Bypassing the guards outside, Yu Shiqi and Teng Antong quickly approached the entrance to the underground palace of the Imperial Tomb in front under the cover of night.

This imperial mausoleum located in the north mountain of the imperial capital was newly built and was prepared for the emperor who was rumored to be seriously ill for a long time. Yu Shiqi remembered that he had mentioned it to him when the mausoleum was abandoned in the Western Wasteland and asked him to help complete the interior of the mausoleum.

of murals.

"Is Zhong Lingqi really going to be here?" Teng Antong walked into the entrance first and said with some hesitation.

Yu Shiqi followed her down the steps, thinking of the relationship between his father and the emperor, and suddenly felt that he would probably come here after leaving the Yunzhongjian station.

What is Nie Guijiang planning to do? An ambush? Or does he have other plans?

"Sect Master, what exactly did that information dealer say to you?" Yu Shiqi asked at this time.

When obtaining information at the casino, Yu Shiqi had a conflict with him first. In the end, the other party only told Teng Antong the news, and then Teng Antong brought him here.

There was also an episode of suspicion on the way here, so much so that Yu Shiqi didn't even think of asking Teng Antong what the other party said until now.

"He said that the Lord Wangchuan Ferry will appear in the place where the dragon rests." Teng Antong replied, "Although it is not straightforward, the place where the dragon rests can only be the emperor's mausoleum."

There seemed to be nothing wrong with this statement. Yu Shiqi temporarily gave up his doubts and continued walking deeper into the imperial mausoleum with Teng Antong.

They finally came to a stone room deep in the underground palace. The eight stone walls were lit with everlasting lamps, illuminating the unfinished murals.

"This is..." Yu Shiqi stood in front of one of the painted murals, eyes wide open in disbelief.

Teng Antong walked up to him and looked at the content of the mural. After pondering for a moment, he said: "The painting is about the Battle of the Two Wolf Valley."

"The Battle of the Valley of Two Wolves?"

At the bottom of the mural is a pile of corpses. Judging from the clothing and armor, the two warring parties are the Chenlin Northern Expeditionary Army and the Rongxia Royal Court Cavalry. Broken swords and guns, fallen horses and broken flags are densely distributed among the piles of corpses.

On the battlefield. In the center of the picture is a towering execution platform. A general who is obviously from the Chenlin army is tied and suspended on the execution platform. The crow symbolizing death falls on his shoulders. There are two armies in the distant background.

There was a fierce battle, and a vague knight on horseback stretched his hand toward the execution platform.

"Is this a defeat?" Yu Shiqi looked at the general Chen Lin who was hanged on the execution platform and felt sad. At the same time, he was very confused in his heart as to why such a painting was painted in the emperor's mausoleum.

His eyes turned to the mural next to him. The mural was only half completed, but he could still make out what scene it was painted on - snow was falling, and an uncountable number of Rong and Xia cavalry were stepping over the frozen ice.

On the wide river, the vanguard's iron hooves had already stepped into the Chen Lin army's position guarding the river bank.

Could it be that all the murals here are scenes of Chen Lin's army being in great danger during the Northern Expedition to Rongxia? Yu Shiqi looked back at Teng Antong and found that she frowned slightly, obviously seeing the clues.

"It seems that the emperor's situation is quite bad." Teng Antong said, "Those people must hate him so much that he will never forget these scenes after his death. This is probably the most painful scene in his short and great life.

"

"I finally understand why Zhong Lingqi asked me to come to the Imperial Mausoleum to work as a painter." Yu Shiqi sighed, "He must have known that it would turn out like this and wanted to ask for a job for his former friend.

Peace after death.”

"Zhi'er, you see there are traces of fighting here." Teng Antong stood in front of a stone pillar and stroked the sword marks on it with his hand.

"So, he really came here with Nie Guijiang."

"There is still a road ahead, let's go and take a look." Teng Antong noticed the stone gate between the murals.

Yu Shiqi was about to follow her, but out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of the inverted lampstand on the side of the stone pillar. Without thinking, he stretched out his hand to turn the lampstand upright, and immediately felt that the soles of his feet were empty and he was falling rapidly.

"Zhi'er!" Teng Antong's shout was cut off by the closed stone slab, and Yu Shiqi felt himself falling onto a soft cushion.

He released the wind energy that surrounded him, slowly stood up from the soft cushion, and looked towards the flickering lights ahead, where he could vaguely see an iron fence.

There was a smooth stone wall behind him, and there was no way to go. It seemed that he had no choice but to move forward. Yu Shiqi pulled out the autumn leaves and moved forward cautiously against one side of the wall.

Not walking far, Yu Shiqi came to the iron gate blocking the way. Through the gap in the iron gate, he saw the person imprisoned inside, with disheveled hair, lying on his side on the stone bed, with only a thin layer of skin on his body.

bedding.

Intermittent coughing sounds came from inside. The man seemed to be seriously ill, and even the coughing sounds were very weak.

"Your Majesty." Yu Shiqi didn't know why, but the moment he saw this person, he had a strong premonition in his heart that this was Emperor Chen Lin.

"Why...are Mu Qingxuan impatient with waiting?" The man lying on the stone bed slowly sat up, with his back to Yu Shiqi.

Mu Qingxuan should be the name of the current regent. Yu Shiqi swallowed, thinking that this man's words had confirmed his guess, and the person imprisoned inside was the emperor.

But he didn't know what to say for a moment. He came to this place inexplicably. It seemed that Zhong Lingqi and Nie Guijiang had never been here before. The emperor was right in front of him, but it seemed that he had nothing to do with him...

…

Teng Antong didn't see him turning the mechanism disguised as a lampstand on the stone pillar. Even if he wanted to save him, there was nothing he could do. Could he be trapped like this?

Yu Shiqi looked around and couldn't find any other exit, but after thinking about it, it didn't make sense. The emperor was imprisoned here, so someone must send him water regularly, otherwise he would have died of sleepiness long ago. The person responsible for delivering food can't

Did you come down from the mechanism at the top? There should be other ways to get in here.

With this thought in mind, Yu Shiqi turned around and returned to the place where he landed, and found that the wall that he initially mistakenly thought was a stone wall actually had an inconspicuous stone door embedded in it. This should be the passage used for normal entry and exit.

"What are you looking for? Are you not an assassin?" The emperor's voice came from behind, but Yu Shiqi, who was eager to find a way to leave, ignored his mood.

After waiting for a long time for a response, the emperor smiled mockingly and lay back on the stone bed.

Yu Shiqi was still struggling with the stone gate. He fumbled around the stone gate for a long time, and finally had to accept the fact that this stone gate seemed to have no mechanism that could be activated from within...

Is it possible to go out only when someone comes to deliver food next time? Yu Shiqi thought desperately, if this is the case, maybe he will miss the deadline agreed with Konglan Sect Leader.

Can we only hope that Teng Antong can successfully find Zhong Lingqi? He punched the stone door unwillingly, and Yu Shiqi suddenly felt that there seemed to be movement in the stone door in front of him.

Of course, this movement could not have been caused by just one punch. Yu Shiqi felt nervous and excited. Someone must be coming from outside.
Chapter completed!