After leaving the back hall and entering the backyard, Yuan Gang was alert to his surroundings. After approaching the well, he suddenly jumped and plunged directly into the well. He moved quickly and disappeared abruptly.
As soon as he entered the well, Yuan Gang spread his legs and supported both sides of the well wall. He controlled the support force and slid down slowly. He let go of his arms to maintain balance, and at the same time, he paid attention to the bricks on the surrounding well walls. Next
When he reached the depth of three feet, he pushed hard against the wall of the shaft with both legs. He was fixed on the shaft, and his eyes fell on a brick with a slightly damaged corner in front.
There are many damaged corners of the bricks. There is nothing unusual about this brick. However, after being reminded, Yuan Gang was able to find the abnormality. There is a symmetrical damage on the top and bottom of this brick.
Yuan Gang leaned forward and pounced on it, stretched out his hand to press the brick and exerted force. It was very real. If he hadn't been reminded, it wouldn't have been a mechanism to push. He used a lot of force to push the brick out and sink it in with a dull sound.
After the brick was pushed in, Yuan Gang pushed hard against the entire curved wall. A large piece of the wall opened like a hinged door and could only be partially opened.
Reaching out to climb the sloping wall, Yuan Gang dodged in, pulled out the fire stick and took a look. He found a torch beside him. He lit it in his hand. After looking around, he discovered why the door could only be opened half-open.
, there is a stone trough blocking the door. There is a large long stone in the trough. It was obviously this stone that was pushed just now. No wonder it is so heavy.
After looking at it for a while, he understood what this mechanism was about. With this stone strip inserted into the entrance wall to fill the gap, it was equivalent to the trap door being stuck. If you don't find this point and push it open first, you can't even think of such a thick trap door.
It is easy to open. This mechanism seems simple and clumsy, but it is very practical. People who don't know the trick will have a hard time finding the entrance even if they go down the well and search around.
He turned around and stuck his head at the entrance, looked up, picked up a piece of moss from the wall of the well, and threw it out of the well.
Seeing the thrown moss, Niu Youdao tilted his head towards Yuanfang and signaled. Yuanfang walked away quickly, looked around, and quickly jumped into the well.
"Princess, it's not convenient for you to climb down. Let me take you down." Niu Youdao turned around and gave Shang Shuqing a warning.
Shang Shuqing nodded and said "Yeah".
Shang Chaozong immediately raised his hands to Niu Youdao and said, "Master Dao, Wanwang protect Qing'er."
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, nothing will happen to the princess." Niu Youdao promised. The implication is that even if something happens, unless I fall first.
Lan Ruoting also cupped his hands and said, "Princess, Taoist Master, take care!"
Niu Youdao and Shang Shuqing nodded and walked to the backyard together.
After observing the surroundings and walking to the well, Niu Youdao suddenly raised his hand, and the piece of moss thrown by Yuan Gang was picked up out of thin air. He swept it back into the well, stretched out his arm, and directly wrapped his arms around Shang Shuqing's soft waist.
They jumped together and fell into the well.
Shang Chaozong, who was standing at the door of the back hall watching this scene, couldn't help but show his teeth. Although it was a bit too pedantic to pay attention to whether men and women should be intimate when something happened, but right in front of him, he watched his sister being fucked like this.
She was hugged by other men, but she was a little bit different, but Qing'er was still a yellow-flowered girl!
Shang Chaozong couldn't help but turned around and asked, "Qing'er runs to him early every morning. Could it be that she has fallen in love with him?"
Lan Ruoting was stunned, "The princess is a measured person, why did the prince say this? Could he have seen some clues?"
Shang Chaozong realized that he had made a mistake. How could he talk nonsense about such things? It would damage his sister's innocence. He waved his hands in embarrassment, "No, I'm overthinking it!"
Shang Shuqing herself was startled when she was suddenly hugged by Niu Youdao, and her body tensed up.
As soon as he arrived in the well, Niu Youdao immediately cast a spell, and the Qi machine was released outward to rely on the buoyancy of the air, carrying Shang Shuqing slowly down into the air.
Being so close to a man and still being held by a man, feeling the man's strong arms and that masculine aura, Shang Shuqing's thoughts were confused and her heartbeat accelerated.
Niu Youdao seemed to feel that her heartbeat was a little faster, and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen." The water well was not shallow, and he thought that jumping down like this scared the other person.
Floating to the entrance, he put his hand on the wall of the door and sent Shang Shuqing in first, and then he also dodged in.
As soon as the two came in, Yuan Gang reset the trap door.
Shang Shuqing, who slowly took a deep breath to calm down, pointed to the stone strips in the stone trough and said, "You have to reset this top, otherwise the entrance will be easily discovered." She wanted to do it herself, but she knew that
The weight of the stone bars was not something she could push easily.
Yuan Gang came back and took action, grabbed the end of the stone bar and pulled it. The stone bar weighing more than 200 kilograms clicked back with a bang. There was a slot at the end, so there was no need to worry about pushing it over the head.
After stopping, Yuan Gang saw Niu Youdao looking for something, and reminded him: "I've seen it, there is a torch here."
Niu Youdao stepped sideways to give way, moved his hand to signal for him to clear the way, and turned around and asked Shang Shuqing, "Why is there just a torch?"
"There are a large number of torches stored at designated points along the way, enough for thousands of people to use on the way." Shang Shuqing replied, and asked curiously: "Master Tao, don't you have a 'Little Moon' on you?"
Niu Youdao chuckled: "That glowing butterfly only recognizes one owner. I haven't had the chance to raise one yet. I will definitely get one to raise someday."
He didn't, and Yuan Fang didn't have any contact with it either. For the time being, the group could only rely on a torch in Yuan Gang's hand to move forward.
The firelight was swaying all the way in the tunnel. At the foot was an irregular winding stone step that went down for hundreds of meters. There was a faint sound of running water at the end. Niu Youdao immediately asked again,
"Underground river?"
Shang Shuqing replied: "Yes, a very long underground river."
When I reached the end of the descending steps, I saw the water flowing rapidly in the darkness. Yuan Gang shined the torch in his hand, and in the large underground space, the cool water flowed up and down, but I couldn't see it through the light of the torch.
The other side.
"Torch!" Yuanfang pointed to the side and shouted.
Several people looked back and saw a cave on the side filled with neatly stacked torches.
Several people went over and each took one and lit it in their hands, and the visual distance immediately became much wider.
"Which way to go?" Yuan Gang asked.
Shang Shuqing: "Upstream."
The group of people then headed upstream along the river, turning so many times on the winding stone steps that even Niu Youdao couldn't figure out which direction they were heading in.
.And the roads here are obviously naturally formed and rugged, but not as easy to walk as the previous artificially dug channels.
"Princess, give me the things." Niu Youdao pointed to a lot of things that Shang Shuqing was carrying on his back. The road was not easy to walk, and it would be inconvenient for this woman to carry a heavy package.
Shang Shuqing declined politely: "No, I can carry it on my back."
Niu Youdao took action directly, took the package off her shoulder, and handed it to Yuan Fang behind him, "Old Xiong, carry it on your back. You are used to staying in the mountains and forests, so go ahead and lead the way. Monkey, cut off the back."
"Yes!" Yuanfang nodded, took the package and put it around his neck, then hung it diagonally under the other shoulder. He held the torch and ran forward obediently. He was very obedient.
Shang Shuqing was speechless. She thought Niu Youdao was going to show off his style and help her carry it, but she didn't expect that it would be for someone else.
Not only that, Niu Youdao took off the package on his body and handed it to Yuan Gang who passed by.
Yuan Gang didn't need to say hello, he directly took the hand and placed it on his body.
Niu Youdao followed Yuanfang, putting Shang Shuqing behind him, and finally Yuan Gang, and the few of them just moved forward ruggedly.
After walking for a while, Niu Youdao asked, "Princess, have you been here before?"
Shang Shuqing: "No, it's my first time here."
Niu Youdao stopped and turned around, frowning and said, "You've never been here before and come to show us the way?"
Shang Shuqing explained: "There are many forks in the road. I know the secrets to identify them so that I can avoid taking the wrong path."
"A lot of forks in the road?" Niu Youdao asked suspiciously, "Do you have to walk underground for a long time?"
Shang Shuqing: "Under normal circumstances, it would take several days to walk. This underground river is really long."
How many days? How many days do you have to walk underground? Several people couldn't believe it. They all looked at her and finally understood why she had to bring so much dry food. It was really useful.
Niu Youdao made a rough estimate and concluded that the secret realm was most likely not located in Canglu County, but the entrance was here. He couldn't help but chuckled, "Prince Ning is really good at finding it. He can connect it at such a long distance."
Shang Shuqing: "It's not that I found it intentionally, but my father was fighting in this area in his early years. The soldiers who were separated below accidentally discovered this underground river. When they walked out, they found another place. My father later organized manpower.
I came here to determine the route.”
Niu Youdao sighed and remembered something. When they were negotiating at Nanshan Temple, he suspected that Shang Chaozong had a secret way to go to sea. He couldn't help but look back up and down, wondering if the secret way to go to sea was related to this underground passage.
, the direction of water flow usually ends up in the sea, so I took a closer look at the downstream direction and kept it in mind.
Keep going, the road ahead is varied, and most of it is natural and rugged landforms. In really difficult and dangerous places, there are traces of slight excavation to facilitate passage. Some places require a cat to walk through, some places require climbing uphill, and some
There is no way to get through the place, so you can use the iron chains nailed on the wall to help you get over. Of course, the latter two situations are not a big deal for people like Niu Youdao. Where you climb hills or cross iron chains, Niu Youdao
The road pulled Shang Shuqing and flew by.
Under normal circumstances, the rough road had little impact on Shang Shuqing. After the defeat of Prince Ning's Mansion, Shang Shuqing practiced for a while in order to strengthen herself. Her hands and feet were still strong, and she was still no better than an ordinary woman who stayed in the boudoir to embroider.
Less.
Walking at this speed, Niu Youdao took the matter of taming the lighting butterfly 'Xiaoyue' to his heart. If Xiaoyue was there to explore the way, he could take Shang Shuqing to fly quickly through this underground space, using torches.