Chapter 017: Mysterious Palace
It's just incredible.
"It's definitely a coincidence." Wei Ning could only say this to Wei Lingfeng.
But Wei Lingfeng didn't believe it at all, "How can there be such a coincidental thing in the world?" Wei Lingfeng shook his head, "Ning'er, since I saw you, I felt that there must be a kind of fate between us. ”
Wei Ning was afraid that Wei Lingfeng would think about this place. She quickly diverted the topic and said, "Hey, you don't really believe in any bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods." You see this dungeon is dark, I think we'll have to find a way to get out! ”
Wei Lingfeng frowned and looked at the surroundings. The oil in the oil lamp was almost burning, and the light was getting dimmer. The dungeon is very small, and the walls are vaulted. Wei Lingfeng reached out and touched the dirt on the wall, thinking, "I suspect they locked us in a cave. ”
"Are you sure?" Wei Ning also began to worry, now they didn't know where they were being taken. If you are really locked in a dungeon made of caves, I am afraid that even if someone comes to the rescue, it will be difficult to search.
After all, there are many trees in the mountains, the terrain is steep, and the terrain is difficult to identify. Moreover, there are often hundreds of caves in a mountain, large and small, and it is very difficult to search for them.
Wei Lingfeng rubbed the dirt scraped off the wall with his hand, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it.
"There is a fragrance of grass in the soil." Wei Lingfeng said.
Wei Ning was frustrated. This is not good news.
The two of them sat in prison until the lamp burned out.
I don't know how long I sat there, Wei Ning squinted, feeling that the light in the prison didn't seem to be so dim.
Is it dawn?
Wei Ning felt that his body was getting numb and numb, and even his tongue began to go numb.
"Wei ...... Insult...... Feng ......" Wei Ning called out Wei Lingfeng's name intermittently, and she wanted to sit up, only to find that her body was numb and had no strength.
Wei Lingfeng leaned against the wall and slept all night, and woke up when he heard Wei Ning's voice.
"What's wrong?" Wei Lingfeng asked.
Wei Ning wanted to shake his head, but found that his neck was stiff, and it was difficult to even turn.
Wei Lingfeng saw Wei Ning's face gradually becoming purple, and only then did he remember that Wei Ning had a strange poison in his body.
He took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a brown pill, and fed it to Wei Ning.
Wei Ning swallowed the pill with difficulty, and after a long time, he found that his body was gradually relieving.
It doesn't seem to be so numb, but it's still very uncomfortable.
"What did you give me to eat?" Wei Ning asked.
"Antidote pills." Wei Lingfeng said, "There are always spare ones in the army. However, it can only delay the onset of toxicity. It is not detoxified. ”
"I only have this one left, and I was going to eat it when the poison is on."
Wei Ning felt a little guilty: "You are also poisoned." The only antidote pill was given to me. ”
"It's the same for everyone." Wei Lingfeng said, "Don't think too much, this antidote pill is only a symptom but not a cure." ”
Although it was only to delay the onset of toxicity, Wei Ning did feel a lot more comfortable. She looked at Wei Lingfeng, maybe it was because of the medicine yesterday, Wei Lingfeng's face looked much better, and he was no longer as pale as yesterday.
The two fell silent again.
Wei Ning was a little anxious, and kept clasping the ground with her fingers. No one knows what the situation is outside now, Wei Lingfeng saw her like this, so he comforted her: "Don't worry, I left marks along the way." Let's wait. ”
"Mark?" Wei Ning was a little surprised.
Wei Lingfeng nodded, took out a handkerchief from his arms, opened the handkerchief, and Wei Ning saw a small pile of red cinnabar in the handkerchief.
"Ever since I was caught by them, I've secretly spilled this along the way."
"What you're doing is so hidden, I didn't even notice it." Wei Ning said, "Still, is this useful? Wei Ning said as he reached out to take the handkerchief in Wei Lingfeng's hand, but accidentally his hand was crooked, and all the cinnabar was sprinkled on the ground.
"Uh...... My hands and feet are still numb, and I can't move. ”
"It's fine." Wei Lingfeng was afraid that people would see the clues, so he used his hands to clean the cinnabar on the ground, and swept it into a handkerchief with the soil.
When cleaning up, Wei Lingfeng's hand suddenly touched a hard object.
"What's that?" Wei Lingfeng was a little puzzled, and swept away a thin layer of soil on his surface with his hand.
Wei Ning was also very strange, so he also poked his head over.
After the thin soil on the surface was swept away by Wei Lingfeng, he saw that there was actually a cyan stone brick under the soil.
"How can there be such a thing in this soil?" Wei Lingfeng was very strange.
Because he speculated that the dungeon they were in was in a cave, and the blue bricks had intricate patterns on them, which looked like they came out of the palace.
Wei Lingfeng gently pulled it with his hand, and the green brick was pulled up by him, revealing a small black hole.
Wei Ning was very surprised. Wei Lingfeng frowned, he simply swept away all the soil around the green bricks with his hands, and found that there were actually such green bricks under the thin soil.
"Wei Lingfeng, what's going on?" Wei Ning asked suspiciously.
Wei Lingfeng shook his head, he found that two green bricks were loose, so he wrenched them all with his hands.
Wei Ning and Wei Lingfeng looked down, it was dark, and they couldn't see anything. There are small stairs next to the cave, as if they have been carved out.
"Wei Lingfeng." Wei Ning stabbed Wei Lingfeng with his hand, and Wei Lingfeng nodded. He understood what Wei Ning wanted to say.
Although the black hole did not know where it leads, it is the only way out for them at the moment.
"Let's go. Staying here is a dead end, but there may be a way to live if you move forward." Wei Ning said.
Perhaps, this black hole leads to the exit from the outside.
"I'll go first, explore the way ahead, and you will follow." Wei Lingfeng said.
He jumped into the black hole, which was narrow enough to fit just one person forward.
Wei Ning did as Wei Lingfeng said, and followed Wei Lingfeng closely behind.
And so it goes. I don't know how long I have been advancing, Wei Lingfeng suddenly saw a glimmer of light in front of him.
"It's almost there." Wei Lingfeng said to Wei Ning. Wei Ning's heart was a little excited, could it be that they had really found an exit? It's great that I'm finally out of the clutches of those people and can go back.
Wei Lingfeng walked to the last staircase, and he found a hook hanging next to the staircase, and a rope was attached to the hook.
Wei Lingfeng pulled the rope with his hand and crawled out of the hole.
He looked down, his eyes full of shock, and he was speechless for a long time.
"Wei Lingfeng?" Wei Ning saw Wei Lingfeng crawl out of the hole and hang underneath, silently for a long time, a little anxious, and called him.
"Yes." Wei Lingfeng settled down and said, "Don't rush down first, I'll go down first and find you a place to stand."
Wei Ning felt very strange, but he still obediently listened to Wei Lingfeng's words and didn't get out of the hole for the time being.
Wei Lingfeng cautiously followed the rope and walked to a flat place to stand still.
"Alright." Wei Lingfeng said to Wei Ning, who was still standing on it, "You now carefully follow the rope, and I'll catch you below." ”
"Yes."
Wei Ning answered, and immediately climbed onto the rope.
Out of the hole, Wei Ning felt a burst of stinging. She felt a little pain in her eyes from the light, and tears came out.
"Don't open your eyes yet, close your eyes and get used to it." Wei Lingfeng reminded her.
Wei Ning did as Wei Lingfeng said. She closed her eyes first, then slowly opened them.
She was shocked by what she saw.
They seem to be in a huge palace hanging upside down, and bizarrely, the palace is full of crystals.
Wei Ning looked up, and the hole they came out of was also surrounded by crystals, and under the crystals were cyan stone bricks. These crystals seem to have grown out of green bricks.
Wei Ning saw Wei Lingfeng standing in the open space next to a large column.
Wei Lingfeng cautiously put Wei Ning down. After Wei Ning stood still, he said, "Incredible...... Wei Lingfeng, you say, what kind of place is this? ”
Wei Lingfeng shook his head and said, "I don't know. But from this environment, we should be in a palace or mausoleum. ”
As soon as Wei Lingfeng said Wei Ning, he understood, this palace is buried deep in the mountains, and it is very likely that it is the palace or mausoleum built by the emperor of the previous dynasty.
"But this palace is so strange, how can it be covered with crystal-like things everywhere, shiny." There was a crystal next to the ground where Wei Ning was standing, and Wei Ning couldn't help but reach out curiously to touch it, and found that the touch was very smooth.
"This palace is upside down. It's weird. Wei Lingfeng, you say, what should we do now? ”
Wei Lingfeng looked around, and the place where they were now should be the lobby of the palace. Although the palace is upside down, the furnishings in the palace are not messy at all. It was firmly fixed in place. It was not thrown out of place with the flipping of the palace.
Wei Lingfeng saw a golden dragon chair in a place directly opposite the gate below.
Wei Lingfeng has often followed his father into the palace since he was a child, and the dragon chair is basically the same as the dragon chair that the emperor sits.
It's a pity that the gates of the palace are closed. Wei Lingfeng also saw a big golden lock hanging on the gate.
"There's always a way out...... This palace is supposed to have been built by an ancient emperor. Behold, we can come in through a hole in the ground of this palace...... I suspect that the hole we entered must have been drilled by a grave robber. Now that he has opened the entrance, there will definitely be an exit. ”
After Wei Lingfeng finished speaking, he saw that Wei Ning was very curious about those crystals, and was touching them with his hand. Wei Lingfeng hurriedly scolded: "Don't touch the things in this palace. The book says that when a person dies, there are many viruses on his body. This palace has been buried in the ground for so long, maybe some viruses will be carried on the walls and pillars......"
"I don't know how much poison I've been poisoned in, am I afraid of adding another one?" Wei Ning interrupted Wei Lingfeng's words, but still obediently withdrew his hand.
Wei Lingfeng's face was full of seriousness, he took Wei Ning's hand, held it firmly in the palm of his hand, and said, "Be obedient and obedient, don't run around." I'll show you the way! ”