entrance to the cave, they were not happy when they heard the monkey's scream.
"Monkey, hold on." The fat man had a rope wrapped around his waist and kept retracting the rope without stopping.
When he was pulled up, his breath was weak. Seeing this, Tang Xuanxuan stepped forward and took the former's pulse.
"He was infected by bat poison and lost too much blood. There is no way to save him." Tang Xuanxuan looked sad. Bat poison is easy to cure, but he lost too much blood and it is not so easy to make up for it.
The monkey kept struggling, and the bat poison kept eroding his physical and psychological defenses.
"Girl, do you know medical skills?" Dong Chao looked at his friend's painful look and said with empathy.
"The little girl's medical skills are not good, so she really can't save him." Tang Xuanxuan said helplessly as she watched life passing by in front of her eyes.
Dong Chao immediately knelt down to Tang Xuanxuan and said, "Can the girl alleviate my brother's pain? Dong is begging the girl."
Tang Xuanxuan was startled and wanted to pull him up, but the man weighing one to two hundred pounds just refused to lift him up.
"Okay, okay, I can." Tang Xuanxuan took out a medicine bottle.
"Girl, you are so kind and kind, I will never forget it." Dong Chao took the medicine bottle and knelt down to thank her.
Dong Chao brought the pill to the monkey's mouth and said: "Come on, monkey, be good, take the pill and it won't hurt."
The monkey swallowed the pill with difficulty and gradually relaxed.
"Brother Dong, I'm afraid I have to confess to you here this time. It's a pity that I can't go home with you. The girl my sister-in-law told me is very good. Please don't wait for me," Houhou squeezed Dong Chao's hand and said weakly.
: "Brother Shen, please don't take offense to me being rude to you earlier."
Shen Xingliu was squatting next to the monkey, nodding silently.
"Kill the thieves and drive back the savages from the Rou Kingdom." The monkey looked at the night sky and died before he said the last word.
A few people dug a pit beside the canyon and buried the monkey there.
Dong Chao said to everyone: "Whoever is afraid of death can leave now. I will never pursue him."
"Brother Dong, what are you talking about? We are not cowards," said the fat man.
The twin brothers, who were silent, echoed: "That's right, live and die."
"Then let's go into the cave." Dong Chao said to Shen Xingliu.
Shen Xingliu was touched by the heroic spirit of these people and said: "I will go ahead in a moment."
After that, he jumped down into the canyon. When he saw the entrance of the cave, he inserted the knife into the rock to slow down, then turned over and entered the cave.
Tang Xuanxuan followed closely, flipped several times in the air, shot a crossbow arrow at the top of the cliff, and slid into the cave with the rope on the arrow tail.
Dong Chao and the other four were all amazed when they saw this, and finally understood why these two young knights were allowed to participate in the plan.
The four of them went down to the entrance of the cave and saw bat corpses everywhere. Shen Xingliu and Tang Xuanxuan had been waiting for them for a long time.
The fat man strode forward, crushed a few bats under his feet, and said, "Damn it! I'll give my brother his life for all the crap."
"That's enough, they are already dead." Dong Chao drank.
The fat man finally came to his senses and said, "Thank you, young hero, for avenging my brother."
"You're welcome, let's move on." Shen Xingliu put away the knife and said to her, "Follow me later."
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"Yeah." Tang Xuanxuan responded, it felt good to be protected.
Everyone held torches as they moved forward, and from time to time they would see glowing stones.
"This place is so damn weird, even the stones can shine." The fat man looked at the stone in his hand.
Dong Chao cursed urgently: "You dare to touch this, throw it away quickly."
The fat man curled up his neck and threw away the stone.
"Who is there?" The fat man suddenly saw a black shadow flash past.
"What? Is there someone? Where?" Dong Chao was startled by the fat man, clenched the weapon in his hand, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
When the torch was poked out, a wet mark stuck to the cave wall. The "master" had long since disappeared.
Dong Chao said with some experience: "It seems to be some kind of insect. It's okay and keeps moving forward."
Seeing Shen Xingliu wanting to turn around and come back, Dong Chao waved his hand to indicate that it was nothing serious.
However, what he didn't notice was that there was a monster on the top of the cave, with two protruding eyes staring at them with a strange light.
"careful!"
Shen Xingliu flew towards him, protected Dong Chao under him, and raised his sword.
The monster was knocked away by his blade, but there was no blood, but a pile of liquid was left behind.
"Quick, torch." Dong Chao shouted.
Everyone picked up the torches and threw them over, and a huge slug appeared in front of them in the light of the fire.
To be continued...