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The three of Ding Daxie entered the tent to salute, Zhao Tun waved away and said, "Did you find anything in the stone city?"

The three said in unison: "My lord, I have indeed found something!"

Zhao Tun nodded: "Speak slowly."

The three of them glanced at each other, only to hear Daxie say: "The subordinates followed the order of the prince and began to search carefully after entering the stone city. After a few days, they found traces in a fortress."

Erxie continued: "Although the ground of the fortress is seamless, how can it escape the eyes of the subordinates? Not only can they see that there is something strange about the underground, but even the mechanism can be clearly felt."

Shi Qian continued: "The subordinates opened the mechanism, and saw that there is a secret passage below, it was repaired very neatly, and it took a huge project."

There was a sense of relief in Zhao Tun's expression, as expected!

This stone city was built by Qian Liu, the governor of Hangzhou in the late Tang Dynasty, and the Jiedu envoy of the Zhendong Army, but who is this Qian Liu?

He was a hero in the troubled times at the end of Tang Dynasty, the founding monarch of Wuyue Kingdom who was called "Sea Dragon King" by the people of Zhejiang and Zhejiang!
Zhao Tun's Moxie sword has been hidden in the palace of Qian's family in Wuyue country. When Wuyue surrendered to Song Fengdi, Qian Chu, the king of Wuyue at that time, brought this Moxie sword to Tokyo and dedicated it to Emperor Taizong.

The ten-mile stone city in Gaoting Mountain was built by Qian Liu. This stone city is actually very strange. Whether Qian Liu was the governor of Hangzhou or later became the king, the strategic significance of this stone city is actually not great.

When people come to fight Hangzhou, they must survey the terrain. Seeing that there is a stone city here, how could they not clear the defenders inside?This is the most basic common sense of a leader, no one will let Shicheng exist and make the lowest mistakes.

If there are bandits everywhere, it is easy to be occupied by bandits, which is not good for Hangzhou.

Judging from the terrain here, it can't achieve the role of monitoring and watching the enemy's situation, but the geography is relatively flat, so it is easy to build stone cities and stone villages.

This is a little weird.

Qian Liu is a hero in troubled times, a military master, what is he doing with such a thing?Are you free?
Hangzhou is the capital of Wu and Yue of the Qian family, and this stone city is not far from Hangzhou. Could there be some deep meaning in this?
Zhao Tang immediately thought of Emperor Hongwu of later generations. Emperor Hongwu was suspicious by nature. It is said that he once dug a secret passage in the palace, hiding a monk's obedience certificate, and the secret passage led directly outside the city in case of emergency.

Therefore, he wondered if there was a secret passage under the stone city that would lead to Qianwang Palace in Hangzhou, so he sent three people to investigate.

The brothers of the Ding family had done the business of groping the golden-haired mound before, and they were familiar with underground affairs, while Shi Qian was a habitual thief. Shi Qian's stature is perfectly suitable for this kind of activity, so he was also sent there.

At this moment, Zhao Tun pondered and said, "Have you ever gone down the passage to investigate?"

Ding Daxie said: "My lord, Brother Shi and I fell down and walked for a while, but..."

Zhao Tong said: "But what?"

Ding Daxie said with doubts on his face: "But the underground passage is not long, and we didn't go far before it ended!"

"Huh?" Zhao Tun was slightly taken aback when he heard the words: "Let's listen to the details!"

Ding Daxie said: "At that time, I asked Erlang to guard outside, so I went down with Brother Shi Qian to investigate. I saw that the passage was built with bluestone walls and wooden beams on the top. For many years, but no one collapsed and blocked, we both groped forward, who knew that there was a mechanism in this passage."

Zhao Tong frowned: "What mechanism?"

Ding Daxie said: "My lord, there are traps, flying guns, and bayonet nets, but we broke them all, and there are several forks in the road. A false door is installed at the end, and it cannot be opened. Once opened, there will be thousands of arrows All-in-one suppressor."

Zhao Tong said: "It's so dangerous, can we get rid of it one by one?"

Ding Daxie said: "It's all broken, and then the two of us took the right path, and it didn't take long to reach the exit, but it turned out to be in a temple, and the exit is behind the Buddha statue in the main hall of the temple."

Zhao Tong touched his chin when he heard this, it was a bit different from what he thought, the underground passage in the stone city is not connected to Hangzhou city, but a temple, what is the reason for this?
He said: "It can be seen what kind of temple it is, and in which direction?"

Ding Daxie said: "The two of us secretly went out to have a look. This temple is quite big, and there are many monks inside. Although there were still some incense during the war, when we went to the gate of the mountain, it was called Xianning Temple. After inquiring, it is said that it was built by King Wuyue back then, and it is closer to Hangzhou than that stone city."

Zhao Tong squinted his eyes, Xianning Temple?He had heard of this temple, and the former site of this temple still existed in later generations, and it was indeed built during the Five Dynasties.

He thought for a while and then suddenly laughed, Qian Liu, the king of Wuyue, could it be a cunning strategy?

Although the distance between Shicheng and Hangzhou is not far, that is only on the ground. How difficult is it to dig a tunnel underground?Wanting to dig all the way into the Qianwang Palace in Hangzhou City, not to mention the huge project, but also to deceive people's eyes and ears, it may be difficult to grasp the direction.

Then, this section of Shicheng only leads to Xianning Temple, and within or near Xianning Temple, there must be tunnels leading to Hangzhou City, but it may not go directly to Qianwang Palace, it is very likely to be in other places, and then there are passages to the palace.

In this way, there are a total of three passages underground, and each section can go out to the ground at any time, and then go underground again, and finally enter Gaoting Mountain, which is the remnant of Tianmu Mountain. Entering the mountain is like a fish entering the sea, and it is hard to find.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tang couldn't help but exclaim secretly. This method is much better than just digging a straight-through tunnel. Not to mention whether such a long tunnel can be dug, even if it can be successful, but once it is leaked, the pursuers will rush straight in. However, these three sections of tunnels are flexible and changeable, increasing the number of escaped people a lot!
Zhao Tang thought of this and said: "The three of you go back and rest, and tomorrow I will go to Xianning Temple with my king to visit!"

The three went on as promised, and in the blink of an eye the next morning, Zhao Tong gathered three thousand soldiers and horses, and went straight to the monastery, but this monastery is a few miles closer to Hangzhou than Shicheng, surrounded by green trees.

Before arriving at the monastery, Zhao Tong looked up and saw three big golden characters on the top of the mountain gate, it was written for Xianning Temple, I don't know who wrote it, it was very dignified and rich, one could tell that the temple's incense must be at its peak.

Now that there is chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, Hangzhou has fallen, and now there is another war, there are still people from the suburbs in this temple coming to burn incense and pray for blessings, which shows how prosperous it is on weekdays.

Zhao Tong first ordered soldiers and horses to surround the temple, and then asked people to go and invite all the people offering incense away before entering the courtyard.

The main hall of Xianning Temple has five entrances and five exits, and there are several guest rooms in the monk's dormitory. It can be regarded as a first-class temple in this suburban area.

He led people into the temple, and the abbot and monks came out to greet him. The leader was a tall old monk with a gray beard. After exchanging greetings, he learned that his Dharma name was Xuan En. As a deacon, after years of hard work, he finally became the abbot.

Zhao Tong only said that he had military affairs to deal with and would occupy the monastery for a few days, so Xuan En was not out of the question, and he didn't drag his feet, so he took all the monks to clean up, and left half an hour later to go to Jixiang Temple on the other side of the mountain for a temporary stay.

Zhao Tun waited for the monks to go far away, and asked Ding Daxie to search the secret passage in the temple.

This temple is not small, and Ding Daxie didn't find something wrong in the Buddhist scripture pavilion until afternoon, so he hurriedly asked Zhao Tong to have a look.

This Sutra Pavilion is a small two-story building, but it is resplendent and resplendent, which shows that Xianning Temple is rich and powerful.

The ground on the first floor is paved with neat bluestone slabs, the surrounding walls are painted with new oil, there are also various verse posts hanging, and there is even a picture of Dongpo layman's machine identification.

Ding Daxie said: "My lord, the ground here is hollow!"

Zhao Tong raised his eyebrows, there is a basement?A place like the Sutra Pavilion is a place for storing scriptures, so basically no basement will be dug, and the paper of scriptures is afraid of moisture. Once there is a basement below, moisture will inevitably rush up, which is not good for the preservation of scriptures.

He was noncommittal, and Ding Daxie led the way, and saw a huge sutra shelf that had been removed at the innermost corner of the first floor.

There was originally a slate wall behind the sutra shelf, but at this moment the slate was pried open, revealing a black hole, and a cold air was "swish" coming out from below.

Ding Daxie said: "My lord, my subordinates covered their mouths and noses just now and went down to take a look. It's a secret room. Before I had time to explore it in detail, I invited my lord to come and watch."

Zhao Tang nodded: "Call Erxie to join Shi Qian, there are many people and the speed is fast!"

At this time, Ding Erxie and Shi Qian also came from outside. Originally, the three were separately looking for a passage in the temple, but the two of them found nothing. When they heard that they found a basement here, they ran over.

The three of them all carried tools on their backs, and they were all different. The big crab and the second crab are one kind, and Shi Qian is another.

For the big crab and the second crab, there are whirlwind shovel, short-handled hoe, centipede hanging ladder and so on.

Shi Qian brought flying tiger claws, thin rod brazing, lily key silver door chains, etc.

All three covered their mouths and noses with wet sackcloth, and then two held torches, and one held a six-yin candlestick with six white candles on it, and walked into the basement.

After about half an hour, a voice came from below: "My lord, we have found a passage!"

Zhao Tong said on the top: "Is there a mechanism suppressor?"

The following said: "The entrance has been broken, and the inside has not yet entered."

Zhao Tong thought for a while: "Let's come up first, everything will be discussed in the long run."

He thought that if the passage of Xianning Temple directly leads to the city of Hangzhou, there will be only a lot more traps than the section of Shicheng, and he is afraid that something will happen if the three venture into it.

After the three came up, they explained the situation below in detail. It turned out that it was not as simple as the basement. It was like an underground palace where life and death were divided into eight sects.

Returning to the camp in the evening, the next morning Zhao Tun led his men back, but this time he asked the three of them to bring a hundred strong soldiers down, and calculated the pace and time, once the end was over, they couldn't go out easily, they came back to discuss it.

It wasn't until the evening that these people came back from the ground, but they lost a few strong soldiers, and more than a dozen people were injured. The three of Ding Daxie were also disheartened, but their tone was very excited: "My lord, I have come to the end, it should be In the city of Hangzhou, but there are too many traps on the road, it is impossible to guard against, and several brothers died.

Zhao Tong said: "How to judge that it is in the city of Hangzhou?"

Ding Daxie said: "The general direction is not wrong, and the pace of the time is not too different. From the other side, I heard the movement above, the noise from the distance, and the sound of horseshoes, but it seems that it is not in Qianwang Palace. The palace shouldn't be so noisy."

Zhao Tang frowned upon hearing this, since many voices could be heard from below, it proves that the exit is not a quiet place, which is not very good.

If he sent people to sneak into Hangzhou City through this passage, he would definitely hide some of his soldiers after he went up. If he couldn't hide and show his face, it would be unlucky to be discovered. If this channel is destroyed, his plan to sneak attack Hangzhou will come to nothing, and he still has to face the situation where the city is high and fortified, and his family has nothing to do.

Zhao Tun did not give up and asked: "What does the end of the passage look like to you?"

Ding Daxie frowned and shook his head, Erxie was also silent in thought, Shi Qian grabbed the mouse whisker and said, "I don't think it's an open place, it's most likely the courtyard downstairs by the street, the sound of the horse's hooves should come from It came from the road."

"In the courtyard downstairs by the street?" Zhao Tong squinted his eyes. Logically speaking, it is impossible for King Qian Liu of Wuyue to choose a random place as the exit of this tunnel. This is a matter of digging secret passages.

It's just... It's been more than [-] years since he dug this tunnel. Times have changed, things have changed, and it's hard to say that the hidden place at the beginning has become a prosperous place, but we have to investigate again anyway.

Zhao Tang asked everyone to go back to the camp to rest for another night, and then instead of sending ordinary soldiers, Ding Daxie led the team, leading the three brothers of the Bai family, and the four walked to the head of the passage again.

The Ding brothers and Shi Qian were not good at martial arts, but the three Bai brothers were capable of second-rate fists and feet, so they could easily escape at critical moments, so it was more reassuring for Zhao Tong to send them there.

The four of them still set out early in the morning, Ding Daxie led the way, and Bai Ao said behind: "Ding Dalang, can this relieve the itchy hands?"

Ding Daxie glanced back at him. He hadn't touched gold for these years, and his hands were indeed itchy. Although exploring the tunnel was not like digging a real grave, but there were traps everywhere inside, and the distance was far away, it was indeed addictive.

He laughed and said: "It's only half solved, it would be better if it happens again."

The three brothers of the Bai family are all outstanding talents, especially the eldest, Bai Ao, who is handsome and handsome, just as his name suggests, with a little arrogance, at this moment he couldn't help laughing and said: "I think it's better to ask the prince to build a building in the middle of the capital, and let you Ding Dalang preside over it. This kind of mechanism suppressor, when there is nothing to do, you can dismantle it and think about it yourself, so that it will be really enjoyable!"

Ding Daxie's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he said repeatedly: "It's so good, it's so good, after Fang La is calmed down, I will tell the prince after I return to Beijing."

Bai Ao laughed loudly: "I'll destroy your building when the time comes, what does Dalang think of this matter?"

Ding Daxie shook his head and said, "I'm afraid Brother Bai that you will never return!"

Bai Ao said "bah", "Da Lang boasted, you will know when the time comes!"

A few people walked and talked, and they had reached the end of the passage before they knew it...

(End of this chapter)