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Hai Dongqing nodded slowly, and Meng Xiang sprinted out.
Hai Dongqing turned to Song Mian and said: "Song Mian, you immediately lead people to search inside and outside the Juyi Hall. Maybe Xizuo is still here, and they may want to take advantage of me and do something bad to me. Go quickly."
"Yes!" Song Mian turned around and shouted loudly. After a while, more than a hundred guards were gathered and began to search carefully inside and outside the Juyi Hall.
Hai Dongqing stood in the hall with a livid face. He had already grasped a weapon in his hand, which was an iron mace. In the past years, Hai Dongqing had used swords to kill people.
He killed with a hammer, and used an iron rod to kill, but he finally chose the mace as his weapon. Because the appearance of this weapon alone is enough to intimidate the opponent, and the feeling after hitting the enemy is very consistent with Haidong Qing's cruelty.
Hobby. He likes the feeling of watching dozens of blood holes on the opponent's body gushing out blood. He also likes the thrill of smashing the opponent's head. So the mace is just what he wants, although this weapon is the tradition of the Liao people in the north.
Weapon, that's nothing.
A large-scale search and interrogation was carried out quickly. The people around Hai Dongqing worked very efficiently. In less than meal time, Song Mian and Meng Xiang stood in front of Hai Dongqing.
"Shenggong, a hole was found on the roof of the firewood house behind Juyi Hall. The traces of firewood rolling down indicate that someone did enter through the hole. The handyman in the kitchen said that it was fine last night. I guess it was last night.
But we have searched everything inside and outside, and there is no suspicious person." Song Xian reported.
"Damn, you are really brave. You really touched the Juyi Hall. Last night...last night I had thousands of people on guard inside and outside the Juyi Hall. Dozens of leaders were discussing matters in the Juyi Hall. They
He actually came in under our noses. This is simply treating our Peach Blossom Island as nothing." Hai Dongqing roared.
Song Mian and Meng Xiang were too scared to say anything. After all, this matter had something to do with them. The people who died were from the guard camp. They were also responsible for the security inside and outside the Juyi Hall. They had been fully focused last night, but they were still
Xi Zuo sneaked in. If Sheng Gong was to blame, they had nothing to say.
However, Shenggong did not blame the two of them, or he did not want to do so for the time being. Hai Dongqing looked at Meng Xiang and said, "What did you find there?"
Meng Xiang hurriedly said: "The brothers at the checkpoint said that three people did come up after passing the checkpoint last night. Because they were all brothers, they didn't ask much attention. It was raining and windy last night. Everyone was wearing a hat and couldn't see.
Clear your face.”
Hai Dongqing said coldly: "This is dereliction of duty. Everyone on duty last night will be punished. You will throw them into the water prison and lock them up for ten days. The guard camp is so sloppy. What about other camps? They must be even more lax.
How can we do great things like this?"
Meng Xiang didn't dare to defend himself, so he responded quietly.
"Shenggong, and Qin San, the outpost leader of the guard camp, bumped into the three of them last night and talked to them. Qin San has just been transferred to the guard camp, so he doesn't know the brothers in the camp, but Qin San
He described the appearance of the three people. Based on the appearance he described, his subordinates believed that...two of the three people should be...should be..."
"Speak quickly! Why are you hesitating?" Hai Dongqing shouted.
"Yes, two of them should be Gao Muqing and Lin Jue. The height and appearance described by Qin San are very similar to Lin Jue and Gao Muqing." Meng Xiang said hurriedly.
"What? Are they still alive? Have they returned to the island?" Hai Dongqing said in shock.
"This matter... this matter cannot be confirmed yet, but my subordinates estimate that it is them." Meng Xiang said.
Hai Dongqing nodded silently, and suddenly sneered and said: "It's them, it must be them, I don't have to be sure, I feel it's them. That Gao Muqing is superb in martial arts and has good light-weight skills. Who else can be in my Juyi Hall except her?" Come and go freely? That Lin Jue has many tricks up his sleeve. I'm afraid these are all his tricks. Very good, very good, they are back. If they come, search the whole island, even if they dig three feet into the ground, to find them. I'm going to chop them into mincemeat."
"No need to look for it!" A low voice came from the door of Juyi Hall, and it was Xu Xing's voice.
"No need to look for it." Xu Xing came in a hurry with a pale face and a trace of panic in his expression.
"What does the military advisor mean by this?" Hai Dongqing frowned.
"They...they went to the underground warehouse and found Sun Wanchun's body and several of his followers in the dense forest beside the path leading to the warehouse. They forced Jia Dongsheng to take them to the underground warehouse. Moreover, something happened there. ." Xu Xing said in a hoarse voice.
"What?" Hai Dongqing froze in place as if a bucket of ice water had been poured all over his body.
"Yes, something happened. Holy Duke, please go up to the arrow tower and take a look. Something happened there. I have sent people to inquire, and there should be specific news coming soon." Xu Xing said solemnly.
Hai Dongqing almost rushed to the top of a tall arrow tower on one side of the square. He looked towards the east. Although his vision was not good in the wind and rain, and although it was only dawn and dusk at this moment, he I still saw the black smoke rising from the dense forest where the underground warehouse was located. Something happened there.
Hai Dongqing almost fell off the arrow tower, his whole body was weak, dizzy, and unsteady on his feet.
…
In the underground warehouse, the huge cave has become a hell of fire and smoke. After dozens of piles of materials were ignited by the kerosene flowing in the underground river, the flames were billowing. The roof of the cave could not withstand the fire. Burning, first the sharp stalactites began to fall down, and then a large area of rock on the cave roof began to collapse. Many stone pillars connecting the cave roof and the ground also began to overturn and collapse. The cave was already a place of death.
The only escape route was the lift platform, but the lift platform had been destroyed, and thick smoke filled the corridor and shaft. The shaft that was dozens of feet deep now became a large chimney with smoke billowing out. Emerging from the hole, the guards on the ground above were panicking, but there was nothing they could do.
More than a hundred bandit soldiers were crowded in the corridor. They were choked by the thick smoke and couldn't open their eyes and couldn't breathe. After a violent coughing of blood, they fell down one by one. And the two hundred in the cave Most of the remaining bandit soldiers were dead at this moment. They were either burned to death by the flames, crushed to death by the collapse of the cave roof, or choked to death by smoke and dust. Almost all the pirates in the warehouse were suffocated alive in this big fire pot. , there is no way to heaven, and there is no door to earth.
When the fire gradually became more intense, the entrance to the cave where Lin Jue, Gao, Mu Qingliang, and seven other people were standing could no longer stand, and the scorching flames were enough to force them back. In fact, they only carried sixty or seventy barrels of kerosene, and there were more than two hundred more. The barrels of kerosene were still in the cave below, but these sixty or seventy barrels of kerosene had already caused such a tragic situation, which was beyond their imagination.
The thick smoke and fire had made it impossible for them to stand at the entrance of the cave. They could only hide on one side of the cave entrance, relying on the shelter of the rock wall to resist the scorching heat of the fire. Fortunately, because this branch of the cave was diagonally downward, the smoke would first
Floating to high places, so the lower places can breathe. The smoke has not yet filled the small cave, giving them room to breathe. However, from the bottom there is a huge gunpowder barrel, and as the fire in the cave burns
, even if a spark floats down, this place will be instantly wiped out. Even if there is no risk of detonation, the cave outside will continue to collapse, and several people will be buried alive here.
The three of them huddled around the corner and gasped. Listening to the earth-shattering collapse and the roar of fire outside, they all knew in their hearts that the end was coming.
"Unexpectedly, my hiding place is actually in the cave under this island. I have never thought of building such a big tomb for myself." Liang Qi said with a smile with messy hair and a blackened face.
This guy was a tough guy, and he was still talking and laughing even when he was about to die.
Gao Muqing sighed softly: "Yes, there are so many people buried together, and there are so many burial objects. When we get to Jiuquan, we don't have to worry about food and clothing."
Liang Qi smiled and said: "The leader of Dazhai is really admirable. The leader of Dazhai is a woman. Is there any woman in the world who can be so calm in the face of this situation? I'm afraid she will cry endlessly."
Gao Muqing smiled bitterly and said: "Is crying useful? If it is useful, I can also cry."
While the two were talking, Lin Jue frowned and remained silent. Gao Muqing gently reached out and held Lin Jue's hand, whispering: "Husband, don't be afraid. I will die with you, so don't be afraid."
Liang Qi was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face. This announcement from his husband meant that his village master and Mr. Lin were indeed married. Even though they were about to die, this was good news. Just when he was about to say his congratulations, he heard Lin Jue speak.
.
"I'm not afraid, I've been thinking about a few things. You said that there is no other exit in this cave, so where did the cool breeze come from when we entered? This is one. Second, if this is the case
It's just a sealed cave. How could the fire be burning more and more fiercely? It should be noted that fire requires oxygen. Such a big fire should quickly exhaust the oxygen in the cave. It is impossible to rely on that shaft. There is almost no room above the shaft.
It is a sealed hut, and there are two stone door corridors in the middle to block it, so the air supply is insufficient."
"Oxygen... what is that?" Gao Muqing and Liang Qi were both dumbfounded. Why couldn't they understand what Lin Jue was talking about? However, what he said about the wind in the cave was true, and they could clearly feel it when they entered.
Lin Jue did not explain what oxygen was, but frowned and said again: "And the water in this cave, where does it come from and where does it go?"
Gao Muqing and Liang Qi were suddenly stunned.
"The answer is...this cave has another exit leading to the outside." Lin Jue said in a deep voice.
"You mean... there is a way out? But didn't Jia Dongsheng say there wasn't?" Gao Muqing said in shock.
"Maybe he really doesn't know there is an exit. This exit may not be discovered by others. But if there is no exit leading to the outside, how can all this be explained? We can't wait here to die, we have to try to find this exit." Lin
Jue said loudly.
"But outside... it's hell. We will be burned to death if we go out. Where can we still find the exit? Where is the exit?" Gao Muqing frowned.
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "I don't know either, but we have to give it a try. Although we are determined to die, it is always good to be alive. No matter what, we have to give it a try. I don't want to be buried here,
If you want to die, you have to die in broad daylight. This place is too deep and too dark. This is not a geomantic treasure. They are all lonely ghosts burned to death."
Gao Muqing shuddered and made a quick decision.
"I listen to you. I will do whatever you say. In short, if you want to die, you will die in the same place. Just tell me."
"What did Brother Liang say?" Lin Jue turned around and asked.
"Listen to Mr. Lin, I don't want to die either. I'm not married yet," Liang Qida said.
