In 1067, Northern Song Dynasty, Shamen Island, Scorpion Island

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The stone door is very thick, and the sound of those scorpions cannot be heard inside the door, but this also has a disadvantage, that is, I don't know when they will retreat, which means that there is no way back. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chris looked up and saw where they were at the end of a passageway, surrounded by thick slabs of granite, only the shape changed from diamond to square. At the other end of the passage is an open stone porch, and a huge stone wall is erected inside, making it impossible to see inside.

Look at the crowd again, and they are all in shock. Xiong Daiying took out a bottle of Jinchuang medicine, the old man and another middle-aged man were helping his injured companion clean up the wound, Tuwa nervously rushed to the front, chewed some leaves and put a beard on the wound, the female Taoist priests could feel that his tearful little eyes were full of worry and panic, but they didn't know how to communicate with him, Zi Ling also took out the wound medicine and cloth strips from his body, and went over to help.

The captain of the guard was dejected, and in a short period of time, he had lost four of his subordinates, how could this be acceptable to him?

Yin Chen stood up, he was just about to walk forward along the passage.

A soldier was a little anxious and complained: "Don't walk around anymore, bring out some monsters, it's us little pawns who are suffering, in case you are injured or poisoned, Doctor Zhang, will you save it or not?"

His tone was not good, all because he felt that if he hadn't followed Zhang Changbei to Scorpion Island, he wouldn't have encountered such a thing.

Chang Yutong interjected: "That scorpion crawled out of the soil, I see that there are stones here, they can't climb out." Although he said this, he didn't have a score in his own heart, so he quickly looked around where he was sitting.

Wang Shu pondered for a moment and said: "Even if there is no scorpion, it is impossible to say what mechanism there is, we might as well let Teng Zhuangshi take the lead, he knows the mechanism, and it is more prudent to listen to his orders." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded.

Teng Chuliang accepted it when he saw it, he turned his head and said to Hong Qili: "Brother A, come with me!"

Hong Qili followed. The two of them didn't take a dozen steps before they stopped.

It turned out that they were standing at an intersection, and two stone paths were divided on the left and right.

"You are left, I am right!" he said, "pay attention to your feet, walls, and ceilings." ”

The two of them each took out the fire fold and lit it.

Chris sat on the ground, and saw that their shadows were stretched long and reached his feet.

The two looked at each other and walked into the left and right stone paths respectively.

After a few moments, the two returned to the crossroads.

Strange to this, Chris stood up and walked over.

Hong Qili saw her coming, and before she could ask, he said, "It's a dead end!"

Chris looked at both ends, and sure enough, at the end, these two roads were very short.

Teng Chuliang took a long time before speaking: "It's really weird." ”

"How?"

Teng Chuliang shook his head and said: "I can't say it now, I just have a feeling that the cross structure here is very familiar, and I can't remember where I saw it for a while!"

"It seems that there is only one way left for us. Chris muttered.

All three looked at the exit ahead at the same time.

Teng Chuliang looked at it carefully again and said, "If it really meets what I think, there is no mechanism for this road." ”

Chris said: "I believe in big brother!"

Teng Chuliang and Hong Qili took the lead, and Chris and Xiong Daiying followed through the passage, passing through the stone porch, and in front of them was the huge stone wall that was one zhang wide. Bypassing this shadow wall, several people were all frozen. Compared to the previous gloomy passage, they were in a colorful world, which was simply unimaginable to them!

Chris quietly stepped back the way he came.

She walked up to Wang Shu and the others, and after organizing the language for a long time, she didn't know how to explain it better, so she had to say: "I think, you better take a look for yourself." ”

When everyone bypassed the shadow wall, they found that it was a city in front of them.

Everyone looked at each other, and then they all just stared blankly, and like Chris, they couldn't put their emotions into words. Because I have just escaped a catastrophe, and seeing such a strange scene again is really like a fairyland outside the world.

Chris scanned the massive space again, and couldn't see the end. It has the same complete layout as the real city, surrounded by walls and moats, and the streets and houses in the inner city are dotted, but the size is many times smaller than the real city, as if you have come to a dwarven city-state.

Chris thought to himself: it can't be counted as a city, this can only be regarded as a miniature landscape with equal scale.

A whispered inquiry came from behind: "Brother Xiaoyi, what the hell is this?"

Chris turned around and saw Ning Yifei with an uneasy look on his face.

Yin Chen also came over.

Xiong Daiying lowered his voice and said, "What is this half-sized city for? If you want to talk about the sand table used for marching and fighting, why do you need to build such a big one." ”

Chris thought to himself: I can't tell you that in modern times people build miniature landscapes for people to play and enjoy. The question is, who has such a leisure in such a place?

"I don't understand as much as you do. Ask Brother Teng later, I guess he should know something. ”

At this time, Teng Chuliang and Hong Qili had already walked into the city and saw them from a distance.

"They've gone in so deep, it's okay so far, let's go in and explore!"

Several people nodded and walked down the stone steps.

Walking into the city from the front, the closest to them are many private houses, houses with wooden pillars and green tiles, ancient and elegant. Buildings come to life. Chris was not only amazed, but the sparrows here were small and full of organs, and the houses even had water ditches and patterns on the red bricks.

Further on, it is a bluestone paved street, clean and neat, the center of the street is a waterway with a flowing waterway, the water in the waterway is clear to the bottom, it is not black water, obviously it is not sea water, there is no salty smell. Chris wondered where such pure fresh water came from? Green dwarf trees were planted on both sides of the cobblestone waterway, and there were obviously various shops on both sides of the waterway, the doors were all wooden planks, and the houses were mostly courtyards with several entrances, and the wings on both sides were symmetrical, and the eaves were carved, which was much more exquisite and gorgeous than the outermost houses of the city.

It's a pity that the "city" is empty, and the empty city without "human figures" makes it seem more and more weird.

As they followed the waterway, they found a small river in the distance, the center of the city, which divided the city in two, with a five-hole stone bridge over it. The bridge grew larger and larger in front of him, and Chris walked up to the stone bridge and looked back and forth, which was already visible in all directions. The miniature city is an irregular rectangle, about ten zhang wide and at least twenty zhang deep. Chris secretly estimated that it was about one size smaller than a rugby field, but standing in it, the momentum was enough to make people feel shocked, and people had the illusion that this was a real city.

There is a black arch on the north side of the stone bridge and the river, the avenue enclosed by a black high wall, all red buildings on both sides, tall and majestic, at first glance it is the same as the royal street of Bianliang, it is the place where the government and yamen are gathered; the pattern of the city is also very similar, the east and west cities are connected by stone bridges, the rich old town is located on the east bank, and the west area is the merchants along the river bank.

The river follows the course of the river and eventually leads to a large waterwheel. In addition to the river that connects to the waterwheel, there are also granite canals all over the city, which are tightly connected and seamless, but there is no water inside.

Chris thought to himself: What other use are these canals?

Thinking about it, she pulled out a roll of paper from her bosom, and a pencil was rolled in it. Chris spread the paper on the pillars of the stone bridge and drew the layout of the city as he saw it.

At this time, Yin Chen and Ning Yi flew towards the bridge. To their right was a towering tree, and it was so silver that it could be seen from afar, because it was bare, and it was obviously dead. But its branches had been carefully trimmed, like bony fingers grasping the sky.

"This is an iron tree!" Yin Chen touched the trunk of the tree.

"Iron Tree?" Ning Yifei also walked over and knocked, and sure enough, the trunk of the tree made a metallic sound.

Chris put away the paper roll and looked at the silver dead tree, she faintly felt that this place was definitely not simple, and there were many questions she wanted to ask Brother Teng. Looking to the northeast, there was a high platform, and there was a figure on the platform, she remembered the right side of Teng Chuliang's walk, so she said, "Let's go up from the right side of the river bank." ”

The avenue came to an abrupt end at the strangely shaped iron tree, and Chris and the others walked along the cobblestone path on the bank of the river, and walked a little north, and the road was divided into two forks, the left was the open square square, and from a distance, there was a huge marble statue in the center of the square, the statue was dressed in a red costume, and his left hand was brushing his beard, and his right hand was naturally drooping. At his feet stood a stone statue of a child, holding a large golden plate in his hand.

"What is this sacred?" asked Chris.

Everyone shook their heads, they didn't recognize the statue, and they had never seen it before.

The path on the right leads to a high platform, which Chris has chosen.

In the middle of the platform is the dragon road that leads directly to the bottom, there are five teeth and claws carved on it, the dragon that drives the clouds and the mist, the east and west sides of the dragon road are almost vertical sidewalks, they climb the steps and go up, and find that the platform is a small temple that sits in the north and faces the south, although it is not very majestic and magnificent, but it is also very exquisite, and the temple door plaque is written clearly "Jade Emperor Temple". The top of the temple is green glazed tiles, the four corners are high, there are realistic birds and beasts on the corners and the temple ridge, and there is a small temple carved of glazed bricks in the middle of the temple ridge, as if it is "the temple on the temple". When he looked at the temple from afar, Chris thought it looked like a green phoenix flying with its wings held high.

Adjacent to the Jade Emperor Temple is a square viewing platform, where they really found Teng Chuliang.

"Brother Teng, what did you find?" Chris quickly walked over to him, and when he saw that he didn't answer, he turned his head to look.

This is the commanding height of the whole city, and the whole view of the city can be seen clearly.

Ning Yifei quickly found the trace of Brother Hong, he should have entered there through the black arch in the north, he was surrounded by red buildings, obviously the official mansion. He was standing in front of one of the largest red buildings, different from the others, and the strangest thing was that it was flanked with a pair of long handles, making the palace look like a palanquin that could be carried around.

Chris was attracted by the diagonal building. In the southwest corner of the city, a high platform was also built, which was far away from the one on which they stood. The high platform is round, made of rammed earth, and has a rough and simple appearance, but it is very unique.

Looking further to the south of the city, Xu had been waiting for a long time, and Wang Shu had already sent someone to rush over from the entrance. The captain of the guard commanded his men, scattering them in all directions, as if searching for exits from the city.

Chris turned his head to look at Teng Chuliang, seeing that his eyes were flashing, knowing that he must have thought of something, Chris didn't bother him.

Teng Chuliang took out a compass from his clothes, compared it, and said after a moment's silence: "I know what this is." ”

Ning Yifei and Chris asked in unison, "What is it?"

"Chu Shi Qiu play!"

"What?" Yin Chen and Xiong Daiying also let out a surprised sound together, this answer didn't mean anything to their ears, and they didn't know what it was.

Teng Chuliang pointed to the statue in the square and said, "He is Master Chu." ”

Chris asked, "Who is he?"

"He was an official in the Song State who managed the city, and his name was Chu Shi. ”

Chris also privately understood the bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty, and he has never heard of an official position called "Chu Shi". She asked, "Do we have this official in the Great Song Dynasty?"

Teng Chuliang smiled faintly and said: "It's not the Great Song Dynasty today, but the Song Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period." He pointed to the city again and continued: "And this is Suiyang, the capital of the Song Kingdom. ”

"Huh, what's that ball?"

"Chu Shi Qiu is just a child's plaything in ancient times, originally in a wooden box with more than a foot of foot, engraved with the simple layout of Suiyang City, and then rolled the ball ball, walking around the city, bypassing dangers, dodging obstacles, and finally letting the ball hit the mechanism, opening the door to the royal camp. Teng Chuliang pointed to the guards who were still scurrying around the city with a solemn expression, and said, "They can't find the exit anymore." ”

Chris blinked and asked, "What do you mean, just playing this game will open a way out of here?"

Teng Chuliang nodded and said, "I didn't expect to see a real Chu Shi ball play of this scale, I just said how to look so familiar." Moreover, the pattern here is completely modeled after the real Suiyang City, which is simply meticulous, and the people who built the city must have an inextricable relationship with the Song Kingdom. ”

Christi said, "Big brother, how do you know so clearly?"

Teng Chuliang sneered: "I want King Song Kang to destroy my Teng country, so that my ancestors can eat the hatred of the country, don't say a Chu Shi ball play, what do I don't know, which I don't know?"

Although time has passed, he is still angry when he mentions the loss of his country.

Ning Yifei and Yin Chen thought that his surname was Teng, but they didn't know that he was a descendant of Tengguo, and more than a thousand years had passed since the Song Dynasty destroyed Tengguo, and for the boys of the Song Dynasty, it was completely a story in the history books.

Xiong Daiying knew that he was the valley master of Xianyue Valley, but he had never thought deeply about the foundation and bloodline of Tengguo in the Shandong region after that, but now he figured it out.

Teng Chuliang saw that several people were silent, and took the initiative to return to the topic, saying: "For my brother, referring to the patterns in the ancient books, I once ordered people to make this wooden box game. I checked it just now, and found that this ball game is not as good as the wooden box that the boy plays, and the people who built the city are clever, and it is not so easy to think that it is necessary to get through the tricks of breaking the level. ”

"It's better than catching the blind head, it's better to be commanded by the eldest brother, and we will obey the order. Chris said.

Teng Chuliang thought for a while and said: "Breaking this mechanism not only requires quick hands and feet, but also requires everyone to cooperate, it is better to go and talk to that Lord Wang, deploy manpower, and cooperate." ”

Chris said: "Don't be afraid, it's a big deal to try a few more times!"