Chapter 687 The secret in the box
Seeing that there was still no movement on the ceiling above his head, Bi Yuntao shrugged and continued to turn the oil lamp. Now is not the time to think about those things, let’s take out the things inside the stone pillar in front of you first and then talk about it.
The hard work paid off, and after Bi Yuntao took a break no matter how many times, the things inside the stone platform finally revealed their true colors.
"A box!" Bi Yuntao muttered, and gently poked it a few times with his tiger-tooth saber. After seeing nothing unusual, he took it into his hand.
"Hmm! It's a bit heavy!" Bi Yuntao said in surprise. Unexpectedly, this box looked quite small, but it was quite heavy.
After taking out the box, he looked inside the stone platform and saw that there was nothing else. Then Bi Yuntao put the box into the storage ring.
Don't worry about this box. I'll study it carefully when I get back to my room. What you are looking for now is the mechanism on the ceiling. He was now very curious about what kind of room it was above. Since the end of the secret passage is his own room, what is the room at the corner?
But Bi Yuntao carefully checked the stone platform up and down several times and found no other mechanisms. The only thing that can be called a mechanism is the oil lamp.
"Turn left to reach the stone platform. Then turn to the right to reach the unknown room above your head?"
Just as he was told, Bi Yuntao turned the oil lamp in the opposite direction.
After walking around for a while, Bi Yuntao felt that he was a mother pig opening the door for her son. He was so stupid. The stone platform turned back again, and the exit above the head showed no reaction at all.
"Fuck you!" Bi Yuntao spat, turned around and left. "No matter what, I'm going back to sleep. It's so late at night. If I don't go back and meet the pretty widow in my dream, I'm wasting my time with a shabby house!"
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After lighting the oil lamp, Bi Yuntao took out the box that he put in the storage ring and studied it carefully.
Bi Yuntao held the box to his ear and shook it a few times, then he heard a "clack-clack" sound.
"Hey!" Hearing this voice, Bi Yuntao sighed. It seemed that the thing inside was not the drawing. Once this idea surfaced, Bi Yuntao immediately lost interest. You can guess it with just your feet, it's nothing more than those yellow and white things.
"Forget it, it's better than nothing. It's better than leaving empty-handed." Bi Yuntao comforted himself.
After spending some more effort, he heard a "click" sound and the lock on the box was opened by him.
"I'll go! This lock is quite laborious." Bi Yuntao said: "The style is different from the ones I have seen before. Basically, the principle is the same, but it takes some effort. I feel a little unhappy."
"Then, let me see what's inside after all the twists and turns!"
Bi Yuntao turned the box around and thrust the opening of the box towards the door. There is only the last step left to succeed. Often at this time, people will let down their guard due to excitement and excitement, and neglect to take precautions, resulting in failure in the end.
When I was about to open the box, I felt something was wrong. I took the box to the window and opened it. The cool breeze from outside rushed into the room.
This made Bi Yuntao startled. It was already spring, but why was the wind still so cold at night?
However, this also made Bi Yuntao very satisfied. The preparations were almost done, and it was time to open the box and see what was inside, which kept him busy all night.
Bi Yuntao held his breath and opened the closed box. As expected, a stream of light blue smoke floated out. Although I don’t know what kind of cigarette it is, it doesn’t look like a good thing.
The light blue smoke blew into the distance with the cool breeze. I brushed against the spider plant hanging on the wall, and it withered at a speed that I could see.
The changes in the spider plant made Bi Yuntao's eyes widen. I have a mother-in-law! What kind of poisonous smoke is this? It is so toxic. Fortunately, I had foresight, otherwise who else could have rescued the pretty widow from the dire straits.
As the green poisonous smoke slowly faded, Bi Yuntao dared to start breathing.
Bi Yuntao carefully turned the box over. There should be no danger now, but be careful when sailing a ship of ten thousand years. There is nothing wrong with being cautious wherever you go.
The box turned around, and Bi Yuntao finally saw clearly what was inside.
Bi Yuntao took out the contents of the box one by one and placed them in front of him.
"A letter. A phoenix hairpin." Bi Yuntao looked at the two items in front of him with deep disappointment on his face.
Although he knew that there would be no blueprints, he still held out hope. What if there really were blueprints here? But hope is hope, reality is reality, and reality is cruel. There is nothing like a blueprint in it. The only thing that has anything to do with paper is this letter.
"The style of this phoenix hairpin is a bit unusual." Bi Yuntao held the phoenix hairpin in his hand, thoughtfully.
Although he is not an expert in jewelry, don't forget that the soul of the fourth prince he fused with knows a lot about these things.
This phoenix hairpin is well made and does not look like an ordinary folk thing. Instead, it looks like something from the royal palace. The phoenix hairpin is not only an ornament, it is also a token of affection.
In this era, there was a popular custom of giving away gifts between lovers or husbands. A woman would divide the phoenix hairpin on her head into two parts, give one half to the other person, and keep the other half for herself until they meet again one day.
From this point of view, this Feng Chai must have another half, but I don't know whose hands this other half is. And what does this phoenix hairpin represent?
Putting down Feng Chai, he turned his attention to the letter. His eyes moved slightly. Could these doubts in his heart be in this letter?
Bi Yuntao thought for a while, but finally couldn't hold back his strong curiosity and reached out to pick up the envelope.
"Doubtful?" There was not only the letter in the envelope, but also other things.
Bi Yuntao poured out the contents of the envelope. In addition to a letter, there was also a token on which a five-clawed golden dragon with fangs and claws was engraved.
Bi Yuntao took a breath and exclaimed: "It turned out to be an imperial token!"
Surprised, he noticed unevenness on the back of the tiger talisman with his fingers. When he turned it over, Bi Yuntao's expression suddenly changed.
He didn't care about anything else and hurriedly opened the letter and quickly browsed its contents. The more he read, the more frightened he became.
After reading, he slumped feebly on the chair, looking out the window in the direction of the west wing, speechless for a long time.
