After the hero goes crazy

'Buzzing buzzing buzzing --' the aftermath shook, and the dust on the surrounding stone walls fell.

Yao Shouning felt like he was stepping on the waves, and it was difficult for his feet to stand firm.

But she had already experienced an earthquake tonight, so she was quite experienced. At the moment of this abnormal movement, she reached out and grabbed Lu Zhi's elbow.

Lu Zhi reacted quickly.

He used his strength to stand firm, and pulled Yao Shouning to lean against the stone wall, waiting for the aftershock to pass.

'卬——hu——'

The earthquake lasted about ten or so breaths. With the soft long chant and the last lingering sigh, everything fell silent.

"..."

The two young men and women standing against the wall in the tunnel waited for a while, then took a long breath, and subconsciously turned their heads to look at each other. Lu Zhi tried to stand up straight, and he really felt that the ground was calm.

The previous tremor had disappeared, and the tunnel regained its tranquility.

"Perhaps the aftershocks of the earthquake."

After Lu Zhi finished speaking, he extended his hand to Yao Shouning.

She was still holding on to the fire folder tightly, and her knuckles were turning white due to excessive force.

The shock in Prince Qi's underground palace should have frightened her. When the aftershocks came again, she was cold all over, and she seemed to have no strength to stand up.

Yao Shouning put his hand in his palm with a pale face. Hearing this, he shook his head:
"No."

She seemed very determined, swallowed again, then licked her dry lips, and said softly:

"I'm afraid it's because I mentioned..."

This time, she did not say the word 'river god' again.

The trembling in the underground palace occurred when she mentioned 'River God'. Obviously, these two words triggered the restricted area.

If the previous idea that 'there may be a secret about the river god in the tunnel' was just speculation, then the sudden change at this moment undoubtedly verified the two's ideas.

Ever since Yao Wanning was branded with evil spirits and was tainted with the 'River God', the two have been trying to find out the identity of the 'River God', and now they finally found a clue, they should be lucky.

But Yao Shouning felt a little uneasy in his heart: people/demons/ghosts who have cultivated to a certain level will have a sense of their own 'name'.

In her understanding, the 'name' is understood as the forbidden zone of these existences.

Once you call their names, it's like stepping into their restricted zone, which will quickly arouse their awareness - Chen Taiwei before is the best example.

Yao Shouning frowned when he said this:

"But when I was at home, I mentioned the existence of 'him' several times in front of my sister, but I didn't notice any changes."

Even the ghost of 'River God' is near Yao Wanning, Yao Shouning can 'see' him with his sister day and night, but when she mentions the word 'River God', the ghost doesn't respond.

Now, when one enters the secret path, the mention of "River God" causes the earth to shake, which shows that this underground secret path is really weird.

Lu Zhi nodded, pulled her to stand up straight, and asked everything:
"Are you ok?"

Too many things happened tonight, he was a little worried about Yao Shouning.

"It's okay!" Yao Shouning shook his head, his eyes were bright, and he said persistently:

"We have been investigating for so long, and finally got a clue. I must see it with my own eyes."

This descending secret passage is a bit long, although it is not very spacious, but it is many times better than the maze dug by the Zhao family under King Qi's underground palace.

The two went down a few more steps and entered the underground labyrinth. There were three different paths placed in the downward passage.

There is one on each side of the left and right, while the other is opposite the descending passage, reaching the distance.

Each of these three roads is about ten feet wide and about one zhang high.

Regardless of the craftsmanship or the scale of the building, it cannot be done by someone secretly. It is clearly like a palace aisle specially built by someone, and it can only be completed by the person who built it with extraordinary identity and strength.

"Which way to go?"

When Lu Zhi saw the three passages, he immediately turned his head to look at Yao Shouning.

At this time, it is naturally the best solution for the Bian Ji family with strong predictive ability to make the choice.

Yao Shouning did not hesitate, pointing to the middle road:

"Go here!"

Although the three roads are all the same, and the direction leading to it is not clear, but since they have all come, she will go in the middle.

Lu Zhi nodded and said:

"I also want to go in the middle."

He didn't have an extraordinary premonition, but the direction from the previous roar and trembling came from the extension of the middle passage.

The two had the same goal, so they stepped onto the middle passage without hesitation.

The ground was flat and clean, and when the two of them stepped on the ground, they made a soft noise.

Tonight, both Lu Zhi and Yao Shouning were chased out of the shadows by Chen Taiwei, they were extremely careful when walking around, observing their surroundings left and right.

The road in the middle is more than a hundred feet long, and when the two of them walked to the end, there was another secret road running through it in front of them.

The two ends of the passage were dark, like a bottomless abyss.

In this sealed environment, the subtle sounds of the two people's every move were amplified to the extreme.

The two subconsciously restrained their movements and became a little cautious.

In the sound of "Xi Xi Suo Suo", Shi Zi turned his head and met Yao Shouning's eyes, obviously asking her which side to go.

She was decisive when there were three paths, but now that she has to choose two directions, she has encountered difficulties again.

She turned her head left and right, and at this moment, the light and joyful laughter of a "giggling" child suddenly came from the black passage to Yao Shouning's right hand.

"Aunt--"

"who!"

Yao Shouning was startled, and turned his head to look to the right——in the secret passage on the right, in the endless darkness, there was a figure of a child in a red coat wrapped in a hazy halo, running in front of her And pass.

The child had braids soaring to the sky. He looked about five or six years old at the most, white and tender, very cute.

But in this deep and quiet underground passage, Leng might as well appear such a child's shadow, which is naturally very strange.

"Where are the people!"

Lu Zhi, who had been watching from side to side before, subconsciously turned his head when he heard her scream.

He followed Yao Shouning's line of sight, and saw the darkness in the distance, and the surroundings were extremely quiet, except for the two who were talking, there was no one else.

"there--"

Yao Shouning stretched out his hand and pointed to the right, then hesitated and said:
"I was like, I saw a child..."

She mentioned the scene she saw earlier to Lu Zhi, and said:

"I seem to hear him shouting 'Huh'..."

It was not the first time Yao Shouning had heard a child's voice, but this was the first time she had seen the figure of a 'child' with her own eyes. At this time, she naturally understood that this should be a sign of foretelling, but she had no clue for a while.

"Don't worry."

Lu Zhi took her hand and said in a deep voice:
"Whatever it is, let's go to the right, I want to see what the hell is going on!"

Yao Shouning nodded, and felt that there would be omens where the passage on the right pointed.

The two turned to the right, and she held up the torch in her hand.

Because Yao Shouning heard the sound and saw the 'child' earlier, the two walked cautiously.

Lu Zhi even released his spiritual consciousness, and tried his best to open his eyes wide, fearing that the two of them would encounter a crisis.

His eyes turned to the left and right sides and the top of his head from time to time, but when he looked at the wall on the left, he seemed to find something was wrong, and let out a soft exclamation—"Huh."

"What's wrong?" Yao Shouning asked hastily.

"What's wrong……"

The back and forth turned into overlapping sound waves, which were transmitted into the eardrums of the two people.

Lu Zhi held her tightly with one hand, and stretched out his other hand to wipe the stone wall on the left side.

'brush! '

The palm rubbed against the cold stone wall, erasing the outer layer of sand mist, leaving a long trace, revealing the dark stone wall below.

A thin, long bulge can be seen where Shi Zi pressed with his finger.

This mark is as thin as a bamboo stick, and the other part is hidden in the gray mist. If Lu Zhi hadn't had sharp eyes, he might not have noticed it at all.

This place is very particular. When Yao Shouning came all the way, he also paid attention to the surroundings, and found that the floor, stone walls, and the top of the head were all made very finely.

The stone tiles of each floor are similar in size, polished smooth and flat, and logically speaking, there will be no marks on the walls for no reason.

The two turned their heads and looked at each other, showing a tacit expression.

Yao Shouning raised the slightly hot torch in his hand, while Lu Zhi wiped the stone wall with his hand and moved forward!
With the sound of 'swiping', he quickly wiped out a half-foot-long mark.

At the beginning, the imprint was fine and thin, but as it went forward, it became thicker, like some kind of tentacles carved, and at the back, it was as thick as a finger.

Lu Zhi wiped it again and again, the dust flew around, and amidst the dust and smoke, he saw that there were several strands of such tentacles, intertwined with each other, and finally connected to a certain place.

The two looked refreshed, and they both felt that they should have found a clue.

As expected, this imprint was not randomly carved, it must have been intentionally carved when someone was building this underground labyrinth.

But what kind of person would build such a large-scale and extremely exquisite maze under the capital of God, and go to great lengths to carve these imprints in the maze?

Yao Shouning's heart was beating wildly, and he always felt that the two of them might not only find out clues to the origin of the "River God" tonight, but they might also discover a big secret.

"Sir..."

She opened her mouth and was startled by her own voice.

"Shi... son..."

"Shi... son... son... son..."

The echoes echoed back from the end of the Youyou secret passage, causing her to shrink her head, but then she realized that it was just an echo, and she was just scaring herself, so she became more confident:

"Tell me, when was this secret passage built?"

In the past, she only used story books and storytelling books, and she was not very clear about some historical records of Daqing.

The scale of this underground labyrinth is huge, and a lot of manpower and material resources must be used. Yao Shouning has never heard of it for at least a hundred years.

The one who can build an underground palace under the ground of Shendu, and can build it to this extent, must be the royal family!

Lu Zhi happened to be born in the royal family, so he must be familiar with the history and secrets of the Daqing royal family.

"I do not know."

Lu Zhi shook his head, with a serious expression on his face:

"But I can be sure that for at least the past six or seven hundred years, none of the descendants of the Zhu family dared to build temples or dig soil under the capital of the gods!"

At first, Yao Shouning thought that the two of them just discovered a secret by accident, but now seeing the tone of Shi Zi's words, he felt that things might not be as simple as she imagined, so he showed curiosity.

Lu Zhi explained to her:
"According to the rumors, the reason why Taizu established his capital here and named it the capital of God is because it is said that there may be a dragon vein hidden here!"

His tone was dignified, and his voice was rather deep. The moment the final note fell, Yao Shouning heard a heavy breath again in his ears: "卬哧..."

The word 'dragon vein' sounded quite mysterious at first, even though Yao Shouning didn't believe it, but the moment she heard the snort, a goosebump rose up her arm, and the hair on the back of her neck stood upside down.

She forcibly suppressed the horror in her heart in order not to disturb Shi Zi to continue talking.

"It is said that the existence of this dragon vein can protect Daqing's foundation from being destroyed."

This kind of rumor originated in the early years of Daqing. At the beginning, many people did not give up. They searched the terrain of the gods everywhere and attracted many masters of Taoism.

At that time, some Taoists wanted to use the power of dragon veins to practice, trying to break through the limitations of human beings, and then practice to become immortals and ascend to the fairy world.

Therefore, in the Taoist sect, in addition to practicing spells and talismans, there is another branch that specializes in practicing Fengshui and hexagrams.

These people have been looking for dragon veins for many years, but they have not been able to find any clues. Therefore, the word "dragon veins" has become a rumor.

"However, among the ancestral precepts of the emperors of the past dynasties in Daqing, there was one, that is, not to build palaces indiscriminately."

His hand rested on the stone wall and said:

"Although the word 'dragon vein' is illusory, the ancestral precepts have made the royal family of the Daqing Dynasty guess that under the city of God, there is indeed a 'dragon vein' that is related to Daqing's aura."

Yao Shouning was stunned when he thought of the faint and seemingly invisible sound of breathing before, and his eyes fell on Shizi's face.

He has a very good profile.

His brows are deep, his nose is straight, his lips are slightly paler probably because of his injury tonight, but under the light, his eyes are wrinkled and bright, and the shadow of his eyelashes is cast on the stone wall, a look In the blink of an eye, it is reflected in the pupils, like the dense tree shadows in a clear lake.

"So since 700 years, the royal family of Daqing has repaired other palaces and built holiday gardens, but never dared to overhaul the palace city."

When it comes to the secrets of the royal family, he is indeed well-read and knowledgeable, and when he talks about it, he sweeps away the impression of "unreliable" left in Yao Shouning's heart, and becomes a little charming.

"The most famous thing is that during the reign of Emperor Yong'an more than 300 years ago, he was mean, ungrateful, and cruel, killing the ministers of the court and exploiting the people. It moved towards the Yutang Palace where Emperor Yong'an lived, causing a fire to break out in the palace, and the fire spread very quickly, almost burning out the inner city."

Lu Zhi's voice was low and lazy, especially since the two of them were in the underground labyrinth, the echoes surrounded them, adding to their charm.

When he seriously talked about the past many years ago, Yao Shouning even forgot the things around him and was fascinated by it.

"That thunderstorm from the sky burned down the temple, and at the same time caused a powerful earthquake..." Lu Zhi said this, turned his head, and saw the little girl staring at him with big watery eyes blinking , as if in a trance.

"..."

Shi Zi should have been used to this feeling of being watched wholeheartedly, but at this moment the two looked at each other, and he saw his own face reflected in Yao Shouning's big eyes, which seemed to be rapidly becoming red.

Lu Zhi was suddenly embarrassed, and an indescribable sense of panic arose in his heart, which made him stretch out his fingertips to touch the girl's forehead without thinking.

"...are you listening to me carefully?"

'Bah bah bah——' When he spoke, his heart beat faster, as if a fire was burning in his heart, spreading up his chest and climbing to his cheeks.

He didn't even dare to look at Yao Shouning's face, but turned around nervously.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Yao Shouning nodded, and said seriously:

"You mentioned that in the seventh year of 350, a thunderstorm struck the emperor's palace and triggered..." Yao Shouning seemed to have thought of something when he said this, and slowly spit out two words: "... an earthquake ?”