dragon hunter

Chapter 79 Three Lives Palace

"Quickly, give me your hand, and be careful where you step." The old boatman bent over, stood at the end of the bronze chain, and stretched out his hand to me.

I stretched out my hand to hold the hand of the old boatman, and jumped forward vigorously. The moment my feet stepped on the stone slab of the channel, I felt a sense of joy in escaping from death.

"Boy, you are really brave. You dare to speak out even when crossing the 'Naihe Bridge'." The dwarf's face was a little pale, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he squatted beside him very tiredly.

"Thanks to your voice, I almost couldn't stand it. If you hadn't yelled at that time to lure those guys away, I probably wouldn't be able to cross the 'Naihe Bridge'." The old monkey came over to take a picture with lingering fear. Pat me on the shoulder.

I was slightly taken aback, remembering that when I first got on the "Naihe Bridge", I asked Fatty Wang how he was doing.

Thinking of Fatty Wang, I hurriedly turned around and shone the flashlight on the chain in front of me. In the hazy fog, a fat figure staggered towards this side.

"Fatty, is that you? Quickly stretch out your hand." I shone the flashlight obliquely on the bronze chain and stretched out my arm.

"Scared me to death, it was so dangerous that the fat man fell, Amitabha, ancestors bless you." Fatty Wang was a little incoherent, walked a few steps staggeringly, and jumped towards this side like a ball.

Fatty Wang is overweight, and his jumping ability is not good. If I hadn't reached out and pulled him in time, this guy would definitely have missed his foot and died before dawn.

"Is someone chasing you from behind? Hands and feet." I staggered and was almost taken down by this heavyweight guy.

It was still the old boatman with sharp eyesight and quick hands who stretched out his hand to hold the two of us. I held on to the stone wall of the passage, secretly thinking that I was lucky.

Fatty Wang squatted on the ground, looking like he was still in shock. It took a long time before he recovered, and he kept muttering, it was too dangerous, it was too desperate.

"After resting, let's go. If there is no mistake on the map, behind the 'Naihe Bridge' is the 'Three Lives Palace'." The old monkey looked a little strange, with fear and excitement at the same time.

"Where is the Palace of Three Lives? Is it dangerous?" I had just narrowly escaped death, and when I heard what the old monkey said, I trembled subconsciously and asked in a hurried tone.

"After entering the 'Three Lives Palace', it's hard to tell whether it's a human or a ghost when it comes out." The old monkey muttered to himself.

"How do you say, what doorway is there?" the old boatman asked in a deep voice.

"There is a legend about the 'Palace of Three Lives'. Do you know the Palace of Eternal Life?" The old monkey seemed to be afraid of the "Palace of Three Lives", but at the same time, he began to introduce the origin to us with a bit of worship in his heart.

It is said that when Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty bestowed the death of Concubine Yang Guifei in the Hall of Eternal Life, he regretted so much that he recruited the chief craftsman to build a Hall of Three Lives, and hung the portraits of Concubine Yang Gui in the Hall of Three Lives.

The portrait has been psychic for a long time, and it will sing and dance lightly every night. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty lingered in the Palace of Three Lives every night to have a tryst with the painting spirit of Concubine Yang.

The painting spirit can fascinate the soul and make Tang Xuanzong never forget it before his death. When the mausoleum was being built, he ordered the Sansheng Hall to be moved to the mausoleum, hoping to stay with Concubine Yang after death.

It is said that at that time, the Hall of Three Lives was filled with hills of gold, silver and jewels, as well as all kinds of priceless treasures.

But several years have passed, and none of the tomb robbers could take away anything from it, because this Palace of Three Lives was written by the public loser who is known as the number one institution inheritance.

Time flies, more Sansheng halls appear in the tombs, without exception, all of them were designed by the public losers, but so far, no one has been able to crack the secrets inside.

"There are many 'Three Lives Halls' that have already existed, but no matter which one, the people who have entered have either died or kept their mouths shut. No one knows what's inside." The old monkey introduced solemnly.

"Then why don't you go, don't you die for nothing?" Fatty Wang quit. It was obviously a close call, so he didn't want to go.

"But everyone who walked out of the 'Palace of Three Lives' alive, without exception, all rose to prominence and became a big man." The old monkey looked fascinated.

"The 'Palace of Three Lives' designed by the public loser, is it really so miraculous?" I couldn't believe it, it was completely out of the realm of common sense.

"That's the truth. I don't know what secrets are hidden in the 'Three Lives Hall' in front." After the old monkey finished speaking, he held up a flashlight and walked deep into the passage.

Fatty Wang swallowed his saliva, and at the same time he was afraid, but also eager to try, his face was changing.

"Let's go, it's a blessing, not a disaster, and a disaster can't be avoided." I walked forward, wondering whether my grandfather had entered the "Three Lives Palace" back then.

"Snake dwarf, when you came to the underground palace, didn't you enter the 'Palace of Three Lives'?" The old boatman walked behind and asked the dwarf.

I pricked up my ears, and was a little curious about the other party's answer. Among those people back then, Grandpa disappeared in the underground palace, but the snake dwarf escaped alive.

"The old monkey said that the underground palace changes every five years. Our experience back then was completely different from what it is now." The dwarf didn't want to mention more about his experience back then, and fell silent after speaking.

The old monkey stopped in front and shone the light on the front. When he saw us coming, he pointed out, "That's the entrance to the 'Three Lives Hall'. Once you enter the 'Three Lives Hall', you will never complain about life or death."

I shone it with a flashlight. In front of the passage, there was a stone gate with the words "Three Lives Palace" engraved on it. There were some reliefs on the stone gate, which were too far away to see clearly.

"Ordinary, doesn't it look like nothing?" Fatty Wang muttered from behind.

I held up the flashlight and walked forward, full of curiosity about this miraculous "Three Lives Hall".

On the stone gate, the first relief is very simple. A woman riding a horse is looking back, her face is covered with a layer of light veil, and her figure is very similar to the previous relief of the white lotus saint. Behind her stands a man who looks like a scholar. Staring at the back of the woman on horseback.

There is also a line of small characters under the relief: "I met Qing for the first time, and I will never forget it in this life."

"Huh, the inscription turned out to be Gongshuyang." I stared at the inscription under the small characters, but I didn't expect that the relief record was actually the story of the builder of the underground palace and the saint of the white lotus.

"The last descendant of the public loser, there are very few records about him in the wild history." The old monkey was very interested and came over.

I continued to look at the second relief, on which was carved a gorgeous painting boat, with a veiled woman sitting opposite the scholar, and the two of them could be seen talking happily and toasting each other.

The reliefs are written by famous artists, the lines are very simple, and the characters on them are lifelike.

Under the second relief, there is also a line of small words: "I met you by chance on a painting boat, and I only hope that I can hold your hand in this life."

"It's no wonder that the public loser was baffled, and was executed by the whole family." The old monkey shook his head, feeling that it was not worthwhile to lose the sheep for the public.

I didn't speak, I was very curious about the next development of the two of them, and continued to look at the relief behind.

The third relief is a burning mansion. A woman on a horse is running away with a scholar on her back, followed by many officers and soldiers with knives and guns.

I sighed, I was really hit by the old monkey's words, and then I looked at the small words below: "Blood sea and deep hatred, I don't know whether it is right or wrong to meet Qing."

"It's a pity that the number one institution in the world inherits the aristocratic family, so it's cut off." The old boatman walked over with a look of regret.

The fourth relief is the last one. I was curious about the ending of the two of them, so I took a flashlight to see it.

A veiled woman sat cross-legged on the altar, with a sacred and inviolable posture, and a group of common people kneeled down below, while the man dressed as a scholar stood in the corner with a lonely expression and a desolate figure.

I looked at the small print below: "Ask what love is in this world..."

The small characters were only engraved halfway, and then it was interrupted. After thinking about it, I also know how the two will end up.

"Tsk tsk, it's not worth it, it's not worth it." Fatty Wang pouted, shaking his head and expressing his opinion.

"How to open this stone gate?" the dwarf asked suddenly.

"Open the door of the 'Three Lives Hall', there is no turning back, are you ready?" The old monkey looked solemn.

"Is there any way back? Open it." I said softly.

The old monkey twisted a mechanism, the stone door trembled slightly, a layer of dust fell from the top, and it slowly opened inward.

I shined it with a flashlight, and it was pitch black inside, like a black hole that swallowed everything, even swallowing the light of the flashlight.

"It's too weird, I can't see anything, how do I go in?" Fatty Wang's eyes were full of anxiety.

"Take Huangquan Road, cross the Naihe Bridge, reincarnate three lives, can you cut off the fate?" A faint voice came from behind the stone gate.

"Who?" Fatty Wang looked vigilant, and shone the flashlight in front of him, but the inside of the stone gate was pitch black, and the light could not penetrate.

After the voice said this, it fell silent. The space behind the stone door was like a monster with its mouth wide open, waiting for us to enter.

"You can't see it inside, or we can tie it around the waist with a rope and connect them all together so that we won't fall behind." I suggested.

"No, someone did this before, but the results didn't come out." The old monkey knew some secrets that outsiders could not understand.

"I'll go in first, life and death will be in peace." The old boatman was the most free and easy, and was the first to enter the stone gate.

Seeing the back of the old boatman disappearing into the dark space, I gritted my teeth and followed in. Anyway, I can't retreat, so it's better to go forward bravely.

I couldn't see my fingers inside, and it was pitch black. I shouted a few words, and echoes came from all around, but there was no response.

I walked forward a little blindly, only the sound of my own footsteps echoed, and the silence around me made people feel a little flustered.

A bean-sized flame lit up in front of it, and the flame grew bigger and bigger, and finally illuminated one side, which was a long-stem copper oil palace lantern.

More and more flames lit up all around, and I could clearly see the environment I was in. This was a very gorgeous palace, with a row of long-handled copper oil palace lanterns lit on both sides.

The crisp and melodious vocal music sounded, and a smoke-like figure gradually appeared in front of me. The figure became clearer and clearer. It was a fair-skinned, slender beauty in a palace dress, with an oval face, so beautiful that people suffocated.

The beauty in the palace costume dances lightly, her body is soft and boneless, her waist is twisted and her arms are swung, her curves are exquisite, making people reluctant to look away.

(End of this chapter)