incomprehensible

After all, the Mausoleum Gate Tunnel has been closed for thousands of years, and no one can enter for a while. You have to wait for the inside and outside to ventilate before you can enter.

Ye Xuehuan ordered his soldiers to constantly test the air condition in the tunnel with fire, and he took this time to rest and prepare.All the organs of the Imperial Mausoleum have been closed. Theoretically speaking, there is not much danger. If too many people squeeze in, it will lead to troubles. Therefore, only four personal soldiers are ordered for each person, and the rest are on standby. They will enter after seeing the situation. People scrutinize.

When the time was almost up, Yu Tian asked people to go to the forest to catch a few birds and throw them into the tunnel to make sure they were all alive and kicking. Then they each brought their weapons, water and medicines, prepared enough torches, and went down the mausoleum carefully.

You can't see your fingers in the tunnel, and after going down about a dozen steps, you can see the endless Huangquan Road.Two soldiers were exploring the way ahead. Under the light of the torches, they could see clearly that the entire tunnel was about two people high and two wide. extending far beyond the light of the fire.

Lan Qi walked forward against the wall, stroking the wall with his fingers, only felt the touch was cold and dry, and his heart was at ease.

The soil in the southern wilderness is fine and sticky, and it is filled with water during the rainy season, so it is always wet and soft; if this tunnel is simply dug out of the soil, no matter how thick the stones are piled up, after thousands of years, it will definitely seep water and damp—instead In other words, the outside of the tunnel must be as he expected, not the solid mountain soil, but the mechanism hub of the imperial mausoleum; they are actually walking in a huge mechanism box, and the scope of this box may even cover the entire In the valley, all the traps on the stone pillars in the General Question Gate Formation are also connected together.

He couldn't help but feel a little palpitated. Leaving aside the funeral objects and buried soldiers and horses in the imperial mausoleum, just the few major formations on the periphery and the underground mechanism hub are already a masterpiece, not to mention the construction of such an imperial mausoleum. Invisible resources such as time and manpower to be consumed.At that time, the Feng Dynasty was only established 20 years ago. Even with a conservative estimate, Xingzu almost moved more than half of the country he had just conquered into the mausoleum.

——Who said that the things outside the body can not be taken away when born or not, can't they be taken away.

Maybe it was because the aura on his body was darker, Ye Xuehuan seemed to have sensed it, gently squeezed his palm, and asked: "What's the matter?"

Lan Qi shook his head, and said with a slight mockery: "I was just thinking, the Emperor Qiangu can really do whatever he wants."

Mo Ran didn't see how this dark and narrow passage reflected the emperor's free will, so he curled his lips and said nothing; but Yu Tian didn't think so, and sneered, "That's not what I said. When walking on flat ground, you might Pay attention to the reptiles, snakes and rats under your feet; but if you stand on the top of a mountain, how can you take care of the life and death of those ants at the foot of the mountain? It's not because of indifference, but because you can't see it. This guy almost took the world to himself Old Ancestor, you should thank him for not really destroying the world."

Lan Qi consciously made a slip of the tongue, criticizing the emperor in front of the queen, even if he was not the monarch of this dynasty, he would inevitably have some insinuations and suspicions of arrogance.

"I don't mean to defend this old ancestor." Yu Tian shrugged, "But you have to admit that the establishment of the Feng Dynasty was truly created from scratch. After several generations of revisions and improvements, it is still in use today; its demise was not because of the rigid system, but because the later generations were greedy for pleasure and did not manage well. The Yexue family was able to rule the world. To put it bluntly, it was a bargain; In the 30 years after the reunification of the two central governments, it has entered a prosperous and prosperous age, and it is also because it has eaten enough of the foundation left by the Feng family."

"As for the foundation of the Feng family...it can be said that it was left by Xingzu." She shook her head, not hiding the admiration and admiration in her eyes, "Xingzu deserves the name of the emperor through the ages, even if the dynasty changes In this world, no one can reach his height, and who knows what the world looks like in his eyes; and how much weight do all living beings have in his eyes?"

Ye Xuehuan turned to look at her, and said with a smile, "Even so, Xingzu still couldn't do anything, did he?"

Yu Tian also laughed and said: "After all, Jiangshan is so delicate, it's hard to get it, who would be willing?"

Her voice has always been steady and mellow, and her words are full of arrogance as a superior, but she is not the arrogance of an ordinary dude who does not know the sufferings of the world; she has a very clear understanding of power and status, and these cognitions come from Because of her understanding and understanding of the rise and fall of the Feng family for thousands of years, it is even more profound.She is ambitious, enlightened, and capable of controlling power, and even the emperor allows her to interfere in the government in a less conspicuous way.

This was completely different from the Empress Chu's involvement in politics back then, and Ye Xueyuan's trust and protection for her were by no means comparable to the "human scum" that the late Emperor, the Empress Dowager, personally judged.

Empress Chu's pursuit transcends the times, she cares about the world and not the emperor, and she doesn't have the first emperor in her eyes; if she stands too high, she can't see her feet, and if she looks too far, she doesn't care about her eyes. Both the first emperor and the empress of Chu are like this. Each insisted on their own ideas, and they were still using each other until their deaths. They were too obsessed and calculated, and instead ignored some of the simplest and most authentic things.

——In their eyes, the world has lost its concreteness, it is just a game of chess; but in Yu Tian's eyes, this country is still fresh and lovely, so she is reluctant to manipulate it casually.

Whether it is due to her personality or she is still young, at least she is still full of fireworks when she is a queen, and she has not yet stood on the clouds to overlook the sentient beings. This is probably what Ye Xuehuan admires most about her.

The two went back and forth like charades for a round, and each smiled knowingly, even if they passed the topic; Lan Qi didn't bother to waste his thoughts on Xing Zu, and concentrated on calculating the distance traveled by strides.

Huangquan Road was unexpectedly long. After about three miles, it gradually began to slope upwards. It became more obvious as it got to the back. It should have left the valley and entered the mountain where the imperial mausoleum is located.

It was really depressing in the cramped space for a long time, and when the torches in front of them no longer illuminated the walls, but a vast darkness, everyone unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief; but when they really walked out of the mountain path and saw Seeing the scene in front of him, Qi Qi gasped again.

——Outside the exit of Huangquan Road is a cliff that is only a few feet wide, and a few steps away is a bottomless rift valley; The stone bridge leads to the other side hidden in the darkness.Although there are waist-high guardrails on both sides, it can be seen that they are extremely old, slender, long and trembling, as if if a few more people walk, they will be crushed.

Mo Ran boldly glanced down, and suddenly the soles of his feet felt weak and his scalp felt numb, he took two steps back, pointed to the abyss, and asked Lan Qi with a pale face, "...is this the Wangchuan River? "

Pointing to the stone bridge again, "This is Naihe Bridge?!"

"Probably... yeah."

Even after seeing the formation diagram, Lan Qi never expected such a scene. She was also a little apprehensive after being shocked, and couldn't help but clutch Ye Xuehuan's sleeve.

Ye Xuehuan's hands were also a little stiff, and he walked to the stone bridge to protect Lan Qi, and stepped on it hard with his feet. Hearing the sound of the footsteps was muffled and firm, he felt a little relieved.

——It’s a dangerous day, if you don’t do some psychological training, no one will dare to pass it.

"Who said that the imperial mausoleum could be broken through the tactics of crowds?" Mo Ran murmured, "If there were some mechanism on this bridge, how many people would come here is not a dead word? How many people are enough to fill this hole? "

Lan Qi was inexplicably guilty, and it was rare for him to lose confidence in front of Mo Ran, and forced himself to say: "It's just a theoretical possibility, and it doesn't really make you hard."

Mo Ran said angrily: "Nonsense! Even if you tell me to break it, can I really do it? You think I am..."

Seeing Lan Qi's upturned chin and eye corners, he suddenly swallowed the last two words abruptly, and he had no doubt that if he didn't stop him in time, Lan Qi would nod his head very naturally. Yes, Ye Xuehuan would add insult to injury even more unkindly.He has been tricked countless times by these two people working together to sing and harmonize. If he doesn't have a long memory, he is really a fool.

"……I bother!"

After a few people messed around, they were not so nervous when facing the cliff and the single bridge.Yu Tian had already released his natal Gu to investigate the surrounding area, pointed to his feet and said, "It's not that exaggerated, the bottom is about ten feet deep, and the bridge is about [-] feet long, but the width of the mountain walls on both sides is beyond the range of my natal Gu's separation. , it is basically certain that there is only one way.”

Mo Ran stared at her inexplicably, the depth of ten feet is enough to break a person's body to pieces, not to mention that no one knows whether there is soft mud or hard thorns under this cliff, so she said it like a small sewer.

"It's a knife to stretch your head and shrink your head. Hurry up." Yu Tian narrowly made a gesture of invitation, "Don't worry, it won't collapse."

Mo Ran doubted: "If this stone bridge is really that long, without even a bridge pier in the middle, its own weight alone is enough to crush itself, is it really okay?"

Yu Tian smiled and said, "If I say it won't collapse, it won't collapse."

Hearing what she said firmly, Mo Ran didn't disbelieve her, but she didn't want to succumb easily; just about to argue a few more words, Lan Qi had already taken the torch from a soldier, and said in a low voice, "I'll go first. Although I don't think the Naihe Bridge designed by Xingzu can still collapse, but if there is an emergency and I have time to react, others may not."

Ye Xuehuan frowned slightly, but did not object, nodded and said, "That's fine."

On the one hand, he held Lan Qi's other hand, making it clear that he wanted to take the second one.

Mo Ran felt that his face was dull, so in order to avoid getting darker and darker, and not to appear greedy for life and fear of death, he immediately stuck behind Ye Xuehuan.

Yu Tian looked amused, and beckoned Tong Xuan to support him, and the rest of the soldiers lined up behind the palace, and stepped onto the stone bridge one by one.

Lan Qi didn't walk fast, but he didn't hesitate either. He held the torch directly in front of him, and locked his eyes on his feet. If he didn't look beyond the bridge railing, he would naturally walk on the ground.And the facts also proved that Xingzu lived up to his trust. A dozen or so people walked out for seven or eight feet, and the stone bridge was still solid and stable, not even a small piece of gravel fell, and there was no sign of it collapsing at all.

The fluttering hearts were about to fall back into the stomach, but Lan Qi suddenly stopped, and Sheng Sheng lifted those fragile little hearts back to his throat.

"what happened again?"

Lan Qi heard Mo Ran's uneasy voice, and raised the torch sideways, allowing the two behind him to see the situation ahead.

The bridge deck came to an abrupt end at Lan Qi's feet, but it was actually connected to another suspension bridge with flexible cables; the bridge cables were fixed on the guardrail of the stone bridge, only finger-thick, shrouded in a hazy light under the light of the fire. With a golden halo, the bridge plates below are white, each piece is only one palm wide, and are laid forward in a dense manner.

"The bridge cables should also be made of crocodile silk, which has the same feel as the snake coils outside." Lan Qi squatted at the junction of the two bridges, knocked on the bridge deck, and heard a crisp jade-like sound, "The bridge deck is Hard white jade."

Yu Tian sighed and said: "Shi Zai Xingzu loves jade very much. Even in the battle, he did not forget to collect rare stones and beautiful jade. It is said that he bypassed Yinlong Mountain to attack the northern border, just to snatch Huang Nuan, who was the king of the northern border at that time." Jade bed. I also know that these strange stones and beautiful jade are hidden in the ear room, but I didn’t expect that they can be used to build bridges.”

"..."

Mo Ran looked at her again without a word, and sure enough, seeing that she was not surprised at all, he knew that she had already found out the situation, but she wanted to deliberately show off and pretend to be emotional.

It is true that her natal Gu cannot detect such a long distance, but the center of the suspension bridge is naturally drooping, as long as she can find the lowest point, she can naturally calculate the length of the entire bridge, so her judgment on the length of the bridge should be accurate.And what Mo Ran said before is not bad, if it is only a stone bridge of thirty feet long without piers in the middle, the bridge will collapse by itself; if the whole bridge is a suspension bridge, because the distance is too long, If the shaking is too severe when crossing the bridge, the bridge cables may not be able to bear it.Based on the combination of the two, the stone bridge in the first half is equivalent to an extended platform, making an approach bridge for the suspension bridge.The opposite side must have the same structure. The suspension bridge used to be the other half of the stone bridge.

"Jade is no better than stone after all. Although it is hard, it is brittle and cannot withstand heavy trampling. This jade bridge is not to show luxury, but to control the number of people crossing the bridge."

Lan Qi stood up and muttered: "Although the crocodile silk can last for thousands of years, it may not be able to bear much weight. To be on the safe side, let's go one by one. I'll go first."

Ye Xuehuan pursed the corners of her lips, and finally had no choice but to nod, "Be careful."

Lan Qi squeezed his palm, turned around and stepped onto the suspension bridge.

He walked lightly, and walked out about ten steps silently when he landed, the bridge deck began to shake up and down, making a small creaking sound.

Obviously it was just the normal friction between the bridge cables and the jade boards, but it was creepy to hear. The trembling suspension bridge seemed to turn into a poisonous snake wagging its head and tail, wrapping around everyone's heart coldly.

Lan Qi himself seemed to be completely unaffected. Following the rhythm of the swaying of the bridge, his feet lifted up when sinking, and landed when rebounding. Hidden in the darkness, only the torch in his hand exudes a warm yellow halo, like a lonely boat in the depths of the sea, slowly becoming smaller and darker in the regular ups and downs, first low and then high , and finally stopped on the opposite bank.

"Okay, come here."

Lan Qi's voice was not too loud, but it formed a buzzing echo in the empty mountainside.He paused, and whispered again: "Slow down, be careful."

Even if he didn't tell them, the others couldn't be as brisk and steady as him.Ye Xuehuan had only walked a few steps when the bridge deck shook violently, creaking like a dying moan, so he had to hold on to the bridge cable with one hand, and shine a torch on his feet with the other, and stop until the shaking subsided before continuing. Consciously, he lowered his center of gravity, bent his knees, and had no manners at all.

This is because Ye Xuehuan has been riding and shooting all year round, and his foot is stable, so he will not be too embarrassed; but when he really finished walking, the soles of his feet were already floating, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his back.After finally stepping on the solid stone bridge at the other end, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Lan Qi extinguished his own torch after he walked up. This was the signal they agreed upon. Two points of the fire turned into one point, which meant that Ye Xuehuan had arrived safely, and it was Mo Ran's turn to walk the suspension bridge behind.

There was another sound of the bridge cable from behind, mixed with Mo Ran's low curse, but Ye Xuehuan couldn't pay attention to it for the time being, and couldn't help but pinch the back of Lan Qi's head, and bit him hard on the lip.

Lan Qi was caught off guard, leaned forward and looked at his really unattractive face, thinking that the hanging bridge was dangerous, he was nervous for a while, so he stretched his arms around his back and hugged him gently.

Ye Xuehuan couldn't help laughing, Lan Qi knew how to take care of his face and dignity at all times, never spoke words of comfort in front of people, and only used some sneaky little moves to comfort him.Although he knew that Lan Qi might have misunderstood the motive of that slightly vicious kiss, he didn't say anything. He put his backhand around Lan Qi's waist and whispered in his ear, "Hey, look up, let me kiss you again." Kiss."

——Even if it is the danger of stepping on the jade board and falling into the abyss at any time, it is not enough to scare him so far.What really frightened him inexplicably was Lan Qi's back that was drifting away and slowly being engulfed by darkness.

People are inevitably sensitive and easily startled in a closed and dark environment, and their imagination becomes particularly rich; this is instinct, and even Ye Xuehuan, who has experienced many battles, cannot control the bad imaginations that follow.In just a short time of half a stick of incense, he was stretched by his senses like a lifetime ago. Countless scenes of bridges being destroyed and people dying flashed before his eyes, as if he could see Lan Qi lying at the bottom of the cliff with his torso twisted, or being crushed. I don't know if there is a trap full of holes and spikes, and the tragic scene of blood dripping, even if Lan Qi arrives safely, he still has lingering fears.

It wasn't until he got close to the other side and could gradually see Lan Qi's concerned eyes when he was waiting for him that his heart fell back to the world.

Lan Qi blinked his eyes, and as if realizing something, he turned his head to listen to the movement on the suspension bridge, and after confirming that Mo Ran would not be able to get through in a short time, he stood on tiptoe and raised his head, and parted his lips actively.

The mouth was soon occupied by a familiar breath, and the tip of the tongue was entangled with another wet, hot and flexible tongue, playing back and forth between the lips and teeth.

Compared with physical pleasure, Lan Qi has always preferred kissing, thinking that it is an emotional expression that transcends physical needs, and is a more intimate and deeply emotional blending with each other; Let him get a full sense of security and satisfaction.At this time, in the strange and dark place, being bitten by Ye Xuehuan with the tip of his tongue in his mouth, a different kind of stimulation and excitement quickly permeated his limbs and bones, his entire spine was numb, and his throat was purring like a kitten coquettishly The sweet and soft vibrato, mixed with the faint sound of water leaking from the churning, were all covered under the sound of the torch.

Ye Xuehuan moved half an inch away, and then kissed Lan Qi's cheek along the corner of his lips; Lan Qi was still not satisfied, the tip of her tongue caught up with his lips, and begged vaguely: "Kiss for a while..."

"It's not good." Ye Xuehuan scolded with a smile, "How dare you be so arrogant after having an affair."

Lan Qi hummed twice, and directly blocked his mouth.

Ye Xuehuan raised the torch a little higher, facing the hanging bridge, blocking the profile of the two of them. It was truly dark under the lamp, so Mo Ran, who was cursing on the hanging bridge, didn't know what was behind the light group that guided and encouraged him to move forward. What an untimely love affair is happening.

As long as he had been trembling on the hanging bridge, the two kissed for as long as they did, and the kiss finally made their lips wet and red, and their breathing was unsteady; but fortunately, Mo Ran didn't pay attention, or didn't think that these two people were in love with each other at all. Under the circumstances, he could still make a fire, waved the torch a few times to signal the opposite bank, and went to the other side of the stone bridge to check the situation, while Ye Xuehuan stayed there with a serious Lan Qi as if nothing had happened.

There are cliffs at both ends of the Naihe Bridge, and there is a cave in the middle. At first glance, there is no difference, and the mirror image separates the two worlds of Yin and Yang.Behind the cave is another extended platform, but its size is by no means comparable to the cliff stone platform outside the cave, which is barely enough for a foothold. It is even more than enough for a small square.

Mo Ran took two steps on the platform, and heard the sound of his footsteps echoing through the space, so he knew that this place must be another hollow mountainside, but he didn't know the scale.He cautiously took a few steps forward, and found that there was actually a chest-high guardrail on the edge of the platform, and each of them was carefully carved, horizontal and vertical, roughly in the shape of an elongated semi-arc; it was not so much a protection against people falling It is better to say that people lean on it to overlook the scenery and scold Fang Qiu.

Mo Ran suddenly had an extremely exaggerated guess, and squatted down to check the ground under his feet. Sure enough, there were also complicated carvings on it. It is a huge phoenix, with gorgeous and slender tail feathers wrapping around its body, becoming the outer edge of the entire carved surface.

——This is the emblem seal of the Feng Dynasty in the past.

Mo Ran confirmed her guess, took a deep breath, and shouted out of the cave: "Lan Qi—! Come here—!"

This sound was extremely loud, and the sound wave echoed in the mountain cavity, and then shot out from the only narrow hole.

Tong Xuan, who had just come down from the suspension bridge, was all excited. His bodyguard instinct for many years made him instantly enter a state of vigilance. The long sword at his waist was out of its sheath, and he wanted to rush in when he raised his leg; Ye Xuehuan pressed him in time, and first confirmed that he was Yu Tian, ​​who was crossing the suspension bridge, was not affected, so Tong Xuan was asked to hold a fire at the end, and he dragged Lan Qi through the cave by himself, scolding angrily, "What's the name of the ghost?"

Mo Ran's expression was very strange, "There must be a light nearby, look for it quickly."

Lan Qi said inexplicably: "There must be a ghost lantern in the underground palace. We will look for it together when everyone comes over. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Because this is a fucking grandstand!" Mo Ran gritted his teeth and pointed at his feet, "This ancestor is too good at enjoying himself. He built a grandstand at the entrance of the underground palace, and he can admire his own grave before he dies! Then why wouldn't he Design some mechanism that can light up the entire underground palace by standing on the stands, otherwise what would he see?"

Lan Qi glanced at him quite unexpectedly, as if he thought it was not easy to think of this with his mind, and it could even be said that the look of approval in his eyes almost made Mo Ran explode on the spot, but after thinking about it, he endured it and felt angry Said: "When there are too many servants, they will touch hands and feet. You should look for it now."

Lan Qi snorted, although he couldn't bear to hit him, but when he saw him crouching on the ground without any image, he reminded him: "If there is a trap, it won't be on the ground, and the ghost lamp must be on a high place, you should get up quickly. "

Mo Ran: "..."

This stand can be said to be built on a natural platform on the mountain wall, a bit similar to the viewing platform on Songliu Peak. In Lan Qi's view, it is difficult to bury any mechanism, not to mention that he does not think it is necessary to light a lamp Using some particularly delicate mechanism, I only carefully inspected the mountain wall, and soon found a raised circular lampstand directly above the cave.

The position of the lampstand is so high that even Ye Xuehuan might not be able to reach it by stepping on Mo Ran's shoulders. If it wasn't for Lan Qi's sharp eyes, he wouldn't be able to spot it at all.

Ye Xuehuan opened the machine crossbow box, took a small arrow from it, removed some cotton wool soaked in grease from Lan Qi's extinguished torch, wrapped it around the arrowhead, ignited it and threw it.

He exerted a bit of skill, and the crossbow arrow went straight up and down, and it lost its momentum just after the height of the lampstand, and fell into it accurately.With a snort, a faint blue fire lit up in the lampstand, instantly illuminating the entire stand around it like daylight, and the smell was not like ordinary fat burning, but a strange and mellow ester fragrance.Lan Qi inexplicably felt that the scent was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember what it was for a while, so he had to give it up for the time being.

The bluish-white fire light was not enough to illuminate the entire mountainside, but it reflected the bloodless faces of the three people, which looked very scary. Compared with the darkness where you couldn't see your fingers just now, it was more like being in the underworld and the yang energy faded away. Feeling the illusion, I couldn't help feeling chills down my spine, looked at each other for a while, and then looked at the plank road extending out from the side of the stand in unison.

The plank road can accommodate two people side by side. Although it was cut out along the mountain wall, it is polished and smooth, and there are simple guardrails at the edge of the calf; because of the limited light, I don’t know where it leads, but it should be the only way to go down to the underground palace. .

During the brief silence, before anyone had time to speak, another slight snort was heard, and a small blue dot suddenly lit up under the lampstand, and then turned into a strip of light, quickly moving along the mountain wall above the plank road, Not long after, he lit up a lampstand again with a snort, and then continued straight forward without stopping.

It should be some kind of special burning wire buried on the mountain wall, coiled around the periphery of the entire underground palace. After being ignited by the lampstand above their heads, the sparks would swim along the mountain wall like an elegant light blue fish. spiral down.

For a while, the three of them held their breath, their eyes were firmly attracted by the blue spark; every once in a while, a lampstand was lit, and the sound of chirping was endless, and the whole mountainside was lit up one after another, gradually turning the underground palace into a haze. The whole picture was displayed in front of the three people in the stands.

The scene was too majestic and spectacular. Even though the lighting mechanism was roughly in line with Lan Qi's guess, he never expected that it would be so gorgeous and smooth. As Mo Ran said, standing on the stands could light up the entire underground palace.

This is a huge mountainside that has been hollowed out into a hemisphere. The stand where they are located is the widest part of the sphere, with a flat roof on top of their heads, and gradually narrows down; the plank road in the stand extends not far away and connects to a circular corridor. , eight door openings were evenly opened on the periphery, and there was a lampstand above each, which illuminated the vicinity of the door opening extremely brightly. On the contrary, it was impossible to see the specific situation in the corridor, but just looking at the periphery was enough to shock.

It is estimated that the entire corridor can go around three or four miles, and this circular corridor has eight floors from top to bottom, each floor is at least two feet high, and finally connects to the closed-roofed palace at the bottom of the mountain—the It should be the most important spiritual hall.

Standing on the side of the mountain tens of feet high, you will feel dizzy if you look down at it; if you imagine the cliff corridor tens of miles long, your legs will feel weak and flustered.

And the most frightening thing is that this burning wire is obviously a one-time device, unless it is paved again, it is impossible for Xingzu himself to appreciate this majestic or terrifying underground palace by himself.

——In other words, this stand was not built for Xingzu himself, but was specially displayed and shown off to the descendants who came to open the imperial tomb.