I am a cat in the palace

"The young master is considered a noble person, and he speaks in a really serious tone." The fat cook laughed, but when he turned his head and the laughter died down, he showed a little helplessness, "I want everyone in the world to live a life like this." Life, but it takes a lot of effort and effort, and it can't even be done by one or two generations."

Rourou's hands under the table slowly but vigorously rubbed my fingers one by one, but his eyes were fixed on the fat cook with interest, "This chef is not only good at cooking, but also seems to have a look of worrying about the country." The heart of the people."

"Ah?" The smile on the fat cook's face was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, he laughed and said, "Young master is really joking, I only know how to make noodles, how do I know what it means to worry about the country and the people? It’s just that I often listen to our city lord, so I learned these two sentences.”

"Just after entering Wangcheng, I heard that there is a well-loved city lord in this city. It is not easy to manage this lonely city in poor mountains and rivers so that the people can live happily and live in prosperity. I just heard about you, master. From these two sentences, it can be seen that the city lord is indeed a man of great wisdom, but it makes the boy admire him."

"I just don't know where the city lord's mansion is. I want to pay a visit. I don't know if the master can give me some pointers?"

"You want to see the city lord?" The fat cook was startled when he heard that.

Rourou nodded and said, "Yeah, what's the matter? Has the city lord seen any outsiders?"

"Ah, that's not true, it's just—" The fat cook rubbed his hands on his apron, seeming a little disturbed.

"Just what?" Rourou asked puzzled.

"It's just that the city lord will only receive foreigners on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year. If he wants to see him on other days, he has to find a way to open the east gate, because only through the east gate can he go to the city lord's mansion."

It's only the third day of junior high today, and I exchanged glances with Rourou, obviously we can't wait here until the fifteenth day.

"It sounds like there is something mysterious about this east city gate. Is it different from ordinary city gates?"

The fat cook laughed, the meat on his face piled up under his eyes and formed two high balls, "It's really a little different, especially after so many years, no one has ever opened it."

That is to say, the city lord has never seen a foreigner outside the first and fifteenth day of the new year.

"Then the city lord and the people from the city lord's mansion usually don't go through the east gate when they go to and from the city?"

"There is a convenient door next to the city gate, but there are guards there all the year round, and the city lord will not see you if you pass through there." The fat cook heard that Rourou seemed to be intending to try the east gate, and the voice could not help A little bit of excitement.

"It seems that this city lord's arrogance is not small." Rou Rou whispered.

This time, the fat cook didn't talk, he just laughed dryly, stood up, rubbed his hands on the apron, and said hello, saying that there was still a pot of noodle soup on the stove, so he had to go back and have a look. Then I went back to the kitchen.

"A small city lord, who only guards this square inch of land, has made so many famous things. Does he really regard himself as the emperor of the land and occupy the mountain as the king?"

"I'll order Huang Ye to bring someone over to summon him to see you." Coming out of the noodle shop, Ying Er was a little annoyed at the city lord who behaved in a mess and had many thieves, so he ordered someone to escort him to see Rourou.

But Rourou raised his hand to stop him, "Don't act rashly, the so-called strong dragon will not overwhelm the snake, we are not familiar with the place here, and there are not many people around us, so it is really inappropriate to confront this city lord head-on."

"It's better to meet with him and find out the truth."

I'm a bit disapproving of the cautiousness of flesh and blood, with me here, who are you afraid of?

It's just that I didn't stop him from being cautious. The reason is that we didn't come here to get angry with this city lord who came out of nowhere, but to find the treasure house of the Great Xia Emperor's House. The map shows that the treasure house is here. Such a strange small city has to make people think a little more about what kind of relationship this city has with the treasure house. It doesn't make sense that the emperors of the Great Xia would randomly pile up all the treasures in an unreliable place.

Therefore, if Rourou is willing to be more cautious with this city lord, then be more cautious, for the sake of money.

After coming out of the noodle shop, everyone was not in a hurry to go back, so they walked towards the east gate pointed by the fat cook.

This city is small, but the Sifang City Gate is not very small, and it is quite magnificently built, especially the East City Gate, which is at least ten feet higher than the North Gate when we first came in, and the gate tower was built on the top of the gate. There is a brim of the hat, and the outside of the city gate cannot be seen at all from the bottom.If you retreat further, you can only see a majestic mountain blocking the city gate, which seems to be very close to the city gate.

Looking at the mountain, it is obvious that the entire outside of the city gate is blocked by the mountain.

I can't help but wonder, is such a magnificent city gate built just to lead to the City Lord's Mansion?

"Look, there is a small door over there, it should be the convenient door they mentioned." Ying Er pouted towards the left side of the city gate, and saw that there was indeed a small black door with double openings on the left side of the city gate.Of course, to say that the gate is small is also relative to the tall city gate. At this time, the gate is tightly closed, and there are still two guards standing inside.

Lin Guanwei tried to go up to talk to him, but the two guards were not as friendly as the gate guards of the North Gate City. They only said a few words and then put on a straight face, and then ignored him. It was as if he wanted to poke him with a spear.

Lin Guanwei had a bad nose, so he had no choice but to come back disheartened, and said to Rourou: "Just one sentence over and over again, if you want to see the city lord, you have to wait until the first or fifteenth day of the new year, otherwise you can find a way to open the city gate."

"Then let's see, what is the mystery of this city gate." After finishing speaking, Rourou took a step forward and touched the red-painted gate that looked no different from ordinary city gates.

My hand touched it at the same time.

"Huh? This door seems to be made of stone." I was a little surprised and touched it again, and knocked again. Although it was smooth and smooth, but the tentacles were cold, it was indeed a stone.

"The crack in the door is carved out, the door can't be opened at all!" Ying Er also went up to touch it, but what he touched was the crack in the door, and his face immediately showed a look of anger after touching it.

"This city lord is just playing tricks, right?" Lin Guanwei was dazed after touching it.

"Master, look..."

After Ying Er finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Rourou, but saw that Rourou didn't have any displeasure on his face, instead he stepped back a few steps with great interest, and looked at the copper ring on the gate.

But at this moment, I felt a sneaky gaze, and immediately turned my head to look at the source of the gaze, and immediately found a small man in shabby clothes turning around hurriedly, pretending to go back.

I sneered, the people in this city live comfortably and affluently, I have never seen clothes dirtier or ragged than theirs, don't you know how to change clothes when you come out to watch?

"Fatty, someone from the group of people in the inn is staring at you."

When Rourou heard the words, he turned his head slightly and glanced in that direction, and sneered at the man's back.

"Okay, let's go back first, and find a shop to buy some clothes for you."

"Then this door..." Lin Guanwei was a little anxious.

"I probably already know what's going on, it's just that the time is wrong, let's come back at night." After finishing speaking, Rourou turned to look at the tall city gate again, with a faint smile on his face.

Looking at this smile, I knew that he really had a plan in his mind.

In the following time, Rourou took Zhen and a group of hidden guards and swaggered around the small town, including the few shops on the two main streets.Turning around, I realized that although the city is small, it has all kinds of internal organs, such as rice, flour, grain, oil, cloth and clothing, medical halls, pharmacies, restaurants and wine shops, but there are always one or two places in this city. There is really no inconvenience in living here.

It's just that I'm really curious, how did all these goods get into the mountains, is there another way?Otherwise, it will all be picked and delivered by manpower. Even if the population in the city is not large, it will take a month or two to replenish the goods.

But for a long time on the sidelines, those shopkeepers just talked about him, or they said that there was a caravan to deliver them, and they knew where they came from.

Obviously these are just excuses.

And behind Zhen and Rourou, there are always a few annoying tails hanging not too far or too close, but they are not too close, and when they want to attack, they can't find the reason for it for the time being, so they can only let them temporarily follow.

In this way, they wandered around until the evening, and the owner of the inn began to tell everyone not to go out at night, there was a curfew, and they would be arrested.

But this time everyone ignored him.

Halfway through the second watch, Rourou changed into a formal attire, yes!It wasn't the night clothes, but the gorgeous Lingbei king's regular dress. He led a group of hidden guards out of the door openly and headed straight for the east gate.

The owner of the inn was still sitting behind the counter in the front hall, but he seemed to have fallen asleep. Rourou walked past his counter with a group of hidden guards, but he didn't look up.

"Those guys have also followed." I turned my ears, and immediately found that there were small footsteps in the dark alley parallel to the avenue and on the roof tiles, and everyone seemed to think they were It's so easy.

"Sure enough, it's a wicked heart." Rourou sneered.

"Then let's see how they die."

I don't know if we were lucky that we didn't encounter the so-called night guards at all, and no one stopped Rourou's actions.

Soon Rourou stood in front of the huge stone city gate.

He raised his hand as a signal, and the hidden guards behind him immediately lit the torches they had prepared in advance, and the flames in front of the East City Gate suddenly shone brightly.

I took a torch from Huang Zhi, and walked to Rourou, "It's enough to close the door, hurry up and open the door."

"Let's take a closer look so we can see clearly." He took my hand, wrapped it around my hand in full view of everyone, and held a torch, pretending to look at a piece of paper in his hand.

In fact, in the afternoon, he had already memorized everything on this piece of paper by heart, but in front of all the subordinates, I couldn't refute his face, so I forcibly pulled my hand back, so I could only goug him out and let him go. He holds the torch along with my hand.

"As soon as the city gate opens, if those guys rush over, you're welcome, just shoot them to death." The corner of the naked eye glanced back, and softly issued an order to the hidden guard.

The hidden guards responded in unison. For them, there is no problem with twenty or thirty tomb robbers, no matter how fierce they are.

"How on earth are we going to open this door?" Zhen couldn't wait any longer, and supervised Rourou to open the door quickly.

"It's actually very simple. There is a secret lock on the door, and a pair of knockers on the door. The ten heavenly stems are engraved around the left ring, and the twelve earthly branches are engraved around the right ring."

"Have you noticed that the Black Dragon Key is not in a complete and regular shape after unfolding, and only two pieces, big and small, can be stitched together to reveal a complete map."

"Actually, even if two pieces need to be spliced ​​together to fully display the map, there is no need to specially make the Black Dragon Key into such a fragmented shape, so I have been wondering if there is any special purpose on the road before. "

"It wasn't until I arrived at this small city and saw this city gate that I realized another use of the Black Dragon Key. It is really a key. It is precisely because it is a key that the shape needs to be so strange."

"Also, if the graphics around the map that we thought were decorations were turned upside down and reflected in a mirror, we can see that they are actually ancient Xuanjia characters, which are the names of the ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches."

"If I'm not wrong, I just need to turn the copper rings according to the word order on the picture..." While talking about Rou Rou, he stretched out his hand and turned the pair of door knockers vigorously. Sure enough, with the creaking sound, the The pair of copper rings really turned under Rourou's hands.

"Then, insert the Black Dragon Key into the beast's mouth on the knocker..."

The Black Dragon Key was inserted into the animal's mouth, but there was no movement for a long time, and the flesh was a little embarrassed. When I was about to see what else I could do, I heard a small twisting sound of the twisted chain coming from the ground. came from the depths.

"Wait!" I grabbed Rourou's hand that was about to pull out the Black Dragon Key.

Almost at the same time, the sound of the finely twisted hinges quickly turned into a rumbling, muffled thunderous noise.

The heavy stone gate slowly rises up...

It turns out that the door does not open in front of each other, but lifts upwards. No wonder the cracks in the door are so fake.

But when the stone gate was raised, the scene behind the stone gate made everyone's movements stop for an instant——

Behind the stone gate, hundreds of fully armed soldiers lined up neatly, pointing at the stone gate with their bows and arrows...