Chapter 107 The truth of the blood stained red (1)
There was no one in the rice noodle shop at this time. It seemed that only the team killed by Li Mu was out on the recruiting mission tonight.
There is nothing strange about the decoration in the store. The seven or eight scattered tables still maintain the scene when the store closed.
"The entrance is in the kitchen, it should be over here. Let's go."
Liu Long looked around the entire store. According to the monkey-faced man's explanation, the entrance to the underground passage was under an inconspicuous cover in the kitchen.
Soon, the two of them discovered a wooden cover hidden under the stove. After Li Mu moved the debris on the cover, Liu Long directly chopped the iron padlock on the cover into pieces with a knife, and then lifted it up.
Covered.
A rectangular entrance that could accommodate two people on one side appeared in front of them. A dark passage snaked down, and you could vaguely see stairs for people to walk on, connecting the entrance and the secret passage at an almost vertical angle.
"It's another secret passage in the kitchen. I hope there won't be anything weird down there."
The entrance in front of him reminded Li Mu of the cellar in the strange village in the mountains. The corpses, living dead, and bloody worms were obviously not good memories.
"Let's go, I'll go down first, you go behind. There are still two hours left for the magic weapon, which should be enough for us to go back and forth. Remember, our purpose this time is to collect evidence. If you don't need to do anything, don't move."
Liu Long didn't hear Li Mu's muttering to himself. He crouched at the entrance and checked several times before confirming that there was no danger. He tightened his shadow cloak tightly and entered the secret passage first.
The vertical stairs soon reached the end, and the two of them felt that the dark passage began to become flat from the initial slope.
As we walked farther and farther, the passage became wider. From the initial need to bend down to walk, to the ability to stand upright, and finally the entire passage was as tall as two adults and wide enough to accommodate four or five people.
Pass together.
"We have been walking for almost half an hour, and this secret passage has no end in sight. To build a secret passage of this scale, I don't know how much manpower and material resources it will cost. Gongsun Qi is really willing to spend a lot of money."
Li Mu looked at the smoother passage walls around him. If he wanted to dig such a passage underground, it would be impossible without thousands of people digging together. Thinking about the Great Wall where countless slaves buried their bones in the previous life, this passage itself was probably the Gongsun Gongsun.
Evidence of Qi’s crime of violently extorting money and bullying the people.
"Hey, there is a fork in the road. I didn't expect that this is not just a passage connecting the strongholds. I'm afraid this has become an underground transit point for all their shady activities."
After walking for about one stick of incense, the secret passage was suddenly divided into three. The middle passage was the widest, while the two smaller passages on the left and right should have just been dug out, and the surrounding soil had not even been compacted.
"Brother Liu, which way should we go? These two trails should have been dug out recently. You see, the floating soil on the ground has not been stepped on."
Li Mu knelt down and picked up a handful of red soil on the ground. The two new passages still exuded the smell of earth, but there was no end in sight.
"Let's take the middle path first. I guess it's because Gongsun Qi has recently accelerated the pace of forced recruitment and arrests, so he has set up new strongholds, and these two passages should lead there."
Liu Long quickly made a judgment. The main purpose of the two of them this time was to find evidence that Gongsun Qi violated the laws of the empire. The old stronghold had been used for a long time, so naturally it had a better chance of obtaining ironclad evidence.
"Be careful, someone is coming!"
Just as the two were about to continue exploring along the largest passage, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance.
Li Mu and Liu Long quickly leaned against the passage wall, waiting for the person to appear.
The shadow cloak could indeed hide all their auras, but Li Mu was not sure whether he would be discovered if he had direct physical contact with others, so he did not dare to neglect it at the moment. He pressed his body against the rock wall and held his breath.
Soon, the owner of the footsteps appeared in the sight of the two men. Two Guards soldiers wearing red armor each held a long gun and slowly walked towards the direction of Li Mu.
"Brother, what do you mean by the captain asking us to patrol this passage every night? There must be even a mouse in such a hidden secret passage, let alone a human being."
Two soldiers were sent out to patrol late at night, and they were also cursing. One of the younger soldiers even kicked the rocks on the ground away to vent his dissatisfaction.
The stone that was kicked away hit Li Mu squarely on the side of the ear, which really frightened him into a cold sweat.
"Stop blaming others. This is a good job and there is no danger. Er Mazi, do you know that the first team went to arrest a monk yesterday. It was a sure thing that the city lord took action, but I didn't expect that the casual cultivator chose to self-destruct in the end.
, directly blew up Er Mazi who was responsible for the binding, without even leaving a whole body behind."
The older soldiers were obviously more experienced. Although their steps were a little frivolous, they were at least looking around according to patrol standards.
"Besides, our special team is what the city lord values the most, otherwise we wouldn't be responsible for guarding this secret stronghold. Those brothers outside don't even know the existence of this stronghold. Just be satisfied."
Two soldiers had already arrived in front of Li Mu and Liu Long. Their cold-gleaming spears looked particularly sharp under the light of the flickering oil lamps in the passage.
"Wait a minute..."
Seeing that the two guardsmen had already passed Li Mu, but suddenly the steps of the older soldier stopped. This sudden situation made Li Mu and Liu Long tense up, and Li Mu's hand directly rested on them.
On the hilt of the Jueying Sword, he is ready to unleash an attack at any time.
"I'm a little tired. Let's take a break here. Anyway, the captain only asked for one patrol tonight. Do you have any wine on you? Let's take a sip here before continuing."
The two soldiers just sat on the ground next to Li Mu and Liu Long. The young soldier took a bottle of wine from his waist, and they drank it one sip at a time.
Li Mu and Liu Long looked at each other and could only maintain their current postures. After all, there were a lot of rocks and sand here. The shadow cloak could cover up their figures and sounds, but it could not eliminate the traces of their actions. The two patrolling soldiers
Apparently he was going back to that mysterious stronghold.
If you follow them closely, you will have a very high chance of getting to the truth of the matter and catching all the evidence of the crime.
The two of them could only decide to keep their posture until they finished drinking, then followed them through the patrol route and returned to the stronghold.