Chapter 134

Yu San led the way ahead, followed by an Changqing, four of them and forty good water elites, and walked slowly to the heavenly palace.

Although Tiangong is called Tiangong, it is actually built at the bottom of the cliff. The cliff is steep. Under the leadership of Yu San, they use the strong vines on the cliff as ropes to weave a dozen large hanging baskets for people to ride, and then use the vines to slowly transport people to the bank at the bottom of the cliff.

After a dozen or so baskets, all of them reached the bottom of the cliff. At the bottom of the cliff is a running river, which is injected by a waterfall, making the water very turbulent. Yu San led them to swim down for a while. When they got to the flat area of the river, they asked everyone to prepare for the water.

An Changqing said strangely, "is the heavenly palace at the bottom of the river?"

There are cliffs on both sides of the cliff, with a big river in the middle. There is no room for a heavenly palace.

"The heavenly palace is in this mountain."

Yu San pointed to the mountain on the other side of the river, facing a steep mountain. Because it's Midsummer, the gap of the mountain is full of tough weeds. From the opposite side, it looks green and vigorous.

"Huaishu'an had the mountain hollowed out and built a heavenly palace. The cliff was originally there, but the river on the cliff and at the bottom of the cliff were all artificially dug, and the access to the mountain was hidden at the bottom of the river. In order to prevent outsiders from entering. The bottom of the river is quite deep. Only the chimpanzees who are good at closing their breath and diving can enter it. "

An Changqing looked at the waterfall hanging like Bailian, and looked at the wide river in front of him. He couldn't imagine that it was artificially dug. Such a big river not only connects the village where the chimaera live, but also connects with Yadi Tiangong.

Yu San called and told everyone to get ready for the water. The airbags that had been prepared were in use at this time. After they were put on, they went into the water one after another. Ordinary people are not as good at water as the chimpanzees. In order to prevent people from falling behind or having accidents in the water, every nine people are divided into five teams. They are connected by ropes at their waist. If there is an accident, they can pull the ropes to call for help.

All the people who came were good at meeting the water. After they got into the water, they followed Yu San's team and swam cautiously towards the bottom of the river. An Changqing and Xiao Zhige led a group of people respectively. They were not far away from each other. He waved to Xiao Zhige and caught up with Yu San first.

As soon as they got into the water, the river was still bright and transparent. As the people went down, the light in the river became dim and ignorant, and there were fewer fish swimming. Yu San and an Changqing are still holding their breath, but others have started to use airbags from time to time.

After more than two quarters of an hour in the middle of the river, an Changqing couldn't hold it any longer. He just took the air bag that was pinned to his waist and took a breath. Other people's airbags are almost empty, but the remaining three are still going downstream. After catching up with him for a while, an Changqing asked him how long it would take for him to arrive. Yu San looked at the people behind him and made a sign that he was approaching.

With a little relief, an Changqing turned back to signal the others to save their breath. Then he gave his air bag to a soldier whose air bag was deflated, and then he continued to swim forward.

After another swim, a soft light appeared at the bottom of the dim river. When they got close, they found that it was a passage. When they passed through the passage in turn, they found that the water was very shallow. The sunlight was shining into the water, making the whole river bright.

For a long time, the crowd rushed to the surface of the water to breathe, and then opened their eyes in amazement. The magnificence of Tiangong is incomparable to the most magnificent Forbidden Palace in Yejing. Around the center of the river, a snow-white palace built of crystal and jade stands. In front of the palace are two statues holding glass cups. The glass cups are slightly tilted, and the water in the glass is tilted down. It flows out along the shell shaped pool at the foot of the statues and flows into the river where they live.

The river is connected with the outside river, but it is more like a pool for playing. On the side, it is decorated with various color treasures to encircle the whole heavenly palace.

Its extravagance and magnificence are rare in the world.

"Look at the top of your head." Huai Rushan sighed with a little sour: "I'm afraid all the money of the former king was used to build this heavenly palace, right?"

When they heard the words, they looked up and saw that countless holes had been cut on the top which should have been dark. The holes were arranged according to the twenty-eight constellations, and the sunlight came in through the holes, just like a bright starry sky.

Huairuyu also narrowed his eyes and said, "look at those holes, there are many beads of different sizes. If you're right, they should all be night pearls."

When the sun is good, these holes can be illuminated. If the sky is bad or at night, these night pearls are another beauty.

An Changqing said, "does Huai Shuan like Yu Qiao?"

Otherwise, if it's just guilt and compensation for friends, I don't think it will be so far. Others obviously agreed with this statement, and looked at the palace and sighed.

"Try to get in first." Yu San has been to Tiangong for a long time. He is not as surprised by the extravagance and richness here as other people.

The crowd had just returned to their senses and gathered in front of the gate.

The gate of the heavenly palace was closed, which must be what Yu San said. The internal mechanism was activated and the gate of the palace was closed."How do you want to open this door?" An Changqing came forward and pushed tentatively with his hand. However, his voice was still declining. He saw that the closed Palace door was pushed gently by him and pushed out a gap. An Changqing suddenly froze and looked back at Yu San in surprise: "don't you say you can't open it?"

"I couldn't open it before." Yu San frowned, stepped forward and pushed the gate open, and the situation inside the palace was revealed to the public. In the front hall of the heavenly palace, there are a full set of tables, chairs and benches for entertaining guests. On the table, there are also tea sets. Naturally, these tables, chairs and tea sets are also treasures. On the wall facing them, there are several calligraphy works. The handwriting is unrestrained and elegant. An Changqing came closer to see that Yu Qiao's name was on the seal below - it was all Yu Qiao's handwriting.

After reading it, they followed Yu Qiao to the side hall. As they walked, they explained to them, "every time we come to get the antidote, we put it here."

While they were talking, they had already arrived. There were only a few rows of Bogu shelves in the side hall. On the shelves were many flowerpots with jade. Besides, there was nothing else.

Yu San went forward to investigate carefully, then frowned and said, "they are all dead."

"What do you mean, dead? Is the antidote alive? " Huairuyu asked.

"In these flowerpots, there used to be a kind of plant that looks like a dragon's horn. They are planted in jade and need no care. We can take them every ten years. But now as you can see, these plants are gone. "

The plants planted in the jade are gone, which means the antidote is gone.

Huairushan glared: "it's too coincident. We just found it. The gate of Tiangong was opened by ourselves, and there was no antidote."

If yu San didn't hear what he said, he said to an Changqing, "if you want to continue searching, you can only go inside."

An Changqing looked at several people and said, "continue to look inside?"

If you come here, you'll naturally have to go and have a look. Otherwise, you'll be reluctant to come here in vain. And they went in after him. When he went deep, Yu San repeated the danger of the mechanism inside again and told everyone to follow him: "I only went inside for a while. I can't touch anything inside. If any object moves, it may touch the mechanism. The secret weapons of those mechanisms have been poisoned, and they are delicate and small, so it's impossible to prevent them. "

When they heard his warning, they all followed him with breath held.

However, they passed through a cloister, a moon door, but nothing happened. Only the ground seems to be affected by the tide, began to accumulate shallow water.

"There's something wrong here." Yu San suddenly stopped walking.

Xiao Zhige also said: "we have no mechanism all the way."

He didn't suspect that Yu San was lying. Let's not talk about the relationship between Yu San and an Changqing. Just look at his alert attitude, we can see that he has seen the power of the mechanism here. However, they walked all the way, let alone the mechanism, and did not see a mosquito.

Huairuyu said: "we didn't trigger the mechanism, or for a long time, these mechanisms have decayed?"

"There can't be no trigger." Yu San pointed to the diamond shaped jade floor tiles at the foot of the crowd and said: "when the Tiangong mechanism just started, I went here to explore. Every floor tile here can trigger the mechanism. As long as I step on it, it will trigger the poisonous arrow. Poisonous arrows are shot from the top of the head and from both sides of the corridor, and there is no way to avoid them. "

"True or false?" Huai Rushan hangs his head and tramples on the ground with his feet. He trampled on it carelessly, but suddenly he heard a "caution" from huairuyu road and pushed him aside. And huairushan just standing place, impressively nailed a short arrow. Short arrow into the ground three points, show strength.

Xiao Zhige looked at the short arrow and said, "it's poisonous."

An Changqing looked at the corridor connecting the two ends, and then looked at the top of his head. If it was true, as Yu San said, there were poisonous arrows on three sides, I'm afraid it was really unavoidable.

Huairushan's demonstration proves Yu San's view. There are organs here, and they are not corrupt.

"The mechanism isn't broken, but it hasn't been triggered. Has someone come?" Huairuyu guessed.

Yu San said: "no way. The people of the chimaera all know that there are many organs in the heavenly palace. No one can be in danger. What's more, it's impossible to know how to close these organs even if there are clansmen breaking in. "

"There's more water on the ground." Xiao Zhige, who has been drooping his eyes and meditating, suddenly said.

They were reminded by him that the water in the previous thin layer had increased, and the shallow layer was covered on the jade floor tiles.

Yu San squatted down, put his fingers in the water, and said in a deep voice, "it's not water caused by dampness, it's sea water. The sea water is pouring in from outside. "

"Is the heavenly palace connected to the sea?" Huairu good road.

Yu San: "I don't know. I haven't been there."

Xiao Zhige said, "go and have a look. If it is sea water, it will be submerged sooner or later. "

As they spoke, they hurried forward. Yu San was just going to send them here and then left, but after thinking about it, he still followed. All the way to the center of the heavenly palace, they didn't meet any mechanism again. But when they got to the center of the heavenly palace, there was only a spiral staircase.

When they got to the top of the mountain, they saw the sun pouring down, and they were beyond the mountain. Where they are is an octagonal pavilion. It's open on all sides. Looking up, it's surrounded by blue water.Huai Rushan said, "you see, it's really connected to the sea."

There is a waterfall not far from the octagonal tower. Under the shadow of the waterfall, there is a canyon, which is connected with the sea. Now when they look at it, they see that the water in the canyon no longer flows out, but the seawater slowly flows back into it.

Yu San said, "the tide has not yet risen at this time." If the tide rises, I'm afraid the sea water will pour back more quickly, and then the whole heavenly palace will be filled with sea water.

Several people looked at each other and understood the urgency. If they didn't find the antidote before the Tiangong was flooded, they would have come in vain. A few people dare not delay time again, hurried downstairs. Prepare to search in the heavenly palace.

An Changqing fell a step behind and finally took a look at the blue sea. He vaguely felt that Yu Qiao would not like such a palace far away from the sea.

Perhaps after he went into the water, he also had a certain nature of the chimaera, and had an unspeakable favor for the sea. Therefore, no matter how rich and extravagant the heavenly palace is, in his eyes, it is far less than the vast ocean. He didn't like it. Yu Qiao, who was born on the sea and grew up on the sea, didn't like it even more?

A ridiculous idea suddenly flashed in his mind. He called out to stop the crowd, considered his words and said, "you say Is Yu Qiao the one who cracked the Tiangong mechanism

The whole heavenly palace was built by Yu Qiao. Yu San also said that only Yu Qiao knew how to crack the mechanism set up when Huai Shuan ordered people to build it. If it wasn't for others, Yu Qiao would be the only one left.

"I don't think it's impossible," huairuyu said with a deep thought.

Xiao Zhige also said: "if we don't consider his age, everything after we arrive at the heavenly palace can be explained."

Yu San also said: "at the beginning, it was really not sure whether the high priest was killed or not. Everything was just a conjecture of the people."

Although an Changqing's conjecture sounds absurd, it is the most likely conjecture. After all, ordinary people on this island can't get close to it, let alone find the Yadi Tiangong. The chimpanzees are self-sufficient in the village and stand aloof from the rest of the world. If it had not been for Huai Shuan's original request, they would not have set foot in the heavenly palace.

So the only person who can come and go freely in Tiangong and have the ability to crack Tiangong's mechanism is Yu Qiao - if he is still alive.

"But how old would he be if he were alive?" One side of Huai such as good blink blink, voice trembling to ask.

The others looked at him and did not answer his question. If yu Qiao is still alive, his age I really don't want to count it. I think it's amazing to count it a little bit.

Huairuyu patted him on the head and said: "it doesn't matter how old we are. Let's go and find the antidote first."

So they hurried downstairs to search for antidotes in the side halls of the heavenly palace. After bypassing the central staircase, a large number of gold, silver and jade were stored in the back side halls. All kinds of things are in the hall. When you push the door in, the bright pearls of gold and jade almost flash into people's eyes.

However, at this time, no one has the heart to care about these treasures. After all, it's no use asking for them. And even if you have the life to take it, it's really hard to get it out.

When they were trying to find it, they heard huairushan scream in another side hall and rushed out. He grabbed huairushan and said in horror: "there are ghosts in it!"

"Make it clear." Huairuyu frowned.

Huairushan shivered: "I went inside to find the antidote. When I was turning the box, I saw a figure floating from the side." Then he was so scared that he rushed out. Where can he have a close look?

A few people see him also say not clear, can only enter the palace to check. Xiao Zhige was in front of him, followed by an Changqing, followed by huairuyu brothers and the rear of Yusan hall. The five carefully went in and found no ghosts. Instead, they found traces of many people's lives.

This side hall is different from other side halls full of treasures. There are a lot of daily necessities in it, as if someone had lived in it.

Xiao Zhige picked up the inkstone and brush on the desk and said, "inkstone and brush are all useful marks."

There were many books piled on the side. He took one and opened it, but it read: "I've traveled around for many years, and I've finally found a chance for the chimpanzees. Fifty roads, forty-nine days. The way of heaven is short of one, but there is still a chance of life. The destiny of the chimaera for thousands of years should be terminated by me. "

He was watching, listening to other people: "these boxes are Yu Qiao's letters."

Xiao Zhige put down his book for the time being and went to see the others. Then he saw that the letters were arranged in different categories. Obviously, his master had expected that someone would come to see them and put them together.

In order to prevent the sea water from rising and wetting the letters, Xiao Zhige ordered people to move all the boxes and cages to the octagonal tower. Five people spent four or five days reading all the letters day and night in the octagonal tower, and then they sorted out the whole story.

But what this letter says is a completely different story from the records of Huai Shu'an's letter and the story told by the shark people.

At that time, Yu Qiao met Huai Shu'an on the sea and went to Yongzhou with him to become a close friend. Later, Yetai. Zu Xiaoli sent a letter to invite huaishu'an to Yejing to conspire for major events. Yu Qiao had found his own people at that time. In order to improve the situation of the Jiren, he proposed to go to Yejing with Huai Shuan, so he met Xiao Li, Xue Chang and others.Although Yu Qiao was good at Islands, he was born wise and had many bold and fantastic ideas. He soon integrated into Huai Shu'an's friends, and even participated in the "eight pillar country rebellion". Among the eight big Zhu States, except Huai Shuan, who first met him, Xiao Li and Xue Chang had the closest relationship with him.

Xiao Li was resolute, brave and resourceful. He was born emperor. Yu Qiao, however, was close to the demon. In several battles to overthrow the previous dynasty, they conspired for major events and fought side by side. They soon cherished each other and began to love each other. Yu Qiao's experience is special. He takes it for granted that men are with men. Xiao Li doesn't care what others think. After they fall in love, they don't hide from a few friends.

But do not want to two people's love, but involved in many things later.

Yu Qiao said in his letter: he only knew later that Huai Shuan, whom he regarded as his best friend, had been infatuated with him for many years. However, Huai Shuan was hindered by the common customs and laws, and was afraid of being disgusted by him. He repressed his mind for several years, but he didn't want to suddenly know that the infatuated man was with his good brother. From then on, he was greatly stimulated and went astray.

But Huai Shu'an didn't show any abnormality at that time, even Xiao Li and Yu Qiao didn't notice that it was wrong. After the end of the war, they all elected Xiao Li as emperor. On the eve of his accession to the throne, Xiao Li had a drink with them to celebrate, saying that after his accession to the throne, he would plan to become emperor side by side with Yu Qiao. At that time, a wedding ceremony for the two people's Congress would be held.

Huai Shu'an agreed on the surface, but secretly began to contact the old ministers of the former dynasty. While inciting them to put pressure on Xiao Li, he secretly stirred up the relationship between Xiao Li and Yu Qiao. At the beginning of Xiao Li's accession to the throne, there were many affairs in the imperial court, but Yu Qiao was still living in Huai Shu'an house because of Xiao Li's plan. When Xiao Li pretends to marry the princess of the former dynasty and is ready to take this opportunity to wipe out the old ministers of the former dynasty, Huai Shu'an deliberately sends the wrong message to Yu Qiao, who mistakenly thinks that Xiao Li has broken his promise and is merciless. Later, he designed an unknown Xue Chang to let him accidentally reveal the story of the chimaera after drinking.

They have been friends with Yu Qiao for many years, and they know more or less about the shark people. Huai Shu'an knew the status of the shark people in Yu Qiao's heart. After he leaked the news through Xue Chang's mouth, he secretly manipulated the old ministers of the former dynasty, so as to put pressure on Xiao Li, forcing him to hastily advance his plan to eliminate the old ministers by pretending to marry the princess of the former dynasty.

Yu Qiao, who was deliberately deceived by Huai Shuan and didn't know about it, naturally went into the palace to question Xiao Li, who tried to explain. Yu Qiao had doubts, but then the news about the chimpanzees was leaked out, and countless people chased and killed the chimpanzees. He had no time to prove to him in Yejing and other Xiao Li that he was in a hurry to find the chimpanzees with the help of Huai Shu'an.

After that, there were many pursuits and evasions. In the years since then, Yu Qiao led his people to hide in Tibet and lost contact with Xiao Li and others.