Chapter 25 Underground River, Embroidery Shoe Hole

With the gradual deepening, Liu Yuan has been thinking about one thing.

"Grandpa, it's been more than ten hours since we came down, right?"

"Almost, what's wrong?"

"Grandpa, Penglai is not far from the sea. I also remember this direction. According to this way, we are about to go to the sea!"

Liu Yuan said his idea, and Chang Kaitai was also stunned.

"I didn't pay attention to this. Don't care where you go first. You won't really see the sea, otherwise the underground palace will not have been washed away earlier.

"Grandpa, I've been in for so long, and I can't see any end in front of me. How far is it to go on like this!"

"There is no way to be sure how far you have to go, but since you have come in, you can't go back. The purple tongue-puling and five-punishment corpses in the back are still waiting!"

It's useless to think so much. It's the right way to find what you want as soon as possible.

"It's so boring, grandpa, Brother Yuan, shall I sing to you?" The white leaf felt that the atmosphere was too depressing and made a suggestion.

"Thank you, little girl, but this is not a place to sing. Try to keep quiet. Maybe something will come out. As soon as you sing, won't you startle them?" Chang Kaitai declined Bai Ye's kindness. This is the underground palace! Do you think it's a long life to sing in it?

Huh? Grandpa Zu, little grandpa, this road is getting further and further down!"

It's not just Changyang, but everyone feels it. Although there are no obvious stairs and steep slopes, everyone can feel that it is still going down from a little change.

"It is estimated that it should be nearly 30 meters underground now, and it's still going down! How deep is this underground palace!"

"How deep it is is secondary, not tens of thousands of meters underground. What's wrong with dozens of meters? Just be smart and don't let anything strange get any more empty!" Chang Kaitai opened the way alone, and Wu Xuanqiang returned to the end of the team and looked back from time to time to see if there were any evil stars chasing him.

"Brother Yuan, listen, there seems to be a sound of running water!" Bai Yeye's ears were sharp, and he heard the noise and said to Liu Yuan.

Not far ahead, the road ahead suddenly has a big gap, and below is a dark river four or five meters wide.

"I didn't find a dark river all the way. Where did it come from?" Chang Yang thought about it himself.

"Don't separate, we are all on the right bank!" If you want to continue to go forward, you have to go down the steep slope and walk on both sides of the river. Chang Kaitai greets everyone from the right bank.

After listening to Chang Kaitai's words, several people helped each other, went down the steep slope, and then followed the right river bank.

Wu Xuanqiang shined on the long underground river with a flashlight. The water is very clear and not very deep. About half a meter, there are also some fish and shrimp in the river. Because there is no light for a long time, the color is very light, even a little white.

"Old man, there seems to be no problem with the water. Do you need to bring some? We can drink water for about two days.

"If there is an empty bottle, just pack some. If you don't have enough water, boil it and drink it."

The empty water bottle has not been thrown away, which can be used to hold the river. I don't know how long it will take to walk. It's better to be prepared, especially water.

"Grandpa, do you think this underground river will always exist from the place where we came in?" Liu Yuan asked Chang Kaitai.

"Why is there such a problem?"

"Grandpa, I told you before that the treasure sank from the ground, but we should not be far from the sinking place of that treasure, but we didn't find it. There will never be any porters in it, so if you use the water flow, I think it makes sense."

"You mean the treasure passed through this dark river?"

"This is just my guess, but I think it's quite possible. Think about it, there are many places in the cave we came in that we haven't explored. If there is such a piece of land connected to the dark river in the collapsed place, then a lot of mysteries can be solved. After the treasure went down, it drifted along the dark river and finally drifted to the place where the Taoist priest wanted it to go, so we didn't find it after going so far.

"So what do you mean, as long as you keep walking along this river, you can find treasure?"

"That's not necessarily. I just think it's possible. What's more, I don't know where the underground river will disappear in front of us. We didn't bring our wetsuits. If the water goes underground again, we can't keep up."

"Then you can go as far as possible. It's not dangerous. There should be no problem."

Pay attention to the determination, the five people have been following the dark river, and there were other fork roads during this period, but no one made any other choice.

"You're really right. I can't follow you!" After walking for nearly two kilometers, the dark river turned underground again, because I don't know how long it is. Even if I have a wetsuit, if I can't keep up, I may die in it.

"Go up from here!"

Compared with the steep slope that just came down, the road up this time is only inclined, as if it is artificially paved. Along the sloping road, there is another relatively large hole.

"How did they make such a long hole?" Wu Xuanqiang was surprised that he had gone so far underground.

"Not all of them should be man-made. When you come here, you can also see that there are many places that are only formed naturally. As long as you find this place and make some changes, the amount of work may not be much larger than those two tombs." Chang Kaitai followed Wu Xuanqiang's words.

"Yes, when you look at this hole, I think it is naturally formed." Chang Yang pointed to the hole in front of him and said.

The shape of the abdomen is strange, non-circular and non-square, irregular oval, and the middle of the abdomen is slightly narrow.

"It feels so hot!" Bai Yeye said with his hand.

It's really hot, and everyone feels it.

From the beginning to now, the ground gives people the feeling of cold and horror. There has never been such a hot place as now.

"There may be geothermal. Grandpa Zu, when we go up, we can find this land and develop it to make hot springs, and we will also do real estate business!" Chang Yang started his life again.

As he spoke, he walked forward without taking two steps. Chang Yang suddenly jumped back with his feet.

"It's hot! Grandpa Zu, the ground is too hot!" Chang Yang sat on the ground and took off his shoes, only to see that the soles of his shoes were burned a little.

"Hmm?" Chang Kaitai also felt a little strange. He took two steps forward, picked up the coffin and pulled it on the ground a few times, knocking, and the ground made a crisp sound.

"This soil is copper!" Chang Kaitai found a problem.

"It seems that there is likely to be lava below. But it's strange that there was a dark river just now. How can there be lava here?

"Grandpa, there is no way to walk on this ground, and such a big hole can't be passed with your iron claws! What should I do? White leaves are also a little anxious.

"Think of a way." Chang Kaitai looked at the long cave and meditated.

"It seems that the people who designed this underground palace are particularly interested in torture!" While Chang Kaitai was thinking about things, Liu Yuan said.

"I didn't notice it just now. Now take a closer look. Do you think this hole looks like a shoe?"

Everyone followed Liu Yuan's words and looked around. It was really similar.

"I remember that there was a kind of torture in ancient times, called 'wearing embroidered shoes'. The jailer put a pair of shoes-shaped iron in the fire and burned it red, and then forced the prisoner to wear it to force the confession. I didn't expect them to expand the torture tool tens of thousands of times.

"Grandpa, I've heard of the punishment you mentioned, but the age is wrong!" After Liu Yuangang finished speaking, Chang Yang retorted.

"The underground palace should be built in the Yuan Dynasty, but this 'wearing embroidered shoes' was invented by Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty, and the time is not right!"

"Nothing is absolute. In fact, the punishment of embroidered shoes is just a change. Who knows if someone invented it in the Yuan Dynasty? Maybe Jinyiwei is just a cold rice? In addition, the previous two rotten cardamom were also passed down from the Ming Dynasty... No, Grandpa, why is this confused again? Is it from the Yuan Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty?

Liu Yuan retorted, and he also felt entangled.

"You two have free time. Don't worry about it and find a way to get there!"

Only then did the two bickering people remember that they would let go of academics first, and if they couldn't pass, they would have to go home.

"There is only one way now." Chang Kaitai didn't expect the two to come up with anything else. He spoke first, "How do we have to get the water from the dark river just now, let the copper ground cool down temporarily, and then take the opportunity to go over."

"But Grandpa Zu, how can we get the water in the dark river up? This little bit of water was brought here. The water boiled before the ground cooled down!"

"Everyone take off your coats." Wu Xuanqiang, who hasn't spoken much, squeaked.

"Take off your coat?"

"Well, there is no need to draw water. The coat is soaked in water and wrapped around the shoes. Just rush over.

Good idea!

"This method is good. I'll try how far it is first. You can come back later."

Liu Yuan volunteered to be the pioneer of the road exploration this time. He can't let him drive Taiqing Road every time he encounters a dangerous place.

Take off his coat and immerse himself in the harsh dark river water. After wrapping it around his feet, Liu Yuan tightened his stomach and ran to the ground slightly.

I have been practicing kung fu for decades, and I dare not say that I can go high. This four words are as light as Yan. After running 60 or 70 meters, Liu Yuan felt that there was no heat on the ground. He stopped, retreated a little, and reached out to try the temperature on the ground.

"There is no temperature in this place!"

"Well, about 50 meters, you two, be careful and rush!" Chang Kaitai said to Chang Yang and Bai Yeye.

The two nodded, painted the gourd, wrapped the wet clothes around the shoes, and also ran to the opposite side. The speed of the two people was a little slower. When they got to the other side, all the clothes under their feet had been burned.

Wu Xuanqiang and Chang Kaitai's speed was not much slower than Liu Yuan's. They stepped forward and moved a few times, and then they also arrived at the opposite side.

"Grandpa, even if tens of thousands of people work together, they can't finish these jobs in decades. Is it really like what Chang Yang said? Are there living people here?"

Looking at the ground that was still steaming, Liu Yuan asked Chang Kaitai uncertainly.

(PS: On sad Monday, the list of classified new books has not been listed. Can the collection and click on the red ticket be more powerful?)