"The Prince of Huainan County is just a poor guy who was taken advantage of!" Li Xuan looked at the underground tunnel that became brighter in front of him. He turned to look at Qiu Zhenmu, and the shadow of the fire suddenly became thicker: "There is also the coward in his house. Chang Shi, they have all been easily manipulated."
"What the prince said is true!" Qiu Zhenmu nodded in agreement and glanced at the way he came from the corner of his eye.
In the darkness, there was a torch hanging on the wall several hundred meters away, illuminating the passage of several dozen meters, leaving the remaining space in darkness.
Looking back, in front of them, two teams of Qianniu Guards' sword and shield bearers were at the forefront, moving forward steadily.
Suddenly, several arrows shot out from the front at the same time, and in the blink of an eye, they were staring hard at the sword-shielder's shield.
Qiu Zhenmu breathed a long sigh of relief, turned to look at Li Xuan, and said in admiration: "Your Majesty, you are really good at predicting things. This place is full of traps. A small water injection will disable most of the rebel bandit's mechanisms. Subordinates admiration."
"That's why they couldn't fully repair the traps here." Li Xuan looked back. At an alley where they came from, a huge boulder hit the wall hard, and there was a large piece of it before they entered. The long arrow has been shot.
The traps here were almost triggered by the previous wave of water, allowing Li Xuan and the others to enter easily.
So far, they have only encountered three small-scale crossbow shots, and the short shield carried by Qian Niuwei has blocked them all.
Looking at the wet ground, Li Xuan narrowed her eyes slightly and said softly: "The entire tunnel is diagonally downward, so this little cleverness will work. If it is diagonally upward, then we will inevitably have to take human lives to fill it. "
"I've heard it said several times by others that the prince is proficient in the art of construction, and it seems that what he said is true." Qiu Zhenmu held his hands in his hands, his tone full of admiration.
"Just a little trick." Li Xuan waved her hand indifferently.
The excavation, penetration and support of this kind of underground tunnel are difficult for those who don't know how to do it, but not difficult for those who know how to do it.
Li Xuan raised her head, looked at the smooth stone top, and sighed: "This secret passage must have been developed by Yang Guang, otherwise it would be difficult to avoid human eyes with such a large amount of work."
This secret tunnel is very deep, at least thirty meters underground. Excavation and transportation of earthwork and input of support materials are not easy tasks.
"Yes!" Qiu Zhenmu nodded with a slightly ugly face. This meant that this secret passage was more likely to lead to the palace.
"Shendu Garden is guarded by imperial guards. Even if the exit of the secret passage is not in the palace, it must be near the palace. The transfer of large-scale bows and crossbows is taboo and extremely difficult. If you are not careful, alerting the guards will be a disaster. , so even though the Tianyin Sect found this place, they were unable to repair it." After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked at the crossbow arrow exit in front and shook his head: "These are at least a century old, and they can only play a limited role. .”
"That's true!" Qiu Zhenmu nodded in agreement: "The traitors are just a handful of gutter rats. They want to make trouble in the capital of God. It's just a fantasy."
Li Xuan turned around and looked straight ahead, her face suddenly turned cold: "Now let's see where the exit of this secret passage is?"...
"Wei!" Qiu Zhenmu immediately stepped forward and shouted to his men: "Keep going!"
"Tap, tap, tap!" The soldiers of Qianniu Guard immediately stepped forward, the shields in their hands firmly protecting their upper bodies.
Even if there are occasional bows and arrows, they can't be hurt.
The corner of Qiu Zhenmu's eyes glanced at Li Xuan, whose face was thoughtful, and she couldn't help but sigh.
If Li Xuan hadn't asked them to return to Qianniu Guard in advance, bringing with them swords, guns, swords, halberds, shields, crossbows and crossbows, and flooded the underground secret passages in advance, otherwise, just the crossbow arrows fired from the ground first would not have been known. How many people should Qian Niuwei die?
As a result, more time will be wasted, and it will not be as smooth as it is now.
The speed of the Qianniu Guards was not very fast, but after half an hour, they also reached the end of the secret passage.
Countless large and small rocks blocked the secret passage ahead, as if someone was
It's like deliberately blocking it.
Li Xuan stepped forward, cast his cold eyes on the stones that had been moved away from the ground, and sneered: "You see, the people from the Tianyin Sect tried to move the stones in front of them, and then led directly to the palace, but they only just They gave up after moving a few, and even their idiots knew that not only was it difficult to do, but it also took a very long time."
"So they dug an upward passage from here." Qiu Zhenmu walked to the wall on one side, touched the dents dug in the wall, raised his head and looked at the dark hole above, Qiu Zhenmu Mu raised the torch and could faintly see a secret door blocking the exit above.
"It didn't take them long to find this secret passage, so they were only able to dig out one secret passage." Li Xuan waved back and said, "There are one or two good people up here, and there may be Tianyin Sect. The rebels are guarding you. After you get out, guard the exit and don't go out to kill at will."
"Here!" The two Senniu warriors stepped forward decisively, grabbing the dent with both hands and climbing up quickly with knives in their mouths.
Immediately afterwards, more Qianniu Guardsmen followed.
After that, a "clang" was heard, and the exit secret door above was opened directly.
Immediately, two guards rushed forward with their men. When Li Xuan looked at Qiu Zhenmu, they both nodded at the same time.
He pressed his hand on the wall, grabbed it, and pulled it, and in a blink of an eye, the two of them jumped up to a height of more than one meter, and then rushed up quickly.
"Who is it?" There was a sound of fighting outside the passage, but the sound of fighting quickly weakened.
Two figures rushed out from the entrance of the secret passage at the same time and landed on the ground in the blink of an eye.
"Thousand Niu Guards? Really Thousand Niu Guards?" A very surprised voice came from the opposite side. A dozen blue-clothed guards holding swords were seen standing opposite the Thousand Niu Guards. They hesitated for a moment, but then Among them there was also a little butler-looking man with a wretched figure and a black mole on his nose, shouting: "They are not the real Qianniu Guards, don't be afraid of them, get on, get on, get them all."
Li Xuan didn't pay much attention to the housekeeper, but looked around.
This is a clean and tidy backyard with bluestone paving, a flower stand and a well on one side, and a rockery on the other side. ….
Li Xuan and the others are on the side of the rockery.
"Brother Qiu, take down that person. That person must be a subordinate of the rebel bandit." Li Xuan just glanced at the little housekeeper and determined his identity.
"Here!" Qiu Zhenmu rushed out in the blink of an eye. Some of the guards subconsciously wanted to block Qiu Zhenmu, but Qiu Zhenmu rushed over like lightning. By the time the others reacted, the Thousand Ox Sword had already been drawn. on the butler's neck.
At this time, Li Xuan stepped out of the Qianniu Guard, looked at the other hesitant guards around the mansion, and said expressionlessly: "Although this is the capital of the gods, it is not easy to get the Qianniu uniform, let alone You all recognize so many Qianniu uniforms, not to mention him, a traitor and bandit, how stupid he is."
Hearing what Li Xuan said, the guards in the mansion looked at each other in disbelief. Their eyes passed over the Qianniu guards who suddenly appeared at the tunnel entrance and were still pouring out, and finally fell on Li Xuan.
They were also from a family of officials, and they recognized the uniforms of Qianniuwei's senior generals.
"Whose family is here? Where is the master of your family? Send someone to call him." Li Xuan turned his head, looked behind him, and continued to order: "Zhou Qian, you lead Zhang Huan and Su Baotong, lead two firemen, and take control immediately. Stay in the entire mansion, and at the same time send people to Zuo Qianniuwei Mansion immediately, and send more people to seal off all the mansions in this area. There will definitely be Tianyin Sect rebels hiding and watching around."
Smart people don't put their eggs in just one basket. In addition to placing people in this mansion, they must also send people to spy on it.
"Brother Qiu, I'll leave this person to you. You can use any means, no matter life or death." After a slight pause, Li Xuan looked at the housekeeper and said with a cold expression, "It doesn't matter if I ask or not."
After saying this, Li Xuan turned around and left. The Qianniu Guards around him naturally separated into a group of people to follow Li Xuan.
Li Xuan quickly walked towards the front hall and was halfway there.
On the road, a woman wearing a green skirt and a maid walked quickly towards Li Xuan, her eyes full of worry, but when she saw Li Xuan, the other party still gave her a blessing from a distance: " I don’t know where this husband came from. This is the Li Mansion, and my husband is the prince, Li Yan. I wonder if someone can tell my husband to return."
Li Xuan's expression condensed for an instant. This was completely different from what he had originally guessed.
Originally he thought this was probably the residence of the prince's family leader Yanzhuang, but he never expected that this was actually Li Yan's home.
"No, Li Yan is in danger!".
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