chivalrous cat and righteous mouse

What kind of nerves are you cat again!Grandpa Bai followed you in after watching you come in. How could there be anyone else?Could it be hallucinations? "

Zhan Zhao was not annoyed either, he frowned and said, "Just now when Zhan came in, he did feel someone else's aura, but it disappeared in an instant, and then brother Bai came in."

When Bai Yutang heard this, he immediately felt a little unhappy, "Well, you stinky cat, Grandpa Bai came in after saying that he lost his breath. Could it be that your Grandpa Bai let go of that villain!"

Zhan Zhao knew that Bai Yutang had misunderstood what he meant, so he quickly explained, "Brother Bai, don't be upset, Zhan didn't mean that. Brother Bai has been assisting the adults in handling the case, so naturally Zhan wouldn't doubt Brother Bai, Zhan just felt that something was a little strange." , how can a person just disappear like this.”

Bai Yutang wasn't really angry, he heard Zhan Zhao say that someone disappeared out of thin air, so he couldn't believe it, so he held up the torch in his hand, and looked around the whole temple, thinking that Tibetans in this kind of place are unlikely , "Bai thinks, if it is true as your cat said, there was someone here before Bai came in, then there is only one place where he can disappear instantly."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, then followed his line of sight, and suddenly realized, "So that's the case! Zhan even forgot about it!"

Enter the secret passage

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked around the entire temple, and finally stopped their eyes on the giant Buddha in the middle.Speaking of a place to hide, I am afraid that it is the only one that can do it in the entire ruined temple.The two of them looked at each other, smiled at each other, and then came to the giant Buddha together.

Zhan Zhao looked up at the giant Buddha and asked Bai Yutang, "Brother Bai, did you guess the way to open the mechanism?"

Bai Yutang held the treasured sword Hanyue in his arms, with a proud expression on his face, "That's natural."

Zhan Zhao glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and said, "But we don't have a map, so what if we activate the mechanism?"

Bai Yutang still responded unhurriedly, "Although there are many obstacles in this kind of secret passage, most of them are very easy to crack. With a map, you can only know in advance what the mechanism you will encounter in front of you. Bai thinks , with your and my strength, it is more than enough to deal with this kind of mechanism."

Zhan Zhao patted Bai Yutang's shoulder reassuringly, "So Zhan can rest assured that Brother Bai will go with him."

Bai Yutang was a little confused, and hurriedly asked, "Why did you say that?"

Zhan Zhao shrugged and replied, "If you can't guarantee that you and I get back together, Zhan must let you go back and tell the Lord, and the clue must not be cut off here."

After hearing what he said, Bai Yutang frowned unconsciously, "Are you disregarding your own safety?"

Zhan Zhao showed him a faint smile, "Since Zhan came out to make a living, he has never cared about life and death, and now he has become an official by mistake, although he is unwilling, but since this is the case, Zhan also looks away. Well, Jianghu Xingxia is also for the people, and being an official in the court is also for the people. Since the purpose has never changed, why bother to tangle with that worthless identity! Besides, since Zhan has been an official these days, he has followed Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun. He has done a lot for the common people, and from some perspectives, Zhan can do a lot more for the common people now than before, so why not do it!"

Bai Yutang didn't know that Zhan Zhao had such thoughts in his heart, let alone that he had such ambitions in his heart. After listening to his words, Bai Yutang fell into deep thought. He knew that before this, he had always thought that Zhan Zhao was a The villain who is greedy for fame and fortune is wrong to blame him, but Bai Wuye is arrogant by nature, even if he is wrong, he will never bow his head to anyone.

Bai Yutang took a meaningful look at Zhan Zhao, then walked around him and walked behind the giant Buddha, and said, "This mechanism needs to be opened with the power of both of you and me. If there is even half of it out of sync, the obstacle will automatically activate." , launched an attack. Bai is in charge of the giant Buddha, and the other is at the altar, and I will leave it to you."

Zhan Zhao didn't say much, he followed Bai Yutang's instructions and walked to the altar, then looked at him, "What should I do next?"

Facing the protrusion behind the giant Buddha, Bai Yutang rubbed his chin to study the patterns on it. After looking at it for a while, he said to Zhan Zhao, "Place your right hand on the protrusion, and when Bai counts to three, you and I turn left at the same time." Turn it half a circle, then turn it to the right again, and finally push it in half a minute with internal force, and the channel will open automatically."

Zhan Zhao nodded to show his understanding, then switched the giant que to his left hand, and put his right hand on the protrusion of the altar, waiting quietly.Seeing that Zhan Zhao had prepared as he said, Bai Yutang covered his right hand, glanced at Zhan Zhao from the corner of his eye, and then said, "One... two... three."

As soon as the three characters were uttered, the two of them simultaneously applied force to rotate the protrusion.Zhan Zhao has been silently repeating the left half circle and the right circle in his heart, and at the same time pay attention to the speed of Bai Yutang's rotation with his ears, so as to keep himself in line with him.After finishing the circle and a half, Zhan Zhao held his breath and focused his attention, channeling his internal force through his palm into the protuberance of his hand, and then pushed lightly, he felt a sudden movement behind him.

He turned slightly to the side, and saw that Bai Yutang had already taken his hand off, and was holding a fire folder against the side of the Buddha statue to check something.Knowing that they had opened the door to the secret passage, Zhan Zhao let out a breath, put down his hands, and walked towards Bai Yutang, asking, "How?"

Sensing Zhan Zhao's approaching breath, Bai Yutang didn't look at him, just pointed to the wall at the entrance, and said to him, "Look here."

Zhan Zhao leaned over and looked in the direction of his finger, and found some strange patterns carved on the wall at the entrance of the dark passage, which didn't look like patterns from the Central Plains in terms of style. He frowned and asked, "What is this?" Is it the pattern of a foreign race?"

Bai Yutang took a step back, looked carefully at the pattern on the wall, and took a while to respond, "This pattern is somewhat like the totem pattern handed down by the Xianbei people, but Bai is not sure."

Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "Xianbei people?! Isn't that a long time ago!" He looked at the patterns on the wall again, and secretly admired in his heart, such ingenious techniques and techniques are really rare!Thinking in this way, he unconsciously stretched out his hand to touch this age-old craft. Unfortunately, just as he stretched out his hand, a silver light flashed suddenly. Zhan Zhao quickly dodged and took a closer look. There were actually three long and thin silver needles nailed to it.

The two of them immediately looked in the direction where the silver needle came from, but found that it was pitch black inside and they couldn't see anything clearly, and they didn't feel the presence of a third person around.Bai Yutang illuminated the silver needle, looked at it for a while, and said to Zhan Zhao, "Didn't the silver needle shoot over you last time when you were about to touch the altar?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "But today's needle seems to be different from that day."

Bai Yutang brought the fire pocket closer to the wall where the needles were inserted, and suddenly took a deep breath. "Oh! Look at the cat!"

Zhan Zhao didn't know what Bai Yutang saw, so he quickly moved his head towards it. With the help of the faint firelight, he saw that the root of the silver needle inserted into the wall seemed a bit dark, but the light was too dim, and he couldn't see carefully, so he raised his head. , looked at Bai Yutang.At this time, Bai Yutang was also looking down at Zhan Zhao. The moment their eyes met, they felt as if something was flowing through their bodies. The two of them suddenly jumped aside in a jerk, their eyes moved to other places, I don't know where to look.In fact, they didn't realize that it was dark all around, and they looked the same everywhere.

The two were silent with each other for a long while, feeling that the atmosphere was extremely awkward.Zhan Zhao stood in the darkness and took a sneak peek at Bai Yutang. Although he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, he could clearly see the whiteness of his body like snow.Zhan Zhao rubbed his nose, cleared his throat, and said to Bai Yutang, "Ahem, this wall is so strange, Zhan just now seemed to see signs of blackening on the needles, and I don't know if it's his eyesight."

Bai Yutang suddenly laughed when he heard Zhan Zhao's words, "Why is the dignified Master Yu Mao so dazzled?"

Hearing that Lord Yumao teased him again, Zhan Zhao felt a little unhappy for no reason, "Bai Yutang, Zhan told you earlier that the name of Yumao was chosen by the emperor on a whim, not by Zhan You get what you want, and you are so persistent in whatever you do.”

When Bai Yutang saw the cat's hair blowing up, he suddenly had the urge to go forward and smooth his fur, but if he really did, the other party would probably scratch him with the cat's claws!He secretly laughed in his heart, and then walked in Zhan Zhao's direction, "You cat, you are always so boring. Grandpa Bai just said it casually, but you can't even make a joke. Whatever it is, we Let's get the business done first." After that, he patted his shoulder and went deep down the dark passage holding the torch.

Zhan Zhao followed behind sullenly, feeling in his heart that he seemed to have misunderstood Bai Yutang because he was too sensitive to this title. He quickly quickened his pace, and stood shoulder to shoulder with him. He looked at his profile, and was about to speak, Unexpectedly, Bai Yutang was one step ahead of him, and said, "There are many traps in this secret passage, you'd better not walk side by side with me. I know more about the traps than you, so you just follow behind." Zhan Zhaocai asked He refuted, but heard Bai Yutang say again, "I will leave my back to you."

Zhan Zhao was on the verge of speaking, but when he heard this sentence, he swallowed it back abruptly.Martial arts practitioners like them have their weakest flaws behind their backs, and those who can hand over their backs to others, that is a kind of trust in the other party.Zhan Zhao followed him behind him calmly, staring at his back, but thinking in his heart, he always thought that Bai Yutang was still awkward about being named Yumao, but looking at it now, it doesn't seem to be the case.Then he doesn't care about those