Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

"But we need to find out which room it is ourselves."

Sishe and others looked at the three sentries carefully.

Sishe frowned: "It's a bit difficult."

"These three sentries have almost everything in sight. It's hard for us to avoid their sight."

Tianji also frowned slightly and said, "It is indeed difficult to do."

Shen Lian took a look at the distance between them and those rooms.

I took another look at the environment around the room.

He said: "This room is empty all around."

“There are no other buildings.”

“There’s only this row of houses here.”

"So, if Beichen finds us, Beichen will only have two choices."

"Or, rush out of here and run away...but as long as he rushes out of the house, he will definitely meet us!"

"Or, they used the secret passage to leave."

"But I have asked Fatty Zhang to search for Beichen's secret passage outside. With Fatty Zhang's ability, if there is a secret passage nearby, he will definitely not be able to hide it."

“So, the advantage is still with us.”

"And now, in the Ministry of Personnel, Beichen may discover my plan at any time."

"We don't have time to wait!"

Tianji suddenly raised his head, looked at Shen Lian, and said: "So, what do you mean?"

Shen Lian raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes gleaming.

He said calmly: "Since we can't avoid these sentries, let's not waste time on them."

"My advice is to just kill them."

"Send three people to stop them."

"The rest of you, rush directly into the room."

"At times like this, being direct is more efficient!"

Hearing Shen Lian's words, Tianji's eyes flickered.

She nodded immediately and said, "I agree with your approach."

"Beichen is as cunning as a fox. We are getting close to him now. Maybe he can smell us."

"It's basically impossible to find a way to get close to him again."

"So, instead of doing this, it's better to just kill them!"

"Catch him off guard and search his room as quickly as possible. This way, maybe we can still have a chance to find him!"

Sishe and others also nodded, agreeing with Shen Lian's words.

Shen Lian said: "Then don't delay."

He raised his head, staring ahead with sharp eyes, and said, "Do it!"

Having said that, Shen Lian immediately rushed out.

Sishe and Tianji followed behind Shen Lian.

At the same time, there were shadow guards who instantly shot arrows.

call out!call out!call out!
Three arrows flew directly towards two visible sentries and one hidden sentry.

And the moment Shen Lian and his companions rushed out, these people were also stunned at first.

Then he quickly shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"Shen Lian, it's Shen Lian!"

"Shen Lian is here!"

They all yelled.

He took out his weapon to block the arrows and was about to stop Shen Lian.

However, at this time, a shadow guard had already rushed out and blocked them directly.

As a result, they could only watch Shen Lian rush over.

Shen Lian separated from Tianji and the others.

Each person is responsible for a room.

They quickly kicked the door open and looked inside the room.

Soon, voices began to be heard.

"No one's in the room!"

"nobody!"

"No target found!"

Shen Lian also kicked open a door.

This is a study room.

There were not many books, and they were all covered in dust.

And in this room, it is also empty.

Soon, several people looked around all the houses.

But in the end, there was no one!
Tianji frowned: "How come there is no one?"

"Could it be that Beichen has already run away?"

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.

He said: "Maybe he heard something wrong and ran away."

"It is also possible that he is hiding in a secret room. These sentries may only be the first line of defense, and the secret room is the second line of defense."

Snake said, "But where is the secret room?"

Shen Lian frowned and quickly looked at each room.

Seeing this, Sishe said, "Sir, do you want me to call Fatty Zhang? Fatty Zhang is good at finding mechanisms, and he can find them faster."

Shen Lian shook his head.

"Fatty Zhang is now looking for the secret passage outside the city. If Beichen really escapes, then Fatty Zhang may be our only chance to find Beichen."

"So, don't waste his time."

"Besides, the time it took you to go there and back was enough for Beichen to disappear without a trace."

Sishe asked: "What should we do then?"

Shen Lian said: "These rooms have not been used for a long time, and the floor is covered with dust. If someone enters, no matter how careful they are, they will be contaminated by dust."

"Go and see which room has less dust."

After hearing Shen Lian's words, everyone quickly recalled what happened after they kicked the door.

The Snake said at this time: "I found myself in a room, and there seemed to be footprints on the dust."

"go!"

Everyone quickly came to the room that Sishe found.

Shen Lian walked straight in.

I saw that this was a bedroom.

The room was very simple.

A cabinet, a dressing table, and a couch.

A table and four stools.

Beyond that, there is nothing.

The whole room was covered with dust.

It has been uninhabited for several years and the dust here has become quite thick.

And on the ground, there were indeed some footprints.

The footprints disappeared in front of the couch.

Shen Lian said: "Turn over the couch."

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Sishe and others immediately took action and lifted up the couch.

But there was still nothing under the couch.

Shen Lian squatted down and knocked on the ground.

dong dong dong.

Suddenly a hollow sound was heard.

Shen Lian's eyes flashed.

Sishe said directly: "It's empty below!"

Shen Lian raised his chin: "Lift this brick up."

The snake quickly turned over the brick.

At this time, I saw a dark passage below.

"found it!"

The Snake was overjoyed.

Shen Lian said: "Torch."

A shadow guard quickly fetched a torch and handed it to Shen Lian.

Shen Lian did not delay any longer and walked straight down the secret passage.

Not long after they walked forward in the secret passage, they found that the road ahead was blocked.

Blocking this road is a stone door.

Looking at these stone doors, Shen Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

Tianji and others also took a deep breath in their hearts.

Because, at this moment.

They all know.

Behind this door.

It is very likely that it is Beichen himself!

Shen Lian waved his hand.

Sishe and Tianji also quickly came to the stone gate.

Shen Lian did not say anything, but used gestures to tell Tianji and Sishe to be ready.

Once the door opens, be prepared to fight.

Both of them gripped their weapons tightly and nodded seriously.

Shen Lian took a deep breath, and then he didn't delay any longer. He pressed the stone door with both hands and pushed hard!
crunch--
The stone door was slowly pushed open.

And the moment the stone door was pushed open.

call out!call out!call out!
The sound of breaking wind suddenly came from inside the stone gate. Shen Lian's eyes flashed, and without any hesitation, he quickly fell backwards.

The body instantly pressed against the ground.

Sishe and Tianji quickly brandished their weapons.

Boom!

Several sparks appeared.

The three arrows were cut off by them and fell to the ground.

Immediately, they rushed into the stone chamber.

but.

"No one!" said the Snake.

Tianji frowned: "Why is there no one?"

Shen Lian also stood up at this time and quickly walked into the stone chamber.

The stone chamber was simply decorated.

There is a stone couch here.

A stone table and several stone benches.

On the stone table, there was a candlestick with a candle burning on it.

The candle was half burned, and wax was dripping onto the candlestick.

Near the candles, there is a set of tea sets.

A teacup was placed on the edge of the table.

Shen Lian picked up the teacup and took a look inside.

There was still half a cup of tea in the cup.

Shen Lian said: "The water in the teacup is still warm, which means someone is here and has just left."

Shen Lian looked around again.

I saw a crossbow on the wall opposite the stone gate.

The arrow just now was shot by this crossbow.

The crossbow is connected to the stone gate. If the people inside do not agree to open the stone gate, then opening the stone gate from the outside will trigger the mechanism and release the arrow.

If Shen Lian and the others had not been extremely cautious, perhaps the sudden crossbow arrow would have reduced the number of members in their team.

Shen Lian looked in other directions again.

At this time, he found a stone on the wall that was particularly smooth.

It looked as if it had been turned over countless times.

It is very different from the rough stones around it.

See this scene.

Shen Lian's eyes flashed.

He quickly came to the stone.

Then he grabbed the stone and tried to press it inwards, but found that he couldn't move it.

Then he bent to the left and right.

Suddenly, when he bent it to the right, the stone moved directly to the right.

then.

A door appeared directly on the wall in front of him.

Behind the door, there was still a dark passage.

Seeing this passage, Shen Lian quickly took the torch and said, "Let's go, Beichen must have left from here."

"He wasn't gone long ago, maybe we can catch up."

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly followed Shen Lian.

Shen Lian is very fast.

He kept using the torch to light the way ahead.

As I walked, my brain was working frantically.

He needed to guard against possible traps in this secret passage.

So, Shen Lian seemed to be walking very fast.

But actually.

He would light the way ahead with a torch, and then quickly think about whether there were any traps, and then move forward without any worries...

The whole process consumes a lot of brain cells.

But Shen Lian had to do this.

Otherwise, if there were any traps in this narrow secret passage, they might be finished.

In this way, Shen Lian and others quickly pursued.

If you chase it, you will have the chance to have half a cup of tea.

Shen Lian suddenly stopped.

Sishe and others also hurriedly looked forward.

Then their faces changed.

I saw a double fork in the road ahead.

Snake said: "Why is there a fork in this underground secret passage?"

"How on earth was this Beichen dug?"

"A secret passage is hard enough."

"He actually dug a fork in the road!"

Tianji took a closer look at the two roads.

There was no clue that could point to the direction Beichen was going.

Tianji looked at Shen Lian and said, "What should we do? Which one should we choose?"

Everyone also looked at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian frowned, his brain working frantically as he kept observing the two intersections.

However, there were too few clues. No matter how smart he was, it was difficult for him to determine Beichen's whereabouts in this dark passage.

And just then.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the secret passage ahead.

The sound of footsteps startled everyone.

Sishe hurriedly said: "Someone is coming!"

"Is it Beichen?"

"Did he return?"

Shen Lian frowned.

“Be prepared to fight,” he said.

Suddenly, everyone looked nervously at the dark passage ahead where footsteps were coming from.

then.

Soon.

The footsteps approached.

At the same time, two figures appeared in front of them.

Two torches were seen emerging from the dark passage ahead.

Sishe and others were holding their weapons nervously.

Always be ready to fight to the death.

but.

As the footsteps get closer and closer.

As the two of them came completely in front of them.

Sishe and others were stunned.

"Fatty Zhang, is that you!?"

Sishe said unexpectedly.

Tianji and the others were also all surprised.

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes, with a look of understanding.

Walking out of the dark passage ahead were Fatty Zhang and Wang Junyan, who were ordered by Shen Lian to investigate.

When Fatty Zhang saw Shen Lian and others, he was also surprised.

He and Wang Junyan both held their weapons tightly, and it was obvious that they were also very nervous just now.

It was obvious that they also regarded Shen Lian and others as bad guys.

Fatty Zhang bowed to Shen Lian and said, "Sir Shen, I found an exit of a secret passage outside the city."

"So I came down to investigate and see where this exit leads to."

"Unexpectedly, halfway through the walk, I suddenly heard footsteps ahead of me. The footsteps paused for a moment, then quickly moved away."

"I felt something was wrong and chased after him immediately."

"But I didn't expect to meet you, Lord Shen, here."

When Shen Lian heard this, his eyes suddenly gleamed: "Before you met us, you heard footsteps, and after the footsteps discovered you, they retreated?"

Hearing this, Fatty Zhang couldn't help but ask, "Isn't that you, Lord Qin?"

Shen Lian shook his head.

He said: "We just got here and were thinking about which direction to go, and you came over."

Tianji widened his eyes and said, "Beichen!"

"Beichen just wanted to leave Chang'an City from this direction and escape from the city."

"But he didn't expect to find someone else in this secret passage. He was worried that it might be someone from our court, so he didn't dare to delay and quickly turned around and left through another way!"

Shen Lian made a prompt decision and said, "Since Fatty Zhang said that we just encountered him, this means that Beichen has only been gone for a short time. Let's go and speed up."

As he said that, he directly chose the road that no one had ever taken and turned around.

"Fatty Zhang, you go ahead and determine if there are any traps."

Shen Lian said.

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"Fatty Zhang, you go ahead and determine if there are any traps."

Shen Lian said.

(End of this chapter)