Stomping~

Three footsteps fell in a claustrophobic tunnel that had been closed for a hundred years.

The deep stone road buried deep in the ground, the width and height are about two meters, the stone bricks on both sides are built, and the top is arched, and the construction is extremely firm.

Night Terror Hall lifted the palace lamp, carefully looked at the authentic masonry, and gently tapped the ground with the scabbard to determine the solidity and firmness of the bricks.

Dongfang Liren was holding a lamp in his hand, and he was also looking at the details of the entrance to the tunnel, and walked slowly with the Night Terror Hall.

The Queen Mother looked at the deep tunnel of the black hole, and there was a loss of heart, and she followed behind the buttocks of the person, but as soon as she walked out of the middle of the house, a figure fell again at the entrance, and called:

"The Queen Mother."

Night Terror Hall looked back, but saw that the person who came was a middle-aged palace maid with an official knife hanging from her waist, and when she first entered the palace, she saw Yang Lan, the little leader of the imperial city secret guard, who was responsible for the safety of the queen mother's bedroom, and it was because of this that he was not good at going to the ginkgo tree to dig up the treasure left by his father-in-law.

The Queen Mother was quite nervous, but when she looked back and saw that she was running with a fart, she was a little stupid:

"This place hasn't been opened for two hundred years, and there won't be an accident, you're in front of you, the palace is not nervous at all, go outside and wait, if something really happens, come and save the palace."

Yang Lan checked the situation of the entrance to the tunnel, and it could be seen that it was built as an escape route, and it was difficult to hide the mechanism in the way of building the wall and the cap, which looked quite safe.

But the place is safe, people are not necessarily, the night terror hall is a man, and it is also powerful, let King Jing and the Queen Mother run around, in case the night terror beast is big and small, the Queen Mother held the "Secret History of Cleopatra" that she watched for half a night last night, I am afraid that it will come true.

Yang Lan knew that the Queen Mother was bored in the palace, and wanted to find some excitement, but she didn't force her to spoil the fun, but just said:

"The lowly post is waiting in the back, and the situation will come immediately."

The Queen Mother raised her hand to signal, and then pinched the sleeve of Dongfang Liren, and followed him to the dark tunnel.

Because the tunnel has to bypass the lakeside and other environments, it is not a straight line, and in some places it will go down a few feet, and then rise, and it seems to be jumping over the foundation of the palace.

The Night Terror Hall carried a small palace lamp, slowly walked on the floor tiles, step by step, checking the solidity of the walls on the ground.

Dongfang was twenty paces away, probably infected by the cautious appearance of the Night Terror, and he was also carefully examining the subtle marks on the wall.

And the round and jade Queen Mother, may be the first time since entering the palace to play this kind of secret realm adventure, her cheeks are nervous, her big eyes look left and right, and sometimes she looks back at the smaller and smaller light at the entrance, and finds that Yang Lan is hanging behind like a ghost shadow, and waves her hand.

Because they were too cautious, the speed of the three people was like a turtle crawling, and in a quarter of an hour, they had only walked a distance of less than three hundred steps.

Dongfang Liren carefully checked for most of the day, but he really didn't feel the special nature of this place, and said:

"The amount of work in this tunnel is too large, and it is too extravagant for private meetings, and it is estimated that it is a retreat built by the emperor of a certain dynasty."

The Empress Dowager retorted: "The retreat of the emperor's repair, the entrance should be placed in the Chen'an Palace. The Empress Dowager Xuanyang has listened to the government for seven or eight years, and the palace estimates that this tunnel is the Empress Dowager Xuanyang is afraid that the courtiers will force the palace, and secretly let people build it to escape from the capital if necessary; Usually when I'm idle, I will also send some noodles from here to the palace to be lucky......"

Night Terror responded: "The Queen Mother's guess is very likely, and the private meeting should only be incidental, mainly used to escape from the war." ”

The Queen Mother received the praise, smiled crooked her eyebrows, and said again:

"Look at the queen mother, how leisurely she is, the court covers the sky with one hand, and she can also summon beautiful men into the palace at any time to be happy...... Woo~"

The words came to an abrupt end.

Night Terror Hall looked back, but saw that he was stupid and rebellious, and he actually covered the mouth of the Queen Mother with his hand, and when he saw him turn around, he gave him a murderous look:

"You explore the way, this king and the queen mother are talking, what are you interjecting?"

Night Terror Hall shook his head secretly, honestly explored the way ahead, and stopped interjecting between the two.

The Queen Mother was covered in front of the guards, obviously feeling that she had lost her Fengyi, and raised her hand and patted her shoulder on the shoulder:

Bengong just sighed, and didn't say that he had to learn and behave. This palace doesn't talk about saving faces, and if you want to go out of the palace to have a heart, you will push three or four things, that is, this palace is reasonable, and I don't mess with you, I really want to do nonsense, do you think you can control this palace? ”

Dongfang Liren did not refute this, after all, the Queen Mother is not a vase, behind her stands the Jiangzhou Navy Master and the Southeast Meritorious Group, although there is no harem to interfere in politics, but there are indeed conditions for abolishing the Son of Heaven.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was unhappy, Dongfang Liren comforted her softly:

"Knowing that the Queen Mother is sensible, I am not pushing back, but the undercurrent is surging outside, the risk is too great, and I have to be careful when I go out by myself......"

The Queen Mother was about to be sullen and "hum~", but she saw the night terror hall in front of her, and when she walked to a corner, her figure paused slightly, and then she took half a step back sharply and held the handle of the knife.

Whoop -

There was a deep and dead silence in the tunnel, and the movement sounded loud.

The Queen Mother was a little nervous, so she didn't have anything to say, and when she saw this ghost-like reaction, she shrank in fright, and her breath froze.

Dongfang's courage depends on how many guards there are around, seeing that the night terror hall reacted so much, he was naturally nervous, and he didn't know what was behind the corner, so he asked worriedly:

"What's wrong?"

"Squeak squeak~"

As soon as the words came out, a strange cry sounded around the corner, and then a black shadow came out of the corner and rushed towards the two of them, only a pair of small green eyes could be seen.

"Ah——!h

Two exclamations.

The Queen Mother's face was pale, and she hurriedly hugged Dongfang Liren's arm.

Dongfang was caught off guard, and he was also shocked, lost the lantern in his hand, and pulled the Queen Mother to the side to dodge.

"Squeak squeak~~"

With a strange cry, the black shadow was already in front of him in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, the personal guard in front was not a dead man, and the light flashed closer, stepping on the black shadow.

Trample~

The shadow suddenly stopped.

But before the two royal ladies could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw the black shadow clearly by the light of the lights - a big black mouse with fluffy hair, after being stepped on its tail, bared its teeth at them, rolled and writhed and struggled in place, close to their feet!!

Seeing such a terrifying scene, the Queen Mother's face turned white with fright, and she jumped directly to the Night Terror Hall, hugged her arm, and patted her shoulder with her hand:

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Dongfang was a little more stable from the people, but he was also a little out of proportion by this sudden big mouse, and flashed behind the night terror hall to urge:

"Get rid of ......"

Night Terror Hall found that the pale Queen Mother was holding his arm, and wanted to drill into his arms, so she hurriedly comforted:

"Don't panic, don't panic, it's just a mouse."

Because he was afraid of getting his shoes dirty, he didn't step on the rat, but just kicked it forward and kicked the rat out.

"Squeak Squeak......"

The big rat who got out suddenly ran into the depths of the tunnel of the black hole, and as a result, there was a sound of 'bang~', and it seemed that someone had kicked it against the wall, and there was no movement immediately.

The Queen Mother had palpitations, and her arm in her arms flicked before she reacted and quickly let go:

"I'm scared to death of this palace, this place has been sealed for two hundred years, how can there be rats......"

As he spoke, he glanced at the Night Terror Hall, and found that the Night Terror Hall was upright and checked the surroundings, and didn't seem to pay attention to her misdemeanor, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Dongfang Liren hid behind the night terror, and at this time the crisis was lifted, he probably felt that the reaction was a loss of princely bearing, and he stood up straight again, making a calm and unhurried look, and looked up as if nothing happened:

"There must be vents in the tunnels, and it's not uncommon for rats to come in."

Night Terror Hall is indescribable in his heart, he feels that he is not checking the tunnel now, but is playing a haunted house with two cowardly beauties of the country and Tianxiang, a mouse is like this, what will happen if he continues to walk, he doesn't dare to think.

Night Terror picked up the fallen lantern from the ground and persuaded:

"Why don't you go back, I'll go in and check, there are rats in here, if the Queen Mother is frightened......"

And the secret guard Yang Lan also came out from the rear and persuaded:

"Queen Mother, this place is not clean, your golden body ......"

The Queen Mother patted her chest, and she was still frightened, but when she heard that she was leaving, she was a little unhappy.

In the past, I held back in the palace for ten years, and my daily life was a pool of stagnant water, and it was not easy to encounter a little turmoil; It's like such an exciting adventure, I haven't experienced it since I was a child, and now who will accompany her next time I go back?

The Queen Mother looked at the deep corner, and pretended to be calm:

"It's okay, let's keep walking, Bengong wasn't mentally prepared just now, be careful this time. Yang Lan, you stay away, there is nothing in the tunnel, you are hanging behind your back, the palace always feels cold in the back, and there is something staring at the palace. ”

Seeing this, Yang Lan was helpless, so he had to retreat into the shadows and continue to accompany the Queen Mother.

Dongfang Liren felt that his reaction just now was a bit embarrassing, and he ordered solemnly:

"Night Terror, you go ahead to explore the way, be steady, don't be suspicious, it's just a mouse, this king thinks you have met a ghost, so this king is also startled......"

Night Terror didn't expect that there were living creatures in the tunnel, and the reaction was indeed a bit big, and the stupid put the responsibility on his head, so he naturally didn't say anything, and continued to explore the way with the lantern.

The next journey was much more peaceful, and although I encountered a few more mice, I was mentally prepared and was not surprised again.

The Queen Mother and Dongfang walked together, occasionally saying a few words, behaving cautiously, and looking very devoted.

A few people walked along the tunnel, bending left and right for a long time, and felt that they had left the palace.

And this tunnel, as a few people expected, is not just as simple as a private meeting, and after turning a corner, an underground room appears.

The room was about four feet square, and there was some furniture in it, but it was too old to be half corrupted, and there were storage compartments on the walls, and there was even a small well in the corner.

The Night Terror Hall carried a lantern and carefully examined it in the stone room:

"This should be a transit place, there is a big chaos in the capital and you can't get out of the city, you can stay here for a while, wait until the limelight passes before leaving......"

Dongfang Liren came to the storage compartment carved in the wall and stood with his hands in his hands, nodding slightly:

"It was really well prepared, but it didn't seem to work in the end. According to the records, the Empress Dowager Xuanyang committed suicide by poisoning after losing power......"

The Queen Mother carefully read the secret history of Cleopatra yesterday, thought about it and said:

"The mausoleum was built by the Empress Dowager Xuanyang, and it is not difficult to dig such a tunnel secretly, and it is not difficult to do anything in the mausoleum......

While speaking, the Queen Mother came to the porch and remembered to touch a stone pillar at the door.

Seeing this, Night Terror hurriedly came to him and raised his hand to stop:

"This is the sealing stone to block the pursuers, and it will be sealed when the door is opened, the Queen Mother beware."

The Queen Mother put her hand away, looked back and forth, and looked at the exit at the other end:

"Shall we go inside?"

The Night Terror Hall must have to find an exit to the tunnel, but just in case, a stone pier used as a stool was moved over in the stone room, and placed under the sealing stone to resist it, and then carried the palace lamp to the depths......