A knife in love

Chapter 707

Although Situ Qiao's martial arts is only a third-rate or fourth-rate character, his lightness kung fu has already reached the first-rate level.Li Qiufeng and others waited in the main hall for a while, only to hear a leaf falling in the courtyard, and then a figure flashed, and Situ Qiao had already entered the house.

He looked shocked, and said to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li, I'm afraid we will encounter big trouble this time."

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he said, "Could it be that the skeletons are already surrounded?"

Situ Qiao shook his head, and said, "It's not skeletons. It's these houses... These houses are fucking alive!"

Situqiao suddenly said such a nonsensical remark, which made the second monk Li Qiufeng confused.The father and son of the Yang family, Monk Xuanji and others also stared at Situ Qiao in a daze, wanting to ask him what happened, but they didn't know how to speak.

Situ Qiao took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and then continued: "We originally thought that there was only one row of houses, but when I jumped to the roof, I realized that there was actually another row of houses behind this row of houses, with exactly the same scale and shape. .Further outside, there is another road besides the row of houses. On the opposite side of the road is still a row of houses. I stood on the roof and looked at the rows of houses. I don’t know how many there are... "

Li Qiufeng was shocked.Previously, he had looked far into the distance from the eaves of the archway, and knew that the town had the main road as its center line, with a row of houses on each side.But Situ Qiao just said that there are countless roads in this town, and there are houses on both sides of the roads.Could it be that he was dazzled at the beginning?

While he was thinking about it, he heard the man in the red robe say in a trembling voice: "It's over, it's over, it's over now. If I had known this, I would have wished I hadn't come to this ghostly place."

After Sun Guangming heard Situ Qiao's words, his expression changed drastically. He frowned and said to Li Qiufeng, "Hero Li, I'll go out and have a look first!"

Before he finished speaking, his body had already floated into the yard.Situ Qiao winked at Li Qiufeng, and Li Qiufeng knew that Situ Qiao was worried about Sun Guangming's mischief, so he said to Yang Ye: "The old general is waiting here, let the younger generation go out and see what happened."

Yang Ye nodded.Li Qiufeng rushed out the door, but saw that Sun Guangming had jumped up to the second floor of the main hall, and disappeared after a few ups and downs.Li Qiufeng touched his right foot, pulled his body up abruptly, and landed lightly on the roof ridge of the second floor.But when he looked up, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

Behind the house under his feet, there is another house.The two houses face each other with their backs and share a gable wall, but the scale and shape are exactly the same.Beyond that house, there is also a road, and on the opposite side of the road is another row of houses.Looking into the distance, there are still rows of houses indistinctly.It's just that the sky is gray, and I don't know how many rows of these houses there are.

Sun Guangming stood not far from Li Qiufeng, looking at the situation in front of him, he was also dumbfounded.

Only now did Li Qiufeng know what Situ Qiao meant by "these fucking houses are alive" just now.Originally, everyone saw a main road in this town, with a row of houses on the left and right sides of the main road.But at this moment, countless roads and rows of houses appeared in front of Li Qiufeng and Sun Guangming.It was as if the main road and the house had come to life, giving birth to new roads and houses.

Li Qiufeng looked at it for a while, then turned to look behind him.Just as he thought in his heart, countless roads and countless rows of houses appeared on the opposite side.Looking to the right, there is an archway at the end of all the roads.

In an instant, Li Qiufeng fell into an ice cave.

At this time, Sun Guangming turned his head, his face was pale, and he said to Li Qiufeng: "Hero Li, Situ Qiao is right, this time we are really in big trouble!"

Li Qiufeng was so upset that he stood on the ridge of the roof, looking around, but couldn't think of any way to get out of the predicament in front of him.I only heard Sun Guangming say: "Let's go back to the house and discuss with everyone to see if we can find a good solution."

The two jumped into the courtyard, and after returning to the main hall, they explained what they had just seen.Monk Xuanji was a little suspicious, so he jumped to the roof to inspect it himself, and came back soon after with a dejected expression on his face.The father and son of the Yang family looked at him, knowing that what Li Qiufeng and others said was true, they were even more anxious.

Li Qiufeng took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the fear and anxiety in his heart.He looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, we are already trapped here. There are skeletons guarding the archways at both ends of the town, and there are layers of houses and roads on both sides. If you want to go out, you have to I'm afraid it's harder than climbing to the sky. From what Li saw, someone deliberately set a trap here to lure us here. It's just that we don't know what this person is going to do at this time, but if he wants to kill us, just We have to let the skeleton attack in, so it will be very difficult for us to get out. But the skeleton just guarded outside the archway, and did not attack aggressively, which shows that this person has other plans. We have been running around for a long time, and we just happened to rest here for a while, and then think of a way leave."

After hearing this, everyone had no choice but to nod and sat down in the hall.Li Qiufeng said to Yang Ye: "Old General Yang, the younger generation knows that you are an official in the Han State. Although this place belongs to the Han State, it's just that the Zhou and Song countries have driven the Han army out from here many times in the Northern Expeditions, making it difficult for you to go to the Han State. This has become a buffer between Han and Song. I heard that Han did not garrison troops in the Gaoping area in order not to leave an excuse for Song. General Yang is the No.1 general of Han. Why did he commit crimes alone? Danger, here?"

Yang Ye shook his head, and said, "Mr. Li, you are putting gold on my face. If the word 'No.1 General of the Han Kingdom' is heard by today, I am afraid that my Liu family will be in great trouble. .”

Yang Ye sighed at this point, and then continued: "I don't know whether you are from the Song Dynasty or the Han Dynasty, but since we met here, we are considered to be destined, and I don't have to hide some things. Since Zhao Kuangyin After taking over the Chai family and founding the Song State, he always wanted to destroy our Han State. However, the Song State has an unfavorable terrain. There is the Shu State in the west and the Tang State in the south. They are both big countries with hundreds of thousands of armor. If the Song army wants to go north, it will have worries about the future. Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin worked hard. In the past few years, the Song army conquered Shu in the west and surrendered Tang in the south. .

"We of the Han Kingdom know that sooner or later, the Song Kingdom will launch an all-out army to attack the north. We are always trembling and cautious, and have sent secret agents in Bianjing, Luoyang and other places to spy on the movements of Song's monarch and ministers. Ten days ago, Xiao Zuo sent back the news that Cao Bin and Pan Mei, generals of the Song Dynasty, had sneaked to the south of Gaoping, and tens of thousands of Song troops had crossed the Yellow River from Luoyang and were approaching Gaoping. After the emperor received the secret report, he immediately mobilized troops Horses, prepare to meet the enemy. Unexpectedly, after the Song army crossed the Yellow River, they disappeared without a sound. We sent more than ten teams to investigate the horses, but we couldn't find out where the Song army went.

"Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao had a mutiny, and the yellow robe added him, so he was very afraid of generals. Therefore, after he seized the subordinates of the Chai family, he released his military power with a glass of wine, and forced Gao Huaide, Shi Shouxin and other senior generals to retire. After that, Cao Bin and Pan Mei became famous. Zhao Kuangyin's two most important generals. When he attacked Western Shu, Zhao Kuangyin only sent one general, Cao Bin, and Pan Mei stayed behind to monitor the movements of the Southern Tang. Although both Pan Mei and Cao Bin participated in the battle of the Southern Tang However, Cao Bin was the main general, and Pan Mei was only serving as a suspicious soldier to contain the Tang army. The two did not join forces. At this time, these two generals have both arrived in Gaoping. Naturally, they are going to be detrimental to Han. The emperor ordered me to check The movements of the Song Army. I brought Yan Zhao and Yan Si to Gaoping to see what the Song Army was up to. However, the Song Army did not invade the country with great fanfare, so I naturally could not bring troops here, lest the Song State Leave an excuse. Therefore, the three of us, father and son, changed the clothes of the common people, without alarming the local officials, but quietly entered Gaoping City."

Just as he finished speaking, Situ Qiao clapped his hands and said, "So, so it is. I finally figured it out, it's the bastard Cao Bin who trapped us here!"

Li Qiufeng and others were a little surprised when they heard what he said suddenly.Situ Qiao saw that everyone looked bewildered, and continued: "It is said in the history books that Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi both conquered the Han Kingdom in the north, and Cao Bin, as the general of the Song Dynasty, did not fail in these few battles. We don't know yet. This was the Northern Song Dynasty's first expedition to the Han Kingdom, but Cao Bin had already obtained the formation map of Zhuge's legacy at this time, so he set up a skeleton army formation on the Changping Ancient Battlefield to attract the Han army and horses to defeat the enemy. The army was flattened. It's just that he didn't expect that the Han army and horses hadn't arrived, but General Yang and his son were waiting."

At this point, Situ Qiao glanced at the father and son of the Yang family, and then said: "General Yang is a famous general of the Han Dynasty. If he can capture or kill General Yang, the Han army will lose its backbone. A confrontation with the Song army will naturally be a failure." No. But the reason why Cao Bin trapped us here was that he didn’t order the skeleton army to attack with all his might. He wanted to use General Yang as a bait to lure the reinforcements from the Han army to this place. The main force of the Han army can be wiped out in one fell swoop. At that time, Taiyuan will be an empty city, and the Song army can wipe out the Northern Han without too much effort. Think about the thick fog that can't be seen all the way, and Taibai in the middle The strange incidents, the archway, the skeleton army, and of course the house we are in are all traps set by Cao Bin with the array. He wanted to capture and kill General Yang and his son, but we just happened to meet , so I also became a companion."

Li Qiufeng listened to what Situ Qiao said was sound, but he believed it a little bit, and he was afraid that the truth of the matter was indeed as he said.The formation diagram in Situqiao's hand was taken from Yao Guangxiao, and Yao Guangxiao's formation diagram was most likely left by Cao Bin back then.With Cao Bin's ability, it is not difficult to understand the secret of this formation. In the past, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty fought consecutive battles, and Cao Bin participated in each of them.Yang Ye was the most powerful general in the Northern Han Dynasty, so it was not unusual for Cao Bin to set up a trap to capture and kill him.

Monk Xuanji didn't know what Zhuge's Legacy was, but he couldn't figure it out when he listened to Situ Qiao's eloquent talk.Sun Guangming and Su Yan's faces were as heavy as water, and they sat on the side without speaking, but their expressions were thoughtful.The Yang family father and son also looked at each other in dismay, not knowing what exactly the "Zhuge Legacy" that Situ Qiao was talking about, let alone guessing whether Situ Qiao was a secret work of the Song Dynasty, they were full of surprise and uncertainty.

Li Qiufeng glanced at the red-robed man accidentally, but saw that his face was pale, the corners of his mouth trembling, and he was staring at Situ Qiao, as if seeing an evil spirit.Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself why this red-robed man looked so good, could it be that Situ Qiao's words frightened him?

(End of this chapter)