Chapter 13: The Inner City

As my blood came into contact with the statue of Yingzhao on the stone platform, the statue really changed as Chunting expected.

Everyone looked at each other with joy on their faces, it seemed that Chunting's guess was not groundless.

I saw that on the black stone platform, this bronze statue began to change from the place where it came into contact with my blood, and as time went by, the whole body became as red as my blood, obviously it was just a statue, but it seemed to come to life under the infection of my blood.

Moreover, the statue was only stained with my blood, but it was like burning on a fire, and the surface of the statue slowly seemed to boil, and we were still a little far from the statue, but it already made us feel the heat.

And as the statue began to boil, I faintly felt a slight change in my body, and it seemed that the Dao magic power that I could not have used here seemed to be usable, perhaps this was the change caused by the blood I had dripped onto the statue.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, we did not know what was happening for a while, so we did not dare to approach it easily, so we could only watch the changes of the statue without intervening.

Bang!

As the boiling sound of the statue became louder and louder, the color of the statue became more and more red, and with a bang, the mouth of the statue suddenly opened, and something erupted from the mouth, which fell into my arms impartially.

I hurriedly held it in the palm of my hand and looked closely, this turned out to be a miniature version of the Guigu Order.

This order is the same material as the Guigu Order I got before, not gold or silver but shining with a strange light, although not big but unusually heavy, if you look closely, even the ornament is the same.

Below this order, Fang Fangzheng needless to say, there are five legendary divine beasts carved above, which are the hidden mysteries of Bi Fang, Jianxi, Baxia, Qi Zhi and Bai Ze, the five divine beasts carved together, forming a strange ornament with each other.

On the front of the token is engraved two people playing in front of a stone table, next to which there are two jugs of wine, and a sentence is engraved next to the person who is playing the game.

A furious prince is afraid.

On the other side, a man sits on a two-wheeled cart pulled by a lion and tiger, followed by two men on horseback, one of whom is dressed like a military attaché and holds a flag with the word "Guigu" written on it.

Next to the person in the car, there was also a sentence.

Live in peace.

I couldn't help but secretly guess, could it be that this miniature version of the Guigu Order is the key to open the Qianling Underground Palace?

I don t have to guess the result, Niu Kelian looked surprised after seeing the little ghost Gu Ling spit out from Ying Zhaoxiang's mouth, he bowed his head slightly, and explained to me excitedly.

"Congratulations, this is the key used to open the wordless tablet mechanism, and it will be much more convenient to go to Qianling when you have this thing."

I couldn't resist the excitement, and held the little ghost valley order in my hand, and I was full of spirit for a while.

"Ke Lian, now that this key is in hand, can we start the next exploration?"

Niu Kelian looked excited, turned around and led the way, and at the same time did not forget to speak.

"Of course, please come with me, we can enter the inner city now."

got a new harvest, everyone was in a good mood, looked at each other and smiled to keep up with Niu Kelian's pace, ready to enter the inner city and start the next stage of exploration.

Niu Kelian looked around in the same place, as if he was re-determining the direction of this place, and without hesitation after deciding, he took the lead in leading us to the inner city, introducing us as he went.

"Chief, I have already told you before, there are two walls here, of which there are four gates in the inner city, namely the Qinglong Gate, the Vermilion Bird Gate, the White Tiger Gate, and the Xuanwu Gate, and we are going to the Xuanwu Gate now."

Ling Xuan was puzzled when he heard what Niu Kelian said, and asked in surprise behind him.

"Ke Lian, is there any way to say that we entered the inner city through that gate?"

Niu Kelian smiled faintly and told Chunting the mystery here.

"Ling Xuan, don't you know, this place is built by the efforts of everyone in the Guanshan Ministry of Industry, it can be said that there are traps everywhere, there are traps every step, although there are four gates leading from the outer city to the inner city, but only the Xuanwu Gate is the only safe city gate, and the other three places have traps.

If we break in through other gates, although we can eventually enter the inner city, we must first face the mechanism at the city gate, since this Xuanwu Gate has no mechanism, more things are better than less, of course we have to enter from here. ”

Qi Zhi was originally holding the Wushuang who was unusually quiet when she entered here, perhaps because Wushuang was too heavy, Qi Zhi released Wushuang from her arms and let it follow us by itself, and asked curiously about Niu Kelian's explanation.

"Brother Niu, why is only the Xuanwu Gate of the four city gates without organs?"

Yi He suddenly opened his mouth and said tentatively.

"Perhaps, it's because of Emperor Taizong's Xuanwu Gate change."

Niu Kelian nodded and admitted Yihe's conjecture.

"Yes, but it's not complete, in addition to Emperor Taizong's Xuanwumen Rebellion, there is also the Shenlong Coup, Prime Minister Zhang Cambodia and others were the first to occupy when they launched a mutiny to force Wu Zetian to abdicate, and it was also Xuanwumen.

"It is precisely because of Emperor Taizong's righteous annihilation of his relatives that he stopped the conspiracy of weak water, and after the Shenlong coup, Empress Wu returned to Li Tang, and the leader in order to commemorate these two events, he ordered the construction people not to set up any traps at the Xuanwu Gate, which is also for the convenience of the latecomers of Guanshan when they come here."

I see.

After hearing Niu Kelian's explanation, all of us had no doubts, and quietly followed him towards the legendary Xuanwu Gate.

Since the four gates are named Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, I think it is to refer to the direction of the four elephants, and Xuanwu refers to the god of the north to represent the northern location, the north gate of the ancient capital is mostly named after the word Xuanwu, so that the Xuanwu Gate should be located in the north.

Sure enough, Niu Kelian led the way straight to the north in the direction of the front, without the slightest hesitation, and after walking a short distance, we saw a huge and magnificent city gate in front of us.

The base of this city gate pillar is made of marble, and the bluestone threshold is engraved with graceful lines and radiant honeysuckle patterns and flower and grass patterns, and the door opening partition wall of grinding bricks is thick and upright, showing the style of the Tang Dynasty everywhere.

As we walked towards the Xuanwu Gate, I began to recall the impression of the Xuanwu Gate in my mind.

Xuanwu Gate is based on the high slope, the north is adjacent to the inner garden in front of the palace city, it is the most towering commanding height in the vicinity, and there is a building view on the city gate.

According to records, the Xuanwu Gate played an important role in the security of the inner court, with two corridors outside the gate, and the Praetorian Guards were stationed here called the Beiya, with strong fortifications and elite troops, which is why the Xuanwu Gate must be controlled first whenever a coup d'état occurs.

It can be said that if you control the Xuanwu Gate, you can control the inner court, and if you control the inner court, you can control the emperor and concubines, and then control the imperial court and even the entire country.

While I was still thinking, I saw Niu Kelian walking under the city gate, he looked up at the tower, and before he could explain to us, he jumped up, and in a moment he had reached the tower.

I saw him search for a moment above, and with the movement of his hand, the gate of the city in front of us slowly opened.

We are finally about to enter this fabled inner city, and we are once again one step closer to the Vientiane Shrine. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Guanshan Chronicle Claw Book House" for free for the first time.