Until Ling Yan died, she saw a letter. After reading it, Empress Tao Wan knew what kind of thing was hidden inside.

Thinking of this, she looked at the man lying in the temple again.

There are many mechanisms in the cave, and ordinary people can't get through guò, and even if they can, they can't get out alive. The only way to enter the cave and get out alive is this stone door, but this stone door is impossible to open without a special introduction. But once opened, the person inside was able to retreat with his whole body, but now this person is just lying in the cave, which doesn't look like the person who opened the stone door.

"Is there anyone else in there?"

Empress Tao Wan asked again, she had to confirm, because according to the letter left by the emperor, the person who could open the stone door and come out alive must be the one who got the object.

This is also the reason why they will take the test this time from the original "paper talk" to let these candidates personally fight, there are too many cave organs, and the structure is strange, but the things they want are hidden there, such a dangerous place, someone has to break in, and this group of scholars who are full of enthusiasm and have the dream of the title of this gold list are the most suitable candidates.

"Back to Niangniang, Wechen has searched all the places that can be seen by the naked eye, and has not found any other signs of human survival."

There were a pile of corpses.

The last sentence, the left patrol guard did not say. But he believed that even if he didn't say it, the three people sitting on top would definitely have already understood. Such a dangerous and terrifying cave was actually broken into by hundreds of scholars. The thought of this filled his heart with chills.

"He's the only one who still has air."

"Lord Huang, how is it? Is there any salvation? ”

Empress Tao Wan asked the old imperial doctor who was healing on the edge of the main hall.

"Hui Niangniang, although this person has lost blood, the wounds on his body have not hurt his lifeline, and the old minister has given him the Gathering God Pill, if nothing happens, he will wake up immediately."

Imperial Doctor Huang said tremblingly.

There are too many variables in the imperial court, and he has to be extremely careful with every step.

"Then wait."

Empress Tao Wan said, glancing at Ling Xi who was sitting on his right.

The hall fell silent. Everyone was waiting for Zou Youheng to wake up. If only he could really wake up.

*

Even if the stone door was opened, the light in the cave did not become brighter because of this, it was still dim, and you could only see the surrounding environment vaguely.

In front of a stone wall. A figure stood there. Hands were groping for something on the stone wall. Around him. All of them were the corpses of those scholars. These people died from fighting, or because of the poisonous insects and organs in the caves. But whatever the reason, the way they died was horrifying.

After fumbling for a while, and seemingly to no avail, the man crouched down and began to observe the mechanism beneath the stone wall. The faint light struck him in the face through the dripping stalactites, and if there were people around now, he would definitely be able to see a handsome but indifferent face - Sunny was half-crouching under the stone wall, trying to find the mechanism to open the stone chamber.

All the royal people knew about the existence of this cave, but no one had ever set foot in it, because it was too dangerous, because it was basically a dead end after entering. Several teams of dead soldiers had been sent in, but when they came in, they couldn't even find their bodies.

It was also the first time that Sunny had entered this cave, and he took the opportunity of this exam to blend in with hundreds of scholars. He was ordered to come in and get something, and now that the object was in hand and the stone door was opened, he was about to leave, but he saw dozens of scholars jumping into the stone pit like Zou Youheng.

The so-called stone pit is just a passage, it is connected to dozens or even hundreds of stone chambers at the bottom, once something enters the stone pit, it will be thrown into a fork in the process of sliding, and then fall into the stone chamber below.

The structure is too intricate, and Sunny is only a little clear. He couldn't save them from the stone chambers at the bottom with his own strength, so he could only check nearby to see if there was a mechanism to open the door to the stone chamber.

A faint smell began to float in the air of the cave. Qing Lang took out a pill from his bosom and stuffed it into his mouth, if he guessed correctly, the stone door connected to the side hall was about to close, and once it was closed, the poisonous gas in the cave would immediately spread. Neither he nor those locked in the stone chamber could get out again.

Although the entrance to the so-called cave at the beginning was still in zài, as early as when Zou Youheng opened the first stone door, it had already touched the mechanism, and with the shaking, a whole stone wall cut the cave in half, and then everyone was unknowingly moved to another place. So the place he was in now and the cave he had entered in front of him were two places that had nothing to do with each other. That initial entrance was just an introduction to this place.

The stone gate leading to the side hall was the only exit, and once closed, everyone, including himself, would die here.

Suddenly, there was a strange touch from the groping fingertips, and Qing Liang leaned down, and sure enough, in the corner of the stone wall, he found a protruding stone. In fact, the connection between the stone and the stone wall did not seem to be abrupt, but he had always believed in his hunch.

Reaching out and touching the stone, Sunny was surprised to find that it was loose, and turned it left and right twice, but there was no movement around it. Grabbing the sharp corner of the stone, he pulled it out hard, and the whole stone was dragged down by him, and there was a shaking around it, but after the shaking, it was restored to its original state, as if nothing had happened.

Sunny was a little disappointed, he slowly straightened up, trying to look again to see if there were any other mechanisms, but the moment he turned around-

Behind him, on the uneven ground, which was originally full of blood and corpses, a huge stone plate appeared, the structure was a bit like the groove of a stone mill, and through the dim light, the subtle patterns carved on it could still be seen.

The stone plate does not rise out of thin air, but at its bottom there is a stand that resembles a stone pillar, and the patterns on it are staggered, as if it were used to lead something down.

The fog in the cave is getting bigger and bigger, and the smell is getting bigger and bigger, and it seems that the only stone door will soon be closed.

After staring at the stone plate for a while, Qing Lang suddenly understood its principle. Untied the kettle hanging from his waist and poured some water on the stone plate. The scene above changed instantly, and I saw that the water seemed to flow along the carved patterns on the stone plate, and after filling in the patterns, it then penetrated into the pillar along the opening, and the direction of the flow was basically the same as those carvings.

The water poured so little that it stopped after only half of it. But Sunny had no intention of pouring the rest of the water in the pot again. Looking at the dead people scattered around him, a bold idea popped into his head, or rather, the people who built this cave at that time had such an idea.

The blood of a person who has just died has not yet clotted. Sunny dragged the nearest dead man from him, leaned his neck against the stone plate, drew the dagger, and cut a hole in his neck. The blood that had not yet congealed suddenly flowed out, and the position of the head was just right, and the blood slowly filled the stone pillar at the bottom along the carved patterns on the stone plate, and then meandered downward.

Suddenly, the stone plate and the pillar at the bottom were full of red peonies, which were unusually gorgeous, but they made people feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.

Rumble.

When Sunny drained the blood of the fifth corpse, there was finally movement around him. The open space in front of him changed dramatically, like a subsidence, and a huge square stone pit suddenly appeared on the ground, and dozens of stone slabs rose from it at the same time, and on those stone slabs, Qing Qing saw the scholars who jumped into the stone pit.

At this time, these people were not in a coma, and they were looking at each other with horror, and Qing Qing stood in front of him with a cold face.

"The exit is there."

Qinglang said lightly.

"Who are you?"

"Did you save us?"

"Am I dead or alive now?"

The scholar who had not completely recovered his senses asked indiscriminately, Zhou Ming was also inside, but he was only relatively sober, and this was when he saw that Luo Yushu was next to him and was not dead.

"The exit is there."

Sunny repeat.

When he was saving these people just now, he touched the mechanism of the stone gate again, making it speed up the closing, and if these people don't go out, they won't be able to get out again.

"...... you?"

Someone else wants to ask.

But more people were in the mood to ask any more questions when they were in critical condition, and they got up from the ground one after another, scrambling to squeeze out.

"Luo Yushu, let's hurry up, I saw the exit......!!"

Zhou Ming pointed not far away and shouted, as soon as he shouted, the people around him also reacted, and everyone got up from the stone slab one after another, and quickly ran towards the exit with white light.

Looking at the scholars who were running towards the exit, Qing Lang breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

The only exit leads to the side hall, where he can't appear yet.

Just now, when he was groping for the mechanism, he accidentally found another passage......

*

With a slight movement of his fingers, Zou Youheng slowly opened his eyes, but was illuminated by the sudden light around him, and immediately closed them back. After a long time in the dark, his eyes could not bear the light of this place for a while.

"This is the Yama Palace?"

He should have died of blood loss, and his memory of this is still very vivid.

"Bold! Dare to speak nonsense and slander the queen mother and the two Chitose!! ——”

One of the ministers opened his mouth angrily.

The Queen?

Zou Youheng's heart suddenly moved, and he rolled his eyes around, and sure enough, he saw three people sitting on it in the upper right corner of his body.

At this time, the three people seemed to be looking at themselves as well.

Could it be said?

Not only did he not die, but he was rescued and is now lying in the palace hall? (To be continued......)