Chapter 10: Defeat and Escape

Entering the storeroom door, I turned around and closed the door gently. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The info treasure trove was not dim either, with two rows of small glazed skylights open on the roof, through which the midday sun filtered through.

The walls of the treasure vault are made of thick granite, and under the walls are rows of shelves with all sorts of things. There are precious porcelain, boxes of jewelry, precious medicinal materials, all kinds of swords and famous knives, and so on.

I skimmed over the things that obviously didn't contain the treasure map, and slowly rummaged through them, handling them as gently as I could, without making a sound.

More than an hour has passed in the blink of an eye, and most of the treasure vault has been searched, and nothing suspicious has been found. I couldn't help but be a little discouraged.

I carefully flipped through the last row of shelves against the wall, found nothing, and felt a little bored, and gently slapped my palm on the shelf. The small shelf did not shake in the slightest, I thought it was a little strange, and I pushed the shelf harder, but there was still no movement. I looked closely and saw that the entire shelf was completely attached to the wall.

I knew that something was wrong, maybe there would be a secret room like the Buddha Hall, and I couldn't help but be excited.

After searching for a while, I found a slight bump in the corner of the shelf, which was covered with dust, as if no one had touched it for many years. I wiped the dust off it with my hands, and it did have marks on the surface that were noticeably smoother than all around. I knew that I had found the switch to the secret room, but I was afraid that it would make a noise when it was activated, alarming the guards outside the door, so it seemed that I could only look for an opportunity to open the secret room again.

I tiptoed back to the door of the treasure house, meditating and pranayama while waiting for the opportunity to come.

It was getting dark, and there were footsteps approaching outside the gate, and I heard the guard talking to someone, but it turned out that it was time for the guard to change shifts, and I smiled bitterly, and it seemed that I had to wait for another opportunity.

Opportunities always come so suddenly that people are unprepared. Only half an hour later, I heard the guard outside the door start to curse and walk away quickly, and when I listened carefully, it turned out that the guard didn't know what he had eaten, and his stomach hurt unbearably, so he hurried out of Gong.

I couldn't help but be overjoyed, God helped me. I listened to the footsteps fading away, hurried back to the shelf, pressed my fingers on the bulge on the shelf, and sure enough, I heard a slight click, and the shelf slowly moved to the side, revealing a door more than one person high. I'm secretly glad I didn't open the Chamber of Secrets in advance.

In the blink of an eye, the shelf had stopped, and I looked into the secret room, which was a little dim, so I had to take out the Night Pearl, put my hand in it first, and then walked in after confirming that it was okay.

The chamber was not very large, the walls were smooth, and nothing was placed. I turned my eyes to the other side of the chamber, but I saw a dark cave with stone steps inside, and it went underground, and it was dark and unreal.

I walked down the stone steps, about a foot away, there was a bend in front of me, and when I turned the corner, it was a long passage, and along the passage, at the end of the passage was an underground cavern of which I couldn't see how big it was. I put away the pearl of the night, took out the fire fold and lit it. By the light of the fire fold, I can only see a few square circles.

I was completely stunned, and there were neat piles of armor all over the floor. I walked down the aisle in the middle, where bundles of spears, broadswords, swords, halberds, bows and arrows, saddles, shields, and boots were neatly stacked in the space.

I reached out and touched the boots next to me, which were covered with a thick layer of dust, and the cowhide smelled of rot, and it seemed that it had not been touched for at least ten or twenty years.

Could it be that this prince of Zhenbei wants to rebel? With the virtuous name of the prince of Zhenbei, would he do such a rebellious thing? Why did he let these soldiers rot here? I really can't understand it!

I shook my head, it had nothing to do with me, so I didn't have to worry about it.

This is a natural cave with a large space. I searched the passages and found nothing. I slowly looked along the four walls, and finally saw a stone wall that was obviously flat after all, and the stone wall was covered with dust.

I grabbed a spear and slashed hard at the stone wall. The dust on the stone wall fell down, and the stone wall gradually showed the appearance of a stone door.

After all, the stone wall looked clean, I put my hands on the stone door and pushed hard, the stone door moved slightly, but it seemed to be stuck by something. I ran the "Falling Star Gong" and put my hand on the stone door again, and the stone gate finally moved slowly in the click, but it turned out that the stone gate had not been opened for too long, and the balls under the stone door were a little rusty.

As the stone door revealed a crack, a smell of ruin came to the face. I hurriedly dodged away and waited until the smell of decay gradually dissipated before I walked inside.

The stone room is not too large, there is a stone bed in the middle, and there is a stone table in front of the window, and several stone benches surround the stone table, and on the stone table is placed a boxy thing, which can be clearly seen to be a box.

I couldn't help but be overjoyed, grabbed the box, and gently blew the dust off the box. There was a small copper lock hanging from the box, and I took the copper pin out of my bosom and gently inserted it into the keyhole.

The copper lock clicked open, and I removed the copper lock and slowly opened the lid. At the top is a stack of letters, with a swarthy corner peeking out from underneath. I was in ecstasy, took out all the letters and put them aside, and gently picked up the black thing underneath, sure enough, it was a black sheepskin, the sheepskin was painted with mountains and rivers, and there was a very neat side, I looked at it, and found that this was the mark of being cut by a sharp blade, looking at the pattern on the sheepskin, there were some traces of breakage, I guessed, this should be just half a treasure map. Fold it carefully and put it in your arms.

I picked up the box again and looked closely, but I didn't find a mezzanine. I casually placed the box on the stone table, and I picked up the letter on the side to look at it. The envelope was a little white, but the handwriting was still legible, and there were three crooked words written on it, which I did not recognize. I opened the envelope and pulled out the letter inside, still with the same words. These scripts are obviously different from Chinese characters, and are supposed to belong to the northern or western regions. I looked through several other letters, and they were all in the same language.

Could it be that it is the Xiongnu script? How can there be a Xiongnu script in this palace? Could it be that the prince of Zhenbei not only wants to rebel, but also colludes with the Xiongnu?

In the past few days when I came to the palace, I have heard a lot of stories about Li Hu's fight against the Huns, and even I, a person who was born as a killer, have a trace of admiration for Li Hu. But what about the armor all over the ground and the stack of letters in the box that appear to be in Xiongnu script?

With a lot of questions, I thought that I might as well put the letter in my bosom, maybe it would be of any use in the future!

I examined the entire chamber and found nothing, so I exited the chamber and returned to the vault the way I came.

By this time it was completely dark, and I couldn't tell what time it was. When I reached the gate of the treasure vault, the guards outside the gate were still dutifully guarding the gate. I secretly slandered this guard that his stomach was not good, and it would be good to go back to the hut.

But apparently my slander was not the Buddha's finger pinching, and it did not come true, and the guard never left again.

I sat cross-legged on the side, pranayama quietly, waiting for an opportunity to leave.

The stars outside the skylight on the roof gradually decreased, and the sky slowly brightened. I touched my belly, I hadn't eaten for a day and a night, and I was still a little hungry. I don't know how Xuan Si will deal with it alone, will he worry about me?

There was a voice outside the door, but it was the guards who had arrived to change shifts.

Soon it was noon, and I was paying close attention to the movement outside.

Finally, I heard the sound of the guards walking away slowly. I quickly returned to the shelf, closed the secret door, and dodged out of the treasure house, and climbed over the wall and out of the palace along the route I had come in yesterday.

When I returned to my apartment, Xuan Si was walking back and forth in the hallway, and when he saw me appear in front of him, he let out a long breath. I didn't say anything, gave Xuan Si a smile, took her hand and entered the door. After closing the door, he took out the treasure map from his arms and put it on the table, Xuan Si stepped forward and picked up the treasure map and examined it carefully.

Obviously, Xuan Si also discovered the problem with the treasure map, turned his head and said, "This should only be half a treasure map, right?"

I put down the kettle in my hand and said, "It should be half a sheet." I searched carefully and didn't find the other half. Maybe it's only half of it in the palace!"

Xuan Si nodded and said, "Clean up and leave in the afternoon." Let's go back and hand in this errand first. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Xuansi and I said goodbye to everyone in the palace, and everyone felt very reluctant and wanted to leave me and Xuansi after the New Year, but I was shirked by me because I really had something important. When everyone saw that I had indeed been away for more than a day before I came back, they thought that there was indeed something important, so they did not force me to stay. Luo Wen was even more red-eyed, and kept pulling the corners of my clothes with Xuan Si and refused to let go, and Luo Lin also had a bitter face on the side, looking like she was about to cry.

In the evening, Xuan Si and I left the capital and rode all the way south.