- After a little deliberation, Li Shi said: "Your Highness, in fact, the poor woman has been thinking about it for the past few days, if she stays in His Highness's palace like this again, I am afraid that it will inevitably bring trouble to His Highness." DM might as well go out of the palace with the little star girl and stay in a secluded place for a while, if His Highness is called, of course, the poor woman can also answer the call at any time, which is also a safe plan for each other. ”

"This idea of yours is good, but ...... Perhaps there is a better way out of this matter. Wang Hong hesitated, and suddenly changed direction, "Do you know where that secret passage comes from?" ”

"Provenance?" Xiao Xing's eyes flashed with suspicion, and he immediately understood, and immediately said: "Because Xiao Xing also broke through the entrance of the secret passage for the first time, and he was worried about His Highness's side, he couldn't continue to go deeper." But just now, Xiaoxing was standing at the entrance of the secret passage, and he could feel a light breeze pouring into the depths of the passage, as if this passage was not shallow. ”

"That's right. If you want to dig a wall and drill a tunnel, there must be loose soil discharged, but I rarely leave Huayang Palace, and I used to sleep lightly at night, but I didn't notice it at all, and this loose soil could only be sent out from the other side. Wang Hong pondered for a while before he continued: "At the back of this room, leaning on a chess house, I have been there many times, but I feel that the four walls of the chess house are very normal, so where does this secret passage space come from?" ”

Li Shi suddenly said at this time: "It can also be a double-layer wall." ”

Wang Hong was puzzled: "Double? How is that fixed? ”

"This double-layer wall can be divided into horizontal and longitudinal double-layers. If His Highness had called a craftsman to measure the total length of the hall, or the width of the bedroom, and then compared it with the chess house, the result would have been obtained. Li Shi racked his brains and explained with great difficulty, and finally said: "In the early years, the prince spent all night at the desk making drawings, and the poor woman would enter his study every other day, or add some charcoal fire for heating in winter, or add some herbal tea to quench thirst in summer and summer. Sometimes he gets disturbed because of this. When his train of thought was interrupted, he simply stopped writing and rested for a while, and casually explained something to the poor woman. But the poor woman doesn't remember much. ”

"It's okay, you can remember so much. It's been a great help to us. From Li's first rough explanation, Wang Hong had already learned a piece of information with great significance, and he was surprised, and asked Li Shi to repeat what he had just said.

After carefully sorting out this explanation in his mind, Wang Hong showed a happy smile on his face, and said slowly: "If this idea is true, then this secret passage may have existed since the beginning of the palace, and it has little to do with the design of Concubine De. ”

Xiao Xing had already understood at this time that this secret passage was not carved out of the inherent walls, but had long been included in the ranks of architectural design. belongs to the outer wall of the wall.

If you count the construction time of Huayang Palace, it will have to be pushed back to a long time ago. Facing east, the palace receives the morning sun at the earliest hour, even in the cold winter, and the pine forest behind the palace is like a cover. It can also avoid the scorching heat of the western sun. This palace occupies the foundation of a princess's dormitory in the previous dynasty, and the current emperor has pushed the building full of incense grease powder to build a new Huayang Palace with a rather elegant style and warmth for the second son who is frail.

The age of this palace is almost the same age as that of the Southern Zhao Dynasty. When this palace was newly built, Concubine De was not as favored as she is now, and I am afraid that she could not instruct the core officials of the Ministry of Industry to secretly tamper with the drawings, and after revising the design draft, she kept it secret for so many years.

It's just that the outer wall of this wall was built. The traces are hidden very secretly, and there is something strange in this kind of concealment. Since it has long been in the scope of architectural design, why should not the people who live and use this building know? What secrets must be sealed?

Thinking of this, Xiao Xing couldn't help asking: "If the palace was designed like this at the beginning of construction, then what is the significance of such construction?" ”

Wang Hong didn't explain, but just handed his gaze to Li. Li Shi thought for a moment. He explained: "The double wall is generally built to block the outdoor heat in summer, but most of these walls seem to be built on the periphery, and looking at the approximate location of the secret passage in the wardrobe just now, it seems to be in the middle partition wall." ”

"Rather than unwarranted speculation. Why don't you go and see for yourself the source of that secret passage? Wang Hong, who was silent for a moment, suddenly spoke, and as soon as he finished speaking, he stood up. Mentally so engrossed in the sudden passage that he rose abruptly, and before he could close the thin blanket on his shoulders, the silky softness of the fine plush woven blanket slid down his thin but straight shoulders to his ankles.

Xiaoxing hurriedly bent down to pick up the blanket, and as soon as she stood up straight, she saw that Wang Hong had already walked quickly to the side of the screen, so she had to step up and chase after it.

Wang Hong opened the wardrobe door and scanned it again, but still didn't find anything, so he raised the doubt he had when he opened the cabinet door before: "I still can't see what secret passages can be in this cabinet, how did you get through?" ”

Although Wang Hong was thin, he was very tall, and Xiao Xing stood in front of him, and his forehead was no more than his lips.

Xiao Xing tiptoed and lifted the silk blanket in his hand onto Wang Hong's shoulder again, and pinched the two corners of the blanket to tie a knot in front of his neck, making the blanket a simple cloak that could not be thrown off lightly. After doing this, she opened her mouth to explain the secret of the secret passage: "The door of the secret passage has been specially controlled, and one person cannot open it, so two people need to step on both ends of the cabinet on the left and right. ”

"That's really hard to spot." When Wang Hong heard this, a hint of novelty appeared in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Generally, only clothes are placed in the closet, even if palace maids usually come to clean up clothes, there is no need to stand in." And hiding people like me in it, and hiding two at once, is also a very rare thing. Xiaoxing, am I lucky to be hit? ”

At this time, Xiaoxing's face did not have a relaxed expression, because she had already seen that the prince was really going to go in and find out.

"Your Highness, are you really going to go in?" Xiao Xing's eyes were full of worry, "It's better to pick a few reliable guards and go in again another day." ”

Wang Hong had already stood on the side of the cabinet, his eyes pointed to the other end of the cabinet, he didn't speak, but the meaning was clearly expressed, and there was no room for change.

Xiaoxing knows the temper of this prince very well, although he has a weak physique and lives a simple life all the year round, but in his body, there is a very strong courage and bravery. An unknown threat is extremely difficult to fear him.

Perhaps it was because of his father's extremely high position and extensive protection that he was able to act without fear. But there is also a possibility that this is the character he inherited from his father, and it is the character that a prince should have.

But the fact that individuals are not afraid of danger does not mean that danger does not exist, and no matter how bold the prince is, he only has a flesh and blood body.

After struggling inwardly for a long time, in the face of the prince, Xiaoxing finally chose to take a step back. But her obedience was not simple, she ran to the couch in front of the screen, opened the crack drawer that she was so familiar with, and took out the Imperial Flying Fish Dagger from it. Although this dagger is short, it is sharp and can cut off gold and stone lightly, and it can be regarded as the most powerful self-defense weapon in Huayang Palace. After taking the flying fish dagger, Xiaoxing picked up the triangular glass lamp on the table again, and then returned to the back of the screen.

Handing the flying fish dagger to the prince, Xiaoxing broke off two of the three candles on the triangular glass lamp, took one for himself, and handed another one to Li Shi, while explaining: "Holding the candle in your hand is more solid than holding it on the lampholder." ”

Li Shi nodded when he heard this.

If you really encounter a lurking attack in the secret passage later, it is indeed easy to cause the candle and the lamp holder to separate from the lamp holder in the fierce fight. This kind of beautiful thing can often only be used in a harmonious environment.

After making all the preparations he could think of, Xiao Xing lit the candles in the hands of the two of them, and said to the prince: "Wait a while, the maid will walk in front, and Senior Li will walk behind, if Your Highness sees that the candle in my hand has a tendency to weaken, it means that the breath in this secret passage is stagnant, and you can't continue to move forward." ”

Seeing that the prince nodded, Xiaoxing stepped into the wardrobe, stood in the other corner of the wardrobe, and kicked lightly.

There was a slight sound of metal "gridding" similar to that developed by coiled iron bullets through the cabinet wall, and the wooden planks on the wall side of the wardrobe "Bang! A sound broke from the middle, and when the two ends of the income were unknown, revealing a large void in the middle, Xiao Xing said quickly: "After the door of the secret passage is opened, it will pause for about three breaths, and it will automatically close!" ”

After that, she was the first to step into the secret passage, Wang Hong followed, and when Li's heel had just crossed the low hurdle at the secret passage, the two doors of the secret passage, which were covered by wardrobe planks as a surface, were "booming!" "It slammed shut.

Standing in the middle of the secret passage with two brick walls, Wang Hong had also felt the breeze that Xiao Xing had said before, that trace of activity in the secret passage. Looking at the candle flame in Xiaoxing's hand trembling slightly, Wang Hong said: "It seems that the air in this secret passage is active, and there is no such thing as stagnation." ”

Xiaoxing didn't make much defense about this, and only said briefly: "After all, it's the first time to enter this kind of place, so it's always good to be careful." ”

Wang Hong just smiled indifferently at this, he knew that if Xiaoxing wanted to be serious about one thing, the four cows would not be able to turn around. After a pause, Wang Hong turned his head to look at Li Shi behind him, and asked with some puzzlement: "If this secret passage is really built in the middle of two walls, now it seems that it should be built in depth, but why do I often go to the chess house next to this wall, but I never notice that there are many houses in that house?" ”

"Maybe it's the placement of the utensils in the chess room, which is a little misleading about the perspective of the people in it." Li Shi tried to think about the strange thoughts about this kind of thing that Lin Shan occasionally talked about when he was chatting with her, and she suddenly raised a hand in front of her eyes, separated her five fingers, and then continued: "There are blind spots in the line of sight, for example, a poor woman can see the face of Her Highness completely through her fingers, but from the angle from which Her Highness is standing, she cannot see the poor woman's face through her fingers. ”