Jiaohua

Chapter 1189 is life or death
With a "squeak", the handle on the outside of the wooden cabinet was tied by Qian Sibi, and she pulled it away forcefully.

Dozens of crossbow arrows were fired in an instant, hitting the stone wall opposite with a "slap", penetrating several inches into the wall, almost piercing through.

Xia Zhaoyi took back Qian Sibi, went forward to check, there was only such a mechanism in the cabinet, and there was nothing else besides this mechanism.

Xia Zhaoyi frowned and went to the next place to check.

When she chased it down, there was only the completely broken coffin in the yard, and there was no corpse in the coffin.She stepped into the hut in the courtyard, only to find that each room was full of traps, on the beams, on the floor, in the cabinet, and even the corner of the table had hidden arrows and silver needles ready to be fired at any time.

Checking inside and out one by one, there is no daily necessities, except organs, or organs, she thought she could find a secret passage, but there were none.

A voice suddenly came from outside the window: "This yard looks huge, but it's so dilapidated. There's still a coffin in the yard!"

Another voice said: "No wonder there is no one around, everyone was scared away."

The first voice said: "That's right, it's really bad luck for eight lifetimes to be neighbors in this yard!"

Both are Tanzhou accents.

Xia Zhaoyi went out with a whip, and two Tanzhou soldiers stepped into the small courtyard and were looking at the coffin. Out of the corner of their eyes, they saw a person coming out lightly, describing it as "floating", and screamed in fright at the same time.

Xia Zhaoyi was dressed in a wet light green long gown, which was no different from white in the dim morning light.

Because of the rain all night, the original ponytail long hair fell down, and was loosely tied to her back in a semi-dry state, which made her a little less heroic than usual, and her fair little face the size of a palm added A little gentle.

"Ah, it's General Ali!" A soldier was the first to react.

"Why are you here?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.

Seeing that she wasn't angry because of their yelling just now, the two soldiers were embarrassed, stepped forward to salute, and said, "General Ah Li, we followed the general down the secret passage in front of the Chen family's ancestral hall and walked all the way here."

"The exit is in this area?" Xia Zhaoyi said.

"This is just one of them. There is another place. The general is still going. But Miss Ali, why are you here..."

The soldier said, looking towards the coffin in the courtyard.

"I came here with a group of mysterious people," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Where is the exit of the secret passage you came out from, please take me to see."

The two soldiers hurriedly said: "Well, General Ali, please!"

Before leaving the small courtyard, Xia Zhaoyi turned his head to take one last look at the coffin.

In fact, she wanted to find that corpse very much, because she was quite curious about whether Tang Xiangsi was alive or dead.

Even though he had a vague feeling that the corpse was definitely not him.

If Tang Xiangsi was alive, where is he now?

Facing the vicissitudes of the world, should I stand by and watch, or will I not be able to bear the loneliness of a hundred years and come out as a small military adviser to give advice?
It was the time of sunrise, but the sky was still gray, and the clouds were extremely thick, and they seemed to be fixed there and would not move.

The two soldiers always felt that it would rain at any moment, so they looked at the girl following them several times, worrying that she would get sick.

The girl's gaze was all around.

Zhaishui Ridge has a lot of fertile fields and is close to the river, so the whole village is quite rich in terms of Sanbai Mountain or Hengxiang as a whole.

At this moment, many breakfast shops had opened on the street, and because of the sudden appearance of soldiers in the village, the people in the village were quite vigilant and uneasy.

But these soldiers did not regard themselves as outsiders. They spoke with an accent that they didn't know where they came from, and called "old fellow" and "big brother" kindly. Ridge name.

Xia Zhaoyi suddenly asked: "How many people were there when you came out from the secret passage of Shuiling in this village?"

A soldier replied: "There are 25 people returning to General Ali."

Xia Zhaoyi paused slightly, there were 25 people, but they made it look like 250 people.

"Who is the leader?" Xia Zhaoyi asked again.

"It's Captain Chen." The soldier replied.

"I need you two to find him. This place is not a safe place. I need to persuade Captain Chen to give an order. It is best to leave as soon as possible." Xia Zhaoyi said.

"But this," the soldier frowned, "our general ordered us to investigate after we came out..."

"Shen Lie?"

"Ah."

"That means Shen Lie didn't think carefully," Xia Zhaoyi said, "This place is really dangerous."

Good guy, they actually say that they are invincible and brave as generals. The general who has never been defeated since leading them is not thinking carefully.

"Please go to the captain," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Shen Lie, I will tell you."

The two soldiers looked at each other and could only respond: "Yes."

Although the soldiers in Tanzhou were often sloppy and idle, they ran back quickly when they heard the assembly order, and each of them stood upright and straight, without squinting.

After Team Chen was assembled, he walked quickly towards the girl who was squatting on the ground with her back facing them to check the exit of the secret passage.

"General Ali, the assembly is complete, what's next?"

Xia Zhaoyi turned around, and said: "It's not far from here to Zisu Dyeing Workshop. If you go two miles south, you can see a road that passes through Junnei Township. Just follow the road and go east."

Although it was her first time here, she knew the topography of Hengxiang well because she had read the Hengxiang county annals and the Hengxiang local map.

"What about you?" the team asked.

"I'll go down and have a look." Xia Zhaoyi said.

"Then we will follow you!" Team Zheng said immediately.

"No, you go to the perilla dyeing workshop first."

Saying that, Xia Zhaoyi took out the small oil ball lamp and said, "If I meet Shen Lie, I will explain to him, you don't have to worry."

Just as Xia Zhaoyi turned around and was about to step into the tunnel, a loud shout sounded in the distance: "It's on fire!"

Everyone followed the sound and looked towards Zhaishuiling's village. The two soldiers led Xia Zhaoyi over and recognized at a glance that it was the small courtyard where the coffin was placed.

"General Ali!" one of the soldiers exclaimed, and hurriedly looked at Xia Zhaoyi.

The fire started up very fast, and under their gaze, it jumped up in an instant, and spread to the side, which was obviously abnormal.

Suddenly, Xia Zhaoyi saw flames coming from a house a hundred meters away.

She froze and stepped forward quickly, with anger in her eyes.

Not only this place, more and more fires were lit in the village.

Outside their field of vision, there also seemed to be rampant fires.

The villagers ran and ran, and some people beat gongs and drums, which made a sound in the village, and ran wildly all the way.

"General Ali, let's go fight the fire!" Team Chen said to her.

Xia Zhaoyi put away the small oil ball lamp and shouted, "Let's go together!"

The fire is getting more and more fierce, and the purpose of the arsonists is clear, burning all the wooden and bamboo huts, especially avoiding the stone huts.

Those oil-splashed wooden houses are easily swallowed by flames, because the floors are low, mostly two floors, no more than three floors, so people who are still sleeping can escape quickly.

There are also people who cannot escape and directly open the window and jump down. Fortunately, at this height, it is not easy to fall to death, but their legs will inevitably suffer.

(End of this chapter)