Tao Zhi felt the tingling sensation on the skin of his throat and laughed awkwardly.
At this time, the guard behind him seemed to want to say something, but Thief Zhi didn't care. He just hit him with an elbow with his backhand, knocking him unconscious.
Then he smiled playfully and gently pushed Wei Zhuang's shark-tooth sword away, and explained by the way:
"This guy is staring at me all day long. It's hard for me to take a breath. I've wanted to hit him for a long time!"
This explanation is superfluous. I really wanted to take revenge on the guard. Watching him die under Wei Zhuang's sword was enough. It was clear that I just wanted to save people.
Wei Zhuang didn't bother to worry about the life and death of an insignificant pawn. He sheathed his sword, glanced at Gai Nie, and said sarcastically:
"Weak people always like to use kindness to cover up their inner cowardice!"
Gai Nie was too lazy to pay attention to this junior brother who couldn't help but be weird for a while, so he brought the topic back to the right track:
"Time is urgent, go find the cook quickly."
Hearing this, Thief Zhi raised his hand and brushed the two locks of hair on his forehead, and said with a suspicious look on his face:
"I have figured out the location of the cook."
"But... I feel like something is wrong."
"What's the problem?" Gai Nie asked with an eyebrow.
"This prison!" Thief Zhi pointed to the top of the prison. "This prison should have a large number of institutional facilities, but I didn't see any gears when I was imprisoned, so the gear sets are probably hidden."
"The only exception is here. A large number of transmission gear sets are directly exposed in the sky. However, there are only transmission gears here and no energy supply system. This means that this is not the center of an organization, but it is very special."
Wei Zhuang answered coldly, "The issue of the agency is not within our scope of consideration."
"But I'm very curious as to why Zhang Han deliberately locked me up here!" Thief Zhi replied, spreading his hands, "This place doesn't look like a prison, and the level of protection is not as tight as other areas."
“The only special thing is probably that it’s located deep and hard to find.”
"Do you think Zhang Han is counting on taking a detour to confuse you?"
"He knew our plan a long time ago. He also deliberately exposed the location of the butcher to me. This prison was specially chosen for me."
"I don't know what he will play next, but... there must be something wrong."
"Let's go!" Wei Zhuang responded.
Whether Zhang Han is easy to deal with, he and Gai Nie know much better than Taizhi - one of them is his former colleague, and the other is half of his current colleague.
Zhang Han must have a plan!
But so what?
The Mohist's throwing stones to ask for directions is an underhanded conspiracy, and Zhang Han's standing still and waiting for the rabbit is also an underhanded plan.
There is no other way to deal with this situation. Let everyone use their own abilities to deal with it.
………………
Above the mirage, the cherry blossom garden.
Looking at the two cherry blossom gardens that were almost the same before and after, Tianming smacked his lips a few times and said with a smile, "It seems like we can't do it if we don't go in."
Shao Yu and Shi Lan looked at each other and had no choice but to accept this reality.
The three of them immediately walked into the cherry blossom garden.
However, the courtyard was also surrounded by corridors, so the three of them were not in a hurry to formally enter the courtyard, and first walked around along the corridors.
After walking half a circle around the corridor, they came to the other side of the yard. Sure enough, they saw the same sliding door again.
The three of them looked at each other without saying anything nonsense. They stepped forward and opened the door. As expected, they saw the same cherry blossom garden again.
"Sure enough..." Shi Lan looked at the scene that seemed to be going back, nodded slightly and murmured.
After hearing this, Shaoyu asked curiously, "Shi Lan, did you find anything?"
Shi Lan shook her head, "I just have a guess... Let's keep going."
Shao Yu and Tian Ming, however, were not in a hurry to ask questions and continued to move forward with Shi Lan.
The three of them walked around several more cherry blossom gardens with similar heights, then opened the door again, and suddenly found that it was dark.
They saw that the stone lanterns in the courtyard that appeared in front of them were already on. The sky was dark, and only the pale yellow light lingered in the courtyard. For a while, the scenery became more pleasing to the eye.
It's a pity that no one has the leisure to enjoy flowers now.
Tianming rubbed his head with a confused look on his face and wondered, "Why did it suddenly get dark?"
"Are we under an illusion?" Shao Yu guessed with a frown.
"Illusion?" Tianming became even more confused after hearing this, "We haven't seen anyone, how can we fall under the illusion?"
Shi Lan shook his head at this time, "It shouldn't be an illusion."
"There is a kind of maze in Shu Mountain called Shu Dao. Once people who don't understand it step into it rashly, they will lose their way and find it difficult to escape."
"Everyone says that the road to Shu is difficult, but I never thought that it is not only difficult to walk on the road, but also refers to a kind of maze." Shao Yu agreed with a smile.
After Tianming heard this, he was confused for a moment. Then his eyes suddenly lit up and he said with a smile, "What Shu Dao and maze formations are you talking about? I don't even understand them."
"But judging from what you're saying, it's probably just a ghost trying to beat the wall!"
When Shi Lan heard Tianming's understanding, she couldn't help but smile, shook her head and explained, "It's still different."
"Although the road to Shu is difficult, it can be walked out by those who understand its rules."
"Well..." Shao Yu shook his head and praised Shi Lan, "It's like our military's battle formation. For our own soldiers, if they understand the rules, they can advance and retreat freely. But for enemy soldiers who don't know what to do, they can move forward and retreat freely. If you say that, you will only get stuck in it and be unable to extricate yourself.”
Shi Lan nodded, then turned to look at the dim courtyard, "I suspect that this courtyard is a maze."
"Uh... then Shi Lan, do you know how to get out?" Tianming couldn't understand what Shi Lan and Shao Yu said, but he knew exactly what he needed now.
"This maze is probably based on Yin Yang magic. It may be difficult for outsiders to see through the rules." Shi Lan shook his head and replied.
"Uh...that means it's just a matter of trying to beat the wall!" Tian Ming sighed and concluded concisely.
Shao Yu touched his chin and analyzed, "We entered that room before and fell into the maze after that, so... the room is probably the key to solving the puzzle."
"But with only this one clue, it's difficult to detect the pattern." Shi Lan responded in a deep voice.
When Tian Ming heard this, he couldn't help but droop his head in despair.
But at this moment, he seemed to notice a moving object in the corner of his eye.
After regaining consciousness, Tianming hurriedly raised his head to look. He was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly slapped Shaoyu next to him:
"Look, look!"
"Someone!"
When Shao Yu and Shi Lan heard the sound, they quickly followed Tian Ming's line of sight and saw a group of boys and girls holding lanterns walking through an open sliding door in the opposite corner of the courtyard through the corridor inside.
Among the childhood girls, there is also a figure of a girl in special clothes.
Shi Lan recognized at a glance the girl who was sent up to the mirage with the Moon God when they saw the boys and girls boarding the ship that night.
The three of them were stunned for a moment, and the group of people walked past the sliding door, looking to go away.
Shaoyu didn't dare to delay and rushed out directly, "Catch up first!"
