Chapter 120: Falling Flower Creek

In fact, it is not as mysterious as we imagined, the main reason for being isolated is that the buildings here are in disrepair, under the leadership and enthusiastic explanation of Dong Shuo, most of the places we visited are barren and dilapidated palaces.

But because the most important underground treasure house is built here, all the surrounding guards are beyond our imagination, if it weren't for Dong Shuo's leadership, we don't know how many alarm organs have been triggered, even if we donate, but Dong Shuo still doesn't dare to take it lightly, the whole process is guarded by many military police.

The Yinghua Hall is located in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City, in the north of the Shou'an Palace, from the long street on the east side of the Cining Palace to the north, and then go left through the Chunhua Gate in front of the Yuhua Pavilion, and then go north until the end.

The first thing that catches our eye is the mountain gate, the arch gate, which Dong Shuo tells us is the only one in the Forbidden City, which clearly indicates that this is a temple in the palace.

There used to be incense burning, but now it is a scene of ruins and ruins, and the Yinghua Hall is entered through the mountain gate, which is lower than we imagined, and the Bodhi trees are planted all around and are still full of business.

Under the cover of the Bodhi tree, we saw, Dong Shuo told us that this was originally a release pool, the harem concubines and the emperor will release fish and turtles here in order to pray for blessings, and the surrounding Bodhi trees will float into the pool, and the red koi carp in the pool compete for food and the water surface is churning, so it is called Luohua Creek.

What makes me very strange is that there is a barren grass everywhere and no one takes care of it, but although this Luohua Creek has lost the beauty of the fish competing for food, the water in the pond is crystal clear and you can faintly see the coiling dragon pattern below.

The night breeze ripples across the water, and when we look down, it is like seeing a lifelike golden dragon swimming in the water, which shows that the water here is always being replaced and cleaned, otherwise it would not be so clear.

"No, this place was originally intended to be restored according to its original appearance, but for various reasons, the water in this Luohua Creek is clear because the stream is the same as the moat outside the Forbidden City, it has been flowing but you can't see it." Dong Shuo shook his head and explained to us calmly.

I nodded thoughtfully, and looked at the Luohua Creek again, this pool is not big but the construction is very exquisite, the east of the Luohua Creek is a dragon with teeth and claws, the dragon's head stretches out on the surface of the Luohua Creek, and a stream of clear water in the open mouth is continuously sprayed out, splashing on the water surface of the Luohua Creek and causing a circle of ripples, making the swimming dragon in the pool more lifelike, as if it is alive and frolicking in the water.

The line left by Zhu Di indicates that this is the entrance to the treasure, but we checked around Luohua Creek and found nothing unusual.

It was getting late and there were still many places that we hadn't visited, Dong Shuo took us to continue walking, Han Yu and I were a little tired and wanted to rest for a while in Luohuaxi, Dong Shuo didn't want to lead Gu Xiaoxiao and Nangong Yi as well as Xiao Lianshan and Gu Anqi to continue visiting.

After they all walked away, we rechecked around Luohua Creek, but still didn't find it, stopped by the stream and looked at the water surface thoughtlessly.

"If the entrance is here, the dragon pattern in the stream should imply the emperor, maybe the entrance is underwater."

After speaking, he took off the vajra rosary in his hand and planned to go down to investigate.

"It shouldn't be like this, think about it, if Zhu Di wants to enter the treasure, will he also dive into the water? He is the Ninety-Five, and he should not do such a thing. I shook my head and said.

"If Dao Yan is responsible for the design of this Forbidden City, the entrance must also be arranged by Dao Yan, but Dao Yan is a Xuangao person, and the construction of this Luohua River is clearly contrary to Xuan." Han Yu looked at the stream and said meaningfully.

"What's the violation?" I asked.

"This stream is not deep, I just heard Dong Shuo say that this is actually a release pond, and the harem concubines will release fish and shrimp in it for blessing, but there are stone carvings of swimming dragons at the bottom of this water." Han Yu pointed to Luohua Creek and said to us. "It's impossible for Dao Yan not to know what it means to be a shrimp play in the shallow water of Longyou."

"Yes, this is a taboo, since Dao Yan is a Xuangao person, he shouldn't not understand this, the dragon in the Forbidden City is the sky, representing the emperor that is, Zhu Di, this design is clearly suppressing Zhu Di." I nodded and muttered in surprise.

"Since Dao Yan is a hidden master, everything he does has his intentions, you say that this is a shrimp play in the shallow water of Longyou, why don't you think about it the other way around." Said calmly beside him.

"What do you think the other way around?" Han Yu asked.

"If there is no water in this Falling Flower Creek, then there is a dragon soaring into the sky, which just matches the dragon in the picture in the line we found."

"......," Han Yu nodded slowly after carefully considering his words. There is this possibility, that is, as long as the water in this Luohua Creek is dried up, it will be the appearance of a sleepy dragon soaring to the sky. ”

"That's a big trouble, although this Luohua Creek is not big, but if you want the water in it to dry up, it will definitely not be completed for a while, even if we try to clean up the water inside, but the time is not enough, Dong Shuo and the others will not take long to visit this area, and they will definitely find us when the time comes." I said anxiously with a frown.

"Even if it can be cleaned up, I'm afraid it won't be possible to dry up all the water in this Luohua Creek." Shaking his head, he said.

"Why?" I asked.

"You didn't hear Dong Shuo say just now, the reason why the water in Luohua Creek is crystal clear is because the water here is not stagnant water, it is connected to the moat outside, and it has been flowing continuously." Said to me very calmly. "Unless you clear the moat outside the Forbidden City, this place will never dry up."

We looked at Luohua Creek weakly, and finally came here, but we couldn't find the entrance to this stream, Han Yu frowned and thought about it for a long time.

"What if...... If Zhu Di came here and wanted to go to the treasure, because the stakes were so secret, Zhu Di would not bring anyone else with him, and if he came alone, it would be impossible to go to great lengths to clear the water in the pool, which explained ...... It means that there should be a mechanism to open the entrance nearby. ”

My eyes lit up and I looked around Luohua Creek again, and finally my eyes fell on the water jet due east, and we walked over and looked at it for a long time, and suddenly said thoughtfully.

"Since it is to fly the dragon in the sky, it is necessary that the water here is dry, and this faucet has been spraying water, could it be that the faucet was deliberately left when this place was built, just to prompt the water to stop the dragon from coming out?"

The water jet sprayed by the dragon head was not large, I reached over and a finger could block the water in the dragon's mouth, but there was no movement, I was about to take my hand away, and suddenly my finger touched the edge of the water spray in the dragon's mouth, which was clearly angular and not smooth and round.

I asked Han Yu to hand me the flashlight, and under the light, I saw a six-sided groove carved in stone in the dragon's mouth, and the water column was sprayed out of it, but I seemed to have seen the groove somewhere, and my eyes suddenly lit up, and I hurriedly took out the gold pen that Xiao Lianshan had found in the Yuan Pavilion before.

I turned the gold pen upside down, and the tip of the pen turned out to be hexahedral, and I remembered what I slowly put the gold pen into the groove of the dragon's mouth, and it was just the same size that I could put it in impartially.

When I inserted the gold pen to the end, there really wasn't a drop of water in the dragon's mouth flowing out again, and I found that the gold pen could be turned, and I tried a few times to twist the gold pen clockwise.

Click!

Suddenly, we heard a heavy sound in the Falling Flower Stream, and then saw countless water bubbles rising from below, and a heavy stone wall slowly rising from the right side of the Falling Flower Stream, covering the right side of the pool.

Soon we were surprised to find that the water surface in the Luohua Creek was rapidly declining, and I immediately understood the ingenuity of this mechanism, the water in the Luohua Creek is flowing, the terrain here is low in the west and high in the east, presumably the water of the moat outside the Forbidden City flows in from the east and flows out from the west, and the rising stone wall tightly blocks the water flowing in, while the stagnant water in the Luohua Creek can be quickly discharged from the west.

When the water in the Luohua Creek was completely clear, we heard a boom, and the dragon ground at the bottom of the water slowly parted in front of us, revealing a deep dark staircase leading to the underground.

We were stunned for a long time and couldn't speak, it seems that everything is right, Zhu Di really put the entrance here, and we can even imagine the treasure of the world under the dark steps.

Suddenly we heard footsteps behind us, we looked back and saw that it was Xiao Lianshan, he turned back and held a cloth bag in his hand to wrap a long thing, walked to us and looked at the exposed entrance and smiled faintly.

"I can't imagine that my generation can see two treasures."

"Dad, don't go, let's go in, in case you have any mistakes, how can I explain to my mother and Xiaoxiao." I heard Xiao Lianshan's tone that he was going to go down with us, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

"I'm a person who lives in memories, but this time I really want to thank you." Xiao Lianshan smiled disappreciatively, patted me on the shoulder and said to us. "Just let me be young again, and I won't worry about letting you in."

I still wanted to persuade Xiao Lianshan, but before I could open my mouth, I was interrupted by him shaking his hand, and walked down without hesitation, and said to me at the entrance.

"Don't think I'm really old, you seem to have forgotten, I'm the one who really killed the clan, and I seem to have a lot more experience than you."