Several people present did not believe this, let alone outsiders. Even the Queen Mother Shang Youlan was half-convinced. How could the late emperor give the power that she could not enjoy to that old Zhuge?
Mi Man asked suspiciously: "With such a secret, the late emperor allowed an old eunuch and you to each hold half of the power to open it?"
Hai Wuji: "I also find this strange, and I also want to know the reason, but the late emperor did not explain it, but it was arranged like this. If it is true or false, we will find out if we find people. I am here, and it falls into your hands."
Can't run away."
Yes, it doesn’t hurt to try.
Jiang Wanlou turned around and was about to instruct his disciples to call Mr. Zhuge. Unexpectedly, a disciple from Luoxia Villa came running to Zuo Chengfeng and reported: "Master, the chief internal officer Zhuge Chi is asking for an audience at the entrance of the secret passage.
, he said that he had the secret key to open the treasure house with his other half, and said that the treasure house could not be opened without him."
This really matched what Hai Wuji said, and everyone looked at each other in shock.
"Bring it in." Zuo Chengfeng tilted his head and signaled.
"Yes!" The disciple immediately took the order and left.
Not long after, Zhuge Chi was brought, along with two blind eunuchs.
The passage in the underground palace was dark, and Zhuge Chi was holding a lantern in his hand. Perhaps because the disciple leading the way released the moon butterfly lighting, the lantern was dark and unlit.
An old eunuch, who was about to die, was holding a lantern and leading two blind eunuchs. This situation looked a bit strange.
Outsiders don't know who these two blind eunuchs are, but Shang Youlan and Hai Wuji have seen them before. They know that these two blind eunuchs are people who serve Zhuge Chi in Zhuge Chi's yard. They rarely appear in public, so the mother and son don't know.
What does Zhuge Chi mean by bringing these two people here?
Zhuge Chi, who was stooped and shambling, walked down the steps of the underground palace step by step under the watchful eyes of everyone. His old, muddy eyes looked at this and that, and finally came to the mother and son to salute, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, you
Are you okay?"
Shang Youlan shook his head, and Hai Wuji stared at him, "I have always remembered the late emperor's last words. I don't understand why the late emperor arranged it like this. I also asked you, but you didn't tell me. Until now, is it right?"
Is it time to tell me the truth?"
Zhuge Chi: "The late emperor has a decree. If he wants to take the sacred weapon of the country, I must be present."
Hai Wuji: "Why?"
Zhuge Chi did not answer, but turned around and said to the two blind eunuchs standing at the door of the underground palace: "Ah Da, Ah Er, close the door."
The two blind eunuchs took the order without saying a word, turned left and right, reached out and touched the heavy copper door of the underground palace, and made a dull whining sound when they pushed it.
Zuo Chengfeng said slightly warily: "Why do you want to close the door?"
Zhuge Chi slowly turned his head and looked at him, "To open the treasure house, you must first close the door of the underground palace, otherwise the treasure house cannot be opened."
Seeing what he said, the people from the three major factions didn't say anything more. Anyway, with their strength, they weren't afraid of what tricks these two or three people could do.
Buzz! The underground palace door is closed.
Zhuge Chi said again: "Ah Da, Ah Er, come over and help me."
The two blind eunuchs who had closed the door of the underground palace walked down the steps again after hearing this. People from the three major sects paid attention and noticed that there was something unusual about these two eunuchs. They were obviously blind, but they walked down the steps without any confusion. They seemed to be able to see.
generally.
The two walked to Zhuge Chi, and Zhuge Chi said again: "Protect the Queen Mother and Your Majesty."
The two people immediately stepped forward and stood next to Shang Youlan and Hai Wuji. This move made the mother and son a little confused.
Protection? There is something wrong with these words. Jiang Wanlou said in a deep voice: "Old guy, I asked you to open the treasure house, why are you bothering?"
Zhuge Chi slowly turned around to face them, and sighed: "Since the situation is over, why bother to come to the palace to embarrass us when we have already found a way out? The things here no longer belong to you, why are you so greedy? A common man is innocent and has a treasure.
Aren't you afraid of misfortune if you commit sin?"
Jiang Wanlou: "Old guy, I'm asking you to open the treasure house. No toasts, no food, no fine wine. Hand over the things, and we promise to let you go."
Zhuge Chi said slowly: "I told you that the situation is over. Is your guarantee still useful? The rebels are about to attack the capital. I gave you the things. If you come back and the rebels ask for them, we can't hand them over. What can the rebels do?
Give us a way to survive?"
Jiang Wanlou: "What the rebels will do is not our concern. I say again, open the treasure house immediately, otherwise your lives will not wait until the rebels make a decision. Hai Wuji, my patience is limited!"
Hai Wuji's cheeks tensed up and he said, "Zhuge Chi, open it and give it to them."
Zhuge Chi shook his head: "The late emperor has a destiny. The late emperor's will comes first, and your majesty's will comes last. I must obey the late emperor's will first."
"You..." Hai Wuji was angry.
"Old man, you really don't want to drink wine as a penalty. It seems that you don't know what to do if I don't let you suffer a little." Jiang Wanlou sneered, dodged, reached out to grab him, and pinched him.
He grabbed Zhuge Chi's shoulder and tried to crush his shoulder bone with all his strength.
Shang Youlan turned her head to the side, a little unable to bear to look directly. However, after a "pop" sound, she heard no other movement for a long time, and then slowly looked back. What she saw made her eyes widen with disbelief.
appearance.
I saw Jiang Wanlou's hand on Zhuge Chi's shoulder twitching, and Zhuge Chi put one of his hands on Jiang Wanlou's chest. To be precise, he stabbed Jiang Wanlou's chest. The bloody hand came from
Jiang Wanlou's back was penetrated, and his five bloody claws picked out a still beating heart in his hand.
Hai Wuji was stunned. This scene happened so fast that he could hardly see what was going on.
Zuo Chengfeng and others also thought they had seen it wrong, and blinked hard, but then they saw Zhuge Chi squeeze with his five claws, and his heart burst out with blood.
Jiang Wanlou stared at the decrepit Zhuge Chi with wide eyes, a look of shock and disbelief on his face, and a gurgling sound slowly came from his throat.
Whoa! With his hand out of his chest, Jiang Wanlou's legs went weak and he collapsed on the ground.
"Master!" A disciple of the Guiyuan Sect shouted in surprise and rushed towards him.
"Old guy!" Zuo Chengfeng and Mi Man were also shocked and angry, and they jumped out to take action.
Zhuge Chi flicked the blood droplets on his hand, and several fluttering moon butterflies in the underground palace fell to the ground.
The light on the wings of the moon butterfly that landed on the ground did not disappear instantly, but slowly faded away.
And in the moment of the moon butterfly's afterglow, Shang Youlan and Hai Wuji, mother and son, saw Zhuge Chi's figure suddenly move like a ghost, so fast that they could only see a series of phantoms.
The moment the phantom appeared, bang! Mother and son saw Zhuge Chi's figure floating in the air with their own eyes, holding a lantern with one hand and crushing Zuo Chengfeng's head with the other.
Wherever the ghostly figure went, none of the disciples of the three major sects had time to react and fell to the ground one after another.
The shock in the hearts of mother and son is really indescribable. They couldn't believe it when they saw it with their own eyes. The person flashing as fast as a phantom was the old Zhuge who couldn't even walk steadily?
Seeing that Zuo Chengfeng was killed by one move, Mi Man was shocked and turned up his sleeves to shake out a Heavenly Sword Talisman, but then saw Zhuge Chi's figure appear in front of Mi Man.
In the last scene of the afterglow of the jade certificate, Zhuge Chi grabbed Mi Man's wrist, clicked it, and twisted it off.
What happened next? The mother and son could no longer see it. The underground palace quickly became quiet, and the smell of blood floated around.
Then Zhuge Chi's voice sounded again, "Ah Da, open half of the door and invite the supreme elders from the three major sects at the entrance to come in. Tell the leaders that they have invited you."
After that, there was a dull sound of half of the copper door being pushed open, and the sound of someone swooping out.
Not long after, a sound of footsteps came from the steps outside the underground palace.
The blind eunuch who went out and came back immediately flashed back to Shang Youlan. The dark environment that made it difficult to see seemed to be no obstacle to him.
"The smell of blood?" Someone asked suspiciously outside the underground palace gate, and then a moon butterfly's light flashed and a moon butterfly flew in.
Soon, six supreme elders from the three major sects rushed in and saw corpses strewn on the ground. Even the leaders of the three major sects died suddenly in a pool of blood.
"What's going on?" A Supreme Elder shouted angrily in a deep voice.
Shang Youlan and Hai Wuji stared at Zhuge Chi as if they were seeing a ghost.
"Someone just made a surprise attack." Zhuge, who was holding a white lantern in his hand, replied slowly. The lantern in his hand suddenly moved automatically without wind. A strong wind swept out, and the bronze door at the entrance to the underground palace closed on its own with a buzzing sound.
.
When the six Supreme Elders suddenly looked back, there was a continuous popping sound, and three moon butterflies exploded out of thin air, as if they were torn alive by some invisible thing.
The underground palace instantly fell into darkness again, followed by a burst of chaotic sounds, and the sound of objects falling to the ground.
The underground palace was filled with strong winds, and the mother and son could feel the blind eunuch beside them cast a spell to protect them.
When the strong wind subsided, the light came on. The lantern Zhuge Chi was holding suddenly lit up. It shone on Zhuge Chi's old face and the dripping blood on his fingertips, which was shocking.
The blood on his hands was slowly dispersing, turning into blood mist and floating away from Zhuge Chi's hands. The blood mist drifting away under the light added to the eerie feeling.
Looking at the ground again, none of the elders of the three major sects who had just entered were spared. They all fell in a pool of blood. Either their heads were broken and their brains were released, or their necks were torn open, or there was a hole in the chest and heart area.
There were holes in blood, and some people were still convulsing.
"Only six, and there are several more outside. If they encounter each other later, the Queen Mother and Her Majesty will say that the people on the ground have got their things and leave first. The old slave lights up the lantern and sends the Queen Mother and Her Majesty back first, and the remaining people will be gone.
I will handle it with caution." Zhuge Chi explained, holding a lantern and turning around to lead the way, "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, be careful, the ground is dirty, don't step on blood, lest others see it and arouse suspicion."
Both mother and son had frightened expressions on their faces, and it was difficult to move.
Zhuge Chi, who was holding a lantern, turned around and looked at the mother and son. The old man sighed and said, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's go."
Shang Youlan swallowed dryly, "Old Zhuge, you killed everyone?" Even though he knew it, he couldn't help but ask because it was unbelievable.
Zhuge Chi: "I don't want to kill people. They shouldn't come here. I have no choice but to do it."
Hai Wuji: "The late emperor told me before he died that I would be kind to you, saying that you could protect me, and gave you half of the secret key to the treasure house. Can you protect me? I didn't understand at first, but later I asked you, you
I refused to say it, but now, I seem to understand."
Zhuge Chi seemed a little helpless, "The late emperor was wise and knew that with the three major sects guarding the place, outsiders would not be able to easily break into this place. If someone wants to use the magic weapon to subdue the country, it will most likely be the three major sects themselves. Therefore, first
The emperor gave half of the secret key to the old slave. No matter who wants to open the treasure house, he must alert the old slave. The former emperor asked the old slave to protect His Majesty!"