Chapter 601 [Red Sleeves and Fragrant Night Companion Reading]
Chapter 601 ["Green Xiaoshuo Net" Night Reading]
Upon hearing this voice, Du Wei's brows first tightened together, and then relaxed. After a moment of silence, he smiled softly at the corner of his mouth, with a slight mocking tone in his voice: "It really surprised me. I haven’t heard your voice for a long time, so it’s really startling to hear it so suddenly.”
He slowly turned around, and behind him, a pretty figure was suspended there, wearing a bright red robe, silver hair, and a beautiful appearance, but the eyes and the expression on his face looked extremely cold.
"I thought you would only come out when I called for help." Du Wei raised his eyebrows: "It's been a long time, should I call you the magical creature Semmel? Or should I respectfully call you 'Zeng Zeng'" Where is your great-grandmother?"
Semel's face was as dark as water, as if she didn't care about Du Wei's two words of ridicule. Her eyes were cold, but with a hint of strangeness. She glanced at Du Wei, shook her head and said, "I told you, no matter what Why, you are a descendant of the Luo Lin family and you are always shouting for help. You have really ruined the reputation of the ancestors of the Luo Lin family."
"What about you?" Du Wei stared at the other person: "The dignified Semel, the legendary astrologer in China, my great-great-grandmother, deliberately faked her death and sealed herself in an oil painting. Isn't it very majestic? ?”
The eyes of the two people intertwined, as if a series of sparks were aroused. After a while, Semel lowered his head: "You... know?"
"I found out later." Du Wei said lightly: "I found out later that the magical creature running around in front of me with its calves exposed was actually my great-great-great-grandmother. Grandma, you concealed it so well I’m so miserable.”
"How did you know?" Semmel's figure seemed to be trembling.
"Life." Du Wei's voice was serious: "When I was young, I might have been deceived by those words of magical creatures. But now... at least I know the true meaning of power levels. Hum, create a brand new one Life is not something that Semmel can do! Only those above the divine level, such as the ancient demon gods, can have the ability to create life. And although my great-great-grandmother is the first astrologer in the mainland, she has to Creating a life is probably not something you can do. So... I began to understand from that time."
Having said this, he paused deliberately, his eyes flashing as he stared at the person in front of him: "You are not a magical creature, you are my great-great-grandmother, Semmel herself!"
silence……
Du Wei's last words moved Semel's face. However, she did not immediately refute or argue. After a moment of silence, her expression gradually became obscure and gloomy.
After a long time, he sighed softly: "I... I didn't know it until later."
There was a trace of sadness in her smile: "When I was awakened by you, I really thought that I was just a magical creature. But...in fact, I was not. I just let myself fake death. Then, I gave myself a Several seals. It was not until later that the seals were gradually unlocked, and I recovered my past memories bit by bit. Slowly I understood... I, it turned out to be me."
"Why?" Du Wei shook his head: "Why is this?"
Semel's face was a little confused: "I don't know. The seal I placed on myself was not completely unlocked. I still have some memories that I have never been able to fully retrieve. Therefore, I don't understand many doubts.
.”
Du Wei thought for a while: According to legend, this great-great-grandmother died of sadness because of her husband's death, and later died of depression. After all, it involved some sad things and privacy of the other party. He didn't hesitate to ask more, so he shook his head and said
: "No matter what, you... haven't shown up for a long time. I thought you had found a way to get away from me and left long ago."
"I...I'm sorry." Saimel seemed a little apologetic: "You encountered several crises, but the level of strength is too different. I couldn't help you. So. I didn't show up. You went to that overseas island.
At that time...I...I..."
"What’s wrong with you?"
"I dare not show up." Semmel's eyes suddenly showed a deep fear. She didn't know where this fear came from, but it was eloquent: "That guy named Chris, it's
There is an aura about you that scares me. When you face it, I don’t know what’s going on. All the courage in my body is drained. I absolutely dare not show up in front of it... I don’t know what’s going on.
Well, I probably have never seen this Chris, but when you face him, I can feel the kind of aura that makes me afraid, the kind of fear that makes me breathless, not even a trace of it.
Don’t dare to move.”
Du Wei frowned.
"I still have some memories that have not been restored, and some seals that have not been unlocked." Semmel sighed: "I don't know what happened. I tried to get a physical body for myself again, and it seems that there is a way in my memory.
So that I can truly be resurrected, instead of remaining in the state of a spirit body like now."
At this point, she shook her head vigorously, her face suddenly became stern, she glanced at Du Wei, and her tone became cold: "I don't need to explain this to you. In short... the map you see in your hand now
, but I can recognize it, I drew it with my own hands back then."
"You?" Du Wei wondered: "How did you get such a thing? This is a secret of the royal family, how could you get it? And why would you leave such a thing behind? What is the purpose?"
"I don't know." Semel shook her head, her expression calm: "I can't answer your question myself. The only memory I can remember is that this picture was indeed drawn by me, and I recognize myself.
As for why this thing is in the Astrology Museum... I think it was probably kept there secretly when I was briefly the owner of the Astrology Museum."
Du Wei's eyes lit up: "Yes, this makes sense. You once served as the owner of the palace, and you were also the chief astrologer of the palace. Only as the chief astrologer of the palace can you have the opportunity to enter and exit.
The Royal Palace! But...the secret passage leading to the White Tower is..."
Semel stared at Duwei: "If you want to know the answer, why don't you go in through the secret passage?"
Du Wei's expression immediately changed and he stared at Semel suddenly. His tone became serious: "I remember that you are not a person who likes to take risks and do such ridiculous things! There is a large team of palace magicians in the White Tower.
The guardian, it is said that there is a powerful magic circle left by Aragorn to protect it, and... although there are secret passages that can be entered and exited, is it possible to enter and exit the palace at will? This involves the biggest secret and iron law of the royal family.
Once something happens...it will cause a lot of trouble!"
Semel raised his eyebrows nonchalantly: "But... my memory tells me that this thing seems to be very important. When you got this map, I recognized it and immediately remembered something. I don't know why.
Yes, I vaguely feel that there seems to be something very important to me inside the white tower that is the last guide on this map. Perhaps, I can unlock all the seals on my body."
Du Wei pouted: "I don't want to cause trouble. No matter what is in the White Tower. This is the secret of the royal family. I don't have to provoke the royal family at this time. I have enough things to worry about now."
Semel wanted to say something more, but when he saw Du Wei's face, he suddenly smiled and deliberately said: "Then why don't you just destroy this thing? Why did you collect it so carefully? Is it possible?
It's not that I have made up my mind. I think about it in the future... Hum, Du Wei, don't waste time, I know your temperament very well. Since this kind of thing has aroused your curiosity, if you don't follow this secret path
If you go in and take a look, I'm afraid you won't even be able to sleep at night! Well, it's still early now, you still have time to prepare, and we can set off in the evening."
Du Wei stared at Semel, and after a while, he sighed helplessly: "Okay, you win."
During this time, there were many visitors to the Duke's Palace, all of whom were nobles from the imperial capital. They heard that Du Wei was about to go to the front line soon, and came to visit the future frontline commander, try to make friends, and say goodbye.
But Du Wei never saw any outsiders.
During the day, Du Wei closed the door and had a good sleep. After getting up in the evening, he prepared some things and tools. After thinking about it, he finally did not tell Vivian and Qiao about this matter.
Qiao. Otherwise, with Qiao Qiao’s temperament of fearing that the world will not be chaotic, she will definitely follow her.
I agreed to go take a look in the secret passage just to satisfy my curiosity and didn't really want to do anything. But if I took Qiao Qiao there, there might be some trouble.
In the evening, when the clock struck ten, it was exactly ten o'clock. At this time, according to custom, all the entrances and exits of the palace were closed and locked.
One hundred teams of Royal Guardsmen began to patrol the huge imperial city according to the patrol route. After ten o'clock in the evening, the palace doors were closed. Unless it was a major military and state matter, otherwise, even the princes and princesses were not allowed to enter or exit the palace.
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At this time, on the northeast side of the Imperial City, by the aqueduct behind the Imperial City, Du Wei took advantage of the cover of the night, dressed in a tight-fitting black outfit, and ran to the aqueduct with his waist bent. He listened to the goings-on around him, and then
He carefully walked into the ditch and did not jump directly because he was worried that diving would make a sound.
This aqueduct is an artificial river introduced into the imperial city from the Lancang Canal. In daily life, the water in the imperial city goes in and out of two such aqueducts, one in and one out. If there is a war, this aqueduct will
It can also act as a moat.
Two aqueducts surrounded the Imperial City from both sides, leaving only a large Imperial City Square in front of it. When the coup was held that day, that was where the eldest prince launched his coup.
These two aqueducts were built a thousand years ago, and have been renovated several times in later generations. The underground water channels, old channels and new channels, are complicated. There are also some old channels that have changed in terrain after being renovated in later generations.
It has dried up and is no longer used.
After Du Wei submerged into the ditch, he swam for a while and then submerged into the ground. Under the ditch, the water in this season was still very cold. But for Du Wei's abnormal body, it was nothing.
I dived all the way down and soon swam through the open-air section of the canal to the underground culvert. But at this time, at the mouth of the canal in front of me, there was a solid iron fence blocking the way under the culvert.
This is also a protective function. Otherwise, how could the majestic palace allow people to swim in from this canal?
Du Wei dived into the water, swam to the fence, held his hands and squeezed it. The iron fence was full of rust, but each iron fence was as thick as an arm. Du Wei held it with both hands, and with the strength of his now powerful body, he
He saw the two iron bars in the water slowly deforming in his hands. They were soon twisted and bent.
Under the cold water, the surroundings were dark. Du Wei lost his sensitive perception. Even with his brute strength, he could not see the surrounding roads clearly. Fortunately, there was Semel. As a spirit body, Semel was not able to see clearly.
Afraid of the dark, with constant guidance, Du Wei passed several undercurrents behind the culvert and crossed six fences.
This canal is really old. Although the canal is cleaned every year, a lot of stains have accumulated in the culvert below. Du Wei swam all the way there. Although he was not afraid of the cold, the smell was really unpleasant.
Finally, under the culvert, he reached a place where the water level was slightly lower. He emerged from the water and took a deep breath. He felt dizzy and had a few green algae stains on his body.
"Ahead, after turning to the left, there will be a sealed iron gate on the wall. After unscrewing it, it will be the abandoned old canal."
After listening to Semmel's instructions coming directly from his mind, Du Wei gave a wry smile: "This palace looks so glamorous on the ground, but how could you know it's so dirty underwater."
Semmel sneered in his mind: "This canal is used for daily water. It is only used by the attendants in the palace for daily scrubbing and cleaning. The real drinking water in the palace is clean water transported from outside the city. Of course there is no
People care if this place is clean.”
After turning the corner, the water channel turned into several branches, but the mouth of the channel was much narrower. The size was definitely not something that humans could get into. This was natural, after all, the water channel could go under the palace.
This design is also for safety reasons.
However, under Semel's guidance, Du Wei found a small iron door on the wall. The iron door was in disrepair for a long time, and the lock on it was rusty. Not to mention that there was no key, even if there was a key.
Can't open it either.
Du Wei could only pull out the dagger he carried and cut the lock, but when he pushed it, the door didn't move at all.
At this time, Semmel smiled bitterly: "I just sneaked over and took a look... It's not the door's problem, but behind the door, some places in the old canal have collapsed, and the falling supporting stone slabs blocked the door.
You have to find a way to cut the door open to get in."
Du Wei snorted: "This kind of old antique thing, if I had known it would be in trouble."
He was too lazy to use a dagger to cut. At this time, the benefits of his strong body became more and more obvious. He raised his arms, breathed out gently, and when he exerted force, there was a muffled sound, and his hands were all alive.
inserted into the iron door!
With a strong push of his hands and a creak, the iron door was completely pried open by him.
Suddenly, a stream of stone dust and dust rushed towards his face. Du Wei coughed a few times, splashed it with water, took out a luminous pearl from his arms and threw it in. Under the dim light of the luminous pearl, suddenly
The old canal inside is extremely narrow, probably only one meter wide. If it were not for a slender person like Du Wei, but for a strong man with a slightly stout figure, there would be no way he could climb in.
The old canal inside has not been cared about for countless years. The air in the channel is turbid and full of dust. Occasionally, you can hear the sound of mice squeaking. Du Wei had no choice but to get in and crawl in it reluctantly.
go ahead.
After crawling in this uncomfortable posture for about a few hundred meters, the terrain in front of me opened up slightly.
In the dark night, the imperial city was silent, except for the occasional sight of a group of patrolling imperial guardsmen passing by in the distance, holding torches.
This place is a slightly remote side courtyard in the imperial city. Naturally, those who live here cannot be the real royal nobles. It is the residence of some well-known male and female servants of the palace.
Outside this yard, there was originally a fountain, but the fountain was connected to an old canal. Since the old canal was abandoned, the fountain was naturally abandoned and had long since been leveled and turned into a flower garden.
At this time, in the darkness in the flower garden, the ground suddenly stirred. After a piece of black soil was turned up, Du Wei quietly came out, dragging a stone slab with his hands.
"Don't worry, the patrolling soldiers have already passed and headed north. The nearest patrolling soldiers are five hundred meters away from you."
In his mind, Semel reminded Duwei.
Du Wei snorted... Saimel had such an advantage, she could now be far away from her. Moreover, her spirit body was invisible to ordinary people. Du Wei now lost his keen sense of place.
Guanli, but with Semel scouting around, he was not afraid that someone on patrol would suddenly approach him, but he would be caught off guard.
After squatting in the flower garden for a while, Du Wei stared at the building in front of him for a while, and this was the place!
In the evening, Duwei and Semel studied the map for a long time in the study room at home.
Although it is marked on the map that there are several secret passages under the Imperial City leading to the White Tower. But after all, those were things a thousand years ago. And now... As time passes, things change and people change.
There are several secret passages. Although you know the exact location, you can't even think about entering them!
For example, Du Wei identified that the entrance to a secret passage marked on the map was in a side hall on the southwest side of the imperial city when it was built a thousand years ago. To the southwest of the imperial city was the horse breeding
It seemed that it was easy to lurk in the place... But now, Du Wei knew that that place had become a barracks where the Royal Forest Army was stationed! It would be quite difficult to get in from there.
And there are other places, such as the entrance to a secret passage marked on the map, next to the imperial garden. It was originally a house where gardeners' tools were stored. But later, because Prince Chen liked the scenery of the garden, that house was transferred here.
It was re-expanded and now the place is Prince Chen’s study! Want to go in? Is it possible?
Only this place in front of me has the entrance to a secret passage. I studied it before setting off in the evening. Du Wei marked this place based on the drawings and his memory of the current terrain in the palace. He remembered that this place is now used by some palace officials.
The place where the attendants and palace officials live is not well guarded, so it may be a good place to sneak into the secret passage.
He stayed in the flower garden for a while, and then waited for a while to make sure that there was no sound of people in the building, and then he quickly ran out, and with a few ups and downs of his body, he floated into the building like a breeze.
under the eaves.
"Humph, your magic has declined now, but your martial arts have grown a lot." In my mind, I don't know whether Semmel's words were a compliment or a sarcasm.
Du Wei didn't say anything, but sneered in his heart: "Nonsense, since I lost my magic, I have been recuperating at home these days, but I have been honing my martial arts skills. The bow and moon dance has become quite good. It's just that after I lost my magic
, but couldn’t even summon the Queyue Five-Light Armor or the Jidu Luo Throat Bow. I could only make myself a subway bow that looked similar to it.”
After sneaking under the eaves, a gust of wind suddenly blew. Under the roof beams, there was a clear and crisp sound. Du Wei was shocked. He looked carefully and breathed a sigh of relief. But it was not
I know someone who hung several strings of wind chimes here.
The building was deserted, but no one seemed to live there. However, after Du Wei walked in, he smelled a faint smell of women's perfume.
I'm afraid it's some kind of palace maid or female official who lives here.
Du Wei frowned.
In the huge building, four or five rooms were divided on both sides of the corridor. Fortunately, the layout of this place was expanded on the basis of the old house, and the directions pointed on the map could still be barely discerned.
Braving his waist, he ran through the corridor and came to a window, but Du Wei suddenly frowned and paused.
The entrance to a secret passage marked on the map seemed to be right here... However, standing outside, I could vaguely hear the sound of someone breathing softly inside, as if they were sleeping soundly.
"Is there anyone?" Du Wei frowned.
What bad luck... There is no one in the other rooms, but there is someone sleeping in this entrance room? Moreover, smelling the faint fragrance, it seems to be a woman.
"Killed her." Saimel said calmly: "Be careful not to show any traces."
Du Wei snorted and was about to turn over when he suddenly heard the crisp sound of wind chimes under the eaves behind him. Then, the breathing in the room suddenly paused, and there was a rustling sound, and then. There seemed to be footsteps.
There was a sound, as if someone was getting up from the bed.
After a while, candles were lit in the room, and a woman's figure was faintly reflected in the outline of the window.
"Alas...these lazy guys forgot to put away the wind chimes again at night. We need to give them a good scolding tomorrow."
The voice of a woman inside sounded pleasant. It was very beautiful.
Du Wei carefully leaned over the window and waited quietly for a while, hoping that the woman would quickly turn off the lights and go back to sleep. However, after waiting for a while, he heard something in the room. The girl seemed to have put on clothes, but
Sitting at the desk under the window sill, she sighed softly, but she heard the sound of paper clattering again. She actually got up to read in the middle of the night?!
Du Wei began to sweat on his head.
He is not afraid of anything else, but sneaks into the palace at night. If someone discovers his identity, he will be in a lot of trouble. With his current strength, it is not difficult to swagger out. But if he wants to sneak in and out quietly, it is still difficult.
It's a bit difficult to prevent people from discovering your identity.
This woman stopped reading early in the morning and stopped reading late in the evening. However, she was awakened by the sound of wind chimes in the middle of the night and actually started reading... Wouldn't this cost someone's life?
Du Wei was anxious outside, but the woman in the room was leaning on the desk, turning the pages of the book by candlelight, as if she was obsessed with reading. After an unknown period of time, he suddenly heard a long sigh from inside. Then
With a clear and melodious voice, he suddenly said in a low voice: "What a person who 'only hates being a woman. It's not the right time'. I'm afraid I don't know how to explain the remarks of Duke Tulip to the princess tomorrow."
Yi?
Suddenly, he heard the girl inside say the words "Tulip Duke", which almost made Du Wei break into a cold sweat. Then he became full of doubts about what book the people inside were reading? Could it have anything to do with me?
I heard the girl inside flipping through the book and murmuring to herself: "What a pity, I once heard the palace teachers talk about Queen Sofia, and everyone seemed to be a little disapproving of it, but this Duke of Tulip is...
She is her best friend. She only regrets that Queen Sofia was born hundreds of years earlier, but she can no longer hear Duke Tulip's praise for her."
As soon as Du Wei heard this, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind!
This woman is reading her notes on the "General History of the Mainland" written by herself!!!
In the fourth volume of the empire's "General History of the Continent", it is recorded that when the Roland Empire was founded about five hundred years ago, there were some changes in the royal family. The emperor who was in power at that time died of illness before he was thirty years old, leaving behind a young widow.
Mother. There were several other ambitious princes in the Roland Empire royal family. At that time, they fought for the throne, which caused a lot of disputes.
On the contrary, the wife of the emperor who died of illness, a queen named Sofia, stepped forward when she was in trouble. And this queen Sofia came from a large aristocratic family. Relying on her mother's family's background and power, she finally stabilized the situation and praised her.
He crowned his son as emperor. The emperor was too young to govern, but Queen Sofia was quite talented. She actually united her mother's family's forces and took charge of the state affairs of the empire. This lasted for nine years!
In the history of the Roland Empire, the evaluation of Queen Sofia was not very good. Because later, after the young emperor grew up, he had a dispute with her over the issue of power. However, due to tradition, she and the emperor were older than each other.
After the Great Rebellion, voices from all over the empire hoped that the emperor would rule, and Queen Sofia finally handed over power. However, she died of depression less than half a year later.
When Du Wei was reading this period of history, he learned about some records from the side. During the reign of Queen Sofia, the country was quite stable and healthy, and the people were also very happy. She was considered a good head of the family. And Queen Sofia was in charge.
, very courageous by nature, even more courageous than ordinary people! During this period, there were southern nobles who were dissatisfied with women's rule and tried to start a rebellion, but she used a series of methods to win over and divide them, and then eliminated them one by one. The political skills involved were probably even worse than those who had been in power for a long time.
The old politicians who had been in the officialdom all felt inferior. As for the princes who once competed with her sons for the throne, she later dealt with them one by one very strategically. Those who were determined to resist would be severely punished, and those who should be imprisoned should be punished.
Exile after exile, those who finally succumbed had their authority reduced and maintained it with empty titles of glory to show their mercy.
Unfortunately, in her later years, she seemed to be obsessed with power and was unwilling to delegate power to her grown son. But in Du Wei's view, this was also a normal human reaction.
What's more, her ruling methods were much better than those of her later son. After Queen Sofia died of illness, her son came to power and suppressed and weakened his mother's family, and his tactics were cruel, so it was okay. But the emperor was really
He was a foolish king. During his reign, several rebellions broke out in the northwest, and even the south was overrun with bandits.
After Du Wei read this piece of history, he was so interested that he casually wrote a piece of his own emotion on the back of the page:
"I just hate that as a woman, I am out of time! I am worried that if I get a good opportunity, I am afraid that this woman will not be inferior to Wu Zhou!"
When he thought of this in his mind, he immediately understood: the woman in this room was reading the same set of "General History of the Continent" that he had written notes on!
However, this set of general history of the mainland was given to the young emperor and Princess Karina as a gift for their apprenticeship. How could it be...
At this time, the girl in the room seemed a little troubled, and murmured and sighed: "Unfortunately, I understand the previous words, but what does the last sentence of 'not inferior to Wu Zhou' mean?"
Du Wei felt helpless...
Wu Zhou... I'm afraid no one in this world knows what it means.
Naturally, the woman in the room didn't know that the so-called Wu Zhou was very famous in the Chinese history of Du Wei's previous life. She was the woman who was known as the most powerful woman in China in ancient and modern times. She briefly replaced Li Tang and called herself Da Zhou.
Empress Wu Zetian!
I was originally interested in writing some things at random while reading. I am afraid that only I can understand many of the contents. Others will naturally be confused after reading them.
At this time, I heard Semel's impatient voice coming from my mind: "We can't wait any longer! A group of Imperial Guards is coming here! There are still four hundred meters left! Force the window in and don't let her make any noise!"
Du Wei was startled, and then his heart suddenly crossed. He climbed up the window edge with one hand and was about to force his way in!
No matter what, after entering, knock her unconscious first!