Tang Zibo believes that he will definitely do what he says.
He leaned back calmly, and he was slightly relieved when he saw that the other party did not intend to press on. Xue Mu closed his eyes, put away the long knife in his hand, and said to Peng Peng and Nuo Yan behind him: "Take someone in to search."
Tang Zibo's eyes changed, but Xue Mu didn't turn his head, still staring at him. Tang Zibo pursed his lips tightly, even though the high priest of the Zoroastrian Cult was yelling in the yard, he did not jump out to uphold justice for him.
In the secret passage, Liu Qinghuan was still looking for a way out.
Not long after she followed the route in her memory, she realized that the road was indeed different from what she remembered—where there should have been a road, it was now blocked by a wall, and where there was a dead end, there was an extra road out of thin air Come.
She frowned and slowed down. The secret passage of the mechanism here seems to have been opened, and she must be extremely cautious before taking a step.
The sound of footsteps came from behind, and Liu Qinghuan frowned even tighter. These people are like flies, chasing her. And judging from the sound of footsteps, her pursuers could at least form a small team.
She glanced at the inexplicably blocked road in front of her, turned her heart and walked quickly towards the curve on the left. She has no time to be timid now, she would rather be hit by a hidden weapon in the secret passage and die than be caught by them and tortured.
She has been a person who is very afraid of pain since she was a child, and this has not changed until now.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the pursuers behind seemed to have sensed that she was in front, and shouted directly: "Du Juan, you can't escape! If you don't want to touch the mechanism by mistake and die in vain, just be honest. Stand where you are and don't move!"
In the dark passage, the voice full of vitality appeared more vigorous, and it sounded a little more oppressive for no reason. Liu Qinghuan didn't stop walking, she knew that the fate in their hands would never be better than accidentally touching the trap and dying, and if they used themselves to blackmail Xue Mu, it would be even worse.
The pursuers behind blamed a curve in front and finally saw Liu Qinghuan in front. The leader looked at her fleeing direction and shouted sharply: "You can't run forward anymore. If you don't want to die, stop!" !"
After he saw Liu Qinghuan, he still didn't intend to stop. He frowned, raised his right hand and said to the guard behind him, "Shoot the arrow!"
Hearing the words "shooting arrows", Liu Qinghuan finally stopped. Arrows shot from behind like raindrops whistled and scraped past his ears. Even though Liu Qinghuan was superb in qinggong, the sharp arrows shot across his side and blood flowed profusely.
Liu Qinghuan clutched her waist, tears were about to fall from the pain. She has always used her brains more than her hands, and she has hardly suffered any injuries. The last time she blocked three silver needles for Xue Mu, even though it was very painful, she fainted immediately. This time, not only could she not faint, but she had to drag her body to continue to escape.
The pursuers behind also took advantage of this gap, quickly caught up from behind, and fought with Liu Qinghuan. Enduring the scorching pain in his waist, Liu Qinghuan stepped forward a few times and bulged under his feet. He stepped on Qi Chu, and a few hidden arrows "swished" from the dark.
The plum blossom dart came so suddenly that several pursuers were shot. The leader frowned slightly, and said, "You are a cuckoo, you know how to use the hidden weapons in this secret passage to deal with them." The hidden weapons in the secret passage are different from the arrows they used just now, they are all poisoned.
Liu Qinghuan turned her brains to the hidden weapon in the secret passage, using the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son. But the hammer just now was all due to luck, because she couldn't know exactly where the mechanism was. Seeing that three of the guards chasing her fell down, she covered the wound on her waist with her right hand, gritted her teeth and ran forward.
When the leader saw her running inside, he was very anxious. If she was allowed to run down like this, she would either run out of this underground secret room directly, or step on a trap and fall somewhere.
"ah!"
As soon as the leader thought of this, he heard Liu Qinghuan, who was running in front, suddenly let out a short scream, followed the figure and fell down, and the whole person disappeared from his eyes.
…
It seems that she was unlucky and stepped on the trap.
Although she didn't catch anyone, it's hard to keep up with her superiors, but she was injured and fell into a trap, so she probably wouldn't survive.
Peng Peng and Nuo Yan led their men to search around the Ao Temple, but found nothing, so they had to bite the bullet and come out to report to Xue Mu: "Master Hou, I didn't find anything."
Tang Zibo was secretly delighted, and looked at Xue Mu neither humble nor overbearing: "Master Hou, it seems that you really made a mistake."
Xue Mu's brows were tightly frowned, the emperor and he had previously suspected that there was a secret passage in the Ao Temple, and now it seems that this is indeed the case. If Qingqing was locked in a secret room, it would not be so easy to find her.
Thinking of this, Xue Mu became anxious again, Tang Zibo watched the change on his face, and took a few steps back calmly.
"Pengpeng stay here, Nuo Yan and I will go in and search again."
Xue Mu walked in quickly after explaining, followed by Nuo Yan and his subordinates.
Xue Mu searched very carefully, not letting go of any subtleties. The others also realized that there might be a secret passage in the house, and they found it much more carefully than before.
I don't know who touched it and caused it, the floor tiles in the hall suddenly let out a roar, and slowly pulled away to the two sides. In the middle of the room, there appeared a staircase extending downwards, Xue Mu's eyes moved, and he stepped forward to check.
The stairs are very long, and the end is always hidden in darkness. Xue Mu stood there and thought for a while, then ordered Nuo Yan: "Bring Tang Zibo here."
When Tang Zibo saw Nuo Yan coming out of it, he had a bad feeling. Just now he faintly heard the sound of the machine, and he was afraid that the secret passage had been discovered.
Nuo Yan escorted him inside without saying a word. When he entered the room, Xue Mu was studying a hole in the ground with his head down.
"Lord Hou." Nuo Yan called, Xue Mu raised his head, and his eyes fell on Tang Zibo. The high priest who had been making a lot of noise also barged in, but when he saw the hole in the ground, he suddenly fell silent.
Xue Mu walked up to Tang Zibo and asked, "How many entrances are there in this room?"
Tang Zibo's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Xue Mu in surprise. There is indeed more than one entrance in this house. When he brought Du Juan here, it was not this entrance.
The entrance in front of me is not so much an entrance, but rather a gate of death specially used to invite you into the urn—going in through this entrance, no matter how good your martial arts are, you may be close to death.
"This entrance seems to be full of dangers, let brother Guangyuan explore the way for us first." Xue Muli said confidently.
Tang Zibo looked at him very unexpectedly, this time because of his shamelessness. He looked at Xue Mu for a long time before he recovered his voice: "Master Hou, a certain grassroots man, his life is naturally not as precious as that of a great general like you, but he can't be trampled like this."
Xue Mu snorted softly, looked at him and said, "You are not a grassroots person, you are a scumbag. A stalker only has this little value."
Tang Zibo: "..."
Is this still the great promise of his life
He took a deep breath and reminded: "Master Hou, Dacheng has the law of the king."
Xue Mudao: "If Da Cheng didn't have Wang Fa, you would have been hacked into pieces by me."
Tang Zibo: "..."
Xue Mu didn't have the patience to talk nonsense with him anymore, so he clasped his hands instead, using him as a human shield in front of him. Nuo Yan led a group of soldiers and walked down behind them.
Seeing this, the high priest in the room ran away in a hurry, and the soldiers who stayed in the hall didn't seem to see him, and no one cared about him.
Tang Zibo was forced to stand in front of Xue Mu, and he was already sweating profusely after walking a few steps. Sweat seeped into the wound on his neck, and he gasped subconsciously in pain.
Xue Mu ignored him, and still used him to block in front of him, looking around vigilantly. The stairs are spiral, and it is easy for people's senses to be confused, so he takes every step very carefully. It wasn't until he got down to the bottom of the stairs that Tang Zibo breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the high priest still had some eyesight, and knew how to use the mechanism to lead them to a safe passage. Walking through a corridor in front, the field of vision suddenly widened, and a courtyard similar to a mansion appeared, and the soldiers behind were slightly surprised.
Xue Mu sneered behind Tang Zibo, and said in a low voice, "Brother Guangyuan is truly a lucky general. With you as our escort, the journey went so smoothly."
Tang Zibo pursed his lips and said nothing, Xue Mu asked the guards to search separately, and he himself took Tang Zibo to search in the secret room. The closer he was to the way Liu Qinghuan escaped, the more disturbed Tang Zibo felt. He stayed with Xue Mu all the time, had no chance to get in touch with his subordinates, and didn't know what the current situation was like.
Suddenly there was some commotion in front, and soon a guard trotted over to report: "General Xue, a lot of blood was found in the secret passage ahead!"
Xue Mu's heart skipped a beat, almost breaking Tang Zibo's hand bones. Tang Zibo's face turned pale from the pain, and he let out a cry.
Xue Mu took a deep breath before saying in a calm voice, "Take me there."
"Yes!" The guard turned and ran forward, Xue Mu carried Tang Zibo, who was pale, and followed closely behind.
A few candlesticks were sparsely stained on both sides of the narrow passageway, and a pool of blood on the floor tiles had begun to solidify, presenting a strange black color. Xue Mu's heart tightened again, the blood was poisonous.
"General Xue, there are other bloodstains here." The guard pointed to the side. Xue Mu's gaze followed the trend, and the blood there was normal in color, and it was still extending forward.
He carried Tang Zibo and walked along the bloodstain, but the bloodstain suddenly stopped somewhere.
"Is there a secret passage here?" He turned Tang Zibo over and grabbed his skirt tightly. Tang Zibo was tortured for so long, even though he was dying, he still insisted: "No, I don't know..."
"I don't know?" Xue Mu's eyes darkened, and just as he was about to break his wrist, a guard in front accidentally stepped on a trap and fell directly from the dark passage.