Chapter 43: The Entrance to the Castle
"Stop! Don't shoot! ”
It was Yunru who shouted, she happened to see it outside, she knew that it was not a monster flying in the sky, because she had once controlled this kind of wooden kite, so she knew that it must be Zu Ti coming!
The soldiers collected their bows, and Zu Ti descended and landed in the center of the palace.
Yun Ru saw that it was really Zu Ti, and ran forward and said, "Brother Zu, you have come to see me!" ”
When he came to him, Zu Ti got off the wooden kite, and Yunru lay on his shoulder and shed tears.
Zu Ti patted her shoulder and said, "Yunru, don't cry, isn't the eldest brother here?" “
Yunru thought that Zu Ti had made a special trip to see her, so she happily took his hand and entered the palace to see King Yiquan.
Now Yiquan has inherited the throne of the king, and Lao Loulan has passed away.
Zu Ti Shi Li said: "Zu Ti has seen the king. ”
Yiquan stepped down from the throne and said to Zu Ti: "It turned out to be a concubine. It turned out that Brother Zu came, hehehehehe. You came to Loulan this time... He wanted to say that the horse was coming, but it was inappropriate to think about it, and then changed his name to Brother Zu.
Zu Ti said: "King, I have come this time for a very urgent matter. ”
Yiquan said: "Something urgent? What is it? ”
"The king, and the state of the five Xiongnu rebellion, has now hit Luoyang, Luoyang is in critical condition, there is a danger of falling at any time, Luoyang is lost, then the Great Jin will be destroyed, so I plan to make a batch of defensive artifacts "Lianzhu artillery car" to resist the Zhao army, but to build this cannon, it takes a huge amount of money, the Great Jin can't come up with so much money, so I thought of coming to Loulan for help. ”
Yun Ru hurriedly said: "Brother Wang, we must help with this!" ”
Yiquan stretched out his hand to stop Yun Ru and said: "Third sister, don't worry, we Loulan have to help this in public and private, I think that Brother Zu helped our brothers and sisters through the difficulties, and now there are difficulties to ask each other, how can we Loulan not agree, and Loulan belongs to the Great Jin, the country is in trouble, Loulan should contribute, Brother Zu, say, how much does it cost?" ”
"Five thousand artillery carriages cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."
"Huh? So much, our Loulan's annual tax is only 100,000 taels, and there is not much left to remove the expenses, if you need tens of thousands of taels, our Loulan can barely get enough, but this time it costs hundreds of thousands of taels, I'm me, I... We really can't take it out of Loulan. "Righteousness is all righteous.
Yun Ru said: "Brother Wang, if it's not enough, we will sell a few royal manors, and the royal casino will also be sold." ”
"Third sister, the royal manor is the source of our royal palace's expenses, if it is sold, it will inevitably increase the burden on the people in the future, and it is not the best policy."
"But Brother Wang, if the Great Jin Dynasty is destroyed by the Huns, how can we keep Loulan, the so-called nest has finished eggs, there is no Great Jin, Loulan is also the Huns, sell the manor now, and when the Great Jin Dynasty gets through the difficulties, we will redeem it again, Brother Wang, we can't hesitate."
Yiquan paced back and forth, Zu Li said: "King, I know that you love the people like a son, otherwise the people of Loulan will not support you, since the king is unwilling to increase the burden of the people, I have a way, neither use Loulan to pay taxes, nor do the people raise money, I can also come up with a large amount of money to help Dajin tide over the difficulties." ”
"You have the best way, tell me how to do it, as long as we can do it in Loulan, I will never blink an eye."
Zu Ti glanced at Yun Ru and said, "King, it's like this, you all know a legend of Loulan. ”
"Legends?"
"Yes, when Yunru fled to Luoyang, the old king once gave her a secret decree, in fact, it is the treasure map of Loulan that has been passed down from generation to generation, and the treasure is said to be in an underground castle, as long as the treasure can be found, all problems will be solved, but I don't know if the king is willing?"
Yiquan said: "I also know about the treasure of Loulan, the secret is on the third sister's body, as long as I take it out and find the treasure along the map, I am willing to dedicate it all!" ”
Yun Ru said: "The matter of the secret decree, Brother Zu also knows, I was thrown into the thousand-year-old cold well at that time, and it was embedded in the cold ice for a long time, and then I and Brother Zu also entered the cold well, and when we saw the secret will, we couldn't take it out, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to get it now... ”
"No matter what, we have to take out the secret decree, now there is only one way, I will go into the cold well and use a tool to chisel down the place where the secret decree is embedded, and then hang it up to dry it, and the secret decree will naturally appear."
Yun Ru said: "Brother Zu's method is feasible, let's do it now." ”
"Okay."
Yiquan said: "The city lord of the Royal Laus City, Aolong, is crazy about martial arts, let him help you go down the well." ”
Zu Ti said: "It's good to have the help of Aolong's seniors. ”
Yun Ru sent people to the casino to summon the dragon madness, the two of them performed light skills together and went down to the well, Zu Ti had seen the secret decree at that time, knew the general direction, he and the dragon madness worked together to chisel a large piece of ice, and the people on it loosened the rope and slowly hung it up with a winch.
The two returned to the ground and arranged for someone to put the ice under the sun and let it melt slowly.
Zu Ti said: "It will take a long time to wait for it to melt like this, so it is better for us to set up a fire next to it so that the ice can melt quickly." ”
"It makes sense, come on, quickly move firewood and make a fire!" Yun Ru said.
Because of the fire, it took two hours for the ice cubes to melt, and Yunru also got the secret decree, which she carefully dried and then looked at it carefully.
"Big brother, I haven't looked at the treasure map on the secret decree carefully, and now I find out that the underground castle is under the palace!" Yunru said after reading it.
Zu Ti took the treasure map and looked at it and said, "It looks like it's indeed under the palace, but it's not easy to find, because we don't know where the entrance to the castle is, and there's no painting on it!" ”
Yun Ru was puzzled: "I don't know why the ancestors didn't draw the entrance?" ”
"It's strange, what can we do about this, or we can look around and maybe find something." Zu Ti said helplessly.
Yun Ru suddenly clapped her hands and said: "Big brother, I heard that there are many mechanisms in the underground castle, presumably there must be a mechanism at the entrance, as long as you find the mechanism, you can enter the castle." ”
Aolong said wildly: "But where is the mechanism, and how can the huge palace be found?" ”
Zu Ti thought for a while and said: "The castle is under the palace, but the entrance may not be in the palace, maybe outside the city, maybe in some hidden place, it is really difficult to start. ”
Yun Ru said: "I think it must be that the ancestors didn't want their descendants to enter the castle at will, so they didn't draw the entrance, but for our Great Jin, that's the only way." ”
Zu Ti said: "Look at the underground castle drawn on the treasure map and extend to the outskirts, we might as well go around the city and see if there is anything to discover." ”
"Okay, big brother, let's go."
Proud Dragon Crazy wanted to follow, but was stopped by Yunru, and Proud Dragon Crazy had to go back to the casino.
Zu Ti and Yun Ru went out of the city, did not bring a retinue, walked around, found nothing, looked at the treasure map, and found nothing, for two days, there was still no eyebrows, but Zu Ti was unwilling, looking for the entrance every day, and the two of them did not sit down to rest until late in the afternoon.
Yunru persuaded: "Brother Zu, let's go back to the palace first, it seems that this matter is not in a hurry." ”
"But the situation in Luoyang is urgent, and it is urgent, if Liu Kun can't borrow troops from Liangzhou, these treasures are the only hope for Luoyang,"
Yun Ru Lazu sat on a piece of bluestone, sat down next to him, Zu Li was about to move his body, but he still didn't move after all.
Yun Ru said: "Big brother, I haven't seen you for so long, I feel very good... Very... I miss my big brother... ”
"Me too, eldest brother always remembers Sister Yunru, sometimes I really wish you would suddenly be in front of my eyes, hehe, now I am suddenly in front of yours."
"Since you left, every month there will be suitors from various countries in the Western Regions, princes, wealthy businessmen, and many of them are handsome, but Yunru's heart is difficult to accept others, big brother, I miss me..."
"Yunru, you should also think about your life's events, after all, big brother... Before he finished speaking, a person suddenly pounced in front of the two of them: "Hahahaha... You are so happy, talk about love here, Zu Ti, suffer death! ”