twin moon

Chapter 41, Scene [-]

"I found it!"

After about three sticks of incense, Jiang Yan finally discovered the mystery behind the pedestal of the statue.He reached out and pulled out a round tile, revealing the shallow hole beneath it, and one of the copper rings covered with green rust.

Pulling the copper ring, there was a soft rustling sound immediately under the pedestal, and the clay statue of the general trembled slightly.However, it did not move to the side as the three of them wished, revealing the secret passage hidden below, but in a deafening bang, it took the floor of the entire ancestral hall and fell straight into the depths of the ground!

Among countless earthworks and rubble, the three children exclaimed and lost their balance.And that collapsed hole, like a huge mouth, swallowed them all.

The feeling of falling lasted for a long time.Just when Jiang Yan thought he was going to fall to his death, his body suddenly touched the ground and stopped.

The ground under his body feels uneven, but it is quite smooth and round, not as sharp and deadly as the underground caves full of stalagmites and stalactites.Broken bluestone slabs and a large amount of earthwork completely blocked the hole above the head.It was also thanks to the statue of the general who fell into the cave together with the children, which slightly covered the heads of the three of them, that they were not buried alive on the spot.

"Jiangyan, Ziyin, where are you all? I can't see anything, I'm afraid!"

Ning Yue's voice sounded in the darkness.

"Yue'er, don't panic, I'm right by your side. Are you all not injured?" Yan Xunsheng groped for his companion's little hand, and squeezed it lightly, hoping to ease the uneasiness in his heart.

"No." The girl panted heavily, but gradually calmed down because of her companion's comfort.

"I'm fine." Qi Ziyin also moved his hands and feet not far away, and responded.Immediately, he heard the little white fox "tweeting" beside him, and then said, "Xue Ling is fine, you two don't worry."

"A good floor, why did it suddenly collapse?"

With the support of her companion, the girl stood up again and asked.Jiang Yan's tone was full of annoyance:

"It's still careless. Maybe the mechanism we pulled just now was actually a trap set to prevent outsiders from breaking in, so it rusted like that. I should have asked the two of you to wait outside the ancestral hall. One person came down first to investigate. Right now, the three of us are trapped here, and we can’t find anyone to rescue us, so we’re in serious trouble!”

"Not necessarily." Qi Ziyin shook his head to comfort him, "When I left the city earlier, I had already sent a message to Brother Shitou with Brother Mu. If he didn't see me back to the palace after sunrise, he would immediately bring someone to look for me. .”

Although she heard what he said, Ning Yue was still a little scared, and hurriedly called the little white fox to her body: "Xiao Jieba, where is the fire on your body? Quickly light up the light, so we can find our way out. It's dark here It's wet and smelly, and I don't want to stay any longer!"

The black-eyed boy shook his head in the darkness: "I just lost my Huozhezi when it was rolling down. But you can use Xiaotianmo to find the way. Yue'er, you go in the middle, behind Ziyin Palace, we will each take Hold the shoulders of the person in front of you, and march forward in line."

Unexpectedly, Qi Ziyin who sneaked out of the palace in the middle of the night was well-prepared: "It's okay, I also have a fire pocket on me."

Wanting to help, he reached out to his pocket and picked it up.Just as Jiang Yan was about to stop him, he saw a bright flame blooming in front of his eyes.

It wasn't until this time that the young young master realized that he was actually lying when he lost the book that Yan claimed to be himself.And his purpose was just to prevent Ning Yue from seeing the scene in front of her and being scared out of her wits on the spot.

"Ah! Why is the ground full of dead bones?!"

Accompanied by the scream of the red-haired girl, the hideous and terrifying scene came into the eyes of the three children without hindrance.I saw a strange tunnel densely packed with human bones, like a passage to hell, extending from their feet to the darkness ahead, with no end in sight.There are many rooms made of human bones on the left and right of the passage, like a huge underground palace.

Right now, on the walls, ceiling, and ground around the three of them, large and small human bones are interlaced and stacked together. Among them are long straight bones such as leg bones, humerus, and tibia, as well as irregular broken bones such as finger bones and ribs. bones, as if someone used them as bricks and tiles for building walls.If it weren't for the mottled dark yellow on the exposed surface of the bone, and the countless tiny honeycomb-shaped holes exposed at the bone stubble, at first glance it would be thought that it was carved out of the rock by a skilled craftsman.

Huo Zhe's faint light suddenly flickered in the darkness, and there was wind.Followed by it, there is also a faint musty smell.Jiang Yan tried his best to calm himself down, but his complexion became more and more dignified:
"It seems that Ziyin's story is true. Tens of thousands of people died here—but judging from the traces on the surrounding rocks, it was built for no more than ten years at most, and it must have been deliberately used Those bones from more than a thousand years ago have newly built this human bone palace!"

When he fell down just now, the black-eyed boy had already guessed that the undulating rocks under him might be human bones, but now seeing those crumbled and deformed skulls with his own eyes, he still shuddered.

The boy in white didn't dare to look any further, he closed his eyes and said strangely: "Such a huge project must mobilize a lot of manpower. But why has no one heard of it for so many years? Besides, who actually did it?" Don't hesitate to risk the disrespect of the world, disrespect the dead, and build such a secret place underground?"

After some doubts, it was Ning Yue who took up the topic with a trembling voice: "This underground palace - it seems that it was not built by manpower, but it seems that a powerful spell was involved in it..."

"Ning Yue, don't talk nonsense, witches and incantations have disappeared in Dasheng territory for hundreds of years!" Qi Ziyin's expression changed immediately, but was soon held down by Jiang Yan by the side.

Ning Yue continued to boldly point to the hollow eye socket on a skull next to her and said:

"I'm not talking nonsense! If you look carefully, the human bones in front of you are all embedded in the rock. The two are so tightly combined, if not using spells, which craftsman on land can master such a superb technique?" skills?"

Follow the direction of the girl's finger, even if you are as brave as a general, you will feel your scalp numb and your breathing will be difficult.He knew that the young man in white didn't know the mysterious power hidden in Ning Yue, and he was afraid that his companion would go deeper into it, so he quickly changed the topic:
"It's a waste of effort to say these things now. We'd better find a way to get out now. Since there is wind in the tunnel, there must be other passages to go to the ground. But everyone must be careful, the masked man before may also be hiding at this moment." Somewhere in this underground palace. If you fight him hand-to-hand, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with!"

As the black-eyed boy said, he took Xiao Tianmo off his back, raised his left hand high and continued walking forward.Although Qi Ziyin still had countless doubts in his heart, he also understood that what the other party said was true, so he hurriedly tied the hem of his robe around his waist for easy movement, and took Ning Yue's hand to follow behind Jiang Yan.

The three children traveled more than half a mile in the underground palace along the winding tunnel of human bones, and finally saw a closed stone door at the end of the road.The door is also embedded with ferocious skulls, with black eye sockets and open mouths, like evil spirits crawling out of hell.

"Jiang Yan, don't go any further!"

Ning Yue hugged the white fox, hid behind the two boys and grabbed their cuffs, but the black-eyed boy still took a step forward stubbornly, and knelt down in front of the door: "The wind comes from behind this door." blown out."

"Could it be another trap? I don't want to fall into a deeper hole—" Ning Yue shook her head with lingering fear.However, before she finished speaking, she heard the stone door in front of her rattle.There was a glimmer of fire from the crack of the door, as if it was being pushed from the inside to the outside!
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Jiang Yan immediately extinguished the fire in his hand.But the three of them had nowhere to hide in the cramped tunnel, so they had to dodge and hide behind the stone door full of skeletons, so nervous that they didn't even dare to breathe.

Two adults came out from behind the door one after the other, standing very close to the three children.One of the voices was low and deep, with a strong echo:
"Since that's the case, I'll leave first just to be on the safe side. You wait a while before going out from the General's Temple, don't let your whereabouts be revealed!"

"Yes. My lord, please be more careful on the road." The voice of another person sounded familiar, and it was undoubtedly the masked man in the pawnshop. See you, I wouldn't be so careful, please trouble your lord."

Jiang Yan, who was hiding behind the stone gate, couldn't help but shudder in his heart, he tilted his head quietly, and under the cover of darkness, he slammed towards the person who was only one door away.Sure enough, I saw one of them wearing a black cloak with his back facing him. It was the mysterious man who had hurriedly fled from the graveyard before.The masked man standing opposite him had already taken off the black scarf covering his face. Under the light of the fire, he revealed a thick beard. It was Luo Jianli!

"It's okay, those who want to achieve great things, it's always right to be careful."

"It's a pity that last time I couldn't kill those little devils on the spot in that chaotic graveyard, so I was bumped into by them again this time."

"It's not a bad thing. We still managed to get this dagger today, and those little ghosts didn't report to the lord about the graveyard incident last time. Maybe they have some important clues in their hands. As for That little girl in the General’s Temple—” The mysterious man in the cloak paused, “That girl’s physique is very different from ordinary people, but she has some background. You can go and see if she wakes up later. It is of course best to ask some clues from her. Even if you can't ask anything, you must not hurt her, and secretly send it to my residence when you have time!"

"My lord, please don't worry. It's just that it's not appropriate to entrust this thing to me. Although the blade can be kept by my subordinate's side as a cover-up, the subordinates really dare not touch the contents of the sword. Please take it away, my lord."

Luo Jianli knelt down on one knee and raised his hands above his head respectfully.And what he held in both hands was the short knife Baipi inlaid with precious stones!

The black-eyed boy never thought that there was another mystery in the dagger that Uncle You left him.I saw the other party holding the knife with both hands, and twisting it hard, there was a click sound from the handle, and it was lifted off the knife directly.It turns out that it is actually fixed on the blade by several exquisite mechanisms!

With the opening of the mechanism, half of the gnashing, old-looking old map also slid out of the hollow handle, and was inserted into the palm of the mysterious man wearing a cloak.

"That's right, that's right! It is said that the loyalty of subordinates comes from trials. It seems that you have followed me for so many years. Loyalty is commendable, loyalty is commendable!"

"Your Excellency often urges me on weekdays, and my subordinates are always alert since then, so how dare they have any unreasonable thoughts!"

Luo Jianli always maintained a posture of bowing and saluting, not even daring to raise his head, as if he was very afraid of the other party.Seeing this, the mysterious man on the opposite side suddenly laughed silently, and walked quickly towards the exit on the other side of the stone gate with satisfaction.

After a long time, Luo Jianli recovered the Baipi in his hand, put it in his arms, turned around and hurried along the passage towards the General's Temple.It was not until the sound of footsteps could no longer be heard in the depths of the darkness that the three children dared to come out from behind the stone gate again.

"No wonder that person surnamed Luo made things difficult for us at Zhihedu before. It turned out that it was all because of this dagger!"

Jiang Yan clenched his fists tightly, stood still and gritted his teeth.

The boy in white looked up at his furious companion, but his face was full of doubts:

"Don't you think it's strange? Now it's this General's Temple again, and another ancient picture has appeared. I have a vague feeling that this incident seems to be inextricably linked to the incident that happened a thousand years ago that I told you earlier. Straightforward connection."

The black-eyed boy also nodded: "I didn't expect such a shocking secret to be hidden in Baibili. I wonder if Uncle You knew about it? If he knew, why did he hand it over to me together with the old sheepskin map?" hand?"

"Oh, it's about this time, what's the map, what's the secret? It's estimated that the villain surnamed Luo will soon find out that the General's Temple has collapsed. Do we have to leave here quickly?"

In the end, it was Ning Yue who interrupted the analysis of the two teenagers, turned around and walked towards the stone door full of skeletons.Seeing the situation, Qi Ziyin and Jiang Yan, who hadn't recovered from their doubts, had no choice but to put down the topic for a while, and walked over.

It's just that the scene behind the door made the three children more and more astonished and inexplicable - they are now in a stone room several feet square, in which all kinds of golden money, silver, jewels, and jewelry are piled up like a hill.Even Qi Ziyin, who was used to big scenes since childhood, opened his mouth wide, as if his jaw was about to drop:
"My God, the value of these things is probably about to catch up with Ye Kingdom's tax income for a whole year, right? Then Luo Jianli, a mere owl cavalry captain, where did he get so much money? What do you plan to use them for? Where does that mysterious person come from?"

"The one surnamed Luo can even do murder and arson, so it must not be used for good deeds."

Ning Yue also cursed along with her voice, but suddenly saw the black-eyed boy next to him seem to have been stimulated by something, and began to mutter words like a demon: "Murder and set fire, kill and set fire... These things... were all robbed from the sea! "

"What's wrong with you, little stammer?"

Seeing her companion's face like gold paper, holding her head in her hands as if possessed by an evil spirit, the girl immediately reached out to help him up.Unexpectedly, Jiang Yan suddenly pushed him away, and raised the Mo Dao in his hand to hide far away from the two companions:

"I remember, I remember everything! These gold, silver and jewels were obtained by Luo Jianli's army from looting merchant ships from the sea, and they were stained with the blood of innocent people! And I am the accomplice who helped him do evil. one!"

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