After Princess Jiaojiao was reborn, the little general’s crematorium

Chapter 26 The secret passage at the bottom of the tank
  "Your Royal Highness, the assassin has not yet been caught and brought to justice. The risk outside the city is too great. Otherwise..."

However, what was waiting for him was Helian's gentle words: "Chunhua, let's go."

Facing Helian Wenyu who had already walked out of the city, what else could Yuwen Nai do except complain in his heart and then quickly follow him?
  "Quickly go to Dongying and mobilize a dozen troops and horses."

When Yuwen Nai followed up, he did not forget to give orders to his subordinates.

There is no way, just with the twenty or thirty people at present, Yuwen Nai is still confident to protect the safety of the eldest princess if they are in the city.

But once they reach the open area outside the city, these twenty or thirty people are just a larger gang.

If he doesn't deploy more troops, he really won't have any sense of security.

"Your Highness Princess, are you going to the black market you went to last time?" Chunhua asked as she walked.

It was actually the experience of going to the black market last time that left her with lingering fears, so she had this question.

"Well," Helian Wenyu responded, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "If you are afraid, you don't have to come. The same goes for Commander Yuwendu."

Yuwen Nai could only curse in his heart. If he didn't follow up, if something happened to you, you would really like to get a free Nine Tribes Xiaoxiao Yue experience card.

Helian Wenyu didn't know what these people were thinking.

Her intuition told her that if she went to the black market now, she would definitely make major discoveries and clues.

Everything that happened recently made her almost breathless. Everything was completely inconsistent with her previous memory, so much so that she even wondered whether it was a dream.

This time she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to find out the context of this matter.

Soon, Helian Wenyu and his party arrived at the black market they came to earlier.

Since the emperor's brother ordered all the black markets on this street to be closed yesterday, this place has become deserted, and no discerning businessman dares to stay here for a second longer.

She didn't waste any time elsewhere and went straight to the store where she bought Ran Ran Yun.

Naturally, the store was already deserted.

"Search."

Helian Wenyu ordered coldly.

She is also stupid. How could you forget such an important place?
  Soon, the guards found a lot of things, but most of them were unsightly medicines and some account books.

Helian Wenyu picked up the account book and flipped through it, but no substantive evidence appeared.

"Keep searching."

However, no matter how hard the Imperial Guard searched, they still did not find any useful information.

Helian Wenyu frowned, this shouldn't be the case, so she walked slowly towards the woodshed where she had been tied up.

The woodshed had been completely destroyed by the Imperial Guards. Even the firewood placed aside had been stabbed several times.

But nothing seems to be gained.

The woodshed was still the same environment as she had remembered before.

An old wooden door leads to a huge stove, with firewood on both sides and various kitchen utensils scattered around. In the corner, there are several wooden barrels scattered, and a huge stove. The water tank is filled with water.

Judging by how clean it is, this is undoubtedly drinking water. Everything is normal.

But everything in this store has been searched. Just no evidence was found.

Could it be that the intuition is wrong?
  Helian Wenyu was about to leave gloomily until she left the store.

When she saw an old woman in her sixties with gray hair carrying water back from the well at the entrance of the village, she finally realized something was wrong.

There's something wrong with that water tank!
  "Wait, let's go back!!" Helian Wenyu took the lead and ran towards the woodshed. This time Yu Wennai was as helpless as his name suggests, and could only lead others to follow him.

When Helian Wenyu came to the water tank again, she stretched out her hand to test the water temperature, and it was cold to the bone.

This water tank is not deep, only a little over one meter.

Therefore, Helian Wenyu could see the moss at the bottom of the tank through the clear drinking water.

"Move the cylinder."

Helian Wenyu ordered excitedly.

Chunhua took a look at the ordinary water tank and found nothing different. She asked curiously: "Your Highness, Princess, did you find something? I don't think there is anything special here."

Helian Wenyu smiled and said nothing.

Soon, the Imperial Guards came to reply: "Your Highness, Princess, this fish tank cannot be pushed open, it seems to be fixed."

As these words were spoken, everyone felt something was wrong.

Helian Wenyu said proudly: "The shopkeeper in the store has been arrested, but the water is still full. Who added the water?"

"Isn't it possible that the shopkeeper's cup was full before he was caught?"

Chunhua asked, it would be too arbitrary to judge based on this.

"Of course not, but you can tell from the moss at the bottom of the tank that the owner is definitely not a diligent person, otherwise he would never clean the bottom of the tank even if it is so dirty."

"In stark contrast to the dirty bottom of the tank, why is the water so clear? This shows that someone has just changed the water recently."

"I just went out and saw the woman fetching water, and suddenly I remembered something. In the whole village, there is only one well at the entrance of the village. So who replaced the water for him?"

When Helian Wenyu explained, soldiers had already drained the water, and then they discovered that the bottom of the tank was made of an iron plate. When the soldiers opened it, there was a tunnel opening inside.

Everyone looked at Helian Wenyu, waiting for her to decide.

"Send troops to take a look."

Helian Wenyu's tone was a little excited. After all, various doubts had been bothering her for a long time recently.

She hopes to solve this problem more than anyone else and unravel the truth of this series of problems.

Maybe in addition to finding out the truth about who bought the poison in Chu Mansion, there might be some unexpected surprises.

Yuwen Nai then arranged for two people to enter, one carrying a lamp and the other holding a long sword.

After about a cup of tea, the soldier came out and reported: "There is a secret room inside, about the size of a palace. There are two warehouses next to it, where weapons and armor are stored."

"Go in and have a look."

Helian Wenyu became interested.

Yuwen Nai was about to speak to stop her. He had already thought of the reason, "I don't want to be a dangerous person if I am a rich man." But he didn't know how to wait for the words to come out. Helian Wenyu just jumped in with a slight jump.

Yuwen Nai was tired and quickly arranged for everyone to follow.

After entering the tunnel, I found that it was basically the same as an ordinary cellar. Moreover, there were oil lamps lighting every ten steps, so the light was barely acceptable.

There is a large round table in the main hall with twelve stone piers, but the most eye-catching thing is the skeleton sitting on the main seat.

The skeleton was leaning on the chair, with empty eyes. It was covered with a noble blue-purple cloak, and next to it was a golden scepter that symbolized power.

Everyone present felt a chill in their hearts. No matter which direction they walked, they could feel the strong gaze of the skeleton.

(End of this chapter)