The secret passage was deep. Li Yang got down and looked around. Judging from the texture of the soil, he judged that the secret passage must have been dug for about half a year.
"This secret passage is my secret. I have only brought you here in the entire Xihua Palace, and you are the only one who knows about it."
"I didn't bring you here to give you a tour, but to help you dig the tunnel together."
"I won't tell you where this secret passage leads. From now on, you just have to work hard. When the secret passage is dug, you can leave!"
Yang Huanhuan walked and talked, speaking neither hastily nor slowly.
To prevent Li Yang from leaving, firstly, she must dare to take the time and race against time to dig a secret tunnel. Secondly, she is still somewhat uneasy about Li Yang. Restricting Li Yang from going out can also prevent the news from leaking.
"Empress, please be merciful and let the little one go."
Li Yang clasped his fists and said in fear.
"What?"
Yang Huanhuan was stunned, with confusion on his face. He really didn’t know what Li Yang meant. Let him go. How could he start talking about this?
"When the secret tunnel is dug out, I won't be able to get out, and I will definitely be silenced."
Li Yang pretended to be afraid and said, "Please let me go out and send someone else. I will keep my mouth shut."
"Hey, you're pretty smart?"
Yang Huanhuan rolled her eyes at him, then patted his face, and said with a sweet smile, "Don't worry, I can't bear to kill you. Once the secret tunnel is dug, I will let you live a good life, with delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, and rich clothes and jade."
Food."
After being tricked by Li Yang, her inner worries were completely gone.
After all, if Li Yang had a conspiracy, he would not have entered the secret passage and retreated.
"Then my dear, don't lie to me, don't turn around and kill the donkey."
Li Yang said worriedly.
"You're talking nonsense, I'll kill you stupid donkey now!"
Yang Huanhuan glared at him and cursed.
The two of them talked and unknowingly reached the end of the secret passage. The two brothers Tie Qi and Tie Ba were sweating profusely, using crowbars to pry the black iron ore. The mixed soil layer of black iron ore was extremely strong.
"See you, empress!"
The two brothers stopped and bowed to salute.
Yang Huanhuan waved his hand, pointed at Li Yang and introduced: "His name is Li Yang, and he will dig secret tunnels with you from now on!"
"Your Majesty, you should find a decent helper."
Tie Qi said disdainfully.
"That's right. Look at how thin he is. How did he do this?"
Tie Baye followed closely, also looking down on Li Yang.
Black iron ore is so hard and heavy that ordinary people cannot move it at all.
Yang Huanhuan did not explain, but winked at Li Yang.
Li Yang stepped forward, leaned down, and with a move of his hands, large pieces of black iron ore fell off and rolled down, one after another, and the solid ore was like loose soil.
"Damn it, this kid can do it, he has a lot of strength."
"You made a mistake. With him, the excavation progress will be doubled."
Iron Seven and Iron Eight instantly changed their views and were shocked. They really didn't expect that Li Yang's seemingly thin body actually contained such amazing power.
When Li Yang heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
Where is this?
His physical strength is four thousand cauldrons! "What's so proud about having brute strength?"
Yang Huanhuan rolled her eyes and said coldly.
But she was still very satisfied with Li Yang's performance. Li Yang's strength exceeded her expectations to a certain extent. With Li Yang, there would definitely be no problem in digging the secret passage before the end of the month.
Iron Seven and Iron Eight rested, while Li Yang dug alone.
Yang Huanhuan didn't take any action, but just stared. The more she looked at Li Yang's handsome face, the more her heart moved. She liked it, and tenderness would flash in her eyes from time to time.
"Mother, how far do we have to dig?"
Li Yang asked.
"About one hundred and fifty meters."
Yang Huanhuan replied.
"Where does this secret passage lead to? Outside the palace?"
Li Yang asked casually.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"
Yang Huanhuan kept it secret.
Li Yang nodded and continued to work hard. Concubine Xi was quite tight-lipped. If he hadn't known that the Celestial Clan's Martial Arts Pavilion was in this area, he would never have thought of going to the Martial Arts Pavilion.
There are still more than 100 meters left, which is almost enough in a week.
In the next few days, Li Yang worked in this secret passage.
Abbot Yuankong brought food and water, brothers Tie Qi and Tie Ba were upright and got along well with Li Yang, and Concubine Xi still came over every afternoon to supervise the work.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, when Yang Huanhuan came, he brought golden apples, a specialty from overseas. They were tributes and very rare. Even she was only given four. She didn't originally intend to give them to Yuankong, but Yuankong was very keen to find them.
She begged, but she couldn't refuse, so she could only give one to Yuan Kong.
There are only three left in the secret passage.
"What are you looking at? Apple has no business for you."
Yang Huanhuan first said to Li Yanghan, and then threw one to each of the two brothers Tie Qi and Tie Ba, "These are not ordinary apples, Fanbang's special supply of golden crisps, only thirty kilograms of them are supplied every year, you guys have a try!"
"Thank you, ma'am."
Iron Seven and Iron Eight were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly gnawed at the apple. It was sweet, crispy, and had an excellent taste.
Li Yang shrugged and moved the stone angrily.
Yang Huanhuan saw Li Yang's bitter face and felt happy in her heart. She moved closer to Li Yang, took a small bite of the apple, and then handed the apple out: "Stop pulling that stinky face, take this
Stay!"
"You can eat."
Li Yang was not surprised, he didn't even raise his eyelids.
"Let you take it!"
Yang Huanhuan frowned.
Li Yang had no choice but to take it, and was stunned when he saw the faint lip marks left on the apple.
Yang Huanhuan's cheeks also turned red.
"Fast food!"
"good!"
Li Yang responded and took one bite, just at the place she had bitten. She didn't know if it was because the apple tasted good or not, but after taking one bite, she felt an incomparable sweetness between her lips and teeth.
"Li Yang, did you do this on purpose?"
"If it were me, I would have to do it on purpose. If you bite me, it's equivalent to an indirect kiss!"
When Tie Qi and Tie Ba saw this, they murmured in envy.
"What nonsense."
Yang Huanhuan scolded in a cold voice, then kicked Li Yang hard again, and said with a blushing face: "I shouldn't have given you the apple!"
She also felt that Li Yang did it on purpose.
Haha, man! Li Yang's heart was full of bitterness and his face was helpless. Damn, I didn't ask you for anything. Do you blame me?
"Can the secret passage be dug in three days?"
Yang Huanhuan changed the topic and asked, his shyness was gone, replaced by an endless serious look.
"It won't take three days, it will be almost done tomorrow."
Li Yang replied.
"That's good. You can work until four o'clock today and then come with me."
Yang Huanhuan said without comment.
What?
Li Yang suddenly became anxious. Seeing that the secret passage was open, he asked him to go. I bet he would have wasted his time.
"It's not about killing the donkey, don't be afraid."
Yang Huanhuan mistakenly thought that Li Yang was thinking blindly again, and said again, "There will be a banquet in the palace tonight. As my chief eunuch, it would be inappropriate for you not to accompany me. I will ask you to come back tomorrow to continue working!"
Li Yang grinned and nodded happily.
At this moment, he did not realize that it was precisely because Yang Huanhuan brought him to attend that Zhou Xue escaped from danger. A palace fight against Zhou Xue was about to take place in the outside world!