Chapter 141: The Wang Family Is Planning a Rebellion?
The secret room in the back mountain.
The surroundings were quiet and eerie.
Lin Jiangnian and Lin Qingqing shuttled through the quiet secret room, one behind the other. Lin Qingqing followed closely behind Lin Jiangnian, with one hand on the hilt of the sword and a serious look on her face as she scanned the surroundings.
This place was weird, and she had to be careful to avoid sudden dangers.
As the two continued to walk inside, the secret room became darker and darker, leaving only a faint light. Lin Jiangnian soon discovered that the passages in this secret room were complex and extended in all directions, like a maze.
At first, the two followed the traces left in front of them, but as they went deeper, the traces gradually disappeared, and the two quickly lost themselves in it.
Lost?
Lin Jiangnian looked around and realized that he didn't know where he was.
"Why is there such a secret room?"
Lin Jiangnian's frown deepened.
What on earth is this place?
"Your Highness, what should we do now?"
Lin Qingqing spoke, and as the two of them went deeper, the road behind them became increasingly unfamiliar.
"Now that you're here, let's continue looking."
Lin Jiangnian did not stop and continued to go deeper into the secret room. Fortunately, although the front of the secret room became increasingly depressing, there was always a faint light on, proving that the front was not a dead end.
The two of them groped for a long time in the almost dark passage, and finally the light in front of them became more and more abundant. When they turned a corner, an exit appeared in front of them, with lights on.
The light is extremely dazzling.
But at the same time, there was a noisy conversation.
"Someone broke in?"
"I heard that a woman broke in?"
"Woman? Alone?!"
"Yes, it is said that the person who comes here is evil and has extremely high martial arts skills. We must be careful!"
"What are you afraid of? Our secret room is connected in all directions and has many agencies. Anyone who comes has to stay here!"
"..."
The conversation was very clear and noisy. Through the light, Lin Jiangnian quickly saw several figures not far from the entrance of the passage.
He turned around and gave Lin Qingqing a look behind him, and Lin Qingqing understood immediately.
Strike first to gain the upper hand!
She nodded slightly, and as Lin Jiangnian's eyes swept, the two of them took action at the same time.
In the secret room, a gust of wind suddenly blew up.
"Where does the wind come from?"
A guard in the secret room turned around subconsciously, and suddenly felt a black shadow flash behind him. Before he could recover, he fell limply.
At the same time, the other guards in the secret room reacted instantly, but just as they were about to react, another figure appeared behind them and struck like thunder. These soldiers were easily dispatched before they even had time to resist.
After quietly disposing of the last guard, Lin Jiangnian clapped his hands and said crisply.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, your martial arts has improved a lot."
Lin Qingqing's eyes were slightly surprised. His Highness's progress in martial arts was beyond her expectation. I still remember that a few months ago, His Highness was unable to fight back, but now His Highness already has a bit of the prince's demeanor back then.
Although His Highness is still a beginner in martial arts, the results achieved in just a few months are already incredible.
Lin Qingqing naturally saw the reason for all this.
For all the hard work His Highness has put in these past few months, whether in Prince Lin's Mansion or traveling north, His Highness has never neglected his martial arts. If this continues, given time...
Lin Qingqing felt a little hopeful.
In the future, may His Highness truly be able to stand at the top of martial arts one day? !
"So-so."
Lin Jiangnian pouted, not feeling much sense of accomplishment.
Although the guards guarding here are very skilled, their martial arts skills are not top-notch after all. To achieve such results in a sneak attack does not give Lin Jiangnian any sense of accomplishment.
After clapping his hands, Lin Jiangnian began to look around.
"Since there is someone guarding this place, there should be some clues."
Wherever he looked, he saw a dimly lit small secret room with several rooms inside. Lin Jiangnian glanced around and came to a secret room. When he was about to push away, Lin Qingqing behind him stopped him.
"Your Highness, wait a moment."
Lin Jiangnian made a movement with his hands, and Lin Qingqing stepped forward cautiously: "Your Highness, be careful of traps."
Only then did Lin Jiangnian realize something, and immediately became cautious, almost ignoring the mechanism in the secret room.
Lin Qingqing carefully approached the door of the secret room, looked around, and tried to open the door.
To no avail!
Can't push it away?
"There should be a mechanism or a key."
Lin Jiangnian spoke, searched the body of the unconscious guard on the side, and quickly took out a bunch of keys. He came to the door of the secret room, found the switch on the wall, and inserted the key into the secret room.
"Boom!"
With a harsh sound, the door to the secret room slowly opened.
The next second.
"careful!"
Lin Qingqing's pupils suddenly shrank.
"call out!"
In the secret room, a cold crossbow arrow suddenly stabbed out.
Directly towards Lin Jiangnian’s forehead!
Fortunately, Lin Jiangnian was well prepared. The moment he sensed the murderous intent, he tensed up and dodged aside.
"bite!"
Two crossbow arrows pierced the stone pillar behind him, almost penetrating the stone pillar.
Seeing this scene, Lin Jiangnian felt scared.
If he hadn't been prepared earlier, he might have been hit in the head by this crossbow just now.
There are indeed many dangers in this secret room.
But the more this happened, the more Lin Jiangnian believed that there was an ulterior secret in this secret room.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw the murderous aura from the secret room coming again. A long spear came from the secret room and once again went straight to Lin Jiangnian's throat.
"Your Highness, be careful!"
Lin Qingqing's anxious voice came, accompanied by a crisp collision sound.
"Ding!"
Lin Qingqing drew out the long sword in her hand and blocked it in front of Lin Jiangnian, blocking the long spear in the secret room.
In the secret room, a gray-robed man appeared, holding a long spear and rushing over.
The attack missed, and the long spear stabbed again.
The momentum was fierce!
Lin Qingqing did not dare to be careless, and immediately raised his sword to fight with the gray-robed man.
The figures of the two quickly intertwined, and the secret room was full of swords and shadows, and the momentum was like a rainbow. When the two figures entangled and collided, dense marks were left on the surrounding walls.
Lin Jiangnian stepped aside and stared at the two fighting, his eyes fixed.
Although Lin Jiangnian has made great progress in martial arts for several months, he still has very little real combat experience. Although Lin Qingqing and the masters of the prince's personal army fought with Lin Jiangnian, it was still a little less real.
On the way north, Lin Jiangnian originally wanted to venture out and gain experience along the way. But along the way, it was a bit too easy and simple. The enemies he met were either too weak or simply worthless. There was no use for Lin Jiangnian to learn and gain experience.
Now seeing Lin Qingqing fighting with this person, it was a very good opportunity for Lin Jiangnian.
Lin Qingqing's martial arts were not weak. He was in the fifth-grade Wuxiang realm and ranked among the masters of the world. This kind of strength was rare in the world.
And the person who was fighting with Lin Qingqing at the moment...
Lin Jiangnian stared at this person intently. This person was extremely ruthless, holding a long spear and pressing forward step by step, with frequent killing moves, and the long spear in his hand was waving like a flower. Relying on the advantage of the long spear, he forced Lin Qingqing to retreat in a short time.
This person's martial arts were not weak either.
The person who can defend here is not a weak person.
However, Lin Qingqing is not a pushover either. Although the opponent's step-by-step offensive is extremely powerful, the storm-like offensive caught her off guard at the first time, and she was suppressed and embarrassed.
But soon, after withstanding a round of fierce offensive from the opponent, Lin Qingqing gradually adjusted herself, and when she was familiar with the opponent's martial arts routines, she seized the opponent's flaws when he attacked and began to counterattack.
Holding a long sword, she approached quickly with light steps.
The advantage of the long spear is the long hand. Once the opponent approaches, the long spear in the hand becomes a burden. Especially in this secret room, it is not easy to play. When Lin Qingqing approached, the opponent panicked instantly, and his moves were full of flaws.
Lin Qingqing seized the opportunity and pursued the victory. The long sword in her hand stabbed the gray-robed man's heart fiercely. The gray-robed man's pupils shrank and he immediately blocked it with a horizontal spear.
However, Lin Qingqing made a feint, and when the long sword stabbed in, he suddenly chopped horizontally and changed his move. At such a close distance, the gray-robed man was too late to react and had no time to block.
He almost subconsciously reached out to block his neck.
"Ah!"
A sharp scream sounded, and the gray-robed man's fingers were cut off.
The sharp sword came along and cut the opponent's throat!
Clean and neat!
The duel between masters often decides the outcome in just a moment.
It also determines life and death!
The gray-robed man was stiff in place, and after a while, he fell straight down with an unwilling look in his eyes!
Dead!
All around, silence returned.
Lin Qingqing stood in place, breathing a little hurriedly. After taking a few deep breaths, he slowly sheathed the long sword, turned around, and his face had returned to normal.
"Your Highness, he is dead!"
His tone was calm, as if he was talking about something insignificant.
Lin Jiangnian watched this scene calmly, looking at the gray-robed man on the ground who was unwilling and stunned and had stopped breathing, and then looked at Lin Qingqing who looked normal.
Everything looked so easy and simple?
In a trance, Lin Jiangnian saw some shadows of the decisiveness of the kite in Lin Qingqing.
She seemed to have always been so cold and indifferent?
Lin Qingqing, also seemed to have been consciously learning from the kite?
"Well done."
Lin Jiangnian came back to his senses, and recalled the scene of the two people fighting just now.
Indeed, from the beginning, Lin Qingqing's martial arts were stronger. Although the gray-robed man's offensive was very strong, he also exposed many flaws when he was eager to attack.
And Lin Qingqing took the opportunity to seize the opponent's flaws and hit him with a fatal blow!
Lin Jiangnian thought about it and realized something.
Sure enough, fighting with your own people and fighting against the enemy are completely different. When facing life and death, it is often only a thought at that moment.
This duel was a big gain for Lin Jiangnian.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Jiangnian retracted his sight and looked around: "There should be no one left, right?"
Lin Qingqing glanced around and lowered her eyes: "There should be no one left!"
Lin Jiangnian nodded slightly, shook her head and looked at the secret room not far away.
The door of the secret room opened!
This secret room is so heavily guarded, and there are such masters guarding it, it is probably not simple.
"Go in and take a look!"
When Lin Jiangnian was about to take a step, he was stopped by Lin Qingqing.
"Your Highness, let me go first."
Lin Qingqing stood in front of Lin Jiangnian and walked into the secret room first. After carefully scanning the secret room and confirming that there was no danger.
"No danger!"
Hearing this, Lin Jiangnian stepped into the secret room.
As soon as I entered the secret room, in a dim environment, the small secret room was filled with items, covered with cloth.
There was a faint smell of rust and tung oil in the entire secret room.
"What's this?"
Lin Jiangnian frowned slightly, reached out and pulled off the cloth next to him, and rows of wooden boxes appeared in his sight.
"This is……"
Through the cracks in the wooden box, Lin Jiangnian saw something familiar.
Lin Qingqing, who was behind her, stepped forward. When she saw the contents of the wooden box, her pupils shrank suddenly: "This is..."
The wooden box in front of the two men was filled with armor, armor, and various weapons and weapons.
When they saw the contents in the wooden box, both of them were stunned.
As if thinking of something, Lin Jiangnian quickly opened the other pieces of cloth aside. Without exception, they were all wooden boxes. The wooden boxes were all filled with weapons, and the armor worn by the officers and soldiers was densely packed.
"this……"
Lin Jiangnian's expression condensed. Why were there so many military supplies placed here?
What does the Wang family want to do by hoarding these things? !
"These are..."
Lin Qingqing was also stunned, and her expression immediately became extremely solemn.
She naturally knew what it meant to have so many armors and weapons in front of her. Within the dynasty, ordinary people were not allowed to hide armor in their homes. How dare the Wang family do these things secretly?
What do they want to do?
Also, where did these armors come from?
Lin Qingqing suddenly frowned and stared at the armor in the wooden box. Then, as if she realized something, her expression changed: "Your Highness, that's not right!"
"how?"
"Not all of these armors are from Yanzhou."
"What do you mean?"
Lin Qingqing pointed to one of the boxes of armor and said: "The styles and colors of the armors of soldiers in different states of the dynasty are different. In Yanzhou, cyan is the main color, but you see this box of armor is not cyan, and even the style is different from the others. ”
After being reminded by Lin Qingqing, Lin Jiangnian also realized something was wrong: "Indeed, where did these come from?"
Lin Qingqing stared at it for a moment and frowned slightly: "My subordinates don't know either."
Lin Jiangnian looked around with a solemn expression: "What does the Wang family want to do secretly by hoarding these? Is it possible that they want to rebel?"
There was only one purpose he could think of.
Otherwise, why would the Wang family dare to commit such decapitation?
"It is indeed possible..."
Lin Qingqing nodded slightly, but frowned again: "But it's not appropriate!"
"How do you say this?"
"The Wang family doesn't have this ability!"
Lin Qingqing shook her head slightly and said in a deep voice: "Although the Wang family has a huge power in Xunyang County, it cannot truly cover the sky with one hand. Although Wang Shiquan is the prefect of Xunyang County and controls the soldiers and horses of Xunyang County, this is all he has. Far from enough!”
"Behind him is the governor of Yanzhou, and the geographical location of Yanzhou is that it borders the capital of Zhongzhou to the north, and our Linzhou to the south. If the Wang family wants to rebel, it is tantamount to seeking death!"
"More importantly, now that the dynasty is stable, the Wang family has no reason to rebel, let alone the qualifications to rebel."
"unless……"
"..."