312 A way out
Ye and Xiao Hua's voices were so low that even Jia Liang, who was standing in front of them, could not hear them, but every word fell on the ears of Duke Chu.
In the early years, Ye Xiao led his troops to battle at a young age and won consecutive battles. In a few years, he overshadowed the glory that the Duke of Chu had achieved on the battlefield throughout his life.
He always thought that Ye was just lucky, or that he had taken away other people's achievements on the battlefield, and did not recognize Ye's talents.
When he had to admit it later, he was already old and could no longer regain his former majesty, but Ye was less than twenty years old. He was jealous of Ye's good years.
Jealousy is the most terrifying thing in the world. Once there is jealousy, the human heart becomes distorted and people are no longer fair.
Once when the late emperor was ill, he said with concern: The second prince was good in everything, but he was too murderous. He was afraid that he would not be as kind and generous as his elder brother after he became emperor.
After hearing these words, he began to think that the late emperor wanted the eldest prince to become emperor, but the eldest prince suffered from being a concubine.
Therefore, he began to feel unfair to the eldest prince, Fate, and devoted himself to serving the master he recognized. Naturally, what he did could be said to be for the word "loyalty", but he helped the person he recognized to seize the throne and drove out the Xiao Hua brothers. ""
Later, the prince was incompetent, and he was afraid that the country would be destroyed in the hands of the prince, so he decided to take the throne himself.
Ask yourself, why has he not been selfish at all along the way?
Why not bear the charge of 'unjust'.
The Duke of Chu was defeated by Xiao Hua, and he was almost blind. He lost his ambition, and for the sake of his daughter, he no longer argued with Xiao Hua about gains and losses, but the knot in his heart was not resolved after all. After listening to Xiao Hua's entrustment as his last words, I thought of all the fights with him over the years.
My heart was in ups and downs, and it was hard to calm down for a while.
Looking in the direction of Xiao Hua and Ye, "In another two tea hours, the fog will be thicker. Let alone looking for people, even the people in front of you may not be able to see clearly. Everyone, follow me as a blind man and run away for your life." Right." He deliberately emphasized the words 'looking for someone' and 'blind man'.
Xiao Hua heard the intention in his words, and his heart moved.
The Duke of Chu was originally from Zengcheng. When he was young, he guarded Zengcheng for many years. Naturally, he is very familiar with the roads in the foggy bamboo forest.
Moreover, the Duke of Chu was almost blind, and was not much different from a blind man.
The Duke of Chu could not see anything and was accustomed to hearing with his ears to distinguish the surrounding situations. Even Xiao Hua has a good ear. But it may not be as good as the Duke of Chu.
At this time heavy fog filled the air. Others could not see, but it had no effect on the Duke of Chu, and the Duke of Chu could distinguish distant sounds better than him.
"Father-in-law. Is there another way into the depths of the forest?"
The Duke of Chu was tripped by a zombie before and lost his weapon. He cut down a bamboo at night, cut off the side branches and gave it to the Duke of Chu to use as a crutch.
The Duke of Chu took the bamboo and said, "Even if there is another way, we must go out first."
Xiao Hua hurriedly told everyone to hold hands and not to fall behind. He only hoped to get out earlier and enter the depths of the foggy bamboo forest through another road earlier.
After listening to this, the Duke of Chu knew that the zombies were indeed surrounding them from all directions, but there was a big gap in the east. Behind the gap was a natural cave. After leaving the cave, they reached Zengcheng.
When he was guarding Zengcheng, he set up a secret door of opportunity there. Once the foreign enemy broke through the city, the soldiers and civilians of Zengcheng could withdraw from Zengcheng from the cave and then use the fog bamboo forest to retreat.
That passage can leave the city, and naturally it can also enter the city.
The brothers who followed him to guard Zengcheng, after Zengcheng was assigned to Northern Xinjiang, all evacuated Zengcheng and dispersed everywhere, so the secret passage became a secret that no one knew.
Of course, people in Northern Xinjiang cannot know this secret way to save their lives.
Now they only need to reach the secret door before the zombies surround them, and they can get out of trouble.
Although the Duke of Chu was familiar with the roads, he had not been back to Zengcheng for more than ten years. The bamboos in the forest were much denser than before, and the roads at that time were already covered with bamboos.
In order to pass faster, Ye, Xiao Hua and others rushed ahead of the Duke of Chu, cutting down the green bamboo blocking the road, and quickly opened a road.
Their people are all well-trained elite soldiers, and Chuba and the others are strictly trained killers. Although this team has a large number of people, they marched in silence and extremely fast.
In just half a stick of incense, he bypassed the corpses and came to the stone wall.
Everyone saw that it was a dead end, but finally a message came out that the zombies had noticed where they were going and were chasing them.
Everyone looked at each other and thought that Chu State had been on official business for many years and had forgotten the road in the forest. In addition, it was not surprising that he was blind and had difficulty seeing, so he took the wrong path.
They were already in a desperate situation before, and now they are on the road to death, and the situation may be even more dangerous.
But the Duke of Chu did not hear anyone complaining or scolding. Three years later, the Duke of Chu was shocked again. Ye and Xiao Hua's team worked together as one, and they were truly unmatched by others.
I would like to ask, what kind of team in the world can compare with such a team?
He has been fighting for these years.
Jia Liang said: "Your Majesty, Prince, let's go out and fight them."
Xiao Hua didn't answer and just waited quietly for the Duke of Chu. Even at this time, he still believed in the Duke of Chu and believed that there must be a reason why the Duke of Chu did what he did.
The Duke of Chu did not explain, but stepped forward on his own, walked to the stone wall and groped around for a while.
A huge boulder slowly slid away from the moss-covered steep wall, revealing the cave behind the stone.
"There is a cave, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is a secret passage in the cave." The soldiers standing in front of the stone wall cheered.
The despairing generals suddenly cheered up. Although they were happy, no one shouted out.
Xiao Hua secretly breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged glances with Ye. Someone in front had already lit a torch and went into the cave to explore the way.
Night was afraid of something happening ahead, so he rushed to the front to clear the way.
The Duke of Chu looked at the tall figure hidden by the crowd at night and sighed secretly. The late emperor had misjudged him. Although he was brave on the battlefield, when it was time to strike, he was decisive and showed no mercy, but he was not as bloodthirsty as the late emperor feared. Bloodthirsty.
When he led people to guard the West Pass, the outermost team was attacked by zombies. The team accidentally killed the zombies, but they were more or less bitten by the zombies.
They have been fighting on the battlefield for many years. Who has not been injured?
They don't know that being bitten or scratched by a zombie will mutate. Why would he care about this injury on his body?
Unexpectedly, within a short time, he turned into a zombie and bit his comrades lurking nearby.
All of this happened so fast, and mutated so quickly that there was no way to defend against it.
Hundreds of elite soldiers suffered a lot of losses in a short time, and some were constantly being bitten and caught.
Ye discovered that anyone who was bitten or caught would mutate quickly and attack others, so he resolutely ordered all those who were not bitten or caught to evacuate.
There were bites and scratches. Solve it immediately and on the spot.
Sure enough, he finally managed to save half of the people. But more and more zombies poured out of the valley, and they couldn't stop them at all.
With Ye's skill, he could have escaped alone, but he fought with his brothers. Try to evacuate. As long as they are not injured by zombies. He refused to give up anyone, not even an old man like himself who was holding others back.
He is a real hero. It is completely different from the hypocritical benevolence of the late emperor.
The Duke of Chu's old eyes were slightly hot, and he suddenly regretted everything he had done in those years. If he did not help his brother to do those things, and his two brothers took over the country, maybe the world would be in another good situation.
By the time everyone entered the cave, the footsteps of the corpses were already within a hundred steps.
The Duke of Chu looked at where Xiao Hua was standing with his dull eyes, pointed at the stone bagua next to the cave and said: "The steps to close the door here are the same as the steps to open the door at the other end. You have to remember it."
"Yes." Xiao Hua respectfully agreed.
"Seven up, five down, three forward, eight back, six left..."
Xiao Hua followed what the Duke of Chu said and pushed the stones on the stone bagua. When the Duke of Chu finished his last words, the stone door made a dull sound and closed tightly again.
The Duke of Chu asked again, "Have you written it down?"
Xiao Hua usually has a photographic memory of everything he sees, and since he personally manipulates this mechanism, he naturally has it in mind, "Memory it down."
The Duke of Chu still asked him to repeat the steps of the mechanism. As expected, it was correct, and then he nodded with satisfaction, "Let's go." His voice was still calm.
Although Xiao Hua was worried about Qing Yi and wished he could return to the Mist Bamboo Forest earlier, seeing that Duke Chu didn't mention it, he could only be patient.
Qing Yi is his wife, and she is also the daughter who depends on the Duke of Chu. He believes that if anything happens to Qing Yi, the pain of the Duke of Chu may not be worse than his.
If the Duke of Chu can be so calm, he must have other ideas.
Calm down and help the Duke of Chu move forward.
The Duke of Chu pushed him away and said angrily: "I am not old enough to need help."
"I'm sorry." Xiao Hua lowered his hand. He thought that Chu Guo was an old man with poor eyesight, but he forgot that he also had a temper that refused to admit defeat.
The Duke of Chu said with a bad temper: "You have time to waste with an old man like me, so why not go to the front and open the stone door as soon as possible and let the brothers out, so that you can return to the foggy bamboo forest as soon as possible to save my poor daughter."
"My father-in-law taught me a lesson." Xiao Hua hurriedly called for a soldier to look after Duke Chu, and he hurried forward.
The Duke of Chu walked not far away and suddenly said to the soldiers: "Oops, I am really old. I forgot that the door at the other end has an extra five in the last digit than the door on the other side, but the five back has to be separated. Half a beat.”
The soldier said: "I will send someone to report to the emperor."
Duke Chu shook his head and said: "This matter is not trivial. If something goes wrong, all of us will be trapped and die in this cave."
The soldier was startled for a moment, and also a little anxious, "Then I will carry you on my back and hurry up to tell the emperor."
Chu Guogong said: "Although you are young, you will always be much slower if you are carrying someone on your back. I'm afraid that the time will be delayed for too long and there will be changes in Zengcheng. You should go and tell him in person as soon as possible. Remember, if you retreat by five, you will have to wait half a beat. .”
The soldier hesitated, "But the emperor ordered me to follow the Duke of the country."
The Duke of Chu tapped the bamboo stick on the ground, "I'm confused. It's just such a road, and there are so many people ahead. How can I lose you? You go and notify Xiao Hua quickly, and it won't be too late to come back to pick me up."
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