Shen Lie and Dai Yu's mounts were in the bamboo hut to the east, and Ye Zheng had to rush back to the dojo to get them.
When they arrived at the Chen Family Ancestral Hall, more and more people were watching the excitement inside and outside, making it almost impossible to pass through.
It is said to be the Chen Family Ancestral Hall, but in fact the Chen Family Ancestral Hall has been demolished a long time ago and there is no secret passage underground. However, two boxes of silver were found in the corner.
In front of the ruins were ten baskets of rats, with the rats squeezing around inside. Next to them were three baskets of snakes, coiled and knotted together.
The people around were all shouting, saying that if they were not released, these snakes and rats would eat their own people.
The soldiers were indifferent and waited patiently for Shen Lie.
When the crowd finally separated, Shen Lie led his horse and walked through. Dai Yu and Ye Zheng followed behind him. Suddenly, thousands of eyes in front, left and right were looking towards him.
"General Shen." Ban Rong of Xia Jiajun stepped forward and took the reins from Shen Lie's hand.
Shen Lie looked toward the secret passage, then at the rats and snakes.
"Let's do it." Shen Lie ordered.
The soldiers in the clearing followed the order and first dumped the rats into the dark passage. In an instant, hundreds of rats came out of the cage and went crazy, pouring into the dark passage like a black waterfall.
Some rats did not enter the secret passage and were driven in by the soldiers with long flat rakes.
The crowd was in an uproar, became excited, and talked a lot.
When it was almost done, the soldiers poured the snake into the secret passage.
Snakes are used to eat mice.
Rats and snakes are both used to step on traps.
Time passed slowly, a quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, an hour, two hours...
The onlookers were becoming increasingly tired. Seeing the setting sun burning the sky and the earth into an orange light, many people shouted and asked why they were still waiting.
Shen Lie stood with his hands behind his hands, looking down at the secret passage, motionless like the soldiers around him.
More and more people couldn't wait any longer and shouted that there was nothing to see and it was a waste of time, so they turned around and went home.
A fast horse came from the north.
Shen Lie finally raised his eyes, and Dai Yu and Ye Zheng beside him were startled: "It's Wu Shaoning!"
The two of them walked quickly.
Since the heavy rain that day, Wu Shaoning, Wei Dongyou and Zhu Chang have been missing.
Du Xuan has sent a large number of manpower to search for it in the past few days, but to no avail. He is already very anxious.
Wu Shaoning dismounted, not caring to catch his breath. He glanced at Dai Yu and Ye Zheng first, then ran towards Shen Lie: "Master!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly knelt down and shouted again: "Master!"
Shen Lie frowned slightly, Dai Yu and Ye Zheng were frightened by his appearance.
"Wu Shaoning, please speak up, what happened?" Dai Yu said.
At this moment, Shen Lie noticed the blood on Wu Shaoning's trousers and his heart sank.
"Zhu Chang is dead," Wu Shaoning choked, looking up at Shen Lie, "He, he was quartered by five horses."
Shen Lie's dark eyes widened.
Dai Yu and Ye Zheng were shocked: "What?"
Upon hearing this, the secret guards gathered around him.
Wu Shaoning's voice trembled: "I rescued Wei Dongyou, but he was too frightened and became aphasic."
"Save?" Shen Lie said.
"Yes, I found him at the foot of a hillside. His hands and feet were all broken..."
Dai Yu cursed angrily and turned to Shen Lie with red eyes: "Master, I will go back to the city to see him right now!"
Shen Lie's eyebrows were cold, he thought for a while and looked at Ye Zheng: "Go to the Taoist temple quickly and tell Du Xuan about this. Just say that Wu Shaoning and the others are back, and let's not talk about what happened to Zhu Chang. Ping Yuefeng will continue to stay there. , let him return together with General Gaolang and Zhang Zhiling of the Xia Army."
Ye Zheng looked pale and nodded: "Yes."
He immediately turned around and ran to his mount.
Shen Lie said to Dai Yu: "After Du Xuan comes back, you can go back to the city with Du Xuan. Du Xuan sent him out, and he will definitely feel guilty and blame himself for this. Therefore, your emotions are not allowed to be exposed. Remember Take good care of Du Xuan."
Dai Yu's lips trembled, and he understood what Shen Lie meant. He took the order with difficulty: "Yes, young master."
"You come with me." Shen Lie looked at Wu Shaoning.
Wu Shaoning raised his hand to wipe away his tears and followed Shen Lie.
Dai Yu watched them stop talking when they reached the other side of the ruins, and wanted to follow them. He turned sideways to hold back his tears, and suddenly raised his foot and kicked a fist-sized stone forward.
With a "bang" sound, the stone happened to hit the small box placed on the ground not far away.
The box was open and full of silver.
Because of the collision of the stone, the silver collided with the box, making a lot of noise.
Dai Yu frowned and suddenly saw where the box had been kicked by a stone. The sharp corner had created a crack on the surface of the box.
Dai Yu raised his feet and was about to walk away. From the corner of his eye, he saw Shen Lie and Wu Shaoning turning to look at them.
Dai Yu pursed his lips. Thinking of what Shen Lie had just said to him, he couldn't lift his head. He lowered his head and found a place to sit down.
Shen Lie looked away and said to Wu Shaoning: "So, you didn't see how Zhu Chang was killed, you only saw his body."
"Put it in a big basket," Wu Shaoning said painfully, "There is no one nearby, and the big basket seems... as if it is just for me to see. Young Master, maybe it is a declaration of war and a demonstration to us. By the way, there is no village there. , there is not a single resident, and the rocks are rugged, making it easy to set up traps.”
"Have Zhu Chang's body been brought back?" Shen Lie asked.
"Well, I brought it back."
Even the body parts are composed of the complete body of an adult man, plus Wei Dongyou. The journey has been difficult and difficult to imagine.
"You've worked hard on this trip." Shen Lie said seriously.
"It's not bitter," Wu Shaoning choked, as if thinking of something, and said, "Oh, one more thing, after I sent Wei Dongyou back to the city, Ruan Guoliang was about to send people out of the city to find the young master, so he simply asked me to take him with him. Word. Military reports have been sent from outside, the Mouye battlefield has begun, and Tian Dayao's army stationed in Youzhou is likely to pass by Hengxiang. And... Yun Bozhong has sent a letter of alliance, wanting to form an alliance with us."
"How dare he think so." Shen Lie said.
"And Miss Ah Li," Wu Shaoning continued, "Mrs. Zhao sent someone to tell her that Miss Ah Li woke up just before her application, and something wasn't right when she woke up. She didn't eat, so she rushed to the Yamen."
Shen Lie's handsome brows were filled with worry, and his dark eyes were filled with complexity that Wu Shaoning couldn't understand.
"Later, you and Dai Yu and the others will return to the city. After returning to the city, you can rest and send others to Ah Li. She..." Shen Lie thought for a moment and continued, "She may not be able to eat. You still need to Find someone to go to Zhiyu Water Pavilion to find Master Li and ask Master Li to make Baihua Cake as soon as possible."
"Yes!" Wu Shaoning responded.
After answering, seeing that Shen Lie was still worried, Wu Shaoning asked with concern: "Master...is there anything else?"
After a while, Shen Lie said: "You...send someone to find Zhao Yu again. He should be in Qu's house now. Ask him if there are any clues about the painting."
