area51novel Chapter 445 Is there really a dragon?
Chapter 445 Is there really a dragon?
"In other words, 20 years ago, Emperor Sui fought against Goguryeo and built the Grand Canal. The people in the Central Plains were overwhelmed, and they all left their homes and became refugees."
"And it was at that time that our family was discovered by the higher-ups."
"I was just 20 years old at that time, and Xiao Zhao was just a baby. The three of us followed the fleeing army and walked aimlessly on the land of the Central Plains, like a swarm of locusts. Where there is food, there is prosperity. where to go."
"At that time, the people above found me among the refugees and brought me into the mountain."
"In the mountains, when I stayed in the third year, I found that there are many people like me around me."
"Those people support us every day, let us study, practice martial arts, and arrange a specific identity for us to cultivate our temperament."
"It wasn't until the world became chaotic that we realized that everyone around us was more or less similar to, or even exactly the same as, an anti-king in the Central Plains."
"but me……"
After the man finished speaking, he looked directly at Li Shimin. Obviously, the meaning of his existence was because he was similar to Li Shimin, or even exactly the same.
"hiss……"
Li Shimin took a deep breath.
No one expected that the plot of this group of people would be so big, that they would exchange two similar-looking people for the crown prince with a civet cat, so as to achieve the goal of controlling the world.
Fortunately, Li Wenhao reserved Shenjiying as a back-up in advance, otherwise, it would be scary to think about it.
If he hadn't noticed it in advance, I'm afraid that Li Shimin was dropped by someone that day, and he was still in the dark.
"Where are these people now?"
"I don't know, every time I go back, I'm blindfolded"
The man shook his head, "However, I know the location of my contact person. If you have the means, you can find it."
"lead the way!"
Li Wenhao frowned, he didn't plan to wait any longer, and planned to lead people directly to kill those wolf-minded people.
Moreover, this timing is not inelegant, and they must be waiting for news now, and at this time, as long as Li Wenhao can block the news of Fan Yang, then he has a great chance to win this group of people.
"Bao Zheng, Di Renjie, Lu Wenzhao..."
Li Wenhao called out to the three of them. After all, the two were experts before investigating the case. To inquire about the news, Lu Wenzhao's Jin Yiwei was the first brother.
"exist!"
"You three, supervise this matter, and Hebei Road will fully cooperate."
"Here!"
Li Wenhao came to Li Shimin's side, glanced at the dutiful son Lu Bu who was following him, thought for a while, and arranged him next to Li Shimin.
It just so happens that the Shenji Battalion lacks a commander-in-chief, and Li Wenhao is going to let Jia Fu go. As for Lu Bu...
Just be a bodyguard honestly.
Let Lu Bu lead the army alone, which is still an epoch-making hot weapon force. To be honest, Li Wenhao really dare not.
After all, that is Lu Bu among those who can ride Diaochan.
After sending Li Shimin to the palace, Li Wenhao didn't leave Li Shimin's side for a moment. After all, in this world, it is a bit too...
"Dalang, take me to your house."
Li Shimin thought for a while, but he still felt that Li Wenhao's house was safe now. Of course, this didn't mean that Li Shimin was afraid, it was that Li Shimin knew the general situation, took the overall situation into consideration, and didn't want to cause trouble for Li Wenhao.
"If you handle this matter yourself and leave it to others, I'm a little worried after all."
Li Shimin said meaningfully, since that group of people can make a copy of Li Shimin, maybe there will be a copy of Li Wenhao, a copy of Lu Wenzhao and others.
"it is good!"
After sending Li Shimin back to the Prince's Mansion, and ordering the Shenji Battalion to surround the Prince's Mansion layer by layer, Li Wenhao led the Xiaogui Army out of the city by a small path.
On the other side, the counterfeit Li Shimin led Zhan Zhao, Qinglong and other masters out of Fan Yang to the vicinity of the Great Wall.
There is a remote military post here. To be honest, if someone is not leading the way, even someone who is familiar with the terrain will find it difficult to notice this military post in the deep mountains.
"The King of Heaven and Earth Tiger!"
"Pagoda Town River Demon!"
"Why did you come back?"
After checking the code, an old man with a white beard came out of the military post. This old man had a majestic body, and he seemed to be a trainer, and judging from his tone of voice, his status should not be low.
"Hey, it's hard to say. If I didn't run fast, I'm afraid I'd be exposed."
"Oh?"
The old man glanced at the fake Li Shimin suspiciously, "You should know the consequences of lying."
"You don't want this year's happy pill?"
At this time, Qinglong, Lu Wenzhao, Zhan Zhao and the others were all disguised and followed behind this impostor. They keenly discovered that when the word "Kuaihuowan" was mentioned, the impostor's breathing was obviously a little bit too fast. , and even a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"Yes, of course, but the plan is changing so fast, I also want to be emperor, unfortunately..."
"Where's Xiao Zhao?"
The old man looked around behind the counterfeit, but he didn't see Xiao Zhao's figure, so he asked suspiciously.
"died."
"If I hadn't reacted quickly, I'm afraid our elites who have been in Fan Yang for so many years would have been destroyed."
"What about the second elder, I want to see the second elder."
"Second Elder? At this time, you still hope that the Second Elder can save your life?"
The old man curled his lips in disdain.
"Come in first!"
"This is the news from the family. Now the battle between the Second Elder and the First Elder has reached a critical moment. Just wait for you to succeed this time, the Second Elder will be able to successfully replace the position of the First Elder."
"Now that you haven't done your job, how dare you go back and die?"
After the old man in the military station brought the few people in, he disdainfully sat on the chair in the main seat, waved his hand, and signaled the people around him to untie the weapons of these people.
"There is no way, there is no happy pill, I will die the same, it is better to die more happily, and die at the hands of my own people."
"Hmph, you think quite clearly!"
The old man nodded. After all, unless the Happy Pill is not used, as long as it is used, even the monks in the ancient temples in the deep mountains can't control themselves. That thing is really attractive.
"Forget it, since you want to go back, I'll take you back!"
"Understand the rules!"
"rest assured!"
The counterfeit very freely took a black scarf from the servant's hand and covered his eyes, and Lu Wenzhao and the others who followed him also covered their eyes in the same way.
"Hey, Tianqi, these people, why are they all familiar faces?"
"Did you forget what I did?"
This impostor is Tian Qi grinning, and said confidently.
"That's right, what you are best at is disguising, and it is not difficult to change the face of the people around you."
"Sometimes I wonder, you said you were born with the face of an emperor, why are you still learning this art of disguise?"
"If you have that time, why bother to learn these dirty things!"
The old man in the military post said disdainfully.
"If it weren't for that dirty thing, I might die there today!"
Tian Qi didn't care about the old man's ridicule at all, reached out to catch up with another person, and followed that person out.
Lu Wenzhao and the others were also put on horseback one after another. Blindfolded on the horseback, Lu Wenzhao began to calculate the distance traveled along the way in his heart.
After all, Lu Wenzhao specializes in intelligence, and he has already fused into his bones the ability to calculate distance and direction by footsteps.
This group of people led their horses around in the mountains and forests. After walking for more than two hours, Lu Wenzhao also began to admire this group of people.
Through his senses, he could clearly feel that this group of enemies didn't leave at all, but led them around in circles.
That's right, it's been going in circles for the past two hours.
"Brother leading the way, I want to take a brief break, is it convenient for me?"
"Hmph, there's a lot of shit and urine on the lazy donkey!"
"hurry up!"
A person came over and took Lu Wenzhao off his horse with a disgusted tone.
"That's it, hurry up, don't even think about taking off the blindfold."
"Understood, I understand the rules!"
Lu Wenzhao stretched out his hand to touch it, and found that there was a tree in front of him, so he subconsciously stretched out his hand and touched it. When his finger touched the blade of grass next to the root of the tree, the corner of Lu Wenzhao's mouth curled into a chuckle.
"Brother, it's over!"
"Understood, pull up your pants and take two steps back! It stinks!"
"The girls from Drunken Red Mansion still smell good!"
"Brother also likes drunken red mansions?"
Lu Wenzhao asked following the words.
"Nonsense, which man doesn't like drunken red buildings?"
"It's a pity that Ruanxiang Pavilion is not something we mudlegs can go to. Wherever they go, there are a group of dignitaries. I took a look at it from a distance, especially those girls who specialize in serving the prince. That's called a run..."
"yes……"
When it comes to women, the attitudes of these people have also improved a lot. After all, they are all men, and their hobbies are similar.
Especially when a man is talking about a woman, this is the time when he can best show his masculinity, and it is not boring along the way.
And after another circle, Lu Wenzhao finally confirmed that they were going on their way.
Finally, they are going to take them to the base of this group of people.
"Brother, is there any water? Give me a sip, I've been walking for so long, the sun is scorching, I'm so thirsty!"
Lu Wenzhao said with a sneer.
"Here you are, you have too many things to do!"
A water bag was handed to Lu Wenzhao. He touched it with his hand and saw that the lid had been opened. After weighing it, there was still half of the water in the bag. The thirsty Lu Wenzhao drank it straight away. Finally, because of drinking He was too anxious, choked, and spit out the water in his mouth.
"Look at you, you can choke like this after just drinking water, it's no wonder that the action can be successful with a waste like you!"
"Hey, big brother is teaching!"
Lu Wenzhao smiled and handed over the water bag, but no one knew about the cruel smile on the corner of Lu Wenzhao's mouth.
"Okay, let's hurry up, we'll be there in half an hour."
The man said something impatiently, and led the crowd to continue walking. After half an hour, the horses stopped, and Lu Wenzhao's keen sense of smell let him know that he had come to a human gathering place.
"Okay, here we are."
When the blindfold is taken off, what comes into view is a valley like a fairyland. In the valley, there are high mountains and flowing water, pavilions, towers and pavilions, which have a unique flavor, and the clothes of the people here are not at all because they are in the deep mountains and old forests. It looks dilapidated, but it is no different from the outside world.
At both ends of the valley, there are two tall city walls. On this wall, there are still soldiers with bright armor standing guard. Outside, a large area of open space is covered with red flowers, delicate and beautiful flowers. .
"This is……"
"poppy?"
Lu Wenzhao suddenly remembered that when Li Wenhao first came to Hebei, someone spread this kind of stuff into the Tang Dynasty from the south, and then all of them were burned by Li Wenhao, and these businessmen were also executed by Li Wenhao.
But I didn't expect that there were so many poppies in this deep mountain and old forest, and it seemed that they should be cultivated artificially.
"Don't touch it, let me tell you, this divine flower is the material for making Happy Pills, if you damage a plant, just take one less Happy Pill, it will kill you!"
"Yes, yes, what the elder brother teaches is, isn't the younger brother very homesick!"
Lu Wenzhao withdrew his hand back with a smile, and winked at Zhan Zhao, Qinglong and others who were beside him.
"Let's go, the Second Elder wants to see you!"
While the few people were talking, the person who reported the letter had returned, led a few people into the city, and walked towards a more elegant ancient building.
"Second Elder, the person brought it back."
"come in!"
In this hall, like a fairyland, an old man dressed in white, with white beard and hair, was sitting on the main seat drinking tea amidst the fragrance.
"Second Elder, I have seen you."
"Do you want to see me, or do you want Happy Pill?"
The Second Elder opened a small box at his hand, which was filled with small pills one after another, and exuded an intoxicating fragrance.
"It's you, the second elder, even the aromatherapy in the room is made from the ingredients of Kuaihuo Pill."
"Hehe, this mission plan is flawless, why did your side fail?"
"Is it because of Xiao Zhao that your ridiculous paternal love is ready to move again?"
"Second Elder, I don't need to say much about who I am, Tianqi. If the Second Elder thinks so, then be more straightforward. I am willing to walk the mountain of swords."
"Walking the mountain of knives?"
"Hahaha!"
"You still want to walk the mountain of knives?"
The second elder laughed like a lunatic, reached out and smashed down the teacup beside him, "Do you know how much our lineage has paid for this operation?"
"Walking the Mountain of Swords, do you still want to walk the Mountain of Swords like a hero?"
"Ridiculous."
"come!"
"Take them down, and use them to sacrifice to the Dragon God tonight!"
As soon as Tian Qi heard about offering sacrifices to the Dragon God, a frightened expression appeared on Tian Qi's face, "No, I don't want to sacrifice to the Dragon God, Second Elder, give me a knife, let me die, let me die!"
"Dead? I let you die like this, how can you be worthy of so many years of careful planning?"
"Let you die like this, who is responsible for such a big blame?"
Instead, Lu Wenzhao and the others were taken down after a few struggles. They were not as flustered as Tian Qi at all, but in the eyes of the second elder, they were already scared dumb.
After all, offering sacrifices to the Dragon God is the cruelest punishment for them, and it is also the most noble punishment.
When Lu Wenzhao and others were locked up, Tian Qi looked at them with a dejected expression.
"I've already said, bring more people, if you don't believe me, it's all over now, we're going to die, and it's still unclear."
Lu Wenzhao did not refute this, and it is better not to tell Tianqi some things, he believes that the army from Hebei Province is already on the way.
"By the way, what is that dragon god? There can't be dragons, right?"
Lu Wenzhao curled his lips. If there were dragons, he would not believe them. If there were dragons in this world, then this dragon was also Li Wenhao, and no one else deserved it.
"Why not? This place is called Dragon God Valley, and there is a giant dragon locked in the deepest part. Hey, you don't know it, you're going to die anyway..."
At this time, Tianqi was much calmer. After all, the condition for him to bring Lu Wenzhao and the others was that Li Wenhao could give Xiao Zhao a way to survive. Now he has done what he can do, and the rest is up to Li Wenhao.
As for their escape, to be honest, he really had no such idea.
This place is too secretive, even if Li Wenhao threw a million troops into this deep mountain forest, it would be difficult to find it, not to mention that Li Wenhao has no clue at all.
But what he didn't know was that people from Jinyiwei Inspection Department were leading a few specially trained hounds through the jungle quickly, and behind them were 10 horse infantry.
"This battle must completely wipe out this group of rebels."
Li Wenhao said to Yue Fei and Luo Song beside him.
He brought a full 10 people this time, not only the Xiaogui Army, but also the Baima Camp and Beiwei Army. He must fight to put down these thieves.
On the other side, as the sky became darker and darker, Lu Wenzhao and others felt the atmosphere outside even in the cell, as if people were preparing for a grand sacrifice.
"We can't wait any longer, Qinglong, Zhan Zhao, let's go!"
Lu Wenzhao used the wire hidden in his hair to easily pry open the door lock of the cell, looked back at Tianqi who was already in a state of desperation, and sighed, "Look for a place to hide, it depends on whether you can live or not." yourself."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and changed into the clothes of the jailer here, rushed out of the cell with Qinglong and the others, and then disappeared into the valley.
After taking back his weapon, Lu Wenzhao glanced at the excited people deep in the valley, and turned to Zhanzhao, "Zhanzhao, he is known as the Southern Xia in the Jianghu. I don't know if you dare to follow me!" Go see what the hell this dragon is?"
"I have exactly this intention!"
Zhan Zhao and Lu Wenzhao hit it off immediately. Turning their heads, Lu Wenzhao glanced at Qinglong and the others, "You lie in ambush at the door. When you see the prince's army, you should cooperate with the prince from the inside out."
"Yes!"
Relying on their excellent martial arts, Lu Wenzhao and Zhan Zhao easily avoided the guard posts along the way and touched the deepest part of the valley.
"Lord Lu, look, this is the last line of defense. They should be responsible for guarding the cave. It looks like there should be something big in the cave."
"Not bad!"
Lu Wenzhao nodded, "The smell here obviously has a fishy smell. I guess their so-called Dragon God may be a giant python or something."
"Zhan Zhao, you may still not know that His Highness the Crown Prince has a predestined relationship with the giant python. When he took the main beam of Fan Yang Auction House on the mountain, His Highness killed a giant python with his own hands. Guess the tail of the giant python has what?"
"This lower official has heard about it. I heard that His Royal Highness got the sword Tai'a from the tail of the giant python?"
"Well! If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it either!"
"you say……"
"Get promoted and get rich!"
Their eyes lit up, and they both saw the desire in the other's eyes.
"Let's go, brother Zhan, today is our brother's famous day."
The two of them are also highly skilled and courageous, especially Zhan Zhao's lightness kung fu is even inferior to Lu Wenzhao's. The two of them climbed along the mountain wall to the vicinity of this cave after several ups and downs.
The closer they got to the cave, the stronger the stench was, and the two of them became more certain that there must be a big animal inside.
"go!"
The two turned over and entered the cave, but they were dumbfounded just after entering the cave.
Although the cave is dark, some things at the entrance of the cave can be vaguely seen through the moonlight.
Not far from them, a large snake slough extended into the cave. Just looking at the snake slough, it can be deduced that this is a giant snake that is probably over ten feet long and at least as thick as the mouth of a water tank.
If it's really such a big guy, it wouldn't be too much to call him Dragon God.
After all, with this body type, let alone cannibalism, it is not difficult to swallow a person with an open mouth.
"Looking at this, the snake should have just shed its skin, let's..."
Zhan Zhao was a little scared, and Lu Wenzhao was also a little scared. In case of this, the two of them would not be able to deal with it. Looking at the snake scales with gleaming reflections on the snake's slough, the two of them subconsciously chose to retreat. The Qi family knife in one hand and the Qingfeng sword in the other are not weapons that can deal with this kind of thing.
To deal with this kind of behemoth, it is necessary to use heavy weapons, or intensive designs like bed crossbows, swords, waist knives, etc., to put it bluntly, they are not enough to scratch him.
"go!"
Without saying a word, Lu Wenzhao turned his head and was about to go out. Just when the two turned their heads and took two steps, a gust of wind suddenly blew up behind them. No need to explain, the two of them jumped forward in unison, and a huge snake head directly Appeared at the place where the two were originally standing.
Glancing back, the two of them almost lost their souls in fright, where is this a snake?
That snake's head was as big as a small carriage, and there were really two bulging bumps on the snake's forehead.
"There is no real dragon, is there?"
Without further ado, Lu Wenzhao started running. No matter what routine or technique to deal with this kind of behemoth, whoever comes is just one word, run.
Inside that open bloody mouth could even stand a grown man upright, and the fangs protruding from his upper jaw are probably no less than three feet long.
Just now Lu Wenzhao also said that the snake is at most ten feet long, which is completely nonsense. Judging from its head, the snake is probably at least tens of feet long.
"The Dragon God is angry, the Dragon God works hard!"
The soldiers guarding outside saw the figure rushing out of the snake cave, howled and started to run.
Originally, this giant snake has been appeased by people who know how to control beasts here, as long as they regularly pay tribute to this snake with some living people, but today I thought that Lu Wenzhao and the two were sent in food, but they ran away That's right, this immediately made the giant snake, which had just finished hibernating, lose its temper.
"Light up the fire, Burning God Flower!"
Seeing that the giant snake had already run out, they quickly ordered to light one bonfire after another. After a while, a strong fragrance came, and the giant snake gradually became quieter as the fragrance became heavier and heavier.
And the divine flower is obviously a large-scale planted poppy. This group of people relied on roasting the poppy flower to stimulate the fragrance of the poppy to appease the big snake.
Otherwise, if such a big thing really broke out, no one in this valley would be able to survive.
Right here, the big snake had just calmed down, and Li Wenhao's army over there also touched here.
The moment Qinglong and the others saw Li Wenhao's army, they went directly to the city gate and killed them. Since they were wearing the clothes of the guards in the valley, they were not stopped at all. Knowing that Li Wenhao and others had already advanced, Qinglong also opened the city gate. The door, this group of people reacted.
"Enemy attack!"
The siren sounded, but it was too late, Li Wenhao's army had already completely killed in.
This valley and the city wall are indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, but again, as long as it is breached, there is no need to think about running away. If you hold the city gate, no one will be able to escape.
"kill!"
Li Wenhao saw that the people coming over were soldiers in ordinary clothes, and he knew in his heart that this was not a big fish. At this time, Qinglong and others also came to Li Wenhao's side.
"Your Highness, I'll take you to catch fish!"
"go!"
Li Wenhao personally led the [-] owl ghost army and the [-] white horse battalion to follow Qinglong and the others towards the interior of the valley.
"Remember to protect the information here, and not let the enemy destroy it."
"Especially the roster!"
"understand!"
The brocade guards accompanying the army dispersed quickly, some joined the fleeing crowd, some changed their clothes and became soldiers in the valley, and began to look for valuable things in the valley.
At this time, the highest decision-making body in the valley, the Council of Elders, also gathered together.
"Everyone, it seems that this Shenlong Valley will be destroyed by our generation!"
"Even if they die, they won't look good. Why don't we release the Dragon God? Although we can't escape, neither can the enemy in this valley."
"After all, from day one, all of us were prepared to die."
"it is good!"
Several old men who represented the highest decision-making here hit it off and ordered people to stop roasting poppies and let the big snake tyrannize, but now they always have a doubt in their hearts.
They have existed here for thousands of years. It was when the Qin Dynasty deposed the Hundred Schools after the Six Kingdoms were destroyed. The forces composed of various schools and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms have been hiding in this valley and using their own methods to control the world. For so many years, they have Not exposed, but how did Li Wenhao find here today?Could it be that he is really an immortal?
"Your Highness, run, run!"
Just as Li Wenhao was strangling the enemies in the valley, Lu Wenzhao and Zhan Zhao ran over like crazy.
"Your Highness, run, there are monsters here, there are monsters!"
"What monster, what's going on, please explain?"
Li Wenhao grabbed Lu Wenzhao and said dissatisfied.
"Your Highness...Your Highness!"
"Go quickly. There is a giant snake here. Its head is as big as a carriage. Its fangs are even longer than a spear. Its body is even bigger and has no sides. It's over there. Go quickly, it will be too late."
"It's too late!"
As soon as Lu Wenzhao finished speaking, a stench was transmitted to Li Wenhao's nostrils. With the help of the fire in the valley, Li Wenhao also saw the huge monster in front of him clearly.
"What the hell, can a snake really transform a dragon?"
Li Wenhao curled his lips, now he can't withdraw, or there is no way to withdraw, the speed of this big snake is too fast, and this big snake is a hidden danger, if he is allowed to come out of the mountain, it will be a disaster for Hebei Road, the sky is big disaster.
"Yue Yun, Gao Chong, Yang Zaixing, Xiong Zhan, all powerful people, follow me!"
With a loud roar, Li Wenhao turned over and jumped off the horse, and asked Li Junxian and others to lead the army back to give them enough space, while he personally led Yue Yun, Gao Chong and other generals in the army to meet the big snake .
Whether it is for oneself or for the common people, this snake must be removed.