Chapter 158: The Palace Lady's Light
"puff!"

The Jinyiwei army formation and the group of hairy zombies collided immediately, and the hairy zombies in front were quickly chopped to the ground.

These Jinyiwei are the elite in the army. They can easily chop off the heads of these hairy zombies transformed from ordinary people.

All of a sudden, the hairy zombies in front of them fell down like wheat being cut, and the entire army rushed forward.

But because of this delay, the hairy zombies in the alleys behind and on both sides caught up with him.

"Shoot them!"

The archers behind him obeyed the order and immediately raised their crossbows to shoot arrows, piercing the hairy zombie's head and nailing it to the wall.

"Roar!"

"Hoohoo!!"

Another roar was heard from the front, and another group of hairy zombies ran out from the streets and alleys, rushing towards the crowd.

The roar became louder at a greater distance, as if everyone in the underground capital had come alive.

Looking at the hairy zombies rushing in front of him like a tide, Chen Liancang frowned and said, "Grenade."

"Grenade ready!"

Zhang Jianping shouted, and more than ten Jinyiwei around him immediately took off the grenades from their waists and pulled the fuse.

"laugh……"

More than ten grenades were thrown by the Jinyiwei two hundred meters away. After a few breaths, more than ten explosions were heard one after another.

The group of hairy zombies in the distance were blown away immediately, some were even blown into a pile of flesh and blood, with broken limbs and corpses flying everywhere.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, many Jinyiwei charged and suddenly reached the area of ​​Yiningfang.

"continue!"

This underground capital was said to be built in imitation of the capital of more than 300 years ago, but the proportions were reduced countless times, so the crowd quickly approached the next market town.

"boom!"

"Boom!"

Another violent roar was heard, and hundreds of hairy zombies were blown to death or shattered. Many Jinyiwei rushed into Pingkangfang in one go.

The tall white marble steps of the imperial city in the distance are clearly visible.

They used grenades to clear a path and blew away groups of hairy zombies. Many Jinyiwei actually reached the edge of the palace without any danger.

In front of the tall vermilion city wall, the densely packed hairy zombies no longer dared to chase, but just lay on the ground at the edge of the palace and roared.

But no matter how angry they were, they dared not go beyond the line.

It was as if there was something in this palace that made them extremely afraid.

Among the team of more than one hundred people, only a dozen unlucky ones were scratched by the hairy zombies, and no one died.

Hu Bafeng quickly used glutinous rice to seal the wounds scratched by the hairy zombie, temporarily slowing down the spread of the corpse poison.

At the same time, Chen Liancang was found.

"Eunuch, these hairy zombies dare not approach the palace. It may be related to the Feng Shui of this tomb."

"Hehe, how dare a mere commoner approach the imperial palace?"

Chen Liancang turned around and looked at the tall city wall, and ordered: "Everyone rest here, and continue to move forward in half an hour."

"promise!"

Many Jinyiwei sat down on the spot and began to eat the dry food, jerky and water they brought with them.

Chen Liancang was walking back and forth at the gate of the city wall, constantly observing his surroundings.

Several scouts and tomb raiders followed the city wall to investigate on both sides to see if there was a gate.

Behind the city wall is a huge white marble staircase that rises into the sky, winding upward for more than a thousand meters!
"Father-in-law."

"What's the matter?"

Hu Bafeng came over and said worriedly, "I have seen this tomb, which is a replica of the one in the capital city more than 300 years ago."

"Since there are hairy zombies transformed from the common people in the city, will there be some in the imperial city as well..."

"what!"

Before he finished speaking, a scream was suddenly heard in the distance. Many Jinyiwei immediately stood up and looked cautiously in the direction where the scream came from.

"Let's go and take a look!"

At the command, many Jinyiwei quickly took action and rushed towards the direction where the scream came from.

Soon, two Jinyiwei covered in blood were seen running over from a distance.

"Father! There's a trap ahead!"

"Ka, ka ka ka..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw figures suddenly appearing on the city wall in the distance.

The building in front of them also revealed its true appearance.

The tall gate tower, the majestic city gate, and the eaves carved with dragons and painted with phoenixes all reveal the majesty of this city gate.

At the gate of the city, there were two dead bodies.

The Jinyiwei who escaped said in a trembling voice: "Eunuch, we just approached the city gate, and suddenly there were arrows shot out from the city wall. We were able to escape because we walked behind."

"It seems that the mechanism on the city wall has an attack range. As long as you leave that range, you will not be attacked..."

"Special agency?"

Chen Liancang looked towards the city wall and was shocked to find three large characters in a flamboyant style engraved on it.

"Shenwumen!"

"Shenwumen? This is actually Shenwumen?"

Chen Liancang looked around and saw rows of densely packed figures on both sides of the city wall. Upon closer inspection, they were actually life-like steel terracotta warriors!
In their hands, they held crossbows that looked simple and old, but were extremely sharp, and were pointing them at the ground.

Every few dozen meters, there are crossbows specially used for siege!
"Father-in-law..."

Hu Bafeng hurried over and said, "My men reported that there are iron terracotta warriors on almost the entire city wall, and they are moving. We can't get in at all."

"Can't get in?"

Chen Liancang looked at the tall Shenwu Gate and the rows of iron terracotta warriors pointing in that direction, and suddenly had a guess in his mind.

"Hu Bafeng, you said that this imperial mausoleum was built based on the capital city more than 300 years ago. The zombies in the city are ordinary people, so the people in the palace should be the imperial guards, concubines, eunuchs, palace maids, and the princes and grandchildren."

"probably……"

Hu Bafeng was not sure, but he still said: "All the tombs were carefully built by their owners, and they all have different mechanisms and settings."

"Perhaps this is how the setting in the Emperor Taizu's Mausoleum is, Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, Teachers, Human Relations and Morals..."

"We understand."

Chen Lian said in a calm voice, and then walked slowly towards the direction of Shenwu Gate.

"Father-in-law?"

"You wait here."

After saying that, he continued to move forward. All the Jinyiwei and tomb-raiding lieutenants did not dare to breathe and stared at Chen Liancang's back.

As he moved, the iron terracotta warriors on the city wall slowly turned their direction, and at least fifty powerful crossbows were aimed at Chen Liancang.

Suddenly, a hoarse sound like the friction of steel came from nowhere.

"Stop!" "This is... the Imperial City!"

"Anyone who comes forward will be killed without mercy!"

Chen Liancang stopped, reached into his arms with one hand and raised it high.

"I am the head of the Shadow Guard, and I would like to see your majesty. This is the Shadow Guard token!"

This token is, of course, the identity token of the Dayu Shadow Guard.

"Crack!"

"Kaka..."

Sure enough, a crack suddenly appeared on the gate of Shenwu Gate, and a steel terracotta warrior slowly walked out.

No, not leaving.

Instead, it moved straight forward.

It was as if the joints in his legs didn't exist.

"Kaka, kakaka..."

Along with the sound of steel friction, the tall steel terracotta warrior finally walked in front of Chen Liancang.

Chen Liancang's eyes moved. The style of this armor... is very similar to that of Long Xiangjun!
"Click..."

The Iron Man suddenly stretched out his right hand, and Chen Liancang placed the token in his hand on it.

A faint light appeared, as if shot out from the eyes of the iron man, shining on the token in his hand.

Chen Liancang looked carefully and found that the eyes of this iron man figurine were actually made of a special crystal.

"Master of the Shadow Guard... I have met you..."

The iron man made a hoarse sound again, as if two pieces of iron that had been rusted for a long time were rubbing against each other.

And after saying this, it was as if something had gone wrong. After speaking a few words hoarsely, he turned and left.

However, the gate of Shenwu Gate behind him slowly opened.

On the city wall, the many iron terracotta warriors slowly returned to their original positions and put down the crossbows in their hands.

"Father-in-law?"

"Let's go, it should be safe now."

Chen Liancang put away the token and walked in first.

"Everyone follow us closely. The rules in this underground palace should be the same as those in the imperial palace. Only those with tokens can move around freely. Don't get lost."

"promise!"

A group of people stepped into the palace cautiously, gazing at the palace that looked exactly the same as it did more than three hundred years ago.

At this moment, bursts of dull puffing sounds suddenly came from the distance.

Then, a number of orchid lights from far and near suddenly lit up and spread rapidly towards the door.

Everyone stopped in a hurry and looked around.

Hu Bafeng whispered, "We must have hit a mechanism in the underground palace that can automatically light up the lights... Ghost!"

He suddenly cried out and stepped back quickly, protected by the Jinyiwei behind him.

"Don't be afraid, Master Hu. That's not a ghost. It's just a dead body."

Zhang Jianping grabbed Hu Bafeng, and Hu Bafeng calmed down this time. He looked a little embarrassed and muttered, "Thank you, Master Zhang. Let me take a look..."

He walked up and took a look, and sure enough, the thing under the light was not a ghost at all, but a dead body with its whole body tied to a wooden stake and its hands reaching up to the sky!

The corpse had a twisted snake shape, was completely naked, and had a strange bronze skin.

What’s strange is that the corpse’s abdomen is very bloated, like that of a pregnant woman who is seven or eight months pregnant.

There was a wick inserted in the center of his hands, and the faint blue light was flickering slowly.

"Do you smell anything?"

"smell good……"

"Like lard?"

A group of people were talking about it, and Chen Liancang also came over. Hu Bafeng said sternly, "Eunuch, this is not lard, it's whale oil!"

"This body is filled with whale oil, and then covered with mercury. The evidence body can be made into 'human wax' that can be burned for decades or even hundreds of years!"

He looked around and saw countless blue lights densely packed throughout the imperial city.

In other words, each light represents a human wax, a corpse!
"There are so many people here, how many people should I have..."

Chen Liancang only glanced at the wax figure and said coldly, "No matter what, let's go first."

"promise!"

Everyone continued to move forward. After a while, Chen Liancang suddenly turned his head and looked towards a corner.

Chen Xiao also discovered it quickly and shouted coldly: "Who are you? Come out!"

A black figure slowly walked out and walked towards the crowd.

"Don't do anything yet!"

Under the dim light, everyone could see the figure walking towards them.

That turned out to be... a eunuch!
However, this eunuch was very strange. He was thin and had an extremely pale face, like a skeleton wrapped in human skin.

The most obedient thing was that he grabbed it with both hands and waved it down again and again.

It’s like... sweeping the floor?
"What is he doing?"

"Hairy zombie?"

"Or some other monster?"

The young eunuch walked tremblingly, and in front of everyone's close gazes, after he came in front of everyone, he turned around and walked away, his hands still shaking.

"Let's go."

Looking at the young eunuch leaving, Chen Liancang seemed to see himself decades ago.

The crowd continued to move forward, and as expected, they discovered a large number of young eunuchs and palace maids along the way.

They were like zombies, doing their own things in this huge underground palace.

Sweeping the floor, watering the flowers, and doing the laundry.

even……

They also saw a team of ghostly royal guards guarding the palace, patrolling along a set route.

There was no reaction to Chen Liancang and others who entered the palace, as if they could not see them.

Seeing this scene, everyone became even more nervous, and their pupils were filled with terror.

Weird, really weird!

at last.

They came to the center of the imperial city. The Golden Throne Hall that originally belonged to Taizu Zheng Mingsen had disappeared, and in its place was a giant altar about a kilometer high!

"on!"

(End of this chapter)