Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 2724 If you don't want to be silenced

Judging from the broken bricks and irregular walls at the entrance of the tunnel, it was forcibly excavated later.Presumably, Cang Qianche walked far along this hole.

Liu Ya didn't bother to check more, so she stepped on the slippery and disgusting mud and walked all the way inside.

The height of the tunnel is that Liu Ya can bend over to walk in it, but if it is Cang Qianche, she will be a little tired and have to bend over a lot.

But after about twenty paces, the tunnel turned and became slightly higher, but narrower.

While paying attention to whether there are marks or warnings left by Cang Qianche, Liu Ya pays attention to the shape and trend of this tunnel.

The more she looked, the more Liu Ya felt that this tunnel was dug out by some "something", and it was not on a scale that could be dug in a short time.

Liu Ya couldn't help thinking of Aunt Ma's daughter, the girl named Meng'er.

But Liu Ya remembered that Meng'er's dantian was pierced by her hairpin, and she was also crushed to death by a stone.

Afterwards, the well was directly filled up, logically speaking, Meng'er wouldn't make trouble anymore.

So is there something else that was mutated by the Gu worms here?
Continuing to move forward, the tunnel is winding, and the irregular wall is wide and narrow at times, and it can be seen that the guy digging the hole is very random.

But the tunnel is so long, it's beyond Liu Ya's expectation.She thought that after walking for a while, she could see a hall-like hole, hiding something.

But now after turning several turns repeatedly, it is still moving forward. This tunnel seems to lead to somewhere else.

Until there is no more slippery, fetid mud underfoot.Maybe it's because the remaining water stains in the well can only be flooded here, or maybe it's because the terrain is getting higher?
Liu Ya asked everyone in front and behind to stop. She squatted on the ground and looked at the traces extending from the mud. It could be seen that someone had indeed been dragged past.If Cang Qianche walked by here, then the footprints would also overlap with the dragging trace.

There were no deducible footprints on the ground, so Liu Ya focused her gaze on the left and right cave walls.But after careful inspection, nothing was found.

Then, there are two possibilities: one is that Cang Qianche left too hastily and did not even have time to leave a mark; the other is that he has already encountered danger and cannot leave a mark at all.

Liu Ya's mood is very stable. After a comprehensive analysis, she is more inclined to the first situation.

Then, she continued to reason again, thinking that the thing that Cang Qianche discovered was probably too unusual, which made Cang Qianche confused.So along the way, there will always be some clues.

"Keep moving forward." Liu Ya said in a steady tone.

The more difficult and seemingly clueless the situation, the more important it is to have a calm mind.

The two dead men before and after were also well-trained by Jin Lan, so when Liu Ya spoke, they immediately echoed back and forth, protecting Liu Ya forward.

After walking for a while, Liu Ya stopped again because she realized something.

"Master?" The person walking behind immediately asked Liu Ya what she meant. If Liu Ya asked to retreat, he would immediately change from the rear team to the front team.

Liu Ya waved her hands, looked up, and asked, "Do you two understand the terrain of the palace?"

The dead man in front didn't respond, but the one behind nodded and said, "I've been here twice during missions."

Liu Ya let out a "hmm", drew out her dagger and began to draw on one side of the wall.

Liu Ya's drawing skills are very high, and she can quickly draw a simple and easy-to-understand floor plan in a not very complicated terrain.

After finishing the drawing, Liu Ya pointed to a point and said, "This is the mouth of the well we came down from."

The two dead men agreed, and then both raised their torches to illuminate Liu Ya, while watching her demonstrate on the map.

Liu Ya traced a path with her fingers again, and said, "If I remember correctly, and ignore those small corners, these are the three left curves and one right curve we just turned?"

The dead man in front looked back from the mouth of the well again, nodded and said: "Yes. The small bend will be corrected soon, and there are only four major turns."

Liu Ya took a deep breath, pointed to a larger plan next to her, and said, "This is the topographic map of the palace garden and the important bedroom behind it. The mouth of the well is here, and the place we walked just now is...here and here .”

On the plan of the imperial palace, Liu Ya started to draw from the position of the mouth of the well, bypassed the imperial garden and two side halls, and then turned to the rear to reach several main halls.

After Liu Ya finished drawing, the three of them looked at the two maps on the left and right at the same time, only to be surprised to find that the route they walked in the underground tunnel almost coincided with the route above.

Liu Ya explained again: "The place we turned around should be the small lake in the Imperial Garden."

The three left turns almost turned into a semicircle, but the circle did not continue to close, but changed direction after another turn and continued forward, proving that the underground tunnel was indeed bypassing something that was difficult to pass.

Although the small lake is not deep, it is impossible for the guy who dug the hole to dig directly into the lake, nor is it possible to dig too deep to pass under the lake, because the water is permeable.Tunnels that may have passed directly under the lake were quickly flooded.

Finally, Liu Ya looked at the topographic map of the palace, and at the direction they were in now, and she already had a general feeling in her heart.

She stood in a daze for a while, and said to the two dead men: "You guys just send me here. If you don't want to die, go back immediately. Tell Jinlan that this matter is of great importance, and let him wait up there for me. Well, don’t send anyone down again.”

Those two dead men were not fools either, although they still couldn't fully understand Liu Ya's intentions, they could vaguely guess something.

Although they were bred to die for their Master, none of them wanted to be silenced.So after Liu Ya finished speaking, the two of them hesitated for a while, and then started to back away.

Liu Ya looked at the torches in her hand and said, "Give me two more of your torches."

The two agreed, and each took down a smokeless torch and handed it to Liu Ya.

Liu Ya carried one of them on her back, lit the other one, and signaled the two to leave as soon as possible.

When the sound of footsteps went away, Liu Ya turned her head to look at the two maps she had just drawn, and her heart sank intermittently.

She has already seen that this underground tunnel leads to the bedrooms of several important figures behind.

Now, apart from Su'er, the crown prince, and Cang Qianyuan, the unreliable emperor, the only big figures in the palace are the Supreme Emperor and the Great Empress Dowager.

Could it be that the "thing" that Cang Qianche saw coming out of the well was related to these two big men?
(End of this chapter)