The surroundings were pitch black, the thunder flashed in the sky, and Lu Tao walked in it, always feeling that he didn't know if a monster with fangs would suddenly jump out of the surroundings, and then bite it up with a "whoosh".

"Don't be stunned! Come here!" Peony beckoned to Lu Tao and said in a low voice.

Lu Tao looked in the direction of the peony, it turned out that the two had come to the end, standing high at the end, it was a three-story building, it stands to reason that such a building with a commanding height should be the focus of the palace, just like the tower that Lu Tao encountered before, no matter how bad it is, there will be two useless soldiers guarding the door, no matter what, you have to make a look.

But it's very strange here, not only is there no one in itself, but further afield, it's even more desolate, not to mention the lights, not even the slightest popularity.

Peony lowered his voice, Lu Tao couldn't help but lower his voice, he asked in a low voice, "What kind of place is this? Why is there no one?"

"Shhhh

Although Lu Tao still didn't understand what Peony meant, he still nodded, followed behind Peony, carefully pushed open the door, and entered the first floor of the three-story building.

After entering the door, Lu Tao heard the sound coming from inside, which was like a snoring sound, but it was stirring in this narrow space, making people's hearts sway....... Wait!Tight space?!

Lu Tao fixed his eyes and saw that in the space on the first floor of this building, there was a giant beast lying there, if Lu Tao was not mistaken, this giant beast seemed to be bigger than the door that the two of them came in, and he didn't know how it got in and out of it.

The snoring giant beast couldn't tell what kind of breed it was, and the hot breath that came out of its nose almost made Lu Tao unable to breathe.

At first glance, seeing such a huge shadow, Lu Tao couldn't help but pause, and his heel hit the ground with a "click" sound.

The next moment, the giant beast's snoring stopped, and Peony looked back at Lu Tao helplessly: "Don't talk later!"

Lu Tao nodded hurriedly, he knew that it was the sound he had just accidentally made that woke up the giant beast that occupied almost the entire room.

The giant beast opened its eyes, and a flash of lightning fell from outside the door, and Lu Tao felt as if two huge searchlights appeared in front of him, almost each of which was the size of Lu Tao's head.

"Doudou! I brought you something delicious!" Peony raised her voice, so that the roaring thunder outside the door would not overwhelm her, she took out something from her arms and threw it out, a gust of wind hit, before Lu Tao could see what was going on, Peony took his arm, said "Go!" and dragged him to the other side.

On the side, there is a staircase that goes all the way up, and Lu Tao is dragged by the peony, and he stops on the second floor of the building.

"Ah...... It's almost terrible!" Peony breathed a sigh of relief, and after a pause, he gasped for a long time before he spoke, "What a waste! Why did you suddenly make a sound? Didn't I tell you not to make any noise?"

Lu Tao pouted: "If you don't want me to make a sound, you should tell me what's in it in advance, like this, whoever suddenly sees such a big thing and snores, they will be shocked!"

Peony tilted her head and thought for a while: "Hmm...... That's right, so I'll be merciful and forgive you this time!"

As he spoke, Peony took out the fire fold from his arms and opened it and blew it gently, and the flames rose, illuminating the area of nearly two meters to the left. Lu Tao saw the surrounding scenery clearly, there were a few shelves on the side of the far away window, but the shelves were not books, but a lot of boxes with golden light on the surface, reflecting the flickering lights in the firelight lit by peonies, and I don't know what was inside, whether the boxes containing them were made of pure gold, if they were made of pure gold, that is to say, the things in the boxes had a more expensive value than the gold outside?!

"That's right. Lu Tao shook his head, took his thoughts away from the looming gold chests, and asked, "What's down there, and what did you throw at it in the end?"

"Oh, that's the divine beast Qilin that guards the royal family underground, but it's ......"

"Qilin?!" Lu Tao was stunned for a moment, and involuntarily interrupted Peony's words: "Is there really such a divine beast as a Qilin?"

He forgot that although Lu Tao had never seen a unicorn or something, he had seen a huge snake, a huge eagle and a huge egg, but he didn't complain that Lu Tao was making a fuss, it was really that the name of the unicorn was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Listen to what I'm talking about!" Peony glared at Lu Tao: "It's just called a unicorn, in my opinion, it's a dog that has grown bigger!" Because no matter how I look at it, that guy looks exactly like a dog!"

Lu Tao: "......."

An indescribable feeling of disappointment rose from Lu Tao's heart, shook his head, Lu Tao finally dispelled this feeling from his heart, and then continued to ask: "Then what did you throw away in the end? Is it a bone?"

"What bones...... That's what I'm going to say is a big loss, ah, you don't know, you just need to know that kind of natural treasure, each one is extremely expensive! Okay, let's go! Take a shortcut, you should dare to get ahead of them!"

As she spoke, Peony walked forward, and did not stop until she reached a staircase, she looked left and right, and said to Lu Tao, "Be careful of your step!" and continued to walk to the third floor.

Lu Tao pursed his lips, and finally didn't ask what the gold chests on the shelves on the second floor were, although he was too curious to do so.

The staircase leading from the second floor to the third floor is still wooden, but compared to the stairs from the first floor to the second floor, the stairs on this floor seem to have not been repaired for a long time, and the creaking sound made when stepped on it, which made people worry about whether they would step on these fragile planks and fall from them.

It doesn't matter if you fall to the second floor, you are afraid that you will fall all the way to the mouth of the "unicorn" on the first floor and be swallowed as a snack.

After finally walking through this fragile staircase, Lu Tao and Peony finally came to the top floor of this building with the "Divine Beast" guarding building.

is different from the second layer, there is nothing on the third floor, at least Lu Tao didn't see anything on this floor, and Peony didn't want to take Lu Tao to take a good stroll on this floor, she directly closed the fire fold in her hand, and then came to the window: "We came just now, those guys are about to arrive at their destination." ”

Lu Tao looked in the direction of Peony's finger, in a narrow alleyway, there was a white light moving in the direction of the alleyway, and if you looked closely, wasn't it Gonggong Jing and the second prince Hongxi and a group of four?

Looking at their appearance, it seems that the second prince and Jing Gonggong are talking about something, of course I can't hear what they are talking about so far away, but from the faint expression, Lu Tao can see that it seems that the second prince and Jing Gonggong are talking happily, looking hello, hello, everyone.

"Hehe, it looks like there's going to be a good show!" Peony smiled evilly, echoing the thunder that was still falling around him, and there was a feeling that the villain had finally appeared.

Lu Tao continued to look at Gonggong Jing and the second prince, and the lantern leading the way in front of him stopped as they walked, and then Gonggong Jing took out a key from his arms and opened a door, behind which was a small courtyard.

After the door was fully opened, Gonggong Jing stretched out his hand, as if inviting the second prince to enter, but the second prince did not move, and he didn't know what the two said.

"This is going to start?" Peony pouted: "I thought these two guys were going to be snakes for a while!

Peony shouted excitedly, and then, in Lu Tao's stunned gaze, the courtyard that had just been opened by Gonggong Jing suddenly collapsed, and with a roar like thunder, the land was blown up into the sky, and when the soil flew, Lu Tao also saw the orange-red fire mixed in it.

"The act of opening the door is a mechanism, and Sedum is worthy of being a diehard loyalist of his father, and he is going to die with the second prince! But why is this happening? Could it be that my father has no other power in the palace? Otherwise, he would not have come up with this method of ending up together? No, no, no...... If the second prince had such an ability, he wouldn't have to bother to find any heirloom jade seals, just drive his father off the throne, it's strange......"

Peony continued to express his opinion, and Lu Tao could only listen quietly on the side, guessing by the way, I don't know if it was gunpowder that just exploded.

The shock of the explosion took a while to subside, leaving only a deep pit of chaos in the same place, as for Gonggong Jing, he had avoided it far away before the explosion, but whether it was Gonggong Jing or the second prince, they were affected by the explosion, and one or two lay on the ground, struggling for a long time before standing up.

The second prince who stood up seemed to be very annoyed, and he shouted something at Gonggong Jing with a hideous face, but because it was still too far away, Lu Tao couldn't hear any sound here.

Facing the angry second prince, Gonggong Jing seemed to be smiling very happily, he opened his mouth to say something, and the second prince on the other side lost his words.