Zhao Zheng, who had been staring at Lu Chong closely, happened to catch this fleeting expression and snorted coldly in his heart.
Lu Chong quickly withdrew his gaze and continued to lead everyone inside.
Since the courtyard of the Lu family's old inn was too small to accommodate so many carriages, most of the carriages could only park outside. Only two carriages came in. Lu Chong came forward and asked all the other guests in the inn to leave.
First, various fees were waived, and part of the losses were compensated. These unlucky guests complained a lot about this, but when they saw the convoy outside, everyone was carrying guys, they were all too angry to say anything, so they could only vent their anger.
He calmed down and left the inn obediently.
After clearing the inn, the team members began to take over the inn. The villagers performed their duties, some were responsible for taking care of the carriage, some were responsible for taking care of the horses, and some were responsible for checking the inn to prevent it from being a black shop.
There is no idle time.
The sword slave stood in the center of the courtyard and was in charge of the overall situation. Zhao Zheng stood beside him and looked around.
Zhao Zheng wholeheartedly hoped that the villagers responsible for inspecting the inn would find any clues, but after the villagers came back, they all claimed that there were no suspicious findings. It seemed that this black shop was well hidden and no tricks were exposed. Zhao Zheng felt a little bit.
Disappointed, I decided to look for other opportunities to expose the disguise of this black shop.
After checking the room, Sword Slave arranged a corresponding room for each person based on the quality, location, size, etc. Then he called Lu Chong and ordered Lu Chong to hand over all the existing ingredients in the inn and send them to the convoy.
Check and cook it yourself.
The convoy walked very carefully along the way. Whenever they checked into an inn, they would check it carefully and cook the food with their own hands. No one from the inn would be allowed to interfere.
As usual, Zhao Zheng acted as his boss and moved into the assigned room. After entering the room, he closed the doors and windows and immediately began to inspect the room. He mainly checked whether there was a secret passage in the room and knocked hard on the walls and floor.
, judging the actual situation by the echo of knocking. He checked very carefully, knocking twice every inch, and spent nearly half an hour checking every corner of the room. He didn't miss any place.
Unfortunately, nothing was found. There didn't seem to be any hidden secrets in the room.
"It's strange. I remember that this black shop should have a secret passage, but I couldn't find one. Is it possible that there is no secret passage in my room and only in other rooms?" Zhao Zheng hammered the wall in disappointment, feeling a little troubled.
The secret passage is the most direct evidence. If the secret passage cannot be found, it will be difficult to find other evidence to prove that this is a black shop.
Zhao Zheng took a short rest, but still refused to give up, and started a careful inspection of the room. But just halfway through the inspection, Zhuang Ding knocked on his door and asked him to go out for dinner. He had no choice but to give up and go out and turn left.
In the dining hall, I had dinner with Sword Slave. He had the antidote holy medicine black lotus seeds on his body, so he was not afraid of the poison and ate it with relish. If it was really poisonous, it would be able to expose the disguise of this black shop, which would suit his intentions.
Unfortunately, there was no poison in the food. After everyone ate it, nothing happened except their stomachs grew bigger.
Zhao Zheng returned to the room and continued the inspection, but changed the inspection method to another more destructive method. He pulled out the Zichu sword and pierced the wall and brick floor with the sword. If there was any connection between the wall and the ground,
If there is a mezzanine, it can be discovered through the touch from the tip of the sword. With this inspection method, you cannot inspect inch by inch. You can only select some deliberate places to inspect. He first stabbed the wall, and then stabbed the bed.
I stabbed it once on the side, and then stabbed it once on the ground under the table.
Just when he was feeling a little discouraged, the Zichu sword that had penetrated the ground under the table suddenly penetrated the bricks and penetrated into a hollow area. His eyes suddenly lit up, he held the hilt of the sword tightly, and slowly lowered the sword body.
Go. He went deep for three feet, but still didn't touch the bottom. It seemed that the hollow area underground was very large.
How can there be any hollow area under a normal house? This must be a secret passage!
"Good guy, I finally discovered the trap." Zhao Zheng was overjoyed. In order to avoid disturbing the people in the secret passage, he hurriedly pulled the Zichu sword back. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he also used the sword to penetrate into several places nearby.
After some testing, I found that they were all empty. It seems that there is probably a secret passage exit under this table.
If Zhao Zheng had not known in advance that this store was a black shop and stayed here, the Lu family couple in the store would probably have sneaked into his room through this secret passage in the middle of the night and brutally killed him.
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Zhao Zheng picked up his sword, returned it to its sheath, opened the door and walked out. It was almost dark at this time, the sun was setting to the west, and the sunset filled the sky, as if someone lit a big fire in the sky. He knocked
He opened the door of the sword slave's room and winked at the sword slave, indicating that he had something important to discuss. The sword slave was stunned for a moment, then stepped aside and put him into the room.
After sitting down in the room, Zhao Zheng sent a voice message: "Senior Sword Slave, I accidentally discovered a hollow mezzanine under the ground of my room. It is very likely that there is a secret passage there."
"My people just checked, why didn't they find the secret passage?" the sword slave frowned.
"Perhaps those who inspected it were not good at their job, or maybe the secret passage was carefully crafted and hidden too deep."
"This matter is not trivial, I will go with you to take a look." The sword slave stood up and said.
The two returned to Zhao Zheng's room. Zhao Zheng pointed to the ground under the table, pulled out the Zichu sword and inserted it into it, giving a demonstration. The sword slave waved his hand to signal him to move away, and then took it out from the sword box behind his back.
I tested my own sword like a cat and a tiger, and found that it was indeed the case.
"There is indeed something strange down here. Let me try to split it open." The sword slave raised the sword and channeled his inner strength. White light immediately appeared on the sword.
The Lu family couple are not ordinary people. Both of them have seventh-level cultivation. If the secret passage is destroyed and the two people are disturbed, it may be in danger. Even if there is no fight, scaring the couple away will be equally bad.
Zhao Zheng quickly grabbed the sword slave's wrist and stopped him: "Absolutely not. If you smash this place, the noise will be too loud, which may alert the people in this store. In my opinion, it's better to take a long-term approach."
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"If you're alarmed, you're alarmed. There's nothing to be afraid of. If this is a secret passage, I have to ask for an explanation from the people here. If this is not a secret passage, I'll pay for a little loss." The sword slave said indifferently.
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"If there really is a secret passage, this store is probably a shady store. Once we alert them and make them angry, they will have to fight us."
"Just fight. We are so skilled. How can we still be afraid of a small black shop?"
"People should not be judged by their appearance. Even though this shop is small, there may be experts inside. If you listen to others and tell you to eat enough, senior, just listen to my advice and don't destroy this place rashly."
"You are just worried. I don't believe there can be any great masters in this small inn." The sword slave insisted on his own way, pushed Zhao Zheng's hand away, and slashed hard at the ground under the table with his sword.
This sword was very powerful, bursting out with crushing sword energy, like a ten thousand catty hammer, smashing the entire ground.
It was too late for Zhao Zheng to stop him. He sighed secretly, pulled out the Zichu sword, covered his mouth and nose, and stood by the sword slave, getting ready for battle.
The sword slave swung his sword again, blowing aside the dust raised by the collapse. The smoke dispersed, revealing the situation below. A large hole appeared on the ground under the table, about two feet wide, and a
It is ten feet deep. There are some fragments of mechanical devices on the corners of the big pit. It seems that this place can be opened by the mechanism. The pit is dark and empty. It is a long and narrow secret passage.
Don't know where it leads.
"Damn it, this is really a secret passage. It seems like this is a black shop that is seeking money and killing people. Just wait here and I'll jump down to see what happens." After that, the sword slave jumped into the secret passage and stood there.
A search was launched inside.
If the Lu family and his wife worked together to deal with Sword Slave, Sword Slave alone was no match. Zhao Zheng was afraid that Sword Slave would make a mistake, so he did not stay as he was told, but jumped down with his sword. After he stood firm, he looked around and found the secret
There is a ladder on one side of the road for climbing up and down, and there is a metal object similar to a switch next to the ladder. There are passages on the left and right sides of the secret passage, all of which are dark. This secret passage is dug very deep, no wonder those responsible
Zhuang Ding, who checked the room, found nothing.
The sword slave listened attentively, pointed to the passage leading to the north, and said through the message: "The movement is louder over there. Since you jumped down, come with me and have a look. If there is a fight, I will show your face.
Chance."
Zhao Zheng saw the nonchalant look on the sword slave's face and kindly reminded him: "Senior, please don't be careless. You should be careful."
"Look at how timid you are." The sword slave rolled his eyes at Zhao Zheng, holding the sword and striding towards the north. Although his steps were big, he made no sound when he landed on the ground.
Zhao Zheng followed closely behind, looking much more nervous than the sword slave. He knew very well how powerful the enemy he was about to face was, and how could he dare to take it lightly.
The two walked a short distance and encountered another ladder against the wall. This ladder led upward to the floor of another room. It seemed that the secret passage extended in all directions and led to multiple rooms. This secret passage
The masonry at the entrance and exit is so thick that ordinary mechanisms cannot bear such a heavy weight. From this, it seems that the people who built this mechanism are no ordinary people, but rather highly skilled mechanics.
After walking two steps forward, the sword slave's nose twitched, then suddenly stopped, frowned and said, "Can you smell it? There is the smell of blood in front of here."
Zhao Zhengyun Gong amplified his sense of smell and inhaled all the surrounding smells into his nostrils. Sure enough, he smelled a smell of blood from the front. His face became more solemn, and he nodded and said: "I smelled it too. If I smell it right, this
It should smell like human blood!"
"It seems that this black shop has caused a lot of trouble and has killed the guests staying there." The sword slave's eyes flashed fiercely and he held the sword tighter.
Keep walking forward, and there is a closed wooden door in front of you. (To be continued...)
