This queen is not too curly

The green hills are solemn and solemn, and everything is silent.

Yu Xingzhi straightened up slowly, his eyes turned around in the crowd, and finally fell on Chen Lingchen.

He said lightly: "Your Majesty's auspicious people have their own appearance, and it is really a blessing for all people to return safely."

His description was dignified, his tone was dignified, and he didn't see the slightest arrogance of a rebellious courtier and thief, as if he was still the gentle and timeless leader of the Qingliu, a gentleman in white.

Yu Xingzhi looked deeply at Chen Lingchen, and his voice became softer and softer:

"It's a pity, people can't have a lifetime of luck."

"Today, the Holy Majesty must be wronged, and I will be buried here forever."

The threatening words slowly came out of his mouth, still like a breeze.

The people present were stunned, and the commander of the city defense army was the first to react. He yelled "presumptuousness" loudly, and led his men to surround the big pit.Everyone approached forward, and all the archers were in place. As long as Chen Lingshen gave an order, Yu Xingzhi would be pierced by random arrows to death.

Unfortunately, things ended up being unexpected.

A vanguard spy hurried to the commander of the city defense army and whispered something in his ear.

Immediately, the commander of the city defense army's face changed drastically. He quickly walked to Yan Zhou's side and reported to him and Chen Ling in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Marquis, this traitor buried gunpowder in the ground..."

gunpowder? !
Yan Yuan looked at Yu Xingzhi in shock.

Yu Xingzhi met her eyes and smiled slightly.

"Since the Holy Majesty already knows, I have nothing to hide."

"My minister accidentally got the treasure map of the Blue City. I have been plotting for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be a mistake."

Yu Xingzhi frowned, as if he had really encountered a difficult problem, and was discussing with others in a friendly voice:
"That's why I knew before going up the mountain that there might be no return for this trip, so I planted explosives in [-] places on the mountain, and when the whole mountain is razed to the ground, I can barely fight for a draw."

"This move is really forced and helpless, and I hope you will understand."

There was a chilling silence on the top of the mountain.

Yan Yuan also took a deep breath.

Yuting Mountain is a small mountain, and it only takes an hour to go up and down. Thirty places of gunpowder are buried in such a small mountain...

It means that no matter how good luck is, it is impossible to escape the range of explosives.

Yu Xingzhi actually wanted to burn everything together.

No one on the top of the mountain dared to breathe, and after a moment of stalemate, a distraught voice came from the pit: "Yu Xingzhi! You clearly told me that you would not use explosives! You lied to me!"

That was Chu Jingyu's voice.

The rope ladder beside the pit began to flip.

Not long after, Chu Jingyu, who was covered in a mess, climbed up from below.

He walked up to Yu Xingzhi quickly, wanting to grab his lapel to question him, but he didn't want to be stopped by the black armored guards behind him before he touched Yu Xingzhi.

Chu Jingyu was only furious: "Yu Xingzhi! Are you crazy?! What you are going to blow up is the royal tomb of my Chu family! Do you want to make the orphan stink forever?!"

Yu Xingzhi's expression didn't change, he just sarcastically said, "You've dug everything anyway, so what's the difference between blowing up and not blowing up?"

Chu Jingyu was speechless: "You..."

He had nothing to say, he could only grit his teeth and ask with a pale face:
"Even if you want to blow open the door of the underground palace, you don't need a mountain full of explosives!"

"What on earth do you want to do? Gu has been dragged down by you... You have dragged him down for thousands of years! You ignited the explosives, do you want to drag Gu to die together?!"

"You clearly said that you just want to retrieve the remains of your ancestors..."

Chu Jingyu had lost his mind, and shouted at Yu Xingzhi with red eyes.

Yu Xingzhi waited for him to finish yelling before saying calmly, "Well, I lied to you."

His voice was understated, as if he was saying something irrelevant.

Chu Jingyu's eyes almost burst open.

He was in a stalemate with Yu Xingzhi for a long time before finally drooping his shoulders.

In fact, he is not totally indifferent.

At first, Yu Xingzhi just asked his clansmen in the south of the Yangtze River to ask him to buy some local specialties.He was in the Southwest, and his temper for spending money was not very good. The court's salary was not enough at all, and there was already a lot of money and silver deficit. With the business route given by Yu Xingzhi, his property was growing day by day.

The business is getting bigger and bigger, but the money is getting more and more insufficient. Later, he occasionally got a batch of fake silver coins. At first, he just took the attitude of trying it out, passed through the gates of the imperial court, and actually cleaned the fake coins money.

At that time, he didn't know that it was Yu Xingzhi who opened the door of convenience, but he was dazzled by ecstasy, so he collected fake money from everywhere, and gradually turned into a private workshop to make fake money.

Later, when the Dong Chuang incident happened, Eunuch Tu Shan showed his flaws. He tried to make up for the leak in a panic, but the amount of the shortfall was so large that it was impossible for him to make up for the vacancy even if he spent all his wealth...

It was at this time that Yu Xingzhi approached him personally.

In the past, they only exchanged letters. When they met, the elegant and meaningful chief minister of the dynasty would not even give him a look.

That was the first time he actually met Yu Xingzhi.

Yu Xingzhi told him about the treasure in Blue City.

Chu Jingyu also knew in his heart that many years ago, when he first accepted an order from his clan, he had already fallen into Yu Xingzhi's trap.

He said his original surname was Que.

He said that his family members were buried in the ground together with the treasures, and he tried all kinds of troubles just to get back the remains of his ancestors and bury them properly.

He believed it.

He really believed him.

He couldn't get off the tiger, so he walked with Yu Xingzhi.

Chu Jingyu hunched his shoulders and laughed with red eyes:
"Yu Xingzhi! If you ignite the explosives, I'll never let you go!"

"You really think I didn't hold back?"

"I know you raised a woman and gave birth to a child outside the city. Let me tell you, none of them will live after I die! I will definitely tear them to pieces!"

Chu Jingyu raised his head proudly.

He was going to appreciate the panic on Yu Xingzhi's face, to see how helpless he was when he knew his vitals were carefully protected and exposed to everyone.

But it didn't.

Yu Xingzhi didn't even blink his eyelids.

He said lightly: "Unfortunately, the women and children outside the city have nothing to do with me."

Chu Jingyu was startled and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Yu Xingzhi sighed: "Chu Jingyu, you still don't understand me."

He stared into Chu Jingyu's eyes and smiled: "If you didn't think you were pinching my weakness, how could you be at ease and let me order you?"

Chu Jingyu: "You..."

Yu Xingzhi blinked, with a regretful expression on his face, he said to the black armored guard beside him: "Send His Royal Highness Xuan to rest."

As soon as his words fell, the black-armored guards pushed King Xuan directly into the pit.

Yan Yuan almost instinctively wanted to rush up and pull him.

At the very moment, Chen Lingchen grabbed her wrist, and she could only watch helplessly as Chu Jingyu fell into the pit screaming, and then heard his voice stop abruptly.

Yu Xingzhi looked at Yan Yuan again: "Did the queen just want to save him?"

His eyes are still very gentle.

Yan Yuan felt that the hairs all over her body stood up.

She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not trying to save him, I'm here to make a deal with you."

Yu Xingzhi narrowed his eyes: "Oh?"

Yan Yuan and Chen Ling exchanged glances, then stepped forward and knew to Yu Xing, "Isn't Prime Minister Yu also waiting?"

If you just want to die together, you don't have to go through such a lot of trouble.

He is also probably gambling.

Bet they might have chips.

He must have exhausted all methods but couldn't open the treasure gate.

Yan Yuan said: "The explosives may not be able to blow up the dragon-breaking stone at the entrance of the underground palace, but it will definitely kill the people at the entrance of the underground palace."

Yan Yuan stared at Yu Xingzhi, and slowly said: "Yu Xiang didn't see the treasure before he died, don't you think it's a pity?"

A ray of light flashed in Yu Xingzhi's eyes: "What do you mean by the Queen's words?"

Yan Yuan took off the gold silk jade pendant around her neck, and held it up to Yu Xingzhi's eyes: "You don't necessarily need explosives to enter the underground palace, all you need is a key."

……

Yu Xingzhi finally let go.

He made a condition that the key must be handed over to him first, and only Chen Lingchen and Yan Yuan can enter the underground palace with him, and the rest can only wait outside. If he does not agree, he will immediately order someone to ignite the explosives .

Naturally, no one would agree to such a condition, but there seemed to be no other way at the moment, as advancing or retreating was a dead end, so Yan Yuan handed the golden silk jade pendant to Yu Xingzhi, but also put forward a condition.

Yan Yuan said: "I want to bring a bow and arrow."

Yu Xingzhi laughed: "Your Majesty can actually ask to bring guards."

Yan Yuan has always been shameless in this regard, and asked sincerely: "Is it possible?"

Yu Xingzhi said coldly: "Impossible."

Yan Yuan: "..."

Although he was rejected, he exchanged the jade pendant for a bow and arrow.

Yan Yuan, with her bow and arrows on her back, followed him slowly down to the big pit together with Yu Chulingchen.

They descended slowly along the rope ladder, about twenty or thirty feet down, before finally landing on the ground.

The light on the ground had dimmed a lot, and Chu Jingyu, who was dressed in court clothes, lay silently at the bottom of the pit, not knowing whether he was dead or fainted.

Yan Yuan hesitated whether to step forward to check.

Yu Xingzhi acted as if he hadn't seen him, he just waved his sleeves and said, "Please, Your Majesty."

As he spoke, he walked to the edge of the big pit alone. A hole was dug on the edge, and the dark corridor extended to the depths of the mountain. Yu Xingzhi took a torch and walked inside.

Yan Yuan and Chu Ling looked at each other deeply, and followed Yu Xingzhi's footsteps.

After entering the cave, Yan Yuan realized that the inside was not as narrow as imagined. In the cave, which was as wide as three people, a torch was lit every once in a while.

The faint sound of water could be heard in the distance, Yu Xingzhi walked slowly ahead, his slender shadow was long and short by the light of the torch.

I don't know how long we've been walking, but Yu Xingzhi's voice rang out: "Your Majesty is really calm. You haven't asked half a word about the Queen Mother's safety since you went up the mountain. Doesn't Your Majesty have anything to ask?"

Chen Ling said calmly, "No."

Yan Yuan: "..."

Yan Yuan suddenly realized that they had indeed not met the Queen Mother yet.

Yu Xingzhi probably didn't expect to get such an answer. He was stunned for a while, and soon laughed again: "The road is still long, why don't I tell a story for your majesty and empress."

Chen Ling was noncommittal.

Yu Xingzhi slowly opened his mouth with gentle steps:

"Once upon a time, there was a tribe that often lived in the deep mountains and was very good at exploring mineral deposits. Although they belonged to the Yan State, they were always respected by the previous rulers because of their skills. However, prospecting does not happen overnight, and sometimes a generation may not be able to find a mine. place, so this family is gradually forgotten."

"Later, when Yan and Jin fought for years, the first emperor resorted to war, the people had no food and clothing, and the army was in short supply of food and grass. Only five soldiers in the army could have three weapons. Seeing that the country of Yan was about to be defeated..."

"At this time, an unfavored prince and his followers followed Wen Jincao's trail and found the treasure hunting tribe."

Yan Yuan listened silently, only feeling that this story was indescribably familiar.

Yan Jin's campaign was indeed only a few decades ago...

Then this prince...

Yan Yuan's heart trembled.

"And that prince..."

Yu Xingzhi stopped and looked at Chen Lingchen in the light of the torch.

"It is His Majesty the First Emperor who is buried in this imperial mausoleum."