[Hanwu] Attack and retreat

Due to the sudden light, the two big snakes stopped for a moment, and by the time they reacted and were about to pounce on them, the stone gate had already been closed. "Huh..." Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the people around him, "It seems that I owe you my life."

"You owe me more than one life." Liu Che snorted twice, cold sweat broke out on his forehead due to the excessive exercise, he wiped his face, and said, "How? Your son risked his life, what exactly did he see?" Shocking secret?"

"Speaking out is enough to prevent you from becoming an emperor." Chen Xu said with a smile: "I think the Queen Mother will regret it very much. The two assassinations failed, but it paved the smoothest road for you."

Liu Che looked at Chen Xu in puzzlement: "Don't be tricky."

"Okay, I found out that Han Shaodi has a jade seal in his hand."

"I see Yuxi every day." Liu Che was originally disdainful, but suddenly paused and looked at Chen Xu: "...Isn't it what I thought? Impossible."

"That's it." Chen Xu nodded. "Empress Lu must have found a master craftsman, even I didn't notice that there was a problem with that jade seal."

Liu Che frowned, and sat down on the stone bed beside him, and jumped up again as soon as he touched it, clutching his own buttocks and jumping twice. "Oh shit."

Chen Xu laughed twice, but was stared at by Liu Che twice.

"If it's really Yuxi." Liu Che said solemnly, "I must take it back."

In an underground palace with huge snakes entrenched, how did two unarmed mortals fight out the snakes and win the jade seal?It sounded like an impossible task, but Chen Xu unexpectedly agreed.

"You look like this now, let me go find Yuxi."

"You asked me to save you just now." Liu Che glared at Chen Xu again. "Besides, who is to blame for my appearance?" Fortunately, he insisted on practicing swordsmanship every day in order to compete with Wei Qing, and a minor ailment such as fever would be cured after a night of sleep. Although his feet were still sore, they were obvious. The swelling has subsided, so it's better, but the buttocks were tortured by Chen Xu, and it looks like it will hurt for a few days.

Chen Xu looked helpless, he knew he was wrong, and he couldn't refute Liu Che's words, so he just said, "Do you really want to go with me?"

"Yes."

"What if I told you that the way out is near here?"

"Stop talking nonsense, I will naturally take what I want." Liu Che glared at Chen Xu again.

Chen Xu was so tickled by Liu Che's stare. I don't know if it was because he misunderstood that he raped Liu Che. Chen Xu always felt that Liu Che's stare was full of charm, and his watery eyes seemed to be sending glances, so he didn't even think about it. He nodded and said, "Extremely true."

"Then tell me, what is the layout here?" Liu Che walked slowly to the side of the stone table, pointed at the picture Chen Xu had drawn before, and asked, "Are we in this place now?"

"That's right. I just went back and looked at this sketch again. The passage outside is not only connected to this door, but also connected to many small passages. It was blocked by the mucus of the giant snake. Then there is a small road here. It leads to the inside of the room." Chen Xu said: "These big snakes should not be wild, they were brought by Han Shaodi himself, I guess he intended to let these snakes show him the door, but then the construction workers ran away, No one cares about these snakes, so they wander around, among them, the snake we saw the first day is the largest, this should be his lair, because it died, so other small snakes came here to become active."

"How to avoid these snakes?" Liu Che said: "They are huge, and we have no weapons. If we confront them, we can only run away."

"Since Emperor Han Shao wanted to catch them to see the door, he naturally wanted to protect his own life. The outside of this sketch map has been marked. It seems to be the place where the opponent's snake is, but the same mark is not made in the middle. It should be used Some way to isolate the snake."

"isolation?"

"Maybe it's something that snakes are afraid of, so that they don't dare to approach." Chen Xu pointed to Jian Tu and said, "As long as we walk from this place to this place, we will be safe."

"You drew a few lines here, what do you mean?"

"This is the path leading to the interior of the room." Chen Xu said, "Look, we now have three paths to choose from."

"I'll choose this one." Liu Che pointed to the road on the farthest edge, and said, "It's the closest to here. The workers shouldn't put themselves in the snake den, right?"

"This is the one under the stone table. The snake that sneaked up before should have come up from there."

Liu Che's face darkened again when he mentioned what happened that night. "Then which road do you think is the safest?"

"This one." Chen Xu pointed to the farthest road. "Although it is the farthest, it doesn't look like there will be a mechanism or something."

"That's as you said." Liu Che nodded. "Now think about how to get out."

"Just go out with a big swagger." Chen Xu said and began to pack his things, while shaking his robe.

Liu Che looked at Chen Xu with disgust.That outer robe was already dirtier than a rag. Not only was it covered with dust, but it also came with snake mucus, which was used as a cushion under his body. Liu Che could still understand it. If he wanted to put it on... Liu Che couldn't help but say, "Are you sure you want to wear it?" Do you need it?"

"I need it, I can't need it anymore." Chen Xu said, and pulled out a small wooden stick. This is the wreckage of the carriage. It looks like the longest stick except for the short spear. The other sticks are in the process of fleeing and fighting. In such a bad situation, Chen Xu felt very sorry.

Liu Che frowned as he watched Chen Xu tore up his tattered clothes, wrapped them around a wooden stick, and then poured lamp oil on it. After a crackling sound, Liu Che felt that the world in front of him was getting brighter and brighter.

Liu Che: "..." As expected, only Chen Xu could figure out the use of waste.

"This lamp oil is quite burnt." Chen Xu held the oil lamp in one hand and the wooden stick in the other, and said, "Let's go, get out of this damn place quickly."

"I hope these snakes are afraid of fire."

"There is no animal that is not afraid of fire." Chen Xu waved the small torch in his hand. "It's long overdue."

The two snakes outside the door did not know where they went. Judging from the traces of the struggle on the ground, they should have lost Chen Xu. The two snakes thought each other was the prey and fought a fight. As for which one won? After a full meal, Chen Xu and Liu Che didn't know.

They held the torches and walked towards the destination, but they didn't encounter a snake along the way. I don't know if they were really afraid of the fire. The two walked to the destination safely all the way.

Leaving the long passage, lying in front of Chen Xu and Liu Che is a river that smells like wine.

The river was not wide, but Chen Xu and Liu Che didn't have any boats to carry them.

Liu Che said: "Is this wine the reason why those snakes dare not go forward?"

"No, there must be something else." Chen Xu squatted by the river and looked, an ugly fish suddenly jumped out of the river, and rushed towards Chen Xu's face, Chen Xu was startled, subconsciously He fell back and blocked himself with a torch. As soon as the fish touched the fire, it burst into flames, flicked its tail twice, and fell to the ground without moving.

Chen Xu and Liu Che looked at each other in shock, and silently took a few steps back.

Liu Che said: "It seems that even if we are given a boat, we will not be able to get through."

"..." The wine was too strong, the alcohol concentration was so high that it would catch fire as soon as it started. Fortunately, the fish didn't fall back into the river just now, otherwise they would all be the second fish.

Liu Che said: "There must be an agency near here."

"That's the only way I can think about it." Chen Xu pinched his chin and thought for a while, then said: "It seems that the sign on this road is where the agency is located."

Liu Che: "Where did the mark come from?"

"Because it's blocked by the slime of the giant snake, I'm not sure."

Liu Che: "...Be serious."

Although the mark was marked on the sketch map, it did not specify where it was. Liu Che and Chen Xu struggled to find the mechanism. After opening the mechanism, they heard the sound of the sluice being released, and then the wine in the river gradually receded. Going down, Liu Che and Chen Xu saw many ugly fish floating with the waves, and there were still a few scattered ones that couldn't even jump without a drink.

Liu Che gave the fish a strange look. "Strange, why do they jump so high when there is water, but don't know how to move when there is no water?"

"Don't talk about it, there is a snake chasing after you carefully."

Chen Xu's worry was not unreasonable. Those snakes seemed to know that they could enter the new territory without water. Before the water was released, some snakes hissed and galloped towards Liu Che and Chen Xu.

Chen Xu dragged Liu Che across the river, and then opened the mechanism on the other side of the river. The drink that had faded immediately rushed in. Chen Xu and Liu Che saw with their own eyes that the fish mixed in the drink dragged the big snake that was about to cross the river into the water. In less than a quarter of an hour, only the skeleton remained.

Liu Che shuddered and said, "What are these things?"

"Let's eat piranhas."

"eat human?"

"As long as it's meat, I like to eat it." Chen Xu looked at the big snake churning in the water, lingering on its last breath, and wondered, "The most powerful weapon for snakes is their tails other than sharp teeth. Why do these snakes' tails..."

"It's more than that?" Liu Che said: "The tails of those fish don't seem to be very useful."

Did Han Shaodi like to grab the foot of the slope to watch the door for him?

Liu Che and Chen Xu looked at each other with puzzlement on their faces.

"Forget it, it's important to get the jade seal first." Chen Xu said, then led Liu Che inside again.

Going further inside, there are no more traps. Chen Xu and Liu Che only saw a half-built courtyard, with rockery and stone tables in the courtyard, but not a single flower or tree. palace.

Even after so many years, Liu Che and Chen Xu can still see the original appearance of the palace at a glance. Even after being ransacked, it still makes people feel brilliant and dazzling.

"This is the palace built by the late emperor..."

"Although it's only a semi-finished product." Chen Xu shrugged and said, "It seems that Emperor Han Shao spent a lot of money and moved a lot of people... Look at these incomplete places, where they were originally placed, should be valuable white jade. some type of."

Liu Che, who was not too interested in money, only said: "Well, we only want one thing anyway."

Chen Xu nodded, and replied: "I saw this palace, and only then did I know why Han Shaodi still lost to Empress Lu in the end."

"Why?" Liu Che was puzzled.

"Don't you think this palace is somewhat similar to the imperial palace? Although it looks a little smaller, if there is no landslide and Emperor Han Shao is still there, build a new palace here, sacrifice the real jade seal, and sit on the emperor again very likely."

"But isn't this place built for him to live in seclusion with his beloved woman?"

"If that's the case, how could it be discovered by Empress Lu?" Chen Xu said: "I don't know what other people think, but if it were me who wanted to live in seclusion with the one I love, why would I spend so much manpower and money to build a A palace that needs beasts to see its gates?"

Liu Che's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "Then what kind of palace will you build?"

"You don't need a palace, just a restaurant." Chen Xu couldn't help telling Liu Che about his future plans. "I, Chen Xu, have spent my entire life in poverty, but only for three things."

"Oh?"

"Find a good family for Gillian, let you ascend to the throne, and bring your own family to open a restaurant." Chen Xu said with a smile: "For mundane things, follow your dreams."

Liu Che's heart was pounding when he heard it, but when he heard Chen Xu's last words, he stopped smiling. "You mean, when I become emperor, you will resign and live in seclusion?"

Chen Xu: "..." Liu Yezhu's expression was wrong again. "That's not true." Chen Xu immediately denied it. "It's just my idea."

Liu Che snorted softly, and said, "Let's go, I want to see what the inside of the late emperor's palace looked like."

There is really nothing to see in the palace, and all the valuable things have been emptied, but the layout of the palace is really similar to the palace.People have to admit that Han Shaodi did have ambitions to oppose the empress.

There was a long staircase in the palace. There should have been a chair at the top of the staircase, but at this moment there was only a skeleton.

Chen Xu and Liu Che walked up the stairs, only to see clearly that the skeleton was sitting against the wall, holding a brocade box in its hand.

"Is this the late Emperor's beloved woman?" Liu Che looked at it and said, "It seems to be a man."

"It does look like a man." Chen Xu glanced at the hip bone of the skeleton, and said again: "Look at his tailbone, it seems to have been broken."

"Tailbone?"

"It's the words that my brother taught me." Chen Xu always used this excuse to evade his suddenly advanced words, while saying: "He should be a person with paraplegia."

"So, he shouldn't be the late emperor's beloved?" Liu Che said, taking the brocade box from the skeleton's hand and opening it, and it was Yuxi lying quietly inside.In addition to the jade seal, there is also a bamboo slip.

The bamboo slips are only as big as a palm, and when spread out, there are only four sentences: "I give my heart to you, you can know it, you want to know my heart, I can know it, ask you where you are, if you don't return, I treat you, where will you go."

Liu Che was puzzled, "Who does he like?"

Chen Xu said: "It seems that he and Han Shaodi should be... no wonder those snakes and fishes outside have all had their tailbones broken." He should really thank Han Shaodi for his infatuation, otherwise he and Liu Che would have gone to see those snakes Hades is gone.

Liu Che began to frown again. "Didn't you just say that this is a man?"

"Why not men and men?" Chen Xu gave Liu Che a strange look, and wanted to say that they were together yesterday... But thinking of Liu Che's look of hatred and grievance, he still swallowed these words in his stomach. "According to the words on the bamboo slips, this person should have learned that Han Shaodi would not come back, so he was disheartened and starved to death here." He touched his chin again. "The strange thing is, what I saw on the wall seems to be a woman?"

Liu Che's focus was not here, he just said: "He already knew that the late emperor would not come back, why did he say he was waiting here?"

"I don't understand." Chen Xu shook his head. "I'm not Han Shaodi, nor him. I just know that if I knew that the person I love would never come back to me, I would never believe that he was dead."

Liu Che: "...will you always wait for him?"

"If the other party is really that important, probably." Chen Xu bowed respectfully to the skeleton in front of him. "Thank you for guarding the jade seal all the time. We will never do bad things after we take it away."

Liu Che thought for a while, and also bowed to the skeleton.

With Yuxi so easy to obtain, Liu Che and Chen Xu can finally leave here and go back to find the imperial army.