CHAPTER XLII

In the Qingshan Pavilion, Mu Wei carefully held the hollow metal box in his hand, and observed it carefully.

Although the pattern on it has long been disrupted, there is a certain pattern to follow, as long as the star map is completely moved out according to its rules, the metal box can be unlocked.

Otherwise, it will only break the beads hanging inside, and the venom will not only destroy the hydrangea, but also poison people in a short period of time after touching it.

"First find the Big Dipper, and then according to the angle of rotation to the right, return the twenty-eight stars to the corresponding latitude and longitude." Mu Wei observed for a long time.

After saying that, he searched side by side, and finally found the Big Dipper on the fourth side.

I saw him move the movable metal parts in his hand to a place on the opposite side, and then press them down the groove and fix them.

The 28 nakshatras start from the horns and are arranged from west to east, in the same direction as the sun and moon.

"The East Green Dragon, the South Vermilion Bird, the West White Tiger, the North Xuanwu, and the Four Elephants each have seven stars...... It's easier to follow this way, if you really arrange the 1,440 stars one by one, then what year and month will you get!? Yang Shuocheng said.

Mu Wei was engrossed, ignoring his junior brother's muttering, and after a while, he put together the star representing the Kui Wood Wolf.

On the side, Congsi stared at the movements in the man's hands, looking like he had benefited a lot.

She sighed: "Sure enough, people still have to read more, otherwise, if they want to do something, they can only watch with their eyes, and they can't even think of a way to dream." ”

Hearing this, Yang Shuocheng couldn't help laughing.

"Hahahaha, Master Jingxiao, you are right! No wonder you usually lock yourself up and don't feel bored reading every day! ”

Congsi turned his head to look at him, and his tone was flat: "Don't you think, I'm talking about you?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Shuocheng was stunned: "......"

Behind them, Wang Haiyang and Wan Peng tried their best to bite the corners of their mouths and hold back their laughter.

……

After half a burnt incense, Mu Wei finally returned the twenty-eight stars, and the more than 1,000 star points also moved.

I saw that the last groove was pressed down, and then, a crisp sound sounded.

The metal box has been opened.

Mu Wei carefully took out the hydrangea inside, and then put the metal box back on the bookshelf lattice.

He weighed the hydrangea in his hand and said, "There's something in it." ”

Hearing this, Congsi was a little surprised and took it: "Indeed, it seems that the things put are not light." ”

After a closer look, it was her turn to make a move this time.

I saw her slender fingers untie the delicate and cumbersome hydrangea at a very fast speed, and the long strip of colorful silk obediently hung aside.

Soon, the hydrangea was unraveled, revealing a large cyan jade bead wrapped in white silk cloth.

I saw that the jade bead was warm, delicate, and grease-like, and it was the best Khotanese jade.

On its surface, there are many patterns and words carved, but they are a little small, and the lights are not very bright, so I can't see the origin for a while.

But it's very strange, the whole cyan jade bead is bright and exuding fragrance, not very strong, not very pungent, but it smells a little good.

The silk cloth wrapped in the jade beads was unfolded from the silk, and the words written on it were read meaningfully.

Wang Haiyang leaned his head over: "Master, what is written on this?" How can the subordinates feel that they have never seen these words? ”

"This is the Geyue script, which used to be a more common script in the Dazun Dynasty, and their official script at that time was derived from the Geyue script."

Then, Congsi looked his two subordinates up and down, making them feel a chill on their backs.

Wang Haiyang and Wan Peng were just about to ask, but Congsi preemptively said a word.

"You two, I guess you're thirty, right?"

The two of them were full of doubts: "??? ”

Looking at Congsi's tough look, Wan Peng spoke: "There are nine out of twenty subordinates, and there are still three months to reach thirty." ”

Wang Haiyang: "There are five out of thirty subordinates." ”

Hearing this, Congsi nodded thoughtfully.

Then, she continued, "Do you want to know what is written on this silk cloth? ”

A bad premonition inexplicably rose in the hearts of the two, but they could only nod.

Seeing this, Congsi smiled faintly: "What is written above is some of Li Shijiang's life. ”

He said that his wife, Qingshan, was the daughter of a merchant. After the victory of the war, he returned triumphantly outside the fortress, and when he arrived in the imperial capital, he needed to enter the palace to face the saint. ”

"But just as he rode past a teahouse, he was hit in the head by a hydrangea."

Later, the emperor asked him what reward he wanted, and he asked the emperor to marry Qingshan as his wife.

Wang Haiyang: "......"

Wan Peng: "......"

Congsi smiled and said: "There is a paragraph recording their daily life after marriage, do you still want to hear it?" ”

Hearing this, the two old men who had not yet married shook their heads suddenly.

……

I didn't dare to delay here for a long time, and the cyan jade bead couldn't see any origin, so everyone had to take the jade bead away and leave here.

Almost all the buildings of the undersea palace are connected by large stone bridges.

Everyone walked through Qingshan Pavilion, and before they went far, there was a stone bridge in front of them.

"I think this is a shrunken replica of the regent king's palace in this volcano, right? I felt like I was wandering around someone's house, and I didn't feel like an undersea palace at all. ”

Yang Shuocheng kept complaining.

"The palace under the sea is indeed not worthy of its name." Mu Weidao.

"But do you remember the map that Zhang Xianquan rubbed before? He said it was a map of the palace under the sea. ”

"But the map shows a flat land near the edge of the island, and perhaps, there is indeed an underground palace."

Hearing this, Yang Shuocheng opened his mouth and asked, "Aren't there two undersea palaces!?" ”

From the silk step: "That's a virtual tomb, 'underwater palace'?" Literally deceitful names. ”

Yang Shuocheng suddenly realized: "So the Wang family's fleet can't get a treasure on this trip!?" ”

Nodding from the silk.

Just as everyone had walked far, they heard a "buzzing" sound all around.

"Chief, what kind of voice is this!?" Wang Haiyang was a little flustered.

Congsi's voice was very anxious: "It should be something like flying insects, fast!" Light the torch and run forward! ”

In general, insects are afraid of fire. But now they have limited firepower, and it is estimated that there are a lot of flying insects, so they can only run first as respect.

The people hurriedly lit the torches and began to run.

But after a few steps, the flying insects came completely.

I saw that the group of insects led by me, with a small black body, suddenly flapped their wings and were about to bite everyone.

Seeing this, Cong Si slashed the torch in his hand towards the insect swarm, and immediately burned a lot of insects.

Beside him, the rest of the people also did the same, constantly holding torches to resist the attacks of flying insects.

"There's a big hall ahead, run inside!" Mu Wei's eyes were sharp and he shouted.

While running, everyone fended off the flying insects, which was very laborious.

But unexpectedly, the disaster did not go alone, and the black snakes that were in the water before also climbed up one by one along the stone bridge and rocks.

Fortunately, the reaction was fast, otherwise he would have been hit by the silk.

At this time, everyone must not only escape from flying insects, but also defend against poisonous snakes, which is completely inseparable.

"Master, what should I do!?" Wan Peng's face was stained with the blood of flying insects.

"You and Lao Wang and Yang Gongzi work together to deal with these insects, and Mu Wei and I will kill these snakes first!"

I saw Congsi stuffing the torch in his hand into Wan Peng's hand, and then took out a large number of hidden weapons, poison needles, darts, and sleeve arrows......

She handed some of the hidden weapons to Mu Wei, and then the two of them shot the attacking poisonous snakes one by one.

Fortunately, he has always been familiar with the use of hidden weapons, otherwise, in such a dangerous situation, he would not know how to kill these countless poisonous snakes.

On the side, Mu Wei was also fast and accurate, and where the poisonous needle pierced, a corpse would fall immediately.

"It seems that they will attack only after receiving a certain amount of information."

"However, we didn't make any big moves just now." From the Silk Road.

The vipers were furious, and the letter in their mouths "hissed" and retracted, followed by an even more fierce attack.

The next moment, I don't know what to think, the two had a heart in mind and looked at each other.

"It's a cyan jade bead!"

Just now they could smell the fragrance emanating from the jade bead, but they didn't suspect it much.

Now these poisons should be attracted by that fragrance.

"Where's the silk cloth!?" Mu Wei asked.

"Here!" Pull it out of the bosom of the silk.

Just now, she wanted to put the silk cloth back into the hydrangea in Qingshan Pavilion, but in a flash, she felt that since she was intentionally wrapping the jade bead, it must have its special use.

I didn't think about it, but now it really comes in handy.

The jade beads are pulled out of the silk and quickly wrapped in silk cloth.

After a while, the flying insects, which were still restless, became calmed down at this time, as if they had lost their direction one by two, looking around.

And those angry black snakes are not as fierce as before.

Seeing this, Congsi immediately reacted: "Run to the palace in front!" ”

Hearing this, everyone took torches to open the way and ran quickly to the depths ahead.