After dawn.

Wu Liang kept his promise and ordered the Hu army to seal the tomb.

The materials used to seal the tomb are almost ready-made. There is a lot of river sand in the shallows by the stream at the foot of the mountain, and there are rocks everywhere in the mountain. It is just enough to put into action the "quick sand that destroys the top" taught by Wu Liang.

Naturally, the tomb guard would not stand aside and watch, but also quickly cooperated with the Hu army.

The excavation of sand and the transportation of rocks soon formed a beautiful scene of "military and civilians having fun together".

However, Wu Liang did not take the tombkeepers lightly because of this. Before starting work, he and Cao Zhen convened a meeting with the soldiers of the Hu army in advance, and specifically emphasized a few points:

First, you must see them eat and drink the food and drink brought by the tombkeepers before doing anything else;

Second, keep people on guard at all times, and there should be more people than before;

Third, don’t exert any effort when working, and let the tombkeepers work more. They won’t mind. Let’s keep our strength and refresh ourselves and be ready to return at any time;

Fourth, no information about individuals and the Hu army should be disclosed to the tombkeepers.

In fact, the fourth item is no longer that important in Wu Liang's opinion.

Because after returning home, the Everlasting Pearl will be nominally dedicated to Boss Cao. Even if the tombkeeper does not give up, he will have no choice but to ask Boss Cao for it in the future.

This has nothing to do with him and the Hu army. Naturally, he is not afraid of being pestered by the tomb keeper, nor is he afraid of going to Boss Cao to death.

So close to noon.

Finally, Bai Jingjing couldn't bear the repeated lobbying from her father and clan elders, so she changed into new clothes that were clean and slim and could expose part of her neck, and carried a food box into the military tent where Wu Liang was.

"My father said that although you are not a kind person, you are still a man of your word. He saved me from the tomb before, so he specially ordered me to bring some wine and food to thank you."

Putting the food box aside, Bai Jingjing put the corn wine and side dishes inside on a simple food table built with stones, while trying to speak in a gentle voice.

"Thank you dad for me. Take a sip of the wine first, take a bite of the food first, and then you can put your things down and leave."

Wu Liang was concentrating on looking through the seal words recorded on the paper with charcoal last night, guessing the identity of the owner of these seals one by one, so he just raised his eyes and said without pretense.

Seeing Wu Liang's reaction, a look of displeasure flashed through Bai Jingjing's eyes, but she still maintained a smile and poured a glass of wine to drink. She added each side dish a little longer and said, "Young master, you are a little too cautious. Now,

We are working hard together, so how can we harm the young master?"

"In troubled times, people's hearts are treacherous. Even those who have been honest with each other need to be more careful."

Wu Liang finally put the piece of paper away, looked at Bai Jingjing up and down with his eyes, and said with a half-smile.

Hearing the words "Let's talk frankly" and seeing that Wu Liang's eyes were very dishonest, Bai Jingjing thought of the scene in the tomb last night, and her pretty face blushed slightly involuntarily.

But this time she did not deliberately avoid it. She picked up the wine jar and filled the two cups placed on the stone table. She picked up one of the cups and said with a smile: "Jingjing also wants to thank the young master for his kindness in rescuing her. No matter what, she will do it."

I wish you a few glasses of wine, I wonder if you are willing to show your respect."

Have to admit it.

Her pretty, slightly red face, coupled with her long and looming neck, looked even more charming at this moment, making people move their index fingers.

then.

Wu Liang smiled, but did not go to take the wine glass. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Miss Bai wants to drink with me, which I really hope for. But before that, I still have a few questions that I want to ask clearly."

"Sir, please ask me."

Bai Jingjing temporarily put down her wine glass and looked at him seriously.

"I'm not a good drinker. I almost get drunk when I drink."

Wu Liang said with a smile, "So I want to ask Miss Bai, if I accidentally get drunk, will Miss Bai secretly undress me?"

"The young master is joking, and the relationship between men and women is unclear. Why is Jingjing undressing the young master?"

Bai Jingjing was a little confused, but still answered.

"Then...will Miss Bai kiss me secretly?"

Wu Liang asked again with a smile.

"Of course not!"

Bai Jingjing finally noticed something was wrong, but she still didn't understand what he meant by asking these questions.

"You don't understand my clothes and you don't kiss me secretly. Could it be that Miss Bai wants to take the opportunity to pick my mushrooms?"

Wu Liang continued to ask.

"Today Jingjing went up the mountain not to pick mushrooms, but to have a few drinks with the young master to express her gratitude. Besides, the mountains are full of wild mushrooms, so why did they become the young master's mushrooms?"

Bai Jingjing became even more confused after hearing this, but in order to complete the Bai family's mission, she still patiently continued to cooperate with Wu Liang's "nonsense".

As a result, I just finished saying this.

Seeing that Wu Liang's face had turned cold, he slammed the table, turned his back and shouted righteously: "Since Miss Bai doesn't do anything, why do you want to drink with me? I won't drink, Miss Bai, please come back." Bar!"

"..."

Bai Jingjing was stunned immediately.

She found that her thinking was always several beats slower than Wu Liang's, and she would be fooled by him at any time, even if it was teasing.

But she did not leave, but stood there and stared at Wu Liang.

After a long time.

She suddenly picked up the wine glass on the dining table and drank three glasses in a row. Then she shook her head and laughed inexplicably: "I know, I told my father a long time ago that these methods he thought of are useless to you. "

"Then you're still coming?"

Wu Liang then turned around and sat across from Bai Jingjing. He also poured himself a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.

"Let's put it bluntly, the reason why our Bai family made a compromise with you last night was just a temporary measure to preserve the mausoleum."

Bai Jingjing drank another glass of wine, looked at Wu Liang with deep eyes, and continued, "The pearl you took out from the tomb is called the Suihou Pearl, and it is the most precious treasure in it. But no matter whether the pearl you took is Sui Houzhu, our Bai family's duty is to return the treasures you took out to their original owners in the future."

Is it really the legendary "Suihou Pearl"?

Wu Liang was overjoyed, but asked with a half-smile, "So you think I should kill you now to avoid future troubles?"

Bai Jingjing did not answer the conversation, but drank to herself and said what she wanted to say: "We tombkeepers are divided into two branches: civil and military. The martial branch is the Yan family who guards the valley day and night, and the cultural branch is our hidden branch. At the Bai family in Shicao Village at the foot of the mountain."

"In order to keep this secret forever, our ancestors of the Bai family set a rule that only men in the family can marry, and women are never allowed to marry. Even those women who marry into the Bai family must be illiterate, without relatives and widows. After more than two hundred years, the population has gradually withered away."
Chapter completed!