Chapter 42: The Secret Passage

After a long time, Xiaodong will wake up in a dream.

It was pitch black all around, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing in the distance, she and Qin Lie supported each other and stumbled forward, not knowing when all this would end, and they didn't know if they could get out of this darkness.

Maybe it wasn't that critical at the time, but when people relive their memories, they magnify their fears again and again.

Since the end of March, the capital has been rainy and rainy, even if the spring rain is as expensive as oil, but too much oil is not a good thing. After April, there was not a single day of sunshine for half a month.

Xiao Dong flicked the flowers placed in front of the window, and the water droplets on the petals and leaves fell in a flutter, wetting her sleeves.

When Qin Lie jumped in from the window, he was damp, which startled Xiao Dong.

"Why are you here?"

Meihua stretched her waist, maybe it still remembered Qin Lie, jumped out of the basket, and trotted over, the bell on her neck jingled, and Xiao Dong picked it up.

"I bought some red bean crisp," Qin Lie took out a paper bag in his arms and handed it to her, it was still hot.

Xiao Dong held the red bean cake and looked at Qin Lie again.

"What's wrong?" Qin Lie looked at her, and then followed her gaze and lowered his head to look at himself.

"You haven't been scalded yet, have you?"

Qin Lie looked like he wanted to laugh, but he immediately closed his mouth tightly, and the expression on his face was wonderful.

Xiao Dong brought the tea, opened the red bean cake, and handed him a piece: "Eat it together." ”

Qin Lie frowned: "Tired." ”

This person doesn't like to eat sweet things, this Xiaodong has already understood.

"I can't finish this pack alone."

Qin Lie looked reluctant to stuff a piece of red bean cake into his mouth, and then hurriedly poured a large sip of tea.

Xiao Dong has always been strange: "You...... How did you evade the guards every time? ”

"The guards won't stop me when I enter the door, I just have to go around the back and climb the tree and climb over the wall."

To put it simply, if the plum blossom comes to do this, it will definitely be unaware, even if people see it, they won't care about it - it's a cat, cats are born to climb over walls and trees. But Qin Lie's leader...... It's bigger than ten plum blossoms combined.

The plum blossom smelled the fragrant smell and rubbed her head against Xiaodong's palm.

"Do you want to eat it too?"

Xiaodong hesitated, not knowing if the cat could eat red bean crisp.

Qin Lie said with a big grin: "It's okay to take a small bite, anyway, poison won't kill it." ”

Xiao Dong glared at it, broke a small piece of red bean cake, pinched it softly, and carefully fed it to the plum blossoms.

Plum blossoms look like they are eating with relish.

Hurried footsteps suddenly sounded in the courtyard, Xiao Dong was stunned for a moment, Qin Lie moved extremely fast, and dodged behind the screen.

Xiao Dong glanced worriedly, Qin Lie was taller than the screen, he must have hunched his waist and hid behind the screen, at least he couldn't see anything from here.

The screams of the maids, as well as the shouts of the Hu family.

The door was pushed open hard, and Xiao Dong stood up.

The person who came in made Xiao Dong a little unfamiliar, but she immediately remembered that he had seen this person outside King An's study, very young, very different from King An's other Qing guests, there were also young people among those people, but this person was obviously less than twenty, and he was too young.

Hu Shi followed in, it seemed that she wanted to stop that person, but when she saw Xiao Dong, she did not hesitate at all, and rushed over to block Xiao Dong.

"County Lord, King Jingjun and the second prince are rebelling, someone is coming to our palace, and there may be people from them in the palace. You're coming with me now. ”

Xiao Dong stared at him tightly: "What about my father?" ”

"The prince is with the emperor."

Probably seeing that Xiao Dong didn't trust him, the man took a deep breath: "There is a secret passage in the house where you can hide, you have to hurry." ”

Hu asked rhetorically: "I've never heard of it." ”

"I said, it's a secret passage."

Why does King An trust this person so much? He didn't come to the Anwang Mansion for a long time.

The man in front of him suddenly looked behind Xiao Dong, and his eyes narrowed.

Xiao Dong turned his head sideways, and Qin Lie stood up from behind the screen. His size was too threatening—but at such times, no one in the room would be comfortable even if he looked like a normal person.

However, Hu Shi immediately recognized him: "Young Master Qin? Why are you here? ”

Qin Lie nodded and made a decision for Xiao Dong: "Let's go with him." ”

If Qin Lie was discovered by the Hu clan at another time, what was waiting for them?

Under this situation, Xiao Dong suddenly thought of this.

The Hu clan might be able to dismantle Qin Lie into eight pieces.

The young man surnamed Zhang nodded, turned and walked out.

However, he didn't get out of the gate of the Jade Fang Pavilion, so he turned around at the middle of the road, and walked backwards instead.

There are just a few empty rooms in the back, and there are some things that you don't need on a daily basis. There was a thick layer of dust in the house, and there were many large boxes stacked against the walls.

"Come over here and help!"

Xiao Dong began to believe it.

If he wasn't a confidant of King An, how could he know the secret passage of the mansion that even Xiao Dong didn't know?

They moved the top boxes away, and the boy counted and opened the lid of one of the boxes, reached in and groped at the bottom of the box for a long time, and pressed it hard.

There was no change in the room, no removed floor tiles, no rotating walls.

"Okay, let's move the box back."

They went back to the little winter room, where everything was the same as before, except that the bed had moved a foot forward to reveal an entrance.

The young man jumped in first, and Qin Lie followed, shouting in a low voice, "I'll pick you up." ”

Xiao Dong gritted her teeth, and jumped down as soon as she closed her eyes, and Qin Lie stopped her by the waist and hugged her. But Hu didn't jump down, Xiao Dong looked up, and Hu also happened to look down.

"Young Master Qin!"

Qin Lie responded.

Hu pursed his lips tightly: "Protect the county lord." ”

She didn't come down with her, turned and left.

Xiao Dong listened to her footsteps as she walked farther and farther, and the hole above her head seemed to be getting higher and farther away. She shouted: "Mother Hu! ”

Qin Lie hurriedly covered her mouth, the rolling sound sounded, the bed above her head moved back, the last ray of light disappeared, and they fell into a cloud of darkness.

"Let's go."

Xiao Dong was almost caught by Qin Lie, and the young man in front of him picked a bead with a faint glow from the wall to illuminate it, and walked all the way forward.

I don't know when this tunnel was built, and who built it, and it is not particularly narrow and cramped. Xiao Dong's tears couldn't stop flowing downward, flowing through the back of Qin Lie's hand.

"Won't the people outside find this secret passage?"

"Don't worry, even if they find the mechanism, it won't be this entrance that will be opened the second time."

Why didn't Hu come with them?

Are you afraid that her legs and feet will not be able to keep up and drag them down?

"There is an exit to the secret passage?"

"Yes, but it's not safe to go out now."

I don't know how far I went, and in the darkness, time and distance seemed to be infinitely stretched.

"Let me go...... I can walk on my own. ”

Qin Lie's arm tightened, but he didn't let go: "The ground is uneven." ”

This secret passage was not a straight path, and Xiao Dong felt that they had turned several corners in the darkness, and she had completely lost her sense of direction.

"Alright, let's take a break here."

He put the bead down, and Xiao Dong struggled to get off the ground from Qin Lie's arms, wiped his face, and saw clearly where they were standing now through the glimmer of light from the bead.

It is made of stone and square, with tables, chairs, and beds. There was also an oil lamp on the table, and the oil in it hadn't dried up.

Qin Lie took out flint and other objects from his body, wiped them a few times, and lit the oil lamp.

"The prince ordered the county lord to hide here, this place is very secret, and it should be foolproof."

Qin Lie arched his hand at him: "I don't know what Brother Tai is called?" Seeing that you are so familiar with this secret passage, I want to ......."

The young man said: "Qin Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, under Zhang Ziqian." This secret passage is also the first time I have entered it. ”

So he's so familiar with it?

"It's very good to remember it in the next place, the prince said it once, and I can remember it firmly." He turned his head: "Is the county lord okay?" Let's take a break, shall we? ”

Xiao Dong nodded carelessly, and Qin Lie helped her and let her sit down on the edge of the couch.

Her hair had just been ruffled and fell loose and draped over her shoulders. Xiao Dong calmed down, bit the hair rope, combed his fingers a few times, and tied his hair back into braids.

Her heart was still pounding, only thinking about whether King An's Mansion had entered the rebels, what happened to the Hu family, and was King An safe?

Thinking of the last time she saw Hu, Xiao Dong only felt that something was tearing hard in her chest, and the pain made her breathless.

"Today's incident, thanks to Brother Zhang, you rushed to report the news and rescue. I just don't know how long we're going to be here? ”

Zhang Ziqian sighed slightly: "I don't know much about it." In fact, the emperor and the prince also had precautions and plans for their rebellion earlier, but they didn't know where they went wrong, and they had received the news that they would do it when the emperor was on a summer trip, but now they have launched it in advance. But in any case, the court is prepared, and those traitors will not succeed. ”

Yes, King An was on guard.

King Jingjun...... King Jingjun even rebelled?

That person has a very good reputation in the clan, although he is very romantic, and the Jingjun Palace's palace is full of women in bare clothes, but he is hospitable, very personable, and it is said that he is also very talented.

No wonder Princess Jingjun sent Zhao Zhi to marry in such a hurry, and found such an in-law for her, who didn't seem to miss the mother-daughter relationship at all and kept her away from the capital.

She was forced to do so. What King Jingjun planned, she should know a little bit about as a wife. If King Jingjun can succeed, it will naturally be a person who has attained the Tao and ascended to heaven. If the matter fails, there are no eggs under the nest, and most of her and other children will not be spared, maybe Zhao Zhi, who is far away from the capital, can escape the catastrophe.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

"Sister Xiaodong, if you are tired, you should rely on it for a while to recuperate."

Xiao Dong shook his head: "I'm not tired." ”

The three of them didn't speak, and it was so quiet that it made people's hearts palpitate. When you are on the ground, even if it is quiet, there is always the sound of the wind, the sound of leaves, and other small sounds. But there was a dead silence underground, and no movement could be heard.

It's like ...... It's like being buried in the ground.

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Ah, I feel that the vacation is so short, and as soon as I close my eyes and open them, the ground will pass......

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