Chapter 20 Hanging back to the ladder

After lighting the torch again, everyone raised their heads, an arrow went straight into the dome, everyone sighed for Zhang Xiao's archery was so accurate and powerful, only to see that he was holding a short crossbow in his left hand, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise a little proudly, and a pair of big eyes shining in the firelight glanced at the palm hat. It turned out to be a crossbow, no wonder the strength is so strong, the Beiyi people are good at riding and shooting, and it is indeed worthy of its reputation, but it can be hit by an arrow in the dark, and the arrow ends above the stone, which is not the power of ordinary people. Even the palm of the hand began to be impressed by this little boy Zhang.

Zhangli turned to Wang Shao and only said, "Keep going." There was no compliment, Zhang Xiao was a little disappointed.

There was another dark hole in front of him, and the soldiers took a light with a torch, and found that there were steps, and I don't know who threw an iron bullet into it, and when I heard the sound of the bullet gurgling and hitting the ground, I rolled all the way away, and after waiting for a while, it was no different, and then everyone went down in turn. The steps were not wide, only one person and a half wide, and there was a wall on only one side, and the other side hung in the air like a dark cliff, and he asked everyone to support the wall one by one, and he walked in front with two personal soldiers. After the palm was broken, Zhang Xiao also asked to walk with him at the back.

By the faint light of the torches, everyone vaguely stared at the backs of the people in front of them, groping their way forward. I felt the steps under my feet go up and down, and then turn around. While walking, Zhang Xiao had nothing to say and said to Zhangjiao. One would ask him where he was from, another would ask him if he had been to Da Liang, and another would ask him what he liked. Without paying attention, Zhang Xiao's feet slipped, his body was crooked, and he almost slipped to the left, feeling that his arm was tightly grasped, and his body was immediately brought back and hit a solid chest. Zhang Xiao's character is not high, half a head lower than the palm hat. At this time, Palmita was grabbing his right arm with one hand, close behind him. His heart was hot, and he took advantage of the situation to hold the waist of the palm with his hand. The cold voice of the palm hat sounded: "Concentrate on walking." As he spoke, he broke his other hand open at his waist. Between the touching of hands, the corners of Zhang Xiao's mouth twitched, and he continued to walk forward.

After walking for a long time, the steps under his feet seemed to be endless, and he suddenly heard the voice of the palm from behind: "Are everyone following up?" He called Zhang Xiao in front of him violently, and then asked for a torch, raised his head and shook it, and said loudly: "Stop!" Zhang Xiao also noticed something strange, and asked in a low voice: "Why did they come behind us?" ”

Hearing the sound of the palm hat coming from not far ahead, the palm of the hand was also startled, and responded loudly: "Everyone stop, don't go any further, and raise all the torches." Then he took a few steps forward and came behind the palm: "Young master, why did you run in front of me?" At this time, Wang Shao also squeezed sideways from behind, and said with surprise in his tone: "What's going on?"

Seeing that the fourth mechanism was broken, the uncle's face changed a little, among the five mechanisms, the fourth should be the most difficult to break, in addition to finding that the mechanism will be triggered due to the blocking of light, it is also necessary to see that the ground is made of mercury mixed with luminous powder, if you step on or touch it directly, it will be poisoned. Only when all light is extinguished can we see the mystery. Even if the light is extinguished, you still have to see that the key point of the spiral pattern is in the center. Even if the center is discovered, there must be someone who is good enough in martial arts to hit the center point with one move. This series of designs was easily cracked by these people. Are they stronger than the Seventh Son? and in this way, it will inevitably make everyone look down on their ability to design and mechanics. This made the uncle's face even more unbearable.

Luozi also noticed the change in the sand table, the expression on his face became colder, he turned around and picked up the broken Xia sword on the table, and said to Miko, who was sitting on the floor peeling peanuts, "Let's go!" Before the words fell, the two of them had already arrived in the courtyard. Gully and Mengzi looked at their uncle, and the three of them were silent.

The palm hat raised the torch handed over and carefully illuminated the stone wall on the right, which was not naturally formed, and there were obvious traces of excavation, which was relatively rough. He said, "Let everyone stay put, I'll go and see." Wang Shao said, "I'm with you." "Then I'll go too!" Zhang Xiao also said. "You stay here. Jing Lun and I will go. I don't know if it was unintentional or intentional, this time he actually called Wang Shao's word. Each of them held a torch and turned sideways a little to the people in front of him, carefully watching the stone walls and steps.

After a while, I was back where I was. Wang Shao said: "Count all the way, there are twenty-three steps, but there are high and low, and the corners are everywhere. Nothing out of the ordinary, except for eye-shaped markings painted on the walls at intervals. ”

"Then let's follow the mark. Zhang Xiao said.

"We're just following the markers, or we're coming back here. Wang Shao said.

"Ahh Zhang Xiao said disappointedly.

"And, to make matters worse, we can't find the hole to get down anymore. Wang Shao's words brought everyone new disappointments.

With endless dark cliffs on one side and stairs on the other side that you can't walk out, do you want to be trapped here?

The palm hat motioned for the palm to let everyone rest in place and reassure them not to panic. The barracks had not taught mechanical techniques, so it seemed that they had to wait for the people of the Ministry of Engineering to figure out a way. Wang Shao and Zhao Qi discussed with each other. The two of them used their fingers to draw various possible routes on the wall. Zhang Xiao was already sitting on the steps against the stone wall at this time, taking out a few iron bullets from his pocket and playing boredly in his hands, looking at this side from time to time. I don't know how long it took, the air in the space began to become a little stuffy, and the anxiety in everyone's hearts began to intensify. Suddenly, three crisp "dangdang" sounds sounded, which startled everyone. Then Zhang Xiao said: "I'm sorry, my bullet fell." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The palm glanced at the direction in which Zhang Xiao was sitting.

"Huh?" Then came Zhang Xiao's voice.

Palm Fox asked angrily, "What's the matter?"

"Why did my marbles roll back again?" Zhang Xiao didn't say much, as if talking to himself. Hearing this, he walked in front of Zhang Xiao in a few steps, Zhang Xiao spread out his palm, there were two marbles in his palm, he pointed to his feet and said, "Look, it's back again." "He still has a marble at his feet. "What's going on?"

"Just now, I didn't pay attention, and a marble fell down the steps. He pouted, pointed to the dark side, and said, "But now it's back." ”

The palm hat lowered his body and picked up the marble on the ground to look closely, the surface of the iron marble was plated with silver, and there was nothing abnormal, etc., and he found that the iron marble had a small black spot, as if it had bumped with something. He said to Zhang Xiao: "Show me the rest." Zhang Xiao handed over the two in his hand, and took out a handful of bullets from his body to show the palm hat. Palm Kasa checked it and found that the other marbles had smooth surfaces. He said to Zhang Xiao: "You throw two more and take a look." Zhang Xiao threw two more in the direction just now. There were a few sounds of marbles bumping, and after a while, the two marbles really rolled back slowly. Palm hat picked it up again, and found that black dots had appeared on the marbles again. He immediately called Wang Shao and Zhao Qi over and told them what he had just discovered. Zhao Qi picked up a marble and wiped the black spot with his fingers, and the black spot was wiped out. He and Wang Shao looked at each other for a moment. The palm hat immediately ordered the palm to lead the people to light up the dark place opposite.

The opposite side is not a cliff, there is a wide gap on the left side of the steps, and then there is a wall as black as ink, so when people step on the empty and see the darkness, they will be nervous, they will think that one side is a cliff, and they will choose to walk on the side with a stone wall. The palm of the hand stepped on the steps with one foot, pulled by his own soldiers, leaned out, formed a horse, and stepped on the wall with the other foot. Retracting the body said that it was a stone wall.

"It turns out that the mystery is here. Could this be the legendary "hanging ladder"?

"What is the hanging back ladder?" Zhang Xiao leaned over and asked.

"It is said that it is a flight of steps, and the cycle repeats itself, so that people can't walk out. Zhao Qi said.

"It's fun, and when I get back, I'll play with it in the house. Zhang Xiao said. The palm of his hand gave him another blank look.

"How?" asked eagerly

"I don't know. Because no one has seen it, but it has been recorded in ancient books. Zhao Qi's answer dashed the hope that had just been lit.

"Now that we know the secret of the other wall, I think all that's left is the markings on the wall. I want to go again. Wang Shao said.

Everyone nodded in agreement. This time it was Wang Shao and Zhao Qi who went. After a short time, I saw Wang Shao walking up from behind. He excitedly said, "I've found an exit!" and everyone was shocked when they heard it. He said to the palm, "Let everyone follow me." Palm nodded. So everyone followed Wang Shao and walked forward. Walking to a place marked with an eye, Wang Shao stopped, pointed to the dark place and said to the people behind him, "Close your eyes and go that way." The people behind hesitated and didn't dare to take a step. Wang Shao comforted: "Don't worry. The palm hat squeezed over and stepped forward first. Then I heard his voice: "Everyone listen to the king's house, go this way." Then came Zhao Qi's voice: "Major General, slow down." When everyone heard the voices of the two of them, they were relieved and walked over in turn. There was still a stone staircase, and in this way, we walked three more steps, and at last there were no steps in front of us, and everyone shouted happily, "At last we have come out, and we have been dizzy." ”

At the end of the stairs stood a closed door. The door is inlaid with a bronze logo, two seals with car characters, and a cloud-shaped bracket below. There are two stone beasts in the doorway.

Soul Suppression Beast. And it's two cubs.