It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 550: Quick Alliance to Protect Treasures

In the darkness, the sound was not loud, but it was the sound of gritting teeth.

Yuan Jianshuo moved very quickly, took out the fire starter, and lit it. At that moment, they saw a thin figure squatting in the secret passage not far away, but his eyes were very bright. Of course, he was also frightened by the sudden light and almost shouted out.

Yuan Jianshuo took a step forward and easily pushed the thin man to the ground.

Yang Xianrong immediately picked up the fire starter thrown to her by Yuan Jianshuo, gathered the firelight and leaned over to take a look.

Fortunately, his mouth was blocked, so the noise was not particularly loud.

The people above their heads were still writhing and cursing, and no one could hear what they were doing.

In the dim light of the fire, Yang Xianrong saw that this was a child, or to be more precise, a boy who was older than Sima Jing. However, he was wearing a small-sized armor of the Han Dynasty, and he looked weak but heroic.

He was tied up by Yuan Jianshuo and could not move, but he looked at Yang Xianrong with strangely bright eyes. There was dirt and blood on his face, which looked quite scary.

"Who are you?" Yang Xianrong was a little panicked. After all, she was the only one who knew about this secret passage, and the treasures of the armory were also here. If this child was a Han guard and found this place, then all the things would probably be gone.

The child stared at Yang Xianrong with wide eyes and struggled a few more times.

Yuan Jianshuo used more force, even twisting his arm and hurting his expression.

"If you listen to me, I'll let him let you go." Yang Xianrong's voice became lower, with a hint of temptation, "If you don't scream, I'll let him let go first, and you can talk to me."

The child looked at Yang Xianrong, his slightly brown eyes kept turning, as if he was thinking about what Yang Xianrong said, and then nodded. Yang Xianrong did not break his promise, and let Yuan Jianshuo release his hand that was covering his mouth first, and then asked: "Answer me first, who are you?"

"Are you the Queen?" As a result, the child did not answer her question but asked one first.

Yang Xianrong frowned slightly, but still nodded, "I am Yang Xianrong, the former queen of the Great Jin Dynasty. What about you?"

"I am Liu Cheng, General of the Young Masters Group of the Han Dynasty." There was a hint of pride on his face, and there was a little light in his eyes.

"Child soldiers?" Yuan Jianshuo couldn't help but ask, "I knew it, the Han Dynasty doesn't have that many people. Now they even use children. How old are you? You actually followed them to Luoyang."

"I'm ten years old!" Liu Cheng stiffened his neck again and even wanted to straighten his back, but he was restrained by Yuan Jianshuo and his movements were restricted.

"What are those people up there doing? Are they looking for you? Do they want to kill you?" Yang Xianrong didn't want to beat around the bush and asked directly, "They are also soldiers of the Han Dynasty. Why do they want to kill you?"

"They are not good people!" Liu Cheng said bitterly, "Five years ago, my father killed those disobedient people under the order of the king. They hold a grudge and want to kill me during this war."

It seems that the factional struggles in the Han Dynasty should be very cruel. It is right to think about it. At least Liu Cong killed many people to obtain the throne, not to mention that Liu Yuan should have done a lot of internal cleansing work in order to become emperor. However, Yang Xianrong did not want to hear too much about these things, but just nodded and continued to ask: "So, what are you doing now? If you rush out, you will definitely be killed by them."

"I..." Liu Cheng's voice was a little louder, and Yuan Jianshuo immediately covered his mouth again.

Yang Xianrong smiled bitterly and said, "I told you not to speak loudly." Liu Cheng nodded quickly, and Yuan Jianshuo let go of his hand again.

"I don't know what to do."

"But hiding here is not a long-term solution for you. You have to go out and face them." When Yang Xianrong said this, the people above his head were rummaging around and stomping their feet, as if they were suspicious of the noise coming from here.

Yuan Jianshuo glanced at Yang Xianrong and let go of Liu Cheng. Instead, he picked up the wooden board left on the ground and became alert.

If the group of people really discovered the secret of the tunnel and the gold, silver and jewelry, I'm afraid there would be another bloody storm. Yang Xianrong was thinking quickly in her mind and was very nervous. Liu Cheng, who was freed from his restraints, stood up and whispered, "I'll go out to distract them, you guys run quickly."

"No, you'll die if you go out." Yang Xianrong refused. She held Liu Cheng's hand, and was shocked to find that his hand was covered in sticky, hot blood. "Are you injured?"

"Nothing." At this time, the young Liu Cheng behaved very heroically, but his grimace of pain exposed his true feelings.

Yang Xianrong pulled him behind him and asked Yuan Jianshuo, "If I ask you to go up and kill these people, how confident are you?"

"It sounds like there are five or six people. It would be difficult for me to deal with them alone." Yuan Jianshuo listened carefully and answered honestly, "If I alert more people, I will have no chance of winning."

"We can't expose this place." Yang Xianrong's face turned very bad.

"You throw a gold bracelet out, they are greedy and will definitely snatch it..." Before Liu Cheng finished speaking, Yang Xianrong suddenly pressed his wound with his backhand, causing him to be in so much pain that he dared not shout and almost fainted. But Yang Xianrong had already whispered to him, "Did you look through it?"

The remaining consciousness made Liu Cheng nod and then shake his head.

"If you know the secret here today, you will not survive." Yang Xianrong increased her strength. This is the treasure of the Jin Dynasty and Sima Zhong's last property. It cannot be obtained by others.

The noises above were getting louder, and someone was already asking, "This doesn't seem to be solid ground, does it? It doesn't sound right."

They gathered around and started discussing.

Yang Xianrong was sweating with anxiety, and Liu Cheng was so anxious that he pointed at the box. Finally, Yang Xianrong let him go, opened the box and took out a shiny golden hairpin, then moved to a place five steps away, climbed up the box, and said to Yuan Jianshuo when he was about to push open the secret door: "Go out and kill them all."

"Understood sir!" Yuan Jianshuo clenched his fists, ready to jump up and rush out from this side.

Liu Cheng struggled to pull out a long sword from behind him. Although he didn't have the strength to lift it, he still said in a trembling voice: "Knife!"

In that instant, the three people had a tacit understanding. One threw the hairpin, one handed over the knife, and one jumped out of the secret passage with the knife in hand. When the people above were still trying to figure out how a hairpin could fly out from there, they had no idea that they had already set foot on the road to hell and would never have the chance to know what happened.

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