"What is that?" Yun Wanwan became completely interested when talking about this. It sounded just as she and Rong Chengxuan had guessed, it was not an ordinary sinkhole.
After hearing Yun Wanwan mention what was underground, the leader of the Imperial Guards showed a rare look of toothache on his face. He simply said to Yun Wanwan vaguely, "You'll find out in a moment, Miss Yun."
As they were talking, everyone had already followed the leader of the Royal Guards to the place where the ground sunken. What came into view was not darkness, but an ancient tomb revealed by the sinkhole.
Rong Chengxuan stepped forward and rubbed the dirt with his foot. Looking at the rather large grave below, he turned back to the leader of the Imperial Guards and asked, "Is this what you said was revealed by the sinkhole?"
To be more precise, it wasn't a tomb, but a ruin. Broken walls stood on a foundation whose age was already unrecognizable, and against the backdrop of the dried blood on the walls, the scene looked even more desolate.
Rong Chengxuan smiled curiously and ordered his attendant behind him: "See how deep it is inside."
Several servants from Prince An's mansion took a brick from the spot, tied the brick to the rope they brought and threw it into the cave. Because the entrance to the cave was very steep, just after passing the crack in the ground where the ground subsided, they pulled one by one. After a while, the brick finally felt the ground, so they pulled out the rope to measure it, and found that there were more than 20 meters inside.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" The attendant of Prince An's mansion looked at the distance that had just been measured and looked at Rong Chengxuan with a helpless expression, "Should we send someone down to check?"
Rong Chengxuan watched Yun Wanwan take out the compass from her arms and waved his hand, "No need for now, just accompany me to look around first.
The leader of the Imperial Guards walked around the cave entrance with Rong Chengxuan, pointed to the half-corner of the ancient tomb wall that was still standing, and said, "Your Highness, please look. The earthquake started this morning because of the discovery of this place."
The leader of the Imperial Guards paused, then continued, "At first, the people thought it was an earthquake and were eager to flee. After the shaking died down, some people bravely came up to take a look and discovered this place."
Rong Chengxuan walked on the broken stones and broken slabs on the ground and came to the corner of the wall pointed by the leader of the Royal Guards to take a look.
The frightened leader of the Imperial Guards exclaimed, "Your Highness, be careful! The terrain there is extremely steep. If you accidentally fall down..."
Rong Chengxuan turned around and made a gesture to the leader of the Imperial Guards. The leader of the Imperial Guards immediately fell silent and stood aside, carefully watching Rong Chengxuan examine the place carefully.
He watched Rong Chengxuan pick up a brick from beside him and throw it into the ancient tomb below.
The brick thrown by Rong Chengxuan happened to hit a heavy object. The leader of the Royal Guards watched Rong Chengxuan press down lower and lower because he couldn't see clearly what the object he had thrown looked like. If he was not careful, he might fall directly from it.
He wanted to open his mouth to remind Rong Chengxuan, but he was afraid that Rong Chengxuan would suddenly lose his concentration and fall off. If that really happened, Qin Ziyi would definitely not let him go.
The leader of the Royal Guards was thinking this in his mind, still muttering to himself, praying to various Buddhas and gods to protect Rong Chengxuan from falling from here.
Fortunately, Rong Chengxuan changed his position and successfully saw what the large object he had smashed looked like. It was a jade sculpture. The jade sculpture was of excellent quality. Without it, the color would have dulled due to the lack of sunlight.
Rong Chengxuan had certainly seen this jade carving before, though not here. He'd stumbled across it in a book. Fortunately, Rong Chengxuan's memory was fairly good, and he vaguely remembered it depicting waves crashing against a mountain. According to the book, the jade carving was nearly a man's height and weighed over a thousand pounds.
After Rong Chengxuan saw clearly what was carved on the jade carving, his guess was completely confirmed that this was a tomb from the previous dynasty.
After figuring out exactly when the tomb was built, Rong Chengxuan completely lost interest in the jade carving. It wasn't because the carving wasn't beautiful; on the contrary, it was simply too beautiful. However, given its weight, Rong Chengxuan couldn't possibly have it carried back to Prince An's mansion for him to admire daily.
When the leader of the Royal Guards saw Rong Chengxuan finally coming back from the edge of the cave, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been hanging in his throat finally settled down.
He repeated in his mind, thanking all the gods for keeping Rong Chengxuan safe.
Moreover, after seeing that place, Rong Chengxuan no longer asked the leader of the Royal Guards to take him around, but just asked him to lead him back to find Yun Wanwan.
When Rong Chengxuan returned, Yun Wanwan had just finished calculating the hexagram.
After Yun Wanwan showed the hexagram to Rong Chengxuan, even Rong Chengxuan, who had remained calm and composed since he learned about the incident, was stunned for a moment.
But it was only for a moment. After he came to his senses, he immediately gave an order, "Everyone stay here and don't move. Wanwan, Ye Lan, and I will go down and see what the inside of this tomb looks like."
When Rong Chengxuan said this, the leader of the Imperial Guards nearly fainted from the sheer emotional turmoil. His heart, which had just settled down, rose again. He hurriedly advised, "Your Highness, you absolutely cannot do this! The Prime Minister has instructed that no matter what, nothing must happen to you. If you go down there and something happens to you, how will I explain this to him?"
Rong Chengxuan was determined to go down. He asked Ye Lan to fetch a torch and ignored the words of the Imperial Guards leader. "Wanwan, is there anything else you need? If not, we will go down."
Ready to go down? When the leader of the Imperial Guards heard Rong Chengxuan say this, he almost fainted. "Your Highness, please think twice! Let our subordinates go down and explore the way first. Your Highness, you and Miss Yun can stay up there."
When the leader of the Imperial Guards told them to go down and explore the way first, Rong Chengxuan finally reacted and gave the leader a look, "If you want to die, just say it directly. There's no need to go down there and die in such a euphemistic way."
"In that case, Your Highness should not go down there! If Your Highness is truly curious about what's down there, you can just let your subordinates go down and check it out."
Seeing the look on the face of the leader of the Imperial Guards who was determined to go down and die, Rong Chengxuan felt for the first time in his life that Qin Ziyi, the old minister, was a bit annoying, and he didn't know how he asked the Imperial Guards to keep an eye on him.
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