Dugu Xiang glanced at Jiang Shuo and said: "Brother Shuo, I really saw a ghost this time..." Jiang Shuo was also very strange in his heart. Even if someone with great internal strength could cover the entrance of the cave with a huge stone, it would be impossible for him to do it in a short time. The stone inside was carved so that it fit perfectly with the entrance of the cave, leaving no trace at all.
At this moment, all the wood at the bottom of the pit had been thoroughly inspected. Jiang Shuo pretended to check while tapping the rock wall, but there was no hollow sound anywhere, as if the cave had never appeared.
Jiang Shuo stepped on the ground under his feet. It felt very solid and not soft, but it always felt a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Jiang Shuo suddenly realized that the ground was too flat. The grain cellar was dug in a hurry by the Tang army. The ground was only flat at first glance. It felt uneven when he stepped on it yesterday, but now it felt like walking on flat ground. It was too flat.
He knelt down and looked carefully, and saw traces of rollers rolling on the gravel ground. Jiang Shuo suddenly realized that someone dumped the gravel and crushed it repeatedly with a roller, raising the floor of the grain cellar to a person's height.
The grain cellar is several feet deep, and each grain cellar is not connected to each other. If you don't measure carefully, you really can't find the height of five or six feet.
Dugu Xiang also understood at this time and said to Jiang Shuo: "Duan Jianwei went to too much trouble to raise the ground?" Jiang Shuo shook his head and said: "It can't be Duan Jianwei..." Dugu Xiang said curiously "Who else could it be if he wasn't him?" Jiang Shuo said, "I don't know who it is, but it's definitely not Duan Jianwei. Firstly, Duan Jianwei cannot backfill so much earth and stone in one day. Secondly, Duan Jianwei treated his teacher with great respect and would never expose the body of Piluo Pavilion." Dugu Xiang said, "Where is Duan Jianwei? Was he killed?" Jiang Shuo said, "Probably not. Those people went out of their way to expose Piluo Pavilion's body." Luo Ge's body was dug out from the pile of rocks and thrown outside. If Duan Jianwei was really killed, there was no need to leave his body underneath." Dugu Xiang frowned and said, "That's too strange. It seems like he wanted to Isn’t it Duan Jianwei who we buried alive?”
"Probably not." Jiang Shuo had been very sad when he thought that Duan Jianwei betrayed them. Now he thought that there might be someone else who was the villain, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Dugu Xiang asked: "Do you want to tell General Zhang to dig down?" Jiang Shuo thought to himself, what's the use even if he digs it out? Now it seems that no matter who it is, this action is to cover up this entrance and exit. From here From a point of view, it does not conflict with what Jiang Shuo wants, and he does not want the secrets of the Jianghu Alliance to become known to the public.
At this time, Zhang Shouyu and Jing Zhencheng had also reached the bottom of the pit. Zhang Shouyu asked Jiang Shuo, "Young Master Jiang, what did you find?" Jiang Shuo whispered to Dugu Xiang, "Let's not talk about it for now..." He turned to Zhang Shouyu and said : "I didn't find anything special..." Zhang Shouyu saw that they had been walking around below for a long time, but now they were speaking evasively, knowing that Jiang Shuo must be hiding something from him.
But Jiang Shuo was the leader of the Jianghu Alliance, so it wouldn't be surprising if there was really something he couldn't say to himself, so he didn't ask.
Zhang Shouyu asked Jiang Shuo his next plan, and Jiang Shuo said: "We were originally going to Anxi, so naturally we still have to go." Dugu Xiang patted the golden cabinet in his arms through his clothes and said, "Brother Shuo, we seem to be going There is no need to go to the Western Regions." Jiang Shuo knew that she was referring to the document written by the second leader of the Jianghu Alliance in the Golden Chamber. After reading it, they all suspected that this person was Li Ke, and that the heir of Jiancheng he brought back was Li Bai. If this is the case, there will naturally be no need to go to the Western Regions again.
Jiang Shuo said, "Xiang'er, I don't dare to trust anyone anymore. Since this incident first happened in Suiye City, I can't rest assured if I don't go to the Western Regions to find out more about it." Dugu Xiang knew that the Hidden Alliance had already caused trouble. Jiang Shuo's heart disease is that he is suspicious of everything now, but now that he has nothing to do, why not accompany Brother Shuo to the Western Regions?
So Dugu Xiang said: "Then let's go to the Western Regions. It's just right. I want to find a good place for it." She patted the golden cabinet in her shirt again.
This action caused Zhang Shouyu and Jing Zhencheng to misunderstand. They thought that Dugu Xiang was pregnant with Jiang Shuo's child. Due to the etiquette of the Central Plains, the two wanted to go to the Western Regions to have a child quietly.
Jing Zhang and Zhang looked at each other and didn't dare to ask any more questions for fear of saying the wrong thing. The atmosphere became very awkward for a moment. Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang didn't know what was going on. Seeing that they didn't speak, they excused themselves and left. .
It was inconvenient for the two to stay, so Jing Zhencheng personally took the boat to send them off the island. On the way back, Jiang Shuo suddenly asked Jing Zhencheng worriedly: "Jing Lang, the people who raided the island seem to be quite powerful. You are dealing with so many things on the island and you will not be able to leave the island within a day or two. Aren't you afraid that they will repeat their old plan?" Are you going to attack the island again?" Jing Zhencheng said: "The Tubo raid on Yinglong City was to cut off the Tang army's food routes and break the siege of Shibao City. Now that Shibao City has been captured by the Tang army, the role of Yinglong City is no longer significant. , even if Tubo captures Longju Island, it will be difficult to change the situation of the war, so why take a second risk?" The Tang army did not know the existence of the Hidden Alliance. They always believed that the tragedy on Longju Island was caused by the Tubo people. Now the Tubo people have withdrawn. Naturally, in the land of Tuyuhun, Longju Island was no longer captured.
In fact, yesterday's landing on the island in an attempt to bury Jiang Shuo alive while covering up the entrance to the underground stone chamber was probably the work of the Hidden Alliance. However, Jiang Shuo could not tell Jing Zhencheng that someone had landed on the island yesterday. Likewise, even more The existence of the Hidden Alliance cannot be revealed.
Seeing that Jiang Shuo still looked worried, Jing Zhencheng smiled and said: "Young Master Jiang, you don't have to worry. Even if the Tubo people dare to come again, the Tang army has made complete preparations this time and has a way to deal with them." Suddenly a small force appeared while speaking. The fleet flew past them quickly and stopped in front of the small boat. A brigade commander on the boat shouted: "Command!" Jiang Shuo saw no less than thirty sergeants on several boats, each equipped with strong bows and crossbows. On the water, no matter how strong your martial arts skills are, they are often not as effective as a crossbow.
Jing Zhencheng answered, and the brigade commander crossed his hands and said: "It turns out to be Jinglang, the shipbuilder. I'm disrespectful, but I still hope Haihan." After Jing Zhencheng returned the gift, the small fleet left quietly. Jing Zhencheng said: " There are many such fleets on the sea. If there is an enemy on the sea, they can sound the warning at any time, and each ship will shoot with bows and arrows to tell whether the Tibetans have come or not." Jiang Shuo felt relieved and asked again: " Jinglang, are you serving in the Tang army?" Dugu Xiang asked: "Can Japanese people be athletes of the Tang army?" Jing Zhencheng rolled his eyes and said: "Persians can do it, Koreans can do it, but I, the Japanese, can't do it? But..." He changed the topic and said: "But I can't serve in the Tang Army now. I have one big thing to do. After I finish my work here, I will go back to Chang'an soon." Jiang Shuo nodded and said He didn't ask him what he wanted. After all, Jiang Shuo himself kept many secrets from him.
At nightfall, the boat approached the west coast again. However, there were no reeds in the vast tidal flats in front of us, and there was an estuary where water flowed through the pebble river bed and poured into the West Sea.
Dugu Xiang said: "This is not the bay we started from..." Jing Zhencheng smiled and said: "I knew you were going west, so I rowed the boat to the mouth of the big river Wuhaqu River in the west. Not only does this make the waterway much shorter, , for you, the journey of less than a hundred miles also saves a lot of energy." Both of them said well and thanked them together.
However, after Jing Zhencheng said goodbye and rowed back, Dugu Xiang suddenly realized that the dragon horse and the jade lion horse were still on the grassy slope of the northern bay.
Jiang Shuo also slapped his forehead and said, "Damn it, I forgot about the horse." As if he had telepathy, Jiang Shuo suddenly heard a horse's joyful neigh, as if it was coming from his own dragon horse, but he Hear Dugu Xiang say: "Brother Shuo, I seem to be hallucinating. Just now I seemed to hear your dragon horse neighing... Hey, now I seem to hear the voice of the jade lion again." Jiang Shuo said: "This It's not your hallucination, I heard it too." While they were wondering, they saw two horses galloping towards them. They rushed to meet them. Sure enough, they were their own two horses. They couldn't help being surprised and happy. Duguxiang said: "Yeah ...Is it true that all your wishes come true? I was just thinking that it would be great if Erma could come by himself, and Erma came by himself!" But I heard another person laughing heartily: "How can there be such a good thing in the world? , Xiang'er, I drove the horse here." Dugu Xiang said happily: "Nan Ba, it turns out to be you!" A sturdy middle-aged man riding a bay-red horse appeared from the long grass beside the river beach and headed toward the river. Shuo Chashou said: "Young Master, where have you and Xiang'er been these past two days? I came out of the Shenwei Army and met your mounts halfway, but I couldn't find your footprints anywhere." Dugu Xiang said: "So you drove your horse here to wait for us?" Nan Jiyun said: "How dare I leave even half a step? I also thought that you were going to sea, so I have been waiting on the shore of the West Sea. Until this morning A small boat came from the West Sea, and a Tang Army brigade commander got off the boat and told me that you would come to the mouth of the Wuhaqu River in the evening and asked me to take two horses to greet you here. I was waiting anxiously, but you have actually arrived." Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang were very surprised when they heard this. It was almost noon today when they walked out of the earth maze. In other words, they had not met a single Tang army this morning. How could there be any Tang army brigade commander telling Nan What are the movements of Jiyun and the others?
Moreover, it was Jing Zhencheng's impromptu decision to send the two of them to the mouth of Wuhaqu River. How could the Tang army know about it in advance?
Jiang Shuo asked Nan Jiyun: "Brother Nan, what does the Tang Army brigade commander you met look like? Is he a tall middle-aged man?" Obviously he suspected that the man was Duan Jianwei who suddenly disappeared without a trace. , but Nan Jiyun shook his head and said: "No, he is just of medium height. It was foggy in the morning. I couldn't see his appearance clearly. I only knew that he had an unshaven beard and was very rough." He also noticed something was wrong and asked: " Young Master, is there anything wrong with this person?" Jiang Shuo shook his head and said, "We don't recognize this person, I'm afraid he's in disguise." Dugu Xiang also said, "This person has known for a long time that we can drill out the earth's veins, could he? Do you want to count?" Nan Jiyun asked why, Jiang Shuo met Duan Jianwei on the way, Pi Luoge died, and found the hometown of the Jianghu leader and the leader's golden chamber. Duan Jianwei left in the middle, and he and Xiang'er were sealed in Underground, then drilled into the earth's veins, and under the guidance of the Hexagonal Dragon, crossed the Western Sea and saw the light of day again.
He trusted Nan Jiyun very much and told Nan Jiyun without reservation except for the contents of the Chinese book in the Golden Chamber.
Nan Jiyun said: "The theory of fortune-telling is illusory and is mostly just a trick. If this person can ask me to wait here in advance, I am afraid that he was also involved in what happened last night, and Jing Zhencheng was also instructed by him to do this." This is not a temporary move." After all, Nan Jiyun was an old Jianghu, and Jiang Shuo felt like he was being plotted every step of the way. He really didn't like this feeling like a puppet on strings, and said: " In this case, will the Tang army on the island be in danger? Should we try to go back to the island to have a look?" Nan Jiyun thought for a while and said: "This person should be a friend rather than an enemy. Listen to what the young master said, The Tang army on the West Sea is very tightly guarded. If we return hastily without notification, it will easily disrupt their deployment." Jiang Shuo said: "What Nan Ba said is true, we should go to Fuqi City to find Grandpa and the others as planned."
