Li Qingyi sighed at the exquisite mechanism and was a little irritated at the same time. Qin Zeng must be trying to find a way to rescue her, but the mechanism in this underground palace seems to be different from what he has heard and seen. I wonder if it is an undisclosed secret of the royal family of the Han Dynasty. She It was difficult to get out, and it was also difficult for Qin Zeng to come in.
The cold stone room and the dim firelight made Li Qingyi feel uncertain. She followed Gongsun Yi through a dark corridor and came to a place that looked like an ancestral hall.
The dense memorial tablets are so close that people feel their scalp numb unconsciously.
"This is……"
"This is the spiritual tablet of the deceased ancestor of my Tantai clan."
A lonely and lonely female voice answered Li Qingyi's question.
Li Qingyi suddenly turned his head to look, and was momentarily distracted.
The person in front of her was wearing a high bun, like a palace dress made of blood. She was completely different from the gentle and approachable "Princess of Zhenbei". The cold power in her beautiful eyes was as sharp as a knife.
The Lin family, no, Tantai Ling, Princess Zhaoming of Dahu, made Li Qingyi deeply understand a sentence: the power in the yang is the ruthlessness in the yin.
What the years have left on her face is not wind and frost, but infiltration and precipitation, making her every moment of silence and movement astonishing.
Li Qingyi did not expect that there would be such a big contrast between the positive and negative sides of a person. She had no doubt that if Da Hao was still there, the Princess Zhaoming would be in a high position and even have the potential to become a queen. However, the other party is definitely an ancient An unprecedented generation of tyrants.
Behind her, there were two women whose clothes were completely different from those of Dajing. Although they also had long skirts that trailed to the floor, they were more like Chongnan's style, but they were not exactly the same.
Li Qingyi guessed that they should also be descendants of the Tang Dynasty, and naturally they wore the clothes of the Tang Dynasty.
When the two saw her, their eyes were full of hostility.
Li Qingyi didn't find it strange. From the perspective of the state of Zhao, the monarchs and ministers of Chongnan and Dajing were the rebellious officials and traitors.
Gongsun Yi took a step forward, saluted respectfully: "Mother."
As Princess Zhaoming of Dahu, Tantai Ling was not very close to her son. When she heard this, she just glanced at him lightly and said, "Why are you coming back so slowly?"
Faced with such accusation, Gongsun Yi lowered his head and said, "My son is useless."
Tantai Ling glanced at him from the corner of her eye, "Could it be that you want to see your unfulfilled father?"
Li Qingyi was listening and pursed his lips tightly.
Obviously, the mother and son had already discussed the countermeasures when the incident occurred. After Tantai Ling left the palace, Gongsun Yi would wait for an opportunity to kidnap her and leave, and take her to the underground palace.
But Gongsun Yi waited until Qin Zeng brought Tantai Fengxue back to the palace the next day before taking action.
Li Qingyi looked at him. He must have wanted to see his father.
He failed to get sincere love from his mother. Maybe he would secretly trace the image of his father in his heart since he was a child, longing for his father to truly care about him.
However, Tantai Fengxue was forced to be Tantai Yue's consort, so he had no compassion for his son.
Gongsun Yi lowered his voice and said: "Mother misunderstood. Qin Zeng was very vigilant and did not go out of the city to look for anyone. Instead, he asked Changqing to pretend to be him and go looking for the caravan. He himself went to Shenxiang Rouge Shop early in the morning to search. To be on the safe side, My son could only make some arrangements before he could leave Zhenbei Palace."
Tantai Ling was noncommittal, "Although it's a little late, at least there was nothing wrong."
"It's just a trivial matter, how dare my son make mistakes."
Li Qingyi felt that they were referring to bringing him here.
Sure enough, Tantai Ling Feili's icy eyes fell on Li Qingyi's face. He looked like he was looking at something. Her thin lips curved slightly, "No, how can the human sacrifice of our clan be Wei Mo?" Little things.”
There was no hint of joking or revenge in her tone, but she was extremely solemn and solemn, "Such an outstanding and beautiful woman is worthy of being a human sacrifice for our Tantai clan, but she is no longer a virgin, which is really a pity."
Gongsun Yi frowned unconsciously, "In this case, why not choose someone else."
Tantai Ling pointed it out without hesitation, "I know you have feelings for this girl, but you should know the severity."
Li Qingyi frowned.
Gongsun Yi lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, mother, my son understands."
"That's good. As for the candidate, there's no need to change. She also has a younger sister."
Li Qingyi's heart trembled, "What do you want to do!"
Tantai Ling smiled and said: "That girl Li Miaoran's bloodline is not noble enough, and she is not even close to the royal family, but her virgin blood can just make up for your shortcomings."
Li Qingyi shouted angrily with a trembling voice, "Who do you think you are? You can do whatever you want?"
Tantai Ling smiled slightly and said, "You are right, I am the direct princess of Dayu. I have a distinguished status and can do whatever I want!"
*****
The team escorting Mu Rencheng traveled in a hurry for three days and three nights. Seeing that they were only more than a day away from the capital, they stopped to rest.
The carriage behind the team followed closely without any contact with them. Song Yang finally let go of his worries, "It seems that these two girls are not meticulous."
Along the way, the two of them were under great pressure. Song Yang failed to control the incident for a while, and he would inevitably regret it later. But at that time, he really couldn't just ignore the situation. What he regretted was agreeing to follow them behind the team.
"If they work carefully, even if the young marquis doesn't reach out, they will find other ways to follow."
Song Yang also knew this and nodded.
Nagasawa looked ahead in the direction of the capital, "Finally we're almost there."
Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, a loud whistle suddenly sounded in his ears.
The sharp whistle almost caused the air to ripple and hit people's eardrums.
Song Yang looked in the direction of the sound in surprise, and heard Nagaze shouting "Be careful" behind him. Then he was kicked hard in the butt, and a sharp arrow "swish" from behind him. It flew over with a sound and was nailed to the tree trunk in front!
Song Yang was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and quickly went to see if the prison car was okay.
Mu Rencheng in the prison car had chapped lips and a withered face, but hope rose in his eyes, as if he was expecting someone to pick up the prison car and rescue him.
Song Yang got angry when he saw him and kicked him hard in the face from across the prison van.
Although Mu Rencheng was not actually kicked in the cheek, he felt humiliated. He looked at Song Yang with splitting eyes and took a deep breath.
Song Yang became even more angry, but had no time to fight with him. He glanced around.
Nagasawa also reminded, "Little Marquis, be more vigilant!"
At this moment, another arrow shot from the sky. This time, Song Yang and Nagaze both saw it clearly. The other side's arrow was aimed at the horse pulling the prison cart!
Nagasawa flew away and chopped the arrows to the ground, but what followed was a shower of arrows!
He quickly retreated to avoid it and said: "Ordinary bows and arrows cannot be so smart, it must be a repeating crossbow!"
The continuous crossbow has a long range and is very powerful. Even though the guards were surrounding the prison car on guard, one of the arrows still hit the horse.
The horse was frightened and in pain, neighing and raising its front hooves. The guards were afraid that it would rush out, so they came over and grabbed the reins. In the chaos, there was another rain of arrows. Many people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, blood spraying.
Song Yang was furious, "He's actually here!"
Seeing that he wanted to take the initiative to fight, Nagasawa quickly held him back, "Little Marquis, if we disperse our forces at this time, we will inevitably focus on one and lose the other. Rather than annihilating the enemy, it is more important for us to defend Mu Rencheng and not let him fall into the enemy's hands!"
Song Yang couldn't help but said, "Brother Nagasawa, do they want to rob the prisoner or silence him?"
"The possibility of kidnapping is high!"
Song Yang was about to ask if there was any countermeasures when another whistle came from deep in the woods on the right.
Nagaze's expression changed, he yelled "get out of the way", and flew to block Song Yang's fatal arrow.
Song Yang was furious, "Here we go again!"
Nagasawa frowned and looked at the woods, picked up a crossbow and narrowed his eyes.
With a "crack" sound, the crossbow arrows quickly penetrated into the woods. There was only a rustle of leaves, but no one hit the arrow.
Song Yang said, "How could this possibly hit someone?" Then he heard another "crack" sound, and then a muffled groan came from the woods. He looked at Nagaze in shock, but Nagaze turned towards him. He made a silent gesture, and then shot out another arrow.
The people in the woods seemed to have been shot in the vitals this time, and rolled down from a high place, making a series of banging groans and the rustling of leaves.
Song Yang asked Nagaze with his eyes if he wanted to go check. Nagaze shook his head, "There must be an ambush."
The enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear, they have to find a way to draw the other side out.
Otherwise, who can withstand the opponent's constant shooting of cold arrows behind his back?
Nagasawa Jingli felt the direction of the wind, then pulled down a few wine bags that were hanging immediately, spilled all the wine on the withered yellow grass by the forest, then took out the fire stick and lit it without hesitation.
Whoop! The weeds seemed to be intoxicated, and then the wind instantly caught fire in a large area, spreading towards the forest like a drunkard.
Nagasawa made a gesture, and his guards immediately surrounded the forest on the left and right.
He deliberately raised his voice and said: "Let's go!"
No one moved.
Nagasawa raised his crossbow and listened carefully.
Song Yang was confused about what he was going to do, and saw a flash of light in Nagaze's eyes, and the three crossbow arrows suddenly left the string and shot out quickly in the shape of a perfect glyph. Immediately afterwards, screams and the sound of falling to the ground came from the woods!
The reaction was so big, it seemed like the leader was injured!
Only then did Song Yang realize that Nagaze had set the fire and said he was going to retreat, deliberately inducing the people inside to take action. As long as there is movement on the other side, he can wait for the opportunity to take aim!
When the other party saw that not only had they not been deceived and chased them into the woods, but they had actually injured one of their men, they finally couldn't hold it any longer and quickly rushed out from the place where there was no fire, and plunged into the formation prepared by the two groups of guards on the left and right!
The masked men were caught off guard, and several of them were killed at once.
Nagasawa sneered, "No need to hold back!"
Song Yang looked at Nagaze with admiration, "Brother Nagaze has great tricks!"
Nagasawa shook his head, "Quickly decide, and return to the capital as soon as possible."
Song Yang also joined the fight after hearing this. The masked men in black stared at them with eyes like poisonous snakes.
He grabbed a masked man and shouted, "Who sent you here!"
However, the masked man ignored what he said and attacked fiercely with a desperate posture. Seeing this, Song Yang had no choice but to give up questioning and cut the other person's throat with a sword.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from not far away...
