Chapter 252: Solid Ice
Lin Ruhai still nodded and walked in front with a torch, Jia Min's hand was firmly held by his other hand, and the two walked in the direction they came, in the dark passage, their hearts were not calm.
The shock brought to them by the pile of bones lingered for a long time, making them seem to have experienced the hardships of the people during the war, the helplessness of the soldiers, and the guilt of the emperor, yes! Who wants to be the slave of the country?
Lin Ruhai was able to fully understand why the emperor would resist public opinion, insist on the imperial conquest, and fought a ten-year war with the Yuanmeng people in the northwest. When the foreign race is too strong, it must be tougher, otherwise it will be guarded by a hungry wolf at the door, and sooner or later it will be gnawed by the hungry wolf and there will be no bones left. Ten years, although the cost is huge, but it completely scared the Yuanmeng people, they no longer have the ability to set foot in the Central Plains, nor do they have the ambition to conquer the world. And the emperor of Daming wisely chose to give them time to recuperate, and also opened the horse market in the northwest, so that they had the opportunity to earn gold and silver to buy. It was even more successful in keeping the Tatars in check, pitting the two northern nomads against each other, and Daming gained a lot of time to recover from the losses caused by the war. Lin Ruhai admired the emperor's wisdom and methods very much, and was willing to assist such an emperor to help the people under his rule live a more prosperous and healthy life.
"We're back at this fork in the road!" Lin Ruhai opened his mouth, and on the other hand, he also used a torch to illuminate the two roads.
"Now there is only one way to go, and we have no choice!"
"Let's go! It is estimated that this side should be where the treasure is, I don't know if there will be any hidden weapons, Min'er must be careful! Lin Ruhai turned his head to look at Jia Mindao.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful! I'll be on the lookout behind you for any danger, just keep going! Jia Min took out another torch from the space and lit it at the torch in Lin Ruhai's hand.
"Okay, let's divide the labor, I'm in charge of the front, and Min'er is in charge of the back!" Lin Ruhai said with a smile.
"Let's go!" Jia Min smiled at Lin Ruhai with a reassuring smile.
Lin Ruhai nodded, turned around and walked towards another passage, Jia Min had his back to him, walking backwards forward, holding a torch in one hand and her small firecrackle in the other, always alert to possible dangers from the rear.
The two of them walked very slowly, each step had to be sure if there was danger, the road to the treasure would be the most dangerous, and what they would face was unknown.
After walking for about half an hour, Lin Ruhai suddenly stepped on something under his feet, and then heard a click, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min reacted quickly, and at the same time as they dodged, an iron door above their heads suddenly fell, making a loud noise, and the entire passage was trembling.
Jia Min and Lin Ruhai were separated by this iron gate at this time, and Lin Ruhai nervously stuck to the iron door and shouted: "Min'er! Min'er! What have you done? Is there anything wrong? ”
"Don't worry, husband! I'm fine! I'll see if I can open this iron door! ”
"Good! Watch out for yourself, I'm here with you! ”
"Hmm!" Jia Min put the firearm in his right hand into the space, and then held the torch to carefully examine the iron door.
The iron door is very smooth and flat, and there is no mechanism that can be opened.
"Min'er! You talk! I can't hear you, I'm panicking! Lin Ruhai's voice sounded behind the iron gate.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine! I'm looking for a mechanism to open the iron door! Jia Min smiled slightly.
She went to check the stone walls on both sides of the passage, trying to find a mechanism from here to open the iron door, but still found nothing. Jia Min lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and when he raised his eyes, he suddenly noticed a strange pattern on the ground.
"Husband, I found a pattern on the ground, it seems to be a plum blossom!"
"That might be where the mechanism is, try to see if you can press it!"
Jia Min squatted down and stretched out his hand to touch the plum blossom pattern, and when he touched a lot of blooming plum blossoms, he felt different from the others, as if it was a little higher. Jia Min tried to press down, but her finger was punctured, and a drop of blood dripped on the plum blossom, Jia Min frowned and put her finger in her mouth. However, at this moment, with a boom, the iron gate slowly rose upward.
When the iron gate was raised to the gap where he would be able to pass through, Lin Ruhai drilled over, hugged Jia Min, and asked in a trembling voice: "How are you?" Are there any injuries? ”
Jia Min showed his finger to Lin Ruhai, pouted and said, "I pierced my hand again, this won't be every time you have to prick your finger, drip blood to open it!" This time it's plum blossoms, will there be orchid bamboo chrysanthemum below, get together a four gentlemen! ”
Lin Ruhai kissed her finger amusedly and said, "It seems that only the royal bloodline of the previous dynasty can open the treasure on the letterhead, which is really true!" ”
Jia Min pouted and said, "In the past few days, this finger of mine has been pricked and swollen, let's change it next time!" ”
Lin Ruhai smiled and touched Jia Min's head: "Let's go, continue to prick your fingers!" ”
The husband and wife continued to walk forward, still maintaining the posture of Lin Ruhai in front and Jia Min in the back.
Sure enough, Jia Min said that he was right, and on the road after that, the two of them encountered three iron gate organs, and they really made up enough of the four gentlemen, and every time Jia Min needed to prick his finger to drip blood, he needed to open the mechanism, and in the end Jia Min already felt numb, and he pressed the mechanism helplessly, and watched his finger being punctured, and blood dripping on the mechanism.
After passing through the four iron gates, they felt that the temperature dropped suddenly, and the further they went, the lower the temperature became, and later, both of them couldn't resist, so Jia Min turned out two wolf skins from the space and wrapped them around Lin Ruhai. After another cup of tea, they finally reached the end of the passage, and the scene here left the two dumbfounded.
In front of the couple was an ice cave, surrounded by white ice, and directly in front of them, there was a huge block of ice, behind which the outline of a door could be faintly seen. Obviously, the door behind the ice block is the door to the treasure, but it is very difficult to open it.
Lin Ruhai tried to break the ice with a short sword, but no matter how hard he tried, he only knocked out some fine pieces of ice, and if he continued like this, even if he knocked it for a few years, he might not be able to break this huge ice block, not to mention that this was an ice cave with a very low temperature, even if they broke some ice cubes, it would not be long before they froze.