After about three sticks of incense, Jiang Yan finally discovered the mystery behind the clay statue pedestal. He reached out and dug out a round tile, revealing shallow holes underneath and one of them covered with green rust.
of copper rings.
Pulling the copper ring, there was a soft rustling sound under the pedestal, and the clay statue of the general also trembled slightly. However, it did not move to the side as the three of them wanted, revealing the secret passage hidden underneath.
Amidst the deafening roar, the floor of the entire ancestral hall fell straight towards the depths of the ground!
Among the countless earth and gravel, the three children screamed and lost their balance. The collapsed hole was like a huge mouth, swallowing them all up.
The feeling of falling lasted for a long time. Just when Jiang Yan thought he was definitely going to fall to death, his body suddenly touched the ground and stopped.
The ground beneath him felt uneven, but quite smooth and round. It was not as sharp and deadly as the underground caves filled with stalagmites and stalactites. Broken bluestone slabs and a large amount of earth completely blocked the hole above his head.
Get up. Thanks to the general statue that fell into the hole together with the children, it was slightly shielded above the three of them, so they were not buried alive on the spot.
"Jiang Yan, Zi Yin, where are you? I can't see anything, I'm afraid!"
Ning Yue's voice sounded in the darkness.
"Yue'er, don't panic, I'm right by your side. No one is hurt, right?" Yan Xunsheng groped for his companion's little hand and squeezed it gently, hoping to alleviate the other's uneasiness a little.
"No." The girl gasped, but gradually calmed down due to the comfort of her companions.
"I'm fine too." Qi Ziyin moved his hands and feet not far away and responded. Then he heard the little white fox chirping beside him, and then said, "Xue Ling is fine too, you two
Don’t worry.”
"How could a good floor collapse suddenly?"
With the help of her companions, the girl stood up again and asked. Jiang Yan's tone was full of annoyance:
"It's still careless. Maybe the mechanism we pulled just now was actually a trap set to prevent outsiders from breaking in, which is why it rusted like that. I should have asked you two to wait outside the ancestral hall.
One of us came down first to explore. Now the three of us are trapped here, and we can't find anyone to rescue us. We are in big trouble!"
"That's not necessarily the case." Qi Ziyin shook his head and comforted, "When I left the city earlier, I had used Brother Parrot to send a message to Brother Shitou. If he hasn't seen me back in the palace after sunrise, he will immediately bring someone to look for me.
."
Although she heard what he said, Ning Yue was still a little scared, and hurriedly called the little white fox to her: "Little stutter, where is the fire stick on your body? Light up the light quickly, so that we can find a way out. It's dark here.
It’s wet and smells bad, and I don’t want to stay any longer!”
The black-eyed boy shook his head in the darkness: "I lost my Huozhe Zi when I rolled down. But we can use Xiao Tianmo to explore the way. Yue'er, you go in the middle, Ziyin is behind the palace, and we each take the
Just put your hands on the shoulders of the person in front and line up."
Unexpectedly, Qi Ziyin, who sneaked out of the palace in the middle of the night, was well prepared: "It doesn't matter, I also brought a fire certificate with me."
Wanting to help, he reached into his arms and took it out. Just as Jiang Yan was about to say something to stop him, he saw a bright fire blooming in front of his eyes.
Only then did the young master realize that Yan was actually lying when he said he had lost his fire seal. And his purpose was just to prevent Ning Yue from seeing the scene in front of her and being frightened. Courage.
"Ah——! Why is there so many dead people's bones in the ground?!"
Accompanied by the screams of the red-haired girl, a ferocious and terrifying scene appeared in the eyes of the three children without any hindrance. They saw densely packed human bones forming a strange tunnel underground. It was as if the passage to hell stretched from their feet into the darkness ahead with no end in sight. There were many rooms made of human bones scattered on the left and right of the passage, like a huge underground palace.
Right now, on the walls, ceiling, and ground around the three of them, human bones of all sizes are intertwined and stacked. Among them are long and straight bones such as leg bones, humerus, and tibia, as well as irregular fragments such as finger bones and ribs. Bones, as if someone had used them as bricks to build a house wall. If the exposed surface of the bones had not shown a mottled dark yellow color, and there were countless tiny honeycomb-shaped holes exposed in the bone stubble, it would have looked like nothing at first glance. I think it was carved on the rock by a skilled craftsman.
Huozhe's weak light suddenly flashed in the darkness, and there was wind. Along with it, there was a faint smell of putrid mustiness. Jiang Yan tried his best to calm down, but his face became more solemn:
"It seems that Ziyin's story is true. Tens of thousands of people did die here. But judging from the traces on the surrounding rocks, this place was built no more than ten years ago. Someone should have deliberately taken advantage of it. The bones from more than a thousand years ago have newly built this underground palace of human bones!"
When he fell down, the black-eyed boy had already guessed that the undulating stones beneath him might be human bones, but now he was still shuddering when he saw the skulls that were crushed and deformed.
The young man in white didn't dare to look any further. He closed his eyes and said strangely: "Such a huge project must mobilize a lot of manpower. But why has no one mentioned it in so many years? Besides, who did it? Are you willing to risk the disdain of the world and disrespect the dead to build such an evil secret place underground?"
After some questioning, it was Ning Yue who took over the topic with a trembling voice: "This underground palace - it seems that it was not built by manpower, but it seems that a powerful spell was involved in it..."
"Ning Yue, please don't talk nonsense. Witchcraft and Gu spells have disappeared in Dasheng territory for hundreds of years!" Qi Ziyin's expression changed immediately, but he was quickly held down by Jiang Yan on the shoulder.
Ning Yue continued to boldly point to the empty eye socket on the skull next to her and said:
"I'm not talking nonsense! If you look carefully, the human bones in front of you are all embedded in the rocks. The two are so tightly combined. If it weren't for the use of magic, which craftsman on the land could master such superb skills? skills?"
Following the direction of the girl's finger, even a brave man like Jiang Yan suddenly felt his scalp numb and his breathing difficult. He knew that the boy in white did not know the mysterious power contained in Ning Yue, and was afraid that his companions would After delving deeper, he quickly changed the subject:
"It's all in vain to say all this now. We'd better find a way out now. Since there's wind in the tunnel, there must be other ways to get to the ground. But everyone, please be careful. The masked man from before may also be hiding at this moment. Somewhere in this underground palace. If we come into contact with him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with him!"
As the black-eyed boy spoke, he took Xiao Tianmo off his back, raised the fire fold with his left hand and continued to walk forward. Although Qi Ziyin still had countless questions in his heart, he understood that what the other party said was true, and hurriedly lifted the hem of his robe. He tied a knot around his waist to facilitate movement, then took Ning Yue's hand and followed Jiang Yan closely.
The three children walked for more than half a mile in the underground palace along the winding human bone tunnel at their feet, and finally saw a closed stone door at the end of the road. The door was also covered with ferocious skulls, with black eye sockets and His mouth opened wide, like a demon crawling out of hell.
"Jiang Yan, don't go any further!"
Ning Yue hugged Bai Hu, hid behind the two boys and held on to their cuffs, but the black-eyed boy still stubbornly took a step forward and squatted down in front of the door: "The wind comes from behind this door. Blown out."
"Could it be another trap? I don't want to fall into a deeper hole again -" Ning Yue shook her head in fear. However, before she could finish her words, she heard the sound of the stone door in front of her. There was a sound on the ground. A trace of fire came out from the crack in the door, as if someone was pushing it open from the inside out!
With quick eyes and quick hands, Jiang Yanyan immediately extinguished the fire stick in his hand. However, the three of them had nowhere to hide in the narrow tunnel, so they had no choice but to hide behind the stone door full of skeletons. They were so nervous that they did not even dare to breathe. .
Two adults walked out from behind the door in tandem, with three children close at hand. One of them had a deep voice, with a thick echo:
"That being the case, I'll leave first just to be on the safe side. Please wait for a while before leaving the general's temple. Don't expose your whereabouts!"
"Yes. Sir, please be more careful on the road." Another person's voice sounded, but it sounded familiar. It was undoubtedly the masked man in the pawn shop. "Actually, if it weren't for the kid who was killed in the graveyard in the west of the city last time, If we bump into you, I wouldn’t be so careful and bother you, sir.”
Jiang Yan, who was hiding behind the stone door, couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart. He quietly tilted his head and used the cover of darkness to attack the person who was only separated by the door. Sure enough, he saw one of them wearing a black cloak with his back to him. It was the mysterious man who had hurriedly escaped from the mass grave before. The masked man standing opposite him had taken off the black scarf covering his face. Under the light of the fire, he revealed his thick beard. He was actually Luo Gradually leave!
"It doesn't matter. If you want to achieve great things, you always have to be careful."
"It's a pity that we couldn't kill those brats on the spot in the graveyard last time, so we were bumped into by them again this time."
"That's not a bad thing. Today we still successfully obtained this short sword, and those few brats didn't report to the king about the grave massacre last time. Maybe they have some important clues in their hands. As for that, we don't know. That little girl in the General's Temple -" the mysterious man in the big cloak paused, "that girl's physique is very different from ordinary people, but she has some background. You can go and see if she's awake later. If she can... It would be best to get some clues from her. Even if you can't find out anything, you must not hurt her and secretly send her to my house!"
"Please rest assured, sir. It's just that it's not appropriate to leave this thing to me for safekeeping. Although the blade can be kept by my subordinates as a shield, I really don't dare to get my hands on the things inside this knife.
Please take it away, sir."
As Luo Jianli spoke, he knelt down on one knee and raised his hands above his head respectfully. What he held in his hands was the short sword Baipi inlaid with gems!
The black-eyed boy had never thought that there was another mystery in the short sword that Uncle You left for him. He saw the opponent holding the knife with both hands, twisting it hard, and there was a clicking sound on the handle, and it was directly pulled from the sword.
When it was lifted up, it turned out that it was fixed on the blade by several ingenious mechanisms!
As the mechanism was opened, half a Huo Huo Ya tooth and an ancient map that looked quite old slipped out from the hollow hilt, and was smoothly inserted into the palm of the hand by the mysterious man wearing a large cloak.
"That's right, that's right! It is said that the loyalty of subordinates is determined by trial. It seems that you have not followed me for so many years in vain. Your loyalty is commendable, your loyalty is commendable!"
"Your Majesty always encourages me, and my subordinates are always vigilant. How dare I have the slightest thought?"
Luo Jianli always maintained the posture of bowing and saluting, not even daring to raise his head, as if he was very afraid of the other party. Seeing this, the mysterious man opposite suddenly laughed silently, and walked quickly towards the other side of the stone gate with satisfaction.
Go to the side exit.
After a long time, Luo Jianli recovered the Baipi in his hand, put it in his arms, turned around and hurried along the passage in the direction of the General's Temple. It was not until the footsteps could no longer be heard in the darkness that the three children dared
He ducked out from behind the stone door again.
"No wonder the man surnamed Luo made things difficult for us at Pheasant River Crossing. It turns out it was all because of this short sword!"
Jiang Yan clenched his fists, stood there and gritted his teeth.
The young man in white raised his head and glanced at his furious companion, but his face was full of doubts:
"Don't you think it's strange? Now it's this general temple, and another ancient picture has appeared. I vaguely feel that this incident seems to be inextricably linked to the incident that happened thousands of years ago that I told you about.
A wisp of connection.”
The black-eyed boy also nodded: "I didn't expect that Baipili would hide such a shocking secret. I wonder if Uncle You knew about it? If he knew, why would he hand it to me along with the ancient sheepskin map?
In your hands?”
"Oh, it's already here, why do you care about maps and secrets? I guess that bad guy named Luo will soon find out that the General's Temple has collapsed. Do we have to get out of here quickly?"
In the end, Ning Yue interrupted the analysis of the two teenagers, turned around and walked towards the stone door full of skeletons. Qi Ziyin and Jiang Yan, who had not yet recovered from their doubts, saw this and had to press the button temporarily.
Huantou walked over.
But the scene behind the door made the three children even more surprised and confused - they were now in a stone room several feet square, in which gold, silver, jewelry, and jewelry of various colors were piled up like a mountain. Even
Qi Ziyin, who has been accustomed to big scenes since childhood, also opened his mouth wide, as if his jaw was about to drop:
"Oh my god, the value of these things is probably close to the tax revenue of the Ye Kingdom for several years, right? Where did Luo Jianli, a mere owl cavalry captain, get so much money?
What do you plan to use them for? Who is that mysterious man?"
"That guy surnamed Luo can even commit murder and arson. He is definitely not doing anything good."
Ning Yue also chimed in and cursed, but suddenly saw that the black-eyed boy beside her seemed to be stimulated by something, and started to mutter words like a man possessed: "Murder and arson, murder and arson... These things... are all robbed from the sea!" "
"What's wrong with you, little stutterer?"
Seeing her companion's face as golden as paper, holding her head in her hands as if possessed, the girl immediately reached out to help her. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yan suddenly pushed him away, raised the Mo Dao in his hand and hid far away from the two companions. land:
"I remember, I remember them all! These gold, silver and jewels were all obtained by Luo Jianli and his army by plundering merchant ships at sea. They are covered with the blood of innocent people! And I am an accomplice who helps him commit crimes. one!"
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