Chapter Eighty-Three: Qin Se and Ming

Hui Feng knew that the situation was not good, and hurriedly escorted the princess to retreat, at this time, the divine beast was burned red by the flames, only to hear a loud bang, the stone wall was shaken open, and a powerful air flow gushed out from the stone wall, and the stone chamber exploded a gap, from which countless dark arrows were shot. No matter how strong Changqingzi's martial arts were, the flames he avoided couldn't stop the salvo of ten thousand arrows. After Changqingzi was hit by several arrows, he was gradually engulfed in flames, and he was pitiful for fame and fortune, and finally died in front of the stone chamber of the Song Dynasty's tomb.

Everyone waited for the smoke to dissipate, and saw that Changqingzi had already changed beyond recognition, and his body was like charcoal. Li Xiuyun sighed: "Changqing Daoist is greedy and innocent, but after all, he has also done a lot of things for us, Ouyang Jianjun, you ordered to go down, and the Changqing son will be well restrained and buried in the scenery!"

At this time, everyone turned their eyes to Li Xiuyun, not knowing whether she would continue to move forward or just give up. Li Xiuyun smiled faintly and said, "General Zhou, General Hui, today we robbed the tomb against the sky and died so many soldiers, so we should be dead, but I am really unwilling to let this princess give up!"

Hui Feng saw that Li Xiuyun's will was a little loose, and persuaded: "Retreating in the face of difficulties, it is not cowardly, the princess has a golden body, how can she make repeated risks, the princess will be determined to move forward, and his subordinates are willing to act for the princess!"

Zhou Chen also persuaded: "Princess, Ouyang Jianjun, now that the commander of the Xuanwu Army has passed away, we can think of other ways to hide from those defenders of Songzhou, and we don't have to risk ourselves!"

At this time, Ou Yangguang was reluctant to continue walking, and hurriedly replied: "Princess, what General Zhou said is very true, we had better withdraw from the ancient tomb, so as not to be haunted by ghosts!"

Li Xiuyun sighed: "Now that there is a famine all over the country, raising military food to stabilize the Central Plains is not to be careless, and now there is only one way for this princess, that is, to die in the ancient tomb, and to take out the tomb for the court and her father to stabilize the army's heart!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said with a smile: "How can the treasures in the ancient tomb be geometric? Can they be used to stabilize the Central Plains? It's not a fool's dream, but it's a pity that the authorities are fascinated! Brother Xu, are you right?"

Li Xiuyun was reluctant to argue with Zhou Yuanzhi for a while, but when she saw Zhou Yuanzhi looking at Xu Zhi with a sweet face, she almost fainted. Xu Zhi saw that Li Xiuyun was anxious, and her flower appearance was bleak, which added a bit of touching, so he ignored Zhou Yuanzhi's words, and just smiled at her and nodded.

Li Xiuyun calmed down for a while, and when she saw He Mengjiao beside her, her face was also gloomy, and she asked, "Sister He, do you think we are moving forward or backward today?"

He Mengjiao didn't want Xu and Zhou to have good things happen, she hoped that she could die in the tomb with Xu Zhi at this time, never go out, and save those troubles. She said without thinking: "Mengjiao has only one brother in her life, and now that her brother has died tragically, Mengjiao has no relatives, Mengjiao is willing to die in the tomb with the princess, and she will have one more confidant after death!", and glanced at Xu Zhi after speaking.

Li Xiuyun saw He Mengjiao's infatuated eyes looking at Xu Zhi, and immediately understood her intentions, and said with a smile: "Okay, today we sisters live and die together, advance and retreat together!", after speaking, she also glanced back at Xu Zhi, and pulled He Mengjiao towards the gap in the stone room.

Xu Zhi was anxious when he saw Li and He breaking into the stone room alone, and he didn't know whether to follow him in, or accompany Zhou Yuanzhi to stand by and watch, he was anxious, and hurriedly glanced at Hui Feng, hoping that he could stop Li Xiuyun from going his own way.

As soon as Li and He stepped into the stone room, a gate weighing about 10,000 catties slowly fell, Xu Zhi was afraid that Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao would be trapped in the stone room, a lion rolled a hydrangea, turned over and entered the stone room, Zhou Yuanzhi saw Xu Zhi enter the stone room regardless of life and death, and at the moment when the stone gate was about to land, she also followed into the stone room.

Zhou Chen and Hui Feng were far away from the stone room, when they rushed to the stone room, the stone door had already been closed, the two of them slapped the stone door hard, called several times "princess", seeing that there was no response inside, the two put their ears on the stone door again, and they couldn't hear any sound inside, the two were busy for a long time and didn't open the stone door, so they had to stay outside the door, praying for the safety of the princess and others.

It is said that Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao couldn't see Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi being intimate, and broke into the stone room with the intention of dying, and saw the stone door falling, the two were even more disheartened, groping forward in the dark, the two walked not far, heard a burst of footsteps behind them, the two stopped, looked back, saw two familiar figures, and were overjoyed, but they didn't expect Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi to follow.

Zhou Yuanzhi was still angry that Xu Zhi didn't discuss with herself, and she went into the stone room alone, she muttered: "Brother Xu, it's dark here, you can't see anything, we won't be trapped here, right?"

He Mengjiao saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was in danger, and she was still coquettish to Xu Zhi, and said angrily: "Miss Zhou, are you afraid of death and you still follow up?

Zhou Yuanzhi replied: "This girl is not afraid of ghosts? If you want to say that you are afraid of ghosts, only those who have done bad things should be afraid?"

Li Xiuyun listened to Zhou Yuanzhi's words, felt cold behind her, screamed, and hurriedly grabbed Xu Zhi's arm.

Zhou and He heard Li Xiuyun's frightened screams, and they were also very scared, one hugged Xu Zhi's back, and the other got into Xu Zhi's arms.

Xu Zhi saw that the three girls were frightened, and hurriedly "shh

Li Xiuyun held Xu Zhi's hand in the dark, and said softly, "Xu Zhi, I'm afraid, I listened to slander and led people to dig up the king's tomb, and the soul of the King of Song will not let me go!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said with a smile, "Princess, you know now that you are afraid, what did you say when Brother Xu and I dissuaded you?

He Mengjiao interjected: "Miss Zhou, don't be unforgiving, people always make mistakes, and the princess was also confused for a while to listen to Qin Zongquan and Ou Yangguang's bewitchment, so she made a mistake, and besides, my princess is kind-hearted, not for the sake of the world's military and civilian winter!"

Xu Zhi was afraid that the three girls would have an argument, so he shushed again and said with a smile: "There is no light in this stone room at all, and the four of us can't always talk about ghosts and gods, so scared of people." I have a great idea, I wonder what the three of you think?"

Zhou Yuanzhi smiled, "What is a good idea to dispel the dark ghosts? Brother Xu, you always like to sell Guanzi, why don't you say it quickly?"

Xu Zhi took out the bamboo flute on his body and said with a smile: "The four of us all like music, why don't we all play a song together, how about it?"

He Mengjiao first clapped her hands and applauded, "Okay, okay, I can give a!"

Zhou Yuanzhi smiled bitterly, "It's good, it's a pity that my dulcimer was lost in Caizhou, otherwise you can also play a song!"

He Mengjiao saw that only Li Xiuyun didn't speak, and sighed: "It's a pity that this is not a palace, and there are no good musical instruments, otherwise with the princess's talent, the three of us can only accompany her?"

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Miss He, your princess is good at playing the flute, if you don't believe it, you can ask her?"

Li Xiuyun was taken aback when she heard Xu Zhi's words, and asked, "Xu Zhi, how do you know that this princess likes to play the flute?"

Xu Zhi replied: "I also guessed randomly, but I didn't expect to be successful in one guess!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said angrily: "Xu Zhi, I didn't expect you and that little princess to have such a heart-to-heart connection, ignore you!", after speaking, he continued to grope forward.

Li Xiuyun listened to Zhou Yuanzhi's angry words, and her heart was extremely sweet, thinking, "I didn't expect that Brother Xu would know my preferences with a guess, maybe we are destined to be fate!"

He Mengjiao asked Xu Zhidao: "Brother Xu, since the princess and Miss Zhou didn't bring musical instruments, why don't we play a song together?"

Xu Zhigang said "yes", and suddenly heard Zhou Yuanzhi excitedly shouting: "Brother Xu, there is a table here, and there are candles on the table!"

Xu, Li, and He were all very excited when they heard this, and they followed Zhou Yuanzhi's voice and moved over step by step. Xu Zhi lit the candle with flint and saw that there were still several unburned candles on the table. The candles were engraved with dragon and phoenix motifs, each as thick as an arm, about two feet high, and when lit, they emitted a faint fragrance.

He Mengjiao stroked the pattern on the incense candle and sighed: "Mengjiao has never seen such a beautiful incense candle! How much effort does it take to make a craftsman? Miss Zhou, have you ever seen it?"

Zhou Yuanzhi replied: "I'm ashamed! Yuanzhi has never seen such a delicate dragon and phoenix incense candle!"

Li Xiuyun picked up the incense candle on the table, put it between his nose and sniffed it, and said with a smile: "Where have you seen it, this is the dragon and phoenix candle used by the royal family, and more than a dozen spices from the Western Regions have been added to it." Usually the palace is reluctant to use it, and it will only be used for a period of time during the New Year and the temple sacrifice!"

Xu Zhi saw that the dragon and phoenix candle did not look like the burial things in the tomb, but seemed to be brought into the tomb by outsiders, he carefully inspected the layout of the room by candlelight, except for an offering table, the stone wall of the north corner was full of funeral grain, wine utensils; the east side was placed with the funeral instruments, a row of bronze bells of different sizes were still buzzing when the four approached, guzheng, yang qin, pipa, gonghou, smoke and other kinds of playing, percussion instruments are all available. Although these instruments have been buried underground for a long time and covered with dust, they have not been weathered and decayed, and are still placed in an orderly manner, just like the tomb owner did during his lifetime.

Xu Zhi saw that there were several white bones with swords lying on the ground in other corners of the tomb, and there were traces of swords on the stone wall, which showed that there had been a fierce fight in this tomb, and it was unknown who the two sides were in which dynasty and what dynasty.

At this time, Zhou Yuanzhi, Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao were obviously tired, and the three of them no longer cared about the number of courtesies, Li Xiuyun leaned on the stone wall with his hands and knees, He Mengjiao sat on the offering table, while Zhou Yuanzhi sat down in front of the guzheng, gently plucking the strings with her fingers, making a sonorous sound.

Xu Zhi stopped: "Yuan Zhi, this is the resting place of the ancients, you must not play the piano for entertainment and disturb the undead of the tomb owner!" Zhou Yuanzhi glanced at him and asked rhetorically: "If King Song likes to be pure, then why do you want to buy so many musical instruments for him to enjoy behind him?"

Xu Zhi didn't know how to answer, so he had to make a few noises, and He Mengjiao also interjected: "King Song's soul has long been reincarnated as a human being, and it is no longer in this tomb. Brother Xu, what are you worried about for the ancients? Don't affect Miss Zhou's Yaxing!"

Li Xiuyun also persuaded: "Even if King Song's soul is still there, he won't blame us!"

Zhou Yuanzhi didn't expect Li Xiuyun, who had always been arrogant, to speak for her, and said with a smile: "Then why!"

Li Xiuyun saw Xu Zhi and He Mengjiao also looking at him strangely, and replied: "There is such a musical instrument in the funeral, which shows that King Song must have liked music and rhythm during his lifetime." As the so-called bosom friend is hard to meet, I can't say that the King of Song is happy to see us playing for him?

Xu Zhi saw the three girls refuting himself together, and said with a smile: "I won't reason with you." People and ghosts have different paths, you three idiot women want to be the soulmates of the undead for thousands of years, is there no good confidant in the world?"

Li Xiuyun sighed: "It's hard to say, although ghosts are absurd, they are always more open than the world! How many crazy women in the world have broken their dreams and are depressed all their lives!"

He Mengjiao saw that the princess said miserably, and persuaded: "Princess, you are too sentimental, now that we are underground, it is unclear whether we can see the light of day again, it is better to have fun in time, why bother to hurt yourself!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Li Xiuyun said miserably, she suddenly remembered that she was imprisoned in the boudoir by Huangchao in Caizhou, thinking about Xu Zhi day and night, and then met Xu Zhi briefly but it was extremely sweet, she couldn't help but play the song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" again, the piano sound was ups and downs, just like a phoenix could not see each other for a long time, so she had to chirp to express her heart.

Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao are proficient in music, so they can naturally hear Zhou Yuanzhi's extra-string sounds, and what they think in their hearts is also deeply touched by her piano sound and thoughts.

Li Xiuyun saw that Zhou Yuanzhi finished playing, and said to He Mengjiao, "Sister He, borrow your jade flute!"

He Mengjiao didn't know what Li Xiuyun was doing with the jade flute, and it was difficult to refuse, so she had to hand her the jade flute in her hand. Li Xiuyun took the jade flute, tried the audition, and blew the song "Dream Jiangnan" alone. This ancient song was originally a royal music of the court, paying attention to the cooperation of a variety of musical instruments, imitating the landscape of the south of the Yangtze River, the customs and characters, the momentum is magnificent, and the difficulty of playing is extremely high. Now Li Xiuyun is playing alone, although the sound of the flute is still there, but the music is high and low, the music lacks accompaniment, and rarely ups and downs, just like the light in the south of the Yangtze River has fine willows, but there is no feeling of green waves.

He Mengjiao has lived in Xiaoxiang since she was a child, proficient in the musical scale, and understands the shortcomings, she struck the chime with her hand, and the sound of the flute is harmonious, the bell is thick and long, like the breeze and drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is similar to the noisy sound of the flute, but it is still not delicate and pleasant.

Li and He played a section and shook their heads slightly. Zhou Yuanzhi is extremely intelligent, she slowly heard the rhythm of the song, turned her hand to pluck the guzheng, and the strings were like a little green wave rippling in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, the three girls played quietly, and they were heart-to-heart, and the resentment for a while disappeared.

Li, Zhou, and He played together, but they still felt that the ancient music of "Wangjiangnan" was not grand and perfect enough. In fact, the beauty of the world is like the picture scroll of the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mountains and rivers, the fine willows, the smoke and rain are indispensable. The performance of the three girls is as tender as water, but it is not masculine beauty, just like Jiangnan cannot be decorated without green mountains. Xu Zhi naturally understood the reason, he took out the piccolo and put it to his lips and blew it gently, the crisp flute sound was like a warbler song, like a swallow dance, and the music of the three girls was entwined, I didn't expect that the four of them could play this music in this dim ancient tomb.

After the four of them finished playing the ancient song and rested for a while, Zhou Yuanzhi asked: "Brother Xu, this tomb only has some burials, and it is definitely not the main hall where the coffin of King Song is placed, but it is like a warehouse!"

Li Xiuyun also analyzed: "If this is a side hall, then the main hall must be nearby, we will definitely find it if we look carefully!"

He Mengjiao suddenly used her sword to pick open a few white bones on the stone wall in the south, and shouted: "Princess, Brother Xu, Miss Zhou, come quickly, there is a stone door here!"

Xu Shang stepped forward and pushed open the stone door, saw that the inside was much larger than the outside of the warehouse, the four of them just entered the tomb inside, they smelled a pungent smell, only to see the coffin of the king of Song floating in a huge pool of mercury, this mercury evaporation is highly toxic, people inhale the mouth and nose, after a long time will be poisoned and faint, the four people quickly covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves, and saw that it was full of Bai Sensen's bones, some were floating in the mercury pool, some were lying on top of the coffin, some climbed the stone wall, some were curled up on the ground, all of them died of miserable pain, and the coffin in the mercury pool had already been opened, and there was a white bone sitting inside, and there was no jewelry and jade around him。

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Li Xiuyun was very disappointed, and said with a smile: "Qin Zongquan and Ou Yangguang, if they knew that this ancient tomb had already been stolen and there was not a penny in it, I am afraid that he would be awakened alive when he died!"

Li Xiuyun said gloomily: "Miss Zhou, what are you mentioning them for? If you want to blame Princess Ben for being confused for a while, she actually let so many soldiers die, and now those who are counting on digging the tomb of King Song to get rich should also be completely dead!"

He Mengjiao sighed, "That's not necessarily, these tomb robbers who are greedy for wealth and wealth are for money, even if you really tell them that there is no treasure in this tomb, they will not believe you, just take these white bones in the tomb, they know that if they stay here for a long time, their lives will be in danger, but they are greedy for profit, and they are reluctant to leave, and finally they all die tragically in this small tomb!"

Zhou Yuanzhi interjected: "Everyone has seen it, there are no treasures in this tomb, we have to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible, this underground is not a place to stay for a long time after all!"

Xu Zhi also said: "What Yuan Zhi said makes sense, but the passage we came in has been blocked by the stone gate, and it is obviously impossible for us to leave from there, we have to find a new exit!"

After Xu Zhi finished speaking, seeing that Li Xiuyun began to vomit nonstop, Zhou Yuanzhi's face was pale, and she was also a little unsteady on her feet, only He Mengjiao could still insist, he hurriedly asked He Mengjiao to lead Zhou, and Li and the two of them withdrew from the main hall and returned to the warehouse full of musical instruments.