Chapter 177 The Secret of Dragon Flame Valley
The footsteps were particularly loud in the empty cave.
There is a cave with a small opening under the cover of weeds, but there is a lot of things inside. From the beginning, it was only allowed for one person to walk sideways, but now it is like a highway, and even several horses can walk side by side. Looking at the feet, the top of the head and the sides, this cave has always been maintained by someone.
The only people who accompanied Li Dachui into the cave were Cui Hu, a member of the army, and the guerrilla general Wangshan.
This secret seems to be known only to the civil and military leaders.
This surprised Li Dachui. He didn't expect that the Dragon Flame Valley in this large open-air prison also had its own secret, and this secret might scare him.
Earlier, Li Dachui had determined that Longyan Valley must be the birthplace of the dried up river, and the water source naturally came from groundwater.
Then there are caves in Dragon Flame Valley, which is a matter of course.
Now it seems that this is indeed the case, and the people in Dragon Flame Valley have long made use of these underground caves.
Think about it, such a large group of people have been imprisoned here for dozens of miles, and the Dragon Flame Valley is only so big, and any strange things underground have been clearly detected long ago.
"Isn't it strange that the Protector is not surprised?" Cui Hu held up the torch and looked at Li Dachui with a plain expression.
Li Dachui smiled and said: "There are underground rivers under the Dragon Flame Valley, so I am not surprised that there is such a cave. I was just thinking, how big of a surprise would it be for me to join the army?"
"Maybe it's fright!" Cui Hu said.
"That's not the case, Li is very courageous!" Li Dachui smiled and said: "I have seen a lot of things in the world, and there are not many things that can scare me."
< br>Cui Hu smiled and walked forward, holding up the back handles with Wangshan one behind the other. Old God Li Dachui was following between the two of them.
To be honest, he really didn't care what bad things the two people in front of him could do to him.
The strength of both sides lies here.
Wangshan is only at the seventh level of Xuanyuan, and Cui Hu is even worse, only at the sixth level of Qi Control.
To put it bluntly, if you really want to take action, it won’t take much effort for Li Dachui to defeat one of them with one punch.
All conspiracies and machinations must be based on strength.
Ants plot against elephants. Even if they design the most perfect trap in the world, it will be meaningless under the elephant's bowl-sized hooves. With one kick, all plots will disappear.
The three of them walked very fast. Even if they went deep underground, there was no feeling of time passing in the darkness. But Li Dachui felt that they had walked at least dozens of miles, and he sketched the surface of Dragon Flame Valley in his mind. Li Dachui felt that they should have left the boundaries of Dragon Flame Valley by now.
The deafening sound of water rumbled in my ears.
Li Dachui and his party of three stopped.
Talking a few steps forward, Li Dachui stared at this rare sight with his eyes wide open under the light of the fire.
There was a cliff at their feet, and tens of meters deep from where they stood, there was a mighty river coming from nowhere.
But Cui Hu and the others must know where they are going, because a stone staircase was dug out of the stone wall on one side of the cliff all the way down to the river. A boat was tied to the edge of the stone stage.
Looking up, Li Dachui was really surprised. There was more than just one boat?
There are at least dozens of ships of different sizes tightly tied together.
Taking a deep breath, Li Dachui stared at Cui Hu and said: "Waterway leading to the outside?"
Cui Hu nodded.
“So Dragon Flame Valley has always been connected with the outside!” Li Dachui continued: “The Yuan people thought they trapped you in a large open-air prison, but in fact you have always been able to move around outside! "
"It took us more than ten years to explore the underground rivers and build the underground roads. Li Duhu, you can't imagine how difficult it was!" Cui Hu said: "This is the road we have walked. "I can only imagine the difficulties you have gone through," Li Dachui said with certainty. "But I also know that all this effort must be worth it. Cui Canjun, now I think what you gave me may have been a real shock!"
Cui Hu laughed.
"Do you know me?" Li Dachui suddenly asked.
"The horse bandit Li Dachui naturally knows about it!" Wangshan said: "It's just that we can't equate Li Dachui with your current identity. It's also impossible to imagine that you are actually a descendant of Prince Ze. "
Cui Hu smiled and said: "When we learned that the horse bandit Li Dachui dug into Linghuye's corner, took away Xiao Changche, established the Anxi Protectorate, and turned against Linghuye. , We really wanted to contact you, but we haven’t had time to implement it yet.”
“You have another identity outside, and you have been active outside!” Li Dachui understood a little: “So you are right. Today, we still understand the general situation of the world. We know that Da Qin is currently suffering from internal and external troubles. We know that Linghu Ye has a disobedient heart. We also know that we are not at odds with Da Qin, and we have no loyalty to the court. Therefore, you see the hope of returning. No?"
"Exactly!" Cui Hu said: "Although our news will be delayed, we are by no means isolated from the world!"
"What is your identity outside?" Li Dachui asked.
Cui Hu and Wangshan looked at each other and laughed. "Li Duhu, please get on the boat first! You will know in a moment!"
Li Dachui floated over with a smile and fell on the boat like a fallen leaf: "Okay, hurry up then! Well, I can’t wait!”
Seeing Li Dachui’s movement, Cui Hu and Wangshan looked at each other, and their eyes showed excitement.
The two men were very skilled in driving the boat, and they were obviously very familiar with the river here. They could dexterously move down the river with just the two torches on the boat.
“The river was not so smooth before, and there were many reefs, but we have slowly cleared them up, leaving only some traps in case something unexpected happens. The role of chasing soldiers!" Cui Hu said with a smile.
“Although God’s workmanship is amazing, our Dragon Flame Valley is even more extraordinary. We have to admire our perseverance in transforming for decades.”
“When you are precarious, everything When everything, including your life, may be taken away at any time, you will also be very anxious and want to find more escape routes." Cui Hu said: "It seems that we have done a lot now, but after all, we are still in someone else's hands. If a conflict really breaks out on the territory, and these preparations can only delay the destruction, try to escape as many people as possible. The rest is just delusion!"
"If you can do all this, It’s already very simple!” Li Dachui said sincerely. "Thinking about all this, Gao Qunshu and others don't know about it!"
"Of course!" Cui Hu said: "Not to mention people like Qun Shu and others who have gone out to do things for the Yuan people, even the people in the valley, there are only a very few absolutely reliable people who know all this."
While talking, Cui Hu and the others maneuvered the boat to slowly dock.
"Li Duhu, let's go take a look at some of the storage warehouses we have here first!"
As the two of them landed, not far away, they saw the cliffs on both sides. Just looking at the rusty iron locks and thick iron chains on the wooden doors above, you can tell that these wooden doors are rarely opened.
Wangshan took out the key, spent a long time to open the iron lock, and pushed open the wooden door.
Under the light of the fire, wooden boxes were stacked neatly, stretching from the front to the depths of the cave. There were at least three or five large boxes stacked in each row. I opened a box casually and looked at the oil paper package inside. Li Dachui couldn't help but laugh.
In this cave, there are enough swords, guns, swords and halberds to arm thousands of people, as well as armor.
“For more than ten years, we have been like squirrels, working hard to hide things!” Wangshan said: “In the past ten years, we have prepared more than ten caves like this. Equip 10,000 people!”
“Where did you get the money?” This is the question Li Dachui has always wanted to ask.
The output of Longyan Valley is limited. They have nearly 20,000 people to support, and they have to pay heavy taxes to the Yuan people.
Li Dachui believed that the officials of the Yuan Dynasty would never be useless, and the amount of taxes they had to pay must have been calculated in detail, so that these people could not be allowed to starve to death, and they could not be allowed to have nothing to do to cause trouble to the Yuan Dynasty.
But even under such calculations, the people in Dragon Flame Valley actually hid so many good things, which made Li Dachui feel a little incredible!
How did they do it?
Cui Hu did not answer directly, but led Li Dachui back to the boat.
Move on.
The underground river water began to divide.
Under the illumination of the fire, the water flow visible to the naked eye began to decrease, and the river began to narrow. After rowing for about an hour, it unexpectedly reached the end.
And here, light has penetrated.
Looking up, there are gaps on the top of the cave, and light comes in from these gaps.
Go ashore and move forward along the repaired road.
There was a huge sound of water rushing from the front, and a curtain of water fell from the top of the huge cave entrance, blocking the entrance of the cave tightly like a bead curtain.
Cui Hu looked back at Li Dachui: "Li Duhu, the answer you want is outside this waterfall!"
"Have we entered the mountain yet?"
< br>"This is a full fifty miles away from Dragon Flame Valley!" Cui Hu said: "Outside is a branch of Qilian Mountain!"
"Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit! Cui Shenjun understands the essence of it!" Li Dachui pointed at him The other person gave a thumbs up.
"Let me lead the way!" Wangshan smiled and stepped hard on the ground. With a whoosh, he passed through the waterfall and disappeared in front of Li Dachui.
Li Dachui smiled, floated up, and followed Wangshan through the waterfall.
Looking at the moment when Li Dachui passed through the waterfall, Cui Hu's face condensed slightly and murmured: "It turns out that the cultivation level has reached such a level, no wonder he is so confident!"
Li Dachui The moment he passed through the waterfall, the water falling from the sky automatically divided to both sides, and no drop of water fell on Li Dachui.
As for Wangshan, when I went out, I was soaked in the rain.
Cui Hu was shocked by Li Dachui's cultivation, and Li Dachui, who came out of the water, was really frightened at this moment. Looking at a flag flying not far in front, he was speechless.
(End of this chapter)