Chapter 370: The Underground Palace

Ye Tao had no intention of interfering with Commander Qin's judgment, and he was not worried about his own safety, in fact, from the time when this part of the guards escorted those young ladies and ladies to leave the already unsafe palace, and headed towards the valley and dense forest, leaving the soldiers of the forbidden army who were defending a little weakly.

Although Ye Tao and Tan Weixin only have Liu Yong, Jin Ze, Guan Huan and Zhou Rui around them, and they also have to protect Tan Weixin and Sisi, who have no ability to protect themselves, but they Liu Yong, Jin Ze, Guan Huan and Zhou Rui, are all out-and-out first-class masters, and even say that Liu Yong is a first-class master is a little underestimated him. There are only a handful of people in the world who can beat him, and among those individuals, there is obviously no one in their field of vision, otherwise, no one will be able to see Liu Yong and Guan Huan's martial arts level.

By night, most of the creatures in the valley are asleep, but there are also many nocturnal foraging creatures that are active. In the darkness, the occasional noise caused by animals accustomed to harvesting food in the dark is even more terrifying. Seeing the frightened performance of those young masters and young ladies, Ye Tao couldn't help but sigh secretly. Of course, these people who play around the third princess, a princess who has little power and power, are all relatively idle gentlemen in Anqing, and they may indeed be less resolute, but compared with the children of those families in Dongping, there is still a big difference. In Dongping, if the children of those families want to have the opportunity to enter the social arena, meet friends from all walks of life, and make all kinds of interesting and boring people, most of them must first pass a series of training and assessment at home. When Ye Tao was in Yicheng, he could run around and know all kinds of people, Peng Can, the son of the governor Peng Detian's family, but he could only do his homework at home according to the rules, liberal arts and martial arts. And most of the children of the family that Ye Tao knows may not be so prominent, but they will certainly not be too unpresentable. For example, Feng Hao, if you want to say playful, there is no more playful than Feng Hao, who is so playful that he can move his name and hide from not going home, but Feng Hao's talent is outstanding, but before he was allowed to go out, he was carefully considered by his family.

"Come here," Commander Qin led everyone at the front of the team, carefully assigning the few men in his hand, spreading his wings to search. On the one hand, it is to prevent those thieves from pursuing, and on the other hand, it is also to consider that if any fierce beasts appear in the mountains and forests, they should be able to resist for a while by relying on those guards who have good skills and reactions. Suddenly, Commander Qin saw that there was a relatively flat path in the mountain forest, as if it led to the top of the mountain, looking at the traces of the road, it should be maintained by people in ordinary times, and there were stone foundation lampstands on both sides of the road, although they were not lit at the moment, but at least it showed that there must be something on the top of the mountain.

Although Commander Qin didn't know much about the terrain in the valley, he also understood that the few guards and attendants guarding the palace were not a place to go on the top of the mountain, so he definitely wouldn't do such a time-consuming thing.

The trail is indeed repaired, and there is no steep slope, but it slowly ascends along the arc of the trail. Along the way, although they encountered a small group of unsighted wolves attacking without knowing whether they were alive or dead, they did not encounter any other dangers. They came all the way to the top of the mountain without danger, back to the Jumping Palace, although it was not a fire everywhere, but the situation still seemed quite serious. The outermost walls and the gatehouses were all occupied, and the butter headlamps were lit one by one, and they were all spotted with bronze mirrors, casting light in the direction of the palace.

"Let's go, stay away and you'll be fine. Someone had already sent a message to the nearby army for help. The third princess is here, and those guys must have come here in the starry night. Commander Qin surrounded everyone, and then he ordered his two guards to return along the long road to see if there were any bandits to follow.

At the top of the hill is an entire idle watchtower and letter station. Although Xiling lags behind Dongping in terms of transmission, the use of carrier pigeons can be regarded as some years. There are only two old and dizzy sergeants on the top of the mountain who are there to clean and maintain, and there is usually no one there. Only when the lord of the kingdom or other important enough people came to the palace for a big hunt, would a team of soldiers be stationed here. There was another way to the outpost, which led along the mountain to another palace in the valley. The palace was built on the remains of a very, very old former court palace for hunting groups to spend the night in the valley. Normally, there are not many people there. But in that place, in order to keep the six or seven soldiers safe enough to resist the attacks of the usual beasts, there was a wooden wall made of giant trees. It's a good fit for them to go and guard now.

After talking to everyone a little bit, everyone felt that the sense of security brought to them by having a circle of walls was far better than staying and resting here at the top of the hill. As for the fatigue of trekking from here, everyone will not have the time to worry too much, after all, no matter how unreasonable they are, they also know that now is not the time to be coquettish.

In fact, the stockade built on the ruins is also very sparse. Except for the rest houses used by the lord of the country when he came to hunt, everything else looked like temporary buildings, all of them were made of logs and cowhides, and they looked more like tents than houses. But it seems that there is a bit of Thunder Cliff or the architectural style of Dong Jiaji. It's a bit wild here, but maybe it's too wild. It is said that it was built on the ruins, but in fact, it is just the original site of the ruins, and a large number of huge bricks and beautifully carved stone structures are still a little scattered, although they have been sorted out. There is a three-story palace foundation, which is surrounded by a wooden fence. According to the people who usually maintain this place, there is a tunnel in the middle, and there is a bronze gate that is rusted and cannot be opened......

Hearing what those people said, Ye Tao looked at Liu Yong, and the two smiled knowingly. This is it, this door is not rusted. Ye Tao clearly knew the mechanism of this door. After the guards scattered and garrisoned, everyone was shocked, and while they had sorted out some food and drink, they discussed their current situation. And finally, someone proposed to go and see the bronze door left over from the previous dynasty.

Although he had already read the entire document of the treasure theft plan written by Suo Yong and others, Ye Tao was still surprised that the bronze gate was actually very clean except for the thick turquoise. Even the combination lock above, every circle is a symbol of the heavens and the earth, gods and demons. Everyone looked at this beautiful gate in amazement, and for a moment they forgot about their dangerous situation.

"This ...... Is it true that no one has ever opened it? The third princess asked.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Qiqi, since our country occupies the valley, successive lords have sent people to break this lock, but they have never succeeded. Each time, it is just to remove some of the rust on it. Otherwise, this door would have been rusted into a whole piece of copper. "The soldiers stationed in the village are also soldiers of the Xiling Forbidden Army, although they are the kind of guys who are not very favored and are equivalent to being sent here, but they are just as loyal to the royal family. And this sergeant who reported the situation to them, who was originally a lieutenant in the forbidden army, was still very capable, and he came here only after offending. They are very bored here, but they have a very clear understanding of these situations.

"You really can't open it?" Ye Tao approached the gate and stroked the bronze beast head on the gate seriously, "It's a pity...... This gate is so beautiful, it must have put a lot of effort into it. What is hidden inside must be something extremely important and precious, and it would be a pity to keep it inside. ”

"Yes, yes," a few gentlemen immediately chimed in.

"Otherwise, we'll just tinker. Let's see if we can open this door, anyway, if you can't open it, there's nothing to lose? The third princess suggested.

Ye Tao hurriedly nodded in approval: "Yes, yes, it's been so many years anyway, just toss it." ”

Ye Taoke is very clear about the password of this gate. The inside and outside of this gate are the same in both directions. At the beginning, after emptying the treasure, even though they knew that this gate led to the ground, it actually had no practical effect on them to move the treasure, but Suo Yong, who was happy to see the hunting heart, still spent two whole days, tried his best to crack the code, and then restored the door to its original place. Normally, the soldiers who maintained this stockade might not even look at it for ten days and a half months, so naturally they didn't know anything about it.

After Ye Tao's positive prodding and encountering some coincidences, the bronze gate opened......

"Quickly retreat, quickly retreat, let the rotten gas inside disperse first." Liu Yong hurriedly pulled away the few people standing at the front and cautiously suggested.

"Well, well, that makes sense." In this era, tomb robbery has not yet become popular, and everyone does not have so much experience in dealing with caves, tombs, underground palaces, etc., but seeing Liu Yong, a down-to-earth and experienced person, say this, everyone is also very convinced.

However, the bronze door that has just been opened for not much time will have some rot inside. After everyone looked at it, they talked to Commander Qin for a while, and then brought a bunch of torches into the underground palace. Commander Qin ordered only a dozen or so reliable people to be left outside who did not know the password of the dungeon, and the others all entered the dungeon together, and resealed the bronze door. In his opinion, it is much safer here for the time being than outside.

The ventilation in the dungeon is actually very good, and there is a trace of cool breeze shuttling through. After turning two corridors and walking down a spiral escalator, the corridor suddenly opened up, and the situation surprised everyone. It was a whole hall made entirely of stone. Huge square columns support the vault with a steady arc. And those pillars are actually gilded with gold, which is luxurious.