There was no sunlight in the secret room and it was pitch dark, so Qi Sheng ordered the guards to bring torches for lighting.
As soon as my eyes lit up, the first thing I saw was a flat land paved with gravel. It was a large area and could not be seen to the edge at a glance. There were vaguely intricate wheel marks on it. If it hadn't been for years of frequent crushing, it would never have been left.
Such traces.
Shen Qingqing felt happy. It seemed that this secret room was the evidence they were looking for - the underground arsenal. But this joy soon disappeared because she found that the floor, walls, and even the roof of the secret room were clean and washed.
More than average.
Walking further inside, it is still an open flat land with no debris at all.
Obviously, this place has been cleaned up in advance.
Qi Sheng, who was standing next to him, saw her expression of disappointment, a flash of pride and contempt flashed across his face, and said sarcastically: "Madam, I see that you look worried, but are you not satisfied with this secret room?"
Shen Qingqing immediately restrained her unnecessary expression and replied calmly: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Common people are short-sighted. It's the first time I see such a spacious secret room. I'm just a little surprised."
After a pause, she asked another question: "I don't know what the Chen family built a secret room of this size for."
Qi Sheng touched his chin, pointed out a little Taoist boy, and said, "Tell me, why did the Chen family build such a secret room?"
"Ah?" The little Taoist boy who was chosen suddenly lost his face and muttered for a long time, "But, maybe there is too much money and no place to spend it..."
Qi Sheng sneered and glanced at him, then moved his gaze to Elder Baimei, "Tell me, what is this secret room used for?"
In just one sentence, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Elder Baimei's forehead. He naturally knew what this secret room was used for, but with Chen Xiuyuan's experience in front of him, how could he dare to talk nonsense!
"Grass people... this..." He hesitated for a long time, but he didn't say anything.
Qi Sheng's eyes suddenly darkened, "Why, as the elder of the Chen family, don't you even know the purpose of the secret room?"
Elder Baimei was so overwhelmed by the powerful power around him that he didn't even dare to raise his head, and finally knelt down.
"All the civilians have been recruited. This secret room is where the Chen family refines elixirs and medicines. They concoct elixirs that can cure diseases and save lives, as well as various poisons. Sometimes they have to catch people alive to test the drugs, so they can't be displayed in the open..."
"Oh, it turns out this is the place where elixirs are made." Qi Sheng seemed to have heard some joke, and chuckled softly, then looked at Shen Qingqing meaningfully, moved his lips slightly and was about to speak, when a scream suddenly sounded in the secret room.
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He stopped as soon as he started.
Qi Sheng glanced at her, looked away coldly, and ordered Elder Baimei, "Call everyone out."
As if he had been granted amnesty, Elder Baimei crawled on the ground and ran into the secret room.
Not long after, he led four older Taoist priests and eight boys in large black robes back.
"My lord, your lord, I have already brought you here." Elder Baimei hunched his back and his face was as white as paper.
Qi Sheng raised his eyelids and hurriedly glanced at the people in front of him, and said casually: "What are you doing with your face covered? Open up your robe."
"Yes." The cold sweat on Elder Baimei's forehead became more intense. He turned around stiffly and ordered the four Taoist priests to lift off the black robe covering the boy's head.
Under the black robe are terrifying and bloody little faces. The whole face is covered with rotten sores. Some are covered with black scars, some are still oozing blood, and some are eroded and pus-filled. Each sore is full of rotten sores.
There was another one, it was so densely packed that I couldn’t find a good patch of skin.
"Oh my God!"
The crowd exploded.
"They, they actually used children to test medicine!"
“They actually used children to test drugs!!!”
The anger that had been building up all day finally broke out at this moment. Everyone rushed towards the Taoist priests like crazy, and fists came one after another.
Screams, roars, and the sound of fists being pumped and dropped were all heard together.
Shen Qingqing was squeezed by the crowd and could not stand several times. It took a lot of effort to drag the beaten elder Baimei out of the crowd.
"Where is the Chen family's eight-hole soul-inducing lamp hidden?"
"Save me." Elder Baimei grabbed her arm tightly, "Save me out, and I will sue...ah!"
Shen Qingqing broke his wrist expressionlessly, "Do you think you still have the capital to bargain with me?"
Elder Baimei was like a stranded fish, his consciousness was lost in pain, he opened his mouth and gasped for air, and said intermittently: "At the top of the mountain, in the attic on the top of the mountain, save me, I will help you find it."
If he could successfully reach the attic and find his ancestor, he might be able to save his life.
Shen Qingqing seemed to see through his thoughts, sneered and threw him back into the crowd.
The fists struck again like a violent storm, and Elder Baimei screamed several times, and gradually lost his voice.
Shen Qingqing wiped the sweat off her forehead and retreated from the crowd.
Turning around, he saw Qi Sheng standing at the end of the crowd with a smile, lazily watching the farce in front of him, as if he was watching an excerpt from a play that had nothing to do with him.
The anger in Shen Qingqing's heart ignited. Without the support of the vassal king Qi Sheng, how could the Chen family dare to be so arrogant?
Now that the Chen family has fallen, the villains hiding behind the Chen family can still watch the show leisurely.
How to make people not angry?
Shen Qingqing walked up to him against the light, with a fire burning in her eyes, "My lord, do you believe in karma?"
"Retribution?" Qi Sheng sneered, "There are only losses and wins in my world."
"If you win, you have the right to stand here and laugh. If you lose, you will die. Don't blame God, and don't blame karma. If you want to blame, blame yourself for being too weak and unable to fight others."
Shen Qingqing also laughed, "But I believe that good and evil will be rewarded in the end. It's not that they won't be repaid. The time has not come yet. Your Majesty, you don't really think that if you escape this disaster, everything will be fine in the future, right?"
Qi Sheng was still smiling, but his face turned cold a little bit, "Who are you?"
"The prince doesn't know an extremely ordinary commoner, and there is no need to know him."
Qi Sheng looked at the back of her leaving gracefully, and his heart was filled with anger. He smashed the wall and said: "No one who opposes me, Qi Sheng, can survive!"
Chen Xiuyuan, Qi Rui, and this couple who appeared out of nowhere, all die!
After leaving the secret room, Shen Qingqing and Meng Yuan did not leave immediately, but followed the white jade steps to the attic on the top of the mountain.
The Chen family was in chaos. Those who were caught were caught, and those who escaped ran away. There was not a single living person in Nuo Da's house.
The attic was also empty, with the door open and uncovered.
There was a bed directly opposite the door. The bedding on the bed was neat and there were traces of people sitting on it. It was obviously not a decoration.
Meng Yuan, a newcomer to Taoism, could see something was wrong, "When you open the door, you will see a horizontal bed. The head of the bed faces the north. Is this bed for living people to sleep on?"
"This place used to house coffins. The coffins were replaced with beds, and the dead became alive. It was interesting."
Shen Qingqing's eyes crossed the bed board and looked at the altar table at the head of the bed.