Lord Zhengqing didn't return all night, and the people in Dali Temple almost went crazy because of this incident.

Old Scholar Liu found Deputy Secretary Dong Neng and asked tentatively: "At the moment, I don't know which of them won, King Kui or Liu Yu, do you think we should go to Liu Yu?"

"You should go and find it, I have already called someone, just waiting for your order!" Dong Neng did not hesitate.

Old Scholar Liu patted Dong Neng's back and said with relief: "The old man didn't know the wrong person!"

Dong Neng lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "I have also done a lot of corrupt things in the past, but fortunately, the old lady and the adults taught me well, so I learned my way back." The adult is the pillar of our Dali Temple, and no one can live without him, so I will go and call everyone to set off. ”

"I'll go too!" Li Jing came out of the backyard at some point, "But if I don't go with you, you go first, and I'll come later." ”

Old Scholar Liu and Dong Neng glanced at each other and frowned in unison. They really didn't have any idea about this woman.

......

An hour ago, it was dark.

At the same time that Liu Lao was so anxious that he was going around in the Dali Temple, somewhere in Chang'an City, in a house belonging to a certain Xie Dang's protégé, dozens of scholars stood silent, and their faces were very solemn.

There was only one rattan chair in the courtyard, and in the chair was a young woman.

"Miss, King Kui has been missing in Huaqingchi for a day and a night, should we take action?" a scholar stepped forward and asked.

The woman slowly raised her head, revealing her peerless face, which made everyone in the house feel ashamed, "I heard that Dali Siqing also went to Huaqing Pond, has he come back?"

"No, Dali Siqing, King Kui and another person, they disappeared in Huaqingchi at the same time. Another gentleman replied.

Xie Duyan resolutely stood up from his chair, "Let's go find them!"

"Miss, don't do it!" an old man stepped forward tremblingly and said earnestly, "We people are not afraid of death, but you can't have any accidents. You are the only bloodline of Xie Xiang, you must cherish it!"

Xie Duyan's heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "Uncle Wu, don't worry, the little girl will pay extra attention to safety." ”

After all, everyone in the courtyard couldn't stop Xie Duyan, and in the end, she had to take ten trustworthy young scholars and ride to the direction of Huaqing Pond.

On the way, Xie Duyan deliberately put on a mask and hat in order to prevent attention, and it was difficult for ordinary people to recognize her true face.

Soon after the group set out, they encountered dozens of rioters in a narrow dark alley, supposedly to rob the people's homes of valuable belongings.

Taking advantage of the dawn, these homeless people snatched boxes from people's homes and ran out desperately.

Xie Duyan hurriedly led the scholars to settle the matter, and it took a lot of effort to snatch the property from the hands of these homeless people and drive them out of the people's homes.

Among them, there was a leader of the homeless people, who was very stubborn, and he did not leave until everyone waved a big stick to drive him away.

Xie Duyan was about to get on his horse and continue to rush to Huaqingchi, but he didn't expect that the leader of the homeless people would rush back, took out a sharp dagger from his arms, and stabbed her in the back.

A soldier rushed forward to block the leader of the homeless people, but was stabbed in the shoulder socket with a dagger, and the blood flowed profusely. Seeing this, the crowd rushed up, subdued the leader of the exiles, and took the dagger from his hand.

Seeing this, Xie Duyan ordered two scholars to escort the leader of the displaced people to Dali Temple for trial, and he hurriedly removed the strip of cloth from his skirt and bandaged the injured scholar.

The injured soldier looked at Xie Duyan blankly, his expression was stupid, he didn't notice the pain in his shoulder, and muttered in his mouth: "Miss, in fact, since I saw you for the first time, I have had you in my heart......"

"Don't say it, I'm a red face and a curse, don't think about it in your heart in the future, it is your duty to govern the country through the world!" Xie Duyan turned his face away and handed the strip of cloth to another scholar, who bandaged the injured soldier.

She left two people to take care of the injured soldiers, and took the other five people to gallop in the direction of Huaqingchi on horseback, without saying a word along the way.

In fact, what the injured man said just now is also the voice of the rest of the people.

There is a cloud in the Book of Poetry: My Fair Lady, a gentleman. With such a beautiful woman in front of them, how could they not be tempted by reading poetry and books, and not think about it?

It's just that the eldest lady's expression was too serious, and the remaining five people didn't dare to be delusional, so they had to desperately press their beating heart back into their chests, and silently followed the eldest lady's horse.

Xie Duyan's mind was heavy, and she wished that she could rush to Huaqingchi faster to determine whether Liu Yu was in danger. As for whether the terrible King Kui was still alive, and might even threaten her life, she didn't care in the slightest.

She led people to the desolate Huaqing Pond, only to see that the surroundings were empty, and the sky was lit up with only a glimmer of morning light.

She turned over and dismounted, and led the five men to the huge pit in the middle of the wasteland, and bent down to look down, only to see that the bottom of the pit was deep and dark, as if it was bottomless.

At this time, Liu Lao Xue and Dong Neng arrived with the people and horses of Dali Temple on horseback, and everyone surrounded the giant pit, stretched out their heads to probe and retreated, trembling in fright.

Xie Duyan stood on the edge of the huge pit, and the four scholars she brought came over after discussion, "Miss, even if there are people down here, it is estimated that they will fall to their deaths, let's go back?"

Xie Duyan didn't answer.

Dong Neng is loyal to Lord Zhengqing, but it's a pity that he doesn't know martial arts, and when he sees this kind of steep terrain, his heart is even more bottomless. He told himself in his heart not to be afraid of death, but he couldn't help but start to be afraid of heights, cold sweat broke out on his head, and his legs couldn't help shaking.

Old Scholar Liu's face sank, he walked to the pit, rolled up his sleeves, and turned to everyone: "You put the rope down, and the old man will go down to save people in person." ”

"Old man, let me come!" Xie Duyan said.

Old Scholar Liu looked up and saw that the woman in front of him was veiled, and he was slightly stunned, and then said, "Girl, your kindness old man understands." It's just that this kind of thing is too dangerous, and it still has to be done by us men. ”

"It's really okay, the little girl can do some martial arts!" Xie Duyan said softly.

She asked the people of Dali Temple to put a long rope down the giant pit along the wall, and then reached out and grabbed the rope and slid into the depths of the huge pit, and soon disappeared.

Dong Neng stood on the edge of the pit, his face turned red and white, he felt that he was not as brave as a woman, and he looked down on himself very much. He gritted his teeth, climbed up the rope and slid into the well.

Old Scholar Liu also wanted to go down to the pit, but was desperately stopped by the people of Dali Temple and persuaded: "Old lady, there are already two people who have gone down, it's enough!"

The five scholars brought by Xie Duyan looked at each other when they saw this, they couldn't sit idly by and watch the young lady fall into trouble, and after discussing for a while, they decided to send two people with slightly higher martial arts skills to go down to the pit.

I saw that the two of them were lightly vertical, and their feet slid straight down on the rope, and soon disappeared into the darkness in the depths of the huge pit.