Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 242: The Fallen Plum Blossoms Are Like Snow (2)
Snowflakes swirled and danced in the air.
The three of them rode horses through the white snow and braved the arrogant north wind to the small courtyard where Xiao Yulou was hiding.
The heavy snow like goose feathers makes the deep and narrow alleys even more cold and desolate.
But the small courtyard where Hu Qi and Xiao Yulou once lived now only has an empty space left. Every brick and tile of the past has disappeared, as if there has never been a small courtyard here!
The vast expanse of white between heaven and earth is very clean!
The three men hurriedly reined in their horses and stopped.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Hu Qi's face instantly turned pale. He quickly got off his horse and ran over, standing on the empty ground and looking around blankly.
"How could..."
He hurriedly knelt down and dug up the snow on the ground with his bare hands, when he was suddenly startled.
"No way..." With trembling hands, he dug out a handful of scorched earth from under the snow.
Then, Hu Qi was stunned, suddenly screamed, and fell to the ground in horror.
"Xiao Qi!" Lu Ning exclaimed, dismounted and ran over.
At a glance, seeing the scorched earth in his hands, Lu Ning immediately realized: "It seems that this place has been burned down. I don't know if Boss Xiao escaped safely..."
Hu Qihao stood up, clenched his fists and shouted angrily: "Ma Sanbao is so cruel and vicious! I will definitely catch him with my own hands and avenge Xiao Yulou!"
"Okay! Count me in!" Toto patted his chest, his eyes bright.
Lu Ning patted Hu Qi on the shoulder and said softly: "Now is not the time to be sad. Maybe Boss Xiao is lucky and has escaped from trouble! Let's go to the mine first! Only if we catch all the murderers as soon as possible can we save the country.
These people take revenge!"
"You're right!" Hu Qi frowned and said firmly, "We must not let those bastards go!"
After saying that, the two of them turned around and left.
Hu Qi looked at the place where he and Xiao Yulou had known each other, and felt in a trance, feeling dejected.
When the three people arrived at the garrison outside the city, the sun had already set in the west, and the entire mountain range stood in the evening light of the setting sun. The soft red light reflected the mountains covered with silver.
There was no one guarding the entrance to the garrison. The corpses on the ground had been cleaned up and covered with a thick layer of white snow. The blood-stained soil was also covered tightly, as if nothing had happened.
Only the faint smell of blood can still be smelled in the air.
The three of them controlled the reins and walked slowly until they reached the entrance of the mine before dismounting. Then, the three of them lit the fire and walked into the mine.
The candles in the candlesticks on the wall had burned out, and the cave was pitch black.
The transportation tools were still scattered on the ground in a messy manner. Iron blocks of different shapes were everywhere, stained brown by blood. The smell of blood in the air was even more intense and pungent.
Lu Ning lit three torches and handed two of them to the other two. Then, she held the torch and led Totuo and Hu Qi to the mysterious cave entrance based on her memory.
Because the entrance to the cave was narrow, the three of them could only pass through one after another. Toto was tall, and it took a lot of effort before he managed to get in, but his head was already touching the roof of the cave.
Lu Ning held up a torch and pointed it at the stone door, explaining: "I found this place last time, but I was worried that someone would come in from outside and didn't know how to break the door, so I temporarily retreated."
Hu Qi held up the torch and looked at it carefully and said: "This door is just an ordinary stone door. It is neither locked nor hidden. Why don't you let Toto push it?"
Toto responded and came over, took off his fox fur, rolled up his sleeves, and firmly grasped the ground with his two big feet.
He pushed his hands on the door, and immediately became angry and put all his strength on his arms. As his hands continued to exert force, and after roaring, the stone door was actually pushed open!
Seeing that the mechanism was easily cracked, the three of them smiled at each other and immediately walked in holding torches.
The firelight illuminated the cave, and the three of them couldn't help but exclaimed: What they saw was not a terrifying scene, but a luxuriously decorated square hall!
There are eight pillars carved with dragons and phoenixes, painted in vermilion and gold around the hall, and the floor is made of smooth marble. There are candlesticks on the four walls. There is a pure gold dragon chair in the middle of the square hall, and dozens of large and small are piled around it.
camphor wood box.
Lu Ning walked in and lit the candlesticks on the wall one by one, making the square hall suddenly bright as day.
Hu Qi ran over first, opened more than ten camphor wood boxes in succession, and exclaimed: "There are gold and silver jewelry inside, and you can tell they are of extraordinary value at a glance!"
Lu Ning walked to the other side, opened several sandalwood boxes on the wall, looked inside, and shouted: "There are all newly made weapons in here, there are quite a lot of them!"
Toto saw the largest box next to the dragon chair at a glance, and he was immediately overjoyed. He felt that there must be a bigger treasure inside, so he rushed over and opened the box.
Looking at the things inside, he said "Huh", took out the shiny golden things from the box, shook them, unfolded them, and shouted in surprise: "What do you think this is?"
Lu Ning and Hu Qi looked up and their expressions suddenly changed: "Dragon robe?"
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It was clearing up after the snow, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone in the forest. In the evening, the city became a bit colder.
Magistrate Cai and his concubine were preparing to go to bed in the bedroom. The fire was burning brightly in the room, and they were only wearing middle coats, but they still felt a slight sweat all over their bodies.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and then there was a rapid knock on the door.
Magistrate Cai looked unhappy and shouted: "It's so late, who is it?"
As he said this, he glanced at the concubine next to him with her breasts half exposed. The concubine understood, immediately turned around and climbed onto the bed, lowering the curtains on both sides.
A deep voice outside the door said: "Master, something happened at the mine!"
Magistrate Cai's heart sank, he quickly put on his mink fur and went to open the door.
The master bowed and said in a low voice: "My boss, the secret sentry guarding the silver mine just now came to report that someone broke into the silver mine and discovered the secret of the secret passage!"
Magistrate Cai was shocked and asked hurriedly: "So fast? Are they from Xia Yunqing's people or from the caravan?"
Master Nian Xu whispered: "They are from the caravan! Should we take action now?"
Magistrate Cai raised his hand to stop what he was saying, and paced back and forth at the door with his hands behind his back.
After thinking again and again, he said in a deep voice: "We don't know at the moment how much they know. Maybe they just followed the clues and found Ma Sanbao. If we act rashly at this time, our identity will be exposed!"
The master was startled and said hurriedly: "But if you don't take action and Ma Sanbao is really caught by them, he will still accuse you! By then, not only will everything we have done be in vain, but you will not be able to escape the blame! We
If we act now, there may be a glimmer of hope!"
Magistrate Cai thought about it again and again, and finally nodded slowly: "What you said makes sense! If we take action at this time, we can advance, attack, retreat or defend! If the situation is favorable to us, we can continue to complete our great cause. If the situation is right,
We are at a disadvantage, we still have time to cover up everything!"
The master cupped his hands and echoed loudly: "My boss is so wise!"
Magistrate Cai raised his eyebrows and asked, "How many are there?"
The master pondered for a moment and replied: "It seems that there are only three of them, but I don't know if there are any helpers!"
Magistrate Cai squinted his eyes, thought for a moment, and then asked: "Where is Ma Sanbao? Have you received the news?"
The master cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "His informant is also near the mine, so he must have gotten the news a long time ago! He is most likely to be involved in this matter, and he will definitely take action tonight!"
Magistrate Cai nodded and said firmly: "Well, that's very good! Then go and order some good men and horses and set off immediately!"
"I'll make arrangements right away!" Master handed over his hand and hurriedly left.
Just at this moment, the soldier guarding the gate hurried over and bowed: "Master Cai, Boss Xiao wants to see you!"
Magistrate Cai's eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "Yulou? Why is he here? Quick, let him in!"
The master stood aside and looked a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly: "Master Cai, then I..."
Magistrate Cai glared at him and scolded: "You wait a moment, wait until I see him before I make a decision!"
The master hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Magistrate Cai was only thinking about the actor at the moment, he had no choice but to bow and leave.
Magistrate Cai stood at the door, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, stopping from time to time to look up.
After a while, in the vast darkness of the night, a tall and graceful figure walked towards me despite the cold wind.
Xiao Yulou walked forward gracefully, raised his hand and took off his hood, revealing a face as beautiful as a good girl.
He smiled brightly at Magistrate Cai and said softly: "Sir! I apologize for disturbing Yu Lou late at night!"
After saying that, he bowed his hands.
Magistrate Cai quickly supported him and grabbed his hand: "Yulou, I knew you would change your mind! It's as expected. Come on in and talk!"
With that said, he took Xiao Yulou's hand, turned around, walked into the door, and closed the door of his room tightly.
The concubine who was waiting on the bed heard Magistrate Cai's voice and poked her head out from the curtain. She was startled when she saw Magistrate Cai holding a man's hand.
Magistrate Cai's face darkened and he sternly scolded: "You blind thing, why don't you get out of here! Don't you see any guests here?"
The woman on the bed was so frightened that she jumped out of the bed, picked up the clothes on the chair, and ran out the door.
Magistrate Cai stared at Xiao Yulou's rosy face and said with a smile: "Yulu, come to me so late, is there something wrong?"
Xiao Yulou smiled slightly and casually untied the fox fur coat. Magistrate Cai immediately took it and put it next to the stove to bake, then raised his hand to help him sit down.
Xiao Yulou said calmly: "To be honest, I came here this time to ask your help for something!"
Magistrate Cai sat down next to him and said flatteringly: "As long as you are willing to be nice to me, you can make any request you want!"
Xiao Yulou saw a teapot and a bowl on the table. It was still warm when he touched it with his hands, so he added two cups of tea.
He took a cup and brought it to Magistrate Cai and said, "This cup of tea is for you to apologize! I hope you can forget your past grudges and forgive Yu Lou for not knowing how to praise me!"
Magistrate Cai was overjoyed and quickly took the tea bowl and took a sip: "How can I bear to blame you! But Yulou, what do you want from me?"
Xiao Yulou picked up another cup of tea, took a sip, and sighed: "Hey, it's all my fault that Yulou thought he was arrogant in the first place! Sir, you have praised me in every possible way, but I don't know what is good or bad, and I have let down your wholeheartedness. Until now,
I offended Ma Huilan and was hunted everywhere, which made me so embarrassed! Now Yulou wants to correct his mistakes. I wonder if Mr. Cai is still interested in Yulou? "
Mr. Cai was overjoyed and immediately grabbed Xiao Yulou's hand and squeezed it: "Just change it, just change it! Don't worry, Ma Huilan, that slut, I will deal with her sooner or later!"
Xiao Yulou sighed quietly and said: "I know that your Excellency loves Yu Lou and will never let her go! But I came here today to ask for something else. I wonder if you can help Yu Lou?"
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