Chapter 6: The Chamber of Secrets
"Let's go, take Master Hou and I'll take a look." Li Sicong said.
Chen Tai heard this, but he didn't feel any surprise, and after bowing slightly in response, he led the way ahead.
Li Sicong followed Chen Tai, one after the other, through a water corridor, and came to a pavilion.
There was nothing in the pavilion except for a simple stone table and stone chairs.
"This is the place of alchemy?" Li Sicong said curiously.
Chen Tai looked at Li Sicong, who was dazed, shook his head slightly, and then reached out to touch the pillar in the southeast corner.
Click~
After a faint sound sounded, the whole pavilion shook slightly, and then the stone platform that had been parked in the middle of the pavilion was flipped and sunk to the ground, replaced by a somewhat dark passageway.
"What is this?"
After Li Sicong saw the passage, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
Chen Tai said speechlessly: "Little Hou Ye, this is the organ key card you set up personally, but it is regarded as a treasure by you, you won't even forget this, right?" β
"Eh, what do you say? This Hou Ye is just a temporary amnesia, besides, I forgot that there is still you, leading the way. Li Sicong commanded.
Chen Tai pursed the corners of his mouth, and then stepped down the tunnel, but Li Sicong followed Chen Tai into the tunnel without hesitation.
And just after the two of them went down into the tunnel, the originally dark tunnel was actually flickering, and two rows of open flames lit up.
Chen Tai was also flipping the hidden mechanism on one side later, and the exits above his head merged again.
Li Sicong watched all this happening, but he felt a little incredible, even a little surprised.
"Little Hou Ye, come with me, there are three mechanisms here, if it is triggered, it will be troublesome."
Chen Tai said a word, and continued to lead the way along the tunnel.
Li Sicong looked around as he walked, and said with some curiosity: "Chen Tai, what is this triple mechanism?" β
Chen Tai said without thinking: "They are the pool, the ink bath, and the hundred poison pits. β
"Damn, so vicious?" Li Sicong was a little speechless.
"This is all the method you came up with, little marquis, although you have something wrong with your brain, but you can't practice yourself like this?"
Chen Tai said, then stopped, but in front of him was a single-plank bridge, and at the other end of the single-plank bridge were two stone gates.
Under the single-plank bridge, there is a deep pit with a radius of several zhang, and various poisons such as black scorpions, poisonous centipedes, etc. are moving back and forth in the pit, and just looking at it makes people's hearts chill.
"Is this the third mechanism?"
Li Sicong thought for a while, but he couldn't remember any related memories in his mind.
"Little Marquis, you wait here, I'll open the door." Chen Taidao.
Although Li Sicong didn't know what Chen Tai meant, he didn't refute it, but quietly watched Chen Tai walk along the single-plank bridge to the stone gate opposite.
Chen Tai walked to the door like a familiar car, raised his hand and pushed it on the stone door, and it seemed that he didn't use any strength to push the stone door open.
Whewββ!
With a gust of wind, a white skeleton in a cloak suddenly descended from the top of the door, and the skeleton's mouth was also constantly 'clicking' and biting, which was really terrifying.
Although Li Sicong was separated by a single-plank bridge, he saw the white skeleton that suddenly appeared, and his legs were weak for a while, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
However, looking at Chen Tai again, he was indifferent, and even raised his hand proudly and touched the skull's head and pushed it gently, and the skull slowly pulled up.
"Damn, I'm scared to death!"
Li Sicong's face gradually returned to normal, and he looked at the hundred poisonous insects in the pit again, and his heart was like an overturned five-flavor bottle, an indescribable taste.
"Little Hou Ye, come here, it's okay." Chen Tai shouted.
Li Sicong swallowed and foamed, his legs and feet were still a little trembling, and he stood on the single-plank bridge, and walked over calmly.
After Li Sicong entered the door, he found that there was a rather spacious basement, which was full of all kinds of stone medicinal materials, as well as some strange equipment that he had never seen before.
In the center of the basement, an eight-legged copper furnace with a height of one and a half people is very conspicuous, and the thick dust on it can be seen that it should have been untouched for some time.
On the surrounding walls, there are some objects hanging that Li Sicong is a little interested in, they are rows of musical instruments, although it is a little unclear what they are called, but the pipa and guzheng and other such objects, Li Sicong recognizes.
As far as musical instruments are concerned, Li Sicong is not illiterate, I think when he was chasing Xiaomei in school, he still had a song "The moon represents my heart".
"Do I know these instruments?" Li Sicong asked towards Chen Tai.
Chen Tai said proudly: "Little Hou Ye, you don't just know how to do it, you can also write lyrics and compose music, and you don't want to charm those girls in Qinglou." β
Li Sicong walked to the pipa, took it off, and after fiddling with it, he actually felt some emotion in his heart.
Li Sicong thought to himself, this Li Hui'an was born in the wrong era, in this feudal era, there is such an innovative spirit, if he is put into the 21st century, I am afraid that even if he is not a university scholar, he will have to make a difference in the entertainment industry.
Li Sicong shook his head, and his eyes fell on the stone on the ground again: "This is ......"
In the words, Li Sicong put the pipa back in its place, then bent down and picked up a stone and put it under his nose and sniffed: "Saltpeter!?" β
Li Sicong was surprised, and his eyes fell on the stones on one side, which were all ore materials like saltpeter.
Although there are not many of these stones, there are many types of stones, and some of them are not well known to Li Sicong, a chemical man.
"I didn't expect there to be so much material here." Li Sicong said in surprise.
"Little Marquis."
In Chen Tai's words, he also handed Li Sicong a 'Xiangbao': "Little Marquis, the Xiangbao you are looking for is here." β
When Li Sicong heard this, he was slightly stunned at first, and then his eyes fell to the position pointed by Chen Tai, where two wooden boxes were stacked.
Li Sicong walked to the wooden box, looked down, and found that there were several 'incense treasures' in the box, as well as some dried herbs and petals.
"By the way, Xiao Hou Ye, I suddenly remembered something, Xiao Cui of Huanchun Building came to the house half a month ago, saying that he wanted a few incense treasures, but you were not there at the time, so I didn't agree, I don't know ......"
When Chen Tai said this, he looked at Li Sicong, but found that Li Sicong seemed to be a little fugue.
"Do you sell spices now? It's the kind you usually wear on your body. Li Sicong asked.
Although Chen Tai was a little ignorant, he still hurriedly said: "Little Hou Ye is talking about sachets, right?" There are quite a few homes in Rouge Lane in Xindu City, but the price is a bit expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it. β