At midnight, it is the dead of night, when everyone is quiet. Most of the people in Yongle Town, except for a few singing and dancing places, have fallen asleep.
At this time, six figures came out of the town and rushed towards a mountain peak in the southeast.
These six people had excellent dexterity skills. They could walk on the steep hillside as if they were walking on flat ground and leap as if they were flying. By the time they reached the heart of the mountain, it only took them less than half an hour.
The man at the head, dressed in green and wearing a long sword, has a handsome appearance. He is none other than Chen Zhuoan.
At this time, he suddenly stopped and made a gesture with his right hand. Everyone behind him saw it and immediately stopped. Chen Zhuoan said in a deep voice: "Here we are, according to the map, the entrance to the stronghold is right here."
Everyone looked around and saw that this was an empty space in the middle of the mountain. It was completely empty and did not look like a stronghold.
Xu Fangke coughed and said, "It's not that I'm disrespectful to Shiniang, it's just that this place is empty and you can see it at a glance. Where is the entrance to the stronghold? Is this map wrong?"
Chen Zhuoan didn't answer, he just frowned and looked around nearby. Suddenly, he heard Liang Yan say with a smile: "As I expected, the entrance to the stronghold is right there." As he said that, he pointed to a place with his right hand.
After everyone heard him say that they had found a stronghold, they looked in the direction of his finger, but they were stunned for the next moment because that place turned out to be a tomb.
Chen Zhuoan and the other four people all looked in disbelief. Chu Laosan said: "How come the entrance to the stronghold is under someone else's grave? Little brother is not mistaken."
Liang Yan smiled confidently, nodded and said, "It can't be wrong."
Chen Zhuoan knew very well that this person did not speak lightly, and every word and action must be justified. The entrance to this stronghold is under the tomb. Although it is a bit of a fantasy, it is not unreasonable if you think about it carefully. So he took a deep breath and said: "It's true
If it’s fake, you’ll know it once you try it. Which one of you will go up and dig it up?”
When everyone heard what he said, they looked at each other for a moment. Although the people present were all men who had been in the world for many years, this matter of digging graves was really unethical and they had never done it before.
When Chen Zhuoan saw this, he couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "The righteousness comes first, so we don't care about these small details. Let's work together and speed up."
When Chu Laosan and Xu Fangke heard what he said, they had no choice but to step forward. The six of them started working together and dug open the grave in an instant. As Liang Yan expected, there was indeed an empty grave inside.
Everyone was refreshed, and after digging for a while, a hole was revealed under the ground. There was a stone step below the hole, extending all the way down into the darkness.
"Haha, Brother Liang is not going to bully me!" Chen Zhuo'an chuckled, walked in front first, jumped into the pothole, and Min Rou followed closely behind without hesitation. The rest of the people looked at each other, and also
Enter one after another.
Chu Laosan lit a fire stick, and everyone could see the surroundings clearly. There was a narrow passage under the pit, which could only allow one person to pass. Six people lined up in a row and walked down one by one.
After walking for about a stick of incense, the front suddenly opened up, and everyone entered a wide hall. The hall was square in shape, about five feet long and wide. There were many seats inside, and there were swords and crossbows hanging on the walls.
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"It seems that this is a temporary meeting hall." Chen Zhuo'an said and lit a fire. The light in the hall was slightly stronger, and everyone gradually saw clearly that there was a stone door on the opposite wall.
"Let's go and have a look." Chen Zhuoan walked towards the stone gate without hesitation, and the others followed him.
"Creak!" With a sound, the stone door opened. Inside was a small stone room, which looked like a study at first glance.
There are many wooden partitions on the walls, and there are many volumes of books placed there, but they all seem to be rotten. There is a desk in the middle, with inkstones, pens, ink and some antiques placed on the table. It looks like they are valuable at first glance. These are just these.
It didn't attract anyone's attention at all, because there was a yellow scroll lying quietly on the right hand side of the desk.
"Fake edict!"
Chen Zhuoan exclaimed, his breathing became a little heavy. He had been planning for nearly two years. During this period, he lost many soldiers and generals, and sacrificed the lives of many brothers, all because of this yellow paper!
Now that the false imperial edict is at hand, the overthrow of Li Hong is just around the corner, and the Zhao Kingdom is expected to be revived, it all seems worth it.
Chen Zhuoan took a deep breath and was about to go in to get the fake edict. Suddenly, his eyes flashed and a figure flashed in front of him, stretched out his hand to stop him, and said:
"Wait a minute!"
Chen Zhuoan's expression changed slightly, his brows furrowed and he said, "Brother Liang, what do you mean?"
Liang Yan didn't answer, he bent down and picked up a stone at random, and threw it towards the fake imperial edict on the table.
With a "Bang!" sound, the fake imperial edict was moved out of position by him, and a thin transparent line was vaguely visible below.
Just hearing the rumbling sound, a cold bow and arrow suddenly appeared on the wall of the stone chamber, and then shot out, and the entire stone chamber instantly began to rain arrows.
Everyone was dumbfounded and subconsciously took a step back. The arrows in the stone room kept raining, and it took a few more breaths before they gradually calmed down. Chen Zhuoan and Min Rou looked at each other, and both saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes.
"Fortunately, Brother Liang was alert, otherwise we would not have been able to survive even if we had a few lives." Chen Zhuo'an thanked Liang Yan sincerely.
Liang Yan smiled faintly and said noncommittally: "Brother Chen's obsession is too deep and can easily affect his mind. Let's solve the current problem first."
"The immediate problem?"
Chen Zhuoan was confused and asked tentatively: "Brother Liang, do you mean there is a mechanism in this?"
This time, before Liang Yan could answer, he heard a burst of laughter from across the hall:
"Hahaha, Chen Zhuo'an! Thank you very much for leading the way for us. Don't worry, with so many people accompanying you, you won't be alone on the road to hell!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of black-clad killers poured in from the passage. They were all well-trained. They quickly dispersed as soon as they entered the hall and each took advantage of their position.
Then two more people walked in. One of them was a one-eyed blind man, holding a long knife in his hand, silent, but he was the one Liang Yan had seen in the inn that day. The other man was a man in white, with a Chinese character face and eyes.
Be ruthless and fearless.
"Xiang Anran!" Chen Zhuoan's pupils shrank.
The man in white, Xiang Anran, smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Tang Tiannan was a fortune teller. He had predicted in advance that you would be buried here tonight, so he built the stronghold under this tomb to prevent your corpses from being exposed in the wilderness."
Chen Zhuo'an snorted coldly and said: "The gangsters you brought to Yongle Town are no more than these. It's still unclear who will win. Mr. Xiang, are you too trusting?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a muffled groan, but Xu Fangke, who had been following Chu Laosan, suddenly took action and hit Chu Laosan in the back of the heart.
Chu Laosan was caught off guard and spat out a mouthful of blood with a loud sound, his breath quickly weakening.
Xu Fangke struck out with a palm, and quickly retreated. After a few leaps, he arrived at the stone chamber, reached out to pick up the fake edict, and stuffed it into his arms.
"Xu Fangke!"
Chen Zhuo'an said angrily: "I didn't expect you to be Li Hong's douchebag!"
"Li Hong?" Xu Fangke shook his head and said with a smile: "He is just a powerful minister, and he is not qualified to serve me."
"Then what do you mean?"
Xu Fangke said noncommittally: "Chen Zhuo'an, I did respect you before. But in the end, you are just a mortal with a short-sighted mind. What's the use of telling you more?"
Chen Zhuoan sneered and said: "Huh! You have obtained the imperial edict, can you walk out today? And"
Just when he was about to say something more, a strange wind suddenly blew up in the hall.
The wind was coming strangely, and before everyone had time to think about it, they suddenly saw a white mist emerging in the hall. The fog became thicker and thicker, and in a blink of an eye, the entire hall was filled with white mist. What could be seen clearly was only a foot in front of them.
about.
Chen Zhuo'an had never seen such a weird thing before, and was shocked. Suddenly he heard Min Rou's call from the mist: "Zhuo An, I'm here."
Although the voice was calm, Chen Zhuoan still heard a hint of panic in it. He calmed down and said in as calm a voice as possible: "Min Rou, just stay where you are and don't move."
"Okay, Zhuo An, I listen to you."
Chen Zhuoan knew that he should not be confused at this time. He took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and at the same time slowly groped towards the direction where Min Rou's voice came from. The two were not far apart, and it didn't take long to find them.
Got her.
Chen Zhuo'an saw that although Min Rou was calm on the surface, she was already sweating on her forehead, and knew that Min Rou was panicking in her heart. After all, this was the first time she had seen this kind of underground fog, not to mention that she was facing a powerful enemy.
Chen Zhuoan felt distressed for a moment and couldn't help but hold her catkins in his hands.
Min Rou was originally a minister's daughter, but she abandoned her prominent family background and entered the world just to help him. How could he not know this infatuation? However, the death of his beloved made him unable to accept a new relationship, and he has always been obsessed with it.
He was escaping and feeling deeply guilty inside.
At this moment, the two of them were holding each other's hands, feeling the coldness in her palms. Chen Zhuo'an couldn't help but secretly blame himself for his uselessness.
However, now that the enemy is facing us, as the commander, I cannot tolerate the affair between his children. So he steeled himself and comforted softly: "Don't be afraid, I think Xiang Anran doesn't seem to know about this matter, it doesn't look like they are doing it."
.Let’s gather the others first and then make plans.”
Min Rou was held by him and felt much calmer. She nodded and said, "Let's see how Chu Laosan's injury is."
The two groped in the mist for a while, and soon found Chu Laosan. He had received a slap from Xu Fangke. Fortunately, he had practiced kung fu very well and the injury was not too serious. He was now sitting cross-legged on the ground doing exercises to heal his injuries.
"It's a pity that Miss Tang and Brother Liang were not found," Chen Zhuoan said to himself: "But Miss Tang is very powerful in martial arts, far better than me; Brother Liang is also resourceful, so I think he will be fine. The current plan is to stabilize his own position first.
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Thinking like this, Chen Zhuo'an said: "Under this heavy fog, I'm afraid it's hard for anyone to do anything. Although Xiang Anran has a large number of people, he is more afraid of causing chaos. Let's protect Chu Laosan first and wait until he recovers from his injuries.
Let’s find an opportunity to fight out together.”
Chu Laosan and Min Rou naturally had no objection. The three of them sat back to back and waited quietly for Chu Laosan to heal his injuries.
I don’t know how long it took, but the fog finally began to dissipate. The fog came suddenly and went away quickly. In the blink of an eye, it had dissipated.
The three of them immediately stood up and looked across with vigilance. They saw Xiang Anran and others divided into two rows, guarding the exit of the hall, and looking towards them with wary expressions.
"Eh? Why don't you see the traitor Xu Fangke?" Chu Laosan suddenly said in shock.
Chen Zhuoan glanced around after hearing this, and after a moment his face darkened. He saw that not only Xu Fangke was missing in the hall, but Tang Diexian and Liang Yan were also missing.