Xu Zhi endured the pungent and unpleasant smell, checked the layout of the main hall of the underground palace again, and several mysteries arose in his heart: first, why did the white bones in the coffin sit instead of lying down, he was obviously not the owner of the tomb, who could he be? Second, since there were no treasures in this underground palace, why didn't the thieves leave, what were they looking for? This thing must be more precious than jewelry, so these people would rather die than find it; If the identity of these white bones is only that of thieves, then why do they hold swords in their hands, instead of shovels, shovels and other tools used for digging graves; fourth, there is obviously a fight in this tomb, which means that there must be two groups of people with different identities in these white bones, what are their identities; fifth, how are the dragon and phoenix incense candles used by the court in the tomb, and is this matter related to the imperial court?

Xu Zhi thought to himself: As the so-called geese have left their voices, people have left their names. If you want to know the truth, you still have to look for clues from this pile of bones. Xu Zhi looked at the white bones one by one, and saw that those white bones were all old, and he couldn't identify their identities and causes of death at all. Just as Xu Zhi was discouraged and disappointed, he found that although most of the white bones were in different positions, their faces were facing one direction, that is, the white bones sitting in the coffin in the middle of the mercury pool. Xu Zhi saw that the white bones in the coffin, the sternum and ribs had all been broken, and only a broken hand bone struggled to point to the top of the tomb.

Xu Zhi thought to himself: What is the identity of the remains in this coffin? Is it the leader of this group of thieves? Or is it their opponent? What does the finger of his hand mean?

Just when Xu Zhi was confused, the three girls Zhou, Li, and He were afraid that Xu Zhi would have an accident, so they returned to the main hall of the underground palace, and saw that Xu Zhi was safe and sound, and thought hard about something. The three of them all persuaded: "Brother Xu doesn't have to worry, as the so-called coming day is long, as long as we are dedicated, we will definitely be able to find the mechanism and return to the ground." ”

Xu Zhi stayed by the mercury pool for a longer time, and gradually couldn't support it, so he had to follow Zhou, Li, and He back to the warehouse to rest, and told the three girls what they were confused about.

Li Xiuyun said: "Brother Xu's doubts are reasonable, the output of the royal incense candles on this table is extremely low, and nine out of ten are old things from this dynasty, according to what I have seen, this matter is not far away, and it must involve the palace." We've got to figure out why before we go out!"

He Mengjiao further explained: "The princess is saying that the true identity of these white bones is not a simple thief, it is likely that the palace guards are chasing someone!"

Xu Zhi praised, "What the two of you said is reasonable, but this is also our speculation, and there is no basis!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw Xu Zhi praising Li and He, and interrupted: "Brother Xu, what Little Sister cares about is how to leave this dim underground palace, does this have anything to do with unlocking the identity of this group of white bones?

He Mengjiao said with a smile, "Miss Zhou, you are really sharp-toothed, let's listen to Brother Xu's arrangement for this matter!"

Xu Zhi didn't have an idea, but asked, "What does Yi Yuanzhi mean?"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi finally listened to him, and said with a smile: "We should make two preparations, one is to return from the original way, we must try to get in touch with Brother Hui outside and find the exit together, and the other is that the white bones in the coffin point upward, maybe the new exit is on the top of the tomb, we can take a risk!"

After listening to this, Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Miss He, your martial arts are the best, please go back the way you came, try to contact Senior Brother Hui, and find the exit." Princess Xiuyun's golden branches and jade leaves, together with Yuan Zhi, stayed in the center of the treasury to contact, and I went to the top of the main hall tomb to check again. Miss He, if one of us is successful, we will inform each other, how about it?", He Mengjiao agreed, and turned to leave.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi arranged for her to stay with Li Xiuyun, and she couldn't help anything, so she pouted and said coquettishly: "Yuan Zhi doesn't want to stay in the warehouse, Yuan Zhi is willing to go to the exit with her eldest brother!"

Li Xiuyun also said: "You are all gone, leaving me alone to be afraid, I am also willing to be with the eldest brother and Miss Zhou!"

Xu Zhi didn't know how to comfort Zhou and Li for a while, so he had to tell them not to leave him, and the three of them returned to the main hall of the tomb again. Xu Zhi pointed to the coffin floating in the mercury pool and said, "You see that white bone, his finger bones are a little strange!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said: "Well, his fingers seem to be pointing upward, Brother Xu, we have to try to cross the mercury pool first, enter the coffin, and then see if there is a mechanism on the top of the tomb!"

Xu Zhi saw that the mercury pool was dozens of steps wide, and he was hesitating how to get there. Li Xiuyun said: "Mercury is extremely heavy, even iron and stone can float, Brother Xu, as long as you throw some white bones into the pool, as a stepping on, you will definitely be able to enter the coffin smoothly!"

Xu Zhi followed Li Xiuyun's method, jumped on the coffin in the center of the pool with the kung fu of dragonfly water, laid the white bone remains flat, carefully checked the bottom of the coffin, and saw that there were no relics inside.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw the expression on Xu Zhi's face, knew that he had no gain, pondered for a while, and said with a smile, "This white bone must be a cunning villain, and the direction he points in must be the opposite!"

Xu Zhi also smiled: "Yuan Zhi's analysis makes sense, maybe the secret is below!"

Zhou Yuanzhi quickly shook her head again and said, "If there is a secret under this mercury pool, as the princess said, the mercury is extremely heavy, even the iron and stone cannot sink, let alone a person? This exit must not be below!"

Li Xiuyun thought for a while and said, "As far as I can see, maybe there must be some secret hidden at the bottom of this mercury pool?" Iron and stone cannot be sunk, but gold and platinum can be sunk, maybe there is gold at the bottom of this mercury pool?"

Zhou Yuanzhi worried: "Even if what you said is right, then how did Brother Xu go down to the bottom of the pool?"

Li Xiuyun said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, maybe this pool is not deep, it's just scary!"

Xu Zhi listened to Li Xiuyun's words and immediately understood, he decided to use the Fengming Sword to insert it into the mercury pool and try the depth of the pool. Xu Zhi laboriously inserted the sword into the pool, as Li Xiuyun said, the pool was only two feet deep, and there was indeed something flowing at the bottom of the pool.

Zhou Yuanzhi couldn't help asking, "Princess, how did you know the prophet and be sure that this pool is not deep?"

Li Xiuyun pursed her lips and smiled: "Miss Zhou doesn't know, this mercury is a rare thing in the world, how can it be everywhere like flowing water, you can see it everywhere?"

Xu Zhi put away the Fengming Sword, leaned down, stretched out his right hand, and searched the objects at the bottom of the pool with great effort, only to see that he would touch a few gold ingots for a while, and take out a purple gold incense burner from the bottom of the pool. Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi salvaged all the valuable gold objects, not even a piece of silverware, and smiled at Li Xiuyun: "We finally didn't come in vain this time, and we got so many yellow and white things empty-handed!"

Li Xiuyun replied: "Miss Zhou, your true form has been revealed! It turns out that you are richer than me, who said that this princess was a greedy person?"

Zhou Yuanzhi said with a smile: "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, we risk life and death, and we can't go home empty-handed if we say anything, right?"

Xu Zhi finally hooked a cotton cloth bag full of gold and jade with his fingers, and brought it back to the shore, and the three of them carefully opened the pocket, and saw that there were several pages of torn yellow paper wrapped in layers of oiled paper, which were full of fly-headed small letters. Seeing that there was a harvest, the three did not dare to stay by the mercury pond for a long time, and returned to the treasury one after another. Xu Zhi slowly unfolded the yellow scroll, took out the first volume, and saw that there were only a few words on it, so he read it aloud:

"The ministers have no choice but to strayed into the royal tomb for several years, and please forgive me for the disturbing places. Now the Wu clan steals the country, the chicken Si Chen, the yin and yang are out of harmony, the ministers and others risk their lives to steal the treasures of the palace, and the heroes of the world share the righteousness, wave the division to take Jingluo, and return to the emperor and Tang in the world!

Zhou Yuanzhi sighed: "It turns out that these people are not thieves, but loyal people who are worried about the country and the people, and they have no choice but to enter the royal tomb!"

Li Xiuyun sighed: "These are the old things of the Tianhou Dynasty, when Xu Jingye raised things in Yangzhou, in the name of Kuangfu Datang, but in just a few months it was destroyed, the world has different opinions, and the court is even more classified as a rebellion.

Xu Zhi opened the second volume of letters one after another, and read: "After the ministers entered the royal tomb, they knew that the place had besieged the mausoleum, and the court chasing soldiers was coming soon, and the ministers were bound to die for a lifetime, but the treasures of the court have been stolen out of the palace with great hardships, and they must not be lost, I am the commander of this operation, I should sit in the mausoleum, drag the strong enemy, in case of failure, put down the golden gate, and die with the traitors, and Brother Luo'......s young Fang Gang, it is the time to make great achievements, please sneak out of the mausoleum with half of the treasure, and Shen Dayi is in the world."

Zhou Yuanzhi heard this and said excitedly, "Since the letter asked Brother Luo to sneak out of the royal tomb, this means that there must be a new exit from this mausoleum!"

Li Xiuyun said: "That's not necessarily, according to the situation in the letter, this tomb of the Song King should have been stolen a long time ago, and these loyal people have been operating this empty tomb for several years, but they are just using this tomb as a base to fight against the imperial court, even if there is a new exit, it must be very hidden!"

Xu Zhi opened the third letter, just as Li Xiuyun analyzed: It turned out that this group of loyal and righteous people saw that Songzhou was the east gate of the Central Plains and the hub of east, west, north and south river transportation, and they all thought: If a secret stronghold against the imperial court can be set up in Songzhou, in the future, the righteous army will go north to the Central Plains, and it will definitely help Xu Dashuai to take Songzhou in one fell swoop, and the great event will inevitably succeed. Therefore, this group of righteous people lived in Songzhou.

This group of righteous men once hunted in the suburbs of Songzhou after the rain, and did not catch the prey for a long time, just when everyone was disappointed, they suddenly saw a hare passing by, everyone was excited, and chased the hare relentlessly, and they were about to catch it, and suddenly saw the hare burrowed into a small mound covered with artemisia grass. The crowd surrounded the mound and swore that they would even dig three feet into the ground and catch the rabbit. When they saw that the soil was soft after the rain, they dug deeper and deeper, and found that the ground was empty, and it was an ancient tomb.

Everyone was overjoyed, and they temporarily decided to use this ancient tomb as the contact point for the Songzhou rebels. After everyone entered the ancient tomb, they saw that the ancient tomb had been robbed by thieves twice, and each time the tomb robber would leave a picture to evaluate the fate of the previous tomb robber, and leave another thing as a token of his visit to this tomb for later people to evaluate.

Zhou Yuanzhi smiled: "I didn't expect this group of thieves to be quite interesting, what calligraphy and paintings did they leave behind?"

Xu Zhi slowly opened the three scrolls, and saw that the first picture was of three horses grazing in the same trough, the second picture was of two trees, a dying poplar tree and a leafy plum tree, and the third picture was of a strange cow with ivory, knocking down a pear tree and overturning the bird's nest on the tree, with plum flowers behind it.

Li Xiuyun saw that the third picture was exactly the same as the scene she saw in her dream, and she was secretly taken aback, only to see that the picture was only half a page, but the other half of the page was missing.

Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi saw that these scrolls did not have any handwriting prompts, and it was difficult to guess the identities and fates of these people for a while, but Li Xiuyun stared at the last scroll for a long time and did not come back to his senses.

Zhou Yuanzhi was very disappointed when she saw that there was no exit from the ancient tomb in these calligraphy and paintings, and looked at these calligraphy and paintings several times from beginning to end, but did not find any mystery.

Li Xiuyun saw that the candlelight in the room was a little dim, pulled out the phoenix hairpin on his head, used it to pluck the wick, and accidentally dropped a drop of wax oil on the cloth bag on the table, burning a small hole in the outer layer of cotton cloth. Zhou Yuanzhi saw that the cloth bag seemed to have a sandwich, she took a dagger for self-defense, and carefully cut the cloth bag, and there were indeed a few pieces of silk with words written on it.

Xu Zhi saw that there was an unexpected discovery, and he hurriedly came over to watch, only to see that those silks were written;

If someone can see it, I hope he can escape from the tomb, and then tell future generations about our vigorous deeds:

It turned out that the righteous man who wrote the letter was called Xu Hui, he was Xu Jiye's cousin, the leading brother of the righteous army in Songzhou, he was strong in martial arts, bold and careful, on a full moon night, he broke into the palace alone, and under the noses of thousands of masters, he stole a piece of treasure in the palace, and sneaked out of the palace overnight to return to Songzhou. Xu Hui was afraid that the news would leak out, so he had to lead the Songzhou brothers to live in the ancient tomb, and secretly invited famous craftsmen in the rebel army to set up many traps and traps in the tomb road, preparing to fight the court for a long time.

Soon Xu Jiye failed in Yangzhou, the world rebels had no leader, and the imperial court offered a reward everywhere to catch the rebels, the righteous people in the ancient tomb went out to either be arrested or killed, among them there was a craftsman greedy for wealth, and actually went to the place to the head, and told the government of the traps in the tomb of the Song Dynasty one by one, the local government of Song Zhou saw that the rebel party gathered in the ancient tomb, and the ancient tomb road is complicated, the organs are heavy, do not dare to advocate without authorization, while commanding the local soldiers to besiege the ancient tomb, while fast horses to the imperial court, Wu Zetian was furious, and sent the Shenwu general Li Xiaoyi to lead the palace to the masters, and the local together to encircle and suppress the heroes in the ancient tomb。

Xu Hui knew that the matter was urgent, so he brought in the few righteous people who were left in the ancient tomb, and asked them to leave the ancient tomb quickly while the masters of the imperial court had not yet arrived and the local authorities did not dare to act rashly. One of these righteous men is called Luo Bin Wang, is a young talent, civil and military all-rounder, originally a military advisor in the righteous army, Xu Hui handed over the treasure of the court to Luo Bin Wang, let him take the treasure out of the ancient tomb, gather the world's heroes to start up, and then rectify the mountains and rivers.

Luo Bingwang was unwilling to leave Xu Hui at this time of crisis, but he let Xu Hui leave and cover for himself. King Luo Bin saw that the treasures of the court were just a few pages of yellow scrolls, one painting and one prophecy, secretly penetrating the mysteries, and seeing that there were also ornaments left by the first two tomb robbers on the offering table, he said to Xu Hui: "We might as well paint a few paintings and tell future generations that this ancient tomb has been stolen three times, and these tomb robbers are all people in the officialdom, and they have entered the ancient tomb and disturbed the ghosts and gods, so they must die, and their country will also die!"

The first painting of three horses in the same groove, I want to laugh at Cao Cao traitorous male I, led the captain of the touching gold, the first time he stole the tomb of the Song Dynasty, but he was not proud for a while, but the foundation behind him was taken away by Sima Yi, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao;

Xu Hui asked, "How should we paint this third painting if we want to paint ourselves?"

Luo Bingwang smiled: "Then you don't need me to paint, isn't this treasure of the court the best painting?"

Xu Hui smiled bitterly: "Brother Luo, my brother is stupid and can't understand!"

Luo Bingwang said with a smile: "Brother Xu, you and I are both dying people, and you still have to take care of the fate of the Tang Dynasty?

The two talked and laughed, and when they talked about dawn, they were a little sleepy. At this time, several righteous men came back and said: "There are many more horses outside the ancient tomb, it must be the master of the imperial court who has arrived!"