Hou Sheng looked at the cave and listened for a while, then pulled Chuyi a rope from his cuffs, put it on Liu Xiaolou's waist, tied the rope buckle, wrapped the other end of the rope around his wrist, and said, "You go down first."
Liu Xiaolou felt the faint spiritual power fluctuations coming from the rope, and said displeasedly, "Steward Hou, after all this, you still don't trust me?"
Hou Sheng said without changing his expression, "What if you collude with them and set an ambush in the cave? I have to guard against it. If this is the case, you will be the first to die."
Liu Xiaolou sighed, shook his head, and climbed down the rock wall.
Hou Sheng also followed, holding the rope in one hand and holding the rock wall with two fingers, just to the right of Liu Xiaolou.
The entrance to the cave is an irregular long strip, but it is actually a crack on the rock wall. There are many such cracks in Sha Hu Pass. Most of them are located above and below the water surface. They should be washed by the river.
"Go in." Hou Sheng shook the rope, as if holding a dog.
Liu Xiaolou After entering with a short body, the inside was slightly spacious and divided into two parts: inside and outside. The outer room is less than ten feet deep, and there is an extinguished bonfire in the corner; the other side of the cave is turned diagonally, and after entering, there is an inner cave room, which is also less than ten feet deep. There is a "bed" made of hay against the rock wall, and there is nothing else.
This cave is very well sealed, and the river wind cannot blow in. It perfectly meets the requirements for launching Bewitching Incense. Several cracks that leak air were directly blocked with gravel, which should be the work of Wei Hongqing.
Hou Sheng fell at the entrance of the cave and drove a piece of talisman paper into the hole. The piece of paper was burned to ashes in the hole. After waiting for a moment, he carefully entered the cave. He came to the bonfire, reached into the embers, and muttered, "Yesterday's."
Liu Xiaolou asked curiously, "Can this be seen?"
Hou Sheng remained calm and shook the rope again, signaling Liu Xiaolou to enter the inner cave.
The two of them entered one after another, and Hou Sheng ordered, "Lift up the straw couch."
Liu Xiaolou did as he was told, Hou Sheng leaned over to check, and then said, "Newly made."
He looked around the cave again, and then said, "Let's get started. What tokens can we leave behind?"
Liu Xiaolou asked angrily, "Steward Hou doesn't suspect that I colluded with his wife?"
Hou Sheng urged, "Hurry up."
Liu Xiaolou reached out and asked for the formation plate, and Hou Sheng replied, "I'll give it to you if I leave a token."
Liu Xiaolou, who had compromised many times in a row, was unwilling to compromise. "Steward Hou, I won't leave a token if you don't return the disk to me."
Hou Sheng said indifferently, "Actually, when you get here, it doesn't matter whether you leave a token or not. If you don't, I will kill you and wait for them here."
Liu Xiaolou looked at Hou Sheng steadily and asked, "Actually, Steward Hou didn't intend to keep me alive, did it? In that case, please Steward Hou do it."
Hou Sheng touched his nose. "It's not your turn to worry about what I planned. Your life or death is only a matter of my thoughts, but you can bet once on whether I will spare you and give you a reward. Of course, you don't have to bet. I will count three. If you still don't stay, then go to the river to feed the fish. Three... two..."
"I bet... I bet..." Liu Xiaolou took a deep breath, pulled out Three Xuan Sword, and carved words on the cave wall.
Hou Sheng didn't take it seriously when Liu Xiaolou drew his sword. A low-level Rogue Cultivator from Qi Refining third layer drew his sword without any threat. He just watched Liu Xiaolou finish carving the four words "October 5th" on the cave wall, and let the stone chips from the cave wall fall to the ground.
"The fifth day of October? Today? Is this the signal you promised? Where to meet? Right here?"
"Of course we don't meet here, Steward Hou. What I left was a date to leave a message today, but the date is not today, nor here. When and where will we meet... Please Steward Hou return the formation plate to me, and I will leave a message on the willow tree above to let you know. Of course, I also ask Steward Hou to go out half an hour later."
"Bonfire and straw couch..."
"It's not theirs, it's my fire. Before I went to the Heaven-Connecting Lotus Pavilion to leave a letter for you, I came here myself and stayed for one night. I didn't wait for Lord Xingde and Seventh Mistress Zhou."
Hou Sheng suddenly smiled, "It seems that you are unwilling to bet, or you lost the bet. After you die, I will wait here for three days. If I don't see Lord Xingde, I will be fooled by you, Hou Ying admit defeat. I checked Lord Xingde. You are not the only clue. The worst thing is to try again. Your body will stay here. This cave is your burial place. This line you carved will be used as your tombstone..."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xiaolou said first, "Steward Hou, why did you investigate the case privately? Why didn't you report it to you Qingyu Sect? What do you want from Lord Xingde?"
Hou Sheng was startled, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Sure enough, I have a delicate mind, but it's a pity..."
The rope tied around Liu Xiaolou's waist suddenly surged with spiritual power. The rope tightened tighter and tighter, making Liu Xiaolou breathless. No matter how much he resisted with his true energy, it was of no avail.
Hou Sheng said slowly, "Are you asking this question because I didn't summon help? One last word for you, don't speculate on some things. Even if you really figure something out, don't tell it to others, otherwise people will die."
Liu Xiaolou's eyes were so tight that they bulged out, and he said with difficulty, "I said... I said... cough cough cough..."
The rope suddenly came loose, and he finally breathed out, lying on the ground coughing loudly.
"Tell me, this is your last chance." Hou Sheng sat on the straw couch, staring at Liu Xiaolou who was curled up on the ground.
Liu Xiaolou said in a hoarse voice, "Seven... seven days... every seven days... I will come and see you..."
Hou Sheng smiled, and the rope was tightened again, this time no longer holding his hand. Liu Xiaolou was so tight that his internal organs were tumbling out, and foam kept coming from the corners of his mouth.
Liu Xiaolou coughed loudly while crawling out of the cave.
Hou Sheng did not stop him, and looked at Liu Xiaolou crawling out of the cave jokingly. "Don't you keep asking me, how come one person dares to come and take Lord Xingde and his wife? I Officer can tell you that it is this Lidi Sanyuan Rope. This rope is a good treasure. You died at the hands of Lidi Sanyuan Rope today, and you deserved to die. You will be treated the same as those big thieves and gangsters I took care of..."
Liu Xiaolou was still crawling out. He climbed to the outer cave and was about to roll down into the river while holding on to the stone wall at the entrance of the cave.
Hou Sheng I don't know why, but I am a little excited at the moment. I want to say a few more words without knowing it, "Although your cultivation is shallow, your foundation is strong... But the rope is like a blood leech, how can it be so easy to break free?"
Seeing that Liu Xiaolou was about to climb out of the hole and roll into the river, he laughed again, "Don't try too hard, you can't run away. I, Officer, will hang you here like a spider web..."
His face turned red with laughter, his mouth was dry with excitement, he couldn't help but lick his lips, his heart was beating wildly, and a picture appeared in his mind: there seemed to be a woman wearing only a veil, holding a pipa in her arms, being tied into a spider flower by Lidi Sanyuan Rope, hanging on the stone wall. His mouth was dry, and he shook his body and sat down again.
At the same time, Liu Xiaolou was strangled by the rope until his tongue stuck out, and he finally rolled out and rolled to the bottom of the river.