Chapter 43: Open the Door
Fifth Xiaolou is not a person who is easily flustered, and can remain relatively calm most of the time, but now the expression on her face has become a little uneasy.
She clenched her dagger in her left hand, her eyes flashing across every corner of the basement.
A big living person disappeared into a secret room with no exit out of thin air, and anyone who saw it would inevitably feel panicked, not to mention that this person was still her friend.
When the faint blue light shone in from the small window, the basement was not so dark, but the tunnel outside the door was still dark, no light could be seen, no sound could be heard, like a giant snake with a big mouth open, waiting for the fifth small building to get into its mouth by itself.
Fear was like a seed planted in her heart, and it quickly began to take root, she hesitated at the door, not knowing what danger would await her in the dark, and after a long time, she couldn't help but shout into the tunnel: "Yuwen Xia!"
The only echo that answered her was her own voice, and her voice faded away, as if she had fallen into the abyss, and she gritted her teeth, but she couldn't help but plunge headlong into the darkness.
She is by no means a person who would abandon her friends, and even more so she has the only way to go.
With the identity of Yuwen Xia's prince alone, Li Ji would never dare to embarrass him, but why would Li Ji still seal the exit when he knew that Yu Wenxia was also trapped inside?
Fifth Xiaolou couldn't figure it out, because she didn't know about Yuwenshang's existence at all, and she wouldn't have thought that Yuwenshang would be so ruthless.
The sound of crisp footsteps echoed in her ears, but there was only endless darkness in her eyes, her sword was unsheathed, her body was tense, and her whole body was full of vigilance, and she only relied on her vague memory to walk in the direction of the exit.
Fortunately, this tunnel is only a straight one, and at the end is the room with an exit, she slowly pushed the door open, and the exit to the ground was still blocked by stones, only a few rays of white light were shining through the small stone cracks, so that the room was not too dark.
But Yu Wenxia is still not here.
Had he found another way to escape? But why didn't he call himself?
Fifth Xiaolou's eyes suddenly dimmed, and she couldn't help but sigh, the fact of being abandoned seemed to be in front of her, she couldn't help but look up at the exit, and was trying to see if she could cut off the stone slab at the exit with a sword.
But at this moment, there was a sharp sound like the friction of a knife blade in the tunnel.
The fifth small building was startled, and immediately followed the sound and walked over, and the place where the sound came from was a smooth wall, and the touch of the hand was different from the uneven stones on both sides, but it was too cold like metal.
It's a secret door!
The fifth Xiaolou lifted the sword and knocked three times on the door with the hilt of the sword, and then a low male voice came from inside: "Xiaolou?"
The fifth Xiaolou immediately rushed to ask, "Yuwen Xia, is that the exit over there?"
The person on the other side of the door was indeed Yu Wenxia, and he then said slowly: "It's me, but this is not an exit, but a smaller secret room." ”
"Then you hurry up" The fifth Xiaolou's voice paused, as if he suddenly thought of something, and immediately asked, "You can't be trapped inside, right?"
Yu Wenxia smiled bitterly, he could only smile bitterly now.
Being trapped inside was nothing, but there was a sarcophagus in the center of the chamber, and the only thing in the coffin was the dead body, of course, and no one would laugh when they were in the same room as the dead body.
The fifth Xiaolou said: "I'll go and see if I can call Li Ji, if he knows your identity, he will never embarrass you." ”
Yuwen Xia said: "No. ”
The fifth Xiaolou frowned and said, "What are you doing? Do you plan to live in it all the time?"
Yuwen Xia said: "Of course I want to come out, but even if you kill him, he can't let me out." ”
The fifth Xiaolou kicked at the door, as if he had kicked on Yu Wenxia's calf, and then said: "The person he wants to arrest is only me, and you don't have a deep grudge against him, let alone your identity." ”
Yu Wenxia's voice seemed to have a meaningful tone, and he said slowly: "The person they want to arrest may be me." ”
Now even a fool should understand that the fifth Xiaolou is just a bait, and their real target is actually Yuwen Xia.
The fifth Xiaolou said movingly: "Li Ji is such a local bully, how dare he beat your idea?"
Yuwen Xia said: "Of course Li Ji doesn't have the courage. ”
The fifth Xiaolou said: "Who could that be?
Yu Wenxia sighed, as if he didn't want to say more, things had developed to this point, and he had obviously guessed that it was not the previous enemy who wanted his life, but the former brother.
When a brother becomes an enemy, it doesn't feel good.
The hatred in the royal family is sometimes more terrible and inexplicable than the one that comes up, just because each of your brothers may become your most difficult rival in the future, and the surest solution is to strangle him before he is yet to reach his fingertips.
Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Wu Xiaolou had no choice but to change the topic and said, "Do you have anything to eat and drink over there?"
Yuwen Xia said: "It's okay, I brought some dry food with me, and the wine hasn't been drunk yet, you don't have to worry about me." ”
The fifth Xiaolou paused and said, "It's me who is hungry!"
It seems that if this door is not opened, the two of them will have to sit here and wait for death.
Yu Wenxia groaned, and after a long time, he said: "I have tried various methods inside but have not been able to open this door, you can try to see if this door can be opened from the outside." ”
The fifth Xiaolou lowered her head and was about to find the keyhole, but her head lowered her eyes but fell on the sword, she stared at the short sword, and suddenly had a very bold idea in her heart, and couldn't help but raise her head again and asked, "Is this door heavy?"
"Of course it's heavy, I took a lot of effort to push it open, but when I entered, the door closed by itself. Yu Wenxia said casually, suddenly paused, and said, "What are you going to do?"
With a mysterious smile on his face, the fifth Xiaolou chuckled, "You take a few steps back." ”
Yu Wenxia said: "What do you want to do? You probably don't want to knock this door open, right?"
The fifth Xiaolou kicked on the door again, and said fiercely: "Do I seem to be such a stupid person, if you want to retreat, you will retreat." ”
"I stepped back. Although she didn't know what she wanted to do, Yuwen Xia still took a few steps back.
Fifth Xiaolou's gaze returned to the sword, she held the scabbard in her right hand and the hilt of the sword in her left hand. There was no wind, no sword intent, she didn't use swordsmanship, she only drew her sword out of the sheath with her left hand, and stabbed it in front of the door.
She didn't feel too much hindrance when she heard the sound of "ding", and the blade of Aji's sword had pierced into the iron door, leaving only one hilt still in her hand.
Yuwen Xia's pupils contracted suddenly, and he couldn't help but gasp several times, and a small section of the tip of the sword suddenly pierced the iron door in front of his eyes, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word. He believed that whoever saw this miraculous scene would be as shocked as he was for a long time.
In addition to the fifth small building, she was not only talking, but also smirking proudly: "This door doesn't look very good, how can it feel that it is not much harder than a wooden board." ”
Yu Wenxia smiled bitterly: "Maybe this door is made of wooden boards." ”
Of course, this door was not made of wooden boards, he looked at the shallow knife marks left by the Wu Swallowing Knife on the door, and then looked at the tip of the sword pierced in by Aji's sword, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be filled with bitterness.
He only felt that the sharpness of this sword was too unreasonable, even the "Fish Intestine Sword", which was known as the first sword in the world, would never pierce the iron gate with a single sword.
The fifth Xiaolou pulled out the sword, and immediately there was a light shining through the small hole, and what he saw through the small hole was Yu Wenxia's face that was still smiling bitterly, and behind him was a sarcophagus, and there were even a few ever-bright lamps around the sarcophagus.
Yu Wenxia also saw the flickering eyes of the fifth small building in the small hole, and couldn't help but say, "Don't look at it, quickly destroy the door lock." ”
The fifth Xiaolou blinked and said, "Okay!"
As soon as the word "good" came out, the tip of the sword had appeared in front of Yu Wenxia's eyes again, and then he slashed down along the crack of the door, and he heard a few "dings", and the latch hidden in the crack of the door was cut off by the blade of the sword.
The fifth small building took a long breath, and the sword body was withdrawn, and when she spit out this breath, her right foot had already kicked out, and with a "squeak", the hundred-pound iron door slowly opened.
The sword was already in the sheath, and the fifth small building walked in and said leisurely: "What, are you stunned?"
The corners of Yu Wenxia's eyes jumped, looking at her smug appearance, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.
The fifth Xiaolou continued: "Don't you still have something to eat?"
Yu Wenxia nodded, took out a small bag from her waist and handed it to her, in the bag was half of the leftover pancakes, her stomach was already hungry, and she didn't care so much about half a cake in her hand, so she stuffed it into her mouth where she hadn't bitten.
This is also one of Yu Wenxia's many habits, no matter where he goes, he will carry some rations with him, and these habits can indeed save his life many times.
The fifth Xiaolou stuffed a cake in his mouth, but he was still muttering: "I'll try later, if I can split the stone slab blocked at the exit with a sword." ”
"Okay. Yu Wenxia handed her half a pot of wine and said, "Your injuries have not healed yet, there may still be people guarding the exit, you split the stone slab and immediately retreat, and I will kill it." ”
The fifth small building poured a small sip of wine and said, "Okay! Without further ado, let's go now." ”