Qin Zeng stopped after thinking for a while and said, "Mr. Guo, did you often go to that shop before?"
"I go there often! Of course I go there often. At that time, our family ran a pen and ink shop, and I often went to get pens and paper to use."
"Have Master Guo discovered any secret chambers in this shop?"
"Ah?" Guo Chongli was a little confused, "Secret room? Mechanism?"
Qin Zeng looked at him. It was obvious that Guo Chongli didn't know the secrets of that shop from beginning to end, otherwise he wouldn't have asked at this moment.
Just as he was about to leave, Guo Chongli suddenly said: "Your Majesty asked me this, and I have some clues!"
Qin Zeng was surprised, "What clue?"
Guo Chongli wrinkled his nose, "There used to be a theater in Changpingfang called Dongchun Tower, which was just across the alley from that shop. When I was twelve or thirteen years old, I found it very interesting to play gongs and drums, and I often sneaked in to play behind my father's back. , one time I was particularly unlucky. A piece of the garden in the backyard of Dongchun Building collapsed. I didn't pay attention and fell into the hole all of a sudden. I was smashed to pieces. When I got up, I saw that the hole was quite deep, like an old well. Filled in."
Guo Chongli had a wild temper when he was young. Even now that he is older, he is not stable and often does surly things. Otherwise, he would not have helped Wei Laner tinker with hidden weapons.
So when he said this, Qin Zeng didn't feel it was inconsistent and asked: "Then why do you think this place is related to what I asked you?"
Guo Chongli said "tsk", "Because there is another passage at the bottom of the well, which is quite deep, and the direction it extends is in the direction of the shop. So when the adults mentioned the secret room, I subconsciously felt that it was related to this place. !”
He patted his head in annoyance, "I fell over there at that time. I fell hard and it was all black. I was a little scared. I didn't dare to go inside. I thought I could bring a few people back here one day. But when I went back two days later, the place had been filled in. This man always unconsciously thinks about the unfinished things. I always regret that I didn’t walk in there, and now that I have walked there, Street, I still think about that hole from time to time and wonder what secrets are hidden in it! Sometimes I feel so anxious that I want to dig the hole out again and take a look!"
Qin Zeng groaned after hearing the words and raised his eyes. Guo Chongli was looking at him expectantly.
Qin Zeng was a little speechless. This guy obviously wanted him to dig a hole, so that he could take the opportunity to peek into the secrets and settle the regrets in his heart.
But now that he had a clue, he naturally couldn't let it go.
"Then please ask Mr. Guo to show me the way."
Guo Chongli immediately became happy when he heard this, "Master Qin, please!"
He asked someone to talk to Mrs. Guo, and then followed Qin Zeng out of the house.
Qin Zeng secretly laughed, and when Guo Shilang found out, he heard that he was involved in this matter without knowing what was going on, and he would definitely deal with him severely again.
However, it was better for the Guo family to be closer to him than to be deceived by Wei Shicheng and Xu Xiang.
Back then, Dongchun Tower was a very famous theater troupe, which made many famous actors famous. However, the old ones will always be replaced by new ones. Nowadays, the prosperous theater in Beijing is called Manlou Spring and Autumn, and the area of Dongchun Tower has now been It became Fuqu Pavilion.
It was in Fuqu Pavilion that Lin Ji caused mischief and asked the young man Fan Butterfly to "tarnish" Song Yang.
Qin Zeng took Guo Chongli directly over the wall into the backyard of Fuqu Pavilion, "Can Mr. Guo still remember that location?"
Guo Chongli was a native of Beijing and was extremely familiar with every street and alley. He looked around again and again and said: "This place was not so big before. The owner of Fuqu Pavilion should have moved the courtyard next to the original Dongchun Tower. I bought it too, but the old locust tree is still there."
In late autumn, the leaves of the old locust tree have turned yellow, and a lot of fallen leaves have accumulated under the tree. There are also stone tables and benches, which is very interesting.
Guo Chongli pointed to the tree and said: "The cave was not far from this tree. There was a broken tree root at the entrance of the cave at that time. I remember it very clearly!"
As he spoke, he drew a range for Qin Zengbi.
Qin Zeng waved to the people he brought and said only one word, "dig."
*****
Master and servant Li Qingyi finally broke through the trap and came down from the ice room. When they arrived at a larger stone room, a pool filled with unknown black water appeared in front of them. The three of them were hesitating whether to step onto the stone bridge when a huge rock suddenly came from above their heads. The rumble of movement.
Changlan Changning quickly protected Li Qingyi behind him.
Li Qingyi looked worried at their injuries.
Although they were all flesh injuries, they also bled a lot. They had been tossing around in the ice room for a long time and had used up some energy. It was definitely not appropriate to fight with others now.
She stared at the place above where the sound came from, her heart trembling a little. The exit of the ice cellar was not above her head, but at her feet. Now, the exit of this larger and deeper stone chamber was above her head! And listening to the sound, the door above was at least ten feet away from the ground.
How big is this place? Is it really the underground palace of the former dynasty?
Li Qingyi looked up and whispered: "Although we can't see the people above, the other party should be able to see us."
They are now like crickets in each other's bamboo jar.
Without a ladder, they would have no way to go up!
After a while, the sound of stones rubbing against each other finally stopped, and with a clatter, an iron rope came down from the hole above the head.
Chang Ning stepped forward and stood in front of her. Li Qingyi motioned to her to calm down. She was more useful alive than dead. People like Lin who had no plans to kill her would not kill her in vain.
However, the person who came down was not Lin, but Gongsun Yi.
Li Qingyi stood there and stared at his expression carefully.
Gongsun Yi did not come over, but stood at a distance from her and said: "Mother will not kill you now, but she will not keep you alive for too long, unless you choose to side with us. .”
Li Qingyi said calmly, "In addition to threatening Qin Zeng and threatening the Li family, what other uses do I have for you?"
Gongsun Yi seemed to know that she would not let go easily, "Master said, you are just like him."
Li Qingyi was shocked.
She had previously guessed that the person behind Lin's family was reborn, and the other party should have noticed her abnormality. Now that Gongsun Yi has spoken out about it, she wonders if he is testing her.
"I didn't understand what you said. Can you explain it?"
Gongsun Yi smiled, "We don't need to do Tai Chi, I can tell the truth."
Li Qingyi frowned and looked at him without saying a word.
Gongsun Yi did not receive any friendly feedback from Li Qingyi, and gradually withdrew his smile, "I don't know how you are similar to the master, but I guess it is related to the double-destined person mentioned by Master Zhizhen. So, if you can't stand On our side, there is only one way to die, and the master will not leave any disaster in the world that can threaten him at any time."
Li Qingyi's dark eyes reflected the trembling flames on the wall like fire snakes. She asked tentatively: "What good does it do to me if I stand on your side?"
Hearing this, Gongsun Yi's smile returned to his eyes, "Your and my ancestors are both subjects of the State of Yu, and so are you and me."
Li Qingyi also smiled when he heard this, "Even I can see your ambitious plot, how can it be that the emperor can't see it? In such a complicated situation, can we really tell who is using whom, and who is whose pawn? Maybe, you are now someone else’s meal without even realizing it.”
"It seems that your body and mind are devoted to Qin Zeng, and you wish we could become his meal." Gongsun Yi smiled coldly, strode forward and pulled Chang Ning away from Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi's expression changed and he subconsciously stepped back.
Gongsun Yi stared at her, "Qin Zeng didn't tell you everything he knew. Do you think you can gain his trust by giving it your wholeheartedly? He is deeply scheming, even more so than the emperor. He is by no means the light in your eyes." Master Qin of the moon!"
Li Qingyi looked at him, trying his best to control himself, his face deliberately showing signs of collapse, "Since you know him so well, you should understand that I may not be that important to Qin Zeng, I am just an insignificant person. . It’s not enough to threaten him.”
Gongsun Yi didn't believe what she said at all, just as she didn't believe Gongsun Yi's words, "It seems that you are trying every means to protect him."
Li Qingyi was noncommittal.
Changning and Changlan were watching Gongsun Yi's movements closely, fearing that he would be unfavorable to Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi felt the tension between the two of them and glanced at them, telling them not to act rashly.
Gongsun Yi didn't do anything. He just stared at Li Qingyi for a moment and said, "Follow me."
Changning immediately said: "We want to go too!"
Gongsun Yi didn't care. The thick, dark and shiny iron chain hung straight. He reached out and grabbed Li Qingyi's arm, stepped onto the gap in the iron chain with his toes, jumped up, and climbed to the entrance of the cave in a few steps.
Changning Changlan was injured and his internal strength was suppressed. It was a bit difficult to climb up, but Gongsun Yi did not rush them and waited patiently for them to climb up.
The rumbling sound of stones rubbing against each other came from the entrance of the cave again.
Li Qingyi watched the cave entrance re-close with his own eyes. He carefully identified the surrounding environment and tried to write down the surrounding layout. Gongsun said nonchalantly: "It's useless. There are countless stone chambers like this in the underground palace."
Underground palace.
Although Li Qingyi was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he heard these two words coming out of Gongsun Yi's mouth.
"Is this really the former underground palace?"
Gongsun Yi smiled and said, "The country of Zhao is not dead, so what is the former dynasty?"
Li Qingyi was silent. In the eyes of the imperial family of the imperial family, the imperial state was not destroyed. It was only temporarily classified into Chongnan and Dajing.
The three of them followed Gongsun Yi for a long time before a passage appeared in front of them.
Gongsun Yi stepped forward, stretched out his hand and probed left and right on the wall. He didn't see any complicated and exquisite movements, but he actually triggered the mechanism.
A relatively thin stone wall slid inside, and Li Qingyi followed Gongsun Yi sideways in.
