Dugu Xiang asked Jiang Shuo: "Brother Shuo, what should we do with these things?" Jiang Shuo hesitated for a long time and said: "I would say these documents are of no use. The original purpose of sending Jiancheng's descendants to the Western Regions was to protect him, not to subvert him. The Tang Dynasty later went to look for the descendants of Jiancheng because they were afraid that the bloodline of Li and Tang would be cut off. Neither of the two leaders of the Jianghu Alliance knew that in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the royal family of Litang and Tang Dynasty was prosperous, how could they use the bloodline of Jiancheng?" Duguxiang said: "But look. After hundreds of years of historical records, I feel quite sorry for the prince Li Jiancheng. In fact, he was not a mediocre and incompetent person. He died more or less unjustly. If his descendants can..." Jiang Shuo hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Dugu. Xiangdao: "Xiang'er, your statement may be good for ordinary people, but for the emperor's family, there is no possibility of going back. If these documents are taken out and used by ambitious people like An Lushan, life will inevitably be ruined. It is not necessarily a good thing for the heirs of Jiancheng." Dugu Xiang nodded and said: "The most ruthless imperial family. The heirs of Jiancheng don't know their own life experience, and they may still live carefree. Once they are involved in the dispute for the world, they will be There will never be another day in Ontario." She said again: "Brother Shuo, let's burn this pile of paper with a fire?" Jiang Shuo hesitated again after hearing this. After all, this is the true side of history. The two of them have never known anything in this world. What qualifications do these young men and women have to burn these documents?
Seeing that he didn't respond, Dugu Xiang said again: "If you want to keep it, you can't put it here. Duan Jianwei has already been here. The so-called law is not spread to the six ears. As long as one more person knows it, no matter how harsh his words are, Sooner or later, the news will leak out. Moreover, it is difficult for us to judge whether Duan Jianwei is good or bad..." Jiang Shuo said: "We are going to the Western Regions, wouldn't it be more unsafe to carry it with us? If this thing falls on us, In the hands of a big cannibal in black, the consequences would be even more disastrous." Dugu Xiang said: "I still have a question, who is the descendant of Jiancheng? It's not written in these documents. Could it be that Li Ke's old suspicion formation , Mr. Taibai is actually a descendant of Jiancheng?" Before Jiang Shuo could answer, he suddenly heard a rumbling sound of boulders moving. The two looked at each other in horror and screamed secretly.
"No!" Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang rushed out of the small stone room. They didn't care about using the iron ladder and jumped directly to the ground. They ran to the tunnel entering the hall. They saw that the iron chain on the winch had loosened and broken into several pieces and fell. On the ground, judging from the fracture, it was obviously cut off with a sharp blade.
The two found the torch they had thrown on the ground, relit it and walked into the tunnel. Sure enough, the entrance was sealed again by a huge boulder.
Jiang Shuo grabbed the iron ring behind the boulder and pulled it upwards, but it didn't move at all. When he entered the cave, he and Duan Jianwei pushed together to open the stone door. However, Jiang Shuo could still pull it up a little, but at that time it was upwards. It is easy to exert force when pushing, but now it is pulling upward. It cannot be used in the tunnel and cannot be dragged.
Jiang Shuo tried several times, then shook his head at Dugu Xiang and said: "No, it can't be opened." Dugu Xiang slapped the boulder with his hand and shouted: "Duan Jianwei! Open the door quickly! Brother Shuo saved you, but you did this to me." Us?" But there was no movement outside the boulder?
Dugu Xiang yelled: "Pigs and dogs! Southern barbarian monkeys, open the door quickly! What kind of hero is he who hides his head and shows his tail?" Dugu Xiang's voice ricocheted back and forth in the tunnel, turning into a noisy murmur, but there was still no movement outside the boulder. The two of them I don’t even know if Dugu Xiang’s shouts can be transmitted outside through the thick stone slabs.
After slapping and cursing for a long time, there was still no movement outside the stone door. Seeing that the torch in their hands was about to go out, the two could only retreat under the stone dome. The flame in the stone cauldron with light salt was still burning, but it was dimmer than before. Quite a few.
Jiang Shuo looked at the iron chain broken on the ground at the entrance of the tunnel. There was a question in his mind that he still couldn't figure out. Duan Jianwei didn't have a magic weapon on his body. Where did this sword that cuts iron like clay come from?
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Duan Jianwei is very scheming and has a magic weapon hidden in his body but has never revealed it. In addition, the boulder and the tunnel were almost perfectly connected, and the broken chains were all on the side of the cave. If it was the chain that Duan Jianwei had cut off, how did he get outside the stone gate?
Moreover, the stone gate is heavy and cannot be pulled by Duan Jianwei alone. He must have accomplices. Could it be that...this accomplice is still in the cave?
But Jiang Shuo looked up and down carefully, but he neither saw nor felt that anyone was in the cave.
Jiang Shuo was not afraid of the salt of light, so he got close to the fire cauldron and looked at it and said, "I guess it will be fine to burn for a few hours, but it will be hard to say after that." Dugu Xiang suddenly became nervous and said in horror: "There is nothing else in the cave. If this fire cauldron goes out, wouldn't we have to be in darkness?" Jiang Shuo said: "Now we can't go back the way we came. We can only enter and exit through the earth maze written in the Chinese book of the Golden Chamber. The map of this maze is in the hands of the Nestorian leader, and we don’t know how to get out." The torches in their hands have also been burned out. Even if they have the map in their hands now, without the torches, they can't get out of this underground maze. It can be said that it is impossible now. There is no other way. On the ground, when encountering a man-made maze like Stone Castle City, Jiang Shuo can break the wall, or go through the roof, and break through the maze with brute force. In this natural maze buried deep underground, even if you Even though he has divine power, he can only do nothing.
Both of them felt palpitations. Their current situation was like being buried alive in a tomb. Seeing that the flame in the fire cauldron was getting weaker and weaker, after the flame was completely extinguished, they could only wait to die in the boundless darkness.
Jiang Shuo deeply regretted trusting the wrong person again. He didn't expect Duan Jianwei's methods to be so vicious. He gritted his teeth and said, "You have to try to get out of the earth no matter what, right? It's better than waiting to die here." ." Dugu Xiang glanced at the large and small caves under the boulder dome. The interiors of these caves were all the same black, as if they were monsters with their mouths wide open, waiting for people to fall into the trap. Dugu Xiang couldn't help but feel like he was covered in chicken skin. Qiao Da asked: "Brother Shuo, there are so many caves, how do we know where the exit is?" Her words lacked the boldness just now, and were mixed with some timidity.
Jiang Shuo said: "According to the water flow, this is a branch of the earth's veins. If we go in the direction of the water, we might be able to find a way out." Dugu Xiang nodded seriously and said: "Yes! Yes! Yes! You can trace it back. , naturally it should go in reverse direction to bring good luck." The two of them didn't care whether this statement made sense or not. Anyway, they were betting on the left and right, so why not bet on the west entrance?
They took the only remaining half torch, and Dugu Xiang went back to the small cave to take the golden cupboard and hid it in his arms.
Jiang Shuo asked curiously: "Xian'er, what are you doing with the Golden Chamber at this time?" Dugu Xiang said: "I carry it with me. If we get lost and die in the earth maze, this big secret will be ours." After hearing this, Jiang Shuo smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he thought it was a good idea. Although they could not open the boulder blocking the door, Duan Jianwei could find more helpers outside. As long as they knew the location, it was not necessary to remove the boulder blocking the door. It was a difficult task, so the Golden Chamber could not stay here under any circumstances. The two of them were ready and went into the largest cave in the west hand in hand. The two of them took off their shoes and socks, rolled up their trousers, and stepped on the underground river. In this way, you can better feel the direction of the water flow. The basement is extremely cold. It is midsummer in the outside world, but the underground river in the cave makes people shiver with cold. In order to save the light source, the two of them first lit the The half torch went out after a while, and was replaced with a complete, unburned torch. However, the complexity of the underground river was far beyond their imagination. The terrain under their feet was high and low, and the water flow was slow and fast. It flows from east to west, sometimes from west to east, sometimes from south to north, sometimes gathering and sometimes dispersing, making it difficult for people to tell whether they are going upstream or with the current. The flames on the torch in their hands are getting stronger and stronger. Faintly, finally
The sound of "chi" was completely extinguished... Dugu Xiang exclaimed and hugged Jiang Shuo's arm tightly. However, the tunnel was not completely dark, but instead exuded dots of cold blue light. Their eyes adapted. After the darkness, you can actually roughly make out the outline of the rock wall.
Dugu Xiang's fear was immediately taken over by curiosity. He took Jiang Shuo's arm and asked, "Brother Shuo, why is there blue light here?" Jiang Shuo said, "It seems that the rock walls here will emit fluorescence, so in the dark I can still barely see." As long as their eyes could see, the fear of the two people was immediately reduced, and they continued to look for a way out in the criss-crossing caves. However, they could not find the way before with the torch, and now they can only rely on the dim fluorescence to find a way out. The road is difficult to discern.
At this moment, she suddenly heard two faint sounds of baby cries. Dugu Xiang's hair stood on end immediately and her back felt cold. She was most afraid of ghosts. She once again squeezed Jiang Shuo's arm tightly, her voice trembling. Asked: "Brother Shuo, did you hear it? There is a ghost, there is a ghost!" Jiang Shuo did not show any panic at all. Instead, he said with a smile on his face: "Xiang'er, it's not a ghost, it's a dragon!" Dugu Xiang said doubtfully: "What? ? Dragon? I am familiar with "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", and I have never heard of any dragon whose cry is the same as the cry of a baby." Jiang Shuo said: "It's not a real dragon, it's a 'hexagonal dragon'." Dugu She couldn't read any other books in Xiangbei, but she could memorize books on strange things like "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" like a slender book. She frowned and said, "What hexagonal dragon? How can there be such a dragon?" Jiang Shuo took her hand and said, "I'll see you later." When we get there, you will know." Dugu Xiang was still afraid, hiding behind Jiang Shuo and moving forward. The two of them followed the cry in all directions. The cry became clearer and clearer, and Dugu Xiang became more and more uneasy in his heart. When she got up, something greasy suddenly seemed to crawl across her feet. Dugu Xiang screamed in fright and jumped up. If Jiang Shuo hadn't hugged her, her head would have hit the top of the rock wall. .
Jiang Shuo said: "Xiang'er, don't be afraid. Look, this is the Hexagonal Dragon." Dugu Xiang lifted his feet off the ground and nestled in Jiang Shuo's arms like a cat. Looking down, he saw a blue-haired dragon. The fluorescent animal looks like a fish or a lizard, like an oversized gecko, but its head is much flatter. It raises its head and opens its huge mouth, like a baby
He yelled "Yeah" twice, and six furry animals were propped up behind his head.
"horn". Dugu Xiang first heard
The name "Hexagonal Dragon" made me feel scary before seeing it, but after seeing it, even its cry like a baby's cry became cute.
She jumped down and got closer to look at the glowing thing in the dark with interest.
"Hexagonal Dragon" asked Jiang Shuo: "Brother Shuo, how do you recognize this thing?" Jiang Shuo said: "This is the descendant of the Hexagonal Dragon I met in the glacier. The Hexagonal Dragon will not grow as long as it does not eat salt." Big, but the descendants of the hexagonal dragon in the glacier canyon licked the salt off my body. As long as the hexagonal dragon reaches adulthood, it will compete with its kind for territory and cannot coexist. The Mahayan can only send its offspring to other places. Here It is far away from the Xiaolongsha Glacier. Master Mahayan probably would not have sent the little dragon so far, but it crawled here on its own." Duguxiang said: "I didn't expect that by some strange combination of circumstances, we actually encountered this person here. A little dragon."
