Chapter 43: Oath to Kill the Son of Heaven
"Senpai." I don't know how long it took, in the underground secret room, Li Fengying asked: "Li Fengying, who was born late, hasn't asked the name of his predecessor yet." ”
"My surname is Sima." The old man said: "There are two younger brothers in the family, the eldest in line, you can just call me Da Sima." ”
"Senior Sima." Li Fengying said: "The juniors and friends are now trapped in this dungeon and don't see the light of day, since the senior of Da Sima is the builder of this dungeon, there must be a way to take us out, right?" ”
"Hey, hey." Da Sima smiled: "At the beginning, I was ordered by the prince to build this underground labyrinth, and I swore a poisonous oath not to tell anyone about it. In order to reassure the prince, I have been living here. Speaking of this, he sighed and said, "I didn't expect that I still couldn't wait for the prince to pick me up." ”
"The dead are gone." Feng Ying sat against the wall, looked at the sleeping stone brother on one side, and said to himself: "But the current emperor is not bad. ”
"Humph! Not bad? The voice suddenly sharpened and said, "How good can the man who killed his brother be?" After a pause, he suddenly said: "Boy, I have decided, you promise me one condition now, and I will help you escape from here." You said that Prince Jiancheng was killed by King Qin in Xuanwu Gate, right? ”
"That's right." Li Fengying said: "What do you want me to do?" ”
"I want you to kill Li Shimin!" The voice said viciously: "Cut off his head and hang it on the Xuanwu Gate to commemorate Prince Jiancheng!" ”
"This..."Li Fengying was puzzled: "This is not appropriate." Although he has been in exile since he was a child, but in Chang'an, he has also seen the wealth and stability of the Tang Dynasty, although there is often news that the border wars are continuous, and the small tribes of the Turkic Western Regions are facing Qin and Chu, and there is peace in time for war. But deep inland, he really didn't want to break this rare peace.
"Huh! It seems that the outside is pretty good now, so you are so nostalgic? Da Sima sneered and said: "It's a pity that you think about the people outside so much, the people outside don't know that there is a fool thinking about them in the ground of one hundred and ten steps." The adoptive parents were killed, the younger sister was taken captive, oh, the good world in your eyes! ”
The words were like a thunderbolt hitting Li Fengying. Indeed, since he was a child, he fled from a desert and finally lived a stable life for a few days, his adoptive parents were killed again, his sister was taken captive, and he himself became a murderer without knowing it. In this way, I still want to think about people outside, and it's ridiculous to think: "Okay! I promise you! As long as you save me and Brother Shi from here, I will help you kill Li Shimin! ”
"That's what it's all about!" Da Sima smiled and said, "If you let me out, I'll take you out." ”
"Good!" Li Fengying got up and drew his sword and said, "Senior, where are you, how can I save you?" ”
"Where you are standing now, go to the right, near the wall, and there are four boulders the size of a man juxtaposed. You force down three inches to the left of the second boulder below. You'll be able to get me out. "Da Sima Dao.
When Feng Ying came to the stone wall, he saw that there were four square boulders the size of a man side by side, and the lines were too flat compared to other places. Touching the place where Da Sima said, I saw that there was a palm-sized bluestone inlaid at the bottom, which was very hidden. Bong Ying held down the stone and exerted force downward, and then he heard a click, and the bluestone was pressed directly into the ground by him. It turns out that the bluestone has a unique shape, a small piece below is empty, and then it is clamped with other stones, only up and down, and the boulder inside, but the method of mortise and tenon is used, and it is stuck by this piece of bluestone. Feng Ying moved the piece of bluestone away, and he heard the clatter inside the wall, and there was a constant sound of stone slabs breaking and moving, thinking that it was the senior of the big Sima dismantling the mechanism inside. Sure enough, after a while, I heard Da Sima say: "Good boy! Get away, I'm coming out! When Feng Ying heard this, he hurriedly picked up Brother Shi and moved to the side, and when he realized that he had reached a safe place, he said loudly: "Senior, come out." ”
"Good!" Da Sima shouted. I only heard a loud bang, and the second bluestone fell outward, landing with a loud bang, with a burst of dust and smoke, and shook the dungeon violently.
"I'm out, boy." Da Sima laughed and walked out of the smoke and dust, Feng Ying couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Da Sima in front of him, he thought he was a tall old man with long hair and white hair, but he didn't expect that what was standing in front of him now was a black and thin little dwarf who was less than his waist!
"How?" Seeing Feng Ying's expression, Da Sima already knew what he was thinking: "Do you think I look different from what you think?" ”
"It's a little..."Feng Ying felt rude, so he opened the topic and said, "I don't know how Senior Sima took us out." ”
"It's easy." Da Sima's eyes rolled around and said, "I built this dungeon, not only to store gold and silver treasures, but also to have many forks in the road. But in this room, there are three hidden passages inside. As he said this, he groped around from memory, first looking at a side wall, then picking up a piece of rubble and knocking it around in certain places. It's just a peculiar method, sometimes it only knocks once and then stops, sometimes it is repeated in three places in one place, and sometimes it is knocked vigorously three or four times in the same place. I repeated this a few times, and suddenly I heard him shout, "Okay, okay." Get out of the way! As he spoke, he pulled Li Fengying to the side to hide, only to hear a loud bang, but the stone wall where the stone table was placed before suddenly cracked through the crack, revealing a staircase leading to the lower place.
"After a long time, there may be water veins infiltrating it." Da Sima said: "I'm groping in front, and you and your friends are following me behind." As he spoke, he jumped down, and Bong Ying hesitated for a while holding Brother Shi, and finally gritted his teeth and followed down the stone steps.
Time blink of an eye to the evening, at this time Dou Mansion has just finished work. The workers dispersed, just waiting for a moment to be served. Liu Dazhuang was tired after a day's work, and was about to go back to the house to rest for a while, but suddenly heard Mu Ying calling him behind him, so he hurriedly turned around and smiled: "What is Ying'er looking for me?" ”
"Big Brother." Mu Ying's face was gloomy, and she barely squeezed out a smile and said: "I've been busy for a day, and I want to go out of the house, but now that it's over, I'm a girl with a lot of inconvenience, so I want to find someone to accompany me, so don't you come to trouble you, big brother." I still don't know if Brother Liu is willing to accompany my little sister to go outside? ”
"What did Ying'er say?" Liu Dazhuang saw that Mu Ying's face was a little different, but he didn't take it to heart because of the tiredness she said. Seeing that the agarwood purple jade blooming spring hairpin he gave him was already on his forehead at this time, he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: "I can accompany Ying'er to relax, I can't ask for it, why bother?" As he spoke, he hurriedly cheered up and said, "Let's go." When the surrounding workers heard their conversation, they all showed envious looks on their faces.
The two went under the envious gaze of the crowd, and in a short time they came out into the street, where it was getting late and the curfew was about to begin, so there should be no pedestrians on the street. The two walked side by side, and they didn't know how long. Liu Dazhuang had never walked such a long way at night, and couldn't help but be a little worried: "Ying'er, it's going to be curfew soon, let's go far enough, it's time to go back, right?" ”
"Big Brother." Seeing that Liu Dazhuang wanted to turn around and go back, Mu Ying suddenly grabbed his hand and said, "Brother Da Zhuang, do you like me?" Liu Dazhuang was coldly asked by her, and couldn't help but be stunned, his face turned red and said, "Ying'er, why did you suddenly ask me this?" You must be tired. Let's go back quickly. As he spoke, he turned around to leave, but as soon as he turned around, he heard a snap, and his skull was empty in an instant, and he lost consciousness and fell to the ground with a bang.
Mu Ying put away the knife. looked at Liu Dazhuang, who was unconscious at his feet, and his eyes were full of pain. She took out a silver needle from her arms, which she used when she fought with Feng Ying first, and took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve and stretched it out to Liu Dazhuang at her feet, but stopped halfway. She frowned, bit her teeth slightly, and was silent for a long time, then suddenly turned around and slammed the porcelain vase against the wall on one side.