At the same time that Xia Xun and Ming'er were "transformed into living beings", sudden changes occurred in the harem's dormitory that originally belonged to Emperor Yuan Dynasty. The position of the dragon bed suddenly collapsed, and then quickly closed up, and everything in the original place disappeared.
However, the people in the harem had already evacuated following Concubine Xu's order, so no one saw this abnormality.
It turned out that the fine iron lance thrown by the general had jammed the stone door, preventing it from being fully opened. The sand injection port was still continuously injecting sand. The underground mechanical device was bearing more and more force, but it could not function.
When we got to the stone gate, the internal mechanical device was ultimately more fragile than the stone gate. It was damaged under the strong pressure from both inside and outside, triggering the other two mechanisms.
When designing the secret escape route, the designers of the secret passage took into account the ingenuity of different dangerous situations. The entrance to the left side hall was where the emperor, his concubines, chamberlains, and warriors were secretly transferred when the palace was surrounded.
The entrance is therefore set up with stone steps to allow them to enter easily, and then the entrance is closed from the inside.
As for the other two agencies, considering the emergency situation, the enemy has invaded the imperial city, or the crisis when the emperor's relatives, powerful ministers and generals suddenly attack and try to kill the emperor, so the entrance to the secret passage is located at the emperor's most common place.
Wherever it appears, it opens and closes very quickly to prevent pursuers from following.
The entrances to these two secret passages are in the emperor's palace and the emperor's study room respectively. Xia Xun has the potential to win the lottery. He happened to be temporarily detained in the study room of the former Emperor Yuan Dynasty by the eunuch Sanbao. There was a malfunction in the mechanism, and other
The entrances to the two secret passages suddenly opened, and he and Ming'er little Loli disappeared into thin air in front of the two palace guards.
In front of the left side hall, the seven Mongols were caught off guard, and four of them were shot down immediately. The other three reacted quickly because they were already close to the secret passage, and the half-opened stone slab at the entrance to the secret passage blocked them.
Despite the rain of arrows, they were able to successfully escape into the secret passage. These three people were Shirebari, Dai Yubin and Mao Yihan.
Mao Yihan was hit by an arrow in the back, but it was not fatal. Seeing that the pursuers were approaching, Mao Yihan became fierce and stood alone at the entrance of the secret passage to resist desperately. This fierce guy was like a wild beast when he started, and then
Taking advantage of the favorable location, he actually hacked to death five or six soldiers who rushed up at the entrance of the dark secret passage. He himself was also wounded in many places, and then he died with blood all over his body.
Zhang Yu personally directed the battle in the left side hall. According to Zhu Di's request, they wanted to find out the location of the secret passage first, but they did not expect that the entrance to the secret passage would be in an empty and flat square, so the prior arrangement was not
Very strict.
At present, the gates of the palace are wide open, and all the people in the palace are being evacuated urgently. If the Meng people really sneak into the secret passage, find the gunpowder, and then ignite the gunpowder, they can use this time to evacuate all the people in the palace.
There would be no major casualties, but it would not be a good idea to let them blow up the Yan Palace, so Zhang Yu led his men in hot pursuit.
The soldiers rushed into the tunnel one after another and immediately realized that the cave was extremely dark. They immediately returned to get some torches and went in again. At the entrance of the secret tunnel, a hand quietly stretched out and dragged up the body of a dead soldier.
Be prepared, suddenly pulled into the darkness. When the soldiers held torches and continued to explore the intricate false paths and true paths in the secret passage, Dai Yubin had a pale face, like a dead man, but he was wearing the clothes of Prince Yan's Mansion
Taking advantage of the chaos, the guards' clothes were quietly removed.
The cave slowly became brighter, and the flames of the palace candles reflected the somewhat pale faces of Xia Xun and the little princess Ming'er.
This mechanism is very cleverly designed. It is also built using a relatively clumsy but still effective method for hundreds of years. The place where it falls is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Although the people who fall down are very fast, the more they go down, the more vertical they become.
As the walls of the cave retracted inward, they gradually slowed down using friction, buffering the force of the fall, so the two people were not injured.
And because of this buffer, the candle holder on the table fell over, and only two of the three candles were extinguished. The other one was snatched up by Xia Xun in time when it was about to be extinguished, and the candle was relit, so now the two of them will not
There was darkness in front of me.
"What is this place?"
The little county advocate asked him with frightened eyes. Xia Xun looked around and said slowly: "Where we stand should be the entrance to the secret passage. As for why it opened, I don't know."
"Is that so?" The little princess rolled her eyes, feeling that what this big liar said seemed to make some sense, but what she was most worried about was how to get out?
When she asked this question, Xia Xun looked up at the dark top of his head. The candlelight couldn't illuminate it. It must be at least several feet high. There was a faint knocking sound from the guards above, but the sound was extremely weak.
From this point of view, the thickness of the stone slab sealing the entrance of the cave cannot be thin.
Xia Xun raised the candle, looked around again, found the exit, and said, "Come on, let's go for a walk, maybe we can find a way out."
"I don't!"
Ming'er finally realized that she was afraid. She grabbed the edge of the table with both hands and started to lie: "I'm not going anywhere. I'm just waiting here. The palace guards will definitely come to save me."
Xia Xun said: "Little Princess, the two of us fell down because the gangsters opened the secret passage. You also know what those gangsters are going to do. If the two of us wait here stupidly, what if they get in and light the gunpowder?"
,'boom'……"
Ming'er opened her eyes nervously and asked, "How is it?"
Xia Xun said: "You are also broken, and I am also broken, flying everywhere..."
Ming'er's face turned pale, she quickly let go of the table and ran to him, grabbed his collar, and said with a crying voice: "Take me away, take me away quickly, I promise... I promise... you won't do it again..."
If you lied to me, I wouldn’t be angry with you anymore.”
Xia Xun was amused by her childish words and wanted to laugh, but he couldn't laugh in such an environment. Thinking that those Meng people might have got into the secret passage, he felt very nervous, so he pulled Ming'er's hand.
The little hand comforted him softly: "Don't be afraid, come with me. The air here is smooth and there is no special smell of corruption. There must be ventilation holes. If you find the ventilation holes, you can call for help. And in such a place, there must be someone who can escape from
The door is open inside, don't worry."
The passage was dark, and the weak candlelight could only illuminate a place less than three feet away in front of her. Looking at the darkness that seemed to absorb all the light, Ming'er was very nervous and scared, as if she was worried that something would suddenly happen in the darkness.
A strange devil jumped out.
Xia Xun just held her hand abruptly. Even though she was young and didn't know much about the relationship between men and women, she also knew that this was inappropriate. She just reluctantly gave in because she really didn't dare to stay too far away from him.
He held his hand and walked further and further along the quiet and dark passage with only the footsteps of two people. There was darkness in front of him and darkness behind him. Her young mind could only accept this man who did not seem so reliable.
As the only support.
After all, although he lied a lot, he actually got out of it every time because he was squeezed by him. Compared with the darkness and unknown dangers in front of him, he was much safer. So, Ming'er's little hand held tighter
It was so tight that her small palms were so nervous that they were sweating, but Xia Xun's big hands were strong, stable, and dry. Feeling the warmth and strength from his hands, Ming'er's little mind gradually calmed down.
Shirebari did not expect that he came here with great ambitions and was full of ambitions to be a restoration hero who would restore the glory of the Yuan Dynasty. In the end, he ended up in such a situation and became a loner. In grief and anger, he was desperate and would rather die today.
Here, the gunpowder must also be ignited to burn the entire Yan Palace to the ground.
He hurriedly ran through the passage holding a torch. This was the only spare torch he had. He had to find the place where the gunpowder was stored and ignite it before the torch burned out.
The secret passage is very long. Its main function is to transport the royal family members out of danger in critical moments. Therefore, there is only a long passage and no underground houses. However, he has heard from Xirigoulige that along the real
Walking down the passage, there will be an open area. It was originally used to store money, clothing, weapons, fake identity certificates and other things that could help people hide their identity and escape from the siege. Thirty years ago, when Emperor Yuan left Dadu,
A large amount of gunpowder and tung oil were stored there.
Because of the hasty retreat, the gunpowder primers that were originally set off were piled in the passage. He could see it if he went down the correct passage. There were many false paths intersecting in the secret passage, but there were some in the masonry above each intersection.
A mark. Anyone who knows the meaning of this mark can walk along the right path. He has heard the shouts and footsteps in the distance, and knows that a large number of King Yan's guards have chased into the tunnel. He must get there before them.
front.
The footsteps behind him were getting closer and closer. Relying on the strength of the crowd, the officers and soldiers split up and chased down different passages. Their speed was not much different from that of him who knew the details of the secret passage. Xireba Ri could not help but feel anxious.
, he ran faster. Suddenly, he tripped and almost fell down. He raised the torch and shined it on the ground. He saw a bundle of things, a rope-like thing.
The bundle of rope was about the thickness of a thumb. When I picked it up, I saw that the rope was dipped in wax, which was exactly what Xiri Goulige had explained. Xiribāri couldn't help but be ecstatic. This "rope" was clearly the gunpowder fuse. According to Xiri,
Goulige explained that at that time, the gunpowder fuse was being led outwards, but the emperor changed his mind, so all personnel hurriedly evacuated, only having time to re-seal the entrance.
He raised the torch and was about to ignite the fire. When he saw the bundle of gunpowder fuses piled half as high as a man, he couldn't help but frown: "How long will this burn?"
He immediately slashed at the fuse on the ground, and the thumb-thick gunpowder fuse was cut off. Shirebari put the torch to the break where a bundle of gunpowder fuse had been cut, and the fire line was ignited, "chichi".
It burned into the distance, and at this moment the footsteps from behind were approaching again. Shireba was afraid that they would find the gunpowder fuse, so he immediately ran towards the fork in the road, and at the same time let out a wild laugh to lure them away.
Xia Xun held Ming'er's little hand and walked forward. The long passage came to an end, and there was a three-way intersection in front of him.
Unable to understand its meaning, which of these three paths is the way out?
Xia Xun hesitated for a moment, remembering the stupid method he used to use when playing "Xuanyuan Sword" to get through the maze. Whenever he saw a fork in the road, he would walk to the right.
Then he said flatly: "Go this way."
Ming'er timidly said: "Are you sure?"
Xia Xun briefly explained his idea to her, and Ming'er praised: "You are so smart, this method is good, let's go."
Xia Xun smiled and was about to take a step when he suddenly heard a "chichi" sound in the middle passage. Although it was very slight, he could hear it clearly in the darkness. Xia Xun's heart moved and he immediately pulled Ming'er.
After chasing him, in the darkness, the spark of fire slowly disappeared, and Xia Xun was startled: "Gunpowder fuse!"
