Chapter XXII

Soon, the cave was lit up again, and it was quiet, and no one spoke.

Aris looked through the gap in the stone statue, and there were two children, a boy and a girl, about six or seven years old, dressed in white, carrying a basket. The two little boys took out a head of a sheep and a head of an ox in the basket, like the head of a lamb and a calf, which were not large. It was placed on the stone altar, and then he began to recite the words, kneeling and worshipping. About half an hour later, the two little boys collected the sheep's head and the cow's head, turned off the lights and quietly walked out.

After another moment, Aris and Shuanghu looked at each other, and their hearts were relieved, and they did not linger any longer, and walked out in the dark.

"What did those two boys read?" Gerry asked.

Shuanghu shook his head and replied, "It's too far away to hear clearly." ”

Gerry nodded, lost in thought, and didn't speak again.

"Since you can dig from the north to the south, this cave must be huge." Aris said.

Shuanghu responded: "Yes, and this person's intentions are huge, and the implication behind it must be complicated, this matter is not easy to handle." ”

Gerry rubbed the herbs on the table, and suddenly looked up: "I found out what the totem means"

The two of them tightened their faces and asked in unison, "What do you mean?" ”

"The Living Die"

The three of them frowned, and the atmosphere fell into silence again, and the wind passing outside the account could be heard clearly.

"I'll look into this," Gerry looked at the two of them with a serious expression, "I have another very important matter, you two must be"

Aris glanced at each other and sat upright.

"I ordered the two of you to go to Weng Chengguan secretly, lead the troops from the southeast to Pingchuan, and order the Northern Plains Army to be banned, and listen to my dispatch"

The two of them were shaken in place, and for a moment they couldn't tell whose expressions were more surprised.

Gerry took out the tiger talisman and placed it on the table and pushed it in front of them.

"Bronze Tiger Talisman!?" Aris blurted out, looking up at Gerry in a daze.

Gerry looked at them and didn't answer, but said, "The stakes are very high, I hope it will live up to the trust!" ”

Shuanghu Aris took the tiger talisman, knelt on the ground, and said in unison: "I will live up to the king's trust!" ”

I have to admit that some people are born kings. And when you choose to follow him, the stirring and surging in your heart will grow in tens of thousands. Turning his head to look at Aris's dark and shiny eyes in the night, he knew that this kid thought the same as himself.

This bronze tiger talisman is the only token that can mobilize the Forbidden Northern Plains Army, and how Gerry got it has to be traced back to when he first became the king of the Southern Tart.

Just took over, lived in Bayani Palace, handed over the expenses in the palace, found the hidden in the palace - Biyuan, and had some worries in his heart, so he went to visit.

"If it's really as I thought, this Biyuan is really my aunt," Gerry raised his tone, but his expression remained unchanged.

Wei Shu ignored him and continued to play with the swing, singing and dancing, like a madman.

Gerry looked around and found a chair to move next to Wei Shu, sat down, quietly looked at the crazy Wei Shu, and said: "The old king has already died, you don't have to pretend to be crazy and stupid, you have already been buried, and I won't pull you to accompany the funeral." ”

Seeing that she still didn't react, she continued: "You disrupt the regime and seek the throne wantonly, the old king is definitely not a person who misses the old love, since he left you alive, you must still have what he needs." ”

After a pause, Wei Shu still ignored it, but the singing voice was smaller, the corners of Gerry's mouth hooked, and he said slowly: "Forbidden Northern Plains Army"

Sure enough, Wei Shu stopped dancing, sat on the swing with a smile, and didn't speak.

"The command of the forbidden Northern Plains Army is in your hands, but the old king doesn't have what you want." Gerry smiled, "Or let's put it this way, you can't give it to the old king you want, so you pretend to be crazy and stupid just because you don't want the old king to get an order, if he gets what he wants, you won't live long." ”

It was quiet for a while, and Gerry was not in a hurry, looking at Wei Shu quietly. Only those with fewer chips in the game will be in a hurry, and successful hunters will always be the most patient.

Halfway, Wei Shucai said slowly: "You said it very well."

"Thank you, aunt, for the compliment," Gerry said obediently.

Wei Shu smiled and said, "When you were ten years old, you killed a she-wolf, and I always remember your eyes when you walked to the high platform with a she-wolf covered in blood. The black hole is full of ambition and pride, and you were too young to know how to restrain your edge. I've suffered a lot for this."

Geri's complexion has not changed, but his tone is not good: "Thanks to my aunt's care, it will be successful"

Wei Shu laughed, "You can't blame me, I'm just a knife on Lao Wang." He is the one who is afraid of you, and he is the one who wants to get rid of you! ”

Gerry's hand tapped rhythmically again, but he didn't speak.

Wei Shu leaned back in the chair, swinged, and breathed a long sigh of relief, as if recalling the past: "No wonder I remember, your eyes at that time were exactly the same as when I was young." But how could the fate be so different? Is it just because I'm a daughter? ”

didn't care if Gerry didn't answer, and said to himself: "I fell in love with someone, but he lost me, and you won't understand the feeling of gaining and losing." I only hate him! I'm trapped in the deep palace now, and I can't get up anymore, and I can't hold the right anymore. I want only two lives! Dog Emperor Wei Chang, Beijing Rite Department Squire Li Shi! You can bring me and present the bronze tiger talisman with both hands! ”

"If I can take the life of the Emperor of the Central Plains, it is useless to ask you for the Tiger Talisman. This deal..."Gerry shook his head: "Lost"

Wei Shu's expression was a little hideous: "Then what do you want!" I only want the lives of the two of them, why not! ”

"There's nothing you can't do, it's just that you don't want to see with your own eyes how I killed me?" Gerry whispered.

A trace of confusion flashed in Wei Shu's eyes, and it turned into madness in an instant: "I want to!" I dreamed of it! ”

"That's right, give me the Tiger Talisman, I'll let you see it with your own eyes" Gerry stared into her eyes: "Didn't you say that I was like you, don't believe me..."

After Gerry finished speaking, he sat back calmly, as if it was not him who was coerced and seduced just now: "I'll give you time to think about it, but I can't think of a better choice than this."

stood up, tilted his head and smiled, "What do you say?" Auntie"

After speaking, he didn't look at her expression again, and walked straight out, with the victory in his hands.

Later, Gerry deliberately sent someone to reveal the battle report of the defeat of the Central Plains and the initiative to negotiate peace to Wei Shu. Wei Shu took the initiative to ask to see Gerry, and presented the bronze tiger talisman with both hands.

"Trust me so much? Take me to Mount Kinabalu too," Chongyu teased as he looked at the majestic snow-capped mountains.

Gerry found Chongyu the next day, Nan Tart has not been good at the art of Qimen Dunjia since ancient times, and the cave that was dug up at the bottom of the sacred mountain hides a hidden mechanism, and it is inseparable from the Central Plains. You have to find someone who can understand it to see the true face of the sacred mountain, and naturally you will find Chongyu.

"Strange face and heavy feathers. This is also your southern tart, you don't want to save it? Gerry walked briskly ahead.

Chongyu hurriedly followed, "You know, why are you walking so fast?" ”

Seeing that there was no one around the cave, he didn't delay and hurriedly walked in.

Arriving at the first cave they had said, Gerry looked around, and as they had said, a stone slab rose up, and the two walked down the corridor to the second cave, which smelled of blood.

"It looks like there's going to be a priesthood here every few days," Chongyu whispered, touching a handful of blood on the stone altar.

Gerry looked around and replied, "When they came yesterday, they saw a priesthood, a pair of virgins and a girl, one with the head of a sheep and the head of a cow. ”

Chongyu nodded, then looked to the side again, "This stone statue?" ”

"The four divine beasts of the southern tart, the northern wolf and the southern bear, the western deer and the eastern eagle," Gerry replied.

"But now it's not in the right direction"

"Hmm"

Gerry looked at the stone wall and asked, "Does this mural mean anything?" ”

Chongyu walked over and looked at it carefully: "Let me think about it..."

"You told me that the totem means that the living die, that is, the meaning of seeking eternal life. The first cave has a vertical totem on the stone pillars, and the direction is from west to east. In this second stone cave, the divine beasts of the four directions are the same as the stone pillars, and they are out of direction from west to east..."

After a moment of silence, Gerry continued: "The natural order is from east to west, and the order of this cave is just the opposite, doesn't that mean that it violates the ethics of the Gang and seeks immortality?" ”

"That's right! And the portrait on this stone wall, with a head and no tail, and a tail without a head, conforms to this meaning. Chongyu replied.

Gerry nodded: "The sacrifice of cows and sheep is the meaning of praying for new life." ”

Chongyu looked around again, "Then we need to find out where the mechanism is, and see what the next cave is." ”

Gerry answered, began to see if the wall could move, and pressed the portrait on the stone wall, but it was useless and looked at the stone altar behind him.

"Is this statue moving?"

Gerry followed the sound and looked at the stone statue.

When I walked over, I saw that the head of the stone statue had traces of rubbing, "The head of this stone statue should be able to move, is it all four, or only one, is there any trick?" ”

Chongyu thought for a while and said: "The Central Plains emphasizes the gossip of the five elements, and the changes of the four seasons are for the five elements. The current position of these four divine beasts is the fire, earth, metal, and water in the five elements, and this is the stone altar due north, corresponding to the wood. In the four seasons, the fire corresponds to the summer time, the earth corresponds to the four seasons, and the four seasons are prosperous, the gold corresponds to the autumn time, and the water corresponds to the winter time. As long as we put the heads of these four divine beasts in the corresponding position at the right hour, we should be able to break the level. ”

"Good!" Gerry jumped up, "The wolf is the fire, the right time!" ”

Chongyu ran to the next one, climbed the wall, and crossed the stone statue, "The bear is golden, and the time is right!" ”

"Deer for water, when the pair is right!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone wall with the mural opened heavily, with a damp astringency.

The two smiled at each other and walked towards the darkness.

"There is still such a god in Nan Tart, and the mechanism is very ingeniously designed." Chongyu sighed as he walked.

Gerry shook his head, "And it's powerful, and it's possible to make something like this under the nose of the previous king." ”

"How can you be sure it wasn't built by the previous king?"

"He's all dead, what do you want this cave to ask for immortality," he paused and said, "Besides, he himself is very afraid of the sacred mountain, and he will never come here except for sacrifices." ”

Chongyu was a little puzzled: "This is strange, no matter how sacred it is, it's just a mountain, why be afraid of this, unless..."

"Unless he knows anything," Gerry continued.

The place where they walked was like a bridge two or three meters wide, with water on both sides, reflecting the light. I can't look too far with the fire fold. Chongyu knew that Gerry couldn't see his expression, but he smiled in his direction anyway.