Jiaochu

Chapter 486 Underground Palace
After Lin Yi could open his eyes, the first thing he did was to go to the military camp to reorganize, and then he personally took people to the mountains and forests outside the city to search for the whereabouts of the people.

He saw a group of people moving stones near a cave. He brought people over to check the situation and saw Yan Fei and Lin Chuan also moving stones here.

It was not until evening that the last big stone blocking the cave was finally cleared, and a deep cave entrance appeared in front of everyone. Yan Fei first took two Long Shadow Guards to explore the way, and Lin Chuan also went, so the four of them went in together. , Lin Yi led the rest of the people to guard outside.

About half an hour later, a Longying guard hurriedly returned and said that there was a stone door inside. There were people behind the door, people from the city. Lin Yi immediately went in to check the situation. When he came over, he saw Yan Fei squatting on the ground studying how to break the door. Lin Chuan He groped on the wall to find the mechanism to open the door.

Lin Yi saw at a glance that the door was sealed by a huge stone, and tried to push it. The stone door did not move at all. He estimated that it weighed at least a thousand kilograms. He pressed against the door again, listened to the movement inside, and patted the stone door hard.

A loud voice came from inside, "What are your orders, Master?" The speakers were the two Long Shadow Guards who had disappeared before.

Yanfei shouted back: "Everyone, step back and blast the door open."

Lin Yi knew that it would be difficult to open the door manually and asked people to prepare gunpowder. When the gunpowder arrived and everything was ready, Yan Fei shouted inside, waited for a response from inside, and then lit the fuse. With a bang, a hole was blown out of the door, but the hole was not big enough for someone to crawl through. To prevent the hole from collapsing, we had to use hammers and chisels to enlarge the hole until it could accommodate a person bending down to pass through.

The moment he entered, Lin Yi was shocked by the sight in front of him. It was densely packed with people. Some people had fainted due to lack of physical strength. The situation was not optimistic. Fortunately, the air inside was still circulating. The previous explosion blew several cracks above the underground palace, which was a blessing in disguise. Otherwise, thousands of people would be trapped in a secret room and would suffocate in less than an hour.

After everyone was sent out, it was already dark.

After being trapped inside for three days, the two Dragon Shadow Guards were fine except for some physical weakness. After all, they were Dragon Shadow Guards and their physical fitness was stronger than that of ordinary people. According to the two people, when they arrived at the underground palace, they saw that the people were all here and were about to go out to inform people. The stone gate was sealed. The moment before the stone gate was sealed, they saw a person, Lu Fen.

Lin Yi frowned when he heard the name, and frowned even more deeply when he heard Long Yingwei's next words.

All the children were taken away from each other.

Lin Yi asked when they were taken away. Two Longying guards learned from the trapped people that Liu Xin arranged for people to send people in the city to the underground palace one after another half a month ago. Later, people came and took away the young children one after another. They were all from the military, and the leader was Lu Fen, who said they wanted to move these children to a safer place.

Lin Chuan didn't know about these things. At that time, he had already led people to Dingcheng. He mentioned the treasures that Lu Fen had told him before, saying that the gold and silver treasures brought by the princes and ministers who fled to Xiuzhou from the previous dynasty were all hidden there. When he came to the mountains, he would have wealth and splendor that could never be spent in ten lifetimes. As long as he married the little girl in the family and became his own family member, he would get a share of it. He was not interested in the treasure and had no intention of marrying her again. Lu Fen didn't say anything at the time What? Afterwards, his second brother Lu Yan came to kill and silence him.

"There are people there." After Lin Chuan finished speaking, Yan Fei gestured to the front. Lin Yi and Lin Chuan both looked over. They were busy sending the people out and didn't have time to take a closer look. They saw a dragon chair directly in front of them. , made of stone, there was actually a person sitting on it, with his head lowered, unable to tell whether he was dead or alive.

When Yanfei walked over with a torch and took a look, he found that he was a dead man, already reduced to bones.

A secret compartment was opened in front of the stone slab under the man's feet. It was empty and the items had been taken away. Yan Fei visually measured the size of the secret compartment and thought of the box Meng Tianlan had told him before.

Lin Yi looked at the person on the dragon chair, who was still wearing a dragon robe, and speculated that the person's identity should be the fifth prince of the previous dynasty. This fifth prince was among the princes and ministers who fled to Xiuzhou at that time. The latter joined forces with Cui Ming The attempt to regain the throne was unsuccessful. After Cui Ming's death, the fifth prince disappeared. He never imagined that he would be here, and he was still dreaming of being an emperor even before he died. As for the empty underground palace, except for the dragon robe, which was worth a little more, there was not even a single cent of gold or silver in sight, and it had been emptied out long ago.

The imperial dream and the tomb of bones were in vain in the end.

When the three people came out, all the military doctors rushed over, and the soldiers also brought food and water. After eating and drinking water, most of them recovered some strength and were able to walk on their own after resting. The soldiers were He was escorted back to the city, and those in serious condition were carried back on stretchers by the soldiers, followed by military doctors.

After returning to the city, Yan Fei took Long Yingwei and sent those who could not be saved by the general doctors to Zhen Po's place. Ye Xingye also came back with him, and then Lin Yi rushed back to check the situation, and left after a short time. .

Ye Lingxi and Ye Xingye helped settle the people who were sent here, and Lin Heng also came to help. When Jingzhe pushed Murongze over, Ye Lingxi grabbed the wheelchair, pushed the person to the wall, and stretched out his feet to draw a line that no master or servant was allowed. When they crossed the line, they saw someone coming over again, so they immediately went over to check the situation.

Murong Ze asked Jingzhe to help, but Ye Lingxi pushed back and told him to just keep an eye on his heir apparent.

The work continued until the afternoon, and everyone was properly accommodated and treated.

Ye Lingxi was able to sit down and take a sip of water. Maybe he hadn't eaten lunch, and his head was feeling dizzy. The hand holding the teacup was shaking uncontrollably. Without paying attention, the teacup fell from his hand and was hit by a hand. Catching it with his hand, Yan Fei took out a bag of snacks from his arms, opened it, and asked her to eat something first. She took a bite of a piece of cake and choked, and Yan Fei brought the teacup to her mouth, with a tacit understanding.

Before she was full, Ye Xingye barged in like a starving ghost. His eyes lit up when he saw the food. Without saying a word, he picked up two pieces and stuffed them into his mouth. As expected, he choked and stretched out his hand. When he went to get the tea cup in front of Ye Lingxi, Yan Fei blocked him and asked him to pour it himself. Ye Xingye directly picked up the teapot and poured it into his mouth, but he choked again.

After he calmed down, he reached out to take the pastry again but was blocked by Yan Fei again. He muttered something about being a stingy man and reached for it again, but Yan Fei slapped it away. He hissed and showed his teeth in pain, accusing Yan Fei. Fei beat the prince.

Ye Lingxi handed over a piece of pastry, and Ye Xingye told Yan Fei that it would not be an exception. She reluctantly stuffed the pastry into her mouth. She handed another piece to Yan Fei. Yan Fei said that he was not hungry and let her eat it. Ye Xingye couldn't bear to see the two of them in front of each other. With a flirtatious look on his face, he asked Yanfei to go to the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat, but Yanfei asked him to go by himself.

"Shh." Ye Lingxi raised his hand to silence, and the two of them stopped talking.

After a while, Ye Xingye went to the kitchen by himself. He was really hungry, and two pastries were like a drop in the bucket. On the way to the kitchen, he met Murong Ze. After the two said a few words, Jingzhe pushed Murong Ze away. Ye Xingye was frowning, in a complicated mood, and didn't even want to eat.

He didn't want to fight for the throne, nor did he want his brothers to fight against each other.

After worrying for a long time, he decided to talk to his eldest brother frankly when he got back. As long as he talked openly, there would be no more intrigues. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt enlightened and went to the kitchen.

The next day, Lin Chuan came to ask Lin Yi to resign and went to the border to guard the city. Lin Yi did not stop him and only told him to look forward.

After getting the news, Lin Heng rushed to the city gate to stop the people, but the man and the horse had disappeared without a trace.