【Commentary 009】Chapter 9 Empty Door
Qi Zhonghua and the others were stunned when they heard this, and Kobayashi Zongqing was also very puzzled,
Chang Sihao said: "I heard him say' Return my letters', I understand most of them, letters are things of communication, since they are not precious scriptures and documents, the national teacher travels, it must be a military event, and the letters brought must also be related to this, but Huo Li Guwen is not upright and upright in Beijing, but sneaked into Sichuan alone, since he is not looking for me to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, Sichuan has always been stable, I have not heard of any big rebel forces, so he should just take the road to travel, Warat was originally in the west, to say that he is going to Tibet, taking the Sichuan road is inevitably far away, so his direction should be pointing to the southeast, and the final destination should be Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi or Siam beyond, Mo and other countries, "[Siam: that is, Siam (ancient Thailand), Mo: Vietnam at that time was divided into two dynasties, Lê and Mozambique, which was the "Northern and Southern Dynasties" of Vietnam]
Qi Zhonghua couldn't help but nod and said, "No wonder Hou Ye spoke with deterrence, you had already guessed it when you dared to love,"
Chang Sihao's eyes were empty: "It's just that I didn't guess who he was looking for at that time, but now I know,"
Kobayashi Zongqing took a deep breath: "Guangxi Gutian Army,"
Chang Sihao said: "Yes, Yan Linyuan's daughter must have said this in sign language just now, with their relationship with Juhao Pavilion and Gutian Army, their behavior is self-evident, if Huoli Guwen is to contact the Miao Cave people or foreign countries, there is no need for the Yan family and daughter to cover it up with us,"
Several people fell silent at the same time, their eyes fell on the "ten miles of time" on Chang Sihao's waist, knowing that listening to Yan Linyuan's tone, he should not know or know Chang Sihao, he must have seen the sword of Old Swordsman Xu, and guessed his relationship with the Hundred Swords Alliance, so he became vigilant,
Qi Zhonghua said: "Master Hou has already guessed, why didn't he stop it just now, after all, there are many of us, so we don't have to worry about not being able to take the three of them,"
Chang Sihao looked at the distance and didn't answer, knowing that Yan Linyuan didn't know the content of the handscroll before, he also wanted to intercept Huo Li Guoshi, it can be seen that there is still Da Ming in his heart, at this time, he will make a move, tear his face, and everyone will not be beneficial.
Kobayashi Zongqing guessed a few points from his expression, and said: "Although the Gutian Army has opposing intentions, if they join forces with foreign clans to achieve their own things, wouldn't they be traitors, and they are all heroes in the Juhao Pavilion, so it won't be like this [Xianmo: This heart is difficult to guarantee that it is not Yan Linyuan's heart, Yan has been away from the pavilion for a long time, don't you worry about the younger generations of young people doing evil and ruining the reputation of their predecessors, writing Xiaolin to say, it is writing Xiaolin to guess Yan Linyuan is thinking, and it is to use this to tell Xiao Changzhi,] According to the little monks, they should not be connected to Warat, and those gold and jewels are not like the military expenses provided by Warat, but should be used to settle gifts, otherwise there is no need to let the dignified national teacher send them, as long as a few capable soldiers pretend to be merchants,"
Qi Zhonghua said: "In this way, they have never had contact with each other, that is the best," Wu Zhiming said with a smile: "The great monk's golden bead gift was lost on the Jianmen plank road, presumably it has been picked up by the mountain people at this moment, and he left empty-handed, it is even more useless, why should we worry,"
Having said that, after all, it was a word of relief, and the next day, everyone sped up again, hoping to finish things as soon as possible and leave Sichuan, and try to catch up with Huoli Guwen before and after the foot, [Xianmo: Huoli Guwen went to Gutian, I didn't know that there was Juhao behind Gutian, so we don't have to be in a hurry, and after rushing to the front and foot, it is expected that after meeting with Yan Linyuan, he may not go to Gutian, but go straight to Juhao, so he has to hurry,] After entering Shu, the road is easy to walk, the evening of the third day will arrive at the bank of the Wenjiang River, through the Dujiangyan coast to the north, Xiaolin Zongqing pointed to the distant forest and mountain hugging place, said that the Tang Gate is not far away, everyone followed, but see the wild flowers all over the road, brilliant stretching, flower shadow in the water, sunset in the sky, although in the rush to appreciate more, but also can not help but praise the name of the nine miles of flying flowers is worthy of the name, after a short time to the village, Le Ma looked, only to see a row of tall sharp piles on the front slope of the fence fence west of the forest mountain, the east extends the waterfront, like a closed city in the middle of the road, the altar mouth thick log nailed to the gate tightly closed, iron-like strict, at this time Lin Tao sucked the evening breeze, the sun gently trapped, All the colors of heaven and earth are rapidly fading and withdrawing, as if even the sound of this world is taken away, and everyone is empty and lazy for a while, feeling that Tangmen is hidden in such mountains and rivers, living a quiet and peaceful life, it is really a different kind of enjoyment,
Li Shuangji stepped forward and knocked on the door to call someone,
After a long time, there was still no one in the answer, Li Shuangji's hand was stronger, the gate flickered, opened a little, it turned out to be just a cover, he held it with both palms, pushed forward, creaked and pushed the door open a gap, only to see that the terrain inside was sloped higher, there was an arc horse road on the left side around the slope upward, at the top of the slope, there was a piece of wooden house connected by the tree at the top of the slope, there was no light and no fire, and it was quiet under the shadow of the tree as if it did not exist,
Chang Sihao rode his horse and looked in, saw this scene was gloomy, felt that something was wrong, turned around and made a look, everyone dismounted, and walked in slowly with him.
Coming to the slope, Chang Sihao said loudly: "Is there anyone," there was no response in a wooden house, and no lights were on, he approached the outermost one, and gently pulled the door with his hand, and heard the "rattling" sound inside, and the handle was actually loosened, followed by a faint flash of light in the hole.
Chang Sihao knew that it was not good, a ghost step fell and flew out retrograde, only to hear a "swoop" sound in the air, and a sharp blade flew through his chest, cutting the collar, at the same time, the sound of the lattice mechanism between the eaves, the tile swirled down, revealing the mouth of the black hole, and the crossbow shot like rain in an instant,
This wave of crossbow arrows covered a large area in front of the door in a fan, Chang Sihao was in the air, there was nowhere to dodge, suddenly his eyes were dark, and the sound of shaking the flag in his ears was heard, and the crossbow arrows were blocked by a monk's robe.
Chang Sihao shook his spine and turned around to stand still, and he didn't have time to thank Xiaolin Zongqing, and said loudly to the house: "Under Chang Sihao, he is the younger of the Qin family, and he has come to see Grandma Tang.
After shouting a few times, there was still no one in the house answering, he made a look behind him so that everyone should not move lightly, he was more careful to approach again, slowly pulled out his sword to insert it into the crack of the door, and said goodbye gently, only to see that the room was empty, and there was no one, and he touched the room from room to room, and under inspection, automatic mechanisms were set up everywhere, and he couldn't see half a figure at all, and couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that the Tang Gate abandoned the village and left,"
Qi Zhonghua said: "These wooden houses are simply furnished, they look like places where servants live, the Tang Sect has been hidden for many years, maybe the old people have been dismissed, so these empty houses are abandoned, the village is very large, let's look for it again,"
Chang Sihao thought to himself: "If it is abandoned, why do you set up a good mechanism, is this empty house still afraid of people stealing it, it's really strange," At this time, the sky was dark, and the forest was dark, a few people dismantled some wooden boards to make torches to light and illuminate, turned around, found that there was no way out, and searched from house to house, and finally in the backyard of one of them, found a narrow horse road extending into the forest, several people led the horse through the hall through the house, along the road, the forest was dark and deep, the trees near were hideous, there were torches crackling in the ears, the light and shadow were illuminated all around, walking in it, I couldn't help but feel worried in my heart, but I went deep into the Xu, still safe and sound, and did not encounter any hidden weapon mechanism,
Just when he was gradually relieving his heart, Qi Zhonghua suddenly said, "It seems that something is wrong,"
Chang Sihao looked back at him, Qi Zhonghua said: "I feel that the humidity is getting heavier and heavier," everyone raised their eyes and looked around, the forest was dense, like a layer of fog, the height was near the person's chest, stretching and walking, like a white snake moving in the air, Wu Zhiming felt sticky under his feet, and shone the torch to the ground, only to see that the dirt road was a damp and wet black, and he raised the sole of his boot to see, there was some mud on it, he wrinkled his nose and muttered: "What a smell," Suddenly, a wave of disgust surged up from his chest, he felt dizzy, and immediately lowered his head on his knees, and the others hurriedly pulled their clothes to cover their mouths and noses, and in a moment, only the sound of their lips and hooves was heard, Wu Zhiming and a few horses all bent their knees softly and fell to the ground,
Xiaolin Zongqing reached out to hold Wu Zhiming's wrist vein, felt the beating force, made a gesture, signaling that there was no big problem, Qi Zhonghua pointed to the road blocked by the fog with his hand, waved his hand, Chang Sihao stared and shook his head, signaling them to set up Wu Zhiming to retreat, and he twisted his body and rushed forward, several people were in a hurry when they saw this, but they didn't dare to open their mouths and shout,
Chang Sihao hid his face and rushed into the fog, went out for more than half a mile in a row, there was no problem, suddenly heard the sound of water, there was a bright color in front of the forest opening, rushed out to see, the waves were rolling under the night, it was the Wenjiang River, there was no channel left and right, there was no ferry in front, it was a dead end, seeing that the water surface was also a layer of light mist, he wondered slightly, thinking that no matter how powerful the Tangmen poison was, it would never be sprinkled all over the river, let go of his hand and tried to breathe gently, only to feel that the air was fresh, and there was nothing abnormal, suddenly realized something, slowly lifted the soles of his boots upward, and immediately a strange smell drifted into his nostrils, he immediately understood, quickly stepped on it, and thought"The white fog in the forest is the same as the water vapor on the river, it is a natural phenomenon, but the ground is soaked with potions, ordinary people know that the Tang Sect uses poison powerfully, and they must be afraid when they see the fog, so they bow down to avoid the 'poisonous gas', and they just fell into the trap," [Xian Mo: Using poison is not using poison, it is really using psychology, and it is not poison that poisons people,]
Although I understand what's going on, but this road is not passable, after all, I can't move forward, I want to walk through the forest, and there is no direction, I look around at the moment, find a tall poplar tree and jump up, hold the branches and look at it, only to see this piece of forest stretching along the river, ups and downs, mixed with the mountain bend in the night, and I can't see where there is a path, but there is a big tree in the northwest direction that is obviously higher than elsewhere, and there is a faint light in the canopy flashing and flickering,
Chang Sihao wondered in his heart: "The tree is on fire, why is there only such a star," At this moment, he felt that his hands were hot, stretched out his palms to see, the palms of his hands were black as if they were stained with ink, he rubbed his hands together, and rubbed them on his clothes, the black did not subside, but spread to the wrists, obviously walking under the skin, he hurriedly jumped down the tree, tore his clothes, helped with his mouth, wrapped his two arms tightly, tied the dead buckles, wrapped his left hand faster, the black gas only stopped at the wrist, the right hand was wrapped back, and the left hand was not flexible, so the cloth was tied to the root of the right elbow, and half of the forearm was black, and it was heavy and swollen for a while. numb and sour,
He looked up at the poplar tree, knowing that it must be someone from the Tang Gate who would not be able to find the way here, and would definitely climb high and look far away, so he smeared poison on the bark of the tree, and shouted loudly at the moment, wanting to call someone to explain everything, but the forest was lonely, how could half a person respond, at this time, the black gas on both hands could not help but penetrate upward, and the cloth strip obviously could not support it for long, he gritted his teeth, thinking that this forest covers a lot of land, and it is not certain whether the Tang Gate is guarded or not, so it is useless to wait, and now he can't retreat, he can only go where he is, and he pulled out his sword to explore the road and went straight to the northwest, [Xianmo: The Tang Gate is mysterious, it is empty when it comes in, the door is empty, but it is full of organs, and it is not empty, which is lining the empty door in the later text]
The woods are overgrown with bushes, it is very difficult to walk, although I can't stop swinging my sword to cut down thorns, my clothes are still scratched out of a lot of holes, I walked out more than 20 steps, the tip of the sword suddenly seemed to touch something elastic, I heard a creak in the forest, the wind suddenly rose, and three boat-like objects staggered from the shadows of the trees on both sides.