After turning around the meeting hall, He Wushuang and seven subordinates walked into the back room. The arrival of several people woke up the three naked women on the bed.
The three of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they were about to scream. Three steel needles sank silently into their bodies.
All the action stopped abruptly in an instant, and the three naked women fell on the bed with horror on their faces.
After casually dealing with the three women, He Wushuang's expression remained unchanged, and he said to the person next to him: "Go get the lamp from the table!"
The man walked to the table, lit the oil lamp, and then handed it to He Wu's hands.
The lights flickered.
The scene inside the house became clearer. Apart from a large bed, a table, and a few benches, there was no other furniture in the huge space.
On the ground was a pile of men's and women's clothes, and four bodies were lying on the bed, three women and one man, all naked.
Nothing more.
He Wushuang ordered the bed to be moved away, revealing the flat ground underneath, which was paved with bluestone floor tiles.
He walked on it, pacing back and forth. At a certain moment, he stopped, bent down and tapped on a floor tile.
"Dong dong dong!"
The sound was hollow.
"That's it!"
He Wushuang rarely showed joy on his face. He groped on the floor tiles and then lifted them open, revealing the entrance below that could accommodate one person.
He called everyone to quickly enter the tunnel and arrive at an underground secret room of about 100 square meters.
There was nothing in the secret room, it was empty, and there was a very strong musty smell in the air. It was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.
After walking through the secret room, He Wushuang came to the end of the secret room. He held the lamp in his hand and looked at the wall in front of him.
The walls were pitted and covered with scratches. They were covered with dust because there had been no ventilation all year round, but writing could be vaguely seen on the walls.
He Wushuang was delighted. He finally found it and found this thing.
At this moment, an urgent sound stopped his next move.
"Lieutenant He, you can't look at that wall!"
The person speaking was Xu Chao, and beside him were Wang Cheng, Huang Meiren, Hao Ren, Zhang Wentao, and Hu Yan.
He Wushuang's face instantly darkened, he looked at Xu Chao and said, "Do you know this thing?"
Xu Chao nodded and recounted his previous experiences, especially when he and Wang Cheng almost died on the spot.
Wang Cheng had a serious look on his face and did not dare to look directly at the wall in front of him.
This should be the third stone tablet he has encountered. He almost died suddenly before and almost had a psychological shadow on the stone tablet.
After hearing this, He Wushuang's face became increasingly ugly. They actually knew the secret of the stone tablet!
How did they know something so obscure?
Hu Yan and Zhang Wentao were a little confused. They seemed to have missed something.
"Brother He, what's going on with this stone tablet?" Zhang Wentao finally couldn't help but ask.
He Wushuang hesitated for a moment and said: "There are thirteen stone tablets in total. If you find the location of each of them, this operation will be completed."
The expressions of several people changed. What did He Wushuang mean? Isn't the real purpose of destroying Lianyun Castle? The real purpose of this operation is to find the stone tablet?
No one questioned He Wushuang's words, because his father was the Suzaku envoy under Ninghou, and it was not surprising that he knew Ninghou's true intention for this action.
"Then why did Marquis Ning ask us to destroy Lianyun Castle instead of finding these stone tablets?" Huang Meiren was confused.
He Wushuang said: "This stone tablet is the core secret of Lianyun Castle. How can we obtain the stone tablet without destroying Lianyun Castle?"
Everyone understood, it was true that Lianyun Castle was destroyed, and it was true that the stone tablet was found.
However, Marquis Ning could not directly mention the matter of finding the stone tablet. Doing so would inevitably arouse the suspicion of all the officials in the court. Of course, it might also arouse Yang Dalong's guard.
All things considered, this operation is more justified in its name of "annihilating the Lianyunbao bandits"!
Everyone's faces were complicated, and they finally realized that Ning Hou's methods were too deep.
"As expected, he is indeed the Marquis Ning with unparalleled wisdom!" Zhang Wentao sighed.
Even they were kept in the dark. If they hadn't met He Wushuang, they might never have known about it.
His expression suddenly changed. Maybe meeting He Wushuang was part of Ninghou's plan. He Wushuang would tell them Ninghou's true intention sooner or later.
Hu Yan asked: "What exactly is hidden in this stone tablet?"
This time He Wushuang didn't explain much, secretly noted the location, and then left the secret room.
Wang Cheng was thoughtful. He actually didn't know what the stone tablet was, but since Ning Hou could take notice of it, it must be some kind of treasure!
When everyone was almost gone, he took out his mobile phone, took a photo of the stone tablet and saved it.
Around four o'clock in the morning.
The fire started again at the top of Jiguanzhai Mountain. Yang Dalong, who finally fell asleep, cursed angrily. The roof was overturned by his palm, and his concubine was also killed.
I just don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional. According to later memories, Yang Dalong had a quarrel with his concubine that night, and his words included words such as "You are useless".
Yang Dalong flew over the village, half of his face was extremely gloomy, half of his face was covered with blood, and he roared: "Ring the bell! Call all the brothers over!"
"clang!!!"
The bell rang six times in a row, and all the people in Lianyunbao immediately got up from their beds and gathered together after hearing the bell.
This is Lianyunbao's assembly bell. It rings six times and will not ring unless there is a major change.
There are still nine rings, which are only sounded when the life and death of Lianyun Castle is at stake. It has only appeared a few times in the hundreds of years since Lianyun Castle was established.
As for the previous three bells, they were the bells that summoned the village leaders, and the first bell was the signal transmission bell.
Half an hour later.
Fish belly white has emerged in the east. Except for the burned down villages of Xiaoquan Village, Laolang Village, Jiguan Village, and Qingfeng Village, all the people from other villages have gathered in Heilong Village.
The huge courtyard was filled with people, and it was completely dark. There were probably thousands of people at least.
Yang Dalong was dressed in bright yellow uniforms, standing in front of everyone with his hands behind his hands, his face frosty, like a prince looking at the soldiers under his command.
Behind him, there were still six people standing, the tall and strong Hu Hansan, the golden-eyed Jin Xuefei, and the eighth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth masters.
Except for the third master, Hu Hansan, and the eighth master, who are both older than thirty years old, the other masters, like Jin Xuefei, are all young people in their twenties, but all of them have the aura that is unique to first-class martial arts masters.
"Brothers, just yesterday, a group of little brats broke into our Lianyun Fort and burned down our Xiaoquan Village, Laolang Village, Qingfeng Village, and Jiguan Village, and killed many of our brothers. Don't let these little brats go. Kill them all, and your women and sons will become someone else’s!”
Yang Dalong said in a stern tone: "Do you want them to sleep with your women, beat your sons, and force your sons to call them daddy?"
"I don't want to! I don't want to!"
"Kill these little bastards!"
“Chop them into pieces and feed them to the dogs!”
The crowd was furious, and the atmosphere was suddenly heightened to the climax by Yang Dalong.
Yang Dalong nodded with satisfaction, turned back to look at Master Shi, and said: "Old Shi, let me free all those dogs, mastiffs, and eagles raised in your village!"
The tenth leader, Zhao Shi, nodded. Like the dogs he raised, he usually kept silent, but once he made a move, he would pounce on him and bite him desperately.
Yang Dalong then said to Master Eleven and Master Twelve: "Old Eleven and Old Twelve, distribute all the armor and crossbows you brought back from the county to the brothers below. You two will lead people to guard the east side for me." Don't let a fly fly out of the main road!"
The two nodded in agreement.
Yang Dalong then asked Hu Hansan and Ba to lead a team, and Jin Xuefei and Zhao Shi to lead a team of 200 brothers, one from the east and the other from the west, to search the mountain.
Yang Dalong personally led people to search the south side. As for the remaining north side, there was no need to search, because the north side is where the Black Dragon Village is located - Duanlong Mountain.
Duanlong Mountain is nearly 500 meters high and steep. From a distance, it looks like a giant dragon soaring from the ground into the air. However, the dragon's head seems to have been cut off, leaving only most of its body.
A group of people descended from Duanlong Mountain in a mighty manner.
At dawn, there were about a dozen flying eagles hovering in the sky, and the roars of dogs and mastiffs could be heard intermittently in the mountains.
Somewhere in a cave.
Xu Chao, who was dressed in night clothes, flashed into the cave from outside the cave, with an extremely solemn look on his face, and told Yang Dalong that he had ordered people to search and seal the mountain.
After Wang Cheng, Zhang Wentao and others heard this, their faces all became extremely solemn.
Yang Si simply sat down on the ground and murmured: "It's over! It's over! The intersections are all blocked, and we will all die here this time!"
As soon as these words came out, the emotions of other people in the cave were also aroused.
"Father! Mother! My son can't go back! He can't fulfill his filial piety to his two elders!"
"My son! I can't help you, daddy! I can't accompany you to arrest Zhou, let's see how you grow up!"
…
They are all young people in their twenties, many of whom are married and have children. They are old and young. They all promised before the operation that they would go back alive, but now they are trapped and dead here.
Suddenly, a lean man asked Wang Cheng and others: "Why? Why do you want to provoke them? Wouldn't it be better for us to escape last night?"
"That's right! We could have gone back last night, but we had to burn down those villages! Now, let's all die here together!" Another person complained.
"Shut up!"
Xu Chao shouted, pointed at the two of them and said angrily: "Do you still have any conscience? Why did we take the risk to raid those two villages last night? It was not for you!"
The lean man curled his lips and said, "For us? It's to take credit for yourselves!"
"court death!"
Xu Chao was furious and rushed forward, raising his hand to kill him with a palm.
The lean man was startled. Xu Chao was a real martial artist. He was just a warrior with strength of just over three thousand kilograms. He was no match for him at all.
He immediately asked Zhang Wentao for help: "Sir, save me!"
"Brother Xu, spare his life!" Zhang Wentao finally spoke. He could not just watch his men die at the hands of others.
Xu Chao's palm stopped in mid-air, but his eyes were looking at Wang Cheng, asking what Wang Cheng meant.
Wang Cheng flicked his hand, and a steel needle instantly sank into the lean man's body.
The lean man's face suddenly stiffened, and he fell straight to the ground.
Zhang Wentao was shocked by Wang Cheng's sudden attack and said coldly: "Brother Wang, what do you mean?"
