Chapter 77: The Line Between Life and Death
Ge Cailao clicked on the door of the dining hall with his left cane, and the thumb of his right hand uncorked the bottle, and a small insect jumped into his hand.
She had applied the medicine to her palm beforehand, and the poisonous little insect did not dare to resist when it fell into her palm, and curled up there to be gently caged by her, while the cork snapped back the bottle and fell back into her sleeve pocket. This qiē was done at the same time with only a few fingers, and although she was old, her hands were still steady and fast.
"His Holiness ......"
Ge Cai called out, and then froze.
On the dining hall as magnificent as a palace, there is a long dining table, which is full of golden cups and jade cups of various delicacies, but at the end of the long table, the tall chair with three top beads and sharp corners, like a Western-style crown, is empty, and there is no one at all.
Gedwa then came in, ready to strike, and when he saw this, he hurriedly turned to see that there was no one behind the door, and the furnishings in the dining hall were clear at a glance, and it did not look like he could hide people. Gedeva couldn't help but exclaim, "Where has His Holiness gone?" Come on, come on! ”
Ge Cai ignored him, walked out of the window with a calm face, used his cane to pull away the drape, saw that there was no one hidden, and looked out of the window again, this is the highest level of the nine-story temple, each layer of the temple is extremely high, the whole temple is equivalent to the height of half a mountain, jumping from here will definitely be shattered.
The two maids who were standing at the end of the corridor heard the elder's cry and hurriedly ran over with their skirts, and Gedwa said with a calm face: "What about the Venerable One? ”
The two maids looked at the situation in the hall and said in surprise: "Just eat in the hall!" His Holiness always disliked us serving at the meal, and always asked us to wait outside. We stood at the door until the two elders arrived, and we never left! ”
"You guys get out!"
Ge Cailao said coldly, and the two maids hurriedly retreated, seeing that the Great Elder's face was as cold as ice, one of the maids was frightened, and her feet were in chaos when she withdrew. I almost stumbled, but fortunately I was held up by another maid.
After the two of them retreated, Ge Cailao glanced at the dining hall with a pair of old eyes, and said in a deep voice: "There must be a secret passage here!" ”
Gedwa said dejectedly, "I thought of it too, but ...... There are many secret passages in the temple, and they are not secrets, and many people know about them. The real secret is where the secret path is, how it is opened, and where it leads, this is a secret that only His Holiness knows! Seemingly. Ye Xiaotian was really the heir chosen by the previous Venerable, otherwise he wouldn't know about this. ”
The temple is made of boulders as a whole, and there are indeed many mechanisms inside, but how to find them and how to open them has its own unique methods. There are only four or five precedent techniques that cannot be confused, and there are countless combinations, and only one of them is correct, in this case, even if the elders can find the mechanism. And how can you try it? And how could he be given enough time to try again and again.
But Ye Xiaotian was different, he directly entered the core secret area of the temple from the heart of the impossible underground, and he directly mastered the heart of the temple's organs, the machine room, that is, the stone room where the Venerable tokens were stored. It's easy to extrapolate the other mechanisms in other places.
Rao is like this, the secret passages of the organs that Ye Xiaotian now masters only account for less than half of the organs of the temple, and he has only found some of the secret passages. I haven't been in yet, and I don't know where those secret passages lead.
Gedwa said in a panic, "His Holiness has fled, what should I do?" ”
Ge Cai sneered: "Calm down." Panic what! This temple was built on a large rock intact and had an incomparably solid foundation. Even if he has the ability to reach the heavens, it is impossible for the Venerable who built the temple to dig a tunnel on the stone mountain that leads to the outside of the mountain, and the exit must not be far, and the area around this temple is all forbidden land, all of them are our people, and the Venerable can escape? ”
Ge Cailao said as he walked out, and said in a deep voice: "Tell Bao Weng to immediately transfer the martial arts of the temple to control the entire temple and even a qiē place within five miles outside the temple, and if you find the Venerable, please return to the temple immediately!" ”
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At this time, in the hall on the first floor of the temple, in the huge hall where Ye Xiaotian succeeded to the throne and was worshiped by the leaders of the mountains and villages, and selected the concubines, there were a total of nine people waiting there.
They had come to Jin to see His Holiness and respectfully asked His Holiness to lead the crowd to the forbidden land of the Thunder God to offer sacrifices to thank the gods for their grace and appease the Thunder God. Among the nine people, one of them is the brother of Geduo, and he is the only one who has colluded with Geduo and tried to use this matter to help His Holiness get out of trouble, as for the other eight leaders, when they already have the intention of sacrificing, if someone fanned the flames, they were naturally extremely enthusiastic about this matter.
"Hahahaha...... everyone, the lord of the village, I haven't seen you for a long time!" The Gyrobe walked in through a large door on the side, the hall of the temple on the first floor was the tallest of the nine-story building, the temple was as tall as the four floors of an ordinary building, and the laughter echoed through the hall with a very obvious effect.
The nine tribal leaders looked at him together, and they saw the Grena coming over with a smile and a groan, and said, "Chiefs, why are you here?" ”
Ge Lao Nabai stroked his brother to his chest and said: "Dear Lord Ge Yi Lao, the power of the thunder god who roared for ten thousand years is now gone, this is the kindness of the thunder god to our mountain people, we should show our respect to the thunder god." So the nine of us rushed here and respectfully asked His Holiness to lead us to the forbidden land of the god of thunder and worship the gods. ”
The Gyro let out an "ah" and said, "I see! Unfortunately, His Holiness is discussing with the elders of the temple and is unable to meet you for the time being, so if the leaders are busy with the affairs of the headquarters, you can go back first and wait for the Venerable to summon you at another time, or you can stay in the nearby village, and wait and see, maybe the Venerable will summon you when he has time. ”
Ge Lao Nabai frowned at his brother and said, "Honorable Lord Ge Ni Lao, since His Holiness returned to the mountain, he has been busy with affairs, and he has no time to meet with the leaders of either side. This...... Not normal, right? Is His Holiness unwell, or is there something else? ”
Ge Nilao's face sank, and he said, "What do you mean by this?" ”
He said, "His Holiness has just succeeded to the throne and has traveled all over the world, and it is normal for us and others to have no chance to listen to His Holiness's teachings, and His Holiness has now returned to the temple to preside over the teachings, and I am really puzzled by the fact that we have come from afar and have not yet seen him!" ”
These words hit the hearts of the leaders, and everyone stepped forward to complain about their grievances, and the guy just wanted to put on the slap of the temple elder and scold him. Hearing the sound of "rolling, rolling, rolling", everyone suddenly stopped and turned their heads to look together......
In front of the throne inlaid with gold and jade on the high platform in front of the lobby, a human head slowly appeared, and when the man rose slowly to his chest, two more human heads appeared behind him, and the three of them rose together until they were level with the ground in front of the throne.
At this time, everyone saw clearly that the person on the higher stone platform in the middle was dressed in black. The treasure is solemn, it is His Holiness. The leaders had visited Ye Xiaotian when he succeeded him as Venerable, and as soon as they saw him rise from the throne, they immediately bowed to the ground, as for Li Qiuchi and Mao Wenzhi, who were standing behind him, they were no different from an ornament in their eyes, and they didn't bother to look at it.
When Ge Nilao saw Ye Xiaotian, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in shock, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Ye Xiaotian glanced at him. took a step back, sat down on the throne with a smile, shook his black robe, and lifted Erlang's legs.
A stirring spirit in the heart of the Gridr. Hurriedly stroked his chest and saluted, and stammered: "Brother...... Disciples, see His Holiness. ”
"Excuse me, get up!"
Ye Xiaotian glanced at the nine tribal leaders who stood up respectfully, and said, "Leaders. The deity traveled the world for several years, so that he wasted his teachings, and when he returned. I've been busy with my backlogs, so I haven't summoned you, so don't be surprised! ”
The nine leaders hurriedly said, "Don't dare! Can't! ”
Ye Xiaotian sat down and said, "You came today, but to go to the Thunder God Forbidden Land to sacrifice?" ”
One of the leaders bowed and said, "Yes! Thor sleeps, and the thunder stops. The elders said, "This is a good omen for me in the mountains, so I would like to ask His Holiness to lead us to the forbidden place to worship." It's just that many leaders have already arrived, but they have not had the opportunity to meet His Holiness......"
Ye Xiaotian snapped his fingers, got up and walked out, and said, "Let's go!" ”
Confused, he asked blankly, "Venerable...... Where to go? ”
Li Qiuchi, who was following Ye Xiaotian, took a folding fan to his chest and said lightly: "Venerable is going to meet the leaders who have not yet been seen in the village to show the favor of the gods, what's the matter, does this elder have any opinions?" ”
"I ......, I didn't ......"
As he spoke, he saw that Ye Xiaotian had already walked to the door of the hall, and the nine leaders followed him like the moon holding the moon, all of them looked happy, and in a hurry, they hurriedly chased after him.
Ye Xiaotian was looking at the table full of delicacies in the dining hall, chewing beef jerky and drinking vase water, when suddenly the secret passage opened, and Li Qiuchi and Mao Wenzhi walked in.
Ye Xiaotian had already instructed them to walk around the castle when they had time. The two of them were also dressed in black robes, and after being ordered, they wandered around every day, like ghosts of the ancient castle, and the elders only put them under house arrest in the ancient castle, but it was not good to restrict their freedom within this range, because they and His Holiness had not yet torn the last layer of skin after all.
However, they only thought that these two people were wandering around, looking for a way out of trouble, or to attract the attention of others and cover for Ye Xiaotian, but they didn't expect that just by the people entering and leaving the temple and their expressions and demeanors, some people could also see a lot of doorways.
Of course, Mao Wenzhi doesn't have this ability, but Li Qiuchi, who was born as a lawyer, is a great expert in observing words and feelings. There were fewer and fewer temple elders participating in the secret meeting, Ge Yilao had just left unhappily, and the tribal leader had rushed to see him, all of these things fell in Li Qiuchi's eyes, and naturally he could interpret many meanings.
Originally, if it dragged on for a longer time, the eight elders would definitely have deeper contradictions within them, and there would be more tribal leaders who rushed to the temple to urge, but if it really came to that point, the elders who were determined to confront Ye Xiaotian would probably take risks in despair.
Therefore, Li Qiuchi immediately rushed back and made a clear statement to Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian heard that the rift between the eight elders had arisen, and at the same time, a tribal leader rushed to see it, and then listened to Li Qiuchi's analysis, and immediately decided: get out of trouble immediately.
Li Qiuchi is a villain, Ye Xiaotian is also used to seeing sinister people in the prison, the two of them treat villains and traitors with the heart of villains and traitors, and the speculation is extremely accurate, only with a slight difference, the danger avoids the catastrophe of life and death.
When Ge Cai Lao and Ge Dewa appeared in the god hall on the first floor panting, Ye Xiaotian had already walked away surrounded by the leaders of the nine major tribes......
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(To be continued......)