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Chapter 71
Lu Jian wanted to help him pull out the steel awl, but the steel awl pierced through his palm, and there were barbs at both ends. If he tried to pull it out forcefully, his flesh and blood would be torn off. Yao Qing suddenly said, "Get out of the way." He took out a box and picked up a pair of small silver scissors from it. The blade was so sharp that the steel cone should be cut off.The steel cone on the sole of Shen Xiu's foot pierced through the back of the foot, and the barb was stuck in the bone.Yao Qing applied a layer of green powder on the silver scissors and wedged it into the wound. Shen Xiu felt excruciating pain at first, but then she felt that the wound was numb and she lost her pain sensation. Only then did she know that the powder was an extremely strong anesthetic.

After Shen Xiu's many kalpas, sweating through her heavy clothes, she was exhausted, and suddenly saw Yao Qing under the candlelight, her expression concentrated, and she became more and more charming.He stared at it for a while, couldn't help lusting lustfully, his heart was on fire, he forgot the pain, and whispered in her ear: "Shen Xiu's grace of saving each other is not enough to repay."

Speaking of this, her lips touched Yao Qing's earlobe intentionally, and Yao Qing felt her cheeks burning hot, fearing that he would say crazy things again, she hastily picked out the steel awl and bandaged the wound indiscriminately.

While knocking, Gu Zhen just sneered.Yao Qing stared at him suddenly, and said sharply, "You've been here before, haven't you?"

"Where are you talking?" Gu Zhen said casually, "It's my first time here."

"Lie to your face." Yao Qing scolded, "You set up these steel cones." Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Don't wrong a good person, this is clearly a trap set by Japanese pirates, what does it have to do with me?"

"You still want to deny it?" Yao Qingxiu's eyes were cold, "If you hadn't arranged it in advance, why did Senior Brother Shen hurt his hands and feet, but you were fine?"

"I also find it strange!" Gu Zhen smiled and did not change his face. "Could it be that these steel cones have been psychic for a long time, and they only pierce bad people, not good people?" Shen Xiu was furious, and was about to curse, but Yao Qing sneered, Said: "So, I will throw you on the steel cone to see if you are a good person or a bad person." Gu Zhen said: "Okay, let's try it."

Unexpectedly, the two disagreed, and their swords were on the verge of breaking out. He hurriedly took a step forward, separated them and said, "Everyone is in danger, so we should help each other."

"Together in the same boat? Is it to set a trap to harm people?" Yao Qing's snow-white cheeks flushed, "Lu Jian, get out of the way, today I must beat this stinky fox." Gu Zhenha laughed, and the laughter was full It was sarcasm, Yao Qing became more and more annoyed, and wanted to go up, but was stopped by Lu Jian.Lu Jian was sandwiched between the two of them, covering left and right, trying to make things difficult. Originally, he had hoped that they would be a good couple so that he could die in peace. Unexpectedly, this pair of natural enemies never gave in.

Yao Qing stared at Lu Jian for a while, seeing that he had no intention of giving way, she couldn't help but said bitterly: "Okay, you help him wholeheartedly, I will remember." She turned around and helped Shen Xiu up.Seeing that she stood up for her, Shen Xiu felt sweet and flattered in her heart, pretended to be weak on purpose, leaned on her shoulder and groaned.Lu Jian's lips trembled as he watched, and his heart twisted into a ball.

Yao Qing supported Shen Xiu to jump over the steel cone and walk in front.Lu Jian was stunned for a while, then came to Gu Zhen's side, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, she will be fine after a while." Gu Zhen snorted coldly, and said in a low voice, "I intended to crucify that bird thief surnamed Shen. I hate that Lord Yan didn't accept him." Lu Jian was taken aback, and said in a broken voice, "You really set up this trap?"

"Do you remember when we entered the city, when you and I were separated?" Gu Zhen said with a smile, "At that time, I suspected that there was another secret passage in Luo's house, so I came to search for it, but unexpectedly, I found it." He said Here, he smiled triumphantly, "It's just that it was to explore the way that time, but the trap was set this time."

Lu Jian only felt afraid, and complained: "This is a Japanese pirate's lair. Isn't it dangerous for you to come here alone?" Gu Zhen said: "You are not good at deceiving people. If you knew the secrets here, you must be swaying, and you can't deceive that one." Bird thief. When it comes to danger, hmph, when and where you and I are not in danger, if you are really afraid of death, you should find a turtle hole to hide."

Lu Jian nodded silently, looked at those steel cones, and said, "Your hand strength is normal, and the time is short, how can you insert so many steel cones into the bricks?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "I remember when I was on Prison Island, I entered Have you been to Sha Tianhuan's room?" Lu Jian said, "I remember."

"I found a lot of treasures that time." Gu Zhen's eyebrows danced brightly, "In addition to 'Phantom Mirage', there is also a kind of 'fossil water', which can soften the bricks and stones when the potion dries. Then it hardened again. Senior Dongdao used this potion to open up the prison island dungeon. I found out the secret passage, and brought this potion with me when I went back. Once I entered the secret passage, I wiped it on the bricks first, and the bricks and stones became soft. The steel awl is very easy, and when Shen Xiu came in, the potion had already dried up."

Lu Jian was surprised and said: "So, you planned to kill him as soon as you discovered the secret way?" Gu Zhen sneered and said, "That guy Shen Xiu became murderous as soon as he entered the secret way. If I don't kill me, he will kill me. Lu Jian sighed and said, "When will it be the end of such an intrigue?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Lu Jian, don't you want me to pursue Yao Qing? Then talk less and watch more. Just watch me play tricks." He laughed and walked forward.Lu Jian shook his head and smiled wryly, and followed behind silently.

After walking for a while, I suddenly saw Yao Qing and Shen Xiu sitting by the wall resting, Gu Zhen ignored them and walked straight past them.Yao Qing suddenly stretched out her feet, hooked his ankles, and raised her strength. Gu Zhen couldn't stand firmly, and fell to the ground, causing his nose to bleed.Shen Xiu was delighted to see it, clapped her hands and laughed loudly.

Gu Zhen got up, stretched out his sleeve to wipe away the nosebleed, and said with a smile: "It's not good in the year, and I was bitten by a dog when I was walking." Yao Qing's eyes turned cold, she jumped up, and stretched out her hand to scrape his face, but unexpectedly, she slapped him across the face. With a hook and a stroke, her veins were blocked.

Yao Qing couldn't break free, and said angrily, "Lu Jian, are you helping him again?" Lu Jian said with a wry smile, "I'm not helping him, I just want everyone to be kind." Yao Qing stared at him and said, "Okay." ", said coldly: "You used to help Xianbi, and now you help him again. As long as he is my enemy, he is your friend." Lu Jian trembled all over when he heard it, but he didn't know how to answer.

Shen Xiu sneered and said: "Junior Sister Yao, this bumpkin is so stupid, talking to him is disgraceful." Yao Qing suddenly turned around and said coldly: "Who is a bumpkin?" ..." Yao Qing said: "He used to live by the sea, only five miles away from my house, he is a country bumpkin, what am I?"

Shen Xiu smiled and said: "What is he, how can he compare with junior sister?" Yao Qing snorted softly, turned around and said, "Smelly fox, where did you go just now?" Gu Zhen said: "I want to see, Where does this secret path lead to?" Yao Qing nodded and said: "You come to help Senior Brother Chen, and I will explore the way." Shen Xiu hurriedly said: "Good junior sister, it is better for you to help me, this person is uneasy and kind."

Yao Qing said: "If he harms you, I will avenge you." Shen Xiu thought: "I'm dead, revenge is useless?" Suddenly seeing Gu Zhen approaching, she felt a chill in her heart, but saw him smiling and said: "Shen Xiu Brother, don't worry, there is Yao Damei protecting you, I have ten guts and I will not dare to do anything bad." As soon as he was lifted up, Shen Xiu put his arms on his shoulders, and the poisonous thought came again: "As long as I tighten my arms, I will be able to Break his neck." Thinking of this, I suddenly felt chills down my spine, and when I turned around, Lu Jian stared at her, but Shen Xiu had no choice but to suppress her murderous intentions, swallowed her anger, and let Gu Zhen support her.

Yao Qing took the candle, walked a hundred steps, and stopped suddenly.Looking around, the candlelight illuminated two dark entrances, which looked like two forked roads.

Yao Qing stared at him for a while, then suddenly said: "Stinky fox, which one to go?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "How would I know?" Yao Qing glanced at him, thinking that it would be difficult to deal with this person without force.Just as she was about to make a move, she suddenly heard Lu Jian gasp and said, "Ah Qing, look at your feet." Yao Qing looked down and saw a flying dragon engraved on the square bricks on the ground.Yao Qing stared at it for a moment, then suddenly said: "Senior brother Shen, you have a long history of education, do you know the meaning of this figure?" Shen Xiu glanced at it, and said falteringly, "I think it's a decoration on the floor tiles." Gu Zhenchi smiled, Said: "Why are there no decorations along the way, why is there here?" Shen Xiu resisted: "Then what do you say?" Gu Zhen said: "Do you need to say? Since it is before the fork in the road, this flying dragon is a road sign."

Shen Xiu sneered and said: "What kind of signpost is this?" Gu Zhen said: "You are the young master of the Tianbu of Xicheng, so you must have read the "Book of Changes", right?" It's over, after this question, I can't help but be speechless.

Yao Qing murmured: "Among the eight trigrams, the hexagram Zhen is a dragon. Could it be that this dragon refers to the position of the earthquake?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "The beauty is still smart. How dare I ask where the earthquake is located?" Yao Qing said: "The earthquake is in the northeast. " Gu Zhen said: "Then the secret road in the northeast is the way out." Yao Qing said: "It's pitch black here, how do you know what is south, east, north and west?" Said: "Not bad, not bad." Suddenly Gu Zhen smiled slightly, put his hand into his bosom, and took out a compass.

Yao Qing was neither happy nor angry, and scolded: "Bah, you really have prepared for it." Gu Zhen smiled and said: "Don't dare, the things that are necessary all the year round are really not worth mentioning."

Yao Qing couldn't believe it, she sneered, and suddenly frowned again: "It's strange, the Japanese pirates have already dug up this secret passage, but they can still come up with this kind of road sign, which shows that there are capable people among the Japanese pirates."

"Woven pirates are a fart, and they deserve to be called the master of the secret path?" Gu Zhen said coldly, "They just discovered the secret path by chance and occupied the magpie's nest. I'm afraid, they didn't see the mystery of this road sign at all. Just blindly running around."

Everyone was amazed, Gu Zhen changed his smile, and said solemnly: "This secret path should be called a maze. It leads in all directions and has endless divergences. Lu Jian, do you still remember the secret path under the restaurant?" Lu Jian said :"Remember."

Gu Zhen said: "That is a side branch of the maze. Compared with this secret path, it is very rough. There are many dead ends and no guiding signs. In my opinion, the secret path under the restaurant has not yet been completed. The current one is If you follow the road signs, you will be able to uncover its secrets." Having said this, he glanced away, only to see Lu Jian's expression was blank, Yao Qing was thoughtful, and only Shen Xiu's eyes flickered. , showing a trace of inexplicable greed.

Gu Zhen smiled, and turned the compass: "The way out is on the left." He took two steps forward, groping for the opening on the left, and suddenly said, "It's not what I expected." Yao Qing moved the candle closer, but saw a hole in the lower left corner of the opening. An arrow carved with a knife, he asked: "What is this?" Gu Zhen said: "This is a road sign for Japanese pirates."

"That's strange." Yao Qing said, "How can the Japanese pirates find a way out?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Stupid people have stupid methods. There are so many of them, and if they walk each way once, they will probably find a way out."

Yao Qing knew that the future was dangerous, but she couldn't match the curiosity in her heart, so she entered the corridor on the left first, the four of them walked two hundred steps in a file, and saw three forked roads.Gu Zhen found a brick relief in the right corner, with a thin waist and sharp snout, it was a hound, and said: "The dog is Gen, the way out should be in the position of Gen, and Gen is the northwest."

He turned the compass, looked up, and suddenly saw Yao Qingting standing at the northwest entrance, with a slight sneer on his face.Gu Zhen was silent for a while, stood up and smiled, "You are amazing." Lu Jian said, "What?" Shen Xiu sneered, "Brother Gu is not enlightened, and the Japanese pirates left a mark, so why bother looking for such a dragon. "After hearing this, Lu Jian suddenly realized.

This time the corridor was extremely long, the four of them walked for a while, and suddenly saw a faint fire in front of them, Yao Qing put out the candles, and walked on tiptoe.Before he got close, he suddenly heard a small human voice, and walked a few more steps, only to see two iron doors, and the fire light and human voice leaked out from the crack of the door.

Yao Qing approached quietly like a civet, but someone said: "...In the evening, there is indeed a Ming army leaving the city. The leader is Yu Dayou. He is riding a white horse. There is a carriage behind the horse. Hu Zongxian should be in the carriage. ..."

When there was silence inside the door, another person said: "According to Zidan's information, the troops should not be dispatched until early in the morning, but Shen Laizi surrounded Luo Zhai this morning. Although I escaped, he became suspicious and Hu Zongxian dispatched troops in advance. "Lu Jian's heart skipped a beat, and it was Xu Hai who spoke.

The man before said with a sly smile: "Master, just don't worry, the person who broke into the house has been killed by me. Even if the cripple Shen is clever, he will not be able to predict the master's plan." Lu Jian thought: "This person is the 'corpse demon' Huanzhong lack?"

Xu Hai was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Mr. Huan, the matter is of great importance. If someone gets hit in the palm, will he really die?"

"It's absolutely true." Huan Zhongque said coldly, "He hit me with a palm on the shoulder, and the 'infernal corpse poison' entered the body, and the gods can't save it. I checked at night, half a street away from Luozhai, it is indeed One person died, and I heard from the neighbors that the dark skin of the corpse is a sign of being poisoned by the corpse." After speaking, he laughed.

"Okay!" Xu Hai raised his voice, "the government has forced everyone to this point, there is no way out, only to fight to the death, success or failure only depends on tonight, everyone, please..." Just listening to the clash of cups, Gulp and drink loudly.

When Yao Qing heard this, she was about to retreat, when suddenly Gu Zhen laughed and said loudly, "Brother Xu is so heroic, Gu can't help but admire him."

(End of this chapter)