Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 244 Secret Passage
"It's terrifying enough," Xu Zun couldn't help but sigh on the way to the Daye General Temple, "If such a person is used by bad people and is detrimental to the court, it will be bad!"
"Sir, don't worry too much," Zhao Yu said, "There are only a few masters like Yue Jinglei in the whole Daxuan.
"Besides, people who are able to master peerless martial arts are usually strong-willed and will not be easily deceived."
"That's true," Dongfang Yaorao said, "The Queen Mother established the Divine Detective Department with the original intention of recruiting these martial arts masters and having them serve the court.
“But to this day, there are only a few experts willing to work for the court.
"But then again... there aren't many people who go against the imperial court, especially the top masters."
"Tsk tsk..." At this time, Ani interrupted and said, "I'm really curious, that female ghost, oh no... our bitter mother, is she really a match for Yue Jinglei?"
"Well..." Everyone made their own estimate, but apparently no one could give an answer.
"By the way," Dongfang Yaorao was curious, "I wonder who the female hero Yue Jinglei mentioned is?"
"Oh, a friend." Xu Zun gave a vague answer.
"You say..." Huo Anu understood Xu Zun's thoughts best and knew that Xu Zun didn't want to talk about Ku Niang, so he changed the subject and asked, "Could the sudden appearance of Yue Jinglei be related to the case we are handling now? Isn't it a coincidence?"
"That shouldn't be the case," Dongfang Yaorao thought, "If he is really from Xuanmen, how could he be so ostentatious?"
"Yes," Zhao Yu agreed, "In my opinion, Yue Jinglei is quite abiding by the rules. If he really wants to harm us, I'm afraid... Alas..."
"No way?" Huo Anu was obviously dissatisfied, "Are you saying that even with so many of us just now, it was impossible for us to capture him?"
"I can't say whether I can beat him or not," Zhao Yu replied, "but if I really want to capture him, I definitely can't do it.
"As the saying goes, one should not take on a job without the right tools. If he was not absolutely sure, he would not have chosen to meet Lord Xu at the gate of the Inner Guard House!"
"Then..." Huo Anu said worriedly, "Master Xu, do you really want Ku Niang to compete with him?"
"Haha," Xu Zun smiled bitterly and asked, "Do you think I have the ability to order Ku Niang? I just said it clearly, I am only responsible for passing on the message. It is not up to me to decide whether to fight or not!"
As they were discussing, the carriage stopped and everyone arrived behind the Daye General Temple.
After getting off the bus, I saw a row of dilapidated bungalows behind the General Temple, with seals on them.
Obviously, this is the underground entrance that Dongfang Yaorao mentioned .
Zhao Yu opened the door first, but saw that the beams inside had collapsed, the house was in a dilapidated state, and there was garbage everywhere.
"Follow me , it's at the very back."
Dongfang Yaorao said this and immediately led everyone into the depths.
There were guards holding torches nearby, and the group walked through the houses until they came to the innermost one.
This seemed to be a place for sacrifices in the past. There were broken portraits hanging on the front wall, and something resembling a shrine had collapsed.
Looking next to the shrine, there is a thick pile of earth mixed with bricks.
"Ah!?" Dongfang Yaorao was surprised when she saw the mound, "This... this place has been sealed off before, this is..."
Xu Zun walked forward and soon smelled a fresh scent of soil. It was obvious that the soil had been dug out not long ago.
Next to the pile of earth, there was a large hole that had been dug. The inside of the hole was pitch black and bottomless.
"Special Envoy Xu," Dongfang Yaorao said excitedly, "It looks like we found the right place. This must have been dug by the Xuanmen rebels."
"Yes," Zhao Yu pondered for a moment, "From here, we are very close to the palace. Maybe we can find them!"
"It's very deep down here," Dongfang Yaorao said, "When they first sealed this place off, the gamblers built a rope ladder that seemed to be about 30 or 40 feet high.
"There are big blue bricks below, like a tunnel, but..." She reminded, "There are many forks in the road below, and it's easy to get lost if you take the wrong one. We still need to make some preparations before going down..."
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Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night.
At the beginning of the Yin month, people from the Divine Capture Department arrived with their equipment, about 20 to 30 of them. Together with the Inner Guards, there were a total of 40 people ready to sneak into the underground.
They not only brought ropes, hooks, and weapons, but also pine oil torches, compasses, some dry food and water.
No one knows how long they will last this time?
Dongfang Yaorao originally wanted to go down in person, but due to her serious injuries, she could only wait outside.
Xu Zun asked Huo Anu and Hou Zhen to guard outside, while he asked Zhao Yu and Ani to follow him to sneak underground to check.
Someone from the Divine Capture Division had been there before, so he was leading the way.
As the rope descended, Xu Zun entered the pitch-black underground.
Three zhang is equal to ten meters. Xu Zun felt that he had descended about fourteen or fifteen meters.
The ground below was indeed paved with blue bricks, and its material was similar to the underground canal found under Shi Chun's dry well, except that it was drier than there.
"My Lord, be careful..."
At this time, the guide's voice came from the front. It turned out that after descending to the bottom, the aisle became extremely narrow and anyone who was slightly fatter could not pass through.
Everyone was holding torches, and with so many people around, the space seemed even narrower.
However, after passing the narrow passage, the situation improved slightly, but the tunnel was still so narrow that it made people feel suffocated.
In this way, everyone wandered around in the tunnel. After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally came to a relatively spacious place.
But there were huge collapsed stone pillars and beams everywhere, and the stone pillars and beams intersected to form several open spaces.
Wow...
Xu Zun felt it was incredible, but judging from these stone pillars and beams, they were definitely not used in ordinary buildings.
Sure enough, there were people from the Divine Capture Department in front who were discussing that these stone pillars and beams came from a palace of a certain dynasty.
As you pass through these spaces, there are more and more forks in the road, and almost everywhere is accessible.
"Sir, sir..." At this time, a detective from the Divine Constable Department called Xu Zun to the front of the team, pointed at the marks on the ground and said, "Look, the footprints here are all fresh, which means someone has been here recently!"
Under the light of the torch, Xu Zun saw some footprints on the ground.
According to his experience, these footprints were messy, some large and some small, and obviously there was more than one person.
Moreover, those smaller footprints seemed to be left by a woman.
woman……
It seems that it should be a female assassin?
Seeing that the footprints might have been left by the Xuanmen rebels, everyone became more excited and immediately followed the direction of the footprints.
After passing the places supported by stone pillars and beams and walking a short distance forward, a damp and cool breeze blew towards you.
This feeling seemed familiar. After walking for dozens of meters, a bottomless ravine appeared in front of me.
Looking down, just like what I saw in the dry well secret room before, it was all underground ditches made of large bluestones.
However, the ditch here is badly damaged, and there are many huge rocks and beams across it.
Upon seeing this, the people from the Divine Capture Department immediately prepared ropes to rappel.
"Wait a minute," Xu Zun reminded, "Look carefully first to see if they left any traces."
Upon hearing the reminder, everyone immediately searched carefully along the edge.
When Xu Zun turned around, he saw a familiar figure, and found that Ku Niang had appeared behind him without him knowing when...
