Thinking of the soft and smooth feeling that the thing just touched his body, Li Qianfan vaguely guessed what it was, and suddenly a layer of goose bumps appeared on his back.

He waited quietly, waiting for the thing to touch his shoulder again and suddenly reached out and grabbed the thing. He endured the surging in his abdomen and gently touched his fingers. The skin on his fingertips seemed to be soaked in water for too long, and the surface had already risen a little. It was sagging with a light press, losing the elasticity that normal skin should have. A hard gourd object the size of a thumb was tied up on it, and the rope was tied into a cross knot.

As soon as he touched this object, Li Qianfan didn't have to look at it anymore. It was a dead arm. He happened to know the owner of the arm, and it was the deputy leader this time, Jiaqi.

I don’t know how many companions there are in this water, and whether they are still alive like me.

Li Qianfan stopped delaying, held his breath again and swam out in one direction. Every time he swam for a short period of time, he stuck his head out for breathing. When he breathed for the third time, he felt that the space on the water surface could accommodate his breathing was much larger than at the beginning, so he knew that he had been in the right direction this time, and he no longer delayed at the moment, and swam all his strength.

I don't know where this river leads. Li Qianfan was swimming inside, and the surroundings were silent. He could only hear the sound of his own paddling echoing among the surrounding stone walls. After a while, he was floating out of the water to breathe. He couldn't help but touch a hard object. He stepped on the water and tried to touch it. The thing was square and angular, and it felt like a big box. Li Qianfan thought about it, and his body sank down into the water. He searched along the edge of the box for a long time. Sure enough, he felt a flying eagle-shaped engraving on the side of the box, exactly the same as the box they were escorting it.

The copper buckle used to fix the box lid was still tightly clasped on it, which was obvious that it had not been opened. Li Qianfan thought about it and suddenly remembered that he had told Qi Xiu that the goods disappeared inexplicably. At that time, she speculated that they had sunk into the ground. Could it be that the goods she transported sank into the underground river, and then pushed all the way to the destination through the water flow of the underground river?

Strange, if it were as he thought, how could a box appear here alone? Li Qianfan hesitated for a moment and continued to touch the box around it. After searching for a long time, he finally found a protruding small stone at the bottom, about as thick as a thumb, forming a corner with the stone wall, which just stuck the box.

The water flow in the underground river is not turbulent, so it is naturally impossible to float away by such a jammed card. I don’t know where the box floats from and how long it has been stuck here.

He was wondering, and a ray of light suddenly flashed in his mind. Juechen said that the dark river was deep in the south and shallow in the north, and the water flowed from south to north, the south was a dead end, and there was an empty plain at the end of the north. Could it be where the goods gather?

If so, there will definitely be someone receiving the goods, and someone means there is a way to go out.

But another worry followed, and the exit must have been handled by Dijon's people. It was not easy to go out with this. For a moment, Li Qianfan wandered in the same place and began to feel embarrassed.

The dark river channel was unable to see his five fingers, as if a strange sound came along the stone wall, breaking his thoughts. The sound was weak and unreal. Li Qianfan thought it was the sound of the water flow at first, but the sound seemed to be regular. Unless there was something else in the narrow and dark river channel, the sound would definitely not appear like this sound.

Li Qianfan simply closed his eyes and leaned his ears to the stone wall, so that he would at least have a more sensitive hearing.

The intermittent salsa sounds seemed to be caused by something rubbing against each other, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, sometimes none, sometimes big and sometimes small, with no rules to find. However, every time the sound appears, there will always be two "ding" sounds. Although the sound is small, it is crisp and high-pitched, and two and three sounds are made between them. I don’t know whether it is caused by artificial knocking or something that collides with each other.

Li Qianfan listened quietly for a while and continued to swim north without hesitation. Even if it was the enemy's nest, there was still a possibility of going out. But if he stopped moving forward, he would only soak and die in this cold water.

...

There seemed to be a light in the distance. Li Qianfan swam for half an hour with his eyes closed. When he opened his eyes, he found that the surroundings were no longer as thick as ink as before. When he looked closely, he could vaguely see the outlines of the surrounding stone walls and river channels.

The river channel is about one and a half meters wide, and is surrounded by hard stone walls. The stones above the head are less washed by the river water, and are much sharper than the smooth stone walls around it.

After listening carefully, the strange sounds that had been heard before were much clearer than before. I could see light vaguely in front of me. Does it prove that it is coming to an end? Li Qianfan breathed a little relieved. It has been almost two hours since he woke up. The river water was so cold that the skin was soaked in water, and the skin of his fingers also wrinkled. Li Qianfan just wanted to find a dry place to ease it quickly, and no longer delayed at the moment, and swam forward hard.

As more and more spaces are available for breathing above his head, Li Qianfan found that when he stood up slightly, he could vaguely touch the riverbed under his feet, and swam a few feet away to completely stand. The water surface had just reached the tip of his nose. A river beach could be seen in front of him. Li Qianfan hurriedly paddled a few more times and got on the shore as he wished.

The moment he came out of the water, Li Qianfan's legs became weak and he fell straight to the ground.

The whole body was so cold that I could hardly feel it. My arms and thighs were as heavy as lead, because I had been swam for a long time and felt sore. The most uncomfortable thing was my skin. The whole body was soaked and wrinkled, and I could almost twist out water. I couldn't see clearly whether there were other wounds on my body. I just felt that it hurts and itchy after being soaked.

The river bank is about two feet in front of you, with nothing. There is a thick layer of mud hanging around it. It sinks without any effort when you step on it. Fortunately, the mud is not thick and there is no danger.

After a little rest, Li Qianfan felt a little calmer. With his faint outline, he finally found a small piece of gravel on a corner. Compared with the mud surrounding him that was trapped by stomping, it was the dryest place.

He straightened up, grabbed a handful of mud and crushed it in his hand, and walked slowly to the other side. He reached the edge of the stone river and smashed it hard. The mud was crushed and there was nothing unusual about the stones below. Then he walked up and sat down against the stone wall. It was strange. He clearly heard the strange sounds getting louder and louder, but from when it started, the strange sound actually disappeared again, and there was only the echo of the water flow around, which showed a strange silence.

Li Qianfan was soaked all over, and his clothes were not warm when they stuck to his body. Instead, they became even colder. He simply took them off and wrung them one by one to dry them. As soon as he took off his coat, a round thing rolled out of his arms and fell to the ground. Li Qianfan reached out to pick it up. When he touched the thing, he was stunned at first, and then he was overjoyed.

Before leaving, Qi Xiusheng pulled this thing hard and insisted on stuffing it on him. He held two pieces of smoked horse meat the size of his fist in the thick oil paper. In Qi Xiu's words, "If you have food in your stomach, you are not panic. If you don't have food in your stomach, just carry it."

At that time, Li Qianfan felt that it was inconvenient to carry such a big thing on his body and refused in every way. Now, he thought about it fortunately, she refused to support her. At this time, the most important thing is to preserve her physical strength. If he had not had these two pieces of smoked horse meat, he would not know if he could still go out alive.

Thinking of this, Li Qianfan was both grateful and moved, and felt warm in his heart. He wanted to grab Qi Xiu and put it in his arms and rub it hard.

The oil paper was soaked in water and it was broken. The smoked horse meat inside also sucked water, and the meat became a little saccharified. Li Qianfan picked two pieces of water-absorbing and ate it first. The smoked horse meat didn't taste much, but because it was prepared by Qixiu, he actually felt it was particularly delicious.

I don’t know when and what she was doing outside, did she listen to him and have a good meal? Li Qianfan chewed and swallowed the piece of meat slowly. At this time, he missed his A Xiu very much.

"Shasha...dding!" The strange voice sounded again. This time Li Qianfan heard it really well, and it seemed particularly abrupt and strange in this quiet river.

Li Qianfan stuffed the thing into his arms, held the copper sword in one hand, and grabbed a stone in the other, and immediately became alert.

The rustling movements and stillness seemed to be close to each other. Li Qianfan held his breath and stood up gently. His ears were pressed against the stone wall behind him carefully distinguished. Sure enough, something seemed to be sliding slowly on the other side of the stone wall. The rustling sound was the movement made by the thing rubbing against the stone wall behind him.

The stone wall leads straight from the riverbed to the top, and there is no gap in the middle, and it is a whole piece. Li Qianfan looked at the top of the stone wall less than four feet away from his head, and a trace of doubt appeared in his eyes.

The strange sound is not loud, and the sound insulation effect of the stone is extremely strong. If the river channel and the place where the sound is emitted are two completely closed spaces, the sound will definitely not be so far away. But if the two sides are in the same space, just echoes will be enough for people to hear clearly.

There must be a place that leads to the other side of the stone wall!

Li Qianfan searched carefully along the stone wall, and touched all the bulges carefully, without missing every place. Finally, he found a hole the size of a fist in the corner closest to the end of the stone wall. The hole entrance was flat and smooth, and it was artificially created when touched.

The size of the hole was limited, so he could only reach into it and then jammed his arm just after a little longer. Li Qianfan tentatively extended his hand into the hole, and it was empty within the range he could find. I wonder if it was an illusion that the air on the other side of the hole was more cold and humid than his own.

Such a small hole must have its purpose here. Li Qianfan fumbled backhand, and the hole on the other side had a tiny bulge that could not be felt. The surroundings were as smooth as magnetic disks, which formed a sharp contrast with the rough stone wall.

The strange sound stopped for a while, and then it rang again, as usual, as there was no pattern to find, but it was clearer than just now.

Li Qianfan's heart thumped, and he resisted the urge to shrink his hand and gently pressed the bulge towards him. With a heavy but straightforward friction sound, the entire wall in front of him quickly moved to the right, and a slight gap immediately appeared in front of him.

I don't know if the strange sound came to an abrupt end because of this sound. Li Qianfan can almost conclude now that the source of the sound is behind the stone wall. Perhaps it was caused by the common sense of alertness, he even felt that something seemed to be covering the stone wall on the other side, lying quietly in the dark, waiting for his appearance.

The depth of the road ahead is unknown. If you take this step, you will be crushed to pieces in an instant. However, when you reach this point, you have no way to retreat. A sharp cold light flashed in Li Qianfan's eyes, and he stood silently in front of the stone wall for a moment, holding the broken copper sword in his hand, and flashed into the gap.

There is also a stone wall behind the stone wall. There is a snake-shaped gap between the two stone walls, and the width is just enough to accommodate a person passing by side. With the faint light, Li Qianfan vaguely saw that the gap stretched about four or five meters away and reached the end. The pattern at the end is the same as the starting point, and there is also a narrow gap.

The strange sound never sounded again, and the dark gap was quiet and the needle fell to the ground. Li Qianfan placed the copper sword grid in front of him, holding the hilt of the sword tightly in one hand, and although he touched the stone wall on the other hand, he walked gently towards the end of the path step by step. His heart was only beating around him, and he passed by quickly. It was obvious that a distance of more than ten steps, but he had to walk three cups of tea.

Standing at the entrance of the gap, Li Qianfan suddenly smelled a faint fishy smell, not like fishy smells like fish and shrimps, but a slightly bitter smell. He felt familiar with this smell, and couldn't help but think of some unpleasant memories in his mind, and he couldn't help but frown.

It wouldn't be so coincidental... Li Qianfan took a bitter smile from the corner of his lips, and slowly took the last step gently.

The light in front of him suddenly became brighter, and the strange scene filled his sight. It was just a wall, and it was as warm as spring. The ground was filled with various strange flowers and plants, with branches and leaves mixed up and down, with almost no gaps between each other, filling the huge stone chamber with a full flow. Each flower was beautiful, with hundreds of species. The dark green dodder vine climbed up along the stone wall, covering the top of the head and the surrounding four walls, and there was no gap at all.

The flowers are fighting each other, even the beautiful spring scenery is just like this. But in this gloomy and wet underground stone chamber, there is an indescribable weirdness. Li Qianfan's crystals made a circle of the scenery in front of him, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

On the stone wall, there was a huge flower shadow in the middle of the lush dodder branches and leaves. It was a giant python!

...

The poison of Qiankun Wine was suppressed the next day. The train and Zhuge Sui were very quick. It took only half a day to prepare the palace. Just wait for Qiankun Wine to give the order, and you can enter the palace to clear the poison for the emperor at any time.

When Helianyue saw the train, his eyes sank. Without waiting for him to approach, he took a few steps forward, stretched out an arm and stopped everyone.

"What are your instructions?" the train asked.

Helian Yue's eyes passed through the faces of the three of them one by one, smiling and sarcastic, "I should ask the general about this. Why? I just reported military affairs yesterday, and there will be a new military affairs report today?" He raised the last few words, with deep suspicion.

The train sneered in his heart, the vassal state was besieged and the national government was unstable. A prince did not go out to take charge of the overall situation at this time, but instead went into the emperor's bedroom every day, and he had to stop others from entering. His mind was obvious, and he was embarrassed to call him to catch the thief. The emperor had been wise for a lifetime, and the most confused thing was probably to leave these two sons.

Even though he thought so, he remained calm and said respectfully: "If you are extremely attacked from both sides and the military affairs in front are constantly changing, the old minister naturally has to report military affairs every day and ask Your Highness to be compatible. If the matter is delayed and the emperor is furious, no one can afford to be guilty."

The train was neither humble nor arrogant, and it was vaguely pleasing and polite, but it deliberately amplified the voice. There were a bunch of palace servants and maids around the bedroom, and it was normal for someone to ramble. The words that I have said now may be spread throughout the palace in less than two hours and then outside the palace. At that time, it will inevitably be a hot topic again, which will only have bad things but no good for Helian Yue.

Helian Yue naturally thought of this, staring at the train more and more sinister, his fists clenched, and after a while, he slowly approached the train's ears and said in a very light and slow tone: "If I don't let you in today..."

The train sighed secretly, looked helplessly on his face, and then said to Helian Yue: "Please move your step."

Helianyue narrowed his eyes and walked a few steps with him. The train handed over to Helianyue and said, "Your Highness's concerns are a little bit clear, but your Highness is too worried."

Helian Yue's eyes flashed, and he didn't say anything, waiting for him to continue talking.

"The old minister dared to ask your highness a few questions. I wonder if your highness agrees?"

"explain."

"To be honest, the old minister has been in war for a lifetime and has made great achievements. He was personally named the Dragon Cavalry General of the Protecting the Country by the emperor and became a life-and-death brother with the emperor? Isn't it?"

Helian Yue snorted coldly and nodded.

The train continued: "The train has achieved success and fame. With the protection of this fame and title at home, you can always be loved by your descendants without doing anything ruthless, right?"

Helianyue nodded again.

"The train is not only for ministers and fathers, but also for the sake of the descendants, and loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is the duty. Not only the train itself, since ancient times, ministers in all dynasties should be loyal to the emperor and patriotism. This admonition cannot be violated. You dare not disobey so many eyes below. Your Highness said, right?"

Helian Yue's eyes were as deep as ice, and a trace of sinisterness was obviously on his face, "Just say anything that the general has, there is no need to bend around and scold the mulberry trees." The last four words were almost squeezed out from the gaps of his teeth.

The train smiled and said, "Your Highness misunderstood, and the old minister did not criticize the monks. The old minister just wanted to say that the things that the old minister earned with his own life would not give up easily like this. The old minister came to report military affairs, and even if the emperor couldn't hear it, there were so many eyes watching at the moment, so he had to come. Life and death are destined, wealth is in heaven, and the old minister only had to do his duty of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. In this way, your nobleman might understand the painstaking efforts of the old minister?"

Helian Yue's expression was slightly clear, and he couldn't help but look deep like him. The latter seemed to be smiling but not smiling, with an ambiguous expression.

After a while, Helian Yue raised a polite smile on the corner of his lips, but the smile did not reach the corner of his eyes. He slowly said, "The general is right. The father is still waiting for the general, and I can't talk to the general for too long."

"Thank you, Your Highness." The train breathed a sigh of relief. The three of them were about to push the door into the hall. Suddenly, Helian Yue's voice sounded again behind him, "Slow down."

He detoured the three of them, "The general has military affairs to report, so it is enough to just bring this deputy general. There is really no need for this attendant to enter together, what do the general think?"

The train nodded without hesitation: "Your Highness is right. It was the old minister who neglected it." He turned around and rushed to Qiankun and said, "Che Chi, you are waiting here."

"Yes." The servant in green bowed respectfully and slowly retreated aside.

After the two left, Qiankunjiu stood still in place, looking at his nose and his heart, feeling the sinister eyes of his swords and looking back and forth on his body, pretending not to see it.

Helianyue had looked at him and walked up to him and asked, "You call Che Chi?"

"Go back to Your Highness, yes." Qiankun said with a low and thick voice, sounding like he had a mouthful of sand, which made people feel uncomfortable when they heard it?

Helian Yue frowned, and a hint of confusion flashed across his eyes, "How many years have you been in the army?"

"When you go back to Your Highness, the little man is disabled and has never been in the army." As if he was embarrassed, the servant in green whispered, his head hanging low.

Helian Yue landed on a bulging bag on his back. With this bag, no wonder he couldn't straighten his waist.

"Then where are you doing things?"

"The villain is in the general's mansion. He helps the general to organize his study, bring tea and water, and serve his pen and ink."

"How many years have you been with the general?"
To be continued...