Chapter 106
Ao Jingchuan kicked open the door of the cold palace. When the desolate and dilapidated scene of the cold palace appeared in front of several people, Lin Nanjie was still shocked.
I don't know how long it has been since anyone has lived in this cold palace. It is now in an extremely dilapidated state.
Cui Wuchen searched everywhere, and finally lifted the stone cover of a well in a corner of the abandoned palace. He was very excited: "This is it!"
Ao Jingchuan looked at the well and didn't understand why Cui Wuchen was so excited: "Isn't this just an abandoned well?"
Cui Wuchen sneered: "You don't understand this. This is called a cunning rabbit has three burrows."
Lin Nanqi immediately connected the matter: "Commander Ao, didn't you say that the emperor was missing, but he never left the palace?"
Ao Jingchuan was startled: "You said, there is a tunnel leading to the outside of this palace?"
Lin Nanjie nodded.
"Go down and take a look."
Ao Jingchuan said: "Master Lin, please stay here. I will lead the people down."
Cui Wuchen said: "I also have to go down to meet my junior brother."
Lin Nan said: "I'll go with you."
Ao Jingchuan was embarrassed: "But I don't know what the situation is like down there. If something happens and you fall into a trap, I won't be able to explain to the emperor."
Lin Nanjie insisted: "I can protect myself."
"I must go."
Ao Jingchuan couldn't persuade him, so he had to go down the well first.
Lin Nanjie followed behind and went down the well. The well was dry, with only a shallow layer of rainwater at the bottom. There was indeed a passage here, but it was locked from the inside. Ao Jingchuan directly cut off the iron lock and led his men to break in.
The tunnel was dark, damp and very cold. Ao Jingchuan took out a lighter from his pocket and lit it before he could see Fangcun.
Lin Nanjie raised his hand and pointed at the tunnel wall: "Look, there are traces of someone passing by here."
Ao Jingchuan and Cui Wuchen looked at the wall and saw traces of a sharp object that had recently scraped against the wall.
"Go! Forward!"
After walking for an unknown amount of time, even Cui Wuchen was frustrated: "Why is this tunnel so long? It's cold and stuffy. Why did the imperial palace build this?"
“It seems we’ve arrived.”
Lin Nanjie saw a faint light coming from the front.
The group came out of the tunnel, confused by the scene before them.
"What is this place?" Ao Jingchuan was confused. He never knew there was such a place in the capital.
This is a circular underground space. The surrounding walls seem to have existed for a long time. There are strange patterns and incomprehensible symbols painted on them. The top is very high, like a tower, but no one knows how high it is.
There are only a few places in the capital city that have pagodas: the Buddhist pagoda in Ci'en Temple, the Sutra Pagoda in Baoguo Temple, and the Stargazing Pagoda in the south of the city. These are the only three places, but I've been to all of them. They are not abandoned places.
In other words, the palace they were in was not something that people usually knew. Not to mention that this underground palace was connected to the imperial palace, and there was such a long tunnel underground, which was simply horrifying.
Lin Nanjie said: "It looks like an underground palace."
Ao Jingchuan looked at the surrounding environment, especially the patterns and spells on the wall, and felt a creepy feeling.
"This looks like a tower, but the towers in the capital are so abrupt, it doesn't look like one anywhere else?"
Cui Wuchen suddenly said, "I just remembered something. Is there a Wuliang Temple in your capital?"
Speaking of Wuliang Temple, Ao Jingchuan had an impression: "Isn't that the place where the elixir was refined during the time of the previous emperor? The previous emperor once went to Wuliang Temple to refine elixir and seek immortality. There is indeed a tower there, but Wuliang Temple has been abandoned for a long time."
Cui Wuchen nodded: "I think so."
Lin Nanqi also said: "It seems that this is their lair. I don't know where the emperor is now."
A few people were about to split up to look for it, when suddenly a huge net dropped from the sky, caught them and hung them in mid-air.
Lin Nanjie felt dizzy and was lifted into the air at high speed. When his body stopped, he found himself hanging in the air. After being lifted up, he found that the ground of the underground palace they were in was actually a huge Tai Chi Yin Yang diagram. The Yin Yang diagram was divided into black and white halves, and in the white center, there was a stone coffin.
Lin Nanjie suddenly had a bad feeling.
Cui Wuchen and Ao Jingchuan's men were also arrested.
"Who dares to plot against the imperial guards?" Ao Jingchuan shouted into the air.
There was no one in the underground palace, and the net seemed to appear out of nowhere, which was quite creepy.
Soon, a slender and familiar figure walked out from the darkness, and a pale-faced man slowly stood in front of them.
After seeing the man's face clearly, Lin Nan couldn't help but shout out his name: "Li Si? Why are you here?"
Lin Nanjie kindly asked, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Is my cat not causing trouble at your house?"
When Li Chengsi saw Lin Nanjie's harmless face, his cheeks twitched habitually. When he heard him mention cats, he even smelled a faint fishy smell on his body.
He gnashed his teeth and said, "You should be thankful that the little beast you raised didn't continue to commit evil, otherwise I would have made sure he died without a burial place."
Lin Nanjie's eyes widened: "It's just a cat, why are you so angry, brother Li? It would be bad if you get angry and hurt yourself."
[He was already seriously ill, and he still got angry about these things every day. I'm afraid this illness was caused by anger.]
Li Chengsi's fists creaked as he clenched them, and the anger in his heart rose again.
"Don't be too proud too soon, or you'll cry later."
Lin Nanjie asked: "Are you going to arrest us? What exactly do you want to do?"
Li Chengsi ignored Lin Nanjie and walked to the sarcophagus in the center of the underground palace. His eyes showed a twisted and eager light. His pale and sickly fingers stroked the intricate and bizarre patterns on the sarcophagus, and he kept muttering: "Li Chenghuan, Li Chenghuan, you are really my good brother. You actually persuaded my father to pass the throne to you when he was dying, and even wanted to let the imperial guards hunt me down. It's a pity that you planned everything, but you didn't expect that I would find a scapegoat for myself and escape from the cold palace."
"Now that I'm back, the throne should be returned to its rightful owner. You've been sitting on it for a few years for nothing, you must have enjoyed it. But unfortunately, everyone has their own destiny, and what doesn't belong to you will not belong to you in the end."
Li Chengsi's servants presented the dragon robe and crown and helped Li Chengsi put them on.
Li Chengsi, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown that belonged to an emperor, stood in the center of the underground palace and laughed loudly, "This world of Daqi will eventually belong to me, Li Chengsi!"
Lin Nanqi and Ao Jingchuan looked at the stone coffin in the underground palace in disbelief. Li Chengqian was in the stone coffin? Isn't that in imminent danger?
Lin Nanjie's heart suddenly became anxious.
[Your Majesty, Your Majesty, can you hear me? Wake up! ]
Li Chengsi heard Lin Nanjie's heartbeat, turned around and looked at him straight: "Don't call him, he can't hear."
Lin Nanjie's face turned pale: "What did you say?"
Li Chengsi's eyes showed a playful expression: "You are really an interesting person. You never thought that I could hear what you were thinking. Judging from your reaction, my good brother must have heard it too."
Lin Nanjie looked at him in disbelief.
Li Chengsi could actually hear his heartbeat. Was this some kind of royal-exclusive golden finger?
Lin Nanjie licked his lips: "So what else did you hear?"
Li Chengsi's expression was unpredictable: "What do you think?"
Lin Nanjie's mind was running uncontrollably:
[You won't turn pale like a vampire when you hear me and Li Chenghuan arguing, right? ]
[No wonder I always thought you looked a little weird. It doesn't look like your real appearance. Is it because you can't show it to people?]
[Even if I die, I want to be a clear-headed ghost. ]
Thinking of this, Lin Nanjie bravely asked, "Aren't you tired of wearing a mask every day?"
Li Chengsi sneered and took off his mask, revealing a strange yet somewhat familiar face. His complexion became even more sickly and pale, with long eyebrows slanting into his temples, and below them were a pair of gloomy and sinister eyes.
Lin Nanjie stared at his face and was stunned for a moment: [He looks a bit like Li Chenghuan, they are indeed brothers.]
Who knew that this sentence would anger Li Chengsi: "I am the eldest son of the royal family. Even if there is a resemblance, he is more like me!"
Ao Jingchuan and Cui Wuchen were completely confused. Why did Li Chengsi suddenly start talking to himself as if he had gone crazy?
Even Cui Wujiu, who had just walked out, was shocked. He saw Li Chengsi talking to himself in front of Lin Nanjie, as if he had seen a ghost.
"My Lord, the ceremony can begin."
Lin Nanjie, Ao Jingchuan and Cui Wuchen looked at each other.
What ceremony?
Cui Wuchen frowned and said to Cui Wugou, "Brother, don't go astray. I see that the former crown prince is a person who is terminally ill and beyond cure. Are you going to use the evil magic of reversing yin and yang for him?"
Cui Wugui walked in front of Cui Wuchen with a sinister look on his face: "Brother, you still understand me."
Cui Wuchen thought his junior fellow apprentice was simply crazy.
"There is no such thing as a way to reverse yin and yang in this world. Why do you have to go against the will of heaven?"
Cui Wu Gou sneered: "The winner is the king, the loser is the enemy. If I succeed, I will be second to none and above ten thousand people, and my name will go down in history. But you can only die miserably in this underground palace."
Cui Wuchen was heartbroken and said, "Have you forgotten your master's teachings?"
Speaking of his master, Cui Wujiu's expression became even more sinister: "My master is biased and asked me to be expelled from the sect. Today I want to let him see who is better!"
"You are possessed and unreasonable! Put down your butcher knife as soon as possible, there is still a chance to turn back!"
Cui Wu Gou sneered, "You are almost dead and yet you are still trying to persuade me. Instead of spending this time, you should think about how to arrange your own funeral."
Li Chengsi urged impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense and hold the ceremony."
Lin Nanjie asked Cui Wuchen in a low voice: "What kind of consciousness is it?"
Cui Wuchen looked at the two people below who were obsessed with magic and sighed: "My master has a book that records some magic techniques. Among them is a magic technique that reverses yin and yang. It is to place two people who are born from the same origin in the yin and yang formation, reverse black and white, reverse yin and yang, and exchange lives."
Lin Nan frowned: "Is there really such a magic?"
Cui Wuchen couldn't explain it either: "I've never seen anyone use it. If you ask me, who should I ask?"
Cui Wuchen looked at Lin Nanjie, hesitant to speak, "Actually, I didn't believe there was any technique to reverse yin and yang in this world, but when I saw you, I couldn't help but doubt it."
Ao Jingchuan was confused: "What is it?"
At this moment, no one knew what spell Cui Wujiu chanted, but the underground palace suddenly shook violently, and the Yin-Yang diagram on the ground actually started to spin rapidly.
This formation made Lin Nanjie want to vomit, and Ao Jingchuan and Cui Wuchen also looked very ugly.
Cui Wuchen spun and howled, "Too fast, too fast! I can't stand it!"
Lin Nanqi was also confused, but still couldn't believe it: "Is there really a technique to reverse yin and yang in this world? Can it really be possible to transfer the yang and life span of a living person to a dying person?"
Cui Wuchen turned around and gasped, gasping for breath and said, "Don't ask, I haven't tried it either!"
Lin Nanjie had heard that blood transfusions with the blood of loved ones could prolong life. It was indeed possible to prolong life and even prolong youth, but that was only an example that appeared under the extremely developed modern high-end medical conditions. Could the ancient Yin Yang and Five Elements actually have such an effect?
His materialistic views were beginning to falter.
Right now Li Chenghuan was locked in a stone coffin and no one could see him. Lin Nanjie was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
No, this can't go on.
He had to take a chance.
While turning around in panic, he shouted to Ao Jingchuan, "Commander Ao, can you cut the ropes above me?"
Ao Jingchuan was caught in the net and could hardly move. He struggled to draw the sword from his waist: "I'll try my best!"
Several people were swaying in the air, making it difficult for them to move. Ao Jingchuan exerted all his strength and finally cut the rope, and Lin Nanjie fell heavily to the ground.
He quickly threw off the net on his body and ran towards the sarcophagus. He finally touched the sarcophagus, but found that it was extremely heavy. He used a lot of strength and only pushed open a corner of the coffin lid.
At this moment, the formation stopped.
Li Chengsi opened his eyes, stood up, looked down at his hands, and looked at Cui Wugou eagerly: "Mr. Cui, is it done?"
At this moment, Lin Nanjie finally pushed open the coffin lid. Cui Wugui was about to step forward to stop him, but suddenly he saw what was inside the coffin and his face turned pale in an instant.
Lin Nanqi looked at the empty coffin with a look of astonishment.
The person in the coffin is Jinyi.
His face was pale and he lay lifeless in the cold sarcophagus.
Lin Nanjie suddenly understood something, and took a few steps back quietly while the two were not paying attention.
Li Chengsi ran to the coffin in disbelief. After seeing the brocade clothes in the coffin, he felt like he was hit by a club and couldn't believe what he saw.
"Where are the people? How is this possible?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sounds of armor colliding and footsteps hitting the ground came from all directions of the underground palace. Cui Wugou looked around vigilantly: "What's going on?"
Immediately afterwards, all the people guarding Li Chengsi in the underground palace were broken through, and armored soldiers broke in from the entrances in four directions, led by Hua Heng.
Lin Nanjie woke up and shouted: "Uncle!"
Hua Heng and his men quickly surrounded the place and captured Li Chengsi and Cui Wugou.
Cui Wuchen was put down, and he jumped in front of Cui Wujiu, laughing loudly: "Junior brother, junior brother, whose death is coming soon?"
Li Chengsi was caught off guard by this sudden change. The crown on his head was crooked. He was extremely angry: "What's going on?"
Cui Wujiu stood beside him and said, "This is impossible. I clearly deployed troops in the city in advance. The capital should be under control by now!"
At this moment, Li Chengqian came out and said, "Li Chengsi, your tricks are so clumsy, don't you think I can't see it?"
As soon as Li Chengsi saw Li Chengqian, his eyes turned red: "Li Chengqian!"
Li Chengqian looked at him coldly, "Back then, my father was foolish and abandoned government affairs, bent on cultivating himself to become an immortal. He listened to the sorcerers' lies, sought immortals and medicine, damaged the dragon body, and put the people in dire straits. Not only did you not stop him, but you vigorously recruited sorcerers, causing the people to live in misery. Now you want to fight back, go and ask the people of the world if they agree or not!"
Li Chengsi's eyes were red. "You are obviously making excuses. I am my father's eldest son. I was made the crown prince when I was born, but you have been slow to pass the throne to me. How do you know my situation? The throne is legitimately mine. It was you who conspired to usurp the throne and harmed my father. You also want to harm me. You are the one who is not legitimate!"
Li Chengsi's face was calm: "My father passed the throne to me, and the current Feng Ge Lao and Wang Wenhe have testified to it. No matter how much you lie, you can't confuse right and wrong."
"Besides, your so-called reversal of yin and yang is simply nonsense. When the doctor examined you earlier, he had already found out the true nature of your illness. Even if I don't move you, your body won't last long."
"Li Chengsi, face the facts."
Li Chengsi looked at Li Chengqian and suddenly laughed out loud: "Even if that's the case, so what? After a hundred years, this kingdom of Daqi will still belong to my bloodline!"
When these words came out, everyone was stunned, not knowing what Li Chengsi meant.
Just when Li Chengsi was about to be taken away, he suddenly laughed in a low voice as he walked past Li Chenghuan.
Lin Nanqi looked at Li Chengsi's back as he was taken away, and suddenly thought to himself: [But, the little prince Li Jingyu is not your bloodline.]
[To be honest, the little prince should be considered your youngest brother. He is the late emperor's posthumous son.]
Li Chengsi turned around in disbelief and looked at Lin Nanjie with an excited expression: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Li Chengqian sneered and looked at Li Chengsi coldly: "He is right."
Li Chengsi suddenly went crazy, crying and laughing at the same time, saying all the time: "How is this possible? You lied to me! You lied to me!"
Everyone present looked at each other, wondering why Li Chengsi had gone crazy.
But now the culprit has been caught and everything has been settled.
***
After the rainstorm, the whole capital city looked bright as if it had been washed by water.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the whole capital is filled with the atmosphere of reunion. The Queen Mother's palace has set up a family banquet, and the eldest princess has brought Lu Chengfeng to the Cining Palace to chat with the Queen Mother early. Lu Chengfeng's sweet words made the Queen Mother very happy.
Li Yunluan asked indirectly, "I heard that the Queen Mother scolded Lin Nan for his poor performance some time ago?"
The Queen Mother looked a little uncomfortable: "It is true."
Li Yunluan patted the empress dowager's shoulders and said, "I think Lord Lin is a very good man. He has a kind heart and is willing to do things for the people."
The Queen Mother sensed something was wrong and suddenly turned to look at her: "Why, you know that too?"
Li Yunluan smiled awkwardly: "Not only my daughter knows."
Queen Mother:?
"Several officials in the court also know about this."
The Queen Mother said, "You guys are just being too weird to me."
After Li Chenghuan and Lin Nanjie finished dealing with the affairs of the previous dynasty, they returned to the harem and walked into Cining Palace together.
The Queen Mother was a little uncomfortable when she saw Lin Nanjie coming in, but she still said, "Please sit down. You don't have to feel restrained here."
The Queen Mother only found out about Li Chenghuan's disappearance in the palace later, and was lucky to have him back. After hearing that Lin Nanjie had entered the underground palace to save people regardless of his own safety, the Queen Mother's thoughts of resistance completely disappeared.
No matter what, I'm glad you came back safely.
The palace's Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet was held in the Wanshou Pavilion in the Yu Garden. The table was filled with delicious food, which made people salivate. The bright moon was in the sky, with no clouds in the sky. The bright moon shone its bright moonlight on the land of the capital, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
Li Chenghuan pulled Lin Nanqi to stand up, raised his wine glass, and toasted the Queen Mother: "Mother, your son and the Queen toast you a glass."
Lin Nanqi raised his wine glass, feeling a little nervous: "Your humble servant toasts to the Empress Dowager."
The Queen Mother sighed: "It's too strange to call you Queen Mother."
Lin Nanjie and Li Chenghuan looked at each other, with smiles in their eyes: "Mother."
The Queen Mother smiled and raised her glass: "I accept your toast. From now on, you will be the ruler and queen of a country. You will rule together and make the people of Daqi live and work in peace and contentment."
Lin Nanjie and Li Chengqian both saw the emotion and joy in each other's eyes, and they responded in unison: "We will follow our mother's instructions."
Li Jingyu pretended to be an adult and said, "I, your grandson, would also like to offer a toast to your grandmother. I wish you good fortune as vast as the East Sea and longevity as great as the South Mountain. In the future, I, your grandson, would also protect the people of Daqi like my father did."
"well!"
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was a lot of joy in the Wanshou Pavilion.
***
The Mid-Autumn Festival dinner was over. Lingnan ate too much and drank too much. He was a little dizzy and was led by Li Chengxian out of Cining Palace. He looked at the moon in the sky, squinted his eyes and suddenly said, "I want to go to the moon and take a look."
Li Chengxian was also drunk. After listening to Ding Ranqi's words, he thought seriously for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Okay, let's go to the moon and take a look."
Then, amid the exclamations of the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs, Li Chengxian took Lingnan Street's waist and climbed over the nearest roof, and then flew all the way across the roof of the palace like an immortal zombie. Lingnan looked at the magnificent project under his feet, and his eyes widened in admiration. Then they left the palace, and everything was silent.
The Mid-Autumn Festival dinner was over. Lin Nanjie drank too much and felt a little dizzy. Li Chenghuan helped him out of Cining Palace. He looked at the moon in the sky, squinting his eyes, and suddenly said, "I want to go to the moon and take a look."
Li Chengqian was also a little drunk. After listening to Lin Nanqi's words, he actually thought seriously for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Okay, then let's go to the moon and take a look."
Then, amid the exclamations of the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs, Li Chenghuan held Lin Nanjie's waist and climbed up to the nearest rooftop, then sped along the high eaves of the imperial palace, like an immortal floating out of the dust, and went out of the palace. Lin Nanjie's magnificent palace passed by under his feet, and he opened his eyes wide and admired it endlessly.
After leaving the palace, the vast capital city was completely silent.
The cool breeze blew, Lin Nanjie hugged Li Chenghuan's neck, enjoying the night breeze.
Then, they stopped at a house and sat down. Li Chenghuan took out a flute from his arms.
Lin Nanqi's drunkenness was somewhat blown away by the wind. Looking at the white jade flute in his hand, he asked, "Your Majesty can also play the flute?"
Li Chengqian: "I know a little bit. I played it for fun when I was young."
He put the flute to his lips and blew out a melodious sound.
Lin Nanqi rested her head on his shoulder, listening to the beautiful sound of Han Zong's flute in the night wind. Their black hair intertwined, there was no better moment in the world than this.
After Li Chenghuan finished playing a piece of music, he looked at Lin Nanjie's jade-like face and lowered his head to kiss his pale thin lips.
Both of them were filled with emotion, and the kiss became deeper and deeper. Lin Nanjie's hands clung to Li Chenghuan's shoulders.
He asked dazedly, "Do you want to go to my house?"
Li Chenghuan did not answer, he just wanted to deepen the kiss.
At this moment, a dart hit them, and a loud roar came from the courtyard below: "Where did you come from? How dare you act wild on my roof?"
Upon hearing this loud and familiar voice, Li Chenghuan and Lin Nanjie were awakened from their drunkenness.
Uncle...Uncle!
[Why did you end up on my uncle's roof? ]
[What should I do if I am caught by my uncle? 】
Li Chenghuan felt both innocent and regretful. He just stopped anywhere, but who knew he would stop in Washington, and in the house he had recently been awarded. This was simply shooting himself in the foot.
The two looked at each other.
“Run!”
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