Chapter 82: The Underground Labyrinth

Xu Zhi pulled Zhou Yuanzhi out of the grass and stopped him in a loud voice: "Deceive the gods and ghosts, the heavens and the earth are not blessed, the heavens and the sea are hidden, and the country is not long, you have alarmed the ancient sages who have been sleeping underground for thousands of years, aren't you afraid of retribution?

Seeing Xu Zhi suddenly appear, Hui Feng took action to stop him, rejoiced in his heart, and nodded to Xu and Zhou with a smile.

He Mengjiao was very excited when she heard Xu Zhi's voice, and almost screamed, but then she saw Zhou Yuanzhi beside Xu Zhi, who was beautiful and moving, and immediately felt very melancholy.

Li Xiuyun was very unhappy when she saw that Xu Zhi didn't ask anything about it and came forward to stop her grave digging plan, especially when she saw Zhou Yuanzhi, who was gentle and moving next to Xu Zhi, she was even more furious, and sneered: "Xu Zhi, it's not your turn to point fingers at the affairs of this princess and the court, this princess still advises you and the little beauties around you to leave early, this is not a place for you to fall in love!"

It was the first time that Hongye saw Li Xiuyun angry, and reminded: "Princess, don't move your liver fire, one Xu Zhi can't stop us from digging the ancient tomb!"

Only then did Li Xiuyun notice the gaffe just now, and asked rhetorically: "Xu Zhi, you don't have to pretend to be a ghost." Let me ask you: If the imperial court does not dig up tombs, how can it lead troops to fight? Instead of freezing to death and starving to death, why don't the people take some burial to spend their days? This princess plans for the common people in the world, how can she be bewitched by you?"

Xu Zhi refuted: "The imperial court does not want to save the people in the world, causing frequent wars in the world, displacing the people, and barren land. The tomb of the king of the Song Dynasty has lasted for thousands of years, and the successive dynasties have not been alarmed, and the local people are also worshiped as gods, how can the imperial court be insatiable, levy taxes on heaven and earth, take money and grain from ghosts and gods, if the sky is angry and ghosts are rampant, then the country is in danger, what is the difference between this and drinking water to quench thirst?"

Hui Feng couldn't help but praise: "Brother Xu said well, the younger brother doesn't approve of excavating ancient tombs, deceiving the heavens and the earth and deceiving ghosts and gods, what is the difference between taking ill-gotten gains and robbers?"

Qin Zongquan and Ou Yangguang couldn't think of a reason to refute Xu Zhi for a while, and they both turned their eyes to Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen sneered: "Xu Zhi, you keep saying that you save the people from fire and water, and now the people of Songzhou are hungry and cold, and they urgently need relief money and food to survive." Now the people of Songzhou have agreed to dig up ancient tombs and bring them to accompany the burial to survive the famine! Isn't it contradictory that you are using the absurd theory of ghosts and gods to stop you?"

Xu Zhi was about to refute, but Zhou Yuanzhi replied: "Brother Xu's righteousness is thin and cloudy, for the country and the people, how can his mind be compared to that of a person who is greedy for money." Songzhou is located in the middle of the world, Heluo hub, containing the spirit of the son of heaven. The former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had sent Uncle Ma to dig a canal, and the people of Songzhou had raised a lot of money to bribe the Ma family and let him make a detour to the royal tomb, but the Ma family was stubborn and self-serving, destroying the feng shui of Song Zhou, and finally suffered the disaster of two golden knives. The people of Song Prefecture have been the descendants of the Song Dynasty for generations, how can they not even want their ancestors for a little money and food?"

Zhou Chen's face was red when he was refuted by Zhou Yuanzhi's words, and he stopped talking. Li Xiuyun saw that most of the people watching listened to Zhou Yuanzhi's words, and most of them left with red faces, and shouted: "What a clever little girl, no matter how you quibble, this princess still wants to do this evil thing, what can you do with me?"

Zhou Yuanzhi sneered: "If you insist on going your own way, the sky will be angry, and if the court repeatedly bullies the weak, the national line will not last long!"

Li Xiuyun listened to Zhou Yuanzhi's words, and was completely angered by her: "This princess is going against the sky today, see what the sky can do to me?

Zhou Chen saw that Li Xiuyun didn't choose to speak, and his words were ominous, so he hurriedly stopped: "The princess must not fall for the little demon girl's plan, the safety of the country is long-lasting, and after the princess Chrysostom said it, wouldn't it become a proverb!"

At this moment, a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the sky, and the thousand-year-old ancient pine tree on the mausoleum was cut off, causing everyone to fall to the ground and tremble. Li Xiuyun saw that as Zhou Yuanzhi said, the heavens really warned her, she was angry and annoyed, and shouted: "This princess doesn't believe in ghosts and gods. General Qin, you let the soldiers continue to dig the mausoleum, as long as they can dig up a brick and tile, they will be rewarded with 100 yuan, and if they can open the door of the mausoleum, they will be rewarded with 1,000 yuan, and the official will be promoted to the next level!

Qin and He were ordered at the same time, but He Mengjiao admired Zhou Yuanzhi's courage and personality, and hindered Xu Zhi's face, holding a jade flute and a long sword to pretend to respond to Li Xiuyun's attack. Zhou Yuanzhi didn't have so many scruples, she relied on Xu Zhi to help her, the sword was fast and ruthless, and she was about to stab He Mengjiao a few times. He Mengjiao saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was fierce, and she also used a lot of strength, and at this time, Zhou Yuanzhi gradually fell behind. Xu Zhi hurriedly used the Fengming Sword to pick open the long swords of the three of them, sandwiched them between the three girls, and shouted: "Yuan Zhi, princess, Miss He, please stop first, listen to Xu Zhi's words!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Xu Zhi was just shouting, and did not help him, and said angrily: "Brother Xu, you won't fall in love with that beautiful little princess, right?" Zhou Yuanzhi's words made Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao feel pleased, and they both thought: "It turns out that Brother Xu and this Zhou girl are not so close!"

Xu Zhi had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Yuan Zhi, I'll explain this matter to you later, listen to the eldest brother, let's stop first!", Zhou Yuanzhi jumped out of the circle, turned around and left, and said angrily: "Brother Xu, you are treacherous and ignore you!"

Xu Zhi saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was angry and chased after him, and after persuading him for a while, Zhou Yuanzhi was better.

Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao saw that Xu and Zhou were very close, and they were secretly melancholy, and suddenly heard Qin Zongquan excitedly shouting: "Heaven has eyes! I cut off the pine tree, but I didn't expect this entrance to be under the pine tree! Soldiers, go down with Lao Tzu and get rich!"

After Qin Zongquan finished speaking, without asking Li Xiuyun, he led Ou Yangguang, Chang Qingzi and a group of deadly generals to jump into the swarthy tomb.

Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao couldn't bear to see Xu and Zhou so close, and the two also jumped into the tomb one after another, Zhou Chen, Huifeng and others didn't dare to slack off when they saw the princess entering the tomb, and they also jumped into the entrance.

At this time, Pang Xun rushed over with Father Song and a group of people, Father Song saw that the grass and trees on the tomb were destroyed, and the door was open, so he couldn't help but kneel and cry loudly, and the people behind him also cried: "The ancestors of King Song are above, forgive the fifty-first generation of descendants for not being filial, and fail to take a good look at your mausoleum, so that you will suffer this catastrophe!", after Father Song finished crying, he stood up suddenly, rushed to the tomb, and died in front of the broken pine at the entrance.

Zhou Yuanzhi didn't expect that Daddy Song turned out to be a descendant of King Song, with such an upright and strong temperament, she remembered the scene of getting along with Daddy Song in Songzhou, and cried in Xu Zhi's arms, and the villagers also cried. With tears in his eyes, Xu Zhi instructed Pang Xun to help the villagers bury Father Song properly, and then said to Zhou Yuanzhi: "Yuan Zhi, we can't let Father Song die in vain, I also have to go down to the tomb to stop this group of robbers from continuing to destroy King Song's coffin!"

Zhou Yuanzhi choked up and said, "Brother Xu, Yuanzhi will also follow you." No matter what happens, my little sister will be with you!"

Xu Zhi shouted "Okay", and after speaking, he took Zhou Yuanzhi and jumped off the grave together.

Besides, Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi followed Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao into the underground tomb of King Song, and saw that the road was about five steps wide, and the wall bricks on both sides were made of whole stones, each stone weighed about a thousand jun, and there were no gaps between the stones. The tomb road became brighter and brighter, and it turned out that Qin Zongquan, Ou Yangguang and others in front lit the oil lamps on the heads of the divine beasts on both sides of the tomb.

Xu Zhi saw that there were two forks at the end of the tomb road, one left and one right leading to the depths of the mausoleum, and a stone tablet was set up in the middle, which was engraved with flowers, plants, birds and beasts, and some tadpole characters that did not know their meaning. Zhou Yuanzhi knew that those strange words were ancient seal scripts, and after carefully identifying them, he said to Xu Zhi: "The gist of this inscription is to say that the king of Song was benevolent and righteous all his life, respected the king and wanted to be a tyrant, and treated the people well, but he was born in troubled times, and the princes and countries were deceitful and had no faith. ”

Xu Zhi sighed: "Although the King of Song is the king of the fallen country, he can treat the people so kindly, no wonder for thousands of years, the people of Song Prefecture still miss him, and Father Song even paid his life to defend him!"

Zhou Yuanzhi also sighed: "Yes! Sometimes the good is no match for the ugly, and now in troubled times, Brother Xu is also a kind person, you must not learn from Song Wangyan's foolishness, you still have to be careful to beware of evil villains!"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "With a smart and beautiful woman like Yuan Zhi by her side, why should the eldest brother worry?"

Zhou Yuanzhi replied: "The eldest brother makes fun of the little sister so much, isn't he afraid of disturbing the undead of King Song?" By the way, Brother Xu, the end of this inscription is obviously to warn future generations: Those who rob this tomb will not be blessed by heaven and earth!"

Xu and Zhou were talking, when they suddenly heard a terrifying scream from the depths of the fork in the road on the left, and then heard Hui Feng's exclamation: "It's not good, General Qin fell into the trap with the soldiers who explored the way." Miss He, you quickly escort the princess to retreat!General Zhou, Ouyang Jian Jun, we will stay and save General Qin!"

Zhou Chen sighed heavily and did not speak. Ou Yangguang shouted: "Hui Xianxian, don't you see that this trap is bottomless, the bottom is covered with swords and halberds, and if a person falls, it is not a broken stomach, where can he survive? Besides, even if Qin Dashuai is stubborn and does not die, he will become a waste if he is rescued! We have to flee for our lives, why bother to save him!"

Changqingzi also chimed in: "What the helper said is that there are many organs here, and we can't put our lives on the line to save a wasted person!"

At this time, Qin Zongquan at the bottom of the pit was still angry, he opened his throat and scolded vigorously: "Ouyang...... Light, you ...... Brute, you ...... You ......", and there was no sound after speaking.

Zhou Chen saw that Qin Zongquan was insatiable all his life, and let him die in this ancient tomb to sleep with the treasure, which can be regarded as a place to die, he sighed: "Brother Hui, Ouyang Jianjun, let's go!"

Ou Yangguang and Chang Qingzi listened to Zhou Chen's words, and ran back to the stone tablet at the fork in the road, and saw Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi, Li Xiuyun, He Mengjiao and others all there. Ou Yangguang cheekily greeted Li Xiuyun, Li Xiuyun didn't even look at him, Ou Yangguang knew that what he had just said was heard clearly by everyone, and hid to the side in a funny way.

Li Xiuyun saw that Zhou Chen and Hui Feng had returned safely with more than a dozen soldiers, and comforted: "The two generals have worked hard, rest for a while, and then we will continue to move forward!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Li Xiuyun was going to rob the tomb, and sneered: "So many people have died, and they still want to send them to death!

Li Xiuyun sneered: "This princess doesn't know what it is to retreat in the face of difficulties, she only knows that you must do things well from the beginning to the end, and don't follow this princess if you are timid!" After speaking, she glanced at Xu Zhi defiantly.

Xu Zhi glanced at Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao, and persuaded: "This tomb can not be stolen for thousands of years, it must be very evil, I advise you to stop here and leave the tomb quickly!"

Li Xiuyun laughed and said: "Xu Zhi, this princess is fascinated by seeing that you are a woman, and you are becoming less and less courageous as your brother Huifeng." Hui Xianxian, this princess orders you to lead a few people to continue exploring the road ahead!"

Hui Feng glanced at Xu and Zhou ashamedly, bowed down and replied, "The last general will take the order!" After speaking, he led several soldiers to move cautiously along the fork in the road on the right. Zhou Chen and He Mengjiao escorted Li Xiuyun and followed closely behind. Xu Zhi took Zhou Yuanzhi's hand and followed closely with Liu Xiuyun. Ou Yangguang awkwardly hid in the rear.

Everyone walked forward about a few hundred paces, and saw a fork in the road, there were two roads, one left and one right, and there was also a similar stone tablet erected in the middle, and everyone involuntarily stopped, waiting for Li Xiuyun's idea.

Li Xiuyun also had no opinion, and asked Zhou Chen: "General Zhou, which way do you think we should take?", Zhou Chen carefully looked at the two paths, both of which zigzag and winded into the depths of the tomb road, and he couldn't see any difference for a while, so he had to reply: "The last general has no idea, the two roads can only be walked, give it a try!"

Li Xiuyun replied: "So let's go to the left first, if we can't go to the right", after saying that, let Hui Feng take a few soldiers into the left passage, everyone couldn't go far, and saw the same fork in the road with the same stone tablet, everyone was very confused, Li Xiuyun said: "Or take the left road", but everyone went around, like walking into a maze, neither found the coffin, nor could not get out of the tomb back to the ground. The crowd was frightened and tired, and they did not know what to do, and when they saw that the torches in their hands were about to burn out, and they could not find the exit or entrance, they would be trapped in the tomb.

Changqingzi couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted: "It's all the dead ghost Qin Zongquan's victims, he has long been jealous of the property in this tomb, and he can't wait to live in this dark tomb for the rest of his life, now it's okay, he is free from death, and he doesn't let us go, and he doesn't want us to get the treasure as a ghost!"

He Mengjiao saw that Changqingzi was getting more and more confused, and scolded: "Changqingzi, what are you yelling about, everyone is trying to find a way." How about you to cry alone?"

Ou Yangguang also said: "Princess, what Changqingzi said is also reasonable, if you listen to Huifeng's words, it's really not worth it to take a life to get jewelry!"

Li Xiuyun listened to Ou Yangguang's words, and said angrily: "Who are you blaming now, you tried your best to persuade this princess to come to rob the tomb at the beginning, and besides, everyone is trying to find a way, you are messing with yourself, General Hui, drive these chattering guys aside!", Ou Yangguang and Changqingzi saw Hui Feng walking towards him, and consciously stepped aside.

At this time, Zhou Yuanzhi was not worried at all, she held Xu Zhi's hand tightly and asked: "Brother Xu, I didn't expect this tomb of King Song to be so weird, if we can't get out, we will die together in this life, and we will be together in the next life!"

Xu Zhi touched Zhou Yuanzhi's head and said, "Silly girl, the outside world is so beautiful, you don't have a little attachment?"

Zhou Yuanzhi and Li Xiuyun asked at the same time, "What kind of method?"

Xu Zhi said: "This is also a way to no way, I estimate that this tomb is not big, this fork in the road is interlocking, but at most there will be no more than 5, as long as we leave a handle at each fork, remember the direction that cannot be passed, although it takes some effort, it will definitely be able to get through?"

Hui Feng first applauded: "Brother Xu, this is a good idea, so that you don't have to worry about finding the entrance to the coffin in the tomb!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Li Xiuyun was still a little hesitant, and said with a smile: "Then what are you waiting for? Don't let the soldiers guard the fork in the road, it's better than a blind man touching an elephant."

According to Xu Zhi's method, everyone walked for nearly three hours, and sure enough, they found the entrance, and saw that there was a stone room at the end of the road. There was not a single crack in the stone chamber, and there was no door. Hui Feng led a few soldiers to come forward to check. Zhou Chen shouted: "Brother Hui, slow down, first try if there is a mechanism on the ground?"

Hui Feng had several soldiers carefully inspect the ground with their spears, but found nothing unusual. Hui Feng nodded to Li Xiuyun and Zhou Chen behind him, and asked the soldiers to find the entrance to the stone room, but several soldiers stepped forward to face the stone wall together, and they couldn't open the stone room by prying, chopping, and splitting.

Hui Feng saw that the two evil beasts beside the road were a little unique, there were no sharp horns on their heads, but two delicate agate glass lamps, he saw that the torches in the hands of the soldiers were gradually burning out, and hurriedly ordered the oil lamps above the heads of the beasts to be lit.

As soon as the two soldiers lit the oil lamp, Changqingzi beside Ou Yangguang rushed forward, and was about to snatch the agate glass cup on the head of the divine beast, and suddenly from the eyes of the divine beast, a blue flame with a height of one zhang erupted from the mouth, surrounding Changqingzi and the two soldiers, and the three of them twisted their bodies and struggled hard, trying in vain to take off their clothes, but the fire burned more and more, reflecting the entire tomb.