Chapter 642 Chapter 601: Red Sleeves Add Fragrance to the Night

Upon hearing this voice, Du Wei's brows were first tightly frowned, and then relaxed.After being silent for a while, the corner of his mouth smiled slightly, and his voice had a hint of mockery: "It really surprised me. It's been a long time since I heard your voice, and it's really shocking to hear it so suddenly." He turned around slowly, and behind him, a pretty figure floated there, with a bright red robe, silver hair like silk, and a beautiful appearance, but the eyes and the expression on his face seemed very cold. "I thought you would only come out when I called for help." Du Wei raised his eyebrows: "Long time no see, should I call you the magical creature Semel? Or should I respectfully call you 'Zeng Zeng' Great-grandmother, where's your lord?"

Semel's face was as deep as water, and she didn't seem to 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 Why, you are a descendant of the Luo Lin family, you are always calling for help, you really have fallen into the reputation of the ancestors of the Luo Lin family." "What about you?" Du Wei stared at the other party: "The dignified Semel, the legendary mainland astrologer, my great-great-great-grandmother, deliberately faked her death and sealed herself in an oil painting. Isn't it very majestic? ?”

The eyes of the two intersected, as if a series of sparks had been stirred up. After a while, Semel lowered his head: "You...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 bared was actually my great-great-great-grandmother. Grandmother, you can hide it so well." I am so miserable." "How did you know?" Samel's figure seemed to tremble a little. "Life." Du Wei's voice was very serious: "When I was young, I might have been deceived by the words of some magical creature, but now...at least I know the true meaning of power levels. Hmph, create a brand new Life is not what Semel can do! Only those above the god level, such as the ancient demon gods, can be able to create life. And my great-great-grandmother, although she is the number one astrologer in the mainland, has the ability to create life. Creating a life is probably not something you can do. So... I began to understand from that time on."

Having said that, he deliberately paused, his eyes flickered, staring at the other party in front of him: "You, you are not some magical creature, you are my great-great-great-grandmother, Semel herself!" silence…… Du Wei's last words made Semel's face a little moved, but she didn't immediately refute or argue. After a moment of silence, her expression gradually became a little obscure and gloomy. After a long time, he sighed softly: "I... I only found out 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 am not. I just let myself die, and then, I played myself A few seals. It wasn't until later that the seals were gradually released, and I gradually recovered my memories of the past, and slowly understood... I, it was me."

"Why?" Du Wei shook his head: "Why do you want to do this?" Semel's face was a little dazed: "I don't know. The seal I set for myself at the beginning has not been completely unlocked, and I still have some memories that I can't fully retrieve. Therefore, I don't understand a lot of doubts. .” Du Wei thought for a while: According to the legend, this great-great-great-grandmother died of depression because she was sad about her husband's death.After all, it involved some sad things and privacy of the other party, so he didn't want to ask too much, so he shook his head and said, "No matter what, you... haven't shown up for a long time. I thought you had already found a way to get rid of me, so you left a long time ago It's over."

"I... I'm sorry." Samel seemed to be apologetic: "You have encountered several crises, but the level of strength is too different, and I can't help you. So, I didn't show up. You go to the overseas island When... I... I..." "what happened to you?" "I dare not show my face." A deep fear suddenly appeared in Semel's eyes. She didn't know where the fear came from, but it was palpable: "That guy named Chris, his There is an aura that frightens me. When you face it, I don’t know what’s going on. My whole body’s courage is exhausted. I absolutely dare not show my face in front of it... I don’t know what happened to it I probably haven't seen this Chris before, but when you face him, I can feel the aura that makes me afraid, that kind of fear, which makes me breathless, and I can't even feel the slightest breath. Don’t dare to move.”

Du Wei frowned. "I still have part of my memory that hasn't been restored, and some seals that haven't been released." Semel sighed: "I don't know what's going on. I'm trying to get a body for myself again, it seems that there is a way in my memory that can Let me be truly resurrected, instead of maintaining a state of a spirit body like I am now." Speaking of this, she shook her head vigorously, her face suddenly became serious, she glanced at Du Wei, and her tone became indifferent: "I don't need to explain this to you. In short... the map you are seeing in your hand now , but I can recognize it, it was drawn by myself back then.”

"You?" Du Wei asked in confusion: "How did you get this kind of thing? This is a royal secret, how could you get it? And why did you leave such a thing behind? What is the purpose?" "I don't know." Semel shook her head, her expression was calm: "I can't answer your question myself. The only memory I can remember is that this picture was indeed drawn by myself, and I recognize myself As for why this thing is in the astronomical museum... I think it was probably kept there quietly when I was the owner of the astronomical museum for a short time."

Du Wei's eyes lit up: "Yes, this makes sense. You used to be the owner of the museum in the past, 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 imperial palace! But...the secret passage leading to the White Pagoda is..." Semel stared at Du Wei: "If you want to know the answer, why don't you go in through the secret passage?" Du Wei's expression changed immediately, and he stared at Semel suddenly.His tone became serious: "I remember, you are not a person who likes to take risks and do such absurd things! The White Tower is guarded by a large group of court magicians, and it is said that there is a powerful magic circle left by Aragorn to protect it. , and...Although there is a secret way to get in and out, is it possible to enter and leave the palace casually? This involves the biggest secret and iron law of the royal family, once something happens...it will be a big trouble!"

Semel raised his eyebrows indifferently: "However, 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 how Yes, I have a faint feeling that there seems to be something very important to me inside the white tower that is finally guided by this map. Perhaps, I can unlock all the seals on my body because of this." Du Wei curled his lips: "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 want to provoke the royal family at this time-I have enough things to worry about now."

Semel wanted to say more, but when he saw Du Wei's face, he suddenly smiled, and deliberately said leisurely: "Then why don't you just destroy this thing? Why did you store it so carefully? It's not that I made up my mind, thinking about the future... Heh, Du Wei, don't waste time, I know your temperament too well. Since this kind of thing has aroused your curiosity, if you don't follow this secret path If you go in and have a look, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep at night! Well, it's still early, you still have time to prepare, we can set off at night." Du Wei stared at Semel, and after a while, he sighed helplessly: "Okay, you win." ... During this day, there were many visitors in the Duke's Mansion, all of whom were nobles from the imperial capital. They heard that Du Wei was going to the front line soon, and they came to visit the future front line commander, and said goodbye to him. But Du Wei never sees outsiders. During the day, Du Wei closed the door, had a good sleep, and refreshed himself. After getting up in the evening, he prepared some things and tools.After thinking about it, he finally didn't tell Vivian and Qiao Qiao about it.Otherwise, with Jojo's temperament of fearing that the world will not be chaotic, he will definitely follow along with arguing. I agreed to go to 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 disturbances. At night, when the clock struck ten, it was exactly ten o'clock. At this time, according to the custom, all the entrances and exits of the palace were closed and locked. One hundred regiments of the imperial forest army began to patrol around the huge imperial city according to the route of patrolling.And after ten o'clock in the evening, the gate of the palace is closed, unless it is a major military and state matter, otherwise, even the prince and princess are not allowed to enter or leave the palace. At this time, on the northeast side of the imperial city, by the diversion canal behind the imperial city, Du Wei took advantage of the cover of the night, dressed in tight black attire, ran to the canal with his waist bent, and listened carefully to the movement around him. Only then did he walk into the ditch cautiously. He didn't jump directly, because he was worried that the diving would make the sound of water. This aqueduct is an artificial river introduced into the imperial city from the Lancang Canal. In daily life, the water in the imperial city comes in and out of two such aqueducts, one in and one out. In case of wartime, this aqueduct It can also act as a moat. The two diversion canals surrounded the imperial city in the middle from both sides, leaving only a large imperial city square in front of it - the place where the first prince launched the coup d'état. These two diversion canals were built a thousand years ago, and they have been renovated several times in later generations. The underground waterways, old canals and new canals, the diversion canals are intricate. It has dried up and is no longer used. After Du Wei submerged in the canal, he swam for a while and then submerged underground. Under the canal, the water in this season was still very cold, but it was nothing to Du Wei's perverted body. Diving all the way down, I soon swam through the open section of the canal and arrived at the underground culvert.But at this time, the mouth of the ditch in front was a solid iron fence, blocking the way down the ditch. This is also a protective function, otherwise, how can people swim in this canal casually in the majestic palace? Du Wei dived into the water, swam to the fence, held hands and squeezed. The iron fence was covered with 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 strong physical body, he saw the two iron bars in the water slowly deforming in his hands, and were soon twisted and bent. Under the icy water, the surroundings were dark, Du Wei lost his sensitive perception ability, even though he had brute force, he couldn't see the road around him clearly.Fortunately, there was also Semel. As a spirit body, Semel was not afraid of the dark. Under the guidance from time to time, Du Wei passed several undercurrents behind the dark ditch and crossed six fences. This canal has been around for a long time. Although the canal is cleaned every year, after all, there is a lot of dirt accumulated in the underground canal below. Du Wei swam all the way here. Although he is not afraid of the cold, the smell is really uncomfortable. Finally, under the dark ditch, he came to a place where the water potential was slightly lower. He surfaced and took a deep breath. He felt dizzy, and his body was stained with a few green algae and the like. "Ahead, after turning to the left, there will be a sealed iron gate on the wall. After unscrewing it, it will be an old canal that has been abandoned." After listening to Semel's direct instructions in his mind, Du Wei smiled wryly: "This palace looks very glamorous on the ground, but how could it be so dirty underwater?" Semel sneered in his mind: "This canal is for daily water, and it is only for the servants in the palace to use for daily scrubbing and cleaning. The real drinking water in the palace is clean water brought from outside the city. Of course there is no water. People care if it's clean or not." After turning around the bend, the canal turned into several branch canals, but the mouth of the canal was much narrower, and the size of the canal was definitely not something humans could get into.This is also natural, after all, the canal can enter under the palace, and 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 has been in disrepair for a long time, and the lock on it has rusted to death. Let alone no key, even if there is a key Can't open it either. Du Wei could only pull out the dagger he was carrying and cut the lock, but the door didn't budge when he pushed it. At this time, Semel smiled wryly: "I just sneaked over to look... It's not the door, but behind the door, some parts of the old canal collapsed, and the falling supporting stone slab 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 stuff, I knew it would be troublesome." He was too lazy to cut with a dagger.At this time, his current strong body showed more and more benefits. He raised his arms and exhaled lightly. When he exerted force, there was a muffled sound, and his hands were actually inserted into the iron gate. ! With a violent lift of his hands and a creak, the iron door was pried open by him. Immediately, a cloud of lime dust rushed towards his face. Du Wei coughed a few times, splashed it with water, took out a night pearl from his bosom, and threw it in. Under the dim light of the night pearl, the The old canal inside is extremely narrow, probably only one meter wide. If it wasn't for a slender man like Du Wei, or a slightly thicker man, he would definitely not be able to climb into it. The old canal inside has been neglected for many years. The air in the channel is turbid and full of dust. Occasionally, rats can be heard creaking. Du Wei could only bite the bullet and crawl in it. go ahead. After crawling in this uncomfortable posture for about several hundred meters, the terrain in front of him was slightly opened up. ... In the dark night, the imperial city was silent, only occasionally in the distance, a group of patrolling Imperial Forest Army passed by holding torches. This place is a slightly remote side yard in the imperial city. Naturally, the people who live here cannot be the real royal nobles, but the residences of some well-known palace servants and officials. Outside this yard, there used to be a fountain, but the fountain was connected to the old canal. Since the old canal was abandoned, the fountain was naturally abandoned, leveled long ago, and built into a flower garden. At this time, in the darkness, in the flower garden, the ground suddenly turned. After a piece of black soil was turned up, Du Wei dragged a stone slab with both hands, and quietly drilled out. "Don't worry, the patrolling soldiers have already passed and are heading north. The nearest patrolling soldiers are 500 meters away from you." In his mind, Semel reminded Du Wei. Du Wei snorted... Semel has such an advantage that she can now be far away from herself.And her spirit body is invisible to ordinary people.Du Wei has lost his keen senses now, but with Semel scouting around, he is not afraid that someone on patrol will suddenly approach him and 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—this is the place! In the evening, Du Wei and Semel studied the map for a long time in the study room at home. Although it is indicated in the map, there are several secret passages leading to the White Tower under the imperial city.But after all, that was a thousand years ago.But now... With the passage of time, things have changed, and there are several secret passages. Although I know the exact location, I don't even think about entering it! For example, Du Wei recognized it. 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, the southwest of the imperial city was It seems that it is easy to lurk in the place where the horses are raised... But now, Du Wei knows that that place has become a barracks for the Royal Forest Army! !If you want to get in from there, the difficulty may not be low. And there are other places, such as the entrance to a secret passage marked on the map, beside the imperial garden, which was originally a house for storing gardener's tools.But later, because Prince Chen liked the view of the garden, he transferred that house and re-expanded it—now that place is Prince Chen's study!Want to go in?is it possible? Only this place in front of me has the entrance of a secret passage, which was studied before departure in the evening. According to the markings on the blueprint and his memory of the topography of the current palace, Du Wei remembered that this place is now used by some courts. The place where the attendants and court officials lived was not well guarded, so it might be a good place to sneak into the secret passage. He stayed in the flower garden for a while, then waited for a while, and after confirming that there was no sound of people in the building, he rushed out quickly, with his body rising and falling, like a gust of wind, he floated into the building under the roof. "Hmph, your magic has regressed now, but your martial skills have grown a lot." In his mind, Semel's words didn't know whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm. Du Wei didn't say a word, but sneered in his heart: "Nonsense, since I lost my magic, I have been recuperating at home these days, but I have honed my martial arts skills a lot. , but he couldn’t even summon the Qiyue Wuguang Armor and Jidu Luohou Bow. He could only make himself a similar iron bow to use.” After sneaking under the eaves, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and there was a jingling sound under the beam, Du Wei suddenly shook his body, looked carefully, and was relieved, but he couldn't help it. I know who has hung several strings of wind chimes here. The building was deserted, but there seemed to be no one living there, but after Du Wei walked in, he could smell a faint scent of women's perfume. I'm afraid it's some kind of court maid or female officer who lives there. 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 direction pointed on the map can barely be recognized. Braving his waist, he ran through the corridor and came to a window, but Du Wei suddenly frowned and stopped. As indicated on the map, the entrance to a secret passage should be here... However, standing outside, I could vaguely hear the sound of someone breathing lightly inside, as if sleeping soundly. "Someone?" Du Wei frowned. Unlucky... There is no one in the other rooms, but this entrance room has someone sleeping in it?Moreover, smelling the faint fragrance, it seems to be a woman. "Knocked her out." Semel said lightly, "Be careful not to show any traces." Du Wei snorted, and was about to turn over and go in, when suddenly there was another crisp movement of wind chimes under the eaves behind him.Then, the sound of breathing in the room suddenly paused, and there was a rustling sound, and then, there seemed to be footsteps, as if someone got up from the bed. A moment later, candles were lit in the room, and a woman's figure was faintly reflected on the outline of the window. "Ah...these lazy guys, they forgot to put away the wind chimes at night, so they have to be scolded tomorrow." The voice of a woman inside sounds sweet and pleasant. Du Wei cautiously leaned down outside the window, and waited quietly for a while, hoping that the girl would turn off the light and go to sleep again, but after waiting for a while, she heard the girl in the room seem to put on clothes, but Sitting at the desk under the window sill, she sighed softly, but heard the sound of papers rattling again—she actually got up to read in the middle of the night? ! Du Wei's head began to sweat. He was not afraid of anything else, but sneaked into the palace at night. If someone discovered his identity, he would be in serious trouble.With his current strength, it would not be difficult for him to fight out in a big way.But it's a bit difficult to go in and out quietly without letting others discover your identity. This woman didn't read in the morning and didn't read in the evening, but she was awakened by the sound of wind chimes in the middle of the night, and she actually read a book... Isn't this killing people! Du Wei was anxious outside, but the woman in this room was lying on the desk, turning the pages of the book by the candlelight, but she seemed to be fascinated by it. After an unknown period of time, she suddenly heard a long sigh from inside. The clear and pleasant voice suddenly whispered softly: "What a 'I only hate being a woman, and I don't have the time'. I'm afraid I don't know how to explain to the princess tomorrow what the Duke of Tulip said." ... Yi? Suddenly hearing the girl inside say the words "Duke Tulip", almost made Du Wei break out in a cold sweat.Then I was full of doubts—what books did the people inside read?Does it have something to do with me? I heard the girl inside turning the pages of the book, but murmured softly to herself: "Unfortunately, I once heard those court teachers talk about this Queen Sofia, and everyone seemed to be a little bit disapproving, but this Duke Tulip is Her confidant. I only hate that Queen Sofia was born hundreds of years earlier, but she can't hear the praise that Duke Tulip has given her." As soon as Du Wei heard this, a thought flashed through his mind! This woman is reading the notes of "General History of the Mainland" written by herself! ! ! In the fourth volume of the empire's "General History of the Mainland", it is recorded that when the Roland Empire was founded for more than 500 years, there was a change in the royal family. mother.The royal family of the Roland Empire also had several other ambitious princes, who caused a lot of disputes in order to fight for the throne. It was the wife of the emperor who died of illness, a queen named Sofia, who stepped forward when she was in trouble.And this Empress Sofia, who was born in a big noble family, finally stabilized the situation by relying on her natal family's background power, and crowned her son as emperor.The emperor was too young to be in power, but this Empress Sofia was quite capable, so she actually joined forces with her natal family to take charge of the state affairs of the empire.It's been nine years! In the history of the Roland Empire, the evaluation of Queen Sofia was not very good.Because after the young emperor grew up, he once had a dispute with her over the issue of power, but because of tradition, after growing up with the emperor, the voices from all over the empire hoped that the emperor would rule. Finally handed over the power, but died of depression less than half a year later. When Du Wei was reading this period of history, he learned 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. He was a good head of the family.And that Queen Sofia is very courageous by nature, even more courageous than ordinary people!During this period, some southern nobles refused to accept the woman's ruling and wanted to set off a rebellion, but she used a series of win-wins to divide them, and then wiped them out one by one.The political skills in it are probably even inferior to those experienced politicians.As for the several princes who used to compete with her son for the throne, she also dealt with them one by one very strategically. , cut off his authority, and kept it with an empty title of glory to show his kindness. It's a pity that in her later years, she seemed to be obsessed with authority, and she was unwilling to delegate authority to her grown-up son—but in Du Wei's view, this was also a normal human reaction. What's more, her governing methods are much more sophisticated than that of her later son.After Queen Sofia died of illness, her son came to power and suppressed and weakened his mother's family with cruel tactics, so forget it.But that emperor was really a fool. During his reign, several rebellions broke out in the northwest, and even the south was full of bandits. After reading this period of history, Du Wei was so interested that he casually wrote a paragraph of his own emotion at the back of the page: "I only hate that being a woman is out of season! There is a lot in my heart, if I meet a good opportunity, I am afraid that this woman will not be inferior to Wu Zhou!" Thinking of this in his heart, he immediately understood: the woman in this room was reading the set of "General History of the Mainland" that he had written in his notes! However, this set of general history of the mainland was given to the little emperor and Princess Karina by himself as a gift for apprenticeship.how come…… At this time, the girl in the room seemed a little distressed, and murmured and sighed: "Unfortunately, I understand what I said earlier, but what does Wu Zhou mean when I say the latter sentence, 'Don't leave Wu Zhou'?" Du Wei felt helpless... Wu Zhou... probably no one in this world knows what it means. The woman in the room naturally didn't know that the so-called Wu Zhou was very famous in the Chinese history of Du Wei's previous life.It was Wu Zetian, who was known as the number one strong woman in ancient and modern China, who briefly replaced Li Tang and claimed to be the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty! Out of my own interest at the beginning, I wrote down some random things when I was studying. I am afraid that only I can understand many of the contents. Others will naturally be at a loss. ... At this time, I heard Semel's impatient voice in my head: "I can't wait any longer! There is a group of guards coming here! There are still 400 meters! Force the window to go in, and don't let her make any noise!" Du Wei was startled, and then his heart swayed, he climbed up the window sill with one hand, and was about to forcefully climb the window and go in! No matter what, after entering, knock her out first!