Return of the Swallow

Qin Huaiyuan said in a deep voice: "People who are loyal and obedient to the prince's mansion. I'm the Minister of Rites, Qin Meng. How is the situation in the mountains now?"

As soon as he heard that he was from the palace, Qin Huaiyuan was also a well-known capable minister. Although he was no longer serving in the court, his reputation was still outstanding. Wang Su breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just now, His Majesty is taking all the adults into the underground palace to check. He said that traces of treasures were found in the underground palace. Who would have thought that there would be a loud noise as soon as we entered. Those of us guarding outside wanted to go in. We just arrived at the entrance of the underground palace. There was a loud noise, and flames spewed out from the entrance of the cave, and many brothers were burnt and injured by the fire, and after the flames went out, the entrance was blocked!"

"So, the Holy One is now in the underground palace?"

"Yes!" Wang Su said anxiously, "At that time, His Majesty was surrounded by Prince Zhongshun, Prince Consort Ji, several ministers and nobles. Because the passage in the underground palace was narrow, their line was longer. So I figured they must have been scattered after the explosion. The rocks collapsing here and there must have separated them."

Wang Su scratched his head, and the veins popped on the corner of worry's forehead.

How did he catch up with him on an errand and encounter such a thing?

The brothers from the Jingwei Office of the Fifth Army Battalion searched and excavated the underground palace for so many days, but they didn't encounter any explosions or collapses. However, the Holy One came with the ministers in person, and something happened!

If there is something wrong with the Holy One, they are probably not qualified to be buried. Ling Chi still thinks that cutting with a knife is a waste of effort, why don't they burn them alive to relieve their hatred?

Wang Su shuddered, and hurriedly yelled at the people behind him: "Quick, save people first, dig the hole, save people!"

At this time, there is no need to wait for the Queen Mother's order, as long as the generals are outside the Sui Mountain, they will all be mobilized to dig at the entrance of the underground palace.

Qin Yining was carried by two Jinghu guards to the entrance of the underground palace halfway up the mountain, and they put her under a big tree, and the Jinghu guards followed Qin Huaiyuan and Huzi to help the Jingwei station People lift rocks.

Qin Yining was served by Bingtang and Jiyun. She sat on the soft chair with sliding poles, staring blankly at the scene in front of her, listening to the loud shouts and cries for help, as if a heavy hammer was beating in her mind.

As long as a person crawled out of the hole, Qin Yining couldn't help standing up to see if that person was Pang Xiao, or someone he knew. So repeatedly, tirelessly.

Because she is pregnant now, she can't do anything, so she can only sit here and worry. She seems to be unable to do anything except wait anxiously.

Time goes by bit by bit,

As more and more officials were rescued, Qin Yining's face became paler and paler.

Because there is no Pang Xiao among those people. Moreover, according to their description, the situation in the underground palace is really not optimistic.

"The interior is divided into many tombs. I was waiting at the end of the line, so I was closer to the entrance of the underground palace. The Holy One and Prince Zhongshun walked at the front, and they had already disappeared."

"Is anyone familiar with the structure of the inner tomb? People in the Jingwei Office should know?"

Wang Su was immediately called to come closer, and discussed with Qin Huaiyuan and took a pen and paper to draw a map of the interior of the underground palace.

Qin Yining wanted to go over there to have a look, but there were too many people over there, everyone was anxious to save lives, and anxiously looked at the map, and she couldn't do much, and it was inconvenient to get crowded with people, and it was difficult to look at the map. It was useless, so I had to sit back in the original place.

In the afternoon, the sun had moved westward, and most of the rescued officials had been sent back to the city.

There were not many trustworthy people around the Queen Mother, and this time, the higher-status clan members were all brought to Suongshan by Li Qitian.

Several clan disciples, after being rescued from the underground palace, some were seriously injured, and some were scared out of their wits. They were afraid that there would be troubles on the mountain, so they all left first with excuses, and they didn't even have the slightest intention to help.

The queen mother had no choice but to arrange for Li Weiliang, the chief eunuch in charge of Ci'an Palace, to come and take charge.

Li Weiliang was in his thirties, he was tall and tall, with fine features, but his eyes were a bit arrogant, and he was not very talkative. He was considerate and considerate in serving the Empress Dowager, but in front of outsiders, he was the head of the aloof Ci'an Palace officials.

He had worked with Li Guanwen before, but his status was always inferior to Li Guanwen, and he was not convinced. Later, he joined the Empress Dowager's palace, and his status was still inferior to Li Guanwen.

Now that such a big matter is arranged for him to be in charge, it is inevitable that his mind will be a little arrogant.

Li Weiliang led a group of eunuchs and ministers to direct the scene.

"The adults who are rescued should go back to the mansion first. Even if you miss the Holy Majesty, it's not good to stay here, right?"

"It's still necessary to leave this matter to the people of Jingji Wei and Jingwei."

"My lord, if nothing happens, our family will order someone to send you back home immediately."

"My lord? Are you?"

Li Weiliang walked up to Qin Huaiyuan, raised his eyebrows and asked.

Qin Huai cupped his hands far away and said, "I'm Qin Meng."

"Oh. So it's the former Minister of Rites, Master Qin? Why are you here? You have retired, so it's time to spend your life at home."

Qin Huaiyuan smiled slightly: "Elder-in-law, don't you know that Prince Zhongshun is the old man's good son-in-law? What's more, the Holy Majesty is still in the underground palace, and the old man brought the palace soldiers from the palace to help, in order to save people as soon as possible."

"Ha." Li Weiliang snorted coldly, and then said with a smirk: "Who knows? No one in our family dare to trust this incident, let alone you are no longer an official, Prince Zhongshun Wouldn’t it be better for the soldiers of the palace to be handed over to the envoys of the palace?”

Listening to Li Weiliang's words, Qin Yining became more and more unreasonable. Judging from Li Weiliang's attitude, he could tell what kind of feelings the queen mother had towards them. She stood up and said, "Eunuch Li, please don't waste your words here. If you have this time, why don't you go quickly?" save people."

Li Weiliang glared at Qin Yining, and said with a sneer, "Could you be Princess Zhongshun, right? Our family heard that you guessed that there was a gun buried in the underground palace earlier, and you tried to force someone to break into the imperial tomb?"

Qin Yining could hear the distortion and provocation in Li Weiliang's words, and said unmoved: "If you had listened to me and told the Holy Majesty to leave the underground palace early, the troubles would not be like this."

Li Weiliang clasped his hands, and said with a sneer: "The empress dowager was wondering just now, why did the princess know about the incident in the underground palace? Originally, our family wanted to go to the palace to inquire about what happened, but now that we have encountered it, please ask the princess to explain it to our family." .”

Qin Yining frowned, "I was present at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, and I heard the words that the Holy Majesty ordered people to read. I have thought about it until now, but it's a pity that it's still a step late."

"Oh? Is it really inadvertent and a step late, or is it a step late on purpose?"

Li Weiliang looked at Qin Yining, and said in a strange way: "If the Empress Dowager was there, she would definitely ask you this question. You are a girl, and your body is inconvenient. You should not stay here. Go back to the mansion and wait for the news. Turn around and wait." If the queen mother is free, she may send you into the palace to ask for clarification."

Qin Yining looked at Li Weiliang with a serious face.

Seeing that this person's face was even more complacent, he couldn't find Pang Xiao, and his heart was filled with crazily worried and anxious emotions.