Qi Yuxuan turned his head and looked out the window. Now that it is winter, the weather is getting colder and colder. There is a pessimistic atmosphere in the cottage. Qi Yuxuan doesn't know why, but it seems to be related to the secret road in the back mountain.
This stay lasted for five days. Xu Ziyu counted the time when Li Xiaolin was assassinated with his fingers. Counting the time they spent in the woods with the assassin, they had been missing for nearly half a month. It was said in the original book that Li Xiaolin only returned to the capital nearly a month after Qi Yuxuan disappeared. That is to say, if they wanted to catch up with that episode, they could only waste ten days here at most, otherwise it would be too late on the road.
To be honest, Xu Ziyu also thought about staying here and dragging out the plot. Although doing so would probably lead to Li Xiaolin's death, in Xu Ziyu's heart, if Li Xiaolin's death could be exchanged for Qi Yuxuan , he would definitely do so without hesitation.
But I don't know if it was intuition or the master of the world was giving him a warning. Whenever such a thought of dragging the plot came up in his mind, Xu Ziyu would be extremely flustered, as if something very bad would happen.
He would rather believe what he has than if he doesn't. Xu Ziyu did not dare to gamble on Qi Yuxuan's life. Fortunately, this time Qi Yuxuan was not seriously injured, and he didn't even lose any hair at all. In this way, he would have to rescue Li Xiaolin more often. With a bit of confidence, there should be no more bloody battle scenes.
Three days later, Boss Yan took A Guang to Xu Ziyu's room early in the morning.
After so many days of observation, the identities of the two people, Boss Yan, have never been clear, but in order to prevent this from happening, or not wanting them to lose their lives in vain, Boss Yan decided to send them both down the mountain.
"Can we go?" Xu Ziyu was surprised, the atmosphere in the stockade was getting more and more tense recently, he thought they wanted to go sneakily.
"Well, I will ask A Guang to take you down the mountain as soon as possible. It's best not to come back after going down the mountain." Boss Yan said with a serious expression.
Xu Ziyu nodded blankly, is this the plot master forcing them to follow the plot
"What's wrong with the secret passage in the back mountain?" Qi Yuxuan, who had been quiet for a while, said suddenly, standing behind Xu Ziyu.
Boss Yan's eyes tightened, and his sharp eyes shot at Qi Yuxuan: "How do you know the secret way? Who are you?"
Many people know about the existence of this secret passage, but many people are confined to a small circle, and almost no one outside the circle knows that there is a road leading directly to the pass hidden in this mountain. How did the taciturn man in front of him know that
Qi Yuxuan replied indifferently: "Qi Yuxuan."
Boss Yan was shocked: "Qi Yuxuan, General Pingxi?"
Qi Yuxuan nodded.
"You... why are you here? Didn't you return to Liancheng?" Boss Yan asked suspiciously. Because Wu Duan controlled the entire Pingxi camp, there was no way to spread the news inside, so people outside only knew that the Pingxi army had returned with a great victory, but they didn't know about Qi Yuxuan's disappearance.
"Foreign Assassin." Qi Yuxuan simply said four words.
Boss Yan reacted immediately. If Qi Yuxuan really disappeared, they would definitely cover up the news without leaking the slightest information. Otherwise, the coach would be attacked and disappeared when he returned from the big victory. Once such a thing is exposed, it will be a great blow to morale and people's hearts. .
"What evidence do you have?" Boss Yan immediately asked. The smell of blood on the man in front of him caught his attention long ago, but he never found out their bottom line. Boss Yan didn't want to cause trouble, so he just ignored it. Now the other party said that he was Qi Yuxuan, but it matched the momentum of his body, but Boss Yan still had to ask for evidence.
Qi Yuxuan took out his own seal and threw it over. Boss Yan took the seal and checked it carefully before giving it to him. Afterwards, he and A Guang whispered a few words, A Guang hurried out, and soon brought back a thin boy.
Said to be a child, he is also a teenager. In Xu Ziyu's eyes, he is a child, but in this era, he can already be regarded as an adult man.
As soon as the young man came in, he saw Qi Yuxuan, his eyes lit up, he walked over and knelt down with a plop: "Thank you General Qi for saving your life."
Qi Yuxuan narrowed his eyes: "You know me?"
The young man nodded and said excitedly: "Three years ago in the winter, I lived in Liancheng, almost starved to death due to hunger and cold, and it was the general who saved me."
Qi Yuxuan thought about it for a while, but he didn't have any impression, but as long as he saw this kind of thing, he wouldn't care, so he nodded.
This young man is very winking, because he had seen Qi Yuxuan up close, so he was called to distinguish the truth from the false. His words just now achieved their purpose, and he also took this opportunity to thank Qi Yuxuan, and then he honestly standing behind A Guang.
With this young man as circumstantial evidence, the doubts in Boss Yan's heart were basically completely eliminated, but he couldn't help but ask: "Since you are General Qi, why didn't you say it earlier?"
Qi Yuxuan said indifferently: "The existence of your cottage has always been very secretive. If it is not necessary, I don't want to disturb you. Just through the observation of the past few days, I found that the atmosphere in the village seems to be a little wrong. This secret way concerns me. The safety of the country is in danger, so it is only to show his identity.”
Boss Yan smiled helplessly. He waved his hand and motioned A Guang to send the boy away. He sat down and wanted to say something, but hesitated when he saw Xu Ziyu.
Seeing his demeanor in his eyes, Qi Yuxuan said in a deep voice, "Zi Yu is not an outsider, so it doesn't matter."
Boss Yan's expression suddenly became a little subtle, but he remembered clearly that this Doctor Xu claimed that General Qi was his concubine. According to General Qi's meaning, this is... admit it
He was very curious about Qi Yuxuan's gossip, but Boss Yan still controlled the expression on his face and didn't show it. Now is not the time to discuss this kind of thing. If the secret way is kept, he can always find someone to inquire about this aspect. information.
"Recently, spies from foreigners have been spying on the secret way... Although they were also inquiring before, they retreated after several attacks and lost their troops, but this time, for some reason, they were almost desperately attacking, Although the pass of this secret passage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the people in our stockade are not soldiers after all, and they have been seriously injured recently.
"When did the foreigners start to attack?" Qi Yuxuan asked.
Boss Yan thought about it for a while: "About half a month ago. I still remember that when General Qi came back in the stockade, he had a special celebration. I didn't expect that a large number of people appeared in the canyon outside the secret road the next day. Foreign spies, the strength of these people is obviously much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, and the people in our stockade have never encountered such a powerful enemy." After a pause, he continued: "The most important thing is that these people know This secret passage can only allow a few people to pass through, but it still rushes up regardless of damage, which is simply incomprehensible.”
After speaking, Boss Yan sighed, this secret passage is actually very narrow, and it is impossible for a large group to pass through. Even if foreigners seize this secret passage, there is no danger to guard it. The secret passage will change hands again.
Boss Yan didn't understand why these people were desperately trying to cross this secret passage, but Xu Ziyu couldn't help but move when he heard the foreign masters he described.
In the original book, there were dozens of assassins who attacked Li Xiaolin, and it was impossible for those people to emerge out of thin air from the Daliang Kingdom. Judging from the time and scale of Qi Yuxuan's ambush, the spies lurking in the Daliang Kingdom were dispatched almost all at once, with the aim of killing him.
But the group of people who ambushed Li Xiaolin and those who ambushed Qi Yuxuan were obviously two groups of people. When reading the novel, Xu Ziyu was still wondering why there are so many foreign assassins in Daliang country. Now that I think about it, the people who ambushed Li Xiaolin That group of people should be the tribe leader who forcibly entered the territory of Daliang Kingdom for revenge after the foreign race was defeated.
Zikou Pass was guarded by strict soldiers, and they couldn't get in. This secret passage naturally became their best choice.
Anyway, this group of people did not intend to go back alive, so their purpose was not to seize the secret passage, but to rush into the territory of Daliang Kingdom from here to take revenge on the Daliang Dynasty.
After thinking about this, Xu Ziyu's eyes suddenly lit up. If so, does that mean... As long as this secret passage is blocked, the assassins who killed Li Xiaolin will not be able to enter the Daliang Kingdom? Does that mean... Yu Xuan doesn't have to die
He turned his head sharply to look at Qi Yuxuan, those shining eyes looked a little scary.
Being stared at by such 'passionate' eyes, Qi Yuxuan naturally couldn't be unresponsive. He raised his head and looked at Xu Ziyu, raising one eyebrow.
"Yuxuan, do you have a way to guard this secret passage?" Xu Ziyu asked eagerly.
"Huh? What are your thoughts?" Qi Yuxuan asked.
Xu Ziyu quickly explained: "It's nothing, but I think that since the foreigners want to break through this secret passage so much, then we have to fight against them and keep the secret passage. Besides, seeing how he breaks through so quickly, there must be some conspiracy. , as long as they can't make it through, any conspiracy will go bankrupt."
"Yeah." Qi Yuxuan nodded. Xu Ziyu's words made sense. In fact, even if Xu Ziyu didn't say it, he would still find a way to keep this secret passage.
Judging from the posture of the foreigners, they sent some experts. I would like to know what kind of losses such experts will cause to the Daliang Kingdom if they enter the Daliang State. Since he is here, he cannot say anything to let them succeed.
Although the people in the cottage are descendants of the prince, in fact, except for Boss Yan who can have some relationship with the prince, the others are poor farmers.
These people lost their land for various reasons and could not support themselves, so Mr. Yan took them in and let them open up wasteland and cultivate their own fields in the mountains. Every month, a caravan passes by this secret road, and Boss Yan explained to these people that they are responsible for collecting dog protection fees, so that these businessmen can pass the secret road safely.