Five Dragon Ponds.

Wulong Pond is located in the west of the palace, south of Baotu Spring, north of Daming Lake, was originally a corner of Daming Lake, known as the net pool. Legend has it that the pond is unfathomable, and whenever there is a major drought, pray for rain. In the Yuan Dynasty, the people built a temple on the side of the pond, and the dragon god of the five directions was molded inside, and it was renamed the five dragon ponds since then.

There are many springs here, forming a group of springs, and the scenery is quite good.

There is a pavilion hidden in the bushes, named "Yuanmo Pavilion", and the pavilion plaque implies a "dragon" word, which is taken from the meaning of "the corpse dwells and the dragon sees, and the Yuanmo and thunder" in the "Zhuangzi Zaiyou".

Looking from the pavilion, I saw the green willows like clouds, and the blue silk dipped in the waves. The rockeries are stacked, the green vines are drooped, and the pines and cypresses are replanted.

Emperor Yanguang Zhou Zhang sat in the pavilion, looking at the scenery around, with some sadness and some relief in his eyes.

Chen Yuanyuan paced back and forth, a little anxious.

After a while, Emperor Yanguang sighed, "You go." ”

"Your Majesty......"

"What you are, I always know. You are a thin life as a red face, I am a thin life as a king, there is nothing to explore. Emperor Yanguang said slowly, "In the past few decades, there have been internal troubles from foreign captives, Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Tang Zhongyuan, and Zhang Xianzhong...... These are self-proclaimed heroes. In my eyes, rats. Taking advantage of natural and man-made disasters, he stole the country left by my ancestors. As for what means they will have? Using women as weapons, he is disdainful. ”

"I am orthodox in the world, in the position of the ninety-five, the sky is going to die in the great Chu, this is not something that human beings can resist, I have been disgusted with blood for a lifetime, and in the future, the history will only laugh at me for being the king of the dead country, ridiculous. But at least you know, didn't I lose to them? I lost to the ......."

Chen Yuanyuan said: "I understand? I understand Your Majesty's open-mindedness, benevolence, morality, and morality. ”

"Understood? Let's go. ”

"Your Majesty? Are you at ease? I can get you out. ”

"I can't escape." Emperor Yanguang sighed and said, "I understand when I see the three words 'Yuanmo Pavilion'? I can't escape the ......"

"Not ......"

"I hope that one day the world will be peaceful, and a woman like you will not have to be displaced again." Emperor Yanguang interrupted? And he said, "What else do I want?" I only hope that those unfilial descendants will not give me a reprimand. ”

Chen Yuanyuan was slightly speechless, but he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the rockery, and after a while, a round middle-aged man came out? Dress up richly.

"See? Your Majesty, don't worry, I can take you out. Chen Yuanyuan said happily.

Emperor Yanguang chuckled lightly and looked at the sky.

"Grass people Li Peng'er to see Your Majesty, long live our emperor."

A middle-aged man named Li Peng'er stepped forward and bowed, and then said, "Your Majesty, please come with the grass people?" Grass people to prepare a hiding place......"

Emperor Yanguang didn't get up, and looked at him with some pity in his eyes.

Li Peng'er was stunned for a while? He said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this hiding place that the grass people have found?" No one could find it. ”

"Really?"

"Yes...... Your Majesty, please come with the grass people. Li Peng'er said, with a mysterious expression on her face.

~~

Wang Xiao walked into the Yuanmo Pavilion? Staring at the corpses on the ground.

Is that a middle-aged man? Chubby? Black blood flowed from his mouth, apparently poisoned to death.

"Find out who this person is!"

"Yes......"

After a while, Xiao Chai He took an old man with him.

"Yu Guogong, this person is the head of Xiao Lao'er's family, surnamed Li, named Peng'er, and also the owner of this Wulong Pond, who bought this place five years ago......"

Wang Xiao frowned and shouted, "Why is he here alone? Without a servant guard? ”

"This ...... Little Lao'er doesn't know, but he only knows that the main family is out of the house alone......"

"If he bought it, why didn't he build a house?"

"The reason why the Lord bought this place is ...... It's to find the door god of the mansion ......"

"Door God? Qin Qiong? Wei Chi Jingde? ”

"It's Gong Qin." The old man said: "It is said that the Tang Dynasty Qin Gong had built a mansion on the side of Wulong Pond, and his descendants built a shrine on the spot, leaving a stone tablet, on the book 'Tang Zuo Wuwei General Hu Guogong Qin Shubao's former residence', and there are people in the Yuan Dynasty called 'this Tang Hu Guogong Qin Qiongdi site, a thunderstorm overnight, collapsed into the abyss', said that after the death of the Duke of Qin, his descendants angered the Tang Emperor, the Tang Emperor ordered to copy the house, but suddenly thunderstorms, the Qin Mansion collapsed, from below a huge crack appeared, there was water gushing out, it became today's Wulong Pond. That's why many people say that the mansion of the door god is under this pool......"

"Under the pool?"

Wang Xiao glanced at Xiao Chai He, Xiao Chai He picked up a stone and threw it into the pool, listened for a while, and said, "Yu Guogong, but more than ten feet deep." ”

"Send someone to take a look."

"Yes......"

The old man hurriedly said, "Guoguo...... Grandpa Guo, what the little old man said is true. Legend has it that these five dragon pools have different phases every time they enter the troubled times from the ruling world. It happened more than ten years ago, when there was a drought in Jinan, and the water of Dalongtan Lake shrank to 90 feet. Then everyone found that the fish and turtles in the pool were gone, and they didn't see a single one. Even the half-man-tall fish were gone, and then, when the drought passed, the turtles returned...... There must be something weird in this pool......"

"Five years ago, too, that night was very stuffy, the little old man couldn't sleep, got up and looked, only to see the sky white and shiny. Then I heard the loud sound of 'boom', as if the sky was falling, the little old man and many people rushed over along the sound, and saw that the five dragon pools collapsed completely, and the bottom of the pool cracked a big hole, and the fish gathered there, as if they were waiting for something...... We threw the pebbles down, and it was really bottomless......"

"We found a man with good water ability to go into the water, and he ...... He saw that there was a mansion under the water, and it was written 'Qin Qiong's Mansion', and there seemed to be people living in it, but it was too deep for him to dare to explore carefully. The next day, when I came to look again, I saw many ancient books floating on the pool...... What the little old man said is true, there are five dragons at the bottom of this pool...... It was only after that time that Li Yuanwai spent a lot of money to buy this place......"

Wang Xiao didn't believe this, and chuckled: "So, this guy is still an archaeology enthusiast." ”

He walked to the edge of the pool, stared at the water and began to ponder.

After a while, the guard who had done it surfaced.

"Grandpa Yuguo, there is a crack at the bottom of the pool, which is unfathomable, and people can't enter the ......"

Wang Xiao nodded and said, "Come on." Cold or not? Go and put on a dress......"

"Humble duty is not cold." He climbed to the ground and said, "The water is warm." ”

"Warm?"

Wang Xiao reached out with his hand, and the water was indeed warm......

"Search! There must be a secret passage nearby, and no one is allowed to let go of ......"

"Yes!"

"Guogong, what is this?"

"There is no dragon turning over at the bottom of the pool, there is a cave at the bottom of the pool, and the water in the cave has been gushing upward, and it has collapsed after a long time." Wang smiled: "This fat man is looking for Qin Qiong, and it is likely that he has dug a secret passage nearby......"

~~

Emperor Yanguang slowly walked in the narrow underground passage.

Even at this time, he still had the bearing of an emperor.

In front of him, Chen Yuanyuan walked with a thin old man in his arms.

After a while, the three of them walked into a wide area.

The floor was wet, with a few boxes and beds and bedding. There was a crack in the stone wall in front of it, and there was a faint sound of water on the side of the crack......

The old man lit the torch on the wall with the candle in his hand, threw away the candle, looked under the crack, and praised it with a sigh of praise.

"What the hell."

Sighing like this, he pointed at Chen Yuanyuan and said, "He is the Ninety-Five, so you plan to let him hide in this hole like a mouse?" Heh......"

Chen Yuanyuan didn't dare to say anything, knelt down on the ground, bowed his head and said nothing.

Lao Tzu turned his head and looked at Emperor Yanguang, a smile on his face.

For some reason, the smile seemed a little flattering.

"Here we are."

"Now that it's here, you can say what you want to say to me."

"Your Highness, I haven't seen you for many years, don't you remember the old slave?"

Emperor Yanguang frowned and said slowly, "Who are you?" ”

"Meng Jiu."

"I ask you who you are."

The wrinkles on Meng Jiu's face deepened, and he said with a smile: "Yes, it is true that too much time has passed, and the old slave has completely changed...... I still remember that back then, His Royal Highness also rewarded the old slave with a quick pastry......"

"You are the ...... by King Wu's side Ah Jiu? ”

"It's hard for His Highness to remember the old slave."

"Huh." With a chuckle, Emperor Yanguang seemed to feel ridiculous.

"Old eunuch, dog minion, you are for that stupid thing of King Wu...... You're for that stupid thing......"

Meng Jiu lowered his eyes and walked down, as if he was really an old slave who nodded and bowed in the palace.

But there was a cold ridicule in his eyes.

Emperor Yanguang was furious as if it had exploded in an instant, and his fingers pointing at Meng Jiu were trembling......

"You! You...... What did I do wrong?! Why are you?! At the beginning, I was the crown prince, I was the rightful hidden dragon, it was the fool who coveted the throne, and he was the one who rebelled! Where did you come from, eunuch, to make a mess of my country for such a stupid thing...... You fuck you. ”

"Your Highness really hasn't done much wrong." Meng Jiu said with a smile.

Emperor Yanguang's anger grew, and he roared, "Then why?!" Why! You're the one who came to force me......"

"But the only thing His Highness did wrong was ......" Meng Jiu said: "It is to cut the grass and not remove the roots." ”