I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

The clothes of men and women on the murals belong to Tang Dynasty costumes. The first few pictures show the emperor wearing a dragon robe or sitting on a chariot, or going out, or reviewing memorials in the room. The scenes are different, and the accompanying people around them also have different changes. But every picture has the same man in black.This person did not stand beside the emperor majestically, but hid on the roof, behind a tree, or among the entourage.

On the penultimate mural, the men in black appeared in front of the emperor, surrounded by more than two dozen fallen men in black and the invading enemies, all dead.The man in black knelt devoutly in front of the emperor, holding a bead in both hands.

"The man in black protected the emperor for his meritorious service, and is accepting the orb bestowed by the emperor."

There are two lines of writing next to this mural, silver hook and iron painting, and the writing is overbearing.

"Flying dragon spits out pearls, and treasures fall from the sky."

"I am His Majesty's treasure."

The last mural is a group of people forcing the emperor to surround the emperor's room. The emperor pointed to the window and ordered the man in black to leave. After prostrating to the ground, the man in black reluctantly said goodbye.The emperor was finally forced to commit suicide by drinking poisoned wine.Holding the beads in his hands, the man in black fled to a distant place.

It can be seen from these murals that the person in black is the protagonist in the murals, that is, the owner of the tomb.The emperor valued the man in black very much and rewarded him with orbs, but the man in black was loyal to the emperor and regarded the emperor's praise of him as the highest honor.

Because the tomb murals all record the most important events in the life of the tomb owner, the man in black recorded these in his tomb, which is enough to prove his loyalty to the emperor.

Wang Zhao turned to look at the sarcophagus: "So, the person in the coffin is the man in black in the painting?"

Cui Tao nodded.

"It turns out that this guy is just a bodyguard next to the emperor." Wang Zhao approached the coffin and couldn't help laughing, "It's quite a pomp. I don't think I'm a big shot."

"The leader of the dark guard is a dead man, and he can train dead men." Han Qi said.

Thinking about the people they met along the way, whether it was the 'villagers' in Anding Village or the man in black in this cave, they were indeed 'dead men'.

Indeed, as Han Tuiguan said, the person buried here is actually a very powerful leader of the secret guard, who once specially trained dead soldiers for the emperor.

Only then did Wang Zhao come to his senses, and sighed, "It's amazing that the dark guard can do what he does. But the emperor treated him well, and his own death will not implicate him in his death."

Wang Zhao then asked Han Qi who the emperor on the mural was.

"Zhaoxuan Guanglie filial piety to Emperor Li Jue," Han Qi said.

Wang Zhao opened his eyes wide.

"Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, the last one in the Tang Dynasty who was forced by Liang Taizu to commit suicide by drinking poison."

Wang Zhao suddenly realized, "That's how I realized it! It's better for Mrs. Cui. Someone can help explain it, which saves a lot of effort. We heard Han Tuiguan's talk a few days ago, and we only had half-knowledge."

Cui Tao walked to the altar. This altar was a bit shorter, half a foot shorter than ordinary tables. She wiped it with her hands, and there was no dust on the surface of the altar.The incense burner was full of incense ashes, and the fruit offerings were still fresh, as if they were put in yesterday and had not deteriorated.

Wang Zhao looked curiously at the reliefs on the surface of the sarcophagus. The patterns on the four sides and the top cover of the coffin were the same as the pattern of flying dragons spitting out beads on the tomb door.

"It turns out that the key to this picture is not the dragon, but the bead."

Wang Zhao squatted down and carefully looked at the seams under the coffin's top cover for something white.

"what is this?"

"The white wax further strengthens the sealing of the coffin. In this case, it is either to keep the corpse intact; or something is added to the coffin, and that thing is more dangerous after it comes into contact with the air."

"Then do you want to open the coffin?" Wang Zhao asked.

"open--"

Wang Zhao got excited and grabbed his sleeves.

Han Qi glanced at Cui Tao immediately.

"Joke!" Cui Tao said, "We are not grave robbers, why open the coffin. There are many traps here, and many coffins are bound to be dangerous. Besides, there are such obvious white wax seals here. Whoever opens the coffin will be stupid. It will be fatal. "

Wang Zhao pursed his lips, and moved his hand away from the coffin, "Miss Cui, let's discuss it. Can't we talk more smoothly, don't pant? Once I am quick, what should I do if I really open it?"

"That is the destiny cannot be violated, we will die here together." Cui Tao agreed casually.

She looked around the tomb for a week and found that there were no other funerary objects except altars, candlesticks and murals.

"Eh? That can't be done! Mrs. Cui and Han Tuiguan are a pair to the death. What's the matter with me being alone in the middle.

Han Qi: "That's considered a family."

"That's right, you're out of touch." Cui Tao agreed.

Wang Zhao scratched his head embarrassingly and smiled, "I didn't expect that I would be so important in the eyes of Han Tuiguan, we are all a family hehe..."

"You're welcome, we happen to have no children yet." Han Qi said lightly.

Wang Zhao: "..."

Cui Tao burst out laughing, dispelling all the tension accumulated from the tomb visit just now.

"Han Tuiguan can't be bullied by a big official, taking advantage of his subordinates like this? How old am I?" Wang Zhao knew that Han Qi was joking with him, so naturally he wouldn't take it seriously, but he took a special look at Cui Tao, "Isn't it Everyone is like Mrs. Cui, who dares to call 'Master' when she sees Han Tuiguan."

Cui Tao was looking at the sarcophagus again, when she heard Wang Zhao's words, she raised her head and glared at him: "But I want you to be my son, why are you talking about me all of a sudden? I think you are looking for a fight!"

After Cui Tao finished speaking, she pressed her hand, which is also where the orb can be pressed.

Wang Zhao was shocked when he saw this: "Oh ancestor, didn't you say you can't open the coffin? You opened it suddenly, why didn't you say anything?"

Wang Zhao quickly drew out his knife, ready to deal with the coming danger.

After a soft sound, a bluestone slab shrank next to the sarcophagus, revealing a hidden compartment, inside which was a heavy old sandalwood incense, and the four corners of the wooden box were inlaid with gold, but the things contained in such a box must be valuable.

Holding the knife, Wang Zhao waited nervously for a long while. Seeing that there was no sign of the sarcophagus opening, he realized that he had thought too much just now, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't recognize my lord, but my ancestors. The Wang patrol is indeed stronger than me." Cui Tao never forgot to "revenge" and teased Wang Zhao.

Wang Zhao scratched his head with a smile, and expressed his deep understanding: "I finally understand why Mrs. Cui would call you an adult at that time. I understand, I understand everything!"

Han Qi asked Cui Tao what was in the box.

Cui Tao immediately opened the box and found that it was empty, and there was nothing in the box.

Judging from the proportions shown on the mural, the emperor gave the man in black the orb last time, which can be held with one hand, which is about the size of an egg.

"This box is five inches long and wide. It's too big to put the orbs on the murals. There must be something else that is more important to him," Cui Tao speculated, "but someone took it away." .”

"Perhaps it was taken away by the descendants who worshiped him, or the current owner of the Tianji Pavilion." Wang Zhao sighed.

Han Qi: "After entering the tomb, there are no dangerous traps. As long as you have good lightness skills and know the 'stepping road' outside, it is easy to come here to worship. This arrangement is obviously for the convenience of future generations to worship him frequently. .”

Cui Tao nodded. From the inspection of the altar table just now, it can be seen that people often come to worship here.

The three of them checked the other places in the tomb again and walked out of the tomb without finding any important clues.At this time, they suddenly discovered that there was another passage on the east side of the tomb gate, which could only accommodate one person, but they did not know where it led.

Cui Tao felt that they hadn't encountered any danger since they came here from the tomb gate, and that passage was most likely not dangerous. Of course, other possibilities were not ruled out, but Cui Tao felt it was worth exploring.

When Cui Tao decided to go in first, Han Qi held her back and walked ahead.

Seeing this, Wang Zhao whispered to Cui Tao: "Miss Cui, don't be too aggressive, at least give others a chance to show off, especially my own man."

Cui Tao raised his foot and kicked Wang Zhao, but Wang Zhao nimbly dodged it. Cui Tao immediately stretched out the stone in his hand and hit Wang Zhao's ass, making Wang Zhao scream in pain.

"You're very poor today."

"That must be because I was so mad at Mrs. Cui's fake death, I couldn't help but want to take revenge." Wang Zhao rubbed and rubbed in pain, feeling why Cui Tao insisted on beating this place.

"Then you have to ask yourself, why does the Yamen beat this place when they execute the cane?"

The meat is thick and does not hurt vital organs such as the internal organs.

"Don't thank me yet?"

When Wang Zhao just came to his senses, he was questioned by Cui Tao.

Wang Zhao bowed his hands after learning the lesson, and thanked Cui Tao honestly.Since then, he has been honest, and silently followed Han Qi and Cui Tao through this passage.

The three of them came to another spacious place. There were seven graves in this place, all of which stood with blank stone steles. One of the stone steles was relatively new and was newly erected in recent years.

"Why are there no names on these steles?" Wang Zhao was puzzled.

"Many hidden guards or dead men don't have their own names, they only have nicknames, so as not to affect their family members and their loyal masters." Han Qi said.

"That's quite pitiful." Wang Zhao sighed, and immediately added, "The hidden guards I agreed with are not these evildoers!"

Cui Tao said to Han Qi: "Judging from the material and color of the stele, the seven tombs were not erected at the same time. They are probably all descendants of the tomb owner, and they were buried here with them after death."

Han Qi nodded in agreement.

"It has been more than 100 years since the death of Emperor Ai of Tang Dynasty, which is not too short. This village—"

"Nearly a hundred years." Han Qi replied.

When he ordered people to besiege the village earlier, he did a thorough investigation.The reason why this village is near Quanzhou is not very eye-catching, and the reason why it has not attracted special attention is also because this village is not new.Who would have thought that the Tianji Pavilion, which has only been rising in the Jianghu for less than a dozen years, took root here a hundred years ago.

"It's not unusual. Only in this way can such a huge force be formed. There are many ghosts and ghosts, and there are many dead people." Han Qi frowned.

Wang Zhao: "Fortunately, now we have given away their lair!"

Cui Tao looked at the tomb of the newly erected stele, "If this is the old pavilion owner of the Tianji Pavilion, who died not long ago, then the new pavilion owner should not be too old. That's why he appeared outside the cave before. So many young pavilion masters and young masters?"

When Cui Tao came out of the cave, the yamen servant who went after the white-haired old man had already returned, and brought back the white-haired old man's body.

"This guy is just like losing his mind. After being hunted down by us, he crazily resisted, shouting that he was ashamed of his ancestors and not worthy of being the master of the Tianji Pavilion. The subordinates tried their best to keep alive, but he was ruthless everywhere. There is no way for subordinates to be merciful." Li Cai explained.

Han Qi promised, and ordered people to search the white-haired old man's body, and unexpectedly found a night pearl the size of an egg from his arms, which looked very much like the pearl painted on the murals in the tomb.

"There are not only young pavilion masters here, but also old pavilion masters? Big and small, old and young, true or false." Wang Zhao rubbed his temples, feeling a headache.

After Han Qi appraised that this luminous pearl was also top grade, he asked Cui Tao if he thought the current owner of Tianji Pavilion was old or young, dead or not.

"All the children in the village say that they are the master of the pavilion. Except for this white-haired old man, I haven't seen any other grown-up people yelling like that. I guess it's more likely that they are young."

"None of the prisoners who have been arrested is willing to confess." Wang Zhao reported to Han Qi with a disappointed face after inspecting the situation.

"Since it is a training method accumulated over a hundred years, it is impossible for the dead here to be pried open." Cui Tao looked at the prison car, "However, this surprise attack was definitely beyond their expectations, and there must be some characters mixed in between them. In order to come up with such a blindfold."

"It must be him. He came out of the cave on the east hillside. Only important people in the Tianji Pavilion can enter and leave that place. He pretended to be an ordinary child, wearing coarse clothes, but in fact the material he was wearing was rich and noble. He’s still wearing a dragon-shaped jade pendant.” Li Cai’s thoughts were the same as his elder brother Li Yuan’s, pointing to the boy with a tear mole, he said with certainty that it must be him, and the young man in brocade clothes and the girl in red clothes were acting deliberately, playing a cover, in order to cover him .

Cui Tao pointed to the boy in straw sandals she met at the beginning, "I think it's him."

"Him?" Li Cai raised his eyebrows and took a look at the boy. He was thin and small, like a quail who had never seen the world, huddled in a corner of the prison car.After the man heard the ugly boy's identification, he nodded eagerly and recognized himself as the Pavilion Master.

"It's just a silly boy, how could it be him? Don't blame me for being rude, you are ugly, why do you have such bad eyesight? That's all right, all right, don't meddle in it." Li Cai dismissed the ugly boy Don't continue to mess around here, go somewhere to cool off and rest, he is not needed here.

As soon as this remark came out, Han Qi and Wang Zhao looked at Li Cai with sympathetic eyes at the same time.