Black Mandala of Forbidden Love

Chapter 51

The old man lowered his head, Liu Hai covered his eyes, I only saw his long eyelashes trembling, and his clenched fists gradually tightened, as if trying to control his emotions.It took a while to hear her lips moving, the voice was ethereal like smoke that would dissipate at any time. "No, Qiu'er thinks too much."

I looked suspiciously at his gloomy face, raised my eyebrows and turned to another question.

"Father, is there no other place to go out here? Like a secret passage or something?" Isn't that how martial arts dramas are performed?My body became much warmer. I groped around the place made of brass, but I didn't see a single gap. If it wasn't for the hollow hole in the round cover on the top of my head, I would have been suffocated in it. So the only way to exit is to lift the copper cover, but at this height... don't say that Dad's martial arts skills are all ruined, even I can't fly up to this height of several hundred meters in one go under normal circumstances, let alone now that I have a big belly.

"If I could find a way out, I wouldn't have been trapped for so long." The old man flicked his sleeves, his expression flat as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

You're so calm, it's no wonder I don't go crazy if I'm under house arrest like this for five or six years.

I don't want to stay in this ghost place for a year or so, Ruomei and the others must be going crazy, I hope that person won't be too angry,
I was extremely bored leaning against the bookshelf and flipping through old books, most of which were military books. After reading it carefully, I was not inferior to what I knew about Sun Tzu's Art of War, and I became interested.Time passed slowly, and I felt a little empty in my stomach. At this time, there was a sound above my head, and the heavy copper cover was removed. Come down slowly.

This is food delivery.

I narrowed my eyes and watched the long iron chain come down slowly, and walked up it coldly. The moment the basket just hit the ground, I stretched out my hand and yanked it violently, only to hear a cry of panic, and the man fell to the ground with a thud. He groaned in pain, and just as he got up, I grabbed the front of his chest and said viciously: "How can I get out of here? Tell me quickly, don't tell me I'm going to kill you!"

The man was still in shock and was yelled at by me. He knelt down on the ground in fright, and said tremblingly: "The chivalrous woman spares my life! The chivalrous woman spares my life! The little one is just a delivery man, I don't know where there is an exit!"

"Nonsense!" I grabbed his neck angrily. "There must be a place to go out, tell me!"

He shook his head desperately, with a face full of tears, "Girl, I really don't know! I don't dare to tell half a lie. The division of labor in Hanxue Palace is very detailed. I don’t know anything about the young master’s delivery of food, and if I ask too much, my tongue will be cut off, so the little ones never dare to talk too much, and the little ones are true!"

I kicked him away with a cold snort, I didn't really expect to get anything out of the mouth of this young man.

I carried the vegetable basket and put it on the stone table. When I opened it, I saw that the dishes were pretty good, with meat and vegetables, wine and soup.

Although I am not in the mood to eat, I am not hungry for the sake of the baby in my womb.After putting the food on the table, he turned around and shouted to his father, "Daddy has eaten. It's really delicious. Braised trotter and steamed fish are all your favorites. It seems that someone understands your stomach very well!"

He sat in meditation and said, "I don't want to eat, you can eat by yourself."

I paused, that's right, if I was locked up in this dark place for several years, even the most delicious things would be chewed up.

But the body is the capital of the revolution, and I am a person who can't afford a single meal.

"No, I don't like to eat alone, you have to stay with me." I grabbed his clothes, it's good to have relatives, and you can act like a baby when you are unhappy.

He was entangled by me with a helpless look on his face, and finally got up and sat down next to me. I happily picked up several pieces of meat for him, and gave him a few more pieces in my bowl. The man on the side stared at the braised pork in my bowl with greedy eyes.

"What are you looking at? Turn your head away, or the old lady will goug your eyes!" I pretended to shake my fist, and he immediately nodded and turned his back.

I giggled triumphantly, which made the corners of Dad's lips curl up slowly.

As the days passed, I gradually became impetuous. Every day I was unwilling to find the secret passage, but to no avail.

Is it possible that I will spend the rest of my life in this ghost place, no, I must leave, I want to see that person, I want to go crazy, it turns out that losing it after getting it is so painful.

I tapped the copper wall one by one with my hands, while carefully observing the relationship between the fist-sized tiger-shaped decorations protruding from the copper wall.These 24 tiger ornaments are different from other carved decorations. All the objects in this cave are decorated with flower and bird patterns, and the tiger ornaments on the wall alone seem out of place.

The 24 tiger ornaments on the wall look very familiar if they are connected together, but I can't remember what they are.Scratching my hair irritably, I went back to the desk and sat down, picked up a brush and wrote a static word on the snow-white rice paper.In my previous life, I loved calligraphy and could write well. When I was upset, I would sit down and write, so that I could easily calm myself down.

"Qiu'er's handwriting is good." The old man picked it up and looked at it while expressing his appreciation. "The brushwork is smooth and full, and the strokes are winding and powerful. Qiu'er, I didn't know you could write well. How much of your handwriting does Daddy not know?"

I smiled smugly and winked at him. "Dad, someone said a woman is like a book, you never know what's on the next page."

Looking at the words soaked in ink, something flashed through my mind.He ran to the wall with the tiger ornaments again, looked carefully again, and thought: That's it.

These 24 tiger heads are connected together, which should be a traditional Chinese character for a dragon, but it is reversed.Taking a closer look, I feel that something is wrong again. The moon character on the lower part of the left part of the dragon character is obviously more horizontal.

Sure enough, there is a problem.I turned around and walked towards the meal delivery man who was hiding aside, and grabbed him, "Boy, do you want to go out?" He was startled by my sudden behavior, put his head in his hands reflexively, and said in fear: "Of course I want to go out." ... I don't know what the girl wants the villain to do?"

I pointed to the tiger ornament. "The third one has a mystery, you can climb up to see it." Well, I have no doubts, if there is any mechanism for killing people, of course I will find a scapegoat.

Hearing that there was a possibility of leaving, the man's eyes lit up, and before I finished speaking, he rushed up, grasping the recessed decorations on the wall and struggling to climb up until he could land, he tried to turn around, but there was no response, and then Press hard.

There were sounds from the walls all around, and the man jumped down at my signal, and said happily, "Girl is so kind, it seems that there is really a mechanism."

I said; "Not necessarily."

There is a way out, but I just don't know how to choose.

There are eight more dark cave entrances, each of which may be a way of life or a way of death.

Finally Dad interjected. "There must be a hidden mechanism here, Qiu'er, let Dad come." He pulled me behind him, wanting to come forward alone.I held him back. "Father, Qiu'er has a solution."

Then he turned his head and directed the sad food delivery man. "You, go and move those books over."

The man responded obediently, and ran to bring stacks of books over.The old man looked puzzled, but smiled without saying a word.I also ordered the man to bring me the iron bow that was on the armor stand.

The old man seemed to understand, and said with a smile: "My Qiu'er is so smart, he came up with such a method."

I smiled, picked up the iron arrow feathers, and stuck them hard on a yellowed ancient book, and then injected [-]% of my internal force to draw the bow and shoot it out. The first book that flew in was shot by hundreds of arrows in the cave. It became a hornet's nest. When the second book hit the ground, a yellow smoke spewed out from the door. As soon as the third book approached, it was burned to death by cracking flames from the ground...

"Father, this one is the door of life!" Excitedly, I pointed to the only safe one, and then grabbed the food delivery man beside me. "Boy, you go ahead."

His sallow face finally had some color, he licked the corner of his mouth nervously, and walked forward slowly.I held my father's arm, and my heart finally relaxed a lot.It's just that this road seems to have no end, and it looks dark and penetrating.I felt that the trail became narrower and narrower, and even the air became thinner.

"Father, why are your hands getting colder and colder?" And he was still trembling violently.

"Qiu'er, Daddy is exhausted and his body is already in ruins. I will make a divination on my own. I am afraid that today is the day of my death." His plain and empty words drifted away in the darkness, with some resentment and some despair .

I was a little annoyed, and said anxiously: "Father, why are you talking nonsense? You are just a little weaker. You can just go out and recuperate, but don't talk about death to me. I will be angry." After a long time, I saw this man again. People, who haven't gathered together properly, say these frightening things again.

His dead branch-like hand hurt me, and he stopped. "Qiu'er, it is already a gift from God to let me see you again. I have nothing more to ask for. I will just send you to the exit. From now on, I will go to put incense on my father's grave every year during Qingming."

"Father!" I was really angry, and I was more frightened. There was a light projected in front of me, and I felt a chill in my heart when I should be happy.

But he stopped talking, just held my hand and walked forward, only to find that the exit was a thick stone gate at the end.I groped the stone wall and finally found a protruding point. After twisting around, the stone door slowly opened.The thieves food delivery man was the first to rush out, and I pulled my father forward, but at this moment there was a booming sound above my head.With a sinking heart, he carefully protected his abdomen with one hand, and walked through the stone crack that was just as wide as a person's body.

"Father, come here quickly." Seeing that the stone door was slowly closing again, but my father just stood there and looked at me, I was so anxious that my head was sweating, I shouted: "Dad, come out quickly, if You are dead, I will never forgive you, I beg you, come out."

He smiled slightly, the vicissitudes and desolation could not be expressed on his skinny face.He pulled away the hand I was holding tightly, his voice full of nostalgia and reluctance. "Qiu'er, Daddy has no regrets now, and you don't need to worry about it in the future. I only lived to see you. Now that my wish is over, I have nothing more to ask for. Go ahead." He decisively turned around and left, followed by a sky-shattering rumbling sound and dust and smoke.

I was stunned, Dad, why did you break my heart so much, it is better to let me always believe that you are gone, and lose it after you have it, how cruel.I wiped away the icy tears on my face and walked forward in the snow suppressing my heartache.

Dad, you have gone too far, and I will never forgive you, never.It's so unfair that you walked so gracefully, but you have to make me sad for the rest of your life.How can you do this to me.

The thick snow nearly reaching my knees made it difficult for me to move. Tears blurred my vision. I wiped them vigorously, only to feel that my limbs were so stiff that I was about to go numb.

"Baby, you must be safe." I protected my abdomen with my hands, and my heart was burning with anxiety.

Looking around, only to find that there is blue smoke rolling into the sky in the distance.

(End of this chapter)