Looking at the blocked exit, Xu Zun secretly regretted that although he had been suspicious of Dongfang Enchanting before, he had not paid enough attention to it.
He just explored Dongfang Yaorao's life experience and sent several medical officers to check on her injuries.
The medical officers unanimously proved that she had indeed suffered serious internal injuries and was not faking it.
Moreover, before going down to the tunnel, Xu Zun had also deliberately made arrangements, not only leaving Huo Anu and Hou Zhen behind, but also letting most of the people from the Shenqi Division go down to the tunnel.
But despite this, he was still brutally plotted against.
"Sir..." Ani came up with an idea, "How about we find another exit? I don't want to be trapped in a ghost place like this!"
"If it were easy to find," Xu Zun said thoughtfully, "then there would be no bones in the ditch below!
"These culverts are buried deep underground in the Holy City. After the old calendar years, there will naturally be very few exits left."
"Then... what should we do?" Ani was worried, "Can we just wait here for rescue?"
"No," Xu Zun calculated, "the entrance is thirteen meters deep and a little over one meter wide. The volume of the cylinder is π×r2× h. So to block the entire entrance, it would take about ten cubic meters.
"Based on the density of the soil, it must weigh at least fourteen to five tons... In other words..." Xu Zun snapped his fingers, "They can't block the entire entrance!"
"..." Ani was confused for a while, feeling like Xu Zun was reading from heaven.
"I remember that there isn't that much soil on top," Xu Zun pointed at the top and said, "It can only block half of it until it's full, and at most we can throw some rocks down.
"So... we have to save ourselves!"
"Self-rescue?" Ani didn't understand, "How to save yourself?"
"Ani," Xu Zun said, "hurry up and inform everyone to come and transport the soil!"
"Ah?" Ani was surprised, "This place is so narrow and there is so much soil. How long will it take to transport it?"
"Don't waste time," Xu Zun said, "You are fast, hurry up, call everyone back, every bit of luck comes, we have to race against time!"
"Okay... okay..." Ani said nothing more and immediately went back to call for people with a torch.
Burning rosin dripped, and the fire gradually dimmed.
In the narrow passage, only Xu Zun and Ku Niang were left.
The sculpture of Ku Niang generally remained motionless, but Xu Zun felt a wave of disgust in his heart.
"Kuniang..." Xu Zun asked, "I don't know, do you already know about Yue Jinglei's challenge to you?
"He asked you to meet at the gate of the Imperial Guard House two days later and wants to compete with you.
"But don't worry," Xu Zun said, "I will make arrangements when the time comes. If you don't want to show up, then I will block it for you!"
After hearing Xu Zun's words, Ku Niang still had no reaction.
"Thank you for always protecting me," Xu Zun expressed his emotion. "Although I, Xu Zun, am not good at martial arts, I will never let you be harassed unnecessarily, even if the other party is one of the top ten masters of Daxuan!"
After saying that, Xu Zun took off his coat, turned around, placed it on the ground, and started filling the coat with soil...
When the soil was full, he carried the coat filled with soil in one hand and held a torch in the other, heading deeper into the tunnel.
Looking at Xu Zun's walking back, Ku Niang trembled inadvertently.
"Come on, Ku Niang," Xu Zun shouted, "Follow me to a spacious place first. Although you are called Ku Niang, you can't do these hard work..."
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Since Zhao Yu and others had already gone deep into the ditch, it took nearly an hour to retrieve most of them.
Moreover, Zhao Yu was not found. It is said that he and several convoys got into a waterway to the west.
Xu Zun knew that Zhao Yu knew what he was thinking, and since he decided to go deeper, he would find a way to come back.
So now, as many people as there were, everyone took off their coats, lined up in the narrow passage, and began to relay the soil out.
These detectives from the God Catching Division are all strong and strong, and as they watch the bags of soil being transported out, everyone's morale gradually rises.
After all, no one wants to be trapped alive in this dark underground.
Xu Zun worked for a while at first, but was later replaced. At this moment, he was sitting on the collapsed beam, resting and thinking.
What he is most worried about right now, besides Huo Anu, is his latest idea.
I don’t know if my guess is correct or not...the real disaster that Xuanmen is going to launch is those pills!
He clearly remembered that the pills were colorless and odorless when dissolved in water, making them difficult to detect at all.
Could the Holy Capital Transport Envoy and Imperial Physician Xu Chi cooperate with each other to transport these pills into the palace without anyone noticing?
When the catastrophe starts, these pills will be put into the drinking water or porridge and rice, and taken by the palace guards?
In that case, the palace will inevitably be in chaos, and at the same time, these assassins who have been dormant underground will sneak into the palace through secret passages and plot evil?
If this is the case, then there must be someone in the palace to help, right?
Therefore, Xu Zun now wanted to know the situation in the palace, but he was blocked underground.
What's even more ominous is that since Xuanmen is willing to block the entrance to the cave even if it is exposed, does it mean that they will take action soon?
Because they know that just blocking the hole cannot solve their problem, so they just want to delay time and prevent themselves from guessing their true purpose?
If we start from the day of the assassination, today is exactly seven days later.
Could it be that the catastrophe will start today?
The situation of earth movement is not as simple as everyone thought. After an hour of movement, everyone was exhausted.
It wasn't that they had no strength, but that the underground passage was too narrow, and the burning torches made it difficult for everyone to breathe.
Everyone can only stop temporarily and go to a spacious place to recover before continuing to transport.
It went on like this over and over again, and no one knew how many hours had passed. Then, as a light suddenly appeared above their heads, everyone saw hope.
What was even more exciting and encouraging was that there were calls from above the entrance. It was obvious that someone was digging above.
"My lord, my lord..." the person above shouted loudly.
"Yes, yes..." the people below responded excitedly.
Xu Zun came to inquire and saw that clods of earth kept falling in the blocked area, and a larger stone was clearly blocked on top.
At this moment, a rope has been tied to the stone, and it seems that the people above are trying to move it away.
Finally, when the big stone was moved away, a piece of light finally appeared above.
"My lord, my lord..." At this time, a woman's call came from above.
"Ah?" Xu Zun was immediately relieved, because he had already heard that it was Huo Anu's voice...
"Anu, Anu!" Xu Zun shouted excitedly, "I'm down there, I'm down there!"
"Sir," Huo Anu shouted anxiously, "Don't worry, we will dig it up soon!"
After seeing the light, the detectives below were overjoyed to see the light again, and they immediately used their last strength to continue transporting soil out.
Finally, as a large area of soil fell, the blocked entrance was finally opened, and ropes were immediately hung from it...
