Tuoba Tao sat in the tent, and the desk was full of courtiers sent from Pingcheng. But he didn't seem to care about any of that.

In Tuobatao's view, the court and China are now quite stable, and the Hanchen and Xianbei nobles restrain each other, although there are occasional disputes, but in fact there is no major trouble. These twists and turns are nothing more than that they have nothing to do, complaining and slandering themselves around the corner.

Tuoba Tao's real concern at this time was all about the bamboo slip in his hand.

This is a note sent by Xi Jin. Xi Jin led 30,000 horses to besiege Chang'an, although the original intention was only to drag Helianding's aid to Tongwancheng, but Tuoba Tao didn't expect that Helianding was such a difficult bone to gnaw.

Xi Jin had the command to surround or not fight, but he still almost suffered Helianding's losses several times.

A few days ago, Xi Jin led people to raid several small villages and towns near Chang'an, which temporarily solved the problem of grain and grass.

Although the soldiers besieging Chang'an suffered more casualties than expected, they finally surrounded Helianding. Now, as long as the communication between Tongwancheng and Chang'an is cut off, it can be said that it is a sure victory.

Tuoba Tao was thinking about it, when he heard Hua Mulan outside the tent, "Your Majesty, there is news from a spy." ”

"Send it in." Tuoba Tao put down the bamboo slip in his hand.

Hua Mulan lifted the curtain and presented a small sheepskin roll to Tuoba Tao.

Tuoba Tao glanced at it quickly and sneered, "Helian Ding wrote a letter asking Emperor Xia not to open the city gate no matter what. This Helian clan can be regarded as a person who understands. It's a pity that he is far away in Chang'an and can't solve the dilemma of Tongwan. ”

Hua Mulan was a little worried about Tan Yingyu. She followed Tuoba Tao's side and also had some understanding of the layout of Invite Yu. It's just that she still thinks that Tan Zhaoyu is too bold, it's an enemy camp! Isn't there really any danger in running in such a grand way?

She asked Tuoba Tao tentatively, "Your Majesty, it's been three days since the last letter smoke. We've run out of corpses that we've pretended to die of the plague. What's next? ”

Tuoba Tao habitually tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Let's get all the yellow gardenias for painting your face." Helian Chang is not a patient person, and it has been about the past few days...... Double the spies in the direction of Chang'an, and you must not let Helian Ding pass any news into the Ten Thousand Cities! ”

Hua Mulan nodded, secretly planning in her heart, if the city was broken, she would definitely find a way to rush in first, who knows if Helian Chang would jump off the wall in a hurry.

-- The Dividing Line --

Three days ago, after the door of the dungeon was closed, the panic for no reason was like an ant, crawling all over her body along the feet of Invite Rain.

She doesn't like the dungeon.

In order to make it easier to monitor her, the door of the dungeon was always open. Now that Invite Rain is in retreat, the stone door is slammed shut.

The dim dungeon gave Ying Yu a hallucination, as if she had returned to the dark place under the Tan family. And Zimo was not by her side at this time, as if the only thing that could make her feel at ease had been deprived, and Invite Yu realized that some fear had already been possessed by her bones at this time.

"Hurry up and find it. There are only three days. The entrance to the chamber must be found within three days. ”

Tan Yingyu couldn't help but talk to herself, as if talking to herself like this would reduce her loneliness a little.

But when two days passed, and she still didn't have the slightest clue, Tan Invite Yu felt that the tight strings in her head had reached the point where they would break at any time.

I don't know if it's her delusion, but when she was in the altar for the past two days, she always felt as if the four walls of the altar were shrinking, as if they were trying to trap her in it.

But when she measured the length of each wall with her steps again, she found that the size of the altar had not changed at all.

Tan Yuyu really didn't want to stay in the altar anymore, so he simply walked back and forth on the long aisle like a wandering spirit. It seems that only in this way will those memories that will make her can't help but go crazy will be left behind and unable to catch up with her.

"I guess this is the retribution for the greed of money. I dug such a big pit for myself to jump, what is the difference between being trapped here and being buried alive? ”

She was dizzy from the candle flame in the hallway. The white wall is obviously his own shadow, but it is like a ghost, which makes Tan Zhaoyu have the urge to run and see if he can get rid of the shadow.

She began to muttered to herself again, "Tan Invite Yu, you're not crazy yet." When you're crazy, run as hard as you can to get rid of the shadows. ”

The blood-red bull head lamps on the wall seemed to be staring at her, making Ying Yu feel an inexplicable sense of suffocation. Nothing in front of her did not upset her, so she simply closed her eyes and counted her steps forward.

When Invite Yu followed Helian Chang to the underground palace for the first time, he counted his steps out of caution.

From the entrance of the underground palace to the square room of the altar, it is a total of one thousand and five steps. She had measured the size of the altar repeatedly, and it was exactly twenty paces. Invite Yu counted the steps, intending to turn around and walk back when he reached one thousand and twenty-five steps.

Because she was very confident in her calculations, when she walked one thousand and twenty-three steps and hit the wall, Tan Yuyu couldn't help but let out a "huh".

She opened her eyes, adjusting to the light of the candle flame for a moment, only to realize that she had indeed hit the white wall at the end of the hallway.

"I miscounted? It's hard to stay here for two days and can't even count. ”

Invite Yu to turn around, there is nothing to do anyway, just walk again, "Could it be that my steps are different sizes?" No, I'm obviously walking according to the pace width of the Kunlun Array. ”

This time she deliberately controlled her pace, but when her feet reached one thousand and twenty-three steps again, Ling Yu could already clearly feel that there was a chill emanating from the white wall in front of her.

Tan Invite Yu opened his eyes and looked at the white wall in front of him suspiciously, "Is this wall moving forward?" Or am I delusional again? ”

Invite Yu slammed his head against the stone wall irritably, trying to sober himself up. But after Bai Bi hit it hard, there was an extremely diffuse "bang" sound.

Invite Yuleng for a moment, and then react. She quickly took out her dagger and knocked on the white wall at the end, "It's empty!" ”

Invited Yu ran back to the altar door in surprise.

The door to the altar was open on a wall, which in turn connected with the white wall at the end. It is precisely because of the obstruction of this wall that Invite Yu has not noticed for so long, and there is a slight difference in depth between the square room of the altar and the white wall at the end of the walkway.

The white wall at the end is a trick! Tan Zhaoyu became excited, "This is actually not the end of the aisle!" She then patted her head again, "The exit of the underground palace and the square room of the altar are reinforced with bluestone slabs, if it is the end here, it should also be made of bluestone slabs!" ”