The candlelight swayed, and the circular light covered Zhao Zheng like a barrier, resisting the darkness that seemed to be substantial. Under the candlelight, his shadow was divided into several petals, which were either deeply or shallowly imprinted around him. This was probably due to the ventilation.
The smell in the secret passage has become less intense, but it is still very uncomfortable and makes my stomach churn.
Zhao Zheng observed as he walked. Whether it was the land under his feet or the walls on both sides, there were obvious traces of excavation. Looking at these traces, one can imagine the scene of the workers digging hard at that time. He quickly walked there again
In front of several corpses.
Several corpses lay quietly on the ground, silently, as if they were about to jump up and grab Zhao Zheng's shoulders at any time, crying about the cause of their death and denounced the cruelty of the murderers. Zhao Zheng took off the shovel he was carrying and used the shovel to stir a few times.
The clothes on the corpse and the bugs hidden under the clothes were frightened and dispersed instantly, hiding in the ground or in the gaps on the corpse. Zhao Zheng observed for a while that the bones of several corpses were all white, and there was no sign of poisoning.
, the bones in the wounds of two corpses were cut off, showing that the weapons in the hands of the murderers were very sharp. Apart from that, there was no other gain.
Zhao Zheng picked up the shovel, left the corpses alone, and continued to move forward.
No body appeared in front of him, and nothing worth noting appeared. After about five minutes, Zhao Zheng reached the end of the secret passage.
A wooden board stood in front of Zhao Zheng. It looked like a wooden door, and there was even a door handle on it.
What's behind the door? Is it another secret passage?
Zhao Zheng became inexplicably nervous and wanted to push the door open, but hesitated a little. He walked to the door and pushed it a few times with his hand. The door didn't move at all and seemed to be closed tightly. He put his ear against the door and listened.
Listening, there was no sound at all from the other side of the door, only the hum of his own blood flow could be heard.
Zhao Zheng felt that there was no one on the other side, so he grabbed the doorknob with his hand and pulled it hard, but failed. There seemed to be a gate blocking the door. He groped along the crack of the door for a while, and found the door handle.
He opened the gate and hit it twice with a shovel, breaking the wooden gate. He reached out to pull the door again, and finally pulled it open this time. He found that the door was very heavy. It was obviously a wooden door, but it was
It's as heavy as pulling a stone door.
The wooden door opened, and there was a thick layer of soil on the other side of the wooden door. No wonder it was so heavy.
Zhao Zheng took a deep breath, put the shovel on his back, held the candle and walked out of the door. There was indeed another secret passage outside. It looked very narrow and long, and the light could not reach the end. Compared with the secret passage under the dry well, this secret passage was
The road is cleaner and tidier, the ground is very smooth, and the walls are deliberately tamped.
Zhao Zheng turned around and closed the door, because the door was covered with mud. After closing, it integrated with the earth wall. If you don't look carefully, you really can't see it. It seems that in order to open up this passage, the workers spent a lot of time.
A lot of thought.
It is already night. If this secret passage is really dug by the three outsiders, then they are likely to appear here and go to the brothel to have fun, so you must keep a low profile when walking around here.
Zhao Zheng extinguished the candle to avoid being discovered. The surrounding area sank into endless darkness and he could no longer see anything. He chose the road on the right and moved forward slowly, walking very lightly.
, try not to make a sound, and touch the flat wall with your hands as you walk.
The road from a house to a brothel is naturally not short. Zhao Zheng walked for more than ten minutes, but he still couldn't reach the end, as if he was lost in the darkness. He had been groping in the darkness for so long,
I feel faintly depressed in my heart.
At this moment, there was suddenly a faint sound of footsteps coming from the front. The sound was very soft, and gradually became louder from far to near.
When Zhao Zheng heard that someone was coming, his heart trembled wildly, he braced himself, held his breath and listened quietly.
The footsteps gradually came closer, and it sounded like there was only one person. As the footsteps approached, a ray of light came and spread to the front.
Zhao Zheng took a look and found that the light source came from halfway, not from the opposite side. If the person was on the opposite side, the light source in the darkness would be very conspicuous. Judging from this, there was either a corner ahead.
, or a "丅"-shaped intersection.
If you step back, you can avoid meeting this person, which is safer. If you get closer to the other person, you can peek at the other person's face. Zhao Zheng weighed it and chose to stop where he was.
The light ahead became brighter and brighter, and a figure wearing brocade clothes and a general's belly appeared in the light and walked quickly through the fork.
The fat man in Jinyi just passed by in a flash. Zhao Zheng could not see any more details except the outline of a fat body. He hesitated for a moment, braved the courage to follow him in the dark, walked to the corner, and followed quietly
He got behind the fat man in Jinyi. He was about twenty meters away from the other party, completely hidden in the darkness. The other party was determined not to see him, but he could see the other party clearly.
I don’t know how old the fat man in Jinyi is, but he should be over forty years old, or older. He is holding a pure gold oil lamp in his hand. He is obviously very rich and his family is wealthy.
Looking at his back, Zhao Zhengguang couldn't tell why he was here. He could only make a preliminary judgment that the fat man in Jinyi probably had no kung fu, because the steps of the fat man in Jinyi were very vague and lacked strength. He speculated that this fat man in Jinyi was probably one of the three members.
Xing is going to the brothel to have fun. If this speculation is true, it proves that the situation here is basically the same as in the game information, and the next thing will be easier to handle. As for the several corpses lying in the secret passage under the dry well,
Probably as Li Zhenzhen speculated, it was because the secret digging of the secret tunnel was leaked, so he was killed.
The fat man in golden clothes walked forward for a while, and suddenly another light appeared in front of him, and another person appeared in the light. The two looked at each other, and immediately laughed in unison, as if they knew each other.
When Zhao Zheng saw a second person appeared, he immediately stopped where he was and watched from a distance. He saw that this person was thin and tall, with a straight nose, eyes like lightning, and full of energy. He was about thirty years old and fatter than Jinyi.
He was much younger. In his hand, he held a jade oil lamp. The oil lamp was as luxurious as the gold oil lamp in the hand of the fat man in Jinyi. It seemed that this man was also a man of great wealth.
"Brother Zhang! Haha, what a coincidence. We talked about business together during the day, and met again at the 'Xunhua Path' at night." The tall and thin rich man said with a smile.
"Brother Zhou Xian, can't you stand being lonely tonight?" The fat man in Jinyi asked with a smile.
"I can't stand loneliness not just tonight, but every night."
"Oh, it's good to be young. You are only thirty years old, in your prime, strong and energetic. Unlike me, who is an old man. After playing just once, your legs will become weak and you can't walk.
"The fat man in Jinyi shook his head and sighed.
"Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? You are only in your forties. As the saying goes, a man has forty-one flowers. Forty years old is the best time in a man's life." The tall and lanky rich man consoled him.
"Even if I'm a flower, I'm still a withered flower. Last time I went to Wushan with Miss Chunxue, but she touched and licked me, and it took me a long time to get hard. Although she didn't say anything,
But I know she must be laughing at me in her heart. Alas, I am old and useless."
"If that's the case, Brother Zhang, you should make up for it."
"Isn't it?" The fat man named Zhang admitted frankly. He raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and walked forward with Brother Zhou Xian. As he walked, he continued, "I can't find a good doctor in this field."
I have taken countless tonics, but there has been no significant effect. If Brother Zhou Xian knows a good doctor who is good at improving men's energy, he can recommend it to me, and I will be very grateful."
"Definitely, definitely. I will help you inquire with your friends when you go back tomorrow. As for thanking you deeply or something, what Brother Zhang said is too unreasonable." The rich man surnamed Zhou said with a smile.
The two rich men walked and talked, at first they talked about things in the house, and later they talked about business matters.
Zhao Zheng followed quietly, with many thoughts in his mind. The tall and thin rich man called the fat man in Jinyi Brother Zhang. It seemed that the fat man in Jinyi was probably Zhang Yuanwai, the instigator of this secret passage. Moreover, the fat man in Jinyi always said something in his words.
The matter of female lust also indirectly proves this point.
If the fat man in Jinyi is Zhang Yuanwai, then there is no need to have any doubts. Everything about this secret passage is basically consistent with the game information, with the exception of several corpses lying in the secret passage.
It seems that the match between the game data and this world is very high. Only some details, such as the location of some places, the power of moves, etc., will be subject to this world. There will be some deviations.
Through this secret passage, Zhao Zheng has a clearer understanding of how to use the game data he knows in the future. The game data can be trusted boldly, but some details need to be treated with caution.
Zhao Zheng followed him for a distance and had the idea of controlling these two people. If he kidnapped these two people, he would be able to extort a lot of money and ask questions about the corpses in the secret passage. But he
Seeing that the man surnamed Zhou was walking steadily and vigorously, and seemed to be an expert, he didn't dare to act rashly. If he failed to restrain these two people after taking action, and was caught by the other party instead, it would be more of a loss than a gain.
The two rich men reached the end of the road without knowing it, turned a corner, and walked to the next passage.
Zhao Zheng stopped and did not go forward rashly. If he went forward, he would only overhear some insignificant things. He did not dare to light a candle in the dark. It would be terrible if he got lost here. He
Thinking of this, he turned back and moved forward by feeling the wall, returning to the "丅"-shaped intersection. Then he found the secret door covered with mud and returned to the dry well through the secret passage with the corpse lying on it.
When Zhao Zheng climbed to the wellhead along the rope, Li Zhenzhen immediately came up, raised her hand to grab Zhao Zheng's wrist, and pulled Zhao Zheng out of the dry well with ease. Before Zhao Zheng could stand firm, Li Zhenzhen lowered her voice and asked: "
Now that you’re back, what’s going on down there?”
"The secret passage under the dry well leads to another deeper and longer secret passage. I met two people in the secret passage. They called each other Brother Zhang and Brother Zhou Xiandi. These two people are probably the two who built this secret passage.
"Zhao Zheng replied in the same low voice.
"Have you seen them? What a coincidence." Li Zhenzhen said in surprise.
"It's not a coincidence. It's night now and they were going to the brothel, so I met them halfway."
"They didn't see you, did they?"
"No, I was very careful. I didn't light any candles along the way and walked in the dark. After seeing the two of them, I followed behind quietly and overheard a lot of their words. They gave this secret passage a name.
The name is called 'Xunhua Jing', which is quite elegant."
"Bah, this is not elegant, this is shameless." Li Zhenzhen spat softly.
Zhao Zheng smiled, without comment, and continued: "They went to the brothel through a secret passage. I was afraid of getting lost in the dark, so I didn't follow them and went back directly."
"Since you met them, why didn't you capture them both at once?" Li Zhenzhen asked.
"I haven't figured out the situation yet, how can I take action rashly?" Zhao Zheng shook his head.
"Coward." Li Zhenzhen rolled her eyes at Zhao Zheng.
"This is not cowardice, this is sailing with caution." Zhao Zheng justified himself.
"Then what should we do next? What are your plans?" Li Zhenzhen asked.
"Next, it's time to find out more information. We have to find out how powerful these members are and what warriors they have in their families. In addition, these two people mentioned a girl named 'Haruyuki'. We have to put this girl in
Find out which brothel this is, so you can determine which brothel this 'flower-seeking path' leads to."
"Didn't we already guess that they went to Baihua Pavilion before?"
"That's just a guess, it's not completely confirmed yet. Only when we find out all the information can we consider how to blackmail them."
"Well, I have to give them a hard knock. I have to ask them for at least five hundred thousand taels." Li Zhenzhen said harshly.
"What? Five hundred thousand taels?" Zhao Zheng said in shock.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"That's a banknote, not a piece of paper! Even if they have money, they can't get so much money. If we can get tens of thousands of taels of silver from them, that's good enough." Zhao Zheng explained.
"I thought they were very rich. It doesn't look like they are that good." Li Zhenzhen snorted. She hated those lecherous and cruel members of staff and wanted to kill them.
"Okay, let's go back first. Get an early rest tonight, take time to inquire about the news tomorrow, and then make plans." Zhao Zheng patted the dust on his body, took off the rope from the dry well windlass, and twisted it into a knot.
Circle. Later, he and Li Zhenzhen walked through the night back to their temporary residence.
