We just got out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den. However, this was also within our expectations. The exit was under the coffin of the immortal corpse. If we want to leave this place alive, we have to bump into the immortal corpse.
How to say it, knowing that there are tigers in the mountain, we go to the tiger mountain!
So, when we learned that we had entered the harem restricted area, no one was surprised, and we felt almost relieved.
"Xiaotian, the next road depends on you."
At this time, Hua Mulan's voice suddenly sounded in my heart, and she said slowly: "I may be silent for a while next. Unless there is something very important, don't alarm me."
When saying these words, Hua Mulan's voice was full of fatigue.
I know she is tired.
Since entering the desert, she has helped me bear the two most stressful battles. I am afraid that she has been seriously injured. I am thinking that if I can walk out alive, I should feed her some blood.
The next moment, Hua Mulan withdrew from my body and shrunk into the chastity sand in my chest, and I finally controlled my body. For a moment, waves of weakness spread throughout my body, and my limbs were sore. Obviously, my body had reached its limit. I was caught off guard and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, I used the Baipi knife to support the stone slab in time, so I didn't fall.
In fact, it was not just me. After a fierce battle, others had reached their limits. We rested in this doorway for about an hour. We ate some food and water in the middle, and barely recovered some physical strength. During this process, the ghosts outside who were attracted by the old palace maid also woke up from their dreams. For a while, there were ghosts outside. Obviously, the old palace maid had already died. There was no one like her in the world. After dying, her soul was scattered and completely wiped out from the six reincarnations.
A loyal soul passed away, and we were all sad and unhappy. We munched on our food in silence, and only the "crunch, crunch" chewing sound echoed in the doorway.
Fortunately, even the ghosts dared not enter the forbidden area of the harem. They were just like the crickets, hovering outside the doorway and staring at us. Some of the brave ghosts even lay in front of the doorway, staring at us, with their eyes full of resentment and desire.
What they desire is naturally not the food in our hands, but our flesh and blood and the yang energy of living people.
Are you afraid?
To be honest, I have become numb to these ghosts after entering this line of work. Unless they are particularly hideous, or have extremely strange and creepy means, ordinary things really can't scare me. But we were really uncomfortable with a bunch of ghosts lying at the doorway and staring at us, so Qingyi stood up and said after not resting for long: "Okay, it's almost time to rest, let's go!"
Being stared at by these ghosts was disgusting enough, and we didn't want to stay here any longer. Qingyi said, and we stood up and walked towards the harem.
This Loulan palace is really "glossy".
What does it mean? It's just a good-looking thing placed outside to make up for the facade! !
The front garden is almost as good as the imperial garden of the Central Plains emperor. The central palace is also very magnificent, which makes the facade of this small country look like a great country. No wonder envoys from various countries would give a comment that Loulan is rich and powerful after they came. At least before the Han soldiers entered the palace of Loulan, even the envoys of the Han Dynasty always reported to the emperor that Loulan was strong and powerful, much stronger than the Parthian Empire in the west. As a result, when the Han Dynasty was really annoyed, two thousand Han soldiers entered Loulan and drove straight in without spending any effort, and captured the king of Loulan. Obviously, the Han Dynasty was also frightened by the posture of Loulan. To use a popular saying nowadays, if you are good at pretending, you can also be called a king!
It is probably because of the habit of Loulan people to put good things on the table that it has such a long-standing reputation!
As for the harem that has always been hidden at the back...
I really can't praise it!
After entering this harem, what appeared in front of me were rows of low houses, blue bricks and stone slabs, which were antique, but not like the style that an emperor's family should have. When I first walked in, I thought I had returned to the military compound of our country in the 1960s and 1970s.
Cao Yuan said that the queen, concubines and princesses of the King of Loulan all lived in these bungalows, each with a big house, which was also considered "a golden house hiding a beauty", which made me quite speechless.
Compared with the evil spirits and monsters rampant in the central palace, this harem was much quieter, with blue bricks and stone tiles, and shady trees forming a forest. The gusts of gloomy winds passed by, and the shady trees were rustling. It was not noisy, but it sounded like a dead silence. The whole harem was quiet with only our rustling footsteps, and sometimes I could even hear my own breathing.
Cao Yuan was really familiar with the Loulan harem. She took us around in many twists and turns, and after passing through several small archways, she led us into a separate courtyard. This courtyard was the most magnificent in the harem. At least there was a plaque hanging on the gate of the courtyard, with two characters written on it that we didn't recognize, which should be the characters of Loulan.
"Wang! Ju!"
Cao Yuan slowly read out the two words on the plaque, with complex emotions in his eyes. He said in a low and sad tone: "This is where the kings of Loulan have lived. Generation after generation, I don't know how many generations of Loulan kings have lived here. The order for Loulan to break away from the Xiongnu and establish an independent country was issued from here. After the Han army came in, it was here that a Loulan king was pulled off the bed, and then a rope was put around the neck of the Loulan king, tied to the reins, and dragged him back to Chang'an for four or five thousand miles. This place carries all the stories of Loulan.
And in my previous life, I also committed suicide here!"
After speaking, Cao Yuan gently pushed open the door of the courtyard, and the door immediately made a "creaking" sound that made people's teeth ache. Obviously, it can no longer withstand the polishing of the years and can't bear the burden.
The courtyard is not big, only a few hundred square meters. A blue brick path leads directly to a big house in the middle. There are many yin trees on both sides of the path, but they have already withered and turned black. This is the power of the immortal corpse. Wherever it passes, no grass grows. This is still a defect now. If it is complete, I am afraid that all the yin trees in the Loulan Palace will be destroyed.
Hua La La...
The gloomy wind blew, and the black leaves of the yin trees made bursts of piercing explosions, and even the gloomy wind swept out several whirlpools in the courtyard...
This scene made us feel cold in our hearts. This immortal corpse...seems to be a little more terrible than we can imagine. It is the first time I have seen such a heavy yin and evil spirit. It seems that there was no such scene when Prince Duolun was born?
Cao Yuan did not seem to be afraid. With a pilgrimage-like glow on his handsome face, he walked towards the big house step by step on the blue brick path, then pushed open the wooden door and walked in. We hurriedly followed behind.
The big house was empty, nothing was there.
Cao Yuan walked to the bedroom with ease, and then lifted the bed.
Suddenly, a dark tunnel appeared in front of us.
"Underground."
Cao Yuan smiled, got up and went into the tunnel.
The tunnel was not long, only a hundred meters round trip, but it was cold enough, just like an ice cellar. After going in, I opened the flashlight and shone it. With the help of the flashlight, I could see the white mist in the whole tunnel. It was not cold air, but Yin Qi.
Even on the walls of the two sides of the tunnel that only allowed one person to pass, something like frost was condensed, but it was not frost, but Yin Qi condensed and transformed. Ordinary people could not touch it, because once touched, a large amount of Yin Qi would drill into the body and kill the tissue!
But this place is good for me who has cultivated murderous aura.
At the end of the tunnel, there is a stone door.
Cao Yuan was walking in the front and was already standing in front of the stone gate. He let out a long breath and said, "This is where the corpse is!"