Chapter 30: The Extremely Cold Palace

Everyone walked towards the house, and suddenly there was nothing in front of them, but it was extremely cold, and the further they went, the more cold they became, and everyone shivered! The little beggar wrapped his hands around his body, and felt that his whole body was about to freeze. Shi Kezhen walked to the end of the room, slapped the wall twice, and opened a stone door.

Shi Kezhen said to the junior sisters who escorted the little beggar: "This is the Extreme Cold Palace, take her in!" When the little beggar walked into the Extremely Cold Palace, he felt that it was foggy, colder than the room outside, as if he had arrived in an ice cellar.

Shi Kezhen pointed to the hemp rope hanging next to the stone gate and said to the little beggar: "Little junior sister, if you figure it out, just pull that rope, and we will receive a signal to take you to the master." The little beggar looked at the twine, about the thickness of his wrist, and fell from the roof to the ground.

It was extremely cold here, and the senior sisters were reluctant to stay longer, so they stepped out of the house quickly, and as soon as the senior sister slapped the wall, the stone door was immediately closed......

The little beggar was terrified, knocked on the stone door desperately, and shouted loudly: "Senior sister, senior sister...... but once the stone door was closed, there was no gap in it.

The little beggar looked back at the room, only to feel that he was in the clouds, and he was terrified, and he learned from the master sister to slam the wall to find the location of the mechanism. But Shimen was photographed all over by himself, and there was no reaction.

Han Zhuo stood up, squatted on the ground and cried, echoing in his ears, and feeling even more scared. Covering his eyes and looking around through his fingers, this turned out to be a woman's boudoir. There are two stone boxes on the left, and a stone bed on the right, with the mirror on the side, which is also made of stone.

The little beggar approached the two stone boxes, one of which was completely open, and the surrounding objects were messy, as if someone had overturned the box. The scattered pile of things was nothing more than the things of the woman's boudoir—clothes and small objects, and nothing else.

Looking at another stone box, it was closed and not opened, the little beggar looked at the two stone boxes with tears, and then touched them carefully, they were all made of real stones, which were really bulky and thick, and said secretly: "Some people actually like to make boxes with stones, it's really weird!" "With a hard push, the unopened stone box stood still, and it really couldn't be opened.

The cold air was pressing, and the little beggar stiffened his limbs, and hurriedly picked up the scattered clothes on the ground and wrapped them around his body, layer after layer, and lay down on the stone bed with heavy steps, trembling all over. said in a low voice: "Grandpa, grandpa save me......" The tears in his eyes fell the moment, and they were about to freeze.

I don't know how long it took, but I felt tired, my eyes could no longer be opened, there was silence around me, and my ears seemed to be deaf. Trying to open his eyes, he saw a blurred figure, walking towards him with a candle in hand, and stayed closer, closer. The little beggar opened his arms, ran over, embraced the man, wept with joy, and cried out, "Grandpa, grandpa has come to save me!" ”

After crying for a while, he suddenly felt that his grandfather's whole body was cold, and when he touched his tentacles, his body shattered into many pieces like ice cubes. Shouted: "Grandpa! Grandfather! Grandfather! Rubbing his eyes wider, it turned out that he had a dream!

The little beggar sat up from the stone bed, looked at the cold and empty room, and could not find a single person, and began to cry unconsciously.

Running to the hemp rope, clenching his hand, about to pull it, he suddenly remembered his grandfather's advice, if he had an epiphany, he said: "If I don't have grandpa's consent, tell my master that my martial arts are taught by my grandfather, and grandpa will definitely be angry with me." In order to know where my grandfather is, the master actually treated me like this, I am afraid that I have a grudge against my grandfather, and I can't hurt my grandfather. ”

"But I'm so scared now, there's no one here, and it's so cold, what should I do?" The little beggar sobbed and rubbed his hands together to keep warm. I suddenly remembered what my grandfather and senior sister had said when they forced themselves to practice martial arts in winter: "The colder it is, the more you have to practice martial arts and practice swords, so that your body will be warm!" ”

He immediately rolled off the stone bed, walked to the open stone box, rummaged through the box and found a recorder, and said, "I don't have a sword, so I'll use you as a sword." ”

Silently reciting in his heart, he slowly practiced the moves he learned in Yunshui Palace, and he still felt cold all over his body at first, and he had to grind for a long time when he stretched out his fists and palms, and after gritting his teeth and insisting on learning for two or three hours, he was already sweating profusely, and he was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "So I don't have to be afraid of the cold." ”

It's just that it's extremely cold here, and when I stay warmer, I'm so tired that I'm out of breath, and after a short rest, I'm immediately cold. Exhausted by this repetition, the little beggar lay on the stone bed and fell asleep unconsciously.

There was no sunlight in the room, only the house was full of candles, and I couldn't tell if it was day or night outside, and I didn't know how long I had slept when I woke up, but I felt weak. Cover your hungry belly, and you have to fall down!

I smelled the smell of rice, and there were two large bowls on the ground at the closed stone door. The little beggar ran over with a bowl of two steamed buns, and a bowl of rice and simple dishes. The little beggar devoured it, didn't even bother to use the chopsticks, sat on the ground and stuffed it into his stomach, and in just a few moments, the two bowls were licked clean.

After a full meal, leaning against the cold stone wall doesn't feel so cold. Secretly said: "It's a pity that I fell asleep, I don't know who brought me food?" No matter who it is, it must have been instructed by the master. When he thought of the master, he said sadly: "Hey, in order to know who taught me martial arts, the master actually tortured me like this and wanted to freeze me to death, which is really ruthless!" ”

Now bored, I picked up the recorder again and practiced martial arts. After practicing for half an hour, I glanced at the closed stone box, and wondered what was in the box? If it's a warm thing like a quilt, that's a blessing. Immediately decided to open the stone box again, gritted his teeth, and pushed the stone cover up with both hands, but the stone box was still tightly closed.

After trying this way more than fifty times, no matter what angle I used to exert force, my hands were grinding calluses, and I couldn't open a gap in the stone box. Discouraged, I no longer think about the stone box, even if the box contains a quilt, now I can't take it!

The little beggar stayed in the Extremely Cold Palace for four days, relying on martial arts practice to keep warm every day, and when he was hungry, someone brought him food, but he only had one meal a day, and he could not eat all of them. The people who delivered the food in the past few days were the fourth senior sister Sun Xiu, and when Sun Xiu saw her every day, she wanted to persuade her with good words. The little beggar felt sour in his heart, but he refused to promise to agree to the master's conditions, so Sun Xiu had to sigh and leave.

In the few days that the little beggar has lived in the Extreme Cold Palace, she has already played with the things in the house, and in this square room, she already knows how many steps to walk horizontally and how many steps to walk vertically!

Sitting in front of the mirror, staring at himself in the bronze mirror, he couldn't help sighing, opened the makeup box and played with the hostess's jewelry, and played with it all again. Although she is a little girl, she also likes these women's ornaments, but after being locked up here for a few days, she has played too much, and she doesn't find it interesting.

I was upset, and I kicked the mirror table suddenly, not wanting to sink a small piece of it into the place where my toes went. Then there was a "bang"!

There are no other people here, and there are no birds or beasts, except for the little beggar's own conversation with himself, where are the other voices? Hearing the loud noise, my heart sighed, and I looked for the sound, and the stone box that I couldn't open was already opened.

The little beggar hurriedly ran to the bottom of the box, and looked down again, and when he looked down again, there was a stone staircase three feet deep, and it winded down. As soon as the stone box was opened, the little beggar felt that the cave was strange, warm and cold.

"It's so cold here, I might as well go to the cave to warm up!" The little beggar sat down at the mouth of the box, jumped down, and climbed up the stone staircase, which was covered. The little beggar shouted: "Hey, hey, hey......" and screamed twice, remembering that there was no one else in the Extreme Cold Palace except her, and it was useless to shout more!

Reaching down the stone stairs below, there was no bottom in sight, and there was a faint light. Secretly said: "This place is very narrow, I might as well go down and have a look!" Maybe this stone staircase will be the same as the narrow tunnel, and it will be a warm and beautiful place when you go out? ”

The next step at the moment was to go down the stairs, and the further down the stone stairs became, from accommodating only one person to accommodating five or six people. The little beggar was secretly happy, although there was no sunlight here, but compared with the Extremely Cold Palace, it was really a lot warmer here!

The little beggar is in the Extremely Cold Palace, and the mechanism is tightly closed, as if he has entered a narrow space, protected by layers, and cannot hear or smell anything outside. It was so spacious that when he had walked up the stone stairs, the little beggar could smell the smell of people and the slight wheezing sound of twenty or so feet away.

He stopped for a moment, did not hear any movement of the man, as if he was motionless. "It's not cold here, but I'm here alone, and I'm scared! Why don't you go and see who it is? If he's a bad guy, I'll just turn around and run, and if he's faster than me, there's no way to do it. After a short thought, the little beggar decided to find out.

Although I decided to go and see, who are the twenty-odd people? But there was still some fear in my heart, and I gathered all my strength to listen to the man's movements. In fact, she was so far away from that person that person that person would not have sensed that someone was approaching him if he didn't have the ability to hear people like her! But the little beggar couldn't think of this layer for a while, and every step was a slow step, very careful!

The further he went, the more clear the little beggar was about the smell of the man, but he still couldn't hear any movement except for the sound of breathing. The light in the cave became brighter and brighter, and the little beggar was afraid that he would be discovered, so he crept forward against the stone wall.

At the end of the journey, there is no way forward. The little beggar leaned against the wall, smelled the man's smell, and knew that he was in the dark room behind the stone wall, and although the stone wall in front of him was inlaid with logs of the dark room mechanism, which one was the real one of the logs densely packed with the whole wall?

The little beggar closed his eyes tightly, raised his hand, and slapped it casually on the stone wall, and actually opened a stone door.