Chapter 27: Falling into the Snake Cave
Two black shadows walked on the high eaves, the one in front of them moved smoothly, and the one behind them was slightly clumsy, and the two of them crawled up and down on the roof of King Sheng's mansion one after the other.
"Where's the map you drawn, see where the study is?" Cui Jian summoned in front of him.
Miao Zhifeng took out the map and glanced at it, pointing to the northeast, "This is it." ”
They went to the roof of the study, uncovered a few tiles and looked down, the candles were lit in the room, and there were people talking underneath, one was King Sheng, and the other was wearing a black cloak, and he couldn't see his face, but he listened to the voice, like a courtier.
Chu Yan said: "Uncle, do you think there is a turning point for Chu Yan this time?" ”
The black-robed man said: "As long as we increase the weight, forgive him and he will not get away with it so quickly." ”
Hearing this, the eyes of the person prying on the roof narrowed, revealing a dangerous fierce light, Miao Zhifeng obviously felt that the breath of the person next to him was a little cold, peeked at him, wanted to ask but did not dare to speak due to the situation, so he had to continue to observe patiently.
Chu Yan called the black-robed man's uncle, then the one below must be Sima Kui, and they are really behind the scenes.
Listen to them continue to chat: "The queen mother is a little worried about the murder in the prison, afraid that I will show my feet, and I hope that my uncle will finish this matter as soon as possible, and Miao Zhifeng is also investigating this matter, in case she knows something, I am afraid it will not be conducive to our future plans." ”
"I have my own plans for this, the queen mother, you let her rest assured. I have come this time because I have something else to tell you. ”
"Uncle, is it for those official porcelains?"
Sima Kui said: "Exactly. The most important thing about the official porcelain, this is the key to the vertical and horizontal alliance of Dongxiao, the original person who did this was Chu Yu, he was simple-minded, I was not worried, but now there is another Cui Yuan, transporting the blue and white porcelain products, the friendship of the alliance, and the Dongxiao is enveloped, and the errand is done well, it must be promoted to the knight, the Cui family is dedicated to the emperor, and the attitude in the court remains neutral, His Majesty has made it clear that he wants to boost the power of the Cui family, and do not let me gain power. If we want to unite, we will do it, this time Your Majesty's action is too fast, and we are bound to grab it without waiting for a direct decision to be discussed. ”
"What does Uncle want to do?"
"The official porcelain is still out of the warehouse, if there is any accident in this, isn't it in vain? When the time comes, King Sheng will solve it, and Dong Xiaoguo will be included in our plan. ”
"You want to let me do it on porcelain?"
"Your Majesty is staring at me too closely, and it is inconvenient for me to come forward, so I have to bother His Royal Highness King Sheng."
Chu Yan nodded, "Uncle, don't worry, I will order someone to do it." ”
"Okay, then the old minister will go first."
Chu Yan turned open one of the books on the bookcase, opened the secret door where the painting was hung on the wall, and the black-robed man walked into the secret passage.
Miao Zhifeng couldn't imagine that Chu Yan would make a move so quickly, she asked Cui Yuan to cooperate with Chu Yu just to take the Cui family for her own use, but she accidentally led out the people behind her, they are powerful enough, but they still want to eradicate dissidents, thinking really long-term, it is to clear the obstacles for becoming the emperor in the future.
At this time, it actually rained in the sky, the east wind blew, the rain became heavier and heavier, the roof was untiled, and the raindrops fell into the house and fell on Chu Yan's face.
His face was cold, and he touched it with his hand to see that it was water.
Could it be a leaky roof? Where do the droplets come from?
Suddenly he looked up, and there were two pairs of eyes staring at him on the roof.
Chu Yan shouted outside the door: "Yingge! ”
Ying Ge broke through the door, and Chu Yan pointed to the roof: "Catch the assassin!" ”
It was the first time Miao Zhifeng did this kind of thing, and he panicked, "Oh no, I was discovered." ”
Cui Jian took her hand and said, "Go!" ”
Ying Ge saw that people were about to run, so he threw out two silver needles first, Cui Jian dragged Miao Zhifeng to the side, and the hunting wind and glimmer brought by the silver needles brushed past his eyes, and the time of 0.01 second, the distance of 0.01 inch, was just a little bit close, and his eyes were destroyed.
Cui Jian was shocked: I'll go, what a powerful secret weapon!
Zhifeng thought to himself: I rub it, the murderer is really him!
Chu Yan ordered angrily, "Chase me, catch me alive!" ”
Miao Zhifeng didn't plan to come in person, but her map drawing method has unique marks, and she is afraid that Cui Jian will not understand, so she wants to help from the side, just secretly investigate, if she doesn't find anything, she will go back, Cui Jian's martial arts are strong, it is more than enough to take her, and there will be no big problem, how could she have expected that she came to come, not only heard the conspiracy of others, but also was chased and fled in a hurry, fortunately she didn't hit the silver needle again, otherwise she would have been ruined.
Cui Jian took her to the ground, to a strange garden, I don't know where this is, she has never been here, surrounded by the smell of sulfur, stepping on the stones on the floor, suddenly "boom" a frightened bow swept over, everywhere the dark arrows were fired, and they ran away.
In the panic, I somehow ran into another mechanism, the floor suddenly cracked, one flipped, and the person standing on the ground instantly sank and fell, and fell headlong into the pit.
Dig a big hole in the garden, what is this for?
Soon, they knew what they were doing.
It's gloomy and there's no light, and the chill is even heavier.
Suddenly, there was a "hissing" sound in their ears, and they hurriedly blew on the fire fold and looked at the surroundings.
At first glance, it scares the individual to death.
It was full of snakes, gathered on the ground and twisted and twisted, not to mention about two feet above the ground, and the "opening" through which they had fallen had been closed.
"It's a snake cave!" Cui Jian protected Miao Zhifeng with one hand, and looked around to see if he could find another exit.
At this time, all the puzzles have been solved, and the silver needle quenches the snake venom, isn't there a lot of snakes here, and the local materials are very rich.
Presumably, this snake cave was used to punish traitors or torture prisoners, and those who were disobedient and useless were all thrown down to die.
Yingge didn't catch up with anyone, so he went back and reported to Chu Yan: "Your Highness, they all fell into the snake cave. ”
Chu Yan breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this, and his eyes turned into a little sympathy, "Okay, it's all fate, let them fend for themselves." ”
As if thinking of something, Chu Yan warned again: "You don't use the Silver Needle Secret Weapon for a long time. ”
Ying Ge replied, he was cold-mouthed, he was a ruthless killer, only loyal to King Sheng, although I don't know why His Royal Highness said this, but I can guess a few points, today's assassins don't know who sent it, maybe they suspect the Shangsheng Palace, so it's better to be careful.
And in the snake cave, the person who fell into it is not dead, but still struggling.
"The dignified Shengwang Mansion has such a terrifying existence." Cui Jian had obviously never seen such a scene, so it seemed unbelievable.
Miao Zhifeng sighed: "Last time I came to feed the fish, this time I want to feed the snake, my luck is really good." ”
Shengwangfu is a place full of evil, she started the rhythm of stepping into one death at a time, it is difficult for others to have this kind of situation, but it is not so lucky that it is explosive.
The snakes raised here are generally trained, and once someone enters, they are afraid that they will attack in groups, Cui Jian took off his coat, burned it with fire, and waved it at those snakes, so that they did not dare to approach.
"It's not a way to go on like this, find a way out quickly."
There have been deaths here, Miao Zhifeng was actually very scared in his heart, but he was afraid of disturbing Cui Jian's mind, so he pretended to be calm, closed his lips tightly and did not shout, so he was timidly protected by him, he waved the snake in front, and she slowly followed back and retreated to the wall.
Reaching out and touching the wall, it felt cold, it was a wet earthen wall, and the wall was seeping water.
She had already thought of something, and suddenly she had an idea: "We can use this wall." ”
The snakes retreated most of the time, not approaching, Cui Jian stopped his movements, also touched the wall, and then threw out a question: "How to use it?" ”