Chapter Ninety-Four: The Mysterious Secret Passage

On the two Spring Festival couplets on the left and right, the vigorous Danmo leaps and ticks: thousands of stacks of Shenshan and thousands of heavy clouds, hundreds of cooking smoke and ten miles of gold, the tone is wild and arrogant, obviously the prince's pen and ink.

The horizontal batch is Juanxiu's handwriting, and it reads: Good gleaning for a good harvest in autumn, there is no doubt that it is so level, oh no, the words of such a small jasper must have been written by the crown princess.

The copper nails on the two doors are pasted with the words "spring" and "blessing" in the shape of a diamond.

From a distance, it looks like the black and golden are a little red, but it really has a bit of the taste of the New Year.

What surprised them was that His Royal Highness the Prince, who had never bothered about the Spring Festival, had this thought?

His Royal Highness, who has always been cold-faced, seemed to be a different person at this time, smiled lightly and obeyed the command of the crown princess, flew up and down, and was busy with work from front to back.

The world is raining red, and Ma Shengjiao is born!

Someone really ran to the stable and led the horse out, put two handfuls on the horse's head, and pulled the horse's ears again, and breathed a sigh of relief when he was sure that there were no horns.

"Okay, okay, don't be naughty, it's time to get in." Shen Mushi grabbed Shuangshuang's waist and was about to push his head into the door.

couldn't resist Jiaojiao'er's soft and coquettish, and the dignified prince really took her to the Xuanxi gate of the East Palace to paste the Spring Festival couplets.

However, the minions looked at the two of them dumbfounded, and they always felt a little uncomfortable.

"But it's boring."

When they both looked at Shen Mu, a pair of eyes blinked, and finally got out of the gate of the East Palace, wishing that Shen Mushi would take her around for a while.

"Is it so boring? Haven't I been with you all the time? ”

Shen Mushi looked at Shuangshuang's sullen face, thinking that he had been locked up for the past few days, and he was indeed aggrieved.

"It's not particularly boring."

Shuangshuang saw that his eyes were slightly darkened, for fear that he would think too much, so he quickly took his hand and said, "It's good to be with you." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly took Shen Mushi's hand and walked inside.

Pulling Shen Mushi's hand all the way back to the library pavilion, Li Chuntang closed the door with understanding.

Both obediently pushed Shen Mushi to sit down in front of the bookcase, turned around and picked up a book of the art of war on several cases and stuffed it into his hand, and said with a light smile: "It's also good to study here." ”

Shen Mushi looked at Shuangshuang's behavior, slightly naΓ―ve and very caring, and couldn't help but ask with a light smile:

"What about you?"

"I also read."

They both walked over to the bookshelves piled up as tall as a caisson and began to pick and pick them up.

"Little liar, tell yourself where you want to go."

Shen Mushi stood up, walked up to her and grabbed her, and gently pinched her soft waist.

"I'm not going anywhere."

Both of them obediently leaned on Shen Mushi's chest, trying their best to show an honest look.

"I really want to go out for a walk."

Shen Mushi's warm breath sprayed behind her ears, and her arms were tightly circled.

"Take off your clothes."

"What?"

Both froze.

What are you doing, Li Chuntang is still guarding outside.

"I said, Aifei, take off your clothes quickly."

Shen Mushi stretched out his hand and rubbed her ears, and quietly took off the gold and pearl earrings on her ears.

"What the hell are you going to do?"

Both blushed in shame and peeled off Shen Mushi's arms. Shen Mushi really let go of her, turned around and walked to the door of the library pavilion.

Hey?

Shuangshuang thought that he was angry and was about to call him back, when he heard Shen Mushi call Li Chuntang and ordered him to prepare two sets of inconspicuous regular clothes and send them to the library pavilion.

After a while, the two quickly changed their clothes.

Shuangshuang still didn't understand why His Highness asked her to change into this goose yellow robe?

Not only that, but he also removed all his jewelry and covered it with a dark fox fur.

Even he changed into a navy blue regular clothes.

His eyes stared at Shen Mushi and tied her fox fur belt, looking puzzled.

"Doesn't Concubine Ai want to go out for a walk? I'm going to walk my concubine. ”

Shen Mushi glanced at each other, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and walked to a bookshelf.

What! It's not a puppy......

Shuangshuang was secretly slandering himself, but he saw Shen Mushi take out a few books from the bookshelf, and after taking out the books, he revealed a dark dark grid, lifted the jade with a square palm, and turned his palm against the square stone piece to the left for five moments, and then turned to the right for fifteen minutes, and then the bookshelf shook slightly, and after a while, the secret door she saw before reappeared.

Shuangshuang was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at the other side of the bookshelf she had touched before, and sure enough, the gilt pendant that had been placed on it was gone.

Shen Mushi looked at Shuangshuang's reaction and smiled slightly: "Last time, you broke the mechanism at will, do you think I won't rearrange it?" ”

"I didn't mean to. But now that you're opening a dark room in front of me, don't you let me know again? ”

Shuangshuang always thought that the library was a forbidden place, and a big reason was because of this secret room. Now His Highness has let her into the secret room again, which is already extremely trusting.

But when he opened the dark room in front of her today, wouldn't this mechanism be in vain again?

"Why not let you know?"

Shen Mushi walked into the dark room, and from a pile of chaotic treasures, he reached out and took an inconspicuous matching sword, which hung neatly on his belt.

"I thought it was your secret, your taboo, and I didn't want anyone to know about it......" Shuangshuang stood at the door of the dark room and hesitated, still afraid to step into it after being affected by the previous one.

"Yes, that's right."

Shen Mushi stretched out his hand towards Shuangshuang and looked at her with a determined look in his eyes.

Both hesitated for a moment, and finally took his hand and slowly walked into the dark room.

"You're not an outsider, though."

Shen Mushi clenched her small palm, and then turned a floor-to-ceiling bronze candlestick placed on the side of the door of the dark room with one hand, and the moment it turned, the door of the dark room also closed quickly.

At this moment, the night pearl of the whole room lit up, illuminating the cold and quiet light of the room.

Then, he pressed hard against a flat hidden stone wall behind a bookcase full of cluttered knick-knuckles.

The bookshelf suddenly tilted slightly, and what appeared in front of Shuangshuang was another secret door and a dark secret passage.

"This, this, this .........."

Shuangshuang stammered a little, firstly, he was moved that His Highness finally trusted her, and secondly, he was shocked by his series of actions and the magical mechanism of the dark room.

"This secret passage leads to the outside of the palace, and there are mechanisms inside. Without my permission, you are absolutely not allowed to enter casually, nor are you allowed to use this secret passage to sneak out of the palace without permission, let alone use this secret passage to leave me. ”

Shen Mushi looked at his eyes steadily, explaining his thoughts word by word.

"If you treat me well, why should I run away?"

Both glanced sideways at Shen Mushi, and turned him into an army.

β€œ..........”

Shen Mushi was suffocated by her words, and he was speechless. "I'll always be good to you." There was silence for a while, and he had to say in a dumb voice.

"Then I won't leave you."

Both stared at Shen Mushi and replied firmly.

Standing in the dark secret room to confess is indeed very weird, Shuangshuang was a little embarrassed, and coughed lightly to divert his attention:

"Your Highness, where does this passage lead?"

"You just follow me."

Shen Mushi held his hands tightly and walked cautiously to the depths of the deep secret passage.

The secret passage was a little damp, and the two of them walked about a foot away, and several stone slabs on the wall began to glow with a faint blue fluorescence.

"What's that? It's beautiful. ”

Both looked at each other curiously, and asked like a childish child who didn't understand.

"The weight of our bodies pulls a few stone slabs underneath, pushing up the stone fireflies that live in the water, a little trick."

Shen Mu's light explanation, as if none of these were worth mentioning.

In fact, Shuangshuang didn't know that these stone fireflies were all found by him who asked the dark guard to go down to the extremely deep underground cave, and they were extremely precious.

The secret passage was tortuous and winding, and the two of them walked for about a pillar of incense before they vaguely saw the end.

At the end, there was a rectangular door, and a few faint rays of light peeked through the cracks.

"Here, remember to be careful, follow me quietly and don't touch anything, there are a lot of mechanisms near the exit, don't touch it by mistake, remember?"

Shen Mushi carefully admonished Shuangshuang, holding her hand and carefully pulling her behind him.

"Is it dangerous?" Shuangshuang saw that he was very nervous, and asked curiously.

"The secret passage is not meant to be used by people in and out, but in critical situations. For the sake of secrecy, some mechanisms will naturally be arranged. Even I have used this secret passage seven or eight times. ”

Shen Mushi's face was hidden in the darkness and he couldn't see clearly, but his voice was calm and cautious.

"Shuangshuang, I'll tell you where each of the traps is located now, and if there's a chance in the future, you can use this secret passage to escape."

Shuangshuang nodded cautiously, holding his breath and began to pay attention to Shen Mu's next moves.

Shen Mushi was afraid that she wouldn't be able to remember, so she could slow down and tell her where there was a mechanism and how to take a step.

Counting the fact that there are more than a dozen mechanisms set up in just a few zhang, this secret passage is really dangerous.

Both of them were secretly speechless.

"Then why did you take me to this secret path today?" Both are puzzled.

"Once the harem concubines enter the palace, they can't come and go at will. But all concubines must have an imperial order when they leave the palace. If the crown princess is concerned, she needs my company. And, I think it's time for you to know about this secret passage, so that you don't have to break through like last time and die here inexplicably, I don't even know it. Shen Mushi's voice was serious, but at the end, he was a little worried.

Thinking that Shuangshuang didn't know how to be lucky last time, he actually opened the door of the dark room, if he was unlucky, he entered the secret passage and touched the mechanism, but he would really die in the secret passage and no one knew.

"Oh!" When they thought about it, a chill ran up their backs.

After passing the office, I walked more than ten feet and arrived at the door. Shen Mushi pressed the stone wall on the right side of the door to see a square jade, and also turned left and right, and after hearing the tenon falling into the track, he gently pushed the door out.

As soon as the door opened, they both squinted slightly. When I got used to it, I found that it was a spotlessly clean hut. Pushing open the door of the hut, there is a zigzag patio that allows the houses to be pieced together, there are several doors in the patio, red, ink, yellow, blue, indigo, green, Shen Mushi pushed open one of the red doors, and there is a path. There is an arch at the end of the trail, and when it opens, there is an alley.

"Which doors lead to different places?" Both of them were full of surprise.

"Yes." Shen Mushi replied briefly.