A knife in love

Chapter 421

Murong Danyan looked at the red walls around him, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became, until he felt dizzy for a while, and had to close his eyes to calm down a little.

At this time, the heroes were searching everywhere in the hall, and Situ Qiao was still circling around the platform where the throne was placed.It's just that every time he turned around, he approached the platform a little bit, and the closer he got to the platform, the more nervous the expression on his face became.His eyes kept wandering around the platform and the throne, and a thin layer of sweat oozed from his forehead.

Zhu Sanjia and Liu Yong are still picking up scrolls in front of the bookshelf.Li Qiufeng took the stack of white papers in his hand and read them carefully one by one.It's just that, except for Yang Pu and Li Yan mentioned on the first blank paper, the other papers are nothing more than some poems and songs, and there is no clue.Li Qiufeng read the words on each piece of paper three or four times, but found nothing, and finally had to put the stack of papers on the table in disappointment.

While he was feeling depressed, he suddenly heard a loud "click", and hurriedly turned his head to look for the reputation.But at some point, Situ Qiao stood on the platform, holding a yellow cushion in his left hand, looking at the throne with astonishment on his face.

It turned out that Situ Qiao walked up to the platform and reached the throne. After looking carefully for a long time, he stretched out his left hand to grab the cushion on the throne.Unexpectedly, the cushion was tightly attached to the throne. He knew something was wrong, and he lifted his left hand upwards forcefully, only to hear a loud noise, and he forcibly tore the cushion off the throne.

After the loud noise, there was only a constant sound of "cracking" as if countless huge iron chains were dragging and rubbing freely on the ground.Situ Qiao stepped on his right foot, and flew up lightly, and floated straight down the stage, falling three feet away, not far from the entrance of the main hall.

Seeing this situation, everyone rushed to the entrance of the main hall one after another.At this moment, the sound of the iron chains rubbing against each other became louder and more erratic, sometimes in the ground, sometimes in the surrounding walls, and even from the algae well on the ceiling of the hall.

Liu Yong looked nervous, and said to Situ Qiao: "Mr. Situ, haven't you closed all the organs? How could such an accident happen?"

Situ Qiao's face was gloomy, and he said word by word: "I thought I had cracked all the organs in the hall, but it was only before the throne that I realized that the organs in the platform were completely different from the entire hall, and were not controlled by the organ center of the hall. , so I cautiously approached the past. When I got on the platform, I found that the mechanism was under the throne, so I lifted the seat cushion. But I have confirmed that the mechanism was not touched, and I still don’t know why there is such a huge change. "

Lin Yilang said angrily: "You don't know that you are still moving on the stage, don't you mean to kill everyone?!"

Situ Qiao said: "Life and death are determined, wealth and honor are in the sky. You are also the head of a sect, do you take life and death too seriously?"

At this moment, not only the sound of iron chains rubbing against each other became louder, but the ground under everyone's feet also trembled slightly.The flames of hundreds of thousands of candles on the surrounding walls grew violently, and the candlelight flickered, reflecting everyone's shadows on the walls and the ground, dangling back and forth in front of everyone's eyes like monsters one by one.

Seeing this horrific situation, Zhu Sanjia tremblingly said: "Young Master Li, let's leave this hall!"

Murong Danyan also said: "This underground, underground seems to have a huge monster coming out...Brother Li, look at us..."

Before she finished speaking, the sound of rubbing stopped suddenly, and the tremor of the ground under her feet also disappeared instantly.Everyone used their own internal strength, and their feet were firmly nailed to the ground. They were afraid that when the ground trembled, their feet would not be stable. If they wobbled or fell to the ground, they would inevitably lose face in front of the group of heroes.It's just that no one thought that the tremors on the ground would stop suddenly, but everyone was still concentrating on their inner strength, all of them looked tense and their whole bodies were stiff, which looked rather funny.

After a while, Liu Yong breathed a sigh of relief and said to Situ Qiao: "Mr. Situ, do you think this mechanism has stopped?"

Situ Qiao looked solemn, still staring at the throne, shook his head, and said, "I don't know either..."

Qunhao looked embarrassed and nervous, and seeing Situ Qiao couldn't figure it out, and his heart was even more terrified.It was only after a long while that there was no abnormality around, so I was relieved.Chu Danyang said: "Mr. Situ, what happened to that strange noise just now?"

Situ Qiao said: "That's after the central mechanism is activated, the wooden wheel rotates and pulls the iron chain, causing the various organs to move accordingly. Judging from the sound, there are organs everywhere in the underground, ceiling, and even the surrounding walls of this hall. .It’s just that I can’t figure out why this mechanism stopped working again in the end.”

At this moment, the candles in the hall no longer flickered, and the surrounding area returned to its previous appearance.It's just that no one dared to go into the depths of the hall anymore, everyone was extremely nervous and couldn't help turning their heads to look around.A few more people backed away quietly, and they had already stood before the threshold of the main hall. As long as there was another change, they would turn around and escape from the main hall.

Murong Danyan said tremblingly: "Brother Li, why is this place getting more and more terrifying..."

Li Qiufeng held the handle of the knife tightly with his right hand, and said to Murong Danyan: "We are underground, and we encountered this strange situation again. It is not surprising that we are a little scared."

Murong Danyan saw that although Li Qiufeng's face was serious, he was like Yue Linyuan, so he was not flustered, so he made up his mind.Turning his head to look around, he said in a low voice: "Brother Li, you are working in the Beijing Imperial Palace, is it as scary as this palace?"

Li Qiufeng was startled, paused for a moment, and then said: "When I first entered the palace, I first worked as a secretary in Jinyiwei South Town Fusi, then as a guard of the palace gate, and finally in the Wuying Hall. , the security is strict, three steps a post, five steps a sentry, Li did not encounter any terrible things. But..."

When he said this, he frowned slightly, as if he remembered something.Seeing his appearance, Murong Danyan asked, "But what?"

Li Qiufeng knew Murong Danyan's temperament, if she didn't explain the matter, she would have to break the casserole and ask the end before she could give up.So after pausing for a while, he continued: "I also heard from my colleagues in Jinyiwei that there were ghosts in the palace. That happened not long after Yingzong was restored. Baihu brought twelve guards to watch the night, and suddenly found six palace maids appearing in the east six palaces. That night, it rained heavily, and lightning flashed and thundered. Outside, the court ladies and eunuchs are not allowed to walk outside. Jin Yiwei saw the strange whereabouts of the six court ladies, so he immediately chased them, and wanted to stop the six for questioning.

"Who would have thought that these six maids walked without touching the ground? Although Jin Yiwei is not weak in martial arts, he couldn't stop these six people. The hundred households were shocked, and immediately sent out a signal to call for their companions to come to support A moment later, the Jinyi Guards who were patrolling other parts of the East Sixth Palace, together with some night guards from the Zhai Palace and Fengtian Palace also rushed over, and firmly blocked the north and south exits of the East Sixth Palace.

"Under the gaze of a hundred pairs of eyes, I saw the six maids swaying from south to north. More than a dozen masters of Jin Yiwei rushed forward to intercept them, and repeatedly shouted for the six to stop. The six court ladies But he didn't hear it, and still walked lightly along the narrow road to the north. The leader of the Jinyiwei who led the team ordered the six people to be beheaded. He slashed over. However, although the Xiuchun Knife was extremely sharp, it still couldn't stop the six court ladies.

"At the moment of lightning and thunder, these six court ladies were dressed in white, their faces were pale, like ghosts. Dozens of Jin Yiwei's knives flashed, and they surrounded six people to hack and kill, but the blades passed by, and they couldn't hurt them. The six of them were not at all. After arriving, the thunder and lightning stopped for a while, and the six of them walked to the entrance of the Broken Clock Palace and disappeared in front of everyone. The deputy commander of Jin Yiwei and the head of Fusi of Nanbei Town did not see clearly where the six people went.

"East Sixth Palace is the residence of the emperor's noble concubine. If these six people were assassins, they disturbed the noble concubine. Everyone in the Jinyi guard who was on duty at night could not get rid of it. So everyone searched everywhere and made a fuss in the middle of the night. It was just that the heavy rain had just stopped, and the thunder and lightning had stopped. Jin Yiwei I searched all over the East Sixth Palace, but couldn't find the six maids. Afterwards, the Commander of the Jinyiwei and the Governor of the East Factory who rushed to the East Sixth Palace were shocked, and called the Jinyiwei who saw the six palace ladies with their own eyes. A cross-examination to confirm whether these people are lying. After some investigation, everyone confirmed that they saw six court ladies who were acting strangely. Also present were the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei and the leader of the Nanbei Zhenfu Division. However, there were quite a few eunuchs. Both Jinyiwei and Dongchang believed that there were indeed six court ladies who appeared in the East Sixth Palace, and then disappeared mysteriously.

"The Commander of Jinyiwei and the Governor of Dongchang did not dare to conceal this matter, so they handed over the paper to Emperor Yingzong. At that time, Emperor Yingzong was not long after he returned. After hearing the news, he was frightened and did not dare to rest in the palace, so he moved to a place overnight. In the small, inconspicuous palace, there are two hundred royal guards surrounding the palace every night. Fortunately, after this incident, the six maids never appeared again. However, soon thereafter, there were rumors in the palace that These six people are not living people, but maids who died unjustly in the palace over the years turned into ghosts to make trouble. The East Sixth Palace is the residence of the emperor's favorite concubines. Many of these concubines are vicious, and it is commonplace to punish court ladies. Even beatings to death of maids of honor are not uncommon. Except for the maids who were beaten to death by their masters, there are often court ladies who could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide. Therefore, it is said in the palace that the East Six Palaces are very resentful, and these grievances come out to cause trouble but also Nothing unusual.

"The haunting story soon spread outside the palace, but the rumors in the market were different from those in the palace. At that time, Yingzong was only restored for a year, and Yu Qianyu Shaobao died unjustly. , It was Yu Shaobao, whose soul was immortal, who wanted to discuss with the emperor. Jinyiwei's spies and Dongchang's fanzi reported the people's rumors to the Jinyiwei commander and Dongchang governor. They were terrified, knowing that if Emperor Yingzong knew this There must be a big case. The head of Jinyiwei and the Governor of Dongchang discussed it privately, and they agreed that this matter must not be let the emperor know, so they suppressed it. Since then, there have been rumors in the palace, On nights of lightning and thunder, there will be ghosts appearing in the lanes of the East Sixth Palace. The Ouchi guards who watch the night are also aware of this. On this day, they will stay far away from the lanes of the East Sixth Palace, and only carelessly enter the north and south exits of the lane Pass by, never dare to look into the narrow aisle."

When Li Qiufeng said this, Murong Danyan said tremblingly: "Brother Li, is this true? Have you seen the ghosts of those court ladies?"

Li Qiufeng smiled bitterly and said: "This is a legend in the palace. As for whether anyone saw it with their own eyes, I don't know. It has been five or sixty years since the Yingzong dynasty, and those who saw ghosts in those days died long ago. Whether the story is rumored or not is of course impossible to test. It's just that the Commander of Jinyiwei and the Governor of the East Factory are both big figures. With their knowledge, it is reasonable to say that they would not be false. I have indeed been to the East Sixth Palace. But I have never seen any ghosts, and I think Li has a more murderous look, and the ghosts will go far away when they see Li."

Murong Danyan frowned and said: "This is strange. The East Sixth Palace is in the middle of the road, what kind of place is that?"

Li Qiufeng said: "The road between the East Sixth Palace is also called the East Tongzi Road in the palace. It is located between the West Sixth Palace, Fengxian Hall, North Fifth Institute and Ningshou Palace. There are tall red walls on both sides..."

When Li Qiufeng said this, his heart skipped a beat, he glanced around the hall involuntarily, and thought to himself: "The walls of this hall are painted bright red, which is very similar to the red walls on both sides of the East Sixth Palace."

(End of this chapter)