My historian is dying every day

Chapter 69 [Shouchang Mountain]

Everyone was shocked by this news, Qi Yu quickly asked: "What else did the restaurant owner say?"

"Return to your lord," the yamen servant panicked, "I asked about the man in the portrait, but the shopkeeper of the tea house didn't remember it, and when he mentioned the scarred face, the shopkeeper remembered that there is such a person. The scarred face is nothing, just The man in the portrait smashed a bowl at them, as if he had a dispute with the scarred face, saying that the scarred face was lawless or something, and then a Taoist figure came, and the scarred face pulled the scarred face The young master in the portrait left, and when everyone saw that the scarred face had a knife on his waist, no one dared to persuade him."

"Wait, you said priests?" Li Gengnian stood up and went to the map on the table: "Look for it, there is a Taoist temple on the nearby mountain."

The county magistrate who had been sitting in the corner of the house said anxiously: "Yes! There is a virtual spirit temple on Shouchang Mountain, and it only takes more than half an hour to get out of the city!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up, Li Gengnian grabbed the map and went out of the government office first to lead the horses and light a torch.Coincidentally, the one hundred government soldiers who were dispatched also came back from various places and reported that there were indeed people looking out at the crossing of Shouchang Mountain.

As he hurriedly walked out, Qi Yu ordered the county magistrate: "Find the map and booklet of the mountain roads around the Xuling Temple, and mobilize more people to block the passage of Shouchang Mountain." Then he ordered the two dark guards to go outside the city to integrate Fubing, "March quickly to the foot of Shouchang Mountain."

As soon as the words fell, they left the county government office, everyone got on their horses, whipped their whips, and rushed out of the city to Shouchang Mountain. The master book of the county government office found the drawings and other things.After a while, he caught up and rode his horse to follow behind.

Under the moon, the grass and trees are bleak, and a mountain road at the bottom of Shouchang Mountain bends upwards. Because it is not a place where incense is flourishing, there are not many people sweeping it. It is a bit desolate, but there are two lanterns on each side of the mountain road. It really is a lookout. sentry post.Li Gengnian saw it from afar, and hastily extinguished the torches, signaling to everyone to stop first: "Liu Shilang, what the soldiers said is correct."

"Is this the only way up the mountain?" Qi Yu frowned and asked back.

Wen Yanzhi took the blueprint handed over by the county government, quickly flipped through it and said, "Although there is another mountain road, it needs to go around to the back mountain, and I'm afraid it won't be until tomorrow morning." Naturally, it is not advisable.

Li Gengnian said: "Although those two are lookouts, they may not be able to surpass me and Shen Youfang in kung fu, why don't we two beat them unconscious first."

"What if there are still people around?" Shen Youfang disagreed, "That group of people has been careful until now, it is not difficult to imagine that the leader is more careful, there must be sentries along the way up the mountain, maybe we just arrived at the county government and they We have already got the news, and there are many people on the mountain at this time, so we must not act recklessly."

"Anyway, we arrived not long ago, so it's impossible for people to go to the building in a short time?" Li Gengnian turned his eyes to Qi Yu angrily, "Liu Shilang, what should we do?"

Qi Yu looked at the mountain quietly for a while, thought for a moment, then chuckled lightly, and waved: "Dark guard, go and tell the soldiers to march and wait a while, and say that the wife of the county magistrate is missing, and it is about at the foot of Shouchang Mountain , first send 50 people to look for and test those sentry posts, and the rest of the government soldiers stay here with 150 people to advance and retreat with us, and then send 100 people to quickly go to the back mountain to block their retreat. Let's take refuge in the forest for now. I want to see how powerful this group of people is, whether to panic when the officers and soldiers come."

Everyone got off their horses and hid in the forest first. Wen Yanzhi got off his horse and asked worriedly: "Will this be a surprise?"

"Knows how to weed grass, but doesn't scare snakes." Qi Yu helped Wen Yan get off the horse, and took the map and book in his hands, "If they know that there is movement in the county government, but no one goes up the mountain to look for it, it will be even worse. Be wary and stick to the guard post. It is better to go to a group of people and let them have a false alarm. They feel that this alarm is not the other alarm, so they will temporarily take it lightly and let us take advantage of it. These people act secretly and will not easily exchange fire with the government soldiers. It's only a matter of time if you can block it for a while, and you will only take action if you are in a hurry, and they should not take it seriously when they see the 50 people. If there is a real fight, they will see the 50 people first, and they will hold back their shots. We Reserve 150 government soldiers in the dark first, the chances of winning will be better."

"What Liu Shilang said is very reasonable." Shen Youfang nodded, "But if we really want to fight, it won't end well. What if the bandits on the mountain take Fang Zhitong and——" His eyes fell on Wen Yanzhi, and he stopped talking.

Qi Yu sighed: "Then we are not birds, so we can't fly up. There is no way to do this. The people behind the scenes must have some arrangements here. The Void Spirit Temple on the mountain should belong to him." A safe place, I guess, although there will not be too many people on the mountain, they should be elite personal guards."

Li Gengnian whispered next to him: "Who planned this time, do you have a clue?"

Qi Yu took a deep breath, and his cold eyes gradually looked at Shouchang Mountain in the distance through the gaps in the forest leaves. The expression on his face was a sneer, rather than a sarcasm: "If I'm not wrong, it should be—"

Li Gengnian only felt that his hand was picked up by him, and a word fell on the palm of his hand. He couldn't help but couldn't believe it: "—— him? How could it be?"

Qi Yu Youyou exhaled foul air and snorted, "I also want to know, how could it be..."

At the same time, on Shouchang Mountain, the mountain wind was bleak.The Xuling Temple on the mountain was supposed to be a place for Taoists to maintain their health and practice meditation. At this time, there were dozens of patrolling warriors. Only a few Taoist priests and nuns walked through it. All the villagers in the mountains and fields around them were serving tea and water for the warriors at this time.

The Xuling Temple is a large palace-shaped building, once glorious for a while, but it has gradually become colder in recent years. On a central axis, the screen wall, the mountain gate, the banner pole, the bell and drum tower, and the Linggong Palace stand in front of each other. After passing through the two gates, they are connected It is the Jade Emperor Hall, the Siyu Hall, and the Sanqing Hall. There are also their respective Patriarch Halls and Consecration Halls. On both sides are side halls, deacons' rooms, guest halls, Zhaitang, and Taoist houses. There are many houses.

The samurai in the view are very scattered, and it is impossible to see which room is more tightly protected, as if they are just standing in the open space.But after a while, a stone gate opened under the Drum Tower in front of the courtyard, a burly man with a scar on his face came out, and greeted several warriors around, the next moment, another man walked out of the stone gate.

The man was about twenty-five six, wearing a gray and white cloak, and a dark blue jacket underneath. Half of his hair was tied up, and the other half hung on his chest like a black satin. Say "beautiful man".As soon as they saw him come out, all the warriors knelt down and respectfully said, "My lord!"

The man waved his hands casually, looking very upset, and only said to the scarred face: "Then Tong Yesheng still refuses, and insists on letting Qin Yunzhu and his brother go first. If he is still so stubborn after another half hour, then First cut off one of his brother's hands and show him."

"My lord," Dao Scar said with a cold face, "then Fang Zhitong hates his brother to the core, and now immediately kill Fang Xiaowu in front of him, I'm afraid he will jump for joy. Why don't you bring that girl in front of him, If he doesn't do it, he will chop off a finger of the girl, and see how much he can watch the girl suffer—"

Before he finished speaking, the man raised his hand in disgust to interrupt him, shook his head for a while, obviously disapproving, but only said: "In half an hour, let's try it with his brother first." , then ignored the scarred face and went to the side hall of the Ling Palace alone.

Scarface looked at his back for a while, and a warrior leaned over and said, "General, my lord...is his heart softening? If he is willing to do something to that girl, the edict should have been issued! How can we keep that girl?" The Fang family brothers have lived till now!"

Scarface sneered: "The lord has a daughter himself, so naturally he is reluctant to see the girl suffering... But if Fang Zhitong doesn't give in, I'd like to put the girl in front of him and rub it. Can the little girl suffer?" Is it important to have an edict?"

"What about Fang Xiaowu?" Samurai asked, "He's still crying in the deacon's room at the back."

Scarface glanced at him: "Just do it if you don't like it, the prince doesn't care about such cowards and bitter people, I feel uncomfortable just looking at them."

The samurai was a little worried, "If this matter fails, the prince will vent his anger..."

"What else can we do?" Scar said coldly, "We followed the deposed prince in the past, we were like a family dog ​​for ten years, and the Zhou and Lin families failed to accomplish anything. Now that the overall situation is like this, who else can we follow besides the prince? Qi Yuna Boy, you can't stand me waiting."

The samurai said with a sullen face: "At the beginning in the northern border, if we hadn't—"

"Why are you still mentioning that now?" Scarface snorted coldly, "If you follow the deposed prince, you will listen to the deposed prince. Now if you follow the prince, you will naturally listen to the prince. Back then, did you know that Qi Yu's weakling would ascend the throne? It's his luck that he didn't die in Northern Xinjiang, Qi Zheng, that unlucky thing, died for him, but now no one dies for you and me, so be more vigilant."

The samurai nodded repeatedly and sighed, swallowing his words at this moment.Just when Scarface was about to return to the stone gate, two guards suddenly rushed into the mountain gate and said in a panic: "General! Dozens of government soldiers came down from the mountain, saying that the county magistrate's wife is lost and can't be found anywhere in the city. If you have to go up the mountain to look for it, how can you do this? Brothers, you can’t stop them if they are soft-hearted, and you really want to do it?"

A trace of strangeness flashed across the scarred face: "The wife of the county magistrate is missing? Are you going up the mountain to look for it so late?" He thought about it for a while, and then asked the warrior just now: "Is there anything strange about the county magistrate?" ?”

The warrior then remembered and said: "General, just now when you were still here, Lao Zhang's people said that a group of people who watched the rich and powerful entered the county government office and ordered all the government officials out, as if they were looking for someone."

"Why did you say that!" Dao Scar's face turned serious, "How long has it been?"

"It's been half an hour, and it was the prince who said not to disturb—"

"Bastard! I don't know what to do!" Scarface was so angry that he slapped the warrior's face with a slap. The warrior's face became red and swollen in no time, and his head was buzzing from the beating. The side hall of the palace has gone.

When the sound of golden swords came from far away on the mountain road, Qi Yu got on his horse, ordered Li Gengnian to go forward, and led 100 of the remaining soldiers to help, and then said to Shen Youfang who got on his horse behind him: "Take control of the guard post ahead, We rushed up the mountain without stopping, and led the remaining soldiers directly into the Xuling Temple."

He turned his head to look at Wen Yanzhi, and sighed: "Wen Yanzhi, you stay here—"

"No," Wen Yanzhi, who had been looking at Tuzao, suddenly interrupted him, but he was not answering his words, but holding a fire folder in one hand and the booklet of Xulingguan in one hand, and said to him anxiously: "We're stuck in the wrong place!"

"What?" Qi Yu raised his eyebrows in surprise, leaned over to look at the page he held up, but didn't quite understand: "Isn't this just an open space?"

"The place where the Xuling Temple is located is on the mountainside," Wen Yanzhi tried his best to be concise, "According to the common sense of engineering construction, the slope of this open space is too steep, so it should not be an open space, and a long ladder should be built for the mountain gate, but the Xuling Temple is not. The long ladder was moved to the front. With such a large slope here, a platform was built as the front yard of the Taoist temple. The open space in the front yard is so large, and there must be a dark room between the slope of the mountain. If there is a dark room , then here—"

"There must be a secret passage." Qi Yu continued in shock. As soon as this remark came out, the plan was almost in chaos. He hurriedly asked, "Maybe you know where the exit of this secret passage is?"

"I didn't expect it at all," Wen Yanzhi quickly took out the map of the surrounding mountains, "but look here," he pointed at the waterfall at the foot of the mountain on the side of Xulingguan, "Shouchang Mountain is long and thin, It is a typical mountain that is difficult to excavate. It is dangerous to open a hole rashly. Those who build secret paths are most afraid of the mountain slipping. In ancient times, tombs and secret rooms were mostly built by taking advantage of the natural situation of the mountain. There are holes in the choice, and Shouchang Mountain only has this A waterfall, I guess, the dark room becomes a natural mountainside, and the exit of the dark passage must be a cave behind the waterfall."

At this time, Qi Yu admired the idiot's head, which could be useful in a critical moment, so he asked, "How sure are you?"

"I don't dare to say, there are eight or nine points." Wen Yanzhi hurriedly said: "The top priority is to block the cave first, otherwise if they were prepared, they would have to escape through the secret passage first."

Qi Yu immediately led the horse forward, and with a hundred government soldiers and yamen servants behind him, he rode swiftly towards the cave.