Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 152 Secret Passage (2) 2 more

Chapter 152 Secret Passage ([-]) Second Watch

The sophomore took the jug and walked towards the water tank. There was a lot of water left in the jug, but Wu Chen was afraid it would not be enough.

Wu Chen looked at Guo Xuan again, Guo Xuan was not in front of him, yet Wu Chen took three steps back.

"What are you afraid of?!" Wu Chen roared.

Guo Xuan's whole body trembled, could he not be afraid?If someone was to accompany Wu Chen down, he must be the one with all the yamen servants. Would it be useful to say that his stomach hurts at this time?
"I don't need you guys to go down with me. You send a few yamen servants to guard the entrance of the tunnel. Besides, I remind you that if something happens to those people locked up in the county yamen, let alone the official hat on your head, you can go to the yamen. Even the head on your neck is hard to protect!"

Guo Xuan's heart relaxed first, and then tightened again. After this relaxation and tightening, his legs completely lost control, and he sat down on the ground.

Wu Chen snorted, looked at Song Gu and said:
"The county lieutenant is going to have a good trial, the county government... I'm afraid there will be a replacement, and I blame me for not thinking in advance that the county government is not safe, but now we have to rely on Zhang San's people to help us protect those people in the Taoist temple gone."

Song Gu hurriedly said: "You haven't been free these few days, who would have thought that those people would be involved in it in advance? Don't underestimate yourself."

Wu Chen hummed, and said, "No one else will follow tonight. I'll take my second brother down. In case my second brother and I don't come back tomorrow, Deputy envoy Lao Yu will send troops to seal the mountain! Only by the yamen servants, the mountain will be sealed off." Can't live."

As Wu Chen spoke, he looked at Yu Shi'an, bowed his hands solemnly, and said, "Vice Envoy Yu only needs to close the mountain, and wait for the government's order for the rest, but this secret way must never be tried again."

At this time, the second year of high school came back with a flagon full of water, standing at the entrance of the tunnel and urging: "Hurry up, if you continue, it will be dawn."

Wu Chen smiled, and just about to turn around, he asked Song Gu worriedly:
"The county magistrate has been taken care of by me. He listened to the slander and said that the killing of five hundred soldiers was a robbery by evil soldiers. The case of the murder of the Cao family was determined to be Cao Bingshan, the younger brother of the deceased Cao Bingde. When I saw Cao Bingshan, Cao Bingshan was almost dead. I'm so angry, now that I'm in the house for treatment, the county lieutenant may have some credit..."

"Oh, coming out alive is better than anything else! Let's talk about it later." The sophomore urged again.

Wu Chen cupped his fists towards Song Gu and Yu Shi'an, took the torch from the yamen servant, and went down the tunnel with Gao Er.

……

Yu Shi'an and Song Gu looked at each other, both of them felt a little uncomfortable.

Song Gu felt sorry for each other, but he was powerless to stop them.

Yu Shi'an blamed himself a little, he was obviously a good young man, but he made things difficult for him before, it really shouldn't be.

The two sighed at the same time. Yu Shi'an pulled himself together and arranged for the yamen servants to deploy defenses, leaving only one personal soldier by his side, and ordered the other personal soldier to go to the nearby garrison immediately to dispatch troops. Regardless of whether Wu Chen can return safely, the old Jieshan All must be sealed!

Song Gu waited at the side, there were not many people following up the mountain, and to ensure the safety of the tunnel entrance, he needed to send some more people up the mountain. Yu Shian was making arrangements, but he waited anxiously. Safety?Even if Zhang San's people are secretly protecting him, how can they protect him comprehensively?

……

Wu Chen and Senior Two went down the tunnel. The tunnel is much wider than the entrance of the tunnel. It can accommodate three people walking side by side. There are no steps but a gentle slope. Walking is not strenuous. Wu Chen held up the torch and looked at the mountains on both sides and the road under his feet. , the mountains on both sides have obvious traces of ax gouging, and there are potholes, but the road under the feet is much smoother.

"Do you think this trip is not risky at all?" The sophomore asked with a smile.

Wu Chen raised his eyebrows and asked, "How do you know?"

"If there is a risk, you will definitely go alone and won't call me. Besides, you didn't arrange a big head, so you know that this trip will be worry-free."

"So you urged me to hurry up." Wu Chen smiled.

"We have been out for a long time, and we haven't eaten a grain of rice. Are you hungry? Hurry up and go back to eat after finishing. This is taught by Datou."

Wu Chen sighed and said, "You have been urging me for a long time, and I forgot to say what I wanted to say. You said that if the two of us enter the cave and find people who are still alive, and there are several of them, they will definitely not be able to leave and follow us down the mountain. What should I do?"

"That's right! Those people may have been tortured by Su Chang to the point of being unable to walk, but just the two of us, how can we bring them down the mountain?" The second grader stood still.

Wu Chen patted the sophomore on the shoulder and said, "There's nothing to worry about right now."

"Why?"

"This tunnel won't be very long."

"Ah? How did you see that?"

"Look at the ground, it should be carefully polished to make it easier for them to drag it. You can see how narrow the tunnel entrance is. If the person they lead is awake, they just tied their hands. But if there is some struggle, they are not good. It was brought in, so it was bound to be bound hands and feet, or even brought down in a coma, so the ground needs to be leveled, but if you want to polish the ground in the mountains, it will take time and effort. How big do you think becoming a prince is? Ability? How many people can he arrange in the mountains? At his age... How old is he?"

"It should be in his early fifties. The uncles of the official family counted this Prince Cheng as the most worry-free. I mean, from the surface, he has always only knew how to cultivate Taoism and become an immortal, and ignored the affairs of the court. His sons The grandson is idle at home, has no errands, and I don't see him asking officials for money, otherwise he could be a prince."

Wu Chen stood still and said to himself, "I've never asked about Prince Cheng before, but why do I know that Prince Cheng has no real power?"

"Who are you asking?"

"I mean, there must be something that makes me feel like this." Wu Chen started walking again.

The second year of high school said: "That's why you thought of it, but you didn't say it because of something at the time, otherwise I would definitely remember it."

Wu Chen nodded and said, "Go to the end."

"So short?!"

Wu Chen could already hear the sound of insects in the forest.

Sure enough, soon the two vaguely saw the vines in front of them covering the exit.

Wu Chen and Gao Er quickened their pace, and when they reached the entrance of the cave, Gao Er was already holding a long sword in his hand, and without stopping for a moment, he swung his sword to cut off the vines, and then wanted to go forward and pull the vines away.

Wu Chen grabbed the second grader and said, "This thing should have a mechanism. They often go through this tunnel and bring people along. They cut it off every time, and it doesn't make sense to make new ones."

Wu Chen touched the mountains on both sides of the entrance of the cave as he said, and sure enough, he touched a relatively smooth stone on the right side. Wu Chen asked Gao Er to twist it. He was afraid that if he could not control his strength well, it would be troublesome if he ruined the mechanism.

Gao Er twisted the stone, and the vines at the entrance of the cave moved to one side.

"It also has tracks!" Wu Chen sighed, and then realized that no matter whether it is up or down or left and right, as long as it moves, it needs tracks.

Wu Chen smiled and shook his head. He always underestimated the abilities of the people here, which is very bad.

As the vines shifted, a forest path appeared in front of me in the darkness, and the darkness was a little gloomy.

(End of this chapter)

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