The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

Watching Zhang Yun and the others being burned alive, all the soldiers on the city wall were full of hatred.

"My lord, let's fight!"

As soon as one person spoke, more people spoke, "Beidi barbarians killed my comrade, this hatred is irreconcilable!"

"war!"

Bai Yan turned around, "What kind of fight?"

When Xiao Jiuqin left, he took half of the city's elite away. They didn't have an advantage in the first place. Now they go out or die, not to mention that they are all dazzled by hatred. How can they win?

"You are greedy for life and afraid of death, but we are not afraid, huddled in the city, waiting for the food and grass to run out, and starve to death?!"

"There are no cowards in Daliang's soldiers, and now the barbarians from Beidi are about to ride on our heads. Is it possible to endure like this?"

They gathered around Bai Yan one by one, with Ling Ran's fierce look in their eyes, but Bai Yan suddenly lowered his head and smiled.

"why are you laughing?"

"Laugh at you for being ignorant, laugh at you for being stupid..." Bai Yan drew out the sword in one of his hands and pointed it directly at the city.

"Look, the Beidi barbarians are gathering more and more now, Guixi Mansion has been surrounded, this is a trap!"

He just understood everything at that moment.

It was true to burn, kill and loot, it was true to lure Xiao Jiuqin out, it was true to surround them to death.

"My Lord, he..."

"Since the other party lured him out, it means that they have already planned how to stop Xiao Jiuqin. Instead of expecting him to come to rescue, you should be more peaceful."

After finishing speaking, Bai Yan went down the city wall.

I hope these people can listen to his words, otherwise they will just go out and die for nothing.

"Where are you going, my lord?" Bai Yan left, followed by someone behind him at some point, he heard footsteps behind him, and looked back, "Who are you?"

"My subordinate's name is Xie Ping, and he is a court lieutenant from the Firearms Battalion." The man has delicate features, and he looks like he hasn't reached the crown yet.

"Why are you following me?" Bai Yan bypassed the long street and walked straight to the west of the city. There were not many houses in that direction, and most of them were residences of merchants.

Xie Ping didn't seem to be able to see Bai Yan's defense, and followed him even tighter. He didn't care whether Bai Yan would listen or not, and continued to babble, "My lord also saw that those Beidi barbarians deliberately lured us into the bait. I don't know my lord now. Is there any way?"

"There's no way." Bai Yan turned his head and glanced at him, "Stop following me."

Bai Yan had already opened his mouth, but Xie Ping was still following behind him, he didn't dare to speak anymore, he only kept a distance of four or five feet and walked lightly.

Xie Ping was a man who didn't want to get in, and Bai Yan couldn't do anything about him for a while, he couldn't just kick him out, so he let him go on with him.

Obviously, it was also the first time for Bai Yan to come to Guixi Mansion, but he was very familiar with the terrain here. Xie Ping watched him go around one after another alley, and finally came to a mansion.

Xie Ping endured all the way, and finally couldn't help taking a step forward at this moment, he looked at Bai Yan's side face and asked in a low voice, "My lord, is this?"

Bai Yan said, "Go and knock on the door."

"Ah?" Xie Ping was stunned for a moment, Bai Yan looked at him and said, "What, is there a problem?"

"No, no..." Xie Ping knocked on the door obediently after hearing his words. At first he knocked lightly twice, but there was no movement inside. He turned his head and glanced at Bai Yan, who ignored him and just Looking around, Xie Ping continued to knock on the door.

He was stronger this time, but there was still no movement inside.

"My lord, there seems to be no one inside."

Bai Yan showed a puzzled expression, but the next moment he walked along the base of the wall, as if he was scouting the terrain.

Xie Ping followed him, not understanding what Bai Yan was doing at all. When he was puzzled, Bai Yan pointed to a tree next to the wall and said, "Climb up from here."

Xie Ping was really stunned this time.

Bai Yan couldn't wait for him to make a move, so he pouted: "Climb."

Seeing his "resolute attitude", Xie Ping could only tie his clothes around his waist, then hugged the thick tree with both hands, and climbed up bit by bit. The tree was not very far from the wall, so when he got up to When the tree trunk branches, you can see the scene in the house.

It looks like no one lives there.

"Turn in and open the door."

Xie Ping didn't know how he followed and became Bai Yan's entourage, he obediently flipped inside, without caring about looking at the things inside, he ran to open the door in a few steps.

Bai Yan came in and walked straight to the backyard. Xie Ping once suspected that he had been here before, otherwise he would have walked to the innermost side without being led by no matter how he explained it.

The house looked good from the outside, but inside it was overgrown with weeds and looked in disrepair.

Xie Ping was a little curious, "Sir, have you been here?"

"No."

Bai Yan followed his memory and walked around the corridor.

"Then why did you walk like this, my lord..."

"Map."

"Ah?" Xie Ping thought he had heard wrong.

Bai Yan continued to explain, "The magistrate's study has a map of the city, including the outside territory planning, and all the streets and houses in the city are clearly marked."

"There is also the county chronicle. Although there are some discrepancies in the records, the things in it are almost the same, and the changes have not changed much in the past few years."

"What about your map, my lord?"

"In the study."

Xie Ping opened his eyes slightly, "Then how many times have you watched it to remember it so clearly?"

"Twice." The old god Bai Yan was there.

Xie Ping was completely convinced.

Bai Yan glanced at him, "Why, is it difficult?"

Xie Ping was so choked up by his words that his chest felt tight. What should he say? Could it be that when he read the atlas of making firearms before, he read them every day and every night, and he couldn’t remember clearly enough in the end!

In fact, Bai Yan didn't have a photographic memory, but he did remember things faster than others.

In the past, it took Xiao Jiuqin and the others two full days to memorize things, but Bai Yan only took less than two hours, and sometimes he could even draw inferences from one instance. This is one of the reasons why Xue Liangfu valued this student very much.

After talking about the map, Bai Yan didn't speak again. He walked carefully along the wall, but he didn't seem to be interested in the house in the middle of the yard.

Xie Ping followed him to check, although he didn't know what to look for.

"Get a shovel."

Bai Yan instructed Xie Ping, while he himself continued to bend down to look at the traces on the ground bit by bit.

Although Xie Ping didn't know what he was going to do, he obediently found two shovels and handed him a light one, while he himself was about to dig into the ground with a clumsy gesture.

Bai Yan kicked his calf, "Go away."

Although it wasn't very obvious, Xie Ping still saw a bit of disgust in Bai Yan's eyes, he pouted aggrievedly, and then took a big step back.

Only then was Bai Yan satisfied, picked up the shovel in his hand and made a few gestures in the air, and finally chose a place that looked a bit low-lying and began to dig.

"My lord, what are you looking for? Can I help?" Xie Ping holding the shovel was meaningless, he wanted to help but didn't dare to do it.

Bai Yan didn't answer him immediately, but dug out a small square frame on the ground, which looked about the size of a well.

"You continue to dig along this line, and you must be careful not to dig too far."

"Okay." After all, Xie Ping was someone who had stayed in the military camp. His movements were faster than Bai Yan's. Bai Yan's eyes fell to the ground, watching the ground from the clay at the beginning to some white powder appearing on the back. Things, I slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Looks like the place is right.

At first, Xie Ping wondered if Bai Yan was making some mess on purpose, but when he dug out the white powder, a bronze horn slowly began to appear on the ground.

Xie Ping suddenly had more strength, and he dug faster and faster, ignoring other things, but Bai Yan yelled, "Slow down."

Bai Yan had no idea that Xie Ping had already been brainstorming about the rare treasures underneath.

After all, the scriptures often write about the former emperors or powerful kings with different surnames. They conquered the country and finally looted a lot of treasures, but they hid them in a secret corner in order not to be discovered.

As we dug bit by bit, we finally saw that the bronze corner just now was actually a part of a cover.

Xie Ping was so tired that he was out of breath, Bai Yan squatted on the ground and slowly wiped off the dirt on the bronze, and then together with Xie Ping, the two of them lifted the bronze plate, revealing a dark secret passage underneath.

"Is this a secret passage?"

The anticipation on Xie Ping's face disappeared in an instant. Although he didn't expect any treasure here, but it was just a secret passage, he was a little disappointed.

But now Bai Yan didn't care about what he was thinking, and knelt on the ground on one knee, carefully sending the fire bag down.

The torch was suddenly extinguished.

Xie Ping clicked another one, and the gesture was about to go down.

"Don't worry." Bai Yan stopped Xie Ping, "Going down now is prone to accidents." The two of them completely removed the bronze plate, and temporarily placed the tunnel entrance for a while.

After about a cup of tea, Bai Yan and Xie Ping went down one after the other, the air inside was a little humid, and there was a sour smell.

And the more you go inside, you can see the traces of kerosene lamps left on the stone walls on both sides.

"This secret passage can lead to the outside of the city." Bai Yan explained.

He didn't stay in the mansion for the past two days, he searched through all the things related to Guixi Mansion in the study of the prefect of Guixi, and finally only found this one that was useful.

Although he didn't expect much at the beginning, after all, the record was long ago, but he and Xie Ping actually dug out a secret passage. I have to say that Bai Yan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can this secret passage lead out of the city?" The two walked around for a long time but couldn't find the exit. Xie Ping was a little skeptical.

There was no way out in front of him, and the sticky wetness under his feet always made him feel a chill coming from the back of his spine.

"There is still a long distance from the west of the city to the outside of the city. If you continue to walk patiently, you will always find an exit."

Bai Yan was different from Xie Ping, he didn't have any expectations at first, but since he dug out this secret path, he probably had the bottom line.

There shouldn't be any major problems recorded in the book, so he continued to move forward with Xie Ping in such a calm manner.

"Wait, did you hear anything?" Xie Ping stopped suddenly, and Bai Yan also stopped when he heard the sound, holding his breath when he heard the sound of water not far away.

The two of them continued to walk along the sound of the water in a tacit understanding, and it didn't take long before the front suddenly opened up.Underfoot is a long river.