Lu Bing asked Yang Sen to take out the map, and Mu Bi first drew a circle on the map. But Mu Bi held the pen, thought about it, and drew a smaller circle within that circle.
Lu Bing smiled knowingly.
The harmonious relationship with the Lisu nationality not only reduced the worries of the Jinyi Guards, but also provided great help to the logistics of Lu Bing's five thousand soldiers and horses. Not only is there enough food and grass, but you can also camp with the Lisu people, which is naturally much safer. Moreover, the life experience of the Lisu people here has allowed the Jinyiwei to avoid illnesses caused by a great deal of inadequacy.
The Jinyi guards trained in the Lisu for two days, and once again sent an investigation team to search for the picture drawn in Mubi.
It's a pity that the turmoil with the Lisu tribe is a bit big, otherwise, you can wait for the people of the White Lotus Cult to come out to buy, and wait for him to throw himself into the net. Now, the White Lotus Sect probably won't come to the door.
After so many days, but still nothing.
Lu Bing felt that he was getting closer and closer to Xiaoxitian, but that layer of mist still couldn't disperse.
And on this day, a turning point suddenly appeared.
A "message by mouth" spy outside found a special mark of "message by mouth" on the tree.
The situation was immediately reported to Sun Quan, who led people to the mark.
"Is there anyone around?" Sun Quan touched the symbol engraved on the tree. The surface was already a little dry, it was left at least three days ago.
"My lord, no second sign was found around." Hundred households with iron masks replied.
"Is it ours?" Sun Quan asked again.
"The subordinates have counted, and many of them have been out of Beijing this time."
"Oh" Sun Quan heard it, and immediately thought of something, and he couldn't help being overjoyed.
When carrying out a task with "message in the mouth", if you feel that you are not strong enough, you will leave this mark on the place you are passing by, and let the people behind follow the mark to keep up.
However, there is only one mark here, so there are only two possibilities. One is that after leaving this mark, the spy is dead. Another possibility is...
Sun Quan knelt down and carefully searched around the tree.
Finally, three feet away from the tree, in a mud pit, Sun Quan, with sharp eyesight, found a thick fallen leaf, gently undulating regularly...
Sun Quan lightly stepped onto the mud puddle covered with thick leaves, walking on the ground as if he did not see any sinking.
Sun Quan walked to the fallen leaves and gently brushed away the thick layer of leaves with his hands, revealing a thin tube rolled with leaves, which was less than half an inch exposed on the quagmire.
Sun Quan stretched out his hand and was about to pinch the thin tube, a short knife broke through the mud, and went straight to Sun Quan!
Sun Quan retreated seemingly slowly, just to exit the attack range of the short knife.
A figure threw out with a short knife, but Sun Quan stood with his back in time.
Just when the knife was about to pierce Sun Quan's neck, he stopped by himself.
The muddy, smelly figure looked at Sun Quan and murmured, "My lord..."
Before the words fell, the figure fell on his back.
Sun Quan did not shy away from being dirty, and held the figure in one hand.
At this time, the other "messages" reacted, and were about to rush over. Sun Quan had already stepped out of the quagmire in two steps and said, "Go back to camp immediately!" After speaking, holding the figure, he rushed into the forest first, and several ups and downs were gone.
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"My lord! Xiao Xitian... found it!" Sun Quan hid under the quagmire for three days, avoiding the chase of the White Lotus Sect, and finally escaped from the ascended "Trust in the Mouth" spy mouth, knowing the whereabouts of Xiao Xitian, first Time to report to Lu Bing: "The spy who sent the news before was found. After he sent out the news that Xiao Xitian was in the Nu River, he was detained and tortured. Three days ago, when he was tortured, he used the secret medicine hidden under his teeth. Fake death, was carried out of Xiao Xitian. Just when he was about to be buried alive, he was lucky enough to wake up in time, killed the two white lotus cultists, fled to a quagmire, and hid under the quagmire for three days. If it weren’t for us to find out The mark he left, even if he didn't starve to death under the mud, he would die because of the wound festering.
"Good, good!" Lu Bing heard this, and said overjoyed: "It's a fluke! God helps me too, and God helps me too!"
The happy Lu Bing instructed Sun Quan: "After returning to Beijing, reward him with ten thousand silver! Promote one hundred households! Make up for the two total flags of his children!"
Sun Quan was silent for a moment and said: "My lord, he has been tortured, and his lamp has dried up. He took the secret medicine and was poisoned. After hiding in the mud for three days, he couldn't help but endure hunger. Even the wounds have begun to fester. The knife can't be cut clean... He is already overdrawn... I am afraid it will be difficult to live to return to Beijing."
Lu Bing changed color and said solemnly: "A good man, I am worthy of my Jin Yiwei son! Let Mu Bi find the best doctor, and he must be cured!"
Sun Quan clasped his fists, but did not leave, but continued: "He said that when he was carried out, because he took the secret medicine, he did not remember the specific situation when he came out. He just vaguely remembers the location... He asked to start immediately, otherwise he was afraid … Can’t remember….”
Sun Quan said, almost crying.
Lu Bing was also silent, and both he and Sun Quan understood... What are you afraid of remembering! I'm afraid... I'm afraid that I won't find the entrance of Xiaoxitian before I die!
"Lift the bed! Put on the quilt! Let me carry him comfortably!" Lu Bing ordered loudly, "Go now!"
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That evening, Lu Bing and Shitou, Yang Sen, Sun Quan, Huang Lian'er, Dong Hai, and Zhang Ju brought five thousand cavalry soldiers in brocade clothes, and three hundred masters with "messages" and "tail needles" along the way, following the thousands of deaths. Guided by the spies, came to a woodland.
Under the tutelage of Huang Duxian, Sun Quan and Huang Lian'er, who were good at breaking customs and opening locks, searched the neighborhood carefully and finally found a mountain wall not far away.
Sun Quan and Huang Lian'er stepped forward, pushed aside the dense vines, beat them left and right on the stone wall with their hands, and pushed them back and forth. Sun Quan turned around and said to Lu Bing, "My lord, it should be here."
Huang Lian'er also nodded and said, "This is a stone gate. There should be a mechanism inside that can be opened, but from the outside... I'm afraid it can't be opened without a lot of force."
Lu Bing was silent for a while, and then asked Dong Haidao: "Prepare gunpowder."
Dong Hai smiled and nodded. Before leaving Beijing, the thoughtful Dong Hai thought that he might need gunpowder to break the rocks, so he brought a lot of them.
At this time, Lu Bing, who had not spoken to the spy lying on the bed along the way, finally walked to the spy without a smile, but said very firmly: "Your mission has been completed, I will send someone to send it right away. When you return to Beijing, your final task is to return to the capital alive."
"My lord..." The spy was pale, but his lips were black and blue: "Subordinates... Your subordinates will live soon anyway, so let me stay! Let me see their fate!"