Chapter 9: The Prisoner Appears
At three o'clock, that is, when the eunuchs and the forbidden army were killed.
After examining the wounds and bloodstains on the bodies of several people, the two of them even concluded that Ruoshui had only come in after the death of these forbidden soldiers and eunuchs.
In other words, the two groups of people were not killed at the same time.
At midnight, pitch black enveloped everything in the True Dawn Hall.
There was no light here, not even the lights in the lanterns were extinguished. This was also Tang Yun's special order, not to let people light the lamp.
Because among the dead were the Yulin Army, but unfortunately all the Yulin Army was sent to the frontier, and no one appealed to them. The Long Wu Army, who was stationed in the Right Feather Forest Army, originally wanted to help, but Tang Yun also refused, and asked them to withdraw, everything was as usual, and not let others find out the flaws.
Whew-
The wind blew in from outside, and the worn-out deadbolt seemed to be broken, and it couldn't be closed, so it could only be left to the wind to clang.
Tang Yun and Wan Jinhai stood on the first floor of the palace, simulating everything that happened that night.
"The footprints are very messy, but the shoe prints of the forbidden army are different from the shoe prints of the eunuchs, and they seem to have walked in two different places. I think they're going to come here and go separately. Wan Jinhai was holding a night pearl in his hand, which emitted a faint light on the ground.
Under the light, it suddenly separated into two different paths from the True Xu Palace.
The True Glory Hall is very large, with a total of two floors, and these two footprints follow the stairs all the way to the upper floor.
Tang Yun stared at these footprints for a while and said, "They didn't separate on the first floor, they should have come in at the door one after another." ”
Wan Jinhai raised his eyebrows: "How can you see it?" ”
Tang Yun pointed to the footprints on the ground: "Those eunuchs seem to have heard of the legends that happened in this palace, so it stands to reason that they should be very afraid." Since there is a forbidden army to rely on, how can they go separately? ”
"I suspect that the Forbidden Army went first to explore the way, and then there was no sound. The eunuchs were worried that something would happen, so they also broke in. ”
Wan Jinhai stroked his chin, thought for a moment and said, "Is there really such a possibility, could it be that they were killed on the second floor?" ”
Tang Yun said: "Since we haven't found any clues on the first floor, let's go to the second floor and have a look." ”
The two of them followed the footprints and walked up the same path as the forbidden army, and there were two steps leading to the second floor.
A lot of books are stored here, probably where the former Qin prince usually reads. Before I went upstairs, I could see a lot of tall bookshelves.
Wan Jinhai casually placed the Night Pearl on a high place, and the second floor suddenly became much brighter.
The first reaction of the two was that it was clear what was going on here.
"There are clearly marks on the ground caused by the collapse of the bookshelf, but this bookshelf is still standing here, has someone helped the bookshelf up again?"
Elsewhere on the ground, there is a thick layer of dust.
But the only place in front of the two of them was a square area, which was more suspicious than the flat dust in other places.
Tang Yun casually found a pair of bamboo slips from the nearby bookshelf, because time had passed for a long time, and these bamboo slips were also very fragile.
But it was clear that the dust on it had been wiped and it was very clean when touched by hand.
Wan Jinhai also noticed this, and said in surprise: "I remember that at that time, the edict ordered that no one was allowed to come in. At that time, I found that the small yellow door here only entered the first floor, and no one entered the second floor. ”
Tang Yun and Wan Jinhai glanced at each other, and both of them could see the solemnity in each other's eyes.
At this time, Tang Yun and Wan Jinhai suddenly heard footsteps downstairs, and the two of them were stunned at the same time.
Tang Yun made a silent gesture and quietly put away the Night Pearl on the shelf, and the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness.
"Big brother, when did you say we could go out, I've been so aggrieved these days."
"Wait, do you see, the palace here can't even see a single figure, eighty percent of it has been abandoned. Let's go along the north side, and we'll be able to get out then. ”
"Then I'll rely on you, big brother, I'm a road idiot, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been arrested by that group of government people!"
The latter words were interrupted by a creaking knock on the door, and the two seemed to stop at the same time, and after a long time, one of them muttered in a low voice: "Big brother, that's the wind!" ”
"I know it's always right to be careful."
Wan Jinhai understood as soon as he heard it, he dared to love these two prisoners who escaped from the dungeon!
He has been so troubled by this matter these days that he can't find this thief for a day, and he may be impeached by the imperial history of the imperial history platform at any time. I heard that two people were below, where did I dare to hesitate.
Wan Jinhai was about to get up, but was grabbed by Tang Yun.
Tang Yun leaned into his ear and whispered, "These two people can't escape, just let them come to find out how evil this place is." ”
By this time, the two prisoners below had already entered the palace.
There was no moonlight tonight, and I really couldn't see my fingers around. Wan Jinhai and Tang Yun got used to it for a long time before they could vaguely see two black shadows entering the first floor.
Tang Yun whispered to Wan Jinhai, "We are following behind them. ”
Wan Jinhai understands that both of them are veterans and veterans of stalking. By the time the two prisoners arrived in the backyard, they were in the small building.
Ingeniously, the old staircase didn't make a sound.
An exclamation came from the backyard, and one person exclaimed, "Dada...... Big brother, these are all dead people! ”
"Be quiet, I wonder, how did you become a death row prisoner when you were so daring?"
"Big brother, you misunderstood, if it were people, I would definitely not be afraid, but I was afraid of ghosts and the like. During the day, I eavesdropped on what the eunuchs said, and it would be bad if there were ghosts here. By the way, big brother, since we have all come here, it is better to leave while it is dark. ”
"Shit! Lao Tzu has never seen a ghost shadow when he is so big, don't listen to those fools chewing on the root of their tongues. This black light is blinding, people can't see it, we can't see it, what if we break into the nest of the forbidden army? Those fools who have just come out of prison want to leave quickly, aren't they all arrested because of this? Besides, you've heard it too, those eunuchs seem to be afraid of this place, and it just so happens that they won't come here, so we can sleep peacefully. ”
"The eldest brother is wise, and the younger brother depends on you."
The two of them seemed to be going through the stake and continue their way inside.
Behind the Shinxu Temple, there is a small river, and across the river is a dense coniferous forest. From here, the forest is pitch black.
That's where the two of them go.
To cross the river, you need to take a wooden bridge.
The two were about to cross the bridge when suddenly one of them screamed.
"Big brother, there's something under the river, he's tugging at my trouser legs!"