Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 146 Inside the Cave
Of course, Li Lijun couldn't keep running for dozens of miles with a sword in his hand.After leaving Erhong's sight, she put the sword into the storage space.

It also saves the sword body from reflecting moonlight and attracting the attention of people around.

The weather is fine today, a crescent moon hangs in the sky, and there are a few floating clouds faintly around.Although the moonlight is not bright, it is enough for Li Lijun.

She had asked Madam Cui about the route from Saga Mountain Bieyuan to Liujiazhuang, and she only said that she had done information gathering in advance.Nanny Cui didn't become suspicious, and told what she knew.Although that was information from more than ten years ago, in this small world, unless there is some major geographical change that affects the terrain, as long as someone walks on a road, it will not change for dozens or hundreds of years.

Li Lijun always pays attention to the changes in the distance between himself and the little black cranes, and he has not gone wrong at all.By midnight, she had successfully arrived outside Liujiazhuang.

She hid her figure with the cloak, and took out the small target mirror again.

The small target mirror is blessed by runes, and it is currently reflecting the vision of several small black cranes in turn.The mouse just left the village, ate a sheep and two chickens, scavenged a table of bread and fresh fruit, and returned to the cave of the small hill.

The third little black crane had already landed on the hill, and the fourth pocket-sized little black crane and the little paper figurine had just arrived in front of the pile of rubble, trying to find a way to get into the gap.Li Lijun instructed the little paper figurine to fold the wings of the pocket crane through the target mirror, shrink the size, and squeeze it carefully into the crevice of the gravel. Several times it was about to be stuck there. Fortunately, the little paper figurine kicked the little crane away again. A piece of gravel widened the passage, and pushed the pocket crane through the gap.When they finally squeezed through layers of gravel and reached the cave space at the other end, half of the pocket crane's wings drooped, and the little paper figurine's head and right arm became wrinkled and dusty.

Fortunately, this damage will not affect their ability to move.It's just that when the pocket crane flew up in the hole, it was a little unbalanced and tilted to the right.After careful adjustment by Li Lijun, the correct flight direction was restored.

The space behind the pile of rubble was a small cave, and it was pitch black inside, but walking inside, there was an obvious light source emitting a dim light of fire.The pocket crane and the little paper figurines split into two routes, one by land and the other by flying, and arrived at the entrance of the fire-lit cave one after another.

The opening of the hole is about the size of a bowl, which seems to be a size that mice can easily pass through.At the entrance of the cave, the sound of metal hitting stones inside became more obvious.At the same time, there was the sound of someone speaking.

Li Lijun immediately became vigilant.

The giant snake is dead, and the mouse is acting alone in Liujiazhuang. There has never been a sign that it has any accomplices!So who is talking to it in the cave?
Could it be that Liu Dalang is still alive? !
There was fire in the cave, and the pocket crane didn't dare to fly into the air easily, exposing its figure, so it had to rely on the surrounding shadows to fly low into the cave close to the ground and hide behind a rock.

But the little paper figurine moved forward on the ground, a little farther than the pocket crane, climbed behind a protruding boulder, poked its head out to look around, and clearly saw the situation deep in the cave.

A big mouse about three feet high stood on a rock about four or five feet high, staring down at the two men in front of it.The two men were thin and haggard, one was wearing prison clothes and the other was wearing single clothes. Both of them looked very embarrassed, and they were crying and kneeling in front of the mouse.On the uneven ground in front of them, there were a few doughnuts and fresh fruits scattered.

The man in prison clothes said to the mouse with a mournful face, "Your Majesty brings us food every day. We never suspected it. We saw how His Majesty spit out the food today, so we knew that His Majesty used to carry food like this. Have you ever eaten?" How can you eat the things you spit out again? You might as well starve to death!"

The middle-aged man in unlined clothes heard this and cried even louder.

The mouse yelled at him impatiently: "Shut up! If you cry any more, I'll eat you!" The man was so frightened that he choked, but he didn't dare to cry any more, only whimpered softly.

The mouse glared at the man in prison clothes again: "Liu Dalang, you've been eating these things for several days, and I haven't seen what happened to you, why can't you eat them today?! Are you trying to make trouble for me?!"

Liu Dalang wailed: "You didn't say you vomited it up when you ate food before! If I had known that you carried the food back from the village in this way, I would rather starve to death than take a bite!" After he finished speaking, he cried again, "The king saved my life that day, I thought I could escape from death! If I had known this would end up like this, I might as well stay in the prison, and at least I would still have something to eat. , the old lady at home will not let me suffer such grievances..."

The mouse spat at him: "You are so cheap and so good! If I hadn't saved your life, you would have been sentenced to death and will be executed this autumn. How long can you live?! Thank you for your blessing today." I!"

Liu Dalang choked with sobs and said, "Your Majesty just wanted to ask me about the Fire Dragon God to save me. He didn't really do my best. Why do you always talk about your kindness? You still force me to do hard work, digging What kind of gold nuggets, you want me to eat something that these people can’t eat. If I knew this, I would rather the king didn’t save me! I’ve grown up so much, I’ve never suffered like this, I might as well die early!”

The man next to him sobbed softly: "Liu Langjun, don't say a few words. After all, you provoked the king, and today's disaster happened. Aren't I more wronged than you? I didn't do anything, and I was taken captive to do it." Hard work. My mother-in-law and children don’t know why to worry! The grain in the field has not been harvested yet, I’m afraid it will be delayed, this is all a good thing you did!”

Liu Dalang scolded him impatiently: "You don't have to say a few words! If I didn't know that you are strong and have dug mines, I would not ask the king to ask you to be a helper. You miss your family, don't I want to My mother?! If you want to go back, you have to work harder to dig out the gold that the king wants earlier, and then everyone will be free. What do you have to talk about with me here?!"

The man gave him a bitter look, then bent down and sobbed again.

The mouse said impatiently: "Stop talking! I have no intention of detaining you for the rest of your life. When will I dig out the gold essence I want, and when will I let you go! That's all for food, and it's all from Zhuangzi." It’s fine if you eat it for a few days, if you like it or not! If you don’t eat it, go to work for me! The big deal is that from tomorrow onwards, I will never bring food back from outside again, so that you don’t have to pick and choose !"

Liu Dalang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we are going to starve to death without food, so how can we help you with your work? Please do me a favor and bring back some edible food. Anything is fine, as long as you don't Swallow it into your stomach first..."

The mouse flicked his tail, knocked him to the ground, and became more and more irritable: "Shut up! If you like to eat, you won't have trouble! It's the snake you enshrined that stole my gold. Jing, its whereabouts are unknown now, if I don’t look for you, who else can I look for?! If you keep talking, I’ll eat you! At worst, I’ll go outside to kidnap someone and come back to work!”

Liu Dalang got up disheveled, with an aggrieved expression on his face, but he didn't dare to say anything anymore.He didn't pick up the food on the ground, but turned his head to pick up the pickaxe on the ground, and walked deeper into the cave.

The other man picked up the fresh fruits scattered on the ground, wiped them carefully with the hem of his clothes, put them in his arms, and went into the cave with the pickaxe.

The mouse watched them for a while, then jumped up step by step along the protruding stones on the cave wall. With each step, the size of the mouse shrunk a little. Where did it go.

(End of this chapter)