There are rotting corpses in here!And I'm afraid there's more than one!

Toda-san's heart sank, where did he fall into?

At this time, a woman's voice came: "Toda, where are you?!"

"I'm here!"

The woman rushed over and hugged him, and looked around with her eyes wide open, but the room was pitch black, with no light at all, and nothing could be seen at all.Shocked: "It stinks! What stinks so much?"

The woman is the personal bodyguard of Queen Baoli, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe.Apart from practicing martial arts all day long, I didn't have many opportunities to fight with others, so I didn't dare to kill. I only opened my precepts after I came here, and I haven't seen a dead body before.I have never smelled such a stench from a rotting corpse.Can't tell what it is.

Toda-san didn't tell her the truth, for fear of scaring her, he just pretended to be stupid and said, "Yes, it stinks!"

"What is this place?

"I don't know, it should be a cellar." Toda-San said, "When we picked up the account book, it may not have canceled the corresponding mechanism, but activated the mechanism and fell into this cellar."

"Is it a place for garbage? It's so smelly, and there's a long slideway. It's full of oil."

Toda-san smiled wryly: "Is there any mechanism for the garbage dump?"

"That's true," the woman panicked and grabbed Toda-san's arm tightly. "Then what should we do?"

"Don't panic, there will be a solution." Toda-san thought to himself, if he shoots through the roof with the ledger, the guards outside will definitely find out the clues, and once they find the mechanism, they will be saved.He added: "Let's check to see if there is an exit."

Toda-san pulled the woman and was about to explore, when suddenly, a childish voice came: "Mother, they are here..."

Immediately, the voice was muffled by the hand, and stopped vaguely.

"Who?" Toda-san pulled the woman behind him, and asked vigilantly towards the source of the voice, while listening for any suspicious movements.

Nothing happens.

The woman's heart warmed, and Toda-san, a frail scholar, took the lead to protect himself in front of her at this time, which showed that she really took care of her sweetheart in her heart, and quickly pulled him behind her, saying: "You hide behind!" Then , and said to the source of the voice: "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people, we accidentally triggered the mechanism from the top and down. Who are you?"

Still no response.

Hu Tianshan said: "To tell you the truth, I am a guard of the palace. I am here to investigate a murder case, and I accidentally triggered the agency to fall down. You don't have to be afraid. Who is here? What is your relationship with Zhanhutang? "

Finally, a woman's voice came: "You..." Are you really a palace guard...? "

As soon as Toda-san heard a woman's voice, he subconsciously covered his private parts with his hands, and then realized that the place was pitch black, even if he didn't block it, the other party would not be able to see it at all.But still did not let go.

"Great!" The woman's voice suddenly increased a lot, "Master, Master Qingtian, help me, my son and I were kidnapped by the Zhanhutang Gang, what kind of Chaos Beast do they want, but I really don't know what Chaos Beast is. What is it? They have thrown us here for a day and a night, with no water or food, and they are going to starve us to death. My lord, help me!"

Toda-san and the woman were taken aback: "Zhanhutang kidnapped you? Who are you?"

"The civil woman is the original wife of Li Fu, the largest merchant in Baoxiang Kingdom. This child is our only son. On the way back from our relatives, the Zhanhutang gang knocked down the servants who followed our family and took us I was robbed to a house, and then..." Then..." Woohoo, a man..." raped me..." Woohoo, Master Qingtian, please make the decision for me!"

Toda-san said angrily: "Are you sure it was the people from Zhanhutang who did it?"

"Yes, one of their leaders named Hu Xian once came to my house to find my husband, told them that they were from Zhanhutang, and asked my husband to hand over some Chaos Beast. When to hand over the Chaos Beast and when to let it go But, they raped me and brought us here without food or drink. It seems that they want to starve us to death!"

"Is there no exit here?"

"No!" the woman said, "Since I was thrown in yesterday, I have touched it bit by bit, and they are all thick bluestone slabs! There are thick iron plates on them. I kept shouting for help, but there was no response. It might not be heard from outside."

"Where's the slideway?" Toda-san said.

"I didn't touch it."

"Didn't touch it?"

"Yes."

"Do you have flint?"

"No."

"Where is it on the ground? Have you looked for it?"

"No..." I didn't dare to look for it, the ground is all..."It's all..."

Toda-san guessed from her terrifying voice that she had already noticed that there were rotting corpses inside.Although it is not yet certain whether it is a human body, it is enough for a mother to collapse.It is quite commendable for her to persevere until now, and to resist not telling her children.He said, "Okay, I see."

Toda-san patted the woman's hand lightly, and said, "Baihui, I'll check the surroundings and see if I can find a way out."

"I'll help you!"

"No need, you stay here." Toda-san was worried that Momoe Yamaguchi was afraid of the dead body.

"Okay." Momoe Yamaguchi also felt something weird under her body. She didn't know what it was, and she didn't dare to reach out to touch it.It's better to wait for Toda-san to feel it first.Anyway, it's just an investigation, and there will be no danger.

Toda-san stood up and groped upwards. As soon as he raised his hand, he reached the top. It seemed that the cellar was not very high, so he groped through it little by little.

Sure enough, as the woman said, there was no hole that should exist on the top of his head. !He clearly remembered that they fell from here, how could there be no hole?Where did the hole go?

He touched all the places above the ceiling, all the way to the four walls, and sure enough there were no holes, not even a gap the size of a thumb!

Could it be that at the end of the chute, that is, on the top of the cellar, there is a flap?As they fell, the flap closed automatically?

It is very possible that the fact that the exit was not touched just now is a clear proof. At the same time, the two flaps can be as soundproof as possible to prevent the screaming of the people below from being heard by the people outside.It also prevents the smell of the corpse below from being smelled outside.

Toda-san squatted down and began to grope on the ground, he wanted to find Flint.Since the woman has been groping for two days and has not found a passage, it means that there must be no obvious exits on the four walls.Therefore, he must find flint, and only with light can he find the exit.Since there are bones on the ground, there should be something.Hope to find flint.

He first touched the area around his body, and sure enough, almost all he touched were skeletons!Judging from the appearance, it can definitely be a human bone!

Toda-san's heart sank. Could it be that the master of the sub-chamber of Zhanhutang is a butcher who kills without blinking an eye?Kill people and throw their bones here?

At this moment, Momoe Yamaguchi was heard crying: "Brother Toda, this..." This is all..." What are they all about?"

"What's wrong?" Toda-san asked.

"The things on the ground seem to be people..."

"It's okay! Don't think about it! Children are not afraid, what are you afraid of?" Toda Shan knew that she must have touched the bones of the people on the ground, so he hurriedly interrupted her.

Hearing the mention of children in Toda-san's words, Momoe Yamaguchi immediately understood and shut up quickly.He clasped both hands in front of his chest, not daring to touch anything on the ground again.

Not finding a corpse, Toda-san carefully groped up and down.Most of the bodies had been reduced to skeletons, though still clothed.A few corpses were still decomposing, and felt as if they were on soap that had been soaked in water for a long time.

Toda-san still carefully groped each corpse.These corpses included men and women, old and young, and there was basically nothing on them. Just when he was almost desperate, he finally touched a small box!

Flint, you know it at the first touch, so take it out carefully.

The tinder in the flint is only for ignition and cannot be illuminated for a long time, so a kindling must be found.He touched it just now, and there was nothing on the ground except the corpse.Except for the clothes on the corpse, the only thing that can be used as a kindling is the dry hair.

Burning clothes produce toxic fumes, so only use hair.

However, before lighting the fire, you have to find clothes to cover your shame, don't frighten the woman, and of course, you can't let Momoe Yamaguchi's body be exposed in front of the little boy.

He found two skeletons that were completely boneless, and stripped off his clothes. They were two robes. Now he had no choice but to make do with them.He touched Momoe Yamaguchi and said, "Put on your clothes."

After they got dressed, Toda-san's was a bit small, while Yamaguchi Momoe's was very wide, so they tied it with another belt.

Toda-san began to grope for the skull on the ground, looking for a suitable hair for ignition.Fortunately, there were many skulls on the ground, and he found one.Put it at your feet and take the flint.He said to the woman: "Take care of the child, I found the flint, and I need to light it up to find the exit."

"Okay, thank you, sir."

For a moment, Toda Yamako lit the tinder, and then ignited the hair on the ground.

Immediately the burrow was dimly lit.

Toda-san saw the corner of the wall.A young woman, richly dressed and beautiful.He hugged a four or five-year-old boy in brocade clothes tightly, covered the child's face with his sleeves, and looked at him with surprised eyes.

on the ground.There are all dead bodies in all directions, and they are stacked up to half a person's height!

No wonder, as soon as you reach out your hand, you can touch the roof. It turns out that the entire lower half of the cellar has been filled with dead bodies!

These dead bodies, like the woman and child, were almost all richly dressed people.

What Zhanhutang is doing is robbing houses and kidnapping hostages?After the ransom was extorted, all the hostages were thrown in this hidden cellar to kill them?

Seeing the scene in front of him, Toda-san immediately remembered.When I proposed to live in the small courtyard earlier, Hall Master Tu looked very embarrassed, but it turned out that this was the place where they killed people and hid their corpses!

Momoe Yamaguchi found that she was indeed sitting on a pile of bones, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she rushed forward and hugged Toda-san.

Toda-san stood firm.Holding her in one arm, holding the burning skull in the other, he said, "Don't be afraid, it's fine, I'm here!"

Momoe Yamaguchi was also frightened for a moment, but after all she has martial arts.He quickly calmed down, raised his head from Leng Yi's arms, looked at him and said, "Hey, what's going on here?"

Toda-san glanced at the little boy hiding in his mother's arms, and said vaguely, "Let's find the exit first, and we'll talk after we get out!"

"Okay! I'll help you find it!"

Momoe Yamaguchi gritted her teeth, grabbed a skeleton from the ground with trembling hands, lit it on fire in Toda-san's hand, and said, "You look there, I'll look here!"

Toda-san saw the account books on the pile of bones. They were the account books that Momoe Yamaguchi found in the dark compartment, and one of them was thrown out by Toda-san.When the rest of the books were about to be read, the flap opened and they fell in together.

Hu Tianshan flipped through a few pages, suddenly surprised and delighted, and said: "This is the account of Zhan Hutang's robbing of merchant ships! It turns out that Zhan Hutang is doing such a deed of money and life!"

Baihui Yamaguchi also took a look and said, "Yes, this woman is right, Zhanhutang is indeed a cruel and ruthless person! Let's go out and report to the queen immediately, and catch them all!"

Toda-san nodded and put the ledger in his arms.

The two began to carefully examine the walls and ceiling.When the hair is almost burned out, replace it with another one.Anyway, there are many skulls on the ground.

The four walls are all made of bluestone slabs, very tight, Leng Yi tried to push hard, but it didn't move.Knowing that there must be solid land behind.And the bluestone slab must be very thick.After checking the four walls, but could not find any exits, they began to check the top of the head again.

The top of the head is as tight as the wall.However, in the middle, Toda-san finally found a different place.He pushed hard, and it didn't feel like he was pushing anywhere else.His hands tried hard, but they didn't move.

Momoe Yamaguchi came over to help push together, but there was still no movement.

The two struggled for a long time, but they still couldn't move, so they had to give up.

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