Chapter 1715: The sound of a cymbal?
Li Lai said: "This is it!"
"Yeah."
When Ying Shao and the others heard this, they immediately became alert, but not at the gap under the boulder. Instead, they gathered together and looked around.
Those towering mountain walls and winding mountain roads.
In the pitch-black night, there are shadows everywhere, and I don’t know how many secret soldiers are hiding.
Everyone put their hands on the swords at their waists, ready to fight at any time.
However, after he said this, the surroundings became quiet. As everyone held their breath, it was so quiet that there was not even a trace of wind, and even each other's heartbeats could be heard.
But there was no movement.
Ying Shao frowned slightly.
Li Lai turned around and looked at them. Although it was pitch black in front of him and he could not see anything at all, he could only vaguely see the figures of Ying Shao and several other lieutenants swaying in front of him. He said carefully, "Yes, this is it."
His voice was very low, as if he was afraid of alerting the sand bandits in the Hot Moon Crescent.
He whispered, "Before, I wanted to escape from Thermidor, so I fled to the other side of the boulder, but then those sand bandits captured me and brought me back."
“…”
“That’s right here.”
“…”
"When I was captured and taken back, I accidentally discovered a gap under the boulder. Although it can't be seen from above, the gap is actually very large."
“…”
“Someone can get through.”
“…”
"If you don't believe me, I can—"
"Wait a minute!"
Just as he was about to lead the way, Ying Shao stepped forward and stopped him with his hand.
At such a close distance, we couldn't see each other's facial expressions.
But he could see the light in each other's eyes.
There was a sincere yet fearful look in Li Lai's eyes. Obviously, coming to this place seemed to awaken some memory from his past, which also made him a little nervous.
Ying Shao frowned slightly.
According to military strategists, this place was already the best location for an ambush. If we didn't count the troops they had left behind for support, if only these people had walked to this place, and if the people from Hot Moon Bay really set an ambush here...
They almost had a narrow escape from death.
But now, there is no movement at all.
Could it be that they guessed wrong?
Or is the ambush on the other side of the boulder?
Thinking of this, he looked up at the huge shadow in front of him, as if a giant was standing in front of him. If there was only a gap that one person could pass through, then this place would indeed be "one man blocking the way for ten thousand men."
Ambushing on the opposite side does indeed give us a better chance of success than here.
He thought for a moment and said, "Let me go first."
When everyone heard this, they became anxious.
However, no one dared to make a loud noise. Only Qiu Jiang, who had been following Ying Shao, stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Sir, no!"
Ying Shao turned to look at him: "Hmm?"
"Your Excellency cannot take such risks lightly."
"No problem."
Ying Shao knew very well that although the situation was somewhat different from what they had expected, they couldn't stop here since they had come this far.
"Let me go over there and take a look. You all stay here and pay attention—"
When he said "pay attention", his eyes flickered slightly in the dark light. Qiu Jiang certainly understood that when he said pay attention, he didn't just mean pay attention to everything around him, but also pay attention to the person in front of him.
So he said, "I understand."
After Ying Shao finished speaking, he turned around and bent down.
From above, the gap seemed to be just a small crack left by a huge rock pressing on the mountain road, but when we went down, we found that there was a depression in the ground, forming a huge gap in the middle.
Just enough for one person to pass through.
If it wasn't an emergency but just a surprise attack, this place would be enough.
But, if there is an ambush—
Thinking of this, Ying Shao became more nervous. He crawled into the crevice of the rock, thought for a while, raised his left leg, reached out and took out a boot knife hidden in his boot, and put it in his mouth.
If it is pitch black outside after the engine is turned off, then here it is truly pitch dark.
Even when I stretched out my hand to feel around in front of me, I couldn't see any shadow.
Ying Shao had been with Zhu Feng for many battles, but this was the first time he had encountered such a situation. In particular, he had no idea what was on the other side of the boulder.
However, the purpose of this trip is to find out the situation.
No matter how great the difficulties are, as the commander of the imperial guards, he should overcome them.
Thinking of this, he took another deep breath, then reached out to touch the big rock pressing on his head, and moved forward step by step.
At this moment, his fingers suddenly touched something.
"Um?"
Ying Shao frowned slightly, stretched out his hand to support the big rock above his head, and walked forward. Faintly, a faint, almost invisible light appeared in front of his eyes. It was a little bit of light leaking from the gap on the other side of the big rock.
Going out!
Thinking of this, Yingshao's heartbeat quickened. He bit the boot knife tightly in his mouth, touched the stone above his head with his hand, walked forward bit by bit along the bumpy road under his feet, and slowly got out of the cave.
Over here——
It turned out to be an ordinary mountain road!
Ying Shao was shocked and could hardly believe his eyes.
However, he did not crawl out immediately. Instead, he carefully hid under a big rock and looked around cautiously. He immediately heard footsteps coming from the front.
Because he was close to the ground, he could hear it clearly. He immediately bent down again and heard that the footsteps were a bit messy and there was more than one person.
Ahead, a faint light of fire appeared.
Ying Shao held his breath and hid under a big rock. He heard the footsteps getting closer and closer. On the other side of the rock, the people he brought with him naturally did not dare to make any sound.
The only sound in the entire valley was his own tense breathing.
As the footsteps got closer, Ying Shao reached out and grasped the handle of the boot knife in his mouth.
Is it an ambush, or... ?
Several tall figures turned a corner and walked over.
The voice arrives before the figure arrives——
"It's so late, and we still have to patrol here. It's really damn bad luck."
"That is, what's good to see here?"
"The important places are all handed over to Hu Lao Er. Let us watch these places. There is a bird!"
"Forget it, forget it. Just stay here and go back tomorrow morning after this night."
As they spoke, several people walked to the big rock and were about to sit down.
A cold light flashed in Ying Shao's eyes.
He took out the boot knife from his mouth and was about to rush out -
Suddenly, a piercing sound was heard in the silent night sky!
When Ying Shao heard the voice, he was stunned.
Is this, the sound of a cymbal?!
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