There is a starving ghost in Qingyun Temple

Shen Huihe had repeatedly used a small white bird to explore the road a few nights ago and figured out the route of the secret guard.Moreover, tomorrow is Yuan Jia Sanlang's big day, so many people have been deployed to work in the front yard.

Tonight, the two of them avoided many hidden sentries along the way and quietly sneaked into the main room of the abandoned house again.

After entering the main room, Li Yun lowered his eyes and walked straight to the familiar dressing table.

The makeup box on the dressing table is still intact.

There was a soft thud as Li Yun opened the makeup box, his expression becoming solemn.

There are several women's items placed in the makeup box, which must have been exquisite and gorgeous back then.There is a rusty silver hairpin with peony engraved patterns, a jade button decorated with ruffles, and a small short knife with green tassels, which are the same as before.

Li Yun frowned, raised his hand and gently pushed aside a few tassels, and then he could touch the slight depression under the wooden box of the makeup box. The depression was in the shape of a half-moon arc, which was exactly in line with the length and size of the small dagger. .

Shen Huihe didn't know when he had arrived beside him.

Through the faint moonlight, both of them could clearly see the strange things under the tassel dagger.

"I think this is where the switch of the mechanism is. The mechanism is exquisitely designed. It uses the woman's makeup box to hide it from others." Shen Huihe couldn't help but praise in a low voice.

"This kind of short knife was a pocket knife commonly used by Yuan Ji in the army in the past. It was specially obtained from the Feiyun iron that thousands of craftsmen worked hard to find in the Tianshan Mountains. It was then carefully forged by the craftsmen. It is light and sharp to carry. Incomparable, it is his treasure.”

"So, we really are in the right place."

Shen Huihe carefully observed the texture on the bottom of the makeup box for a while, and then tapped it carefully.

It’s a crisp and transparent sound!

She raised her hand and pressed it against the depression of the circular hilt where the green tassel connected to the short knife. In fact, the circular hilt was connected to the wooden box at the bottom.

She raised her eyebrows and looked at Li Yun in front of her: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs." His eyes were solemn and solid as a mountain.

"Forget it, I'll just let you go this time."

She squinted her eyes and pressed lightly, and the small dagger sank with it——

boom--

There was a strange noise from the bed behind him!

Shen Huihe smiled knowingly: "Let's go!"

When the two came to the bed, the originally neatly laid wooden planks of the bed turned into an arch, as if the planks were forcibly tilted up by some object.

Li Yun lifted up the quilt and pushed aside the slightly loose wooden boards of the bed. A series of old and decayed wooden steps jumped in front of him.

A damp, sticky, decaying stench that has not seen the light of day all year round assaults the nostrils, and has the potential to surge.The place under the steps is even more dark and bottomless as far as the eye can see.

The basement under this bed has not seen the light of day for who knows how many years!
Li Yun's brows were furrowed, his eyes were scarlet, and his eyes were so gloomy that they could kill someone, and he was secretly wanting to stir up a storm in his heart.The truth that he has been hiding and waiting for for many years seems to be coming out soon.

He lifted up one side of his clothes and wanted to lean down immediately, but was stopped by the young lady behind him!

"My lord, don't be hasty, haste makes waste!"

Shen Huihe was shocked in his heart. In the past, he had always looked calm and indifferent, but tonight was the first time he had seen him with such exposed emotions.

"Ms. Shen, do you know how many years I have been waiting for this moment?"

"Your Majesty, if you believe me, I will definitely not let you go back empty-handed. However, the underground is extremely dark and dangerous, so you must listen to me!" Shen Huihe held his slightly trembling arm tightly. Seeing that he suppressed his emotions a little, he dared to continue with the next move.

She tentatively held on to the shaky and broken handrail. The handrail and the wooden steps were creaking and penetrated deep into the ground. Although it had been dusty for a long time, it was still stable.

She casually waved down two talisman papers at the bottom of the dark wooden steps. The talisman papers were scattered and helpless, as if they had fallen into an eternal hell.

After a while, there was no movement in the bottomless darkness.

"Okay, I'll go down first! Please follow me, Prince."

Shen Huihe used his hands and feet on both sides and slowly climbed down. Suddenly he was startled and raised his eyes suddenly. It was Li Yun who was still standing outside the bed. It was his warm hand that held her right arm firmly.

"Beware!"

"Thank you so much, Your Majesty!"

"Be careful with your feet!"

When Li Yun saw that her little head had submerged under the edge of the bed, he took a breath of air and carefully climbed down after her.

The two of them landed firmly on the ground, and what caught their eyes was a narrow passage.

Four wall lamps are mounted on the stone walls on both sides of the passage.The wall lamp has an exquisite shape like a bow shooting an arrow or standing in the wind.It can be said that this is Yuan Ji's favorite style, as if he is recalling his glorious days of marching and fighting.

The candle oil in each wall lamp is very rich and bright. Could it be said that someone comes to clean and refill it regularly? !
The candlelight in the wall lamp swayed slightly, turning on and off, mixed with the sound of the wind, making it eerie.

Shen Huihe looked at the direction in which the four candlelights on both sides were swaying. They were all in the same direction.

He lowered his voice and said: "There is wind here, maybe there are other exits."

Li Yun nodded: "People who march and fight, not to mention cautious people like Yuan Ji, always have to leave a way out for themselves."

The two of them continued to walk forward. After walking out of the small passage, their eyes suddenly opened up, which was beyond their expectation.

The underground space is not only spacious and transparent, but also brightly lit.It is estimated that the entire underground of the abandoned house must have been hollowed out.

In the middle of the ground, there is a large and majestic round tower altar, built with thousands of stone wine bottles of the same shape.

The tower built of stone wine glasses towers into the clouds, as if reaching into the boundless dark sky.Each wine bottle was filled with scarlet liquid and exuded a strange and unpleasant smell.

Upon closer inspection, there is a candlestick placed behind each wine bottle.The edges of the base of the candlestick are carved with hideous, headless chaos.

Shen Huihe's eyes narrowed, perhaps this place was much scarier than they imagined.

Chaos is one of the four evil spirits in Taoism. It looks like a dog, has scabs but no claws, has eyes but cannot see, has two ears but cannot hear, has an abdomen but no internal organs, and cannot walk without opening its legs.

In this way, those who offer sacrifices want to cover people's ears and eyes, cover people's conscience, cover up their righteousness and hide thieves, so as to do evil.

The lights in the candlesticks flickered and flickered, dazzling like fireflies and frost, illuminating the entire inner room.

Looking up, there is a strange mask with a ferocious face, fangs and protruding eyes stuck on the top of the tower. It looks like a human, ghost, and weird shape.

Countless strips of white silk cloth covered with black talismans extended from the top of the head of the strange mask. Those white silk cloths extended in all directions and were firmly tied to the four high stone walls, turning into a gloomy Mori's funeral canopy.

(End of this chapter)