In Gu Meier's impression, the palace has always been associated with the word "majestic", although it is not as magnificent as the palace in Chang'an, but the royal atmosphere cannot be concealed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but now walking in front of these low houses, she is in a trance: Could it be that Xiao Yifei is deliberately deceiving her? Although she could see the towering walls of the palace when she looked up, she still couldn't connect it to the palace. She didn't dare to ask, but followed Xiao Yifei quickly until she stopped in front of a small courtyard in the middle of nowhere.

"Ouch......" Gu Mei'er exclaimed in a low voice, couldn't help but rub her sore nose a few times, and secretly complained in her heart that Xiao Yifei didn't open his mouth when he stopped.

"It's here. You wait here for me, I'll go see someone. Xiao Yifei pointed to the hidden door, "Can you smell that fragrance?" It seems that he knows that I am going to bring an honored guest, so he has prepared a sumptuous meal. You wait for me there. I'll be here for you in half an hour. ”

"Food?" Gu Mei'er's eyes lit up, she didn't even bother to pay attention to what Xiao Yifei said before, she nodded almost with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, then I'll wait for you...... Who are you going to meet? Since they all brought me here, why don't you let me ......"

"You'll find out later. Right now...... The less you know, the better. Xiao Yifei clapped his hands, patted Gu Mei'er's shoulder, and turned to leave.

Mei'er didn't have a chance to refuse at all, because two women who were also dressed as men quickly walked out from inside, they smiled and saluted Gu Mei'er, and then took her arm from left to right, and invited her to the room almost half-way. Although Gu Mei'er didn't exert any strength, she could feel that those two women were definitely masters.

Xiao Yifei didn't stop, he knew very well that if those people wanted to keep Mei'er, it would be absolutely impossible for her to step out of the courtyard. He went to the courtyard next door, came to the front of the tunnel with ease, and after clapping his hands twice, he quickly entered the narrow but not stuffy tunnel. There was still a lantern lit inside, and he sighed, once the two of them agreed that it was best not to use this tunnel in their lives, but they never thought that it would be used again now. It's just that...... Will that person really show up? It used to be a childhood agreement, will he still remember?

The exit of the tunnel is in a quiet garden, where there is a sign that ordinary people dare not easily approach. Xiao Yifei walked out of it like this, and then saw a man dressed in pale yellow clothes and wielding a long sword in his hand.

"I knew you were coming, but it was later than I expected." A faint smile appeared on the face of the person who came.

"I've seen the saint!" Xiao Yifei gave a salute, he knew that this was a place dedicated to the emperor, and there must be guards guarding the door, so there was no need to worry about others overhearing their conversation.

"You've brought someone. Is it related to the case? The emperor put away the sword in his hand, stretched out his hand towards Xiao Yifei and said, "We don't have to be so polite to each other. I heard that you found the West Mountain, and there is something else to be found there, right? It's great that you're back safely. I heard...... There may be some forces that we don't know about that are already involved in this case, right? ”

"Does the emperor still remember the legend that was once very popular?" Xiao Yifei sighed and said: "At first, it was just a rumor among the people, saying that there were boys and girls lost from time to time, and then there were fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls who disappeared inexplicably, and they disappeared since then, and there were even too many rumors at that time, some people said that it was the goblins who caught those people to absorb the essence and blood, and some people said that someone was refining the elixir in order to seek immortality." The government even sent a number of people to search for the whereabouts of those people. ”

The emperor put away the sword in his hand, nodded his head, and said, "Yes, that's exactly the case." Although I was in the East Palace back then, I also heard some rumors, and I heard that it was not resolved later, and after the government refuted the rumors, those things gradually calmed down, didn't they? ”

"That's just a report to the court, after all, in order to keep the black gauze hat on their necks, they have to think about it, don't they?" Xiao Yifei said cautiously, although he knew that the person in front of him was his best friend, but some words could not be said too directly, "After all, the emperor is a man of tens of thousands of people, and he probably can't understand what those people think." Naturally, the matter at that time was still hidden, and I heard that even those officials sent to search for it had disappeared inexplicably. Afterward...... In the southwest, during a landslide, someone once saw countless skulls piled together, each with a round hole the size of an adult's middle finger on the top......"

"And such a thing?" The emperor's eyes widened and he said, "Why didn't such a thing come down later?" How do you know? Something like that...... Didn't you arrange someone to investigate? ”

"At that time, the emperor was still the crown prince, and the former emperor had always been worried about the invasion of the Liao and Western Xia, so he naturally didn't care about such a thing. Although the government investigated, it was unable to find anything, and the matter was naturally shelved again. At that time, my master had been there himself, and he thought ...... That might have an old legend involved......"

"Legends? What legend? The emperor's curiosity was aroused again, and he said lightly: "I have known it for a long time...... If you come out of that tunnel, nothing good will happen, but I didn't expect you to bring so many stories. Let's take it slowly, is that related to these cases that happened today? ”

"It's not easy to say now, the emperor will listen to me first, and then make a conclusion." Xiao Yifei lowered his head and continued to reply very seriously, "According to my master's recollections, all the skulls were chiseled in the same position at that time, although I can't tell whether they are male or female, but it is certain that those people are only teenagers. Later, my master also read ancient books, and once read in a book that said that if you absorb the essence of young people, you can prolong your life...... Coupled with the fact that the skulls were placed very carefully, my master was sure that it should be related to the mysterious 'immortal' in the legend. ”

"'The Undead'?" The emperor gasped, his eyes widened, "So...... The old book we turned out for an unknown number of years...... Is the above account true? Is there really an immortal in the world? Didn't you say that it might have been made up by literati? ”