Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 497 Si Dan (4200)

"But……"

Cao Xing showed hesitation.

He doesn't want to be that unfaithful person from the bottom of his heart, but what Hao Meng said is not unreasonable, if there are more than a thousand yuan city defenders outside the forest, and he plans to use fire to attack them, he and the soldiers under his command will fight Doomed for sure...

"Zhong Yong, this is just an expedient measure for us. We are saving our lives for the time being. If we get a chance in the future, we can lead people to serve General Lu again. Does it mean that we must die here to be considered loyal?"

Hao Meng then persuaded her earnestly.

"Oh, I'm afraid that's the only way to go."

After hearing this, Cao Xing finally nodded reluctantly.

Having reached a consensus in this way, Hao Meng immediately instructed someone to tell the Yuancheng defenders outside about the strange things they were trapped here last night, and did not hide anything.

Zhai Gu, the general of the Yuancheng garrison, did not believe it, but he refused to take the risk of sending someone in to investigate.

"Stop talking nonsense, I'll give you a cup of tea, put down your weapons and go out of the woods without a fight, otherwise I can discuss with you, but this raging fire will not discuss with you!"

This is Zhai Gu's response to Hao Meng and others.

He and the Yuancheng defenders were naturally called by Bai Qiru who sent people to Yuancheng. He only said that when his family went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, they saw many sneaky people hiding in the mountain. They were worried that these people would be bad for Yuancheng, so Bai Qiru So he immediately sent someone to inform Zhai Gu.

Zhai Gu asked about the number of Hao Meng and others, and he knew that it must be a credit to accomplish this, and Yuan Shao must be rewarded, so he immediately summoned the defenders several times the size of the enemy to encircle and suppress. Make sure nothing goes wrong.

Hao Meng and others saw that Zhai Gu was hard to speak.

I had no choice but to follow the sound and try to grope outside the forest, but this time I walked out of the forest without hindrance?
Where do they know.

While they were waiting for the dawn, and the defenders of Yuancheng were coming, Zhuge Liang and the Bai family had quietly withdrawn the formation eyes of the "Eight Formation". Formation" stone pestle, but this formation is no longer in operation, it is just an ordinary forest.

"???"

Hao Meng and the others couldn't believe that they walked out of the forest that had trapped them all night so easily.

It's really fucking screwed up!
Why was he unable to get out of the forest last night, even unable to find the end of the forest, but now he walked out without any hindrance, as if he had experienced a nightmare last night?
Especially seeing the rather unfriendly eyes of those Yuancheng defenders outside, it is clear that they have concluded that their words just now are all malicious lies.

Where should they go to reason?
I always feel that I have been targeted by an unknown mysterious force. Could it be that what they thought before was all the truth, and it was really because of "breaking ground on Tai Sui" that they suffered this catastrophe?
"Drop your weapons!"

"lay down!"

Seeing Hao Meng and others coming out, Yuancheng defenders immediately tightened their encirclement, surrounding them firmly with long spears and short knives.

In fact, Hao Meng and the others do not have any decent weapons, like Wu Liang pretending to be sneaky, except for Hao Meng and Cao Xing's personal guards with some short weapons that are easy to hide, the rest of them are all digging things Tools, although it cannot be said that they have no combat effectiveness at all, but they do not have serious weapons in their hands when fighting.

Now Hao Meng and others also witnessed the battle of Yuancheng defenders.

Zhai Gu didn't joke with them, he actually brought more than a thousand troops to encircle and suppress them, and he didn't intend to give Hao Meng and others any chance at all.

Under such circumstances, Hao Meng and Cao Xing naturally did not have any luck.

The two exchanged glances, and finally lowered their heads and walked forward, untied the saber and put it on the ground, then waved at the soldiers: "Soldiers, put down your weapons..."

……

at the same time.

There are also some soldiers under the command of Hao Meng and Cao Xing who were not besieged by the Yuancheng defenders, and they were less than a hundred soldiers who stayed in the valley of no return to guard the camp.

Of course, this is not their luck.

Instead, Bai Qiru followed Wu Liang's plan and did not report the situation of these soldiers to Zhai Gu at all.

Now that there is such a big commotion outside the valley, of course they have been alarmed, and even the specific situation has been pierced back by the secret whistle distributed outside.

"Uncle Du, both General Hao and General Cao were besieged by Yuancheng defenders. The Yuancheng defenders came with as many as a thousand people and surrounded the forest to a tight watertight. I'm afraid that the fate of General Hao and General Cao will be in danger this time." Less!"

The scouts lost one of their shoes, and rushed back into the valley to report to Du Bo who stayed behind, with an anxious look on his face.

In order to distinguish the camps when the armies go out these days, in addition to some differences in clothing, they will also be equipped with special flag bearers carrying the military flag and holding it brightly above their heads. The history of the army.

What's more, Hao Meng and Cao Xing's scouts had already inquired about the situation of the Yuancheng defenders, and they even had a general understanding of the situation of the defender Zhai Gu, so they could easily tell the difference.

"What did you say?!"

Dubo suddenly turned pale with fright, and jumped up like a spring.

"Uncle Du, the last general saw with his own eyes the defenders of Qianyuan City surround the forest, and heard them persuade General Hao and General Cao to surrender with his own eyes. It is absolutely unmistakable!"

The scout said quickly.

"How could this be? How could this be?!"

Du Bo paced back and forth like ants on a hot pot, and said in a dazed way, "I heard the constant sound of gongs in the forest at night, we sent four scouts in a row to inquire about the situation, but there was no news back until now, and now there are more than a thousand Yuancheng The defenders suddenly fell from the sky and surrounded our people... I have been with the army for nearly ten years, and have experienced hundreds or dozens of wars, large and small. I have never encountered such a confusing situation, even until now , My brain is still buzzing, I can't figure out what happened that night!"

"Dub, you must be steady!"

The scout hurriedly persuaded again, "General Hao and General Cao are now in a tight siege, I'm afraid it's too bad, and now you are the only backbone of the brothers. Whether the brothers are dead or alive, advancing or retreating, you can persuade them all." Pointing at you to make up your mind."

"What can I think?"

Uncle Du wanted to cry, but couldn't help cursing, "What do you think I should do? If General Hao and General Cao resist to the death, but I take you to escape, even if you flee back, it will be a death penalty for running away..."

Just halfway through the conversation.

"Urgent report!"

Another voice came from outside the tent, and without waiting for Du Bo to react, another scout ran in hastily, regardless of the rules, and said, "Du Bo, General Hao and General Cao have surrendered! I saw with my own eyes that Hao General Cao and General Cao came out from the forest and put down their weapons under the pressure of Yuancheng defenders, they have already surrendered!"

"It's over! It's over!"

Dubo suddenly slumped down, shaking his body twice.

"Dub, now that the situation is clear, the brothers are still relying on you to make decisions. General Hao and General Cao have already surrendered. Shall we go out and surrender together?"

The two scouts supported Du Bo together and asked anxiously.

"drop?"

Du Bo calmed down a little, but his face was full of worry. He looked at the two scouts and said, "I'm afraid you have forgotten what we do? Since ancient times, thieves punish tombs, and General Lu sent them this way. We can accommodate us, but if we were replaced by other people, we might just be street rats, and everyone would be punished, even if General Hao and General Cao were surrendered, I am afraid it might not be a good end."

"Dubber means..."

The two scouts showed fear when they heard this.

"Since General Hao and General Cao have surrendered, the rest of us are weak, let alone contend with the defenders of Qianyu City."

Du Bo took a deep breath and said solemnly, "At this moment, I'm afraid the only way to survive is to escape. Tell the brothers to gather and escape from the valley immediately, and give up all the supplies, food and grass, and only take the dug out in the past few days." Tai Sui', fleeing back to Juancheng to see General Lu in this way, at least I have an explanation for General Lu!"

"What about General Hao and General Cao?"

The two scouts raised their eyebrows and asked again.

"Report truthfully, we fled only after they surrendered us, so we are not considered deserters. Even if General Lu heard about this, he could only praise us for our loyalty and integrity, and maybe even give us a promotion!"

While talking, Du Bo hurriedly urged, "Hurry up and gather the troops, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape if it's too late, hurry up!"

Dubo has no responsibility for this matter, so it is most appropriate to tell the truth without any flaws:
Hao Meng and Cao Xing led an army to the Valley of No Return to dig continuously for several days, but they did not find the shadow of the mausoleum, but they dug up a strange object that was suspected to be "Tai Sui".

Later, a will-o'-the-wisp appeared in a forest outside the valley. Hao Meng and Cao Xing led people to investigate late at night, but they didn't know what happened in the forest. There is no return.

Perhaps the sound of the gong alarmed the outsiders. Before dawn, more than a thousand Yuancheng defenders surrounded the mountains and forests. Hao Meng and Cao Xing were forced to surrender.

Seeing that the situation was over, Du Bo didn't want to follow Hao Meng and Cao Xing to abandon Lv Bu, so he led the rest of the soldiers and fled in a hurry.

As for whether the excavated strange thing was "Tai Sui" or not, and what happened in the forest that night, these were issues that Lu Bu would consider after they fled back to report.

But one thing is certain.

This time, Lu Bu might not be sure whether there is a mausoleum in this place.

Moreover, he had suffered a big loss, but it was still an unexplainable loss. Lu Bu's gain outweighed his loss, and he would not send anyone to this place again for a long time.

……

The incident was over with little bloodshed.

Except for the small group of people who fled, Hao Meng and Cao Xing's troops were all tied up by Zhai Gu and brought back to Yuancheng.

During this process, Wu Liang also specially ordered Prince Chamu to pretend to be a Bai family member to secretly take a few glances at Hao Meng and Cao Xing, and he easily discovered the aura of the "magic weapon" hidden in Hao Meng's bosom.

But now that Hao Meng has fallen into Zhai Gu's hands, how to use this "magic weapon" without anyone noticing is another problem.

Wu Liang naturally didn't want to deal with Zhai Gu.

After all, his identity cannot be revealed, and doing so will undoubtedly increase some unnecessary risks. There is really no need to risk himself and his brothers from the Tuan Army for a magic weapon that does not know what its function is.

Think about it.

Wu Liang finally couldn't think of any foolproof solution, but just when he had decided to suppress his curiosity, ignore this Lao Shizi magic weapon, and lead everyone to leave the Bai family and continue northward as planned after a few nights of rest.

Bai Qiru brought back an unexpected surprise the next day.

It turned out that after being captured, some soldiers could not withstand Zhai Gu's torture, and had already told the whole story of Hao Meng and Cao Xing's purpose and experience here. After hearing their purpose and experience, Zhai Gu also thought that there was no so-called mausoleum in the valley of non-return. Meng and the others have already dug all over the valley, if there is any, they should have been dug out long ago.

What's more, he was not interested in the mausoleum at all, and what interested him even more were the strange objects that were suspected to be "Tai Sui".

It's a pity that those "Tai Sui" were also taken away by the soldiers guarding the camp. Zhai Gu was disappointed, so he began to torture Hao Meng, trying to get the "Tai Sui" back.

Hao Meng couldn't stand the torture, but he couldn't tell the escape route of those soldiers. In order to avoid further suffering, he took the initiative to donate the magic weapon that Lu Bu gave him to Zhai Gu, and explained the function of the magic weapon clearly.

It turned out that the magic weapon was called "Xi Dan" by Lu Bu.

It was born in the gall of a one-horned divine bull called "兕" recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing". Lu Bu didn't know where he got it, but he only knew that soaking it in water and taking it could cure the evil and poisonous miasma in the world. But it is also necessary to control the dosage when using it, otherwise, if the blister is slightly thicker, it will be a severe poison, which can kill people in an instant.

When he heard the first half of the sentence, Zhai Gu was quite happy, and he couldn't put it down holding the "Xi Dan", but after hearing the second half of the sentence, Zhai Gu was startled again, immediately threw it aside, and ordered someone to beat it. Lai Qingshui washed the hands that had touched "Xi Dan" three times.

finally.

Zhai Gu felt that although "Xi Dan" was good, he was not able to grasp it, and he was unwilling to take his own life as a joke, so he gave it to Bai Qiru, who was a doctor, as a thank you for his timely report. After all, he was able to capture Hao alive. Being Meng and Cao Xing was a great achievement for him. He was thinking about how to thank Bai Qiru, so he just took this thing as a favor, and the "Xi Dan" is in the hands of Bai Qiru who knows medical principles. If necessary, it can still be used by him, at least it should not cause the poor control of the dosage and kill him.

So this magic weapon that Wu Liang was planning to give up, went around in this way, but unexpectedly came back by a strange coincidence.

Fate, it really is wonderful.

While Wu Liang sighed in his heart, he carefully looked at the "Xi Dan" contained in the wooden box.

I saw that its surface was rough and shaped like sandstone, and its shape and size resembled a pigeon egg. The whole body was a relatively dark brown-yellow color. When you smell it closely, there is a slightly bitter fragrance...

Why does this thing look so much like bezoar?
Moreover, as far as Wu Liang knew, the bezoar was obtained from the stones naturally produced in the gallbladder of the cow, but the source of this "兕丹" was also born in the "兕" gallbladder. I always feel that this is not just a coincidence.

Also.

The record about "兕" in "Shan Hai Jing" is: "Si is in the east of Shun's burial, south of Xiangshui. Its shape is like a cow, dark and black, with one horn."

The "one-horned divine ox" is very consistent with the characteristics of an animal. Therefore, many experts in later generations speculated that this "兕" probably refers to the rhinoceros of later generations. Besides, there were indeed wild rhinoceros before the Chinese dynasty, but the value of the rhinoceros horn was much higher. Super gold has been hunted and killed by people. With the fall of the last Chinese rhinoceros in 1922, this animal has been completely extinct in China.

(End of this chapter)