Chapter 457: What's the Secret?
She said and hid her face and cried bitterly, "For so many years, I have been as crazy as if I was lowered by him!" How could I be? β
Su Li listened to it thrillingly, and some fragmentary pictures flashed in her mind, and she always felt that what happened to the queen was similar to some of the events in her memory.
It's just that it's been so long ago that I can't even remember what it is.
While he was meditating, Xiao Rin beside him blurted out: "Alchemy!" β
Su Li was stunned: "This is alchemy?" β
"You've heard of it too?" Xiao Rin turned his head to look at her.
Su Li nodded: "When I was in the Evil Spirit Realm, I heard people talk about this technique, but we don't call it alchemy, it's called soul alchemy!" There is no one in the Evil Spirit Realm, only souls! They will detain some souls that they find useful, and then completely cut off the back path of those souls, temper them with various cruel methods, and when they are in pain, they will give them benefits to retract, beat a stick, give a sweet date, and after a few times, these souls will be completely desperate, and finally they will become all-encompassing soul beasts! Once these soul beasts are tamed, they will regard those evil spirits as their masters, and unless their souls are scattered, they will be controlled by the people who temper them for the rest of their lives! β
"The same is true of alchemy!" Xiao Rin replied, "It's just that compared to the soul alchemy you said, this kind of human magic is more cruel and terrifying!" They use all kinds of vinegar torture to destroy people's muscles and bones first, and then humiliate people's self-esteem, and under extreme torture and pain, unless the will is particularly tough, ordinary people can't bear it at all! Mo said that the queen mother was still a fifteen-year-old girl at the time, and even if she was a guard I trained, she might not be able to withstand such years of torture......"
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the Queen.
The queen seemed to be brought back to that long memory at this time, and the whole person began to shrink and tremble again, like a small grass in the wind, which could bend at any time.
But she kept clenching her teeth and trying to support herself.
Although I was scared, I tried my best to fight against the terrible memories in my heart.
"Queen Mother......" Xiao Rin stepped forward and held her hand.
The moment her hand was held, the queen immediately stood firm.
"Rin'er, the queen mother is fine......" she said astringently, her voice tense, but word by word, "Now that I wake up, I won't be stupid again!" It's just that...... The stupidity I made before ended up ...... Irreparable...... I ......"
Xiao Rin shook his head slowly: "Queen Mother, there is no need to talk about the past!" β
"The culprit is Xiao Hao!" Su Li said, "Niangniang, although you did something wrong, you didn't really cause any big disaster!" Furthermore, you are also a victim......"
Her eyes fell on the lantern, and her heart trembled.
can make such a big lantern, the queen, I don't know how miserable it will be!
Xiao Rin saw what she was thinking, and her heart became more and more uncomfortable.
"No wonder for so many years, the queen mother has never refused to let the palace people serve you to take a bath, you are afraid that it is ......"
He closed his eyes, unable to bear to say more.
"It's all old wounds, and they don't hurt anymore!" The queen shook her head, "Let's stop talking, I'll take you to the basement!" β
"The dungeon?" Xiao Rin was stunned, "Is it here?" β
The queen nodded vigorously: "I also accidentally found here, once I came to look for the thief, I saw them here from afar, who thought of entering the living room, but they suddenly disappeared, I felt strange, so I looked around, and then I heard movement behind the bookshelf, like the sound of opening the door, I looked at it, and saw the wall behind the bookshelf, suddenly opened a door, the two flashed into it, and the door closed automatically!" β
He pointed to the bookshelf in the distance, "There it is!" I'll take you there! β
Xiao Rin and Su Li glanced at each other and followed behind her.
When the queen arrived at the bookshelf, she found the switch hidden on the wall, which was a painting, which depicted a tiger descending the mountain, but there was a secret hidden on the tiger's head, and the forehead of the king's character pattern was where the mechanism was located.
The queen stretched out her hand and twisted it twice, and the wall, which had been tightly sealed, suddenly flashed open, revealing a swarthy hole.
The entrance to the cave is not large, only allowing two people to enter side by side, and the walls of the cave extend downward, so that nothing can be seen clearly.
Xiao Rin picked up the candlestick on the table and shone it down, and in the dim firelight, the staircase leading to the basement was dark and narrow.
"Has the Queen Mother ever been there?" Xiao Rin asked.
"Been in!" The queen nodded, "I just got married to that thief at that time, and he used that kind of trick to make his eyes and hearts full of him, and when I saw him with Xie Rou, I was jealous......"
"At that time, Xie Rou entered the palace?" Xiao Rin asked.
"They knew each other before I even married him!" The queen returned.
"In that case, why do you still want to cling to it through the Xie family's relationship?" Xiao Rin was puzzled.
"I don't know much about this...... the queen shook her head, "Maybe it's because Xie Rou's origin is unknown, and she needs a suitable identity!" β
"What does it mean that the origin is unknown?" Su Li asked, "Didn't you say that it was the daughter of a distant relative?" β
"That's right, but I don't think the relationship between them is like a father and daughter!" The queen recalled, "That clan member was very respectful to Xie Rou! Historically, only daughters have respected their fathers, so how can any father respect his daughters? Moreover, Xie Rou is not like a woman from a poor countryside! She knows a lot and feels like she knows everything! That thief and her are the real smelly ones! β
"Do they know you've been in?" Xiao Rin asked.
"Of course I do!" The queen smiled bitterly, "How can such a stupid person as me, acting under their noses, hide from them? On the day I found this basement, I followed in, and I was very angry at that time, thinking that the thief had come to such a secret place with Xie Rou from me, and that she must have regarded her more than me! I was not convinced, so I followed, and they soon found out! β
"What were they doing?" Su Li asked curiously, and slowly walked down behind Xiao Rin.
"I don't know what to say...... "the queen pondered the words, "they seem to be ...... Method? The basement was full of colorful charms, and there were some papier-mΓ’chΓ© villains or something, piled up in a mess, and I don't know what the hell was going on! Anyway, you'll find out when you go in later! β
"Did they beat you when they found you?" Xiao Jun suddenly asked.
"This, of course, is inevitable......" the queen grinned, "I was beaten and scolded by them, it was commonplace, I had experienced torture, those beatings were nothing at all!" It's nothing more than whipping moss and pinching the mouth, and it doesn't hurt at all! β
Xiao Rin choked when he heard this, his eyes were blazing with anger, and Su Li also sighed silently.
Before she saw what the queen did, she only felt that this person was no different from an idiot, she could be so stupid and confused like this, and she could probably only be found in the whole world!
But now that I learned what happened to her, my heart was sour.
She thought that she was so ravaged by the Jiang family, it was already miserable.
I didn't expect the queen to be worse than her!
It's better to have your blood drawn every day than to be tortured every day!
Moreover, although she was tortured, Jiang Qingge never gave her in, and her soul was always free and sober.
The queen has been controlled by them for so many years, driven by them like a dog, which is the most unacceptable.
Both of them felt uncomfortable and were silent for a while.
The queen noticed that the two were depressed, and knew that she was sorry for her, so she hurriedly comforted: "I don't lie to you!" It really doesn't hurt! Moreover, it's been so long, and the injury has long been healed! I don't feel anything anymore! β
Perhaps in order to reassure the two, she also deliberately told the details, "At that time, they tore out my arm and dislocated it, but they quickly picked it up for me, and now I can move freely!" Not affected at all! β
As he spoke, he shook his arm and shook it.
The moment he raised his hand, the sleeves of his wide robe fluttered up, and a thin pale arm loomed in the candlelight.
Su Li always felt that the skin there was black and white, and she suspected that the lights were flickering, but Xiao Rin beside her stretched out her hand and grabbed the queen's wrist.
With this grasp, the scar on the arm is nowhere to be hidden.
Su Li only glanced at it, and then couldn't bear to twist his head.
The whole arm didn't have a piece of good meat, and there were scars and knots everywhere, like several big centipedes lying on it, which was terrifying!
Although I know what alchemy is all about, imagining it and actually seeing it, the feeling is completely different.
Su Li just saw this arm, and he already felt suffocated, and Xiao Rin beside him, the whole person was trembling slightly.
"It's all right!" The queen hurriedly withdrew her hand, and changed the topic with a forced smile, "You guys go quickly!" This basement is extremely secretive, and after I found out, they all tried to kill me! After discussing it for a while, I was sure that I didn't dare to say it to outsiders before sparing me! Later, I found out that they would enter this knife room every now and then, and of course I didn't dare to follow them anymore, so I only looked at them outside! They are so careful, there must be something unsightly hidden in them! If you see, there may be a way to deal with them! β
She led the way, and after going down thirty or forty steps, she finally reached the basement.
As soon as he entered, Su Li smelled an indescribable breath, which was very similar to Jiang Qingge's dark room.
Xiao Rin raised the wind lamp in his hand and looked at the dark room.
The darkroom is not very large, about the size of two ordinary rooms.
As the queen said, the most here are all kinds of bells and whistles, almost all over the basement, on the walls, on the roof, and even on the ground.
Judging from Su Li's experience, with so many spells, nine times out of ten he wants to suppress something.
But strangely, although there are many charms in this room, they are scattered.
She looked at Xiao Rin for a long time, but she didn't find out what the use of this charm was, so she had to study the ornaments in this basement again.
Because only one candlestick was illuminated, and the light in the basement was dim, neither of them could see what these ornaments were at first, and they were half round, like a bowl that was not so regular, with strange fancy patterns painted on it, and the patterns on the evil lantern outside were a fight, all of which were extremely gaudy and ugly, and at a glance they knew that it was the handiwork of Emperor Xiao.
Su Li was about to throw it away, when something suddenly fell behind him and rolled in front of her.
She hurriedly leaned over to take a look, and this look, she couldn't help but be creepy!