Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 354 Underground Diagram (Part [-])

Wu Chen thought for a while and said:
"When the tunnel collapsed, in order to prevent those snakes from coming out, I deliberately filled the tunnel with the surrounding sundries. If the location is correct, the subsequent tunnel will be collapsed. There will only be bricks and soil inside, and you can enter the tunnel without cleaning it."

Xing Yun stood up straight and asked, "Can you think it over before doing it next time?"

Wu Chen ignored Xing Yun. He thought about it for a long time just now. He was deciding whether it would be safer to directly dig a hole or slowly clear the tunnel.But I forgot to consider the difficulty. Only after the actual operation did I know that it would be too time-consuming to clear the tunnel entrance. The tunnel is at least seven or eight meters away from the ground. How could it be so easy to clean and expose the tunnel entrance.

Wu Chen calculated the position, mastered the strength, and a hole appeared in the ground with a palm. After the third and fourth were surprised, they subconsciously wanted to probe, but Wu Chen stopped him.

He could clearly see that besides the rocks and soil below the black hole, there were still snakes huddled together.

Xing Yun held the hilt of the sword vigilantly, and asked, "There won't be any snakes down here, right?"

Wu Chen nodded, calculated in his mind that one meter equals [-] meters, and said, "The stone gate over there is on the third floor underground, at least five feet away, but this tunnel is only two feet deep."

"What do you mean?" Xing Yun asked.

Wu Chen turned his head and narrowed his eyes to look in the direction of Liu's house and said, "Not all tunnels in the middle, maybe... there is a ditch surrounding Liu's house, and the ditch is full of snakes..."

The third and fourth child subconsciously took a step back as if seeing that scene.

"So..." Xing Yun took a deep breath: "Only the stone gate is facing the treasure place."

Wu Chen found a branch and wanted to draw a simple picture on the ground, but found that the ground was frozen, so he had to use some strength to draw a sketch of the underground of Liu's house on the ground.

"...The third floor of the basement is an ancient character that is turned upside down. When we went down, we saw a narrow passage. This is the horizontal passage, and there is another narrow passage leading directly to the stone gate. Surrounded by a raised square, the treasures that those people want are placed in the middle, and there may be other things guarding the treasures behind the stone gate."

"What is it?" Xing Yun asked nervously.

"Where do I know where to go? But the Liu family has come down one after another, and died one after another after they came up. At first I thought it was bitten by a poisonous snake. Those people bribed their work back then. It is easy to leave some lies. Poisonous snakes can also turn the Liu family's bones black, but there is one thing that doesn't make sense. If they are bitten by snakes, it can be done once or twice. Those people are not small, so they can't find anti-snake medicine? Besides, do you think those snakes that sprang out to bite people can go back? If they can’t go back, what about the corpses? Besides, if it’s a poisonous snake, you have to wait to come up and die after the bite?”

"Could it be that those people killed the Liu family on purpose?" Xing Yun asked.

"No! No matter how cruel those people are, they still have to leave one of the Liu family behind so that they can figure out the correct way to open the door and use them later. Since they are all dead, those people didn't let them die on purpose."

"Looking at it this way, there must be something guarding behind the stone gate, capable of poisoning people to death, and able to pass through the stone gate."

Song Gu's voice came from the gate of the courtyard, Wu Chen said without raising his head:

"According to the design of this ancient character, there should be something guarding behind the stone gate and even this horizontal and vertical place. We have seen it before but it is empty. We cannot rule out the possibility that it has been cleared by those people over the years."

The sophomore followed Song Gu into the courtyard, walked quickly to Wu Chen and said:

"On our way back from picking up Gu Zuo, Song Tixing asked Gu Zuo if he still had any memories of the case ten years ago. Gu Zuo said that Chen Zhong did mention it to him at the time, and he remembered what Chen Zhong said. "Shunshui Renqing", when this case was raging in the capital, Gu Zuo asked Chen Zhong whether it was ghosts? Chen Zhong said, "Ghosts can't drive people, but people can drive ghosts." Is that what he said?"

The sophomore turned around and asked Song Gu.

Song Gu nodded and said: "Gu Zuo means that Chen Zhong ignored this case on purpose."

"I heard from the yamen servant that you are here, but I thought you didn't come back so soon." Shang Gong hurriedly walked into the yard.

When Wu Chen saw that everyone was present, he pointed to the stick figure on the ground and glanced at the third child.

The third child understood Wu Chen's analysis just now, and said it again according to the stick figure. The fourth child added a few sentences in order not to fall behind.

After hearing this, Shang Gong took a deep breath and asked, "The snakes in this ditch...what do they live on on a daily basis?"

Wu Chen raised his eyebrows and said:
"So I always feel that someone can come in and out! If those people have given up on entering through the stone gate, they will naturally not easily re-enter Liu's house, but the old couple in Liu's house, that is, the room with the hidden door, the doors and windows are all in good condition , some people have been there frequently over the years, but there are no other traces left behind.”

"You mean, someone... is going to feed them?" The sophomore asked in disbelief.

"Is this a little nonsense?" Xing Yun said with wide-eyed eyes.

Wu Chen pointed to a corner in the courtyard and said:

"Yesterday, human skeletons were found in the haystack, and three corpses were found in the house. The skeletons should be left over after being eaten. The corpses should be used to lure the boa constrictor out last night. The father and son also used rats. , the door in the tunnel has a gap, if it is not blocked on weekdays, wouldn’t these little snakes have crawled out long ago? If it was blocked, when was it blocked? Where did the old man have the guts to prepare for it? Was the door exposed before? How many people died when this tunnel was built? Did it finally reach the snake’s nest? It should have been repaired, otherwise there would not be a giant python coming out directly, but since it was repaired, how did they do it? Who built this door? First repair the door and then break through the tunnel? This method is feasible, but does this mean that those people knew the situation inside in advance? How did they know?"

The few people around were stunned, but Wu Chen didn't intend to stop, so he continued:
"The old man and his son brought three corpses and mice here, so we know that they are ready. I think these are the experiences they have summed up over the years. Just looking at the grand occasion last night, the father and son should be trying to attract these two big ones." of,"

Wu Chen pointed to the raised area in the middle of the yard: "They are not afraid of those small ones, but they have prepared three corpses..."

Xing Yun shouted: "There is another big one?"

Wu Chen scratched his forehead and asked, "Is this a boa constrictor? Dead things...they shouldn't be able to eat them, right? The rats in those tunnels were not dead, they were just fixed on the ground. The three corpses...were the same when they were found." just died..."

"What are you talking about? Can these things tell the difference between life and death?" The sophomore asked in confusion.

Wu Chen waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about that, there might be a big one inside, don't go down first, I'll go and have a look first."

After Wu Chen finished speaking, he was about to jump down, but was held back by the third child: "How can the Lord be put in danger?"

(End of this chapter)