Chapter 8 The sixth chapter of the rapid journey of thousands of miles (Part 2)

Zhang Lie waited for the boat to sail for a few miles, saw that no pursuers were coming, then retracted his dagger, threw Eunuch Han onto the deck, dropped the anchor, and put the boat in the middle of the river.Chen Jingchou and Yu Xiaoxue also walked over. Eunuch Han lay on the deck, kowtowing loudly, with tears and snot all over his face, begging: "Several heroes, please! Don't kill me... don't kill me... I will give you whatever gold, silver and jewelry you want." offer!" Zhang Lie shouted: "Shut up! Whoever wants your stinky money will not stain my hands!"

Eunuch Han hurriedly said: "Yes, yes... the hero is right." Zhang Lie said: "Let me ask you, where is the divine cauldron that was transported from Zhuojun to the south last time?" Eunuch Han hesitated for a moment, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Zhang Lie got impatient and shouted: "Tell me quickly, if you don't tell the truth, dare to hide half a word—" With a wave of his right hand, the dagger slashed on the railing, and with a click, the bowl-thick railing broke in two "Teach you to be like this railing immediately!" Eunuch Han was shocked, he couldn't close his mouth for a long time, stretched out his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead, collected himself, and said: "Hero, spare your life...I say, I say..."

Zhang Lie said: "Stop talking nonsense!" Eunuch Han lowered his head and said: "The emperor is going to go on a tour in the south of the Yangtze River, Lord Yuwen dedicated the divine cauldron to the emperor, in order to increase the auspiciousness of your majesty's dragon boat..." Zhang Lie shouted: "Don't be so wordy! I'll just ask where is your divine cauldron?" Eunuch Han trembled all over, and said: "The tripod...the tripod has been transported south to the dragon boat!" Chen Jingchou pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is the dragon boat now?"

Eunuch Han said: "Now, it should be near Daliang now... The reason we came out to buy palace maids this time is also because His Majesty is going to travel south and needs many beauties to serve you all the way out of the palace." Zhang Lie said: "Hmph! What a stupid dog!" After a while, he asked: "What is the pile of copper vessels under the boat for?" Eunuch Han panicked: "I, I don't know... I really don't know why I use those things..." Zhang Lie said: "Hmph! You don't know?" He took out the dagger and shook it a few times.

Eunuch Han's voice trembled, and he said in shock, "Here, these bronzes were ordered to be searched by Eunuch Zhang, the governor in charge of transporting the tripod. As for the purpose, I really don't know..." His face was terrified, and he didn't seem to be lying. Zhang Lie pondered for a moment, took a step forward, and said, "Eunuch Han, thank you for telling me so much!—You go down first!" Eunuch Han was overjoyed, kneeling and replied: "No, no thanks..." Zhang Lie suddenly extended his right hand forward, and with a snort, a dagger was inserted into his chest, and blood spattered.Eunuch Han fell to the ground and died without humming.

Chen Jingchou said in shock: "Brother Zhang! You, why did you kill him? He...he is just a eunuch, not those officers and soldiers?" Zhang Lie pulled out his dagger, turned his head, and said, "Brother Qiu... ...Didn't you just want to save those girls?" Chen Jingchou said: "Yes! But, what does this have to do with this eunuch?" Zhang Lie said: "Brother Qiu, Brother Yu didn't mean to kill people! But if you think about it carefully, if I don't kill this eunuch, let him go back, let him gather more people, and let the girls who have worked so hard to let go just now be killed. Catch it again!—Then who did we save?!"

Chen Jingchou had no words to answer, but he couldn't bear it, and said, "But..." Zhang Lie raised his head, looked at the hazy river bank, and said, "Brother Qiu! If you want to save people, you should do it if you don't save them, and if you want to save them, you have to save them to the end! This is what a real hero does! Brother Yu understands that you have a kind heart— —But in this troubled world, if those traitors and sycophants are not killed, more lives will be killed!" Chen Jingchou bowed his head and remained silent. Zhang Lie came over, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Brother Qiu, brother Yu knows that you still can't accept these things...but sooner or later you have to face these things by yourself, I hope you can think about it carefully!" As he spoke, he threw Eunuch Han's body into the river and wiped off the blood on the dagger.He pulled up the anchor and sailed away.

The big ship raised its sails and sailed downstream along the river, and soon reached the mouth of the river, turned southeast, and sailed into the Tongji Canal.The three hundred miles of willow banks and wind dikes are endless, with beautiful scenery; green water and clear waves, clouds and sunny days.Two days later, we have arrived outside the city of Daliang (Kaifeng).Zhang Lie moored the boat far away, and everyone got ashore and walked to Daliang City.Walking slowly on the stone road, you can see that the streets are wide, the buildings are towering, the merchants are prosperous, and there are many wealthy families. It is really a scene of prosperity and prosperity.

Chen Jingchou couldn't help sighing in his heart.Zhang Lie found an inn, settled the crowd down, and ordered food at the bottom of the building.Chen Jingchou sat on the ground and asked: "Brother Zhang, I wonder if I can get news about the Shending from here?" Zhang Lie said: "Official boats on the river come and go frequently, I guess the emperor's dragon boat fleet should not be far from here—the Divine Cauldron should also be near here." The three chatted while eating, and after the meal, they went to the street together to inquire about the news.Emperor Yangdi took a dragon boat fleet, led the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and made a royal tour of the south, which has already caused a sensation in the neighborhood!People all over the street are talking about the emperor's lucky tour to the south of the Yangtze River, passing through Daliang.The dragon boat fleet had just passed by and was mooring in the river ten miles south of the city.

Zhang Lie waited for half a day, but no one mentioned the whereabouts of the most important divine tripod.Back to the hotel that night to stay overnight. In the early morning of the second day, after the three of them had breakfast, Zhang Lie said: "Brother Qiu, Miss Xiaoxue, let's go out to inquire separately today, and return to the inn at noon to get them." Chen Jingchou and Yu Xiaoxue agreed, and the three of them divided up to inquire about the news where they went, each went. At noon, both Zhang Lie and Chen Jingchou had returned to the inn, but they didn't find any news. They drank a few sips of tea and waited for nearly an hour, but Yu Xiaoxue never came back.Chen Jingchou became increasingly anxious, and said, "Brother Zhang, is there something wrong with Xiaoxue?"

Zhang Lie murmured: "Normally, it shouldn't be, but I'm afraid that something might happen! Let's look for it!" The two walked to the street and searched for it in the city.But walking through the streets and alleys, I searched all over the east, west, north, south, and north of Daliang City, and there is no shadow of Yu Xiaoxue.It was getting late, and Chen Jingchou felt anxious.The two continued to move forward, turned a corner, and arrived in front of the gate of Jianguo Temple. Suddenly, a person shouted softly from behind: "Brother Chen! Brother Zhang!" They turned their heads and saw Yu Xiaoxue standing behind the roadside under the eaves . Chen Jingchou was overjoyed, and hurried over, asking, "Why didn't you go back so late? I, I thought something happened to you!" Yu Xiaoxue said: "I just inquired about some news, so it's too late—the Shending is now on the emperor's dragon boat." Zhang Lie said in shock, "Oh? When did it get shipped up?" Yu Xiaoxue said: "I just heard from that old man that the divine cauldron was transported to the dragon boat yesterday." He pointed with his hand.Zhang Lie looked along and saw an old man standing under the cypress tree in front of Jianguo Temple with his hands behind his back. Zhang Lie hurriedly walked up, cupped his hands and saluted, and asked: "This old man, excuse me for taking the liberty, do you know the news about the Shending? Can you tell me?" The old man shook his head slowly, and said to himself: "It's a pity that the divine cauldron was dedicated to the emperor yesterday, and I didn't have the chance to see it. I really want to know what it looks like..." When Zhang Lie asked again, the old man was in a daze , closed his eyes and remained silent.Zhang Lie had no choice but to retreat and discuss with the two of them. Chen Jingchou said: "It seems that the Shending is indeed on the dragon boat! There is no doubt about it!" Zhang Lie pondered: "Since the Shending is by the emperor's side, it is very likely that Yu'er is on the dragon boat!" Chen Jingchou said in surprise: "Then Miss Tuoba, isn't it very dangerous?" Zhang Lie said: "She is in the enemy camp, her life is indeed in danger at all times! It is not too late! Let's set off immediately and try to sneak into the dragon boat!" The three of them hurried back to the inn and packed their luggage.Zhang Lie bought three horses, and several people mounted the horses and galloped away. Half an hour later, it was getting dark and it was already the end of Emperor Yangdi's southern patrol fleet.Looking around, it is really huge, stretching for hundreds of miles, rolling like a winding dragon, with no end in sight.Flags fluttered on the river bank, tents were connected together, and there was an endless stream of officials coming and going from all over the place, carrying tribute.Emperor Yangdi's southern tour brought with him almost ten thousand concubines, civil and military officials, monks and Taoists.All the food needed will be provided by the counties along the way.Those local officials received the holy order, and if they violated it even a little, they would be slaughtered immediately, which was extremely cruel.The trouble-saving officials took the opportunity to search frantically. Whoever cares about the life and death of the people is happy to make a fortune for himself, and he can also please the emperor and use it as a means of promotion. The three of them bypassed the river bank and continued to gallop forward.On the way that night, the southern patrol fleet, with bright lights and loud drums and music, turned the river surface red at night.Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty only cared about indulging in pleasure, so he dug a hole and buried the delicacies that he couldn't eat when he sailed the boat!No matter how skinny the people on the shore are, they starve to death everywhere, selling their children to flee famine! At dawn the next day, Chen Jingchou and others rode up to a low hill by the river, looked down, and saw a huge dragon boat with yellow cloth dragon flags hanging on the flagpole, parked in the middle of the river, more than 30 years long. Zhang, wide enough for a horse, almost occupies half of the river.It is crowded with many small boats next to it, and each boat is connected with wooden boards, leading directly to the shore. Zhang Lie said: "This should be Emperor Yang's dragon boat. God help me! Now that there is a floating bridge, it will be much easier for us to get on the dragon boat!" Chen Jingchou said: "Brother Zhang is right, we just need to jump into the boat and sneak in!" Zhang Lie said: "Let's do it immediately." The three of them abandoned their horses, quietly came to the shore, lay down in the grass, watched the guards turn around, started their light work, and jumped into a boat docked on the shore together.After lowering their heads and hiding on the boat for a while, the guards were all in a daze, thinking they had been having fun all night, and they were still drunk, so none of them noticed. Those boats were all very close to each other, and they were all connected by springboards. The three of them got up and down a few times, and they were already on the dragon boat. Flashing into a secluded place, Zhang Lie said in a low voice: "The emperor is so stupid! The soldiers under him are not much better, they are all just drinking and enjoying themselves!" The three of them walked forward quietly with light steps, and saw that the dragon boat was divided into four layers, with carved dragons and phoenixes, and it was magnificent.I searched carefully for the whereabouts of the divine tripod along the road, but there were many cabins on the dragon boat, and I searched for nearly an hour without any clue.After a while, I turned a corner and came to a big room.Zhang Lie pierced the window paper, looked inside, and suddenly made a gesture.Chen Jingchou and Yu Xiaoxue hurriedly followed. Zhang Lie lightly pried open the door with a dagger, let Chen Jingchou and Yu Xiaoxue go in first, then closed the door behind him and stepped in.The floor of the room is covered with golden flower carpets, there are carved jade screens by the windows, and a pedestal just to the north, on which stands a bronze tripod half as tall as a man. Chen Jingchou said: "Brother Zhang, is this the Shennong Ding?" He walked up to the pedestal, looked at the Ding carefully, feeling something was wrong in his heart, and said: "This, this Ding seems...it seems too new!" Thinking of the Kunlun mirror I had seen before, I said: "I think, if it is really an ancient artifact, it should be covered with copper rust, and the appearance is very old! ——Could it be that we have found the wrong one!" Zhang Lie also went up, looked at the tripod left and right, rested his chin with his right hand, and muttered: "The emperor put the tripod on his dragon boat and sent heavy troops to guard it. Logically speaking, there should be no mistakes!" Yu Xiaoxue asked, "Brother Zhang, have you seen the Shennong Ding before?" Zhang Lie smiled and said: "Miss Xiaoxue asked a good question! In fact, Brother Yu has only heard about it, but he has never seen it—the Shending is an artifact of the Tuoba tribe. Although I have a relationship with their tribe, they have never seen it. Let me, an outsider, go and see the divine cauldron." Yu Xiaoxue walked up to the cauldron and said, "Brother Zhang hasn't seen it before... I thought it was the first time that Brother Chen and I saw this magical cauldron." After speaking, she gently reached out her hand to touch the cauldron.Unexpectedly, as soon as his fingers touched the edge of the tripod, there was a clang sound, a piece of copper the size of a palm fell off from a corner of the tripod, and a hole was missing immediately. Yu Xiaoxue was taken aback, covered her mouth with her hands, was so surprised that she was at a loss, stepped back a few steps, and said, "I...I didn't mean to..." Chen Jingchou was also startled and said, "Well, what's going on! ——This tripod, how could it be?..." Yu Xiaoxue said: "Yes... I'm sorry, I, I just touched it lightly! - I, I really don't know that the divine cauldron can't be touched randomly..." Zhang Lie walked over, picked up the fragments on the ground, weighed them in the palm of his hand, looked at the bright fracture, snorted, and threw the fragments on the ground, knowing that this tripod was undoubtedly a counterfeit, he hurried Comforting Yu Xiaoxue, but still puzzled, I don't know why the emperor put a fake tripod on the dragon boat with great fanfare. While he was wondering, an eunuch opened the door and came in at some point. Seeing Chen Jingchou and the others, he asked in surprise, "What, who is it? How did you get in?" Zhang Lie smiled and said: "It's just in time! If the uncle doesn't look for you, you will come to your door yourself!" The eunuch was startled, and was about to turn around and run away, shouting for a thief.Zhang Lie kicked his right foot, jumped to the side of the eunuch, reached out with his left hand, grabbed his vest, captured him, took out a dagger with his right hand, and pressed it against his throat.The eunuch couldn't move at once.Zhang Lie lifted him back and threw him to the ground.The eunuch looked flustered, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Forgive me! Sir... please spare me..." Zhang Lie said: "It's okay to spare your life, but first tell me what's going on with this tripod?" He stretched out his hand and pointed at the tripod. The eunuch turned his head and saw that the bronze tripod was broken, he was terrified all over, thinking he couldn't hide it anymore, he said, "My lord! This... this tripod is fake!" Zhang Lie said: "As expected - since this tripod is fake, what about the real tripod?" The eunuch hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head and said: "The real tripod... the real tripod was robbed by a group of robbers on the way to the dragon boat through the canal..." Zhang Lie was surprised: "The robber robbed? Where are the robbers so bold?" The eunuch's voice trembled, and said: "I, we don't know who they are... we only know that the leader at the head is very tall, riding a yellow Puma, holding two giant Xuanhua axes, looks like Lei Gong generally……" Looking at his expression, Zhang Lie expected that he would not dare to tell lies, and asked: "Then what is the reason for this fake tripod?" The eunuch was sweating all over his face, and said: "We lost the tripod, and we are afraid that the emperor will find out about it and punish us. ——The chief officer ordered everyone to collect bronze all the way, and before reaching Daliang, cast a fake tripod to make up for it... Fortunately, the emperor did not Discovered, and rewarded us a lot..." Zhang Lie heard this, and said: "Fun Lord! No wonder the world will be made into such a virtue by him! Keep talking!" The eunuch said: "When the tripod was presented to His Majesty that day, Grand Master Yuwen was also there... When he saw the tripod, he frowned on the spot. Although he didn't say anything, it scared all of us to death... " Zhang Lie said: "Is there any more?" The eunuch panicked: "Master, little one, that's all you really know about this little one!" Zhang Lie pondered for a moment, took a step forward, and said, "Humph! Thank you!——Since you've seen us, then accept your fate!" As soon as his arm moved forward, the dagger was about to stab out.The eunuch's face turned pale with fright, and he collapsed to the ground. Chen Jingchou hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "Wait a minute! Brother Zhang, for the sake of his sincere cooperation, please spare his life!" Zhang Lie withdrew his dagger and said, "Brother Qiu! You have committed another old problem... Anyway, brother Yu will obey you this time, let you see for yourself what consequences your kindness of a woman will bring!" He grabbed the eunuch by the collar, raised his hand and threw him out of the door, and shouted: "Get out!" The eunuch fell to the ground and turned a few somersaults, ignoring the pain, rolling and crawling, struggling to escape . Just as Chen Jingchou turned his head, he suddenly heard the eunuch shouting loudly from outside the door: "There are robbers! The robbers have stolen the emperor's divine cauldron!" Only the noise of people was heard, and the sound of footsteps mixed with the clash of weapons, came from all sides. Intensively came. Zhang Lie said: "Brother Qiu! You should understand now, right?" Chen Jingchou regretted in his heart, and said apologetically, "I understand! Brother Zhang... I'm sorry!" Zhang Lie said: "There is nothing to apologize for, you will always have to face this kind of thing in the future! ——Seal the door, we will find another way out!" The three of them carried the wooden peg, put it behind the door, and blocked the door.After a while, all the guards had arrived at the door. They beat on the door indiscriminately, shouting: "Bold bandits! Open the door quickly! If you dare to disobey, you will be severely punished!" The door frame couldn't help shaking.Time was running out, Zhang Lie looked around for the exit. Chen Jingchou lifted the carpet and saw four cracks on the floor, forming a square and about three feet wide. He hurriedly said, "Brother Zhang, look!" Zhang Lie bent down and pried hard on the cracks with a dagger. With a squeak, the wooden board was lifted away.Chen Jingchou looked in, it was pitch black, it seemed to be a secret passage left during the shipbuilding, vaguely leading to the bottom of the ship.At this time, the group of soldiers had already lifted the stakes and began to knock on the door.The dust on the window eyebrows was flying and falling in all directions.The door frame was crumbling, and it was about to collapse. Zhang Lie said: "Brother Qiu, you and Miss Xiaoxue go down first, and I will follow." Chen Jingchou said: "No, brother Zhang and Xiaoxue go down first! I'll clean up the traces!" Zhang Lie hesitated slightly, and said: "Okay, then you be careful!" He got into the hole first, and went down with Xiaoxue.Chen Jingchou turned around and grabbed a corner of the carpet, threw it up to the sky, followed by jumping into the hole, and put the wooden cover on.These three actions are completed almost simultaneously.When the carpet fell, it just covered the hole. Although it was slightly wrinkled, it couldn't be taken care of. But it was said that Eunuch Liu, the chief eunuch, brought his guards, and knocked open the door with a bang. The guards, armed with steel knives, swarmed in and filled the hut in a short while.However, apart from a little mess in the room, there is no sign of any thieves. Eunuch Liu turned around, shouted at the soldiers, walked to the base of the platform, looked at the cauldron, he was stunned, his legs were sore and his back was covered in cold sweat, he couldn't recover for a while. A guard exclaimed in surprise: "My lord, this cauldron...why is it broken?" Eunuch Liu wiped off his sweat, gathered himself together, turned his thoughts quickly, turned around quickly, and shouted angrily: "Are you blind? What's wrong with the divine cauldron? It's not placed here properly!" The guard was stunned for a moment, puzzled, looked at the cauldron, and then at Eunuch Liu, but since the eunuch spoke like this, it is naturally not broken and cannot be disobeyed, he quickly bowed and replied repeatedly: "Yes... yes! My little one Blind dog eyes!" Eunuch Liu walked up to the base of the platform, ordered several soldiers to close the door, glanced at everyone, and said: "Who dares to reveal half a word about today's affairs, hum! - none of us will live!" After hearing this, all the guards at the bottom hurriedly obeyed, half bowed their bodies, and replied in unison: "Your subordinates dare not!" Eunuch Liu carefully looked at the gap, and hurriedly ordered his confidantes to arrest the craftsman as soon as possible!He immediately repaired it, and after it was repaired, he followed Xiaoshou to prevent the news from leaking, so as to avoid future troubles. After a while, the emperor heard that there were thieves on board and sent someone to inquire.Eunuch Liu hurriedly let the eunuch who was questioning come to the door, his face was full of joy, slanderous, sincere and fearful, he bowed and replied: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, the divine cauldron is safe and sound! - A few unscrupulous little thieves, who have already passed away!" Killing, please don’t worry my emperor! I wish my emperor a long life! Long live! Long live!” He took out a heavy cloth bag from his cuff and stuffed it in. The eunuch took it, weighed it in his hands, understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "The chief steward has made great contributions to protecting the tripod. When I go back and report to the emperor, I will definitely reward you a lot!" Eunuch Liu said: "I hope you will say a few good words in front of the emperor, and come to the door in person in another day when you are in a lowly position. Thank you very much!" . Chen Jingchou waited in the cave and waited for half a day before the sound of footsteps above his head gradually dissipated.Zhang Liehuang turned on his fire, and found that he was in a narrow aisle, the front of which was sloping downwards.Zhang Lie gestured to go down first, followed by Chen Jingchou and Yu Xiaoxue. The passage twisted and twisted, and the three of them slowly explored the way forward. They did not know how many turns they turned. After walking for about half an hour, they just reached the end, but there was a plank wall.Zhang Lie stretched out his hand to press on the wall, and pushed hard, and the wooden wall snapped open.A golden light came into view instantly. The three jumped into the cabin one by one, looked up, it turned out to be a small cabin at the bottom of the ship, and the room was full of gold, silver and jewels, dazzling and shining.Zhang Lie said: "Brother Qiu, it seems that we have arrived at the emperor's treasure room!" Chen Jingchou casually picked up a string of pearls, forty or fifty in total, each of them was crystal clear and about the size of a thumb, and threw it back again, saying: "I heard that whenever the emperor went, he ordered the local officials Pay tribute to rare treasures, search them along the road, and get countless gold and silver treasures! I don’t want to be seen by us here today.” Yu Xiaoxue was also surprised, and said: "Such a lot of money can't be spent in a few lifetimes, why doesn't the emperor take it and distribute it to the poor people?" Chen Jingchou smiled and said: "If the emperor has such a kind heart, he only needs to reduce the tax and reduce the corvee, and the people will be thankful. Why should he distribute the silver taels!" Zhang Lie looked around and said: "We are not out of danger yet, let's go out first." He jumped to the door, pushed it with his hand, and the door was locked.Zhang Lie took out the iron pestle, exerted strength with both arms, and slammed down towards the door panel.With a bang, the door fell outwards with its frame.Outside the door is a wider aisle, which leads to both ends. Zhang Lie said: "Let's go!" They turned left after going out, followed the aisle, and proceeded cautiously. Just after walking more than ten feet, the aisle came to the end, but there was a huge iron gate.Zhang Lie stepped forward, stretched out his hand and pushed hard, but the iron door did not move at all, it was extremely firm, it had been firmly locked from the outside, it seemed that it could not be opened no matter what. Chen Jingchou said: "Here, how can I get out here?" Zhang Lie said: "Take a look at the other side." Everyone turned around, passed the treasure room, walked another twenty feet, and reached the end of the corridor, but there was a bulkhead, let alone an exit, not even a door.Zhang Lie looked around, but saw a huge wooden pillar beside the road, painted with red paint.Zhang Lie walked under the pillar, looked up, and seemed to be able to climb up to the top of the boat along the pillar, and said, "Brother Qiu, there is no way ahead. We can only climb up. You support Miss Xue." Chen Jing Qiu agreed.Zhang Lie was in front, and the three of them clung to the wooden pillar and climbed up step by step. After a while, the pillar reached the end. Zhang Lie looked sideways, and beside him was the large gold-inlaid wooden beam on the top of the boat, which was nearly two feet wide.Several people jumped over the beam and looked down, and there was a hall underneath.There are several red sandalwood couches in the hall, and the furnishings are quite elegant.There is a big red carpet in front, with several peonies embroidered on it, competing for splendor and beauty.From the purple-gold incense burners on both sides, several green smokes rose slowly, with a peculiar fragrance that made people dazzled.It looks like a side hall of the lobby.Several people were about to jump off the beam when they heard footsteps. Zhang Lie said: "Get down! Someone is coming!" Chen Jingchou and Yu Xiaoxue leaned on the beam, holding their breath, not daring to move. Not long after, the door of the hall opened, and a maid came in, holding a plate inlaid with gold in her hand, and put a wine jug carved with white jade on it, walked through the hall, and went in. Yu Xiaoxue said: "Brother Zhang! Do you think the back of the maid just now looks like Sister Tuoba?" Zhang Lie said: "Yes! It's really similar! It's a pity that she lowered her head and couldn't see her face clearly." Chen Jingchou said: "Let's follow up and find out." Zhang Lie nodded. The three followed the maid quietly along the wooden beam, and walked forward.After bypassing a few red pillars, he arrived in front of a resplendent and magnificent hall.Looking down, the drums and music in the hall are noisy, singing and dancing are endless, very lively. In front of a platform several feet high, there is a big golden chair with a width of several people, and a dragon is engraved on the chair.One person was wearing a yellow robe and a golden silk crown, leaning on one side, with sleepy eyes, drinking and having fun with a woman next to him, surrounded by hundreds of court ladies, serving them.Looking at the scene, the three knew that the old man was undoubtedly Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang, but seeing that there were no guards in the hall, they were not in a hurry to leave.