The sweeping monk shook his head and said nothing more.
Murong Fu looked at the old face with a gloomy expression, wishing to smash it with a punch, but in the end he gave up this idea, snorted coldly, walked around the sweeper, and carefully explored other rooms in the courtyard.
At this time, it was already dark, and all the servants of Shenhe Village were rushed outside the village. No one was holding a light, and the light was very dim. After a while, Murong Fu searched the small courtyard inside and outside with his own eyesight, but there was no trace of anything.
Found the slightest clue.
"Does this person know how to escape from the earth?" Murong Fu couldn't help but have such a thought in his mind, but he quickly shook his head, "Even if you can go to heaven and earth, don't think about leaving so easily."
Then he picked up Qinggong and rushed outside Shenhe Village.
"Cousin is out!" Wang Yuyan shouted in surprise when she saw Murong Fu.
All the girls came forward one after another, opening their mouths to speak.
Murong Fu hurriedly waved his hand to stop him and said, "I'm fine. The thief has been severely injured by me and now there is no trace. Mo Chou, Fourth Brother Feng, you immediately send an order to Blood Shadow Palace and Lingxiao Pavilion to enter Shenhe Village and search inch by inch.
I will dig three feet into the ground to find this person's whereabouts."
"yes!"
The two of them responded and were about to turn around and leave.
"Wait a minute," Murong Fu added, "Tell the people below that this person has extremely high martial arts skills and extremely fast movement. Once he notices any abnormal movement, he will immediately sound a warning. Do you understand?"
"Understood."
After the two left, Murong Fu looked at A'Zhu again and said, "A'Zhu, send an order to the Yanziwu Islands to seal off Taihu Lake. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed."
"yes."
"Yao Yue, send a message to the second brother Gongye and ask him to send people to renovate Shenhe Village. By the way, how about the underground palace?"
Yao Yue was about to answer, but at this moment, Ting Feng's voice came from far away, "It's not good, it's not good, something happened outside the palace!"
Everyone turned around and saw Tingfeng Zheng rushing over in a hurry.
Murong Fu's heart tightened. Could it be that the underground palace was collapsed?
Tingfeng and others jumped up to Murong Fu and said out of breath, "Sir, something happened in the underground palace."
"What's up?"
"Someone broke into the underground palace without permission!"
"Oh?" Murong Fu raised his eyebrows, quite surprised. Then he immediately thought of Hassan, and his expression changed slightly, "Hurry up!"
Before he finished speaking, he wrapped himself in Tingfeng and rushed towards the underground palace.
The others looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to do for a moment.
Soon, the two came to a lotus pond in the backyard of Shenhe Village, which was the official entrance to the underground palace. At this time, the stone door behind the rockery was wide open, and the two hurriedly walked in.
"Young Master, you see, many mechanisms have been triggered." Tingfeng pointed to the densely packed arrow holes on the walls on both sides of the passage, as well as the arrows scattered on the ground. Further away, there were fallen rocks and nail boards lying across the passage.
Murong Fu was about to start chasing after him, but his footsteps suddenly stopped. He looked down and saw that he had stepped on a small pool of blood.
He leaned over and dipped some blood in it, twisting it slightly. Then he took a luminous pearl from the wall and looked around. He was surprised to find a few drops of blood on the steps. He couldn't help but frown slightly, "Strange..."
"What's strange? The thief must have been injured when he broke through." Tingfeng said nonchalantly.
Murong Fu shook his head, "Look, these traces of blood dripping show that the thief was injured by the mechanism when he came out."
Tingfeng was stunned, "What does this mean? Maybe the thief was lucky when he went in, but not so lucky when he came out, or maybe he didn't dare to continue in the middle and retreated."
"That's not right." Murong Fu still shook his head. He originally thought that Hassan had escaped to the underground palace, but now it seemed that was not the case.
First of all, there was not enough time. It has only been a little over a quarter of an hour since Hassan disappeared. If he escaped to the underground palace, broke into the trap and came back, he would definitely run into Murong Fu who came after hearing the news. Secondly,
Judging from Hassan's situation, since he has broken into this place, it is the best choice to bravely break in. How can he go back?
The last and most critical point is that these agencies cannot do anything to Hassan, even if he is injured.
After thinking about this, Murong Fu suddenly asked, "When did you find out that someone broke into the underground palace?"
"Just now." Tingfeng replied, suddenly remembering something, "By the way, a few guards inside were killed."
Murong Fu immediately confirmed his suspicion, "It seems that Hassan is not alone."
"Sir, what are you talking about? Who is Hassan?" Tingfeng asked with a puzzled face. When Hassan broke into Shenhe Village, she was handling affairs in the underground palace. Later, she received a message from Murong Fu from thousands of miles away.
What big event happened in Zhishenhezhuang, but the details are not clear.
"Hassan is the thief who broke into Shenhe Village and injured Xueer the night before yesterday. He came again tonight. Now he was injured by me and escaped to who knows where. But he is not alone. There should be a helper, to be precise.
They said that this person who broke into the underground palace was their core purpose of sneaking into Murong's house, and Hassan was just attracting firepower from the front." Murong Fu explained slowly.
He always felt that Hassan's appearance was a bit strange. If it was really to return the secret book in Shi Shui Pavilion, he could actually send a formal invitation to visit, or sneak in secretly. With Hassan's Qinggong, it would not be easy to do this.
It was difficult, but his traces were exposed twice, and he even appeared openly in front of Murong Fu the second time.
Thinking back to Hassan's performance today, he clearly had the opportunity to go on a killing spree, but at first he chose to confront Murong Fu head-on. Later, when his speed did not give him the advantage, he still had the chance to escape, but he chose to fight Murong Fu head-on, leading to Heavenly Sword.
injured.
These details kept magnifying in Murong Fu's mind, and he finally figured out the whole story. The whole thing should be like this. Hassan and his companions sneaked into Murong's house for some purpose, but they couldn't find them in Shenhe Village. Hassan simply decided
Showed up to drag Murong Fu away, and forced the other people in the village away so that his companions could sneak into the underground palace to look for something.
After figuring out the connection, Murong Fu immediately said, "Tingfeng, you go find Li Mochou immediately and ask her to take some people to search the underground palace. We must find the other person."
Tingfeng was startled, "Sir, didn't you say that man had escaped from the underground palace?"
Murong Fu looked slightly suffocated and glared at her angrily, "Even if he escapes from the underground palace, he will definitely leave clues. Also, let someone check what is missing from the underground palace right away."
"oh."
For a time, the Shenhe Village was brightly lit, and thousands of people were rummaging around, looking for every brick and tile, and every inch of soil. Patrol boats were dotted on the Taihu Lake, and there were layers of checkpoints. The entire Yanziwu was shrouded in a layer of chill.
spirit.
An hour later, in the underground palace, Murong Fu was squatting next to the corpse of a guard, exploring something.
At this time, Li Mochou came over and said, "Master, I have searched and found nothing. There is nothing missing in the underground palace. I focused on the martial arts classics in the Chuan Gong Hall. There are no missing ones. Guards
He also said that from last night to now, no one has entered or left the Chuangong Hall."
"Oh?" Murong Fu was slightly startled, "That's strange. These people went to such great lengths to sneak into the underground palace without stealing anything or entering the power transmission hall. Are they here for fun?"
The secret books stored in the Chuan Gong Hall were moved from Langhuan Paradise. In addition, there are also magical secrets that Murong Fu collected from various places. They are not comparable to those outside Shi Shui Pavilion. It can be said that
It is the most important place in the entire underground palace besides the archive room.
No one in the file room is interested. If someone sneaks into the underground palace to steal, then nine out of ten are here for those secret books. But now he doesn't even look at them. What does Hassan want?
Li Mochou asked, "Master, could it be that the thief was discovered before he found the location of the training hall?"
Murong Fu pondered for a while and shook his head, "It's not like that. As I expected, this person is familiar with the structure of the underground palace. It is impossible that he doesn't know the location of the Chuan Gong Hall. But what exactly he is looking for is unknown."
Li Mochou was surprised when he heard this, "How did you know?"
Murong Fu explained, "I discovered earlier at the entrance of the underground palace that this person was injured by a mechanism when he escaped from the underground palace. Don't you think this is strange?"
Li Mochou thought for a while, but still couldn't figure it out. What's so strange about this? It just meant that the thief's martial arts was limited.
Murong Fu smiled slightly, "How come he was not injured when he came in, but was injured when he went out?"
Li Mochou vaguely thought of some possibility and couldn't help but pale, "Master, what do you mean, Master, this person is an insider of the Murong family?"
"Yes," Murong Fu's face instantly darkened, "The guard's body was found inside the underground palace, which means that this person has been inside the underground palace, but he was injured when he went out. There is only one possibility. He
They came in from somewhere else. There is more than one entrance and exit to the underground palace. Only entering through the secret passage will not trigger the mechanism. Do you think it is possible for people outside to know the location of the secret passage in the Murong family's underground palace?"
Li Mochou suddenly realized, "That's true. Even within the Murong family, only a handful of people know where the secret passage is."
Murong Fu pointed to the corpse at his feet again, "Look at him. His pupils are dilated, which means he was surprised before he died. The sword was not unsheathed, which means he had no struggle. A top-notch master had his throat cut with a sword. The reason why he was like this
, I think there is only one explanation, the murderer is an acquaintance, at least he has seen it, so he did not set up a defense."
"Isn't this a bit far-fetched? If the thief is a top master at the True Yuan realm or above, he can also do it?" Li Mochou asked doubtfully.
Murong Fu sighed slightly, "I don't want this to be the result, but things in the world are always not what people want. If he is a master of the True Yuan Realm, he will not be injured if he escapes from the tunnel of the underground palace."
Li Mochou was still a little incredulous, "Then why didn't he go out through the secret passage he came in and forced his way into the corridor?"
Murong Fu's eyes flashed slightly, and he said in an inexplicable tone, "I think he was afraid of exposing his identity. At that time, a large number of disciples from the Blood Shadow Palace and Lingxiao Pavilion poured into the villa. If he went out through the secret passage, he would definitely not be able to explain it, but through the corridor
If you go out, you won't be able to do it anymore, maybe there are other possibilities."
There was a traitor in the Murong family. Both Murong Fu and Li Mochou felt uncomfortable, especially since this person was probably close to Murong Fu. In other words, he might be one of many women.