Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 572 Zhang's Ancestral Hall (4000)

Now only Zhen Mi's fox servants can go out freely, and they don't have to worry about being noticed and suspected by Zhang Liang.

It's a pity that there is still an hour and a half before the time we agreed with Zhen Mi to conjure up dreams every day, and an hour and a half is three hours. I'm afraid that after three hours, when I take him to tell Zhen Mi the situation, Zhang Liang and Zuo Ci will be surprised. The matter over there has already been done, and it will be too late to investigate.

Now we can only see if Zhen Mi is vigilant and careful enough.

It stands to reason that apart from Zhen Mi's fox servants investigating the source of those "solid meat" in the city during this period, there should also be one or two fox servants who have been monitoring the situation in Zhang's mansion. After all, Wu Liang deliberately stayed here before. On the other hand, he reminded her.

Therefore, if Zhen Mi is vigilant and careful enough, and now finds that Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang have taken action, she should immediately order the servant fox to follow secretly.

In this way, Wu Liang can get the first-hand information when entrusting the dream at the agreed time.

Unless Zhen Mi didn't notice this situation at all, or Zhang Liang had other means to guard against Zhen Mi's fox servant...

Have these things in mind.

This hour and a half was undoubtedly a torment for Wu Liang.

However, Wu Liang lay on the bed ahead of time to prepare for sleep, trying to fall asleep as soon as possible, so that if Zhen Mi really found something and needed to contact him in advance, he could take a step forward in the morning.

However, at this time, you don't just fall asleep when you want to fall asleep.

He closed his eyes like this for about half an hour, just when Wu Liang was just a little bit confused.

"Bang bang bang!"

Someone actually knocked on Wu Liang's door.

"Who?"

Dian Wei and Wu Liang looked at each other, and asked extremely vigilantly.

"It's an old slave."

Yan Lu's voice came from outside the door, "Master has something to call you, please follow this old servant."

His tone was much more polite than before when he treated Zuo Ci, but it could still be heard that this was not a discussion with Wu Liang, but an unquestionable order.

"This……"

Yan Lu came to invite him suddenly, but Wu Liang was a little confused about the situation.

It can be heard from the conversation between Yan Lu and Zuo Ci before that they are going to do "business" tonight, and this "business" must not be easily taught to Wu Liang and Dian Wei, two "outsiders" things.

Otherwise, when they speak, they will not be so vague.

And now, just half an hour later, Yan Lu came to invite Wu Liang again, which must be related to the "business" they were going to do tonight.

That is to say, tonight Wu Liang may also be exposed to the secrets between Zhang Liang and Zuo Ci, that is, the secrets related to those "solid flesh".

This has to be looked at from both sides:

On the one hand, this can naturally be regarded as a good thing. Wu Liang is very interested in the "tremendous formation" that Zhen Mi said, and being able to get in touch with it so soon can satisfy his curiosity, and it can also make him understand Zhang better. Liang and Zuo Ci know more about the secrets of Jinyang City;

On the other hand, this is actually not a good thing.

Originally he didn't know anything, but to Zhang Liang and Zuo Ci, he was naturally an outsider, outsiders were the easiest to get out of, but once he really came into contact with their secrets, he became an insider.

The insiders will definitely be more guarded against, and if they are going to be murdered and silenced later, he will naturally have to be included in it, and it is impossible to continue to stay out of the matter.

But in this situation, I'm afraid he can't help it.

Fortunately, Wu Liang was quite adventurous, and he didn't mind being an insider. If he didn't become an insider, he might never be able to figure out what Zhang Liang was doing with such painstaking efforts. What a secret.

the most important is.

Jinyang City was the location of Beitang, the ancient capital of the ancient Tang Dynasty, and Beitang was his goal of traveling thousands of miles to come here.

Although he encountered this incident as soon as he entered Jinyang City, even the most basic investigation has not yet been carried out, let alone the search for the ruins of the ancient capital Beitang, but it cannot be ruled out that the secret Zhang Liang tried his best to cover up has something to do with what he wants to find. The possibility related to the Northern Tang Dynasty, so for Wu Liang, it is also a direction of investigation.

And now the strangest thing about him is.

Zhang Liang didn't seem to have the idea of ​​letting him in touch with this secret at first. At most, he just regarded him as a descendant of an alchemist who might have some inheritance, and he just wanted him to help refine a little-known alchemist. Elixir.

So Wu Liang was very curious, what happened to make Zhang Liang suddenly change his mind...

Besides.

Wu Liang had reason to speculate that the "big array" that Zhen Mi was talking about should not be far from Zhang's residence.

After all, it was only half an hour before Yan Lu summoned Zuo Ci. If Zuo Ci and Zhang Liang had already gone to the "Big Heavenly Formation", then Yan Lu would probably go there too, and at least for a while. Returning back to summon Wu Liang, otherwise there would be no communication tools like mobile phones in this era, and carrier pigeons would not be popular at all. Even if Yan Lu did not go with him, someone else would need to run errands to deliver the news, which is different from Yan Lu himself. It's not too much to go back and forth.

With such a total, the "Big Heaven Formation" should not only be not far from the Zhang residence, but very close to the Zhang residence...

"Master Wu, the master is waiting for you!"

Seeing that Wu Liang didn't respond immediately, Yan Lu's tone became a little more serious, and he said to Wu Liang through the door.

"Come here, I just lay down and am getting dressed now."

Wu Liang came back to his senses, and responded to Yan Lu outside the door.

While Yan Lu was speaking, Wu Liang heard footsteps mixed in at the same time. There were quite a few people who came to "invite" him, and he could also hear the sound of armor rubbing against each other, which meant that apart from Yan Lu, , accompanied by a group of fully armed armored soldiers.

Therefore, this is not "please" at all, to be precise, it should be "escort", and it is still a very important "escort".

It's just that Wu Liang still hasn't figured out why Zhang Liang suddenly "values" him so much.

Could it be that in just a few days of effort, Zhang Liang has already checked himself and the Huan army to the bottom?

impossible!

Not to mention that even if Zhang Liang sent someone to Chenliu to investigate at this time, he must have not left Bingzhou and Jizhou, and it was impossible to reach Chenliu, let alone send the news back.

What's more, even if someone really came to Chenliu.

As Boss Cao's secret army, Wu Liang and Huan Renjun are only known to the outside world as an army of pottery craftsmen who cannot stand on the stage. If they hadn't been lurking for many years, it would be impossible to find any useful information, let alone Don't say that he and the Huan army should be checked out, this is simply not true.

"Son..."

Dian Wei also realized that the current situation was full of unknown dangers, looked at Wu Liang with some worry, and lowered his voice as if he wanted to say something.

"If Yan Lu doesn't stop you, you can go with me."

Wu Liang whispered to him in a lower voice, "If he stops you, don't act rashly. Go back to your room and fall asleep as soon as possible. If you see Zhen Mi in your dream later, immediately put my current Explain the situation to her, and she will know what to do."

Wu Liang is convinced that with Zhen Mi's ability, when the appointed time comes later, Zhen Mi can't find Wu Liang when he comes to entrust the dream, so he can definitely think of entering Dian Wei's dream to inquire.

"In a dream?"

Dian Wei was taken aback, expressing that he did not understand what Wu Liang meant.

After all, Zhen Mi's ability to conjure dreams is still a secret for the time being. Even Prince Chamu, who had entered Zhen's residence with Wu Liang, only heard Wu Liang mention it and didn't fully understand it.

"Just do it, and I will explain it to you later."

After Wu Liang said this, he straightened his collar a little, got up and opened the door.

……

Never thought.

Although Yan Lu took one more look at Dian Wei this time, he took him and Wu Liang out of the courtyard without saying anything in the end.

Wu Liang had listened well in the room before, and Yan Lu indeed brought more than [-] heavily armed soldiers behind him.

In fact, this number is not too much. If the pair of mother and son he specially built for Dian Wei had a halberd in his hand, he was sure that with Dian Wei's power, he could kill them all and turn them back on their feet with just one person.

But now that Dian Wei is unarmed, and he still doesn't know how many guards there are in the Zhang Mansion, it's better to exercise restraint.

What's more, Wu Liang still has the desire to see what kind of medicine is sold in Zhang Liang's gourd. Now that he has reached this point, he may soon come into contact with the truth. Even if it is a bit risky, he will not easily miss it.

then.

He and Dian Wei were taken directly to a unique courtyard behind the Zhang Mansion.

Except for a narrow entrance, this courtyard has no other roads to go on, and it is in an absolutely isolated state, as if all connections with those courtyards in front have been cut off.

Why do you say that.

Because this courtyard actually built two layers of courtyard walls.

In addition, there is a distance of about half a meter between the two floors of courtyard walls, forming a narrow, dark alley... such a narrow alley may appear between ordinary people's houses, but it will never appear In such a deep house compound, after all, people who can afford to live in a deep house compound do not need to care about the size like ordinary people.

Besides.

On the top of the two-story courtyard wall, two metal expansion fences were specially added.

This expanded fence is somewhat similar to the fence of later generations, with a row of spikes facing the sky like spearheads left on it. The difference is that although the fence of later generations also has sharp points, they are mainly for decoration and do not have much The lethality, but the spikes on the two fences are clearly sharpened, reflecting a sharp cold light under the moonlight.

"What exactly is in this yard?"

Wu Liang couldn't help but secretly speculated again.

Even private cells or confinement rooms rarely build such formations.

It should be known that such two walls, at first glance, are not only to prevent things from coming out of the yard, but also to prevent people from outside the yard from breaking in.

"There's nothing to see, hurry up, the master is waiting for you."

Seeing that Wu Liang's footsteps were a little slower, Yan Lu urged him in a cold voice.

"Um……"

Wu Liang had no choice but to look back, but the moment he walked into the yard, his eyes caught a cold light inadvertently.

This cold light came from the small alley only half a meter wide in front of the two walls. Obviously, this small alley is also full of sharp weapons, which is more exaggerated than the expanded fence on the two courtyard walls. .

This courtyard is simply a small city.

And that small alley is the moat of this city, a "moat" made of murderous weapons!
Realize this.

Combined with the previous guesses, Wu Liang has also realized that the "big array" that Zhen Mi mentioned, the secrets that Zhang Liang explores and hides, most likely lie in this courtyard.

Now Wu Liang really wanted to know when the Zhang Mansion was built?

Did Zhang Liang discover something first and build the mansion here to hide it, or did he discover something during the process of building the mansion, and then temporarily changed and built such a courtyard, closing it forever for his own exploration.

……

Coming to the courtyard like this, Wu Liang only saw a big house in the middle of the courtyard.

Different from the brick house in front of Zhang's mansion, this big house is built entirely of neatly cut stone blocks, and each block is not small in size, and it is no problem to measure hundreds of catties by eye.

But to build such a large stone house, at least hundreds of such stones must be used, which consumes a considerable amount of manpower and financial resources.

But relatively speaking.

This kind of stone house is also much stronger than ordinary houses. Apart from being less resistant to earthquakes, it must be easy to resist other things. It may be stronger than the bunkers in the era of hot weapons in later generations.

Besides.

The door of this big stone house is not an ordinary door, but a pig iron door that is rarely used in this era.

Moreover, the two cast iron doors were bare on the outside, with no handle, no bolt, and no place to lock them. There was only a small hole about an inch square at the height of a person, which meant that the door could only be locked. Open it from the inside.

And if this is the case, every time the door is closed, people need to be stationed inside the iron door, and the small hole on the door should be the window for the people stationed inside to observe outside.

Besides.

Wu Liang also noticed that there was a wooden plaque hanging above the door.

There are four gilded official characters on the plaque - "Zhang's Ancestral Hall".

This is a bit of an understatement...

If there were no ghosts in his heart, no normal person would build his own ancestral hall into such a look. This is a heavily guarded bunker, and the treasury of later generations of banks probably did not have such care.

"It's me, open the door!"

Wu Liang, Dian Wei and the accompanying soldiers were ordered to wait behind, while Yan Lu went forward and knocked on the iron gate alone.

"Today's password."

Three seconds later, a cold voice came from inside the iron door.

so harsh...

Wu Liang sighed in his heart.

Yan Lu is a servant who followed Zhang Liang a long time ago, and is also the manager of the Zhang family. It is impossible for the people inside not to know him, but even so, Yan Lu still needs to give a password to enter.

And it's "today's password", it seems that this password will change every day...

(End of this chapter)