into the bosom

Chapter 454
"Ajiao, what's the matter with you?" Seeing that her expression was different, Wang Wan hurriedly asked with concern.

"Ah Wan, tell me, if a person has nothing to worry about in this world, what do you need so much money for?" Xu Jiao looked at the direction where Taoist Yun Qing left just now, with deep doubts in his eyes.

"Are you suspicious of the national teacher?" The conversation between the two just now did not deliberately avoid Wang Wan, she thought about it for a while, and then understood the reason for Xu Jiao's question.

Xu Jiao nodded, "Is money more important than your relatives?"

"For you, of course not. But for others, it's not necessarily so." Wang Wan said in a low tone, Xu Jiao turned her head and looked at her inexplicably, but she evoked a wry smile and said, "It's like Didn't you also understand why I entered the palace at the beginning? It's all about benevolence and benevolence."

"A's honey, B's arsenic?" Xu Jiao murmured, meeting Wang Wan's worried eyes, she smiled lightly, "Maybe I really overthink it?"

On the second day, the journey speeded up as expected, because of the quilts that Wang Wan laid out in advance, and the skill of driving with handlebars was also good, Xu Jiao could eat and sleep on the road, and didn't feel that it was so hard.

When they met up with Emperor Xian and the others at the previously agreed place, Emperor Xian looked at Xu Jiao, and he really didn't have a good face.

Taoist Yunqing smiled and asked Xu Jiao to make the second half of the treasure map, which meant he was having a private conversation with Emperor Xian.

Xu Jiao wasn't worried at all, and just concentrated on her painting. Since Taoist Yunqing boasted so much in front of Mo Chuohe, it shouldn't be a problem to protect her from Emperor Xian as his sincerity.

Sure enough, when Emperor Xian saw her again later, his expression softened a little bit. Along the way, until the place where the treasure was hidden, he never turned dark on Xu Jiao again, and naturally he never showed any killing intent.

This place where the treasure is hidden is an ancient tomb, which is very secretive.This is naturally one of the reasons why the first emperor chose to hide the treasure here.Even if he found the foot of the mountain, there are many forks on the mountain, and there are probably some suspicious people, if there is no map, he might not be able to find the entrance to the ancient tomb.

Based on this ancient tomb, we found capable people who are good at mechanism skills, and set up mechanisms in it.Leaving a map of the ancient tomb in such an obscure way, and then passing on the mechanism layout in the ancient tomb, the late emperor took great pains for this batch of treasures that would allow his descendants to make a comeback.

Standing in the mountain which is obviously colder than the mountain below, looking at the thick stone gate half hidden behind the withered vines, Xu Jiao frowned slightly, subconsciously protecting his belly, "National teacher, I don't want to go to the grave with you " She glanced at the stone gate, there were some ancient and mysterious pictures and texts engraved on the stone gate, there were some traces of withered moss on it, and the surface was full of marks of time, Xu Jiao's brows became even tighter. two points.

The ancient tomb hadn't been opened for a long time, so there might be some harmful gas, even if there wasn't, the smell of corruption would definitely not be good for her, not to mention, she was pregnant with a child, she didn't want to set foot in such a place at all.

Taoist Yun Qing smiled helplessly, "Of course I know this, but isn't there something we can do about it? If you don't follow along, Your Majesty won't be at ease."

When the two were talking, Xu Jiao turned her head suddenly, and saw Wang Wan being escorted by two people, and when she reached Emperor Xian's side, her brows frowned tightly.

Daoist Yunqing sighed, "The princess has also seen it. Right now, we have no choice, but the princess can rest assured that I will not go back on my word if I agree to He Teqin's conditions. Now the arrangement has been made, the princess Don't worry. Besides, no matter how bad it is, don't you still have me? I still have to rely on Hetqin to win the treasure for me, and I will do my best to protect the princess. So, princess don't think too much... please !"

Xu Jiao turned his head and glanced at the direction of Emperor Xian. The people he brought here all the way were naturally his confidantes, and it seemed that some of them would stay outside, and the rest would follow him.

Xu Jiao withdrew his gaze and did not speak, but the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, his eyes were deep, and he was obviously unwilling but powerless.

Seeing this, Daoist Yunqing gave her a two-pointed smile of relief, and raised his voice, "Chen Duwei!"

"Yes!" Chen Su who was not far away heard the shout, answered, stepped forward, and bowed his hands to Taoist Yun Qing and Xu Jiao.

This person was very courteous from beginning to end, and he acted sternly. Xu was so upright and honest that the Li family saw him astray. They had a lot of trust in him, but they didn't want to be betrayed by him.Xu Yi is even more ridiculous, and even regarded him as her next home.So, life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills.

It can't be said that everyone around here is an actor and actress, but you don't know it.

"You should be more familiar with the princess. I have already asked Your Majesty to be in charge of the princess's safety after you enter the ancient tomb." Yun Qingdao said humanely.

Xu Jiao raised an eyebrow, couldn't tell whether he was surprised or not, and cast a sideways glance at Chen Su, who happened to be looking at her too, met her gaze unexpectedly, turned his eyes away in a hurry, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, " Where is His Majesty..."

"Don't worry about your majesty, someone else will take care of you. But the princess, your majesty attaches great importance to it. The safety of the princess is entrusted to you. Don't let your majesty down." Taoist Yun Qing smiled sweetly.

Chen Su pondered for a while, and responded softly, "Yes."

Taoist Yun Qing nodded in satisfaction, looked at Xu Jiao again, and took the lead to walk towards Emperor Xian.

Chen Su walked up to Xu Jiao and bowed to the end, "Princess, please!"

Xu Jiao's eyes were serious, but he took a step after all.

Seeing a thin middle-aged man with a mustache and a sharp-mouthed monkey cheek playing with the stone patterns on the stone gate, Xu Jiao suddenly remembered the box that King Pingnan left behind to store the secret decree of the former emperor... The middle-aged man fiddled with After a while, the stones formed a pattern of dragon patterns. The middle-aged man stopped his hand, and heard the sound of chains being pulled. Then, the stones slid away to the sides, revealing a fist-sized, spherical hole to.

The middle-aged man showed joy, turned his head and saluted Emperor Xian, "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Xian nodded and called out "Ganyi". The attendant Gan came forward knowingly holding a box. Emperor Xian opened the box, took out a fist-sized luminous pearl from inside, and put it into the box. in spherical holes.Tailor-made, the Ye Mingzhu was not too big or small, and it just happened to be embedded in it, and then I heard a familiar sound of the mechanism turning, and the heavy stone door in front of me was slowly opened.

It's really the same as that box, it's a two-layer mechanism, it can't be said that it came from the same person.

The stone door opened, and a slightly rotten smell rushed over. After a while, it was much fresher.

A group of ten or so people got the order of Emperor Xian to enter the stone gate first. After a while, they heard several whistles coming from inside the stone gate. Taoist Yun Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said to Emperor Xian, "Your Majesty, You can go in."

Emperor Xian nodded and took a step forward.

Taoist Yun Qing was one step behind and also followed.

Wang Wan looked at Xu Jiao from a distance across the crowd, but before she could say anything, she was pushed forward and walked forward involuntarily.

"Princess?" Chen Su called softly, urging secretly.

Xu Jiao glanced at the Ye Mingzhu placed in the hole, and it was still placed in the hole, she felt a little relieved, did not look at Chen Su, and took a step with a blank expression.

As soon as they entered the stone gate, the light dimmed immediately, and when they entered the stone gate with the people behind the palace, the stone gate closed behind them with a bang.

Xu Jiao suddenly turned his head to look back, the sky was covered by the light, and his field of vision was completely dark. It took a while to get used to it, and it turned out that people around him had already lit torches.Xu Jiao got used to the light, and he could clearly see a person standing by the door at the other end, with his hands on the bracket beside him.

"Princess, let's go!" Chen Su urged softly.

Xu Jiao withdrew his gaze, turned his head, and walked without saying a word.

The person who built this ancient tomb must be a very talented person. I don’t know how many years have passed for such a large mausoleum. What an unpleasant smell, even a torch can be ignited, it can only show that there must be a place where you can breathe where you can't see it.

Relying on Emperor Xian's understanding of the institutions here, the journey was smooth.

Except that the surrounding light is very dark, everything else is much better than Xu Jiao thought.

I don't know how long they walked, Emperor Xian ordered to stop and rest for a while, I don't know if Xu Jiao and Wang Wan have been obedient all the way, and they did nothing unusual, which made Emperor Xian and others relax their vigilance. It turned out that Wang Wan was allowed to come and join Xu Jiao.

After entering the ancient tomb, naturally there was only some dry food to eat, those pancakes were hard, but for Xu Jiao, he just frowned, then slowly soaked them in water to soften them, chewed and swallowed them, without any trace of coquettishness.

I don't know what will happen after that, I have to fill my stomach before I can have the strength to deal with it.

"Ajiao, are you tired? Let me rest for a while!" Wang Wan whispered in her ear, there were only two of them in this group, and it was rare that Emperor Xian allowed them to be together. Sitting on the rock wall, Wang Wan also had a hard time, so she didn't think the dry food was so difficult to swallow. After eating, she patted her shoulder and said to Xu Jiao.

Ever since she knew she was pregnant, Wang Wan, who had been taking care of her, treated her like a fragile glass person. If the current situation did not allow it, she would have to confess to Xu Jiao.

Xu Jiao shook her head with a smile, looked at Wang Wan's pale face and black eyes, and frowned, "Are you afraid?"

Wang Wan was slightly stunned, shook her head and said, "What's so scary? It's just that one of them died, and besides, even if the road ahead is boundless, I don't think there's anything to be afraid of when I'm with Ajiao."

She can give strength to others.Xu Jiao smiled slightly, with a hint of self-mockery, but she was also a little scared!The tomb passage ahead does not know where it leads, and it is dark all around. Xu has read many novels about Daodou before. There is never a shortage of unknown dangers in these ancient tombs. Maybe with the blueprints of the mechanism memorized by Emperor Xian, they can Safely walked to the treasure, but those people themselves are more dangerous existences to them!

While Xu Jiao was thinking about it, his pupils seemed to be infiltrated by the darkness of the tomb passage, too dim.When a figure approached from far and near, her eyes flickered twice, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly, "Just rest for a while, Captain Chen can go back to His Majesty, we will not drag you on purpose when we are about to leave. "

His tone was cold and not at all polite.

There was some inexplicable confusion on Chen Su's face, and after looking at Xu Jiao for a moment, he replied softly, "The humble post is not to urge the princess to go on the road. It's..." He seemed to be worried, and the corner of his eyes looked behind him very quickly. After a glance, he lowered his voice and said, "I have something important to tell Princess Yu."

Just as Xu Jiao thought that the acting skills in front of her were so good that she could be awarded the title of best actor, the best actor acted in front of her.

She raised her eyebrows calmly, "Oh?"

"You actually have something important to tell me? Is it your majesty, or the national teacher's order? Or, the national teacher and your majesty are both there, let's go there together, wouldn't it be better to talk face to face?" Xu Jiao said, brushing Flicking the hem of the skirt, Shi Shiran actually stood up.

Chen Su's expression suddenly changed, he subconsciously glanced behind him, and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal, but there's no need to disturb His Majesty and the National Teacher for the time being." As Chen Su said, he turned around and was about to leave. , he hesitated again and said, "Princess, what I said just now does have a deep meaning, but the princess doesn't trust the humble, and there is nothing I can do about it, but I still hope that the princess will think carefully." Xu Jiao bowed, turned and left.

Xu Jiao looked at his back, frowning slightly. Is it because his acting skills are too good, or is she really suspicious?
After resting for a while, Emperor Xian began to walk, and of course the others did the same.The tomb passage gradually sloped downwards, and the air felt gradually constricted, and the damp and cold lingering around the body became more intense, presumably it was going deeper and deeper into the ground.

This ancient tomb probably emptied the entire mountainside.

In front of it is another tomb door, which looks like a thick and heavy boulder, and the mechanism is more complicated than the ones encountered before.

It may take some time to get back to the old way, but they can take the opportunity to rest.

As soon as Xu Jiao and Wang Wan sat down together, Chen Su came.When they got close to them, they squatted down and handed out a water bag.

Xu Jiao glanced at him, did not refuse, said "thank you", and took the water bag.

"Princess." This time, Chen Su didn't make any further preparations. He lowered his voice and said, "Princess, listen to the humble official. When you open this door, you will enter the main tomb, and the treasure is hidden in the main tomb. The humble officer just accidentally overheard the conversation between His Majesty and the National Teacher, listen to what they mean, after opening the door of the tomb, what kind of ceremony is needed, at that time, you, the Princess, will be used as a sacrifice to the gods."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Wan's complexion suddenly changed, and she suddenly turned her head to look at Xu Jiao, and stretched out a hand subconsciously, holding Xu Jiao's hand tightly.

Xu Jiao's eyes flickered slightly, but he still looked at Chen Su with his usual expression.

The latter lowered his eyes, and said again, "The humble official knows that the princess doesn't believe in the humble official. But right now it's a matter of life and death, even if the princess doesn't believe in the humble official, the humble official can't care about it. Once the tomb door opens, it will be too late."

(End of this chapter)