Empress Fenghua

Chapter 33
Hua Zhong only felt sticky and confused around him, everything around him was like a vortex with no fixed place and no direction, and he didn't know where he was.Hua Zhong opened his eyes slightly, only to feel a gleam of light in the depths of the darkness, his hand was held tightly by someone, and then he lost consciousness again.

Waking up again, Hua Zhong was in front of Xue Wuhen's anxious eyes, Hua Chong coughed a few times, and looked around.It seems to be a cave, with a high entrance and spacious surroundings, surrounded by water.

With a relieved expression on Xue Wuhen's face, she complained again, "Finally woke up! I thought you wouldn't be able to wake up. When you fell, I was holding you. If you were injured, I should be more serious." Bar!"

"Where is this?" Hua Zhong asked with difficulty, but found that his voice was hoarse.

"I don't know where this is? But I checked around, and it doesn't seem to be a natural cave. It's more like a cave built by people. There are broken stones around it, and there are some man-made traces." Xue Wuhen helped Huazhong to lean against the rock beside him, and put his coat on Huazhong's body. A fire was already lit beside him, and Huazhong felt warm immediately.

Hua Zhong thought for a moment, recalling that when he fell to the bottom of the cliff, there was a clear pool below. "We are lucky, at least there is still a glimmer of life. We didn't fall to pieces under the cliff."

"It seems that we were rushed here by the undercurrent at the bottom of the lake. This is more like a hidden cave in the water." Xue Wuhen toasted the clothes on his body, "If this is the case, there should be other exits. After taking off the clothes, let's go check it out. Maybe we can meet His Royal Highness the Ninth Highness. Thinking about his great fortune and fate, he is known as nine thousand years old, so he shouldn't die here!"

Xue Wuhen rolled up her dry clothes, exposing her snow-white calves, and walked into the water.Hua Zhong asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Xue Wuhen looked back at Hua Zhong helplessly, "Of course it's catching fish! I'm starving to death. I thought I could have a good meal after hunting, but I didn't expect to suffer here. When did my young master feel hungry? ..."

"It's strange that you can catch fish when you are so noisy!" Hua Zhong sighed, and curled up the loose hair on the top of his head.The skirt was tied around the waist, and the trousers were rolled up, revealing her snow-white and slender jade feet.

Xue Wuhen couldn't help but stare dumbfounded, those luxuriant feet were like the purest snowflakes of the Snow Clan, and her light posture seemed to be able to give birth to lotus flowers every step of the way.

Seeing Xue Wuhen's eyes, Hua Chong couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, and said sharply, "What are you looking at!"

Xue Wuhen quickly put away her expression, but there was a suspicious red cloud on her face.Then he said wanderingly, "Slow curly blue silk hair, light embellished Wu silk socks, lotus flowers growing in every step, Lingbo passing people. Chong'er's slender feet can't be more beautiful than the description at this time!"

Xue Wuhen walked into Huazhong, Huazhong was inexplicably nervous, Xue Wuhen suddenly took Huazhong into his arms.Hua Zhong's heart trembled, and he struggled quickly, but almost fell into the water.

"Don't move!" Xue Wuhen rested her chin on the top of Hua Zhong's head, and said softly, "You admit that you are the wife of the young master of the Xue Clan!"

Hua Zhong froze, thinking of what he said to Si Daoqing on the cliff.I can't help but have complicated emotions in my heart. After hundreds of thousands of kalpas, I will not forget my original intention!Hua Zhong suddenly pushed Xue Wuhen away.He drew out the drizzle sword at his waist, and swung the sword flower in the water.In an instant, water splashed on the surface of the water, and fish were churning in the water.

With a flick of Hua Zhong to the shore, several fish rolled and writhed on the ground.Hua Zhong had complicated emotions in his heart, so he just said lightly, "The fish is caught!"

Xue Wuhen looked weird, and after a while, "You, you actually use the Drizzle Sword to catch fish? Do you know how many people regard the Drizzle Sword as a treasure, but you use it to catch fish?"

Hua gave Xue Wuhen a heavy look, and quickly cleaned up the fish, threaded it with wooden branches, and roasted it on the fire. "It's just a sword. Killing people is killing, and killing fish is also killing. If everyone is dead, what's the use of having a baby?"

Xue Wuhen smiled helplessly, "Chonger is right. Chonger seems to know how to survive in the wild?" Xue Wuhen was a little puzzled and inquiring.

Hua Zhong recalled that he accompanied Ye Congjia in marching and fighting in his previous life. How could he not have done these rough chores by himself?It's a pity that I have worked hard all my life for nothing.

Hua Zhong said casually, "When the courtyard of Ning Mansion was broken down, the food delivered by the servants was either good or not enough. Qin Xiang and I were so hungry that we often went to the back garden lake to catch fish. At that time Grilling fish is the happiest thing, but now grilling fish, you have to think about whether you will eat fish after grilling!"

Xue Wuhen stopped talking, and after eating the grilled fish, Hua Zhong wrapped the remaining grilled fish in rags for emergencies.The two walked along the rock wall to the depths of the cave.

I don't know how long I walked, the cave became longer and longer, the surrounding atmosphere was dark, and the bones of people and animals were often scattered on the ground.

"These people must have entered this cave by mistake, but they never got out again." Hua Zhong frowned and said, "This cave has traces of man-made digging, but where does such a long road lead to? Why is there no mechanism? Could it be a secret passage?"

Xue Wuhen looked around, "If my guess is right, I'm afraid it was built secretly by the founding emperor of Chengguo. Lingshan is an important place for Chengguo, and we must be in the tunnel under Lingshan now. With the scheming of the founding emperor of Chengguo How can it be so simple to just create a secret passage? What's more, if this secret passage is wide or narrow, if it is used to dispatch troops and generals, it may not even save lives in time!"

"Let's go further!" Hua Zhong and Xue Wuhen walked forward for two or three hours side by side, and the entrance of the cave became wider and wider until it finally looked like a large hall.The passages in all directions of the main hall are separated by water curtains, and the scene inside cannot be seen clearly.

The surrounding rock walls are smooth and flat, there are wall lamps in the main hall, and a few night pearls hanging on the top of the cave emit light, and there is no darkness at all.

"Is this a longevity candle?" Xue Wuhen couldn't help frowning, with some disbelief in her eyes.

Hua Zhong stepped forward and looked at the lit candle, "What longevity candle?"

Xue Wuhen frowned and said, "There are mermaids in the South China Sea. They live in the water like fish. Their eyes can weep without weeping. The mermaids are cruel by nature. If someone catches a living mermaid, they will kill them and dry them out. Add its ointment to make a longevity candle, worth three thousand gold beads. It can be burned for thousands of years, and it will never be exhausted!"

A strange look appeared on Hua Zhong's face, "How could such a precious longevity candle be lit here for no reason? There must be something crucial hidden in this cave!"

"Come and see, there is an astrolabe here." Xue Wuhen looked at a chessboard in the center of the stone hall, "One chess game has been viewed for thousands of years, a maze woven by one black and one white, covering the whole world. It is the end game, and I don't know how it will end. .”

Hua Zhong was looking at the chess board, "The pieces are covered with dust, but this one and this one have traces of being passive. Could it be Yongjia?"

As soon as Hua Zhong finished speaking, he heard the water curtain behind him move. "Who?"

(End of this chapter)