"Ayou, let's go!"

Qin Beiyang said goodbye to the two corpses in the secret room. The old eunuch's body was covered with mercury and his face was dark silvery. A You's twin brother would not change color until the end of the day.

Back to the tunnel, A You had a good memory. He held an oil lamp in his hand and led Qin Beiyang through two forks, and saw an upward rammed earth staircase. The two walked to the exit of the ground and it was actually Emperor Guangxu's treasure city. But when they saw many people holding torches and shouting loudly, Qin Beiyang blew out the oil lamp, grabbed A You's arm, and was about to run away, the little girl said, "Brother, you run for your own life, don't worry about me."

How could Qin Beiyang leave her: "If you don't leave, I won't leave."

While the two children were talking, they were surrounded by bannermen and soldiers, and they could not fly.

Qin Customs came with the sound. He was anxious and had already found his son for the middle of the night and grabbed his shoulder: "Beiyang, why are you running away?"

"I don't want to be a tomb repair craftsman for the rest of my life."

Old Qin covered his mouth and whispered in a low voice: "Beiyang, you don't know how hard I have worked for you! You must know that this is a major area of ​​the imperial tomb. No one is allowed to break in randomly. It is a death sentence! Especially late at night, if you disturb the late emperors, all the guards guarding the tomb will be implicated and executed."

"Then kill me!"

Qin Beiyang was born stubborn, but he did not mention the strange incident of meeting the ghost of Emperor Yongzheng at night, which was the real disturbance of the late emperor.

"What's wrong with this little girl?" Qin Customs pulled A You away from Qin Beiyang, but A You grabbed Qin Beiyang's arm tightly.

"You guys go to the authenticity and take a look!"

Qin Beiyang pointed to the entrance and exit hidden among the weeds.

By the time of Yin, they were sent to the temporary official house of Chongling Construction Office. The tomb supervisor was a fourth-rank official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He went down to the tunnel to check it out and ordered the two bodies to be cleaned up and transported out of the Xiling area to be buried. As for the underground secret passage, it must be filled as soon as possible.

The supervisor personally asked Ayou about the whole story, and finally slapped the table: "This old eunuch has no choice but to die! This dynasty strictly prohibits human sacrifice, which really ruins the rules and regulations!"

Of course, Qin Beiyang and A You both deliberately concealed a passage: the secret that Emperor Guangxu was chronically poisoned by Empress Dowager Cixi before her death.

The tomb supervisor stretched out his hand with sharp and slender nails, like a translucent dagger, rubbing A You's face with a smile: "This girl looks so handsome! Thinking of my seven-year-old young daughter, uh... A You, since you have both parents and no relatives, you might as well be a little maid in my house, at least you can have a full meal."

A You looked at the Supervisor blankly, then looked up at Qin Beiyang, as if he wanted his approval to agree. Qin Beiyang didn't know how to answer, but the Supervisor had pulled A You away from him: "Don't worry, I will treat her as my daughter."

Qin Weiguan pulled the corner of the girl's clothes: "Isn't thank you for the supervisor! Kneel down quickly and bow!"

Ayou knelt on the ground irresistibly, and as soon as he stood up, he was taken away by two strong bannermen women.

"A You!"

Qin Beiyang called her again, and A You looked back and said, "Brother, don't forget your sister!"

Two children, one bright red and the other light green, looked at each other, as if they were separated from one another by life and death.

Seeing A You go away, Qin Weiguan pulled his son aside and said, "This is A You's blessing! It's better than being wandering alone and not being able to protect her day? At least she can save her life. Do you want her to be sold to a kiln to be a young man?"

There are still some things that Qin Customs cannot say in person - the tomb supervision of the Office of the Internal Affairs is a fat man.

There is a saying in the capital city, "A small painting in the new house is not old, so this person must be the Ministry of Internal Affairs." This means that when working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you can buy the most expensive house in the capital and hang the most valuable paintings. The servants and slaves at home are arrogant. When doing engineering, you know, it is Wang Xiaobo's saying: There is no difference between ancient and modern times.

Later, the tomb supervision screened out and had no relevant people, and then lowered his face and said to the Qin father and son: "If you trespass the imperial tomb in the middle of the night, you should be executed immediately! Even if you are young and ignorant, you should follow the Qing Dynasty laws and regulations and wait until you reach the age of sixteen before you execute."

Qin Weiguan looked pale and knelt down and said, "Master Supervisor! Please spare this brat's life! I am incompetent in discipline. If you want to kill me, please kill me first!"

"This... Lao Qin, you are the number one craftsman in the construction of the tomb. Your life does not belong to you, but to the emperor."

"Please beg the master! If this child dies, I can't live!"

Qin Weiguan's hands were trembling, and he took out a gold ingot from his arms and stuffed it under the feet of the tomb supervisor. This was the reward given to him by the Regent. It weighed 5 taels and was of excellent quality. It was definitely a huge sum of money back then, and it could be exchanged for 5,000 kilograms of millet.

"What does this mean? Can you think I am a corrupt official?"

The tomb supervisor stared at Qin Beiyang's stubborn eyes and said, "But, I appreciate you, a child. Since ancient times, heroes have been young! He can subdue the old eunuch alone and save the little girl, eliminating the unlucky hidden dangers for the imperial tomb, which can be regarded as a great contribution! Yes, I heard that the old eunuch was a master of the great inner world thirty years ago, and seven or eight great men were unable to get close to him!"

"Thank you, the supervisor, for not killing me!"

Old Qin dragged his son down and kowtowed to the tomb supervisor. The nine-year-old Qin Beiyang kowtowed, but he never kowtowed.

"Don't thank you first. Although you have made merits, you cannot resist it! The Regent has an order to ask you father and son to serve the tomb of the late emperor. In order to avoid this kid from escaping again, this official ruled as follows: You two must be confined in the underground palace and are strictly prohibited from returning to the ground, which lasts for one year."

Qin Customs kept kowtowing and thanking him. But the tomb supervisor walked forward. The five-two-weight gold ingot was just hidden in the hem of his robe. Qin Customs felt very distressed in his eyes, but compared to the only son of two generations of single-born sons, this gold ingot was worth it.

After leaving the official residence, it was already at the hour of Mao, and the rooster cried in the sky.

A team of soldiers escorted the Qin father and son and sent them to the underground palace of Emperor Guangxu Chongling. These soldiers would guard the entrance of the tomb day and night, and regularly send them food and supplies.

After passing the winding tomb passage, Qin Customs warned his son not to hope to dig tunnels in the underground palace and escape.

The golden well is where the dragon cave is located. It not only gathers the essence of heaven and earth, but also ensures that it is solid to avoid tomb robbers in later generations. It took thousands of migrant workers' labor to work day and night to achieve this scale. As for how the old eunuch digs tunnels behind the tomb? Because it is the seal required for the treasure top, not rock. Moreover, after this incident, the tomb supervision will inevitably step up patrols. It is more difficult to escape from the underground palace than to climb out of the tomb.

Suddenly, the nine-year-old boy whispered, "I'm sorry."

"As long as you are alive."

Old Qin hugged his son's head tightly. The father and son walked through the doors of the three tomb chambers and returned to the depths of the underground palace. Qin Beiyang's vest was cold. Following the order of the tomb supervision, a small shack was built here, with two mats and bedding. This is their workplace, and it is also the place where they eat, drink, defecate and sensation three meals a day.

Qin Beiyang had not been asleep for a night, and he was already sleepy and had a fight with eyelids. He took off the white cloth wrapped around his waist and fell asleep immediately...

He dreamed of a water surface in a dark night rain, surrounded by weeping willows and vermilion palace walls. On the open water surface, there is an isolated island, a pavilion like a fairyland in Penglai. Passing through a wooden suspension bridge and entering the decaying palace where the gloomy and cold spider spins silk, Qin Beiyang followed the steps of ambergris and incense. Behind the layers of curtains, a man in his early thirties stood a yellow coat and a black cap, sighing and chanting a five-character poem.

A leaf fell from the golden well, beside the desolate Yao Hall.

The remaining branches have not yet fallen, and the sun shines.

The ditch is empty and the hatred flows, the rainbow clothes and the heartbreak are broken.

How can I still have the grass on the lake?

"Beiyang, you are finally here." The other party recognized Qin Beiyang, with a resentful look, and slowly stretched out his hand, "I'm waiting for you so hard! Take me out of the cage quickly. This place is definitely not a palace, it's a distinct grave!"

Qin Beiyang couldn't help but say, "Okay, I'll take you away, I'll take you out of this grave."

Although the man was emitting a rotten smell, Qin Beiyang still stretched out his hand. When these two hands were about to touch, an old man wearing a robe in the Qing Palace came out from the slanting thorn. It was the old eunuch I saw tonight, and a boy with a silver powder on his face followed behind him. The old eunuch opened his mouth wide, but couldn't speak. A large ball of mercury spurted out from his throat, rushing straight to Qin Beiyang's face...

This was a nightmare. He was afraid that he would never wake up from his dream. Qin Beiyang gradually realized that wherever he went in his dream was the Hanyuan Hall of Yingtai, Zhongnanhai. The man who called himself "I" was Emperor Guangxu, and the poem he recited was a farewell word for Concubine Zhen.

That night, on the side of the Chongling Underground Palace where Qin Beiyang dreamed, there was the Lianggezhuang Palace less than two miles away. The coffin of Emperor Guangxu was parked. Aisin Gioro Zai Tian, ​​who had been dead for half a year, lay in the coffin of golden nanmu. It is said that strange sounds were made all night. There were eunuchs on duty outside the hall as evidence. Some people said that Emperor Guangxu was not dead at that time. He was put into a coffin during his lifetime and starved to death after several months.
Chapter completed!