"It's scary enough," Xu Zun couldn't help but sigh with emotion on the way to General Daye Temple. "If such a person is used by bad people and is detrimental to the court, it will be bad!"
"Sir, you don't have to worry too much," Zhao Yu said from the side, "There are not many masters like Yue Jinglei in the entire Daxuan.
"Besides, people who can practice peerless martial arts are mostly strong-willed and will not be easily deceived by others."
"That's true," Dongfang Enchanting said, "The reason why the Queen Mother established the Divine Catching Division was to recruit these masters of martial arts and let them serve the imperial court.
"But today, there are only a few experts who are willing to contribute to the imperial court.
"But having said that... there are not many people who oppose the imperial court, especially top experts."
"Tsk, tsk..." At this time, Ani interrupted, "I'm really curious, that female ghost, oh no... is our bitter mother really the opponent of this Yue Jinglei?"
"Well..." Everyone made their own assessments, and obviously no one could give an answer.
"By the way," Dongfang Yaorao was curious, "I wonder who the heroine Yue Jinglei mentioned is?"
"Oh, a friend." Xu Zun gave a vague answer.
"You said..." Huo Anu understood Xu Zun's thoughts best and knew that Xu Zun didn't want to mention Ku Niang too much, so he changed the subject and asked, "Will Yue Jinglei's sudden appearance have anything to do with the case we are going to handle now?"
Is it related? Isn’t it a bit of a coincidence?”
"Probably not," Dongfang Yaorao thought, "If he is really a member of Xuanmen, how could he be so public?"
"Yes," Zhao Yu agreed, "In my opinion, this Yue Jinglei is pretty good at following the rules. If it is really bad for us, I'm afraid... alas..."
"No way?" Huo Anu was obviously dissatisfied, "Do you mean that with so many of us just now, it was impossible to capture him?"
"I can't say whether he can beat him or not," Zhao Yu replied, "but I really want to capture him, but I absolutely can't.
"As the saying goes, if you don't have diamonds, you won't do the porcelain work. If he is not absolutely sure, it is impossible for him to choose to meet Mr. Xu at the gate of the Internal Guard Mansion!"
"Then..." Huo Anu said worriedly, "Master Xu, do you really want Ku Niang to compete with him?"
"Haha," Xu Zun smiled bitterly and asked, "Do you think I have the ability to order Ku Niang? I just made it clear that I am only responsible for passing the message. It is not up to me to decide whether to fight or not!"
While they were discussing, as the carriage stopped, everyone came to the back of General Daye Temple.
After getting off the bus, I saw a row of dilapidated bungalows behind the General Temple, with seals still attached to them.
Obviously, this is where the underground entrance mentioned by Dongfang Enchanting is.
Zhao Yu opened the door first, but saw that the beams inside were collapsed, dilapidated, and garbage everywhere.
"Follow me, inside."
Dongfang Enchanting said something and immediately led everyone into the depths.
There was an inner guard holding a torch next to him, and everyone walked through the houses until they came to the innermost one.
This place seemed to have been a place for worship in the past, with broken portraits hanging on the front wall and a collapsed shrine-like thing.
Looking next to the Buddhist niche, there is a thick mound of soil, with bricks mixed in the mound.
"Ah!?" Dongfang Enchanting said in surprise when she saw the mound of soil at first sight, "This... this place has been sealed before, this is..."
Xu Zun stepped forward and soon smelled a fresh smell of earth. It was obvious that the soil had been dug out not long ago.
Next to the mound, there was a large hole dug out. The inside of the hole was pitch black and bottomless.
"Special Envoy Xu," Dongfang Enchanting said excitedly, "It seems that we have found the right place. This must have been dug up by the Xuanmen rebels."
"Yes," Zhao Yu thought for a while, "If you go down from here, it is very close to the palace. Maybe you can really find them!"
"It's very deep down here," said Dongfang Enchanting. "When this place was sealed off, the gamblers made a rope ladder that felt three or four feet high.
"There are big blue bricks down there, it looks like an tunnel, but..." she reminded, "There are many forked roads down there, and it's easy to get lost if you go wrong. We still need to make some preparations before we can go down..."
…
Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night.
At the beginning of Yinchu, the people from the Shenqiu Division arrived with equipment. There were about twenty or thirty people. Including the Inner Guards, there were a total of forty people ready to sneak underground.
They not only brought ropes, hooks, and weapons, but also pine tar torches, compasses, and some dry food and water.
No one knows how long they will go down this time.
Dongfang Enchanting originally wanted to go down in person, but due to her serious injury, she could only wait outside.
Xu Zun asked Huo Anu and Hou Zhen to stay outside, while he asked Zhao Yu and A Ni to follow him underground to check.
Someone from the Divine Catching Division has been down there before, so he leads the way from the front.
As the rope descended, Xu Zun entered the dark underground.
Three feet equals ten meters. Xu Zun felt that he had dropped a full fourteen or five meters.
Sure enough, the bottom is paved with blue bricks, and its material is similar to the culvert found under Shi Chun's dry well, but it is drier than there.
"Sir, be careful..."
At this time, the voice of the guide came from the front. It turned out that after descending to the bottom, the aisle became extremely narrow, and even a slightly fatter person could not pass.
Everyone was holding torches, and the large number of people made the space even more cramped.
However, after passing through the narrow passage, the situation improved slightly, but the tunnel was still so narrow that it was breathless.
In this way, everyone walked around in the tunnel for an unknown amount of time, and finally came to a more spacious place.
But I saw huge stone pillars and beams collapsed everywhere. The stone pillars and beams intersected, forming several open spaces.
Oops...
Xu Zun felt incredible, but judging from these stone pillars and beams, they were definitely not used in ordinary buildings.
Sure enough, someone from the Shenqiu Division was talking in front, saying that these stone pillars and beams came from a palace of a certain dynasty.
Passing through these spaces, there are more and more forked roads, and almost everywhere is accessible.
"My lord, my lord..." At this time, Xu Zun, a detective from the Divine Catching Division, called to the front of the team, pointed to the marks on the ground and said, "Look, the footprints here are all fresh, indicating that someone has been here recently.
!”
Under the light of the torch, Xu Zun saw that there were indeed some footprints on the ground.
According to his experience, these footprints are messy, ranging from large to small, and there are obviously more than one person.
Moreover, those smaller footprints seemed to be left by women.
woman……
It seems that she must be the female assassin?
Seeing that the footprints might have been left by Xuanmen rebels, everyone became more and more excited and immediately chased them in the direction of the footprints.
After turning around these places elevated by stone pillars and beams, and walking not far further, a cool, moist breeze blew in our face.
This feeling seemed familiar. Sure enough, after walking a few dozen meters, a bottomless ravine appeared in front of us.
Looking down, I saw the same culverts and ditches made of large bluestones as I saw in the dry well chamber before.
However, the ditch here is seriously damaged, and there are many huge rocks and beams crossing it.
Upon seeing this, the people from the Divine Catching Division immediately prepared to rappel with ropes.
"Wait a minute," Xu Zun reminded, "search carefully first to see if they have left any traces?"
After hearing the reminder, everyone immediately searched carefully along the edge.
When Xu Zun turned around, he saw a familiar figure, but Ku Niang had appeared behind him at some point...
