A knife in love

Chapter 89

Li Qiufeng returned to the house, just after drinking a cup of tea, he heard someone knock on the door lightly, but it was Zhuang Hengyun's voice: "Two brothers, let's go now."

Li Qiufeng and Yan Dufei came out with their weapons in hand, but saw dozens of people gathered in the courtyard, Yu Changyuan, Xu Yingyang and others had already arrived.Yu Changyuan left ten Zhuang Ding to stay in the temple, let Zhuang Hengyun lead the way, and the group left the Lama Temple in a mighty way, heading straight for the north peak of Lianhua Mountain.

This time the crowd walked much faster than the first time, and within an hour or so, they climbed over the north peak of Lianhua Mountain and arrived outside the red wall of Kangling.Zhuang Hengyun led the way first, and walked north along the red wall until he reached the end of the red wall. In the darkness, he saw a few huge tree branches protruding from the wall.Li Qiufeng had seen this big tree on the roof of the back hall last time, and secretly wondered why Zhuang Hengyun didn't go over the wall this time, but came here directly.

At this time, the crowd stopped, and thirty Zhuang Ding squatted under the wall to be careful. Zhuang Hengyun whispered to the crowd: "There used to be sergeants guarding the tomb here, and the defense is tight. Now the army has withdrawn from the imperial tomb. There is no more here." Guard, so we can save a lot of energy by going in here."

Yu Changyuan said: "Crossing this section of the wall is the location marked on Brother Yan's map. Let's discuss after we go in."

Zhuang Hengyun jumped up to the top of the wall, observed it for a while, and then made a gesture to the people below the wall.Yu Changyuan whispered: "Everyone go in!"

Everyone performed lightness kung fu and jumped into the wall one after another.He Yi let down the rope on the wall again, and thirty Zhuang Ding followed in.

After everyone entered the imperial mausoleum, they didn't even dare to make a sound.The last time I looked at this place from a distance above the wing room, I only saw a big tree at that time, but when I arrived here, I found that there was actually a small palace behind the big tree.Li Qiufeng saw a plaque hanging at the entrance of the hall, and under the starlight, he saw the three big characters "Xuanwu Hall" written on it.

Yu Changyuan whispered to Yan Dufei: "Brother Yan, can you show us your map again?"

Yan Dufei took out the map from his pocket and spread it on the ground.At this time, there are no night guards in the backyard, and everyone has nothing to fear.Zhuang Hengyun took out the fire folder, and after shaking the fire, everyone looked at the map.But behind the tree and stone, there is an open space.Yu Changyuan pointed to the empty space and said, "This place is the Xuanwu Hall, but I don't know why Mr. Qiao didn't mark it on the map."

Yan Dufei said: "Let's first go into this Xuanwu Hall to see if there is anything strange."

Yu Changyuan and Xu Yingyang looked at each other, and said: "Third brother, you take our brothers from Wuhu Villa to guard outside, and the other brothers go in with me."

He Yi agreed, and restrained thirty Zhuang Ding to hide along the red wall.Yu Changyuan took the lead and rushed to the front of Xuanwu Hall.I saw that the door of the hall was closed tightly, and a big lock was hung on the door.He turned his head to Zhuang Hengyun and said, "Second brother, try to open this door."

Zhuang Hengyun rushed forward, took out a thin iron wire from his pocket, and twirled it a few times in the keyhole, only to hear a light "click", and the lock was unlocked.Zhuang Hengyun took the lock off without making any sound.Yan Dufei praised at the side: "Second Villa Master, I really have you."

Zhuang Hengyun said: "It's a small plan, it's not enough to expose it to the sun." While speaking, he gently opened the door of the hall, only to feel a cold air rushing out from the hall, which made him shiver.Everyone looked at the darkness in the hall, and felt uneasy in their hearts.

Yu Changyuan saw that everyone was shrinking back, so he said in a deep voice: "Today there is no retreat, everyone is afraid of a bird?!" After saying that, he was about to be broken from Zhuang Hengyun's hand, and after shaking the fire, he stepped into the Xuanwu Hall.

Seeing Yu Changyuan entering the main hall, everyone became more courageous and followed in.After entering the palace, I realized that the palace is really small and pitiful.The length and width of the hall are about ten steps each. In the middle stands the statue of Xuanwu Emperor, and on the left and right are the two generals of the turtle and the snake.There are several bowls and plates on the table, but there are no offerings.There are some fairies and ladies painted on the left and right walls, but they are also lifelike.

Yu Changyuan said: "Why is such a small temple built in the corner of the imperial mausoleum?"

Xu Yingyang said: "Master Yu does not know that when Emperor Chengzu was in power, he respected Emperor Xuanwu as the guardian god of the royal family. There are Xuanwu temples in the prisons, bureaus, divisions, factories, warehouses and other yamen in the capital. Consecrate the statue of Emperor Xuanwu. In the tenth year of Yongle, Zhang Xin, the Marquis of Longping, was ordered to lead more than 20 soldiers to build the Zhenwu Temple in Wudang Mountain. It is said that Emperor Xuanwu is the god of water and can restrain fire. Suppress the fire. Looking at the layout of the imperial tomb, it is quite similar to the imperial palace, so the Xuanwu Hall was built here, presumably to pray for the protection of the Emperor Xuanwu, and prevent the imperial tomb from fire."

Yu Changyuan said: "Everyone, look around to see if there is anything weird in this palace."

Everyone searched around the hall, but the hall was extremely simple, except for three statues, there was only one altar, and nothing else.Everyone searched twice, but they couldn't find anything suspicious, so they had to look at each other in blank dismay.Yu Changyuan said: "Brother Yan's picture shows a tree and a monkey. Now the big tree is still there, but where can I find the monkey?"

Zhuang Hengyun said: "Could it be that the monkey is outside the hall?" Yu Changyuan said: "Second brother, go outside and talk to third child, let everyone look around to see if there is any stone that looks like a monkey."

Zhuang Hengyun agreed, and immediately left the palace gate.Yu Changyuan took a few steps in the hall, and said to Yan Dufei, "Mr. Qiao's grave, is it near here?"

Yan Dufei said: "Senior brother Qiao didn't say it clearly in the letter, he only said that after getting the map from the imperial study and finding his tomb, he would know the location of the imperial edict and treasure left by the late emperor."

Yu Changyuan nodded, walked around the altar a few times with his hands behind his back, looked up at the statue of Emperor Xuanwu, then walked to the statue, stretched out his hand to put the fire folder behind the statue, observed carefully for a long time, and then He walked back disappointed, and said, "There is nothing unusual behind the statue..."

At this moment, Zhuang Hengyun walked into the hall and said to Yu Changyuan: "My brother and I searched carefully around the Xuanwu Hall with my brothers, but we didn't find any monkeys, not even any monkey-like stones."

Yu Changyuan was restless and said with a stampede, "I've been tossing about for almost an hour, but I haven't found anything. Do we want us to return empty-handed?"

Li Qiufeng suddenly said: "Master Yu, don't worry, I think there must be something strange in this palace."

Yu Changyuan said, "Brother Li, what's your opinion?"

Li Qiufeng said: "Look, everyone, the bowls and plates on the altar table are still there, but there is not even half of the offerings. I don't know where the candlesticks are. It has been a long time since I came to this Xuanwu Hall. Just take a look inside the hall. Isn't it strange that there is no dust on the ground and on the altar?"

After hearing Li Qiufeng's words, everyone immediately looked around and found that the hall was surprisingly clean.Zhuang Heng went and said: "Brother Li is right, this temple is so clean, someone must come to clean it from time to time. It's strange, why do people come to this small temple often..."

Li Qiufeng said: "Just now when the second villa owner opened the door of the palace, there was an extremely cold air gushing out from the hall. This Xuanwu Hall has no windows on all sides, but where does this cold air come from?"

Yu Changyuan said: "I also noticed a cold air just now, but now the cold air is gone. It may also be that the door of this temple has been closed for a long time, and some Yin Qi has accumulated, but it may not be possible."

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "Brother, when he was on duty in Da Nei, he had been to some palaces that had not been inhabited for many years, but he had never encountered such a cold air. This cold air must have come from somewhere in the palace, but after we entered , Open the door of the hall, after such a long time, the air inside and outside the hall blends with each other, and you can't feel the existence of this cold air."

Having said that, he turned around and walked to the door, closed the hall door again, and said to everyone: "Wait a while and see if there is still cold air."

Sure enough, within half a stick of incense, the hall became gloomy and cold again.Yu Changyuan laughed and said: "Brother Li is really amazing, this palace is really weird."

Zhuang Hengyun's heart moved, and he said to Yu Changyuan: "Brother, give the fire pocket to my brother."

Yu Changyuan handed the Huozhangzi to Zhuang Hengyun.Zhuang Hengyun held the Huozhezi in his hand and stood still.I saw the flames of the Huozhezi whistling, straight towards the entrance of the hall.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the statue of Emperor Xuanwu, Yu Changyuan said: "The wind is coming from the statue, there must be something weird about this statue!"

(End of this chapter)