Princess of the Past and Present

Mu Jin held the tinder in one hand, and groped on the stone gate with the other, sometimes knocking against the stone wall with his ear.Mo Shuang looked down at the ground, there was obviously a seam between the wall and the ground.

Knocked against the wall, something was really wrong, "Your Highness, it's this wall."

Hearing this, Mu Jin came over and tapped against the wall. Mo Shuang pointed to the ground, "There is a seam underneath."

Mu Jin squatted down again, and illuminated the joints on the ground with the tinder in his hand, "This is a stone gate."

Mo Shuang looked at the uneven stone wall in front of him, "I'm afraid there are organs."

Mu Jin pressed the fire in his hand to the ground and walked around, but found nothing similar to the mechanism.

Suddenly, with a sound, the stone gate on the ground slowly rose.Startled, Mu Jin looked at Mo Shuang.

Mo Shuang pointed to the wall, a piece of which was sunken, "The mechanism is set on the wall."

The corners of Mu Jin's lips hooked up, and he got up from the ground, and then watched the stone door slowly open, and the light of the fire entered the stone door, and there was a cave inside.

The light of the kindling in Nai He's hand was too weak and could only illuminate part of it.The two walked in step by step. Mu Jin caught a glimpse of a piece of wax beside the stone gate, lit the candle, and the light became brighter instantly.

Mu Jin then lit the other two candles inside, and the area of ​​more than 50 square meters was illuminated as if it were daytime.

The things inside were also clearly illuminated. There was a bookshelf against the wall, seven or eight boxes piled up in one corner, and two multi-treasure shelves, displaying all kinds of rare treasures.

Mo Shuang walked to the bookshelf, took out a book at random, and opened it. It was an account book, which recorded accounts from more than ten years ago, and they were all evidence of Yin Sheng's bribery and embezzlement.

Mo Shuang frowned, took out another book and flipped through it, it was still the account book.

This book after book records all his bribery and corruption accounts from a seventh-rank official to the prime minister who is an extremely human minister.He wants to climb high, so he bribes everywhere, and the money used for bribes comes from corruption.

Ever since, corruption and then bribery have climbed to where it is today.Later, in order to support the sixth prince Zhe Kan, he also spent a lot of money to win over officials.

Looking at the accounts, Mo Shuang felt chills in her heart.

At some point, Mu Jin was already beside him, "He doesn't deserve a son like you, you just treat him as a father."

Mo Shuang closed the ledger, "Although he did something wrong, blood is thicker than water. It is an indisputable fact that he will always be your father. A big mistake and a crime that should be punished."

Mu Jin looked deeply, "I will handle this matter fairly."

Mo Shuang was silent for a moment, and asked, "Did your Highness find the 30 taels of official silver?"

Mu Jin nodded, pointing to seven or eight wooden boxes in the corner, "There."

Mo Shuang looked at the seven or eight wooden boxes with a sad expression.

Mu Jin took a deep breath, "I will send someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow morning."

Mo Shuang was silent.

At this moment, with a bang, the opened stone door fell down, sealing the exit tightly.

Mu Jin was startled, and hurried to the stone gate, his eyes swept over the stone gate, "Why did it close all of a sudden?"

"Probably it will close after an hour."

Mu Jin touched the stone gate with his palm and groped, "There must be a mechanism nearby that can be opened."

The two started looking for the mechanism again, but this time, they searched the entire basement, but they couldn't find it.An hour passed, and all the places that should be searched were found. A candle on the wall had been extinguished, and green smoke rose.

Mu Jin gradually felt dizzy, rubbed his temples, and continued to search for tricks.Gradually, Mo Shuang also felt dizzy, and suddenly thought that this is an airtight basement with limited air, and if you stay too long, you will suffocate and die.

"Your Highness, please put out the candle."

Mu Jin was puzzled, "Why?"

"If it continues to burn, I'm afraid you and I will suffocate here if we don't find the mechanism."

Mu Jin understood immediately, and wanted to use the finger wind to extinguish the candle, but found that he was so weak that he couldn't use the strong finger wind at all.He had no choice but to go to the candle, blow out the candle on the wall, and Mo Shuang blew out the other one.

After the candle was blown out, the basement fell into endless darkness.

Mu Jin searched for Mo Shuang in the dark, but couldn't even see what was in front of him, "Where are you?"

"Your Highness, go to the left."

As soon as Mo Shuang made a sound, he knew the direction, and walked forward in the dark. Suddenly, a hand held the hand he was groping forward. The hand was a little cold, and Mu Jin grabbed it tightly with his backhand. .

"The mechanism was created blindly, so it's okay without the candle." Mo Shuang's voice sounded in the darkness.

"Yeah." Fearing that he might not be found later, Mu Jin squeezed his hand tightly, "Follow me."

"it is good."

Mu Jin took his hand and groped for the mechanism in the dark.Knocking here, knocking there, but didn't hear the slightest movement from Shimen.

Time passed little by little, and the only air in the basement was about to run out.

Mu Jin had difficulty breathing, his whole body was weak, and his eyelids were heavy as if they had been filled with lead.Mo Shuang noticed that the hand holding her hand was gradually losing strength, "Your Highness."

"Yeah." Mu Jin replied.

"You need to rest for a while."

"Alright."

Mu Jin took Mo Shuang and sat down on the floor at the base of the wall. His breathing was a little heavy. Once he sat down, his drowsiness became more and more intense. His eyelids were about to close, and he tried his best to hold them up again. Won't you die here?"

"How come?" Mo Shuang replied.

Mu Jin raised his arms to hold his shoulders, and put his head against his head. He said weakly, "Actually, it's not bad to die with you."

Mo Shuang leaned closer to him, "Does Your Highness think it's not good to be alive?"

"Not really, I just thought, if you die in the same year, the same month, and the same day as me, you don't have to be a widow. That's all I have on my mind."

"Dian □ is the prince, and he will bear the heavy responsibility of the world in the future. What he really cares about is the common people in this world."

Mu Jin lowered his eyelids, his voice became smaller and weaker, and his strength became weaker, "Those are all imaginary to me, I can't see or touch them, only you in front of me are real."

Mo Shuang sensed something was wrong, "Your Highness?"

"Huh?" The voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.

Mo Shuang raised her hand to caress his side face, "Don't close your eyes."

"I'm so tired."

Hearing his angry voice, she knew that he was going to faint. Mo Shuang's hand placed on the side of his face touched the bridge of his nose, and pinched the person under the bridge of his nose.

Mu Jin was stimulated by the pain, and his eyes slowly opened again.

"Never close your eyes."

Mo Shuang's breath was beside him, but he couldn't see him, he approached slowly, touched his lips, and no longer had the strength to give a lingering kiss, he gently sucked his lips Flap, just sticking, the breath of the tip of the nose is entangled.

After a long time, he left slightly, panting and asked, "Tell me, is it dawn outside?"

"After so long, it must have been lit."

"You and I are gone, I don't know if that old fox Yin Sheng will be suspicious."

Mo Shuang's voice gradually became weaker, "I have told Dong Ling that if I don't see you and me early in the morning, I will go and tell my mother that you and I have returned home."

"I never thought you were so thoughtful."

A slight smile floated on Mo Shuang's lips, "Your Highness, thank you."

The two cuddled each other, breathing hard, but still smiling.

Mu Jin suddenly remembered what happened when he was a child, "Actually, I am the same as you. My biological mother passed away when I was a few years old. There is only one princess under the queen's knees. In order to preserve her position as queen, he adopted me under her name. Treat me like the prime minister's wife treats you."

"That's not a bad thing, Your Highness."

"So, I don't hate her for using me." After a pause, he said: "I should thank her, if she hadn't adopted me under her name, I'm afraid I would have been bullied by my brothers all the time, and I wouldn't be able to get on the board." Take the position of prince."

"When I was young, not long after my mother passed away, I was locked up in such a dark room."

"Why?"

"At that time, I read a poem in front of my father and was rewarded. Zhekan became jealous of me and locked me in the house where the Ministry of Internal Affairs stored grain and grass. It was also so airtight."

"and after?"

"Later, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs released me and locked me inside for a day and a night. When I was hungry, I peeled the rice inside and ate it." Mu Jin smiled weakly, "Eating the peeled rice one by one , in the mouth, the taste is sweet."

"Why didn't you call someone?"

"I barked a few times, but it was useless, and then I stopped barking altogether."

Mo Shuang inserted five fingers between his fingers and interlocked with his ten fingers as a comfort.Suddenly thought of something, "Your Highness."

"Ok?"

"Just now you and I have searched all over the ground and the four walls, but there is one place that you and I have not set foot in yet."

"Where?" Just now I searched carefully everywhere, but I didn't find any place.

"above."

Mu Jin suddenly realized, looked up at the dark sky above, "You mean the top?"

"Ah."

Mu Jin got up from the ground, feeling a heavy dizziness, he managed to stand still, took out the fire from his arms, opened the lid but failed to blow the fire.

Mo Shuang said: "This fire probably won't be able to ignite. I will use spells. You will pay attention to whether there is a mechanism on the top."

"okay."

After finishing speaking, Mo Shuang twirled the dharma seal, murmured a few terms in her mouth, and a little starlight appeared on the knot seal in her hand. The starlight became bigger and bigger, and finally split into clusters of small flames in the sky.

Relying on the light of these small flames, Mu Jin raised his head and scanned the ceiling of the basement, almost lost his footing and fell to one side.Supporting the wall, looking up and squinting his eyes, he found a protruding brick on the top facing the seven or eight boxes. Mu Jin's eyes suddenly enlarged, pointing at that piece and turning his head, "It's there!"

Mo Shuang pinched the French seal to maintain the clusters of flames, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she had no time to respond to Mu Jin.Mu Jin just wanted to fly up to touch the mechanism on the top, but he couldn't use any strength in his body.

The mechanism is on the top, and Yin Sheng's skill is average. If he opens it, he must use something.Mu Jin looked around and found a scepter inlaid with gems and jasper, which was extremely precious.

Mu Jin raised the scepter and just touched the brick. The protruding brick was hit by the scepter and sank. And rotate slowly, the outside is a passage.

Mu Jin looked at Mo Shuang happily, "It turns out that I am..." Before he could finish his sentence, Mo Shuang closed his eyes, fell to one side, and the flames he created with magic were also extinguished.

Mu Jin was shocked, "Mo Shuang!" Throwing the scepter in his hand, he went to catch him.

The author has something to say: Update O(∩_∩)O~

Well, sharing weal and woe can enhance the relationship.

Another thing, I will open a personal journal soon, which is equivalent to a customized book, including "The Black Belly" and eight short stories.

Blue Queen will announce the pre-sale on Weibo at that time, and the cover template has been posted on Weibo today (*^__^*) hehe...