Chapter 636 The Bird in the Golden Cage
Seeing such a situation, Ling Fu had to believe Wen Weilan's judgment.
But the question is -
"How did she get in?"
"Can you enter the Imperial City from the Temple Mountain?"
Wen Weilan shook his head and whispered: "I don't know either."
"But no matter what, at least I know that she is really alive."
Ling Fu felt relieved. The tone of "Mom" who looked at Wen Weilan's face felt a little more friendly.
Wen Weilan thought the same thing, but he still couldn't help but feel jumpy and uneasy.
After a long silence, she said: "I want to go to the imperial city to find her."
Ling Fu's eyes suddenly widened: "Do you have a way to enter the imperial city?"
Immediately, he seemed to remember something, and his eyes lit up: "Yes, your mother is a female official in the palace..."
Again: "Your father is in Taichang Temple, and his relationship with the palace seems to be good."
Hearing these two people, Wen Weilan's face froze, and a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes emotions.
“Yes, I plan to ask them for help.”
Ling Fu said hurriedly: "I'll go with you too."
Wen Weilan glanced at him slightly suspiciously, as if he was examining something.
From Ling Fu's point of view, it seemed that it was unusual for him to be so generous in his daily life and actually take the initiative to ask for help.
Ling Fu suddenly felt like he was being stabbed in the heart and clenched his fists.
“What’s wrong, can’t I care about my niece!”
"No." Wen Weilan shook his head slightly and said in a calm tone, "I just think you are a little weak, I'm afraid you are a burden."
Ling Fu's expression froze.
This is a sharp stab in the heart.
......
At this time, Qiao Yu was walking in front carrying Mrs. Su who could not walk on her back, while Liu Sheng was walking with difficulty behind.
When it comes to walking, it doesn't count, because her body has not fully recovered yet, and she still relies on her small tentacles to drag her body around.
I have to say that she seems to have gradually become accustomed to this way of walking.
The roads in the catacombs are intricate and intricate, almost like an invisible net that can trap people at any time.
Qiao Yu held a strange compass in her hand, and the pointer flashed faintly from time to time, guiding them forward, but Liu Sheng still felt waves of uneasy chill spreading down her spine.
She followed closely, taking every step carefully, fearing that she would trigger some agency and cause unnecessary trouble.
But they always felt that trouble had caught up with them.
"Can this compass really guide the direction?" Liu Sheng couldn't help but ask, his eyes flashing with doubt.
Qiao Yu shook his head while observing the compass: "We can only judge the good or bad direction of this tomb. We want to find the dragon vein, which should be at the core. We can only keep avoiding danger and go deep into the core. "
Liu Sheng could only believe it and nodded.
But I always feel uneasy.
I don’t know if the compass worked, or if the tomb was weird, but they had indeed never been in danger.
Unlike the dangers described in biographical novels about tomb robbers, there are no flying hooks, no stone doors that quickly close, and no zongzi that suddenly appears to be a corpse.
There are only tomb chambers one after another, and tomb passages one after another, similar scenes repeated over and over again, with an atmosphere of death and decay.
Liu Sheng couldn't help but wonder, is this tomb really so peaceful, or does it just seem to be going smoothly on the surface, but is actually approaching an unknown danger step by step?
Qiao Yu frowned gradually as she walked.
"Originally, according to the Feng Shui direction and distance calculation, I took you already into the imperial city before." She wondered, "But now according to the direction of the energy indicated by the compass, we seem to be approaching the entrance where I brought you in. , which is the Temple Mountain..."
"We seem to have been going in circles..."
Qiao Yu looked at the compass, very confused.
Liu Sheng yawned.
“It seems so, it made me sleepy.”
Qiao Yu scratched his head.
“No way, this is also the first time I have used this ancestor’s technique of exploring tombs...According to my inheritance, if you use this technique well, you can make a fortune, but you have to be prepared to have your water meter checked, isn’t it? I understand..."
As they walked and chatted, they gradually realized that Mrs. Su on her back seemed to have not made a sound for a long time.
Liu Sheng hurriedly stretched out his hand to feel her breath, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "I just fell asleep..."
"Maybe he was injured and tired." Qiao Yu said softly He tipped Old Mrs. Su's body to make her more comfortable, "In addition, the roads here are repetitive, which makes people feel sleepy."
Liu Sheng nodded.
My eyelids were heavy, I yawned and continued walking forward.
However, there is another voice in my heart reminding:
[This is not right, don’t fall asleep easily, don’t close your eyes. 】
But Liu Sheng seemed to be under some influence and could no longer hear.
Liu Sheng's already shaky mental level dropped to a low point after being seriously injured, and the internal injuries on her body made her groggy all the time. Fatigue and weakness filled every inch of her nerves.
The road in front of her seemed to be blurry, her eyes were unable to focus, and even the distance between her and Qiao Yu became far and near, as if she would be swallowed up in the darkness at any time. She blinked and tried to stay awake, but her consciousness seemed to become increasingly blurred, and she even began to hallucinate——
Sometimes, Qiao Yu's back was so close that it almost touched her.
Sometimes, it is so far away that there is only a point left, disappearing at the end of the darkness.
Since she had to carry Mrs. Su on her back, Qiao Yu could only occasionally look back at Liu Sheng to make sure she was okay.
However, when she turned her head again, she found...
Liu Sheng had disappeared.
……
Liu Sheng didn’t know when he fell into a deep sleep again.
When I woke up, everything around me was like a dream.
She was lying on a soft brocade bed, surrounded by gauze curtains that changed like clouds. Through the light, the colors on the bed curtains floated in the air, as if she had entered an unreal dream.
The air was filled with a rich aroma, mixed with flowers, agarwood and unknown spices. Every breath made her thoughts gradually blur, as if she was being swallowed by this aroma.
The gauze curtain in front of me fluttered gently, and several figures were vaguely visible.
Several women with buns and red dresses and green skirts stood outside the curtain. Their faces were blurred due to layers of floating gauze, and only silent figures could be seen.
Liu Sheng lay in the gauze tent, confused.
My body was groggy, as if I couldn't wake up. I could only vaguely feel the eyes of those women falling on me.
Moveless.
After seeing this scene for a long time, Liu Sheng always felt a little eerie.
Whenever the curtain flutters in the wind, the figures of the women become clearer and clearer.
Liu Sheng noticed that their clothes were like the costumes of the Tang Dynasty in earlier times, and they looked like palace ladies described in history books - crimson tops, emerald green skirts, exquisite embroidery and expensive materials.
But I still can’t see the face clearly.
【Are we in the palace? 】
But Liu Sheng felt like he had a memory loss.
She remembered that she seemed to have entered the imperial city from the Temple Mountain, but now it seemed that she had arrived on the ground and entered the imperial city.
[No, no, the time is wrong. 】
She denied it on her own.
[Not only is the age wrong, look at their faces, right? 】
As the voice in my heart reminded me, the gauze curtain suddenly moved and raised high.
Those faces were exposed to Liu Sheng’s sight.
The women standing outside the curtain should have vivid faces, but their faces were blank.
No face!
At that moment, Liu Sheng's heart suddenly tightened, and cold sweat broke out from his back.
Awakened suddenly.
Liu Sheng sat up, breathing heavily and his chest rising and falling violently.
However, she found that she was still in this dream of layers of floating gauze, and the air she breathed was still heavy with incense, giving her a sense of groggy luxury.
The sound of footsteps came quickly.
It turned out to be those faceless palace maids.
This time Liu Sheng controlled his mind and did not show anything strange. Instead, he allowed these palace maids to lift the gauze curtain and face the strange faces without facial features.
Although the small tentacles in her body have not fully recovered, they are still accumulating strength. They are always ready to attack if something goes wrong and kill these weird palace maids in front of them with one blow.
However, these palace ladies did not have any intention of attacking.
A palace maid silently helped Liu Sheng up, gently put on silk slippers for her, and let her sit on the edge of the bed.
Another palace maid slowly rolled up the gauze curtain, revealing the scene outside.
Soon, another palace maid brought a jade cup filled with water, handed it to Liu Sheng to rinse her mouth, and caught it in a gold basin.
Then she handed over a toothbrush with a jade handle, and the brush head was stained with powder with the aroma of herbs.
This was Liu Sheng's first time to experience such a luxurious and ancient tooth-brushing ritual.
After rinsing her mouth, a palace maid wiped her face with a soft handkerchief.
Then, the palace ladies carefully put Liu Sheng into a luxurious light red dress. The material was the finest brocade, smooth as water, deep in color, with dark patterns like flying dragons and phoenixes, bright and noble.
She looked around. The decorations in the palace were all exquisite. The gold, silver and jade ornaments were dazzling, and every place was filled with a luxurious royal atmosphere.
But in her opinion, the tall and exquisitely carved columns were more like the railings of an exquisite cage.
And the faceless faces were always facing her, like silent surveillance.
【Who am I now? 】
This question suddenly appeared in Liu Sheng's mind, but he had no way to answer it.
I just feel like a bird in a golden cage with nowhere to escape.
Some things... it's a little late