Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 577 The Intruding Fox (4000)

In this way, less than half an hour later, the four bamboo rafts were completed.

I have to say that the craftsmanship of these ancient people is quite good. Although the bamboo raft looks a bit crude, but Yan Lu stepped forward and shook it vigorously a few times, the bamboo poles are very stable when they are arranged together. What big winds and waves, there shouldn't be any problem in crossing a few people.

Of course, there is obviously no way to get all the people across the river at once with only four bamboo rafts.

However, judging by Zhang Liang's appearance, he probably didn't intend to continue to add more. He probably planned to use these bamboo rafts to go back and forth several times and send people there in batches.

And Wu Liang, Zuo Ci and Dian Wei must be in the same group as Zhang Liang.

As for which batch to arrange them in, it still depends on Zhang Liang's intention.

Wu Liang was not in a hurry. Until now, he still hadn't fully figured out what kind of underground palace he was facing this time. What was found in the vestibule of this underground palace that had been explored by Zhang Liang and others? I don't know anything, and I can't ask directly, so it's best to wait and see what happens.

"You make arrangements."

After the two bamboo rafts got into the water first and floated smoothly, Zhang Liang nodded to Yan Lu.

"promise."

Yan Lu gave a salute, then looked at the heavily armed soldiers nearby, and then nodded to a dozen people and said, "The six of you go downstream, the six of you go upstream, it takes a stick of incense, no matter whether you have detected it or not. At the end, immediately turn back and report the situation, and then the master will decide whether to continue to investigate further, understand?"

While talking, Yan Lu took out two sticks of incense and two small incense cauldrons from somewhere, and handed them to two groups of people respectively.

"promise!"

From the expressions of these soldiers, it can be seen that they were actually a little uneasy when they went to lead the battle, but this uneasiness could not offset their awe of Zhang Liang, so no one dared to raise any objections at this time.

After a moment.

They had already fixed the small incense cauldron at one end of the bamboo raft, and after they were all on the bamboo raft, they lit the incense and inserted it into the small incense cauldron together.

"Go, Immortal Master Zuo will pray for you here, and afterward, the master will also write down the rewards for you for your achievements. Don't let the trust of the master go."

Yan Lu encouraged the soldiers on the two bamboo rafts respectively.

"Willing to serve Duke Zhang!"

Twelve soldiers saluted Zhang Liang in unison, and finally pushed the bamboo raft upstream and downstream with a bamboo pole, and soon disappeared into the dark cave.

Looking at their backs, no one spoke, not even the slightest cough.

What will happen to them next.

No one can tell.

Especially those soldiers who were not selected. Although they don't have to worry about their own safety for the time being, they also have a feeling of empathy. This time it is not their turn, but there will always be a time when it is their turn...

Just at this time.

"Da da da……"

A series of rather hasty footsteps suddenly came from the passage behind him.

Everyone turned their heads and looked towards that passage subconsciously. This passage is their only way of coming, and the defense is very tight. At least no one in Jinyang City can break in now.

Therefore, the footsteps must be Zhang Liang's men.

And the footsteps sounded very hurried. It is not difficult to imagine that there is a high probability that something urgent happened outside, so someone rushed to report to Zhang Liang.

really.

After a few breaths, two soldiers in winter clothes ran out from the passage, and then ran straight to Zhang Liang.

"What happened so alarmingly?"

Zhang Liang frowned and asked in a cold voice.

"Mr. Zhang..."

Although a soldier was out of breath, he still saluted Zhang Liang, but he seemed hesitant to speak.

"Come and talk!"

Zhang Liang nodded slightly.

"No, Xixisuoso..."

The soldier swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and forced himself to catch his breath a little, then carefully moved to Zhang Liang's ear and started whispering, the voice was very low, and he covered it with his palm so that no one could hear clearly what he was talking to Zhang Liang said something.

"..."

Seeing this scene, while Wu Liang was curious, he unconsciously began to miss Bai Jingjing. If Bai Jingjing was here, he might be able to hear the general idea.

Just when everyone was a little curious.

"fox?"

Zhang Liang suddenly asked loudly without hesitation, "Our defense is so tight that it is difficult for even a fly to fly in on weekdays. How did this fox get in?"

"Mr. Zhang..."

The soldier trembled in fright, and quickly raised his hand to explain to Zhang Liang.

"No, it's nothing serious, just say so!"

Zhang Liang glared at him impatiently, and said angrily.

"Returning to Mr. Zhang, the fox came in through all the communication holes on the gate of the ancestral hall. The subordinates guarded the door and did not dare to be careless. However, this fox is very alert. I slashed at it with a knife, but I never thought that it would hide in the past, and only cut off a small piece of tail in the end."

The soldier quickly took out a section of furry tail about an inch long from his arms, and said with a bitter face, "Then my subordinates didn't dare to be careless, and while ordering their companions to continue to guard the gate, they took a few people to continue chasing and killing. This little beast, who would have thought that this little beast escaped to the secret passage behind the altar in the blink of an eye, and when the acquaintances chased after it, it climbed down along the rope of the bell, and the subordinates hurriedly taught others to catch it. The subordinate put it down, but when the subordinate descended to the bottom, there was no trace of it, so the subordinate had to search all the way to the depths, until it reached this place, but there was no trace of it, so I don't know where it hid where..."

"This secret realm has been cleaned up by us, and there are not many places to hide."

Zhang Liang still frowned and said.

"That's right, this subordinate knows that his crime is unforgivable, please give this subordinate another chance, and this subordinate will go back and investigate carefully, and will never teach this little bastard to hinder Zhang Gong!"

The soldier immediately expressed his opinion again, "If you can't find this little beast, your subordinates will come to see you!"

"No need!"

But Zhang Liang waved his hand, "A mere little bastard won't do anything wrong, and it doesn't matter if you find it or not. You can go back and garrison first. I'll make a note of this matter for now. If you want to put anything else Come in, don't blame me for not being sympathetic."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang. The subordinates are very grateful. From now on, Mr. Zhang will be utterly guilty and meritorious."

The soldier immediately knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Zhang Liang as if he had received an amnesty.

It can be seen from this that Zhang Liang is definitely not such a talkative person on weekdays. It is a rare situation that this soldier can be exempted from punishment, so he reacted like this.

"The master is doing business, why don't you step back quickly?"

Seeing the soldier knelt on the ground and kowtowed endlessly, and a hint of impatience appeared on Zhang Liang's face, Yan Lu stepped forward and took the fox tail from the soldier's hand, and then sternly drank.

"promise!"

The soldier finally noticed Zhang Liang's expression, quickly stood up and bowed to Zhang Liang again, and then ran out with another soldier as if fleeing.

……

Although this episode did not have any impact on Zhang Liang and others.

But it gave Wu Liang a huge surprise—he had every reason to believe that the fox was Zhen Mi's fox servant. She didn't find Wu Liang at the appointed time, but she found this secret place by her own means. up.

After all, under normal circumstances, wild foxes are very timid, and basically will not appear in places where people are haunted. Even if they only smell people in a certain place, they will choose to stay away.

But this fox did the opposite, and its identity was naturally very suspicious.

It's a pity that the soldier cut off a part of its tail, which inevitably made Wu Liang feel a little distressed, after all, it came here for his adventure...

With such thoughts in mind, Wu Liang had already made a decision.

Didn't he just get the "history" that can regenerate severed limbs?

Since "history" can regenerate severed limbs, a small tail should be no problem. Regardless of whether it is a waste of money or not, Wu Liang must use "history" to renew the tail of this little thing.

As for the soldier who cut off its tail.

Wu Liang didn't intend to argue with him, but automatically credited the account to Zhang Liang. If he was taught to find an opportunity, he would definitely settle the old and new accounts with Zhang Liang.

But that's all for later.

What should be done now is to continue to wait and see what happens, first figure out the situation here and then wait for the opportunity.

And with the addition of this little fox servant, it means that Zhen Mi has been involved, which is undoubtedly a huge help for Wu Liang.

After all, the fox servant is small and agile, and can easily reach places that they cannot reach, and with Zhen Mi's thousands of years of knowledge, he can see some things that they cannot understand from this secret place, maybe Being able to find out the situation of this secret place in advance allowed him to understand in advance, thus gaining the absolute initiative in the game between Zhang Liang and Zuo Ci.

The only problem is how to communicate with Zhen Mi.

Although Zhen Mi can give him a "dream", the premise is that he has to fall asleep, and in this situation, it is definitely impossible for him to fall asleep peacefully, he has to think of another way...

……

So about another quarter of an hour passed.

Finally, a bamboo raft turned back. This was the raft going downstream. Although the six soldiers on it were all safe and sound, they looked really tired.

After all, when they go, they can go down the river without spending too much effort.

But when I came back, I went against the current, and I couldn't do without effort.

The soldiers who went upstream to investigate were just the opposite. It was not easy for them to go, but it was very labor-saving when they turned back.

But at this moment.

The raft that went upstream to investigate had not yet returned.

This situation is actually not normal.

Wu Liang, who has received the education of later generations, has been doing topics similar to this situation since he was very young:

In the same amount of time, if a group of people go upstream and downstream, if they spend the same amount of energy, it doesn't take much calculation to know that the group of people going downstream will travel farther.

Then when the pedestrians going down the river turn back, it will definitely take longer. After all, when they come back, they will have to go up the river.

And the pedestrian who went upstream at the beginning, because the distance traveled is shorter, the distance needed to walk back will be shorter, plus the speed bonus of going downstream when returning...

No matter how you calculate it, it must be the pedestrian who went upstream at the beginning to come back first.

But now it's the exact opposite...

"How did you find out?"

Except for Wu Liang, he didn't seem to be aware of this rather detailed question. After the six soldiers were brought ashore, no one raised any questions. Zhang Liang directly called them to his side and started questioning.

"Returning to Mr. Zhang, the lower reaches of this dark river actually lead to a deep pit. When the river reached the abyss, it formed a stream of white water and splashed down vertically. Fortunately, the subordinates and others heard the sound of white water in advance and were on guard. , so that we stopped in advance, otherwise, if we get closer to the bamboo raft and are sucked by the rapids on the mouth, I am afraid that we will not be able to come back."

A soldier in the lead stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, with a look of lingering fear on his face.

"Um……"

Zhang Liang nodded slightly, and then asked again, "Did you find any place to stay on the way along the way?"

"I haven't found a place to stay. The river seems to be a straight-through cave, and I haven't even seen a temporary stop."

The soldier said seriously again.

"In this way, we can only wait for the people who went to investigate upstream to come back and see if they have found anything..."

Zhang Liang took a look at Wu Liang and Zuo Ci while pondering, he naturally wanted to hear their opinions on this result.

"What Zhang Gong said is very true."

Zuo Ci stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "It's not too early to draw conclusions..."

However, just halfway through the conversation, Yan Lu who was beside him interrupted Zuo Ci's words, pointed to the dark river not far away and said, "Master, what do you think is that?"

"?"

Hearing this, everyone looked in the direction he pointed.

It doesn't matter.

I saw that just as they were welcoming the soldiers downstream, some foreign objects drifted silently from the upstream river.

These foreign objects are nothing but broken bamboo fragments and residues of different sizes...

"This?!"

Everyone's heart tightened suddenly and they held their breath.

This is definitely not a good omen. It means that the soldiers who went upstream to investigate were very likely to encounter some accidents, and the situation at that time should be very tragic, so that the bamboo rafts they were riding on were severely damaged.

And if so.

It is very likely that all six soldiers were killed...

When thinking about it like this.

A larger floating object gradually appeared in their line of sight, it was half of the bamboo raft left, and the originally neatly arranged bamboo poles were completely misplaced, barely tied together with hemp rope.

(End of this chapter)