The ladder goes straight down.

Led by Cao Jie and others, they arrived in front of an underground tunnel. There is a secret door at the entrance. Move the mechanism, and the secret door slowly rises. Behind it is a sewer that does not know the age of the sewer. There is also a flat boat moored behind the door. The four of them got on the boat, Duan Jue rowed, and walked along the launching channel.

There is little light in the dark. All four were silent. There is only the sound of paddles intervaling with constant paddling.

Liu Bei asked, "Who built this culvert?" ”

Cao Jie replied: "It's so old that it's unknowable. Or when there is Luoyang City, there is this canal. ”

Liu Bei understood. There was this culvert first, and later generations used it to build a secret passage to and from the inner city.

After another stretch, the boat began to slow down and enter the port. With the help of the skylight sprinkled by the dome, you can vaguely see rows of neatly arranged and well-made flat boats. It is moored quietly in the harbor. Liu Bei then woke up: "Presumably, those nobles traveled through the city from here, and then took the ladder to Taicang to win the laurels." ”

"Yes, yes." Cao Jie nodded happily. After a night of romance, Liu Bei is his own person. No more deliberate concealment.

The people abandoned the boat and went ashore. Take another section along the harbour causeway. The stone steps leading to the exit of the upper corridor appeared in front of you.

Like the descending stone steps when boarding the boat before, this ascending stone staircase is also very old. Climb the stairs. The court ordered Bi Lan to move the mechanism, and a secret door similar to the entrance slowly rose. The entrance is a well-decorated inner room. Full of Chinese style.

In other words, someone built a building at the exit of the secret passage. Cover the entire passageway.

Wait for the secret door to slowly fall. Sure enough, they formed a wall that was seamless with the surrounding area.

"Come with me, prince." Cao Jie leads the way. Out of the secret room, see the corridor again. On one side of the corridor, there are prisons. The cell door was locked, and I didn't know what to do. Passing through the corridor, there is another stone staircase that goes upward. Climb this stone staircase to actually reach the ground.

That is to say. Prisons and chambers are underground. The culvert leading to the inner city, deeper underground.

It is a bright spring, and the birds in the courtyard are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

There was a person sitting in front of the hall. Facing the courtyard, leisurely.

Several small yellow doors sit around the left and right, serving tea and refilling water, fanning the wind and beating their backs.

Seeing Liu Bei come to see, Cao Jie smiled and stretched out his hand. Motioned for him to step forward on his own.

Liu Bei tidied up his clothes and walked to the front of the hall.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Xiao Huangmen hurriedly avoided it. Before he could stand still, someone put a seat on Liu Bei.

Liu Bei bowed and sat down by himself.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Liu Bei's robe sleeves, and the master turned around.

Sure enough, the wind fairy Dao bone is a master in the world. Although he is old, his facial features are still extremely handsome, which is different from ordinary people. Liu Bei's heart moved: "But Qin Taicang? ”

The old man was slightly stunned, then pointed to his ears and then to his lips.

Can't hear or speak?

In a moment, there was a small yellow door to move a square sand table.

There are also two slender wooden poles next to the sand table.

The old man picked one up and wrote on the side of the sand table: "Who is you?" ”

I see.

Liu Bei took the pole in his hand and wrote on the other side of the sand table: "Contemptible, Liu Bei in the hometown." ”

The old man nodded. When the little yellow goalkeeper leveled the sand table again, he wrote: "Why did you come? ”

Liu Bei then wrote: "It is a seven-colored maid in the family. ”

The old man thought about it, and then he realized: "But the seven girls with different hair colors? ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed to write: "Yes." ”

The old man wrote: "What do you want to know? ”

Liu Bei replied again: "I want to know the origin of the seven people." ”

The old man wrote again: "What should I do if I know? ”

Liu Bei replied again: "When the Ming media is marrying, welcome into the house." ”

The old man glanced at Liu Bei deeply, then nodded slowly, and wrote casually: "I see." ”

Without waiting for the pen to be put down, he raised the long pole in his hand and wrote a string of numbers in the palm of a small yellow door.

The little yellow gate took the order and left. After a while, he retrieved a yellow bamboo tube. The bamboo tube is old, and there is also a mud seal. The old man confirmed that it was correct, and asked Xiao Huangmen to hand the bamboo tube to Liu Bei.

He also wrote on the sand table: "The lives of the seven people are sealed in the tube. Jun, you can take back the fine view. ”

Liu Bei thanked him: "Liu Bei respectfully thanks." ”

The old man wrote again: "Do you still have something to ask? ”

Liu Bei was about to decline. But when he met the old man's eyes, his heart sank. After pondering for a moment, he wrote again: "Why seven?" ”

The old man's eyes were full of meaning, and he passed away in a flash: "Entrusted by others, loyal to people." ”

Liu Bei hurriedly asked, "Who entrusted me?" ”

"General Dou."

It turned out to be the great general Dou Wu!

Between the lightning and the fire, many old things poured into my heart.

Liu Bei probably remembered that when he was about ten years old, Tian Shao of Liaodong sent seven young ladies to Lousang. At that time, it should be around the fourth year of Jianning (171). Jianning is the first era name of His Majesty today. His Majesty also ascended the throne in the first month of the first year of Jianning (168). And the general Dou Wu and the Taifu Chen Fan made a plan to get rid of the eunuchs. Committed suicide due to the defeat of the plan leakage, and was also beheaded in Luoyang Duting in the first year of Jianning.

With the defeat of the generals. And so. The seven-colored maid customized by the general has no next home. In the end, he was exiled to the people, and was begged by Tian Shao of Liaodong for a lot of money and sent to Liu Bei.

So here's the problem. Why did the general Dou Wu customize seven stunning bearded girls?

"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Five Elements Chronicles": "Emperor Ling is good at Hu clothes, Hu tents, Hu beds (beds), Hu sitting, Hu rice, Hu Konghou, Hu flute, Hu dance, and the nobles of Kyoto are all competing for it. ”

His Majesty is fond of all sorts of exotic things. So the general Dou Wu did what he liked and customized the seven-colored maid. It is ready to be given to His Majesty when it grows up. Unexpectedly, man is not as good as heaven. Before the seven young ladies were born, the general died. So by mistake, the seven young ladies were sent to Lou Sang and Liu Bei's house.

The age of the seven young ladies is all older than Liu Bei. Liu Bei was born in the fourth year of Yanxi (161), and the current majesty was born in the third year of Yongshou (157). Liu Bei is four years old. It just matches the age of the seven young ladies (some people actually say that there is no foreshadowing in this book?) I'll it, is the author known as the 'pit chain'...... What is a 'pit chain'? Let's see how many chapters are buried before and after the foreshadowing here...... ）！

No wonder the seven young ladies are all stunning.

It was originally cultivated by the general for His Majesty......

Some people will ask why in the first year of Jianning, the general was defeated. It took four years in Jianning to shoot the seven young ladies?

It's simple. In the fourth year of Jianning, the seven young ladies have just grown up!

Wait a minute!

It is precisely because of His Majesty's favor that "the nobles of Kyoto are all competing for it." ”

Liaodong Tian Shao is just a wealthy businessman, how can he compete with the 'Kyoto nobles'?

Liu Bei asked again: "Who bought it?" ”

The old man slowly lifted his pen: "I don't know how old I am." ”

Ignorance?

Liu Bei asked again: "But the wealthy merchants of Liaodong?" ”

The old man shook his head and wrote: "I don't know." ”

The clue is broken.

Seeing that the two of them stopped writing, Cao Jie and others, who had been standing far away, stepped forward.

Before the eunuch arrived, Liu Bei wrote the last question: "Can there be a copy of this bamboo tube?" ”

"That's all." The old man finally replied.

Liu Bei finally breathed a sigh of relief. The flaws in the origins of the seven young ladies were completely eliminated.

It's worth the trip!

"Prince, it's not too early......" When Cao Jie stretched out his head to look, the sand table had been smoothed out.

Liu Bei got up and saluted the old man.

The old man accepted it calmly.