Zhang Shixun looked in the direction where the sound came from and saw a man leaning against the wall of the cave. He hurried over.
"Who is coming?" The man heard the voice and asked first.
"A government official." Zhang Shixun came up to him and saw that he was a constable, holding a knife tightly in his hand and a short arrow stuck in his shoulder.
"Where did everyone go?" Zhang Shixun looked down at the constable.
The constable pointed to a fork in the road and said, "Everyone went that way."
Zhang Shixun squatted down to check his wound. Seeing that the arrow was not inserted too deeply, he said, "Don't pull it out. Wait until it is out of the hole."
"Haha! I know."
"Stay here and don't move. Wait for someone to rescue you." As he said that, he stood up and walked in the direction he pointed.
"Be careful of their crossbows." The constable reminded behind him.
"Thank you!" Zhang Shixun slowed down and let Hei Wuchang walk in front.
With Hei Wuchang around, we can basically prevent any sneak attack.
However, he was not careless and placed the shield above his chest so that he could protect his neck and head in time in case of any unexpected events.
Although he was wearing a bulletproof vest to protect him from fire, his head and neck were exposed, which was his weak spot.
The passage ahead gradually widened.
Zhang Shixun noticed that the top and four walls were made of bricks.
Perhaps due to its age, the wall tiles have been corroded by sewage and become uneven.
Zhang Shixun was secretly amazed. The ability of the ancients should not be underestimated. They actually built a complete sewage system under the city, the scale of which was unexpectedly large.
"Who is coming?" someone in front shouted in a low voice.
Zhang Shixun thought the voice sounded familiar and quickly replied, "I'm Zhang Shixun, one of us."
"Ah! It's Brother Zhang." The man exclaimed, "I'm Wang Meng."
Zhang Shixun was overjoyed and hurried over. He saw that the space was very large. A group of people gathered together, some squatting and some standing. Wang Meng was standing in the middle with a knife in his hand.
"It's you, Brother Wang. It's a pleasure to meet you." Zhang Shixun stepped forward and shook his hand, looking very happy.
"This isn't a good place for a chance meeting." Wang Meng was also happy to see him. He grinned and asked, "Brother, why are you here too?"
Zhang Shixun looked around and said casually, "I'm tired of staying outside. I heard there's a ghost building in Wuyou Cave, so I couldn't help but be curious and came down to take a look."
Hearing his relaxed tone, Wang Meng laughed out loud, "It's already this hour, and you're still joking, brother."
"To be honest, all the treasures I brought back from overseas were stolen by those bastards. I came here to look for my things." Zhang Shixun noticed a cut on his chin that was still bleeding and asked hurriedly, "Are you hurt?"
"I was attacked by a thief and stabbed... Thief! If I hadn't dodged quickly, I would have gone to the Hall of Yama to see the King of Hell." Wang Meng said, kicking a corpse at his feet, "It was this thief who attacked me, and I cut his neck with a knife."
Zhang Shixun glanced at the corpse and carefully examined Wang Meng's wound. Seeing that the wound was not deep, it should not be serious.
"Old Wang, where is this place?"
Wang Meng pointed to a man next to him and said, "He's the guide, ask him."
Zhang Shixun looked at the man and saw that he was a middle-aged man with a scar on his forehead that looked like a worm crawling on his face.
"This is a strategic intersection. If you want to enter Guifan Tower, you must pass through here." The middle-aged man said, pointing to the passage ahead.
Wang Meng said, "The officers and soldiers of the Palace Guard have just entered from the right. I am just about to lead my brothers in from the left to attack the bandits from both sides."
"So, these two roads both lead to Guifan Tower?"
"Exactly!"
Zhang Shixun took a look at the intelligent system. The little red dot on the screen was very close. It seemed that the little red dot was located in Guifan Tower.
"Don't stand there, let's move forward." said Zhang Shixun.
"Okay! Let's go!" Wang Meng took the lead and walked towards that road.
Zhang Shixun grabbed him and said, "I'll go ahead."
"No! I'll go ahead."
Zhang Shixun didn't allow him to argue and said, "Don't argue. Just take good care of the guide. We can't do without him." After that, he led the way forward.
After taking a few steps, Hei Wuchang got ahead of him and faithfully performed his duties.
I hadn't walked far when I heard Hei Wuchang remind me: "Crossbow."
Just as he was about to say that, he heard the sound of a crossbow from the front.
Zhang Shixun raised his shield to protect his head and face.
With a "bang", the crossbow arrow hit Hei Wuchang's chest.
Hei Wuchang growled and quickly ran towards the sound of the crossbow.
Zhang Shixun followed behind and saw a black shadow running wildly in front.
After chasing for a while, the black shadow flashed and disappeared.
Everyone ran to the place where the black shadow disappeared and saw a small hole on one side of the passage. The thief escaped through this small hole.
"Where does this small hole lead to?" Zhang Shixun asked the guide behind him.
"This is a hiding cave, used for sneak attacks and escapes. I don't know where it leads to," the guide replied.
Zhang Shixun looked at him and asked in confusion, "Aren't you from Wuyou Cave? How come you don't know?"
"There are many caves like this. I'm not familiar with all but a few."
Zhang Shixun was half-believing and half-doubting, but he didn't have time to dwell on this question. "How far is Guifan Tower?"
"We're almost there. Just keep going straight. It's about a hundred steps or so."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Shixun said to everyone, "Keep going. Everyone, cheer up. It's time to make a contribution."
Everyone responded in a low voice, cheered themselves up, and followed him forward.
After walking about forty or fifty steps, I could vaguely hear the sound of weapons clashing and shouts of killing.
"Hold your weapons and prepare to fight." Zhang Shixun said in a deep voice.
Wang Meng and his men silently clenched their weapons, and their breathing became heavy.
After walking forward a few dozen steps, the view suddenly opened up and a huge space appeared in front of everyone. Everyone was stunned by the scene.
A stone building stands not far away. Yes, it is a stone building with stone doors, stone windows and stone pillars.
Countless torches were inserted into the stone pillars in front of the building and the surrounding stone walls, illuminating the underground space.
The open space in front of the stone building was filled with deafening cries of killing. The soldiers and bandits were fighting each other, and the ground was littered with corpses of both sides.
There were too many torches, and Zhang Shixun felt that the infrared function was dazzling, so he quickly asked Xiaomei to turn it off.
A burly soldier wearing black armor and a bright red cloak looked very showy.
He was holding a big knife and fighting with a tall thief with great force.
Zhang Shixun looked at the soldier intently, and found that he was an old acquaintance, the guard officer whom Fan Lou had met before - Jiang Xuan.
I heard that this guy was demoted for failing to protect the emperor, but I didn't expect to see him here.
This guy was of course vulnerable when he encountered the robots "Li Kui" and "Lu Zhishen", but he was still very ferocious when facing the thieves from Wuyou Cave.
"Is this Guifan Tower?" Zhang Shixun turned around and asked the guide.
"Yes, this is exactly the Guifan Building."
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