Chapter 34: The Fish Enters the Tiger's Den

The sky was blue, and the flints thrown at the city gate exploded with a loud bang and splashed firelight. Youyu didn't care about turning back, so he rushed to the palace with Wei Wei. The people of Luzhou hid in fear at home, snooping on the new ruler, and did not dare to speak loudly, and those who had no time to avoid immediately knelt down and did not dare to look up.

Wei Ya spurred his horse and whipped his horse, and said anxiously: "I heard that the eunuchs said that the prime minister killed the second executioner, and he should not have escaped from the palace yet, so we must block him." ”

The tense atmosphere made Youyu depressed, and he hurriedly divided the soldiers into eight groups and ordered: "There are eight palace gates in the palace, you go and guard them separately." ”

"Yes." The soldiers were in danger and rushed in all directions in an orderly manner.

Wei Ya instructed: "There are many princes in Xuanwu Gate, I will settle them, you follow them to Suzaku Gate, stay at the palace gate honestly, and remember not to enter the palace." With that, Wei Ya turned his horse's head and quickly left.

There are fish hurrying to the Suzaku Gate, and the Suzaku Gate has not yet arrived by the princes. The eunuchs of the palace escaped from the palace in fear, carrying large and small packages on their backs, which should be the property of the palace. Maybe the prime minister is disguised in it, and he wants to mix it up with a jade seal.

"Stop them and don't allow anyone to enter or leave the palace." A fish called for someone to drive them all back.

The palace people were so frightened that they knelt down in unison and cried and begged: "Don't kill us, the king is just a little slave, the crimes committed by the emperor are none of our business, the king spares his life!" ”

The strict punishment and strict law forced the palace people out of the paranoia of being killed, which shows the depth of the poison of the criminal law. A fish dismounted, "I won't kill you, you go back first and hand over the package." ”

The palace people hurriedly threw away the package and withdrew to the palace in panic. Fish opened one package after another, and poured out the goods into a small mountain, full of rare treasures, including gold and silver jewelry, pearls, agate, ivory, and jade...... There are also some unnamed treasures, which shimmer in the night. If you put it in the past, you must have loved it, but after witnessing death, you are not shocked in the face of these things that life does not bring and death does not take away.

These eunuchs who sold themselves to the palace because of their poor families are also poor people, the mountains and rivers are broken, thinking that they also think of their families, Youyu sighed: "Check them one by one, see if they still carry important things on their bodies, check through guò, go and pick a treasure to go." ”

"King Xie for not killing, King Xie..."

There was a fish watching every palace person take away the treasures, and a lame old man who had been checked by guò came over, neither taking gold nor silver, nor bronze and precious stones, but picked up an ordinary wooden box and walked, without hurrying or slowing down.

An ordinary wooden box is really suspicious in a pile of dazzling treasures, there is a fish to think about it and don't feel anything, since it is a rare treasure, there is his own valuable, although the appearance of the wooden box is mediocre, but maybe it is made of precious wood such as sandalwood, and the senior old palace people naturally regard it as a treasure.

Watching the old man walk farther and farther, there was an inexplicable uneasiness in the bottom of the fish's heart, and the old man's chin suddenly became vigilant, and the old man had a sparse gray beard on his chin. Since he was not a eunuch, but an official of the imperial court, Youyu hurriedly pointed at the old man and called people: "Someone is coming to stop him!" ”

The old man ran away as soon as he heard the order of the fish, but was finally caught by the soldiers. The old man cried uneasily: "The king... I didn't do anything, my king, don't kill me! ”

A fish took the wooden box and examined it carefully, there was a lock on it, and there was a certain weight, "What is in the box, and where is the key?" ”

"The key has been lost, my lord, this is the wooden box that the old man brought from his hometown when he entered the palace, and it contains my money, please return it to me."

"Yulu?" There was a fish sniffing the wooden box, but it didn't smell any strange fragrance, and frowned curiously, anyway, the wooden box was not returned, "You go and pick a treasure again, this box is buckled." ”

The old man was anxious, "The king can't, the wooden box has hometown feelings for me, I can't live without it." ”

One by one, the king and the king called, and the fish listened comfortably and awkwardly, but since it was the king, it had the majesty of the king. "Someone, pry it open."

"No, my lord... No! The old man rushed to recapture the wooden box, but was stopped by the soldiers.

The wooden box was pried open, and inside it was a beautiful box with gold and precious stones. A small key falls out, and the situation is getting more and more interesting. Youyu picked up the key and carefully opened the gold box, and a "brick" made of jade appeared in front of him. There is a fish leaning down close to the "brick" to take a closer look, there are four lifelike dragons carved on it, with different expressions, the dragon's eye is embedded with four different colors of gemstones, each dragon scale is extremely delicate, and the tentacles are cold.

There are fish rubbing their eyes in disbelief, this is not ... Some fish didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly closed the gold box. It's good not to see it, but it's a thief at sight, and nothing shatters the stoic heart of Youyu more than it, for Youyu, it's not a symbol of the ruler, but a glimmer of hope to return home. It seems to evaporate a wisp of poisonous smoke, pervasively provoking the desire in the heart of the fish.

Fortunately, the sky was dark, and the attendant beside Youyu didn't see anything clearly, but the attendant was not a careless person, and asked, "Ru Gong, what is in it?" ”

"Men and women are happy, upside down phoenix coloring books," Youyu fixed his eyes in one place, and said reservedly, "dirty things, but I like them, and I stay." ”

The attendant was embarrassed and did not delve into it anymore. The old man's reaction when he saw the fish seemed to know that it was a jade seal, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

Youyu looked at the old man, thinking that since the jade seal was in his hand, he was probably the prime minister, and if he let him go, Cangluan would be investigated, and the attendants behind him would definitely be suspicious. Youyu was entangled for a while, and then hardened his heart, "You take a treasure and go." ”

The old man hurriedly picked up a string of agate and left in a hurry.

Zhen Bing is the only person you fully trust, Youyu led Zhen Bing to a no-man's corner, looked around, didn't see the attendant coming, quietly opened the gold box, held the faucet and took out the "bricks". There are fish who do not know the ancient text, if the "brick" is the jade seal of the country, then there must be an inscription under it. Knowing that this is a thing that does not die, the voice of the fish is small and trembling: "Ah... Ah Bing, what is written on this brick? ”

Then the faint light of the palace lamp, Zhen Bing looked as if his soul had been hooked, panicked, and speechless.

Youyu anxiously pulled Zhen Bing's sleeve, "What is written?" ”

Zhen Bing's face was frozen in a panicked demeanor, and his lips trembled and he spit out eight words in a daze: "Ordered by the sky, you will live forever." ”

Commanded by Heaven, Commanded by Heaven...... It's not wrong, it's the heirloom jade seal! If you get it, you will be "ordered by the sky", and if you lose it, "the number of qi has been exhausted".

There is a fish heart beating throbbing, and there is only this palace wall away from home! However, Wei Ya's warning kept echoing in his ears - "Don't enter the palace..."

But if you don't take the opportunity to enter the palace at this time and open the shuttle door, when the jade seal falls into the hands of others, I don't know when you can hold it again. Youyu made up his mind, patted Zhen Bing's face lightly, and pulled him back to his senses, "Don't tell anyone that I found the jade seal, I will go into the palace now and put it back." ”

Zhen Bing came back to his senses and hurriedly stopped Youyu: "Rugong can't do it, King Yan only taught us to guard the palace gate and didn't allow us to enter." If King Yan is to blame, we can't afford it. ”

"King Yan wants the jade seal, I'll hide it, otherwise the princes will rush over and snatch it away, and we can't afford it, and when the time comes, I will give the jade seal with my own hands, and I don't think King Yan will punish it." Youyu thought selfishly: When I get home and watch TV, Cangluan can't help me.

Youyu turned around and left, and suddenly made a feeling of "can't give up" in his heart, Youyu's eyes were covered with an apology, and he turned around and told Zhen Bing, "If I don't come back, give General Feng a word - I will miss him, by the way, tell Wei Ya, so that he doesn't have to miss me, and Madame, persuade her to remarry, I wish her a good marriage." ”

Zhen Bingmu sneered: "Who is your father?" ”

"It's nothing," Youyu smiled with relief and hugged Zhen Bing, "Thank you for saving me, so be it, I'll go in first." ”

Zhen Bing nodded hesitantly, and let the fish enter the palace. When the attendant saw this, he hurriedly shouted, "Where are you going?" ”

Youyu panicked into a cold sweat, trembled and raised the gold box, pretending to be calm: "Go find more books like this, do your part, and leave me alone." ”

The attendant saw that Youyu was so lewd/, and he didn't have any ambition to come, so he let him in, anyway, the Yan army was guarding the city, and he couldn't get out if he could get in.

A fish acquiesced and rushed into the palace. Youyu caught a little eunuch who fled for his life and ordered: "Take me to the place where the emperor collects treasures." ”

The little eunuch who was caught happened to be the personal servant of the Emperor Xing, and the little eunuch trembled, and only promised: "There are many places where the emperor collects treasures, I don't know where you are referring to, the king?" ”

And a lot more? That's how rich it is. Youyu asked, "Does the emperor have a shuttle that must be opened with a jade seal?" “

The little eunuch shook his head: "I haven't heard of the shuttle, but the treasure that was opened with the jade seal is in the palace of His Majesty." ”

"Just go there and lead the way."

"Yes, my lord."

The little eunuch weakly led Youyu to the sleeping palace of the Emperor of Punishment - Guanglu Palace, and trotted for half an hour from the Suzaku Gate to the Guanglu Palace, which shows the size of the palace. There are fish who climb hundreds of steps to enter the dormitory, and there are gold carvings and jade bricks everywhere, which is extremely luxurious. However, on the dragon bed, there was a corpse in a dragon robe - it must be the Emperor of Punishment.

The fish was nervous and a little nervous, running around like a headless fly, "Where, where is the treasure?" ”

The little eunuch nervously threw himself on a wall carved with a chessboard, moving the chess pieces on the chessboard, and a hidden door in the corner of the wall slowly opened. The little eunuch was so anxious that he was about to cry, "The entrance is there, the king let me escape, I... I don't want to die. ”

A smoke bomb burst into the sky, exploding red fireworks. That was the signal of the victory of the Yan army, and there was not much time to fish, and it must be before Cangluan arrived.

"You can go." Youyu said that, and quickly ran into the huge underground palace.

I don't know what kind of material the dungeon is made of, as if it is as bright as a bedroom during the day. The dungeon is like a labyrinth, with fish facing seven doors, and they are so puzzled that they can't move an inch.

At this time, a black shadow suddenly flashed behind him, and it was the movement of a person. Youyu hurriedly turned around and saw an old man with a long beard smiling at him, which startled Youyu, "Who are you?" ”

"You don't know me anymore?" The old man's voice was steady and strong, and he could hear that he was getting stronger when he was old.

Youyu looked at the long-bearded old man, pondered for a moment, and realized that he was the high priest, the first man he had seen two thousand years ago, and the bad old man who boasted that he was the emperor.

"I remember, I don't know what to call you until now."

"The surname is Yu, just call me Mr. Yu." The high priest approached Youyu, saw the box in Youyu's hand, and asked, "What's inside?" ”

"It's Yuxi, it's a long story, by the way, why is Mr. Yu in the Torture Palace?"

The high priest sighed: "It's also a long story, there are twists and turns, and I was caught by the torturers to practice the pill for the emperor in a daze, and I was about to escape, and when I saw you coming in, I followed." The high priest looked at Youyu, his eyes flashed with a strange light, and he sighed, "Providence, it is really providence." ”

"What is providence." The fish was talking to the high priest as he groped his way through a door.

The high priest followed Youyu, and his tone seemed to be shocked: "The Emperor of Punishment has collapsed, and the Dynasty of Punishment is about to fall, as predicted in the prophecy, and Duke Ru, you have the least troops, and the jade seal has fallen into your hands." ”

"I'm just touching it, and I'll have to give it back to them eventually."

The high priest's relieved expression suddenly showed anxiety, and he grabbed Youyu: "Since Duke Ru knows the best, leave the palace as soon as King Yan arrives." ”

The fish brushed aside the high priest's hand, "I'm really looking for something, and if I find it, I'll leave, have you heard of the shuttle?" ”

"I've never heard of a shuttle, you rushed into the palace with a jade seal, came to the palace of the Emperor Xing and opened this basement, if it is discovered, what do you make the princes think of you? It's not a good place to stay for a long time, so let's get out! ”

Youyu pressed one hand on the shoulder of the high priest who was more uneasy than herself, and Ann advised: "I know they will say that I covet the throne, but I can go home if I find the shuttle, I don't fight with them, I will disappear completely." ”

The high priest shook his head frequently: "If you don't go home or not, you will have no excuse for the sins you want to add, and when the time comes, I am afraid that you will be difficult to argue, so let's go." ”

There was a fish in search of a trot, and it was too late to explain to the high priest.