The inside of the secret passage was illuminated a little by the faint light of the fire. Su Mu looked around and said, "I didn't expect that there was such a huge project under this government office. It shouldn't be Li He himself.It was dug out, right? How many years will it take for such a large amount of work?"

Xiao Shitou touched the wall imitatively, and replied very firmly: "It should take ten years."

After a long while, Liu Xiaoran slowly opened his mouth and said: "There was a great war here a hundred years ago, which lasted for more than ten years.Inside the army, the inside and the outside finally cooperated. After the war, the secret channel lost its original function and was left in dust. Perhaps it was reactivated after it was discovered by someone with a heart."

Su Mu's footsteps stopped, and Liu Xiaoran's implication was very clear. This secret way is in such a hidden place in the study, and people who have not been here for a long time should not be able to easily find it, but Li He said that he was imprisoned in it from the beginning.It shows that the person who imprisoned him has known about this secret room from the very beginning. How would a person who has never set foot in the government office find this place?

The entrance to the secret passage in the study room was carefully blocked by bookshelves and hanging paintings, which must have been carefully arranged. Except for Li He himself, no one could easily enter or leave the study room.

This in itself is already a paradox of time.But anyway, there are a lot of doubts about Li He now. Although Gao Huan didn't say it publicly, he still had some doubts from the bottom of his heart, so he just detained him first, and didn't immediately make a conclusion and go to the court.

A group of people walked around for a while, and there was a row of fences that could be regarded as simple, and a triangular area was separated in the secret passage, and a layer of hay was spread inside, which seemed to be what Li He said.Close your own place.

Su Mu rummaged inside for a while, but as expected, he couldn't find any useful clues. There were no suspicious objects left in it, only some crooked strokes carved on the wall, which looked like they were hardened by nails.A mark drawn on the ground for counting time.

Even if Su Mu was just a bystander, he could still feel the suffocation and despair in this small, dark space with the dense traces.

"Let's go, there should be nothing else here." Su Mu straightened up and sighed slightly.

If I were here instead, I would go crazy in a few months, let alone a few years.

After walking along the secret path for a while, a downward step appeared in front of him. Immediately after, the line of sight opened up, and an open space appeared. Compared with the cramped space just now, this place is more like a place to stay.living room.

Su Mu's sense of direction was not good at all, and now he couldn't tell where it was at all. Liu Xiaoran raised her head and looked at the top thoughtfully from the side. After a while, she seemed a little confused: "This is—the main hall?"

Su Mu looked up subconsciously, and he saw a square stone slab embedded in it. Compared with other places, it was more credible, so it stood out.

Liu Xiaoran wasn't sure, so she immediately ordered someone to send a message to verify it. Although they couldn't hear the conversation above, they still keenly felt the sound coming from above their heads when they stepped past one of them.

The communication was not smooth, but after the people on the top lifted the lichen laid on the ground, they easily found a gap. Several people took turns trying to force it open, but they didn't move at all.

After listening to the person who came to report, both Su Mu and Liu Xiaoran understood that there is obviously a mechanism in the main hall that can lead directly to this place, and perhaps the entire Wang Jiang government office has such a mechanism, so that people can go to it for no reason.lost track of it.

Liu Xiaoran's eyes darkened, and she said: "Ri Chenchu suddenly disappeared while waiting for me in the main hall, if—"

That day Lu Lingjue suddenly disappeared. He searched the government office many times, but could not find any traces. Now that he thinks about it, he must have been tricked into the secret passage, but many days have passed. If he was trapped in the secretIn the Tao, the end without any food will only be a dead end, but if he has already left, why has he not been seen?

"Then he must have found a way to escape here." Su Mu said quickly, "With Chen Chu's skill, he must be fine, let's go, let's go down and have a look, maybe we can find himOur clues."

Liu Xiaoran was slightly taken aback, and Su Mu had already walked in front of him.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine."

It's not that Su Mu didn't think about the worst possibility, but now he has a clue, which is not completely bad news compared to ignorance.

The space inside the secret passage becomes narrower as you go inside, and in the end, only one person can pass through. In order to prevent the small stones rushing around like chicken blood rushing to the front and failing to find anyone for a long time, Su Mu walked to the front., followed by Liu Xiaoran, and behind them was the ordinary government servant Gao Huan sent to investigate with them.

There were no fancy decorations in the secret passage, and several people were extremely vigilant, so there were only the sound of people's breathing and footsteps on the stone surface.

Xiaoshi was small and walking in the middle, he was already very bored, he was groping for the wall while moving forward, suddenly, he felt that he had touched a somewhat smooth protruding stone, which had a different touch from the rest of the place, heJust as he was about to call out to Su Mu to take a look, at the same time his footsteps stopped, the tall and burly yamen servant bumped into the small figure, and the little stone jumped forward, and with a great effort in his hands, he fell down.Pressed down.

Just as he yelled, a stone door suddenly fell in front of him. The speed of the incident was so fast that the little stone froze in place.

When the stone door fell to the ground with a bang, Su Mu still hadn't realized it, subconsciously caught Liu Xiaoran who bumped into him, and asked in a daze.

"What's wrong?"

He walked seriously in front, and needed to keep paying attention to the surrounding situation and the stumbling under his feet, so he didn't notice the movement behind him at all.

In desperation, Liu Xiaoran knew that it was too late to bring Su Mu out, so she chose to commit herself to fall into Su Mu's side from the falling stone gate without any consideration.

After Liu Xiaoran stood firm with Su Mu's strength, before she could speak, the little stone on the other side of the stone gate started to yell.

"Are you all right! This door, it can't be opened?"

There was a sudden commotion over there, and the yamen servants were also a little confused. It doesn't matter that the people on the other side are ordinary people. Both of these two are distinguished. If something happens, blame it. It's not a joke.of.

Su Mu also understood now, raised his voice and asked, "Did you press some mechanism just now?"

The little stone nodded immediately, but even after realizing that Su Mu couldn't see it, he could only respond loudly: "I just touched a protruding stone, and then I pressed it, and then, it can't be pressed now."gone."

When there was nothing to do here, Liu Xiaoran and Su Mu couldn't find any clues from the other side. In desperation, Liu Xiaoran could only order a few people to go back and inform Gao Huan of the situation here.

"Maybe it's because the agency has existed for too long, and now it has lost its effectiveness." Su Mu groped on the wall for a while, but couldn't find the corresponding agency, "Since this is a secret way to resist foreign enemies, it must beThe Shimen should be used to resist the enemy troops who are chasing after being discovered, and if you continue to go down here, there should be an exit."

Liu Xiaoran also agrees with this point of view, if there is no solution here for a long time, just break it open, don't need to worry too much, since there is no solution right now, it's okay to look down.

Without the string of tails behind them, the footsteps of the two people sounded more quiet around them. Su Mu only felt that his ears could not accept the environment and started buzzing.

Suddenly, he heard Liu Xiaoran's footsteps stagnate behind him, and as soon as he turned around, he saw that he was approaching the wall as if he was looking for something.

"What's the matter?" Su Mu moved the light source in his hand closer, only then did he see that there seemed to be some traces engraved on it, which was a strangely shaped triangle.

"It was left by Lu Chenchu, he has been here before." Liu Xiaoran said in a deep voice.

Su Mu understood now, presumably this is also the mark Liu Xiaoran used to transmit signals in the army. Thinking that Lu Lingjue had been here, he became more energetic: "Then let's go on and have a look? If so?Chen Chu has left traces, so I must be able to find him."

Although there are forks in the secret path, Lu Lingjue carefully left traces everywhere. Just when Su Mu felt that the hope of finding him was growing, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a thick color under his feet..

In order to see clearly, he stopped slowly, Liu Xiaoran behind him was unclear, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Mu knew that the thing was most likely bloodstained, but thinking of Liu Xiaoran's expression just now, he was suddenly reluctant to speak, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head.

"It's okay, let's go on."

The range that the light source can see is limited, Liu Xiaoran didn't notice the traces under her feet, and Su Mu moved forward carefully, only to find that the traces of dripping and splashing on the ground became more and more dense, and a chill came over her heart, and her hands and feet became pale.Gotta chill.

Liu Xiaoran noticed that Su Mu paused after taking a step and then moved forward. Just when she felt puzzled and wanted to ask, the torch in Su Mu's hand went out after a few struggles.

The surroundings suddenly became pitch black, and Su Mu stopped immediately. The sudden darkness magnified the fear that existed in his heart dozens of times, and he almost immediately grabbed the hand of the person beside him.

"This fire folder..." He tried his best to stabilize the movement of his hand, and blew on it again, but there was still no fire.

"Maybe it's because the fuel inside has been used up." Liu Xiaoran was startled when Su Mu suddenly grabbed her hand, but then she found that the man's hand was terribly cold, and even trembling slightly, and she wrinkled immediatelyFrowning, "What's wrong with you?"

Su Mu tried his best not to sound flustered, and replied indiscriminately that he was fine.

This rhetoric obviously did not convince Liu Xiaoran, he said, "I don't know if there is any mechanism ahead, let's turn back here, wait until we figure out a way over there, then we can get some fire pockets—"

"No." Su Mu thought of the blood stains on the ground, and his uneasy feeling became more and more obvious, "I... let's go further, it may not be safe to go back now, or... let's look forwardLet's see."

If Lu Lingjue is right in front, what is going on with the blood, and what does he look like now?

Su Mu hardly dared to think about it.

Although Liu Xiaoran was still a little puzzled, but after noticing Su Mu's strangeness, he grabbed Su Mu's hand and replied as if comforting: "Okay, then go forward, I'm behind you."

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Lu Lingjue: That is to say, who would have imagined that there would be holes in the floor! Damn it!