Chapter 30: The Prisoner of the Secret Room
The night was like paint, and there was no palm light in the room, Guan Shanyue thought that Sebuteng and the others had already fallen asleep because of their impatience, and entered the room with a wry smile. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Guan Shanyue entered the room but found that the room was extremely dark, and no one answered after shouting a few times, knowing that he couldn't sleep with thunder, he took out the flint from his arms and lit the half of the candle left when he came back from the secret room.
After squinting his eyes for a long time to adjust to the light of the candle, he looked around and found that this room was not a side room, but a Buddhist hall. The Buddha statue on the table was extremely terrifying, and the flickering candlelight hit the Buddha statue's body, so frightened that the candle in his hand almost fell to the ground.
This Buddha statue has six arms on one side, red round eyes and angry eyes, black and blue body, and the whole body emits flames of fire, which is extremely hideous. He is dressed in a white elephant skin with his head down, and his legs are resting on his shoulders and behind his legs. The top right hand holds the elephant's foot upward, the left hand holds the trident, the middle two hands, the right hand holds the skull drum, the left hand holds the rope, and the main arm holds the skull bowl and the moon knife in both hands. There was a green snake and a necklace around his neck, a white snake wrapped around his feet and wrists, and a tiger skin skirt around his waist.
Seeing such a hideous Buddha statue in the middle of the night, Guan Shanyue was so frightened that Guan Shanyue hurriedly folded her hands and nodded, and only recited Amitabha Buddha to the Buddha statue, and said that she was offended, and then she panicked and withdrew from the room.
He closed the door and turned to leave, when he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to extinguish it, and when he turned back, he found that there was no light in the room. He was frightened and afraid that he thought he had encountered a ghost, so he was stunned at the door for a long time and did not dare to enter. In the end, curiosity overcame fear, and he pushed open the door tremblingly, only to find that the candle on the table was burning well, just like when he left.
He re-entered the room and closed the door to examine it carefully, and found that the white paper pasted on the doors and windows was so thick that there was no light that could be seen, and even the gaps between the doors and windows were tightly blocked with lime.
Thinking of Mang Gurtai's actions in another Buddhist hall just now, Guan Shanyue was keenly aware that there must be an ulterior secret in this Buddhist hall. At this time, he thought that he had discovered the shocking secret, and he no longer felt that the Buddha statue was terrifying, so he calmly stood in the room and thought about it, the biggest difference between this Buddha hall and the Buddhist hall he went to just now was that it was not locked, that is, this Buddha statue was not a Buddha statue of Han Buddhism, but it was somewhat similar to the Tibetan Buddhism he had seen in Lama Temple. He approached the Buddha statue with a candle in his hand, and carefully broke each lotus petal back and forth left and right in the same way as Mang Gurtai, but there was no click of the hinges.
Guan Shanyue, who did not believe in evil, found that there was nothing in this room except this Buddha statue and the two futons spread on the ground. He thought about it for a while, thinking that it was strange on this bronze gilt Buddha statue, he kowtowed to the Buddha statue three times, and then he carefully examined it when he said that he was offended.
The emperor lived up to his wishes, and half an hour later, he really gave Guan Shanyue a tightly wrapped scripture book in the thick incense ash in the skull bowl of the main arm of the Buddha statue. He then flipped through the books by candlelight, and found that the scriptures were full of twisted and twisted words, and the words on them knew him, but he didn't know any of them. Thinking that this thing was so tightly hidden, it must not be an ordinary thing, so he wrapped it again and kicked it in his arms.
"Grandma's legs, I thought I had found Mang Gurtai's small treasury, but fortunately, I fished out a scripture book and didn't go home empty-handed." Guan Shanyue, who originally thought that he could find a treasure or something, was busy for a long time and did not find the gold and silver treasures that Duo Yanwei urgently needed, and with a disappointed face, he kicked the futon on the ground for kneeling and worshipping.
Unexpectedly, a muffled sound came, and the futon did not move at all.
"Hey, it's evil." Guan Shanyue felt that this futon was soft when he knelt down just now, and he judged that his kick was enough to kick this futon away. He rubbed his eyes and thought it was an illusion just now, and he kicked the evil a few more times, but the futon still didn't move.
Guan Shanyue, who was originally frowning, suddenly smiled, squatted down and turned the yellow futon clockwise, "It turns out that there is an iron-cast disc under this cotton mat, there is a play!" Who would have thought that he would even use the strength to feed, and the strange yellow futon would take root on the ground, and it would be restored after a few symbolic shakes.
"Hey, sir, I can't cure you of a broken futon?" Guan Shanyue's brain is so active that when she sees that clockwise doesn't work, even if she tries counterclockwise.
This time, it really didn't take Guan Shanyue's strength, and there was a creaking and supple sound of the hinge of the mechanism, and a dark passage appeared under the Buddha's table, and the sound was as pleasant to his ears as fairy music.
He stood cautiously at the entrance of the secret passage under the Buddha's table with a candle in his hand, and shaved a few incense candles inside, seeing that there was no defensive device such as a hidden weapon, he cautiously walked down the steps.
This dark passage is extremely deep, but there are very few bends and right angles. After turning three corners, Shanyue felt that his eyes were gradually opening up, but the further he went, the stronger the smell became. Just as he was about to withdraw, he found an oil lamp in the damp wall, and instinctively extended the candle to it.
After the candle was lit, a hair-thin line of fire in the darkness like a living creature flew up the wall, only to hear the sound of "puff ......" incessantly, one after another oil lamps lit up one after another, it seems that there must be a secret passage connecting them, light the last oil lamp, and the fire line will be extinguished automatically. After a while, the whole chamber was brightly lit.
Guan Shanyue looked up at the oil lamps on the wall with the candles in his hand that were about to burn out, and he couldn't close his mouth in surprise, he found that these oil lamps were arranged up and down very reasonably, and they actually sprinkled the lights all over the secret room with almost no dead ends.
Just when he was in a daze with the oil lamp, he heard a sudden sound of chains from the corner, and he jumped back in this empty startle, "Who is it, who is there?" ”
A violent coughing sound sounded, "Ahem...... Ahem...... You've been standing in front of the old man for a long time, can't you look back, a little Han doll? ”
"Damn,!" Guan Shanyue ran forward desperately, and it wasn't until she ran to the middle of the secret room that she turned her head back in fear, "You...... You...... It's human...... Or a ghost? ”
An unkempt black-faced skinny old man slowly walked out of the shadows with an iron chain, and stopped when he walked to the light, "Haha, haha!" Ahem...... Ahem...... Look at your angry bear who doesn't dare to breathe, I also led 10,000 people to Tieling to aid Ming in July of the 47th year of Wanli, it seems that you are the same as Ding Bi, the enemy Ming general who opened the door in the battle of Tieling, and you Han people, you are really getting more and more useless. Knowing this, the old man should not have come to Ming's aid back then, and he would not have been trapped in this dark underground for a year. ”
Although Guan Shanyue knew some about the history of the Ming Dynasty, it was limited to particularly important events, and he was not familiar enough to know every war in the late Ming Dynasty. Although he didn't know much about the Battle of Tieling, he mentioned the name "Zaisai" to Setel of the Bahrain Department and Neqi of the Zarut Department. When these two mentioned the name of "Zaisai", the leader of the Onjirat Division, one of the five Inner Khalkha Divisions, they all felt sorry for him, and said that if there was a good man like him in the Wenggirat Division, he would never be annexed by Houjin and Lin Dan Khan.
Although the Inner Khalkha tribes sent envoys again and again, saying that they would ransom Zaisai from Houjin, how could Nurhachi let go of the trump card in his hand that threatened the five tribes of Inner Khalkha, and he sent them back.
When Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne of Khan, the Weng Jirat Department had already existed in name only, so he threw Zai Sai, a hot potato with little use value, to Mang Gurtai. First, he was afraid of being released to Zaisai and reconvened the old tribe, which was a destabilizing factor for the Mongols of the Ongirat tribe who had been incorporated into the Later Jin. The second is to bring disaster to the east and burn all the fire of revenge in the Inner Khalkha Department to Mang Gurtai's body. Third, if he loses Zai Sai, he can take the opportunity to overthrow Mang Gurtai and cut off the military power in his hands.
Although Mang Gurtai didn't see Huang Taiji's trick of killing three birds with one stone, he knew that this was definitely not a good thing. Who would have thought that there was a dungeon in this Baylor Mansion, and in line with the idea that the most dangerous place was the safest place, he simply locked Zaisai in the dungeon, and asked his cronies to deliver food every now and then without starving to death. After half a year like this, seeing that no one came to rob them, those pro-soldiers became emboldened, and they simply didn't lock the door lock, and then Guan Shanyue found this dungeon crookedly.
Guan Shanyue walked a few steps forward with a cautious face, and saw that the old man's face was indeed a typical Mongolian, although he believed most of it in his heart, he still asked with a puzzled face: "This old man, are you really the leader of the Ongjirat tribe, Zaisai?" ”
The old man snorted coldly, "I don't change my name or surname, what's the benefit of lying to you of a little doll." ”
Guan Shanyue took a few steps forward, and then he saw that the old man's hands and feet were bound by iron chains the thickness of four arms, although he didn't have full faith in his heart, his tone suddenly became respectful, and asked tentatively: "The leader of Zai Sai and I have a great grace, this old man, don't look at me young, but I especially respect heroes and heroes, if you are really the leader of Zai Sai, I will risk my life today, and I will save you." But it's not that I don't trust you, if this is discovered, it will definitely be a U-turn deal, can you tell me how old is Sebuteng, the son of Manzhu Xili Taiji of the Zalut Division? He deliberately called Sebuten's brother his father, in order to deceive the old man.
The old man chatted with his hand about the dirty and greasy hair on his forehead, his eyes were full of contempt, and he pointed at Guan Shanyue with his hand and said, "You doll is not very old, but you are a good ghost." Although you are extremely familiar with my Inner Khalkha Ministry, you also stumbled on the old man, Manzhu Xili is not Taiji of the Zalut Ministry at all, but Taiji of the Bahrain Ministry, and Sebuteng is not the son of Manzhu Xili, but his elder brother. Sebuteng is the son of the head of the Bahraini tribe, Setel, when he was born, the old man had personally gone to congratulate him, I calculated, this young man should be eighteen years old this year, no, there are still three days left. Little doll, I don't know if what the old man said is right? ”
Guan Shanyue saw that the old man bypassed the minefield he set up one by one, and even the person who was born that day knew that this old man was the leader of the Weng Jirat tribe was undoubtedly Zai Sai. He had no scruples in his heart, strode forward with confidence, and clenched his fists at Zai Sai with a look of reverence, "The old man has made you suffer, and the future is Su...... Guan Shanyue is late, I'll save your old man out. As he spoke, he cried like rain of tears, and if he didn't know, he would have thought he was Zaisa's old department.
When Zai Sai heard that Guan Shanyue wanted to save him, he was naturally overjoyed, but he was also confused when he saw Guan Shanyue, who couldn't cry, "This little doll, did we know each other before?" ”
Guan Shanyue looked around to pry open the iron shackles, and replied with tears in her eyes: "Old man, this matter is a long story, and it is not clear in one or two sentences, it is better to go out and talk about it, if it is discovered by Mang Gurtai, it will not be good." Anyway, we're a family. Bear with me for a while, I'll come as soon as I go, and I'll have to find a piece of wire when there's nothing here. ”
After a while, Guan Shanyue didn't know where to find a thin wire, holding a bunch of things in her arms, and turned around and came back with a new candle. When he was in junior high school, lockpicking was popular in the school for a while, but he didn't expect this technology to be used now. He poked the heavy iron lock by candlelight, only to hear a click, a muffled sound, and the iron rope in Zaisai's left hand, which had been locked for nearly a year, lost its support, and fell to the ground with a clatter.
Guan Shanyue concocted it according to the law, and he found that this lock was much easier to open than the lock when he was in school, and after a while, he opened all the locks.
He looked at Zai Sai with a flattering face, and raised the small wire in his hand to boast to himself: "How about it, old man, we are still successful in this craft, right?" ”
Zai Sai was naturally very happy to regain his freedom, moved his hands and feet, limped around the room for a few steps, and then he was used to the feeling of not being bound by iron chains, and pulled the bloodstained and tattered prison uniform on his body, "You little doll, if you are born with thief eyebrows and rat eyes, you must be the kind of sliding door and picking locks." But judging by your actions today, you can't be said to be a bad person. It's just, how can we escape? ”