Chapter 247: The Secret Path

Xia Yuzhi has always been straight to the point, with the same straightforward temperament as the old lady, and does not like to beat around the bush. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

He sat next to his grandmother, drank a bowl of tea on the kang table, and asked solemnly: "The environment of Huanxi Hall is damp and not suitable for the elderly. A few years ago, your mother asked you to move, and you said that you liked the waters. Grandmother, is this answer really true? ”

The old lady twisted the Buddha beads of small leaf red sandalwood in his hand, listened to Xia Yuzhi's opening, and said with a smile: "I went out for a trip, how could I think of these old grains and rotten sesame seeds in the past." Grandmother is old and doesn't like to move around, so naturally Huanxitang is the most pleased. ”

The old lady spent a lot of money, Xia Yuzhi persevered, and asked again: "Grandson wants to ask grandmother for verification, do you like this water area when your old man lives here, or do you protect the secret passage of Huanxi Hall?" Grandchild heard that there are really two secret passages in this Huanxi Hall, one leads to the palace, and the other leads to the outside of the palace? ”

The old lady's deep eyes were like the sea, she closed her eyes slightly, and she couldn't see a trace of waves. The right hand mechanically twisted the Buddha beads, and his heart was like a fallen leaf swept by the autumn wind, but the voice that was no different from the past slowly asked: "Yuzhi, where did you hear it?" ”

It seemed that he heard the wind whistling and circling on the top of Yuping Mountain, and Xia Yuzhi's face flashed in front of Murong Wei's plain white face and fluttering skirt, as well as the sadness and anger she had when she talked bitterly about her previous life.

There was no need for a reply from my grandmother, who said that she was holding Buddha beads in her hand, and she looked at ease, but her fingers with white joints said everything.

He answered his grandmother's question seriously, and did not hide it at all: "When the eldest princess mentioned Su Duhan's origin, she was afraid that I would not believe it, so she told me in person and allowed me to ask my grandmother for verification." ”

Su Duhan, mentioning this familiar and unfamiliar name, Xia Yu's heart was full of mixed flavors.

From the time the first emperor was still alive, to the queen mother moved to Shoukang Palace. For more than ten years, he and his sister, Su Duhan and Murong Wei, the four of them were originally childhood sweethearts' playmates.

Folded osmanthus flowers and lotus roots in the palace together, and walked together to watch the lantern festival. There was such a long and beautiful past, what kind of monstrous hatred could there be, and Su Duhansheng ordered to shoot his sister to death in front of his secret passage.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu's heart ached, and tears actually appeared in his eyes, and he was forced back alive.

The old lady shook the hand of the Buddha bead for a moment, and her calm mood finally fluctuated, and her eyes were clearly stunned for half a minute: "How could the eldest princess know about Su Duhan's life experience?" Could it be that Huanxia trusts her so much? ”

Naturally, the name of the queen mother was mentioned, and without waiting for Xia Yuzhi to answer, the old lady himself shook his head and said: "No, when you left Beijing, Huanxia had not yet recovered, and there was no mention that you would tell the eldest princess about this matter." ”

Those who know this secret, except for the Queen Mother, are Emperor Chongming, and then the old couple of Xia Ge.

Su Rui is dead, Emperor Chongming doesn't have to keep it a secret, but he won't tell his daughter about such a secret.

The old lady's thoughts returned to the end of last winter, in the snow of falling flowers, the weak and slender girl stood under a bush of plantains in front of her own veranda, covered with snowflakes and gracefully standing.

I asked her about the origin of Ronyan, and she smiled and talked to herself about the opportunity.

"Chance, does the eldest princess say that this is also chance?" The old lady smiled silently, looking at her grandson who still wanted to get to the bottom of it, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Grandmother, tell your grandson the truth, yes or no?" If there are really these secret passages in the palace, Xia Yuzhi's burden will be even heavier. He thought of the war that Murong Wei told again, if the war was chaotic, it was difficult to guarantee that no enemy army would enter the city through this secret, and he would be able to capture the palace without knowing it.

Looking at the silent old grandmother, Xia Yuzhi had actually gotten the answer, and still wanted to hear the grandmother explain the root cause. He stubbornly asked, "Grandmother, is Du Han really a descendant of the little emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty?" ”

Regardless of the cold taste of the tea, the old lady was like Xia Yuzhi and drank a full cup. When he raised his eyes again, the old lady had already returned to a upright sitting posture, and his eyes seemed to be dry and waveless.

Pulling her grandson to sit beside her, the old lady knew that there were some things that she couldn't hide, so she nodded calmly and admitted it.

When the first emperor entered the imperial city of Gusu, he once found a broken map from the Wenchang Pavilion, on which several secret roads were drawn, some leading to the palace and some leading to the outside of the palace.

The secret passage of Rentai Palace was connected to the Purple Cloud Palace, which is now the Shoukang Palace.

I think that the little emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty wanted to live with his nursing mother, and he wanted to avoid people's eyes and ears, so he resorted to this secret trick. Although the two palaces are far apart, they are connected by secret passages, and they can meet at any time.

In the Ziyun Palace, there is also a secret passage leading to the outside of the palace, which is now the Xia Mansion. At that time, it was a courtyard placed by an imperial family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and later he honored the little emperor.

Shoukang Palace and today's Huanxi Hall are connected by dark water underground, and the courtyard was the back road left by the little emperor, and now the Xia family is the last cover in the palace.

If there is a change in the palace, follow the secret passage in the Shoukang Palace, and naturally go to the Xia family Huanxi Hall, and along the secret road of the Huanxi Hall, there will be a path leading directly to the outside of the city.

It turns out that there is really the secret path that Murong Wei said, and there is really the place where my sister died. Xia Yuzhi's heart throbbed with pain, he grabbed his grandmother's hand tightly, and begged his grandmother to take him to see the secret passage leading to the outside of the palace, where the entrance was.

The grandson's mood fluctuated, and the sadness all over his body made the old lady also dyed depressed. She is old, and the guardian of this secret path will be handed over to Xia Yu sooner or later, and she doesn't care about this moment and a half.

The old lady stood up with her clothes neatly and walked out with her grandson.

Luo Qi saw that the two of them walked straight to the lakeside along the blue brick path swaying by bamboo branches, and sighed in his heart, and first ordered someone to half-cover the gate of Huanxi Hall, which was the meaning of the old lady's lack of guests.

Lotus night field, there are already Han Lian Turui, red lotus and white lotus compete to bloom, and the Huanxi Hall in May is particularly quiet. Walking on the bluestone road covered with pine and bamboo, Xia Yuyi's heart was as desolate as moss.

In the corner of the clear lake, next to a delicate rockery, the old lady squatted down and asked her grandson to reach into the pond and pull the moss-covered mechanism.

There was a slight creaking sound, and the rockery slowly shifted its direction, revealing a stone slab with a thick iron ring at the original base. The old lady told her grandson that when the iron plate was lifted, there was a long and narrow staircase leading directly to the ferry outside the palace. There is a hollow reef at the ferry crossing, and two small boats are hidden in it. In case of emergency, more than ten people can escape at the same time.

Murong Wei said that her sister was guarding the secret passage leading to the outside of the palace, and in order to cover her escape, she was shot to death by Su Duhan's arrows.

In the corner of life and death, my sister knows that she is powerless to save Xixia's defeat, and she will definitely desperately delay the fashion room and send herself out so that she can find an opportunity to make a comeback.