"Two situations..." Xia Zhaoyi said thoughtfully, "Shen Lie, the more I think about it, the weirder it becomes."
"Weird?" Shen Lie looked sideways at her.
"Well, since it can store water, it means there is a stone gate inside. This can form a dense and seamless reservoir. You mentioned two situations. One is the stone gate diversion channel. Then it means that there are at least three below. It is at Shimen. One place is to divert water, one is to block water, and one is to release water. The second idea you mentioned is that river water and ground water seep out naturally. If this is the case, this secret passage will be as I guessed, usually Only go out but not go in, or go out quickly and go in quickly, and return quickly after the water is released and before the water is stored.”
Zhan Ning looked around: "Second Miss, there may be a water discharge mechanism of Shimen on the ground. They can drain the water before entering?"
"This underground secret passage must extend in all directions, and there is no way to enter the secret passage. If you want to enter the secret passage, why don't you have to wait patiently for the water to drain out?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
"It sounds very strange," Zhan Ning frowned, "No matter what the situation is, it sounds like a lot of effort, and there is nothing strange about this place. It's just this Chen family ancestral hall. If it's just used It’s a place to dump the body...but there are so many places to dump the body, why choose the most tiring one.”
Shen Lie said solemnly: "We can't rule out that it is a witchcraft."
Xia Zhaoyi picked up a stone and gently threw it downwards.
With a pop, the stone fell into the water, causing a small splash.
"Water," Xia Zhaoyi said with a low smile, "Evil magic usually corresponds to two types, one is the five elements, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the other is the stars. That's complicated. There are countless stars in the sky."
"Since the river channel has been dug, it's better to demolish it completely." Shen Lie looked towards the ancestral hall, "We will raze this ancestral hall to the ground."
"Also, the Chen family." Xia Zhaoyi added.
In fact, she wanted to tear apart the entire Hengxiang.
Li Guohao, who was standing behind them, listened to their words, looked up at the ancestral hall in front of him, and then looked at the corpses and bones in front of the ancestral hall.
Especially the corpse of the soldier wearing armor made him feel terrified.
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"Wearing the armor of Hengxiang guarding the post?" Yao Xinzheng, wearing outer clothes, asked in surprise the soldier who secretly came back to report the news.
The soldier nodded: "Besides, Vice General Li recognized the soldier. He said he was the one who followed Captain Hu and the others that day!"
After Zhao Hui'en fell out with Lieutenant Qiu, he sent Hengxiang's troops to besiege Qu Mansion. After a day and night standoff, they were defeated by Xia's army who took a shortcut into the city in the early morning of the next day.
At that time, because the side door of Qu's Mansion was burned down, Hu Xiaowei had to lead people to break into Qu's Mansion. Pan Hui was frightened on the spot because his father's head was cut off at the request of Zhao Ning. Worried that more family members would get into trouble, Pan Hui followed him in to stop Hu. Colonel.
As a result, they escaped the Xia army's fierce knives and spears.
Yao Xinzheng's sparse brows furrowed: "It's strange that fishermen outside Beicheng saw it at that time. They were walking from the north. Why did the body appear outside South City?"
"I don't know," the soldier said, "Now Vice General Li is asking if he should tell the Xia Army about this."
At that time, they thought that doing more was better than doing less, and the position of the Hengxiang guards was too miserable, so Li Guohao and Yao Xinzheng did not report the matter.
"What's there to say?" Yao Xinzheng said immediately, "We can't find out what we know! What's going on with Li Guohao? Is there something wrong with his head?"
"Then don't tell me..." the soldier said.
"You go back and tell him right now to keep him out of trouble!"
"Yes, I obey my orders!"
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The morning light quietly peeked out, the clouds were covered with colorful clouds, and the wind became warmer and crisper, blowing through the curtains and the painting hall.
In the dim light, the bed board moved slightly, and a thin and slender hand stretched out from inside, pushing the board away.
Chen Yunqi climbed out of the secret passage. The turbid air for nearly ten hours made her gasp for breath, as if she had been reborn.
The windows in the room are all open, the wind is humming, the sky is rising outside the window, and the rooster crows loudly and loudly.
She stared blankly at the empty bedroom, then limped out with her numb feet.
Li'an disappeared, and so did his servants. The entire Gu residence was empty. Most of the large square floor tiles in the courtyard had been pried away, and even the bonsai under the eaves had been removed.
A house raid, this is a complete house raid.
Ever since they intercepted her on the way to Congxin Mansion and brought her back to Hengxiang, she has always hated the people here, especially Li'an who has been monitoring her all day long.
But now, she desperately wanted to see them, even the handymen and women in the backyard.
Holding on to the pillar, Chen Yunqi sat down on the stone steps. She was very hungry. She couldn't cheer up and felt helpless.
A long sword suddenly stretched out silently and touched her thin shoulder.
"Get up." A woman said coldly.
Chen Yunqi was startled and quickly turned around.
"Did I tell you to look back?" the woman yelled angrily, her voice extremely fierce.
"You, who are you?"
"Who are you?" Chu Zheng looked her up and down and confirmed that the back of the woman he saw in front of Lianfeng Academy was this person.
Chen Yunqi's voice trembled: "You don't know who I am, why did you point your sword at me? We are neither relatives nor friends..."
"Why was the house ransacked here?"
"I do not know."
"Stop playing tricks!" Chu Zheng glared angrily.
"I really don't know!" Two cold lines rolled down Chen Yunqi's face, "I don't know anything!"
"what's your name?"
Chen Yunqi hesitated for a moment and said his real name: "My surname is Chen. I am from Congxin Prefecture in Youzhou. My father was Chen Yongming, the county lieutenant of Congxin Prefecture. He, he..."
It’s hard for Chen Yunqi to say anything.
Chu Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "So it's you."
"Girl, do you know me?"
"I don't know him, but I've heard about the good things your father has done."
Chen Yunqi bit her lip and swallowed her tears.
"Something happened to your father and the Chen family was raided. How did you get from Congxin to Hengxiang?"
Chen Yunqi clenched his hands tightly, and his nails were deeply embedded in his palms.
The sword was still pressed against her shoulder. If she moved a little wider, the sword would press down on her shoulder by a few inches.
"Say!" Chu Zheng scolded.
"I don't remember," Chen Yunqi sobbed. "After I drank a bowl of water, I passed out. When I woke up, I was already in Hengxiang Mansion. I don't remember anything else."
"real?"
"Really." Chen Yunqi said.
In fact, she knew how she came to Hengxiang both times, but why should she tell the truth to this killer who threatened her life as soon as he appeared.
Chu Zheng looked at her back, paused, and said, "Do you know a woman named A Li?"
Chen Yunqi suddenly turned around, no longer caring that he was being threatened with a sharp knife, and his eyes met Chu Zheng's angrily.
"Do you know her?!" Chen Yunqi asked.
Chu Zheng raised her eyebrows: "Why, do you have a grudge?"
"If you were her friend, you would kill me now!"
"Oh, you are quite brave."
Chen Yunqi frowned, and suddenly reached out to grab Chu Zheng's sword, trying to kill himself with his neck.
The moment before he was about to catch it, Chu Zheng withdrew the sword blade.
"You are wrong," Chu Zheng slowly returned the sword to its scabbard and looked at Chen Yunqi, "I am not her friend. I hate her more than you do."
