Zhao Zhengkuan and Qiankun came to a safe hilltop and spread out these three leaves. The leaves were wrinkled and seemed to have been pruned very long and thin.
Qiankun saw that these three leaves seemed to have been picked from different trees. Except for their different appearances, they were all pruned into the same shape.
"What does this leaf mean?" Qiankun was puzzled and could not figure out the reason, so he asked Zhao Zhengkuan.
"This should be the code they use to communicate with each other. As long as we can decipher this, we should know where they met!" Zhao Zhengkuan replied, reaching out to Ye Zi and touching it carefully.
"Be careful! If this leaf changes, we won't be able to do anything!" Qiankun also became cautious and reminded.
"It doesn't matter, I'll be careful." Zhao Zhengkuan smiled, knowing what to do.
Zhao Zhengkuan gently stroked every part of the leaf. The surface of the leaf was very even and clean. Only the two sides had obvious marks of having been cut with a sword and were artificially cut into such a slender shape. Maybe this was the intention.
"Why on earth should this leaf be made like this?" Zhao Zhengkuan fell into deep thought. A trace of doubt arose in his heart, and he muttered to himself for a while, "Do these three leaves represent some information?"
Zhao Zhengkuan continued to explore and found that the first leaf was a maple leaf, and the leaves on both sides had been cut off, leaving only the middle leaf; the second leaf was a willow leaf, and the notch was made with the same technique; and the third leaf had the same texture.
It is very rough and has been pruned into shape, and it is impossible to tell what kind of leaves it is.
This was all the information Zhao Zhengkuan knew. He closed his eyes and felt the touch of these leaves with him.
He remembered at the beginning that Jiange had a habit for five hundred years, that is, if people who went out to fight could not return, they would entrust their friends to send maple leaves to their families. Seeing the red color would tell them something bad happened.
This makes sense, after all, they are conveying the message to their companions that they have been captured.
But this willow leaf and this unknown leaf?
Zhao Zhengkuan held his head in pain and struggled to think.
Seeing that Zhao Zhengkuan was so involved, Qiankun didn't want to disturb him. He couldn't provide any clues, so he had to wait quietly.
Willow leaves usually refer to two things. One is wishes for good things, but this obviously conflicts with the message conveyed by maple leaves. Willow, stay? Where are they going to stay? This should mean that after the unitary hour, everyone disperses, they
The place to go, right?
After understanding where they were staying, Zhao Zhengkuan also knew where they would meet.
Looking at these types of leaves, there is a high probability that the place where they will gather is in the forest. Naturally, they would not be so stupid as to take these two forest leaves as metaphors and expose the place.
He immediately touched the third leaf hard. It was rough and stung his hand. He cut it into five sections, but did not cut it completely, leaving a large part at the bottom of the leaf.
Suddenly, he understood.
This is their gathering place!
Slender, five-leaf, rough. Aren't these just pine needles? Zhao Zhengkuan understood everything immediately. If you look for that pine forest, you should be able to find them!
Yes! Liu Changsong! How could he be forgotten? At first he was also a first-class figure who opposed the royal capital, but out of fear of Mu Shanhai's brutal suppression, he quickly hid his voice. Although he was an upright man,
But he has always been cautious and meticulous in doing things, and he probably came up with the metaphor of the pine forest land.
At this point, he finally spelled out the messy information into a complete sentence:
"We have been exposed, but this does not affect the plan. You continue to stay and act."
Zhao Zhengkuan's thoughts suddenly became clear, an excited smile appeared on his face, and he sighed in his heart: Liu Changsong, Liu Changsong, you are worthy of it. Fortunately, you were not killed, otherwise the entire Jiange would really be deserted.
Strong hope arose in Zhao Zhengkuan's heart, and he turned back to look at the universe.
"I understand, come with me!"
The unitary hour had passed, and a group of sword cultivators, led by Liu Changsong, arrived in the pine forest. This place was more secluded than other places. Everyone flew up the tree and each found their own position.
But at this moment, Liu Changsong felt something was wrong:
There were only a few people there in the first place, but why did it suddenly feel like there were so many people missing?
Liu Changsong took a count and found that there were originally seventeen people, but now only fourteen were left.
"Where are Xu Yi, Meng Qing, and Luo Hua? Where are they?"
After hearing what Liu Changsong said, everyone felt something bad. They didn't pay attention when they first arrived, but now they saw that the three of them were really not there.
"Is it possible that they don't dare to come?"
"No! I heard that several people were imprisoned today. Could it be them?"
"They wouldn't be so stupid as to say something and then be heard and report it, right?"
Even Liu Changsong, who had always been calm, broke into a cold sweat. This sudden change made their already weak strength even worse.
"No, they should have left a secret code if they were caught? There's no way we can't see it!"
"Could it be that the secret code was discovered and taken away?"
Listening to everyone's busy discussion, Liu Changsong calmed down and changed the subject. He could not continue to be confused like this.
"It seems that this location is no longer safe. Let's briefly talk about our next plan and then change the location!" Liu Changsong interrupted everyone's random suspicions and said the business.
"That's right, we should make a plan as soon as possible to rescue Elder Kong. Only then will we have the strength to sit down and talk with Elder Mu." These people finally calmed down. It's impossible that they didn't do something.
If you mess up your own position, what big deal can it accomplish?
"Now everyone has seen Elder Mu's ambition. Not only did the royal capital come here, he secretly combined with Elder Mu to suppress the living space of sword cultivators; just before, he imprisoned Elder Kong for such a long time.
It took half a month, right? After that, Elder Kong admitted that he was the murderer and allowed everyone to beat and scold him at will. I felt something was wrong."
"Not to mention whether Elder Kong will steal it, Elder Kong seems to have never mentioned the Thousand Machine Sword Spring, right? It was Elder Mu who had been thinking about it all the time, and he and Elder Kong just worked together to unlock the barrier of the Hidden Sword Peak and extract the treasure from the Sword Pavilion.
Now."
"Also, Elder Kong looks panicked every time he sees Yun Wuyue, and there are mixed emotions between his brows. He is obviously worried that Yun Wuyue will also be persecuted after being framed."
"This is also true. Yun Wuyue was also the first person to be beaten as a traitor along with Kong Douxuan."
"So, what I want to say to everyone is, don't just think that the people in Wangdu are bad. The people in Wangdu were invited by Elder Mu, and the source of the evil is Elder Mu!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone expressed their agreement, but only a very small number of them had this idea. The rest of them all had infinite respect for Mu Shanhai.
"We must wake everyone up. The current Jiange is not the Jiange we want!"
As soon as Liu Changsong said this, he got a response from the other side:
"Yes, count us in!"
When everyone heard this, they immediately became confused. Could it be that the people from Jiange had already been found? Impossible. Even if they got those clues, they couldn't solve it so quickly!
Seeing that they had lost their sense of proportion, Zhao Zhengkuan quickly came out to relieve their tense atmosphere:
"Don't be afraid, it's me, I found the code you left behind."
Zhao Zhengkuan spread his hands, and everyone saw the three leaves and understood immediately.
"They were actually killed..."
This time the plan was really desperate! It was not as simple as imagined. Liu Changsong felt a little sad in his heart. They were all brothers from the same Jiange, but because of Mu Shanhai's idea, he was thrown into prison. Mu Shanhai, hello.
Cruel heart!
But when I saw my friend Zhao Zhengkuan coming to help, I felt a lot relieved and stepped forward to help him: "But, Zhao Zhengkuan, I'm very happy that you're here!"
"Well! I'm coming!"
The two looked at each other deeply and smiled at each other.
This is a tacit understanding between close friends!
Zhao Zhengkuan opened his mind generously and said, "How about it? If you have any plans, just tell me!"