Fish only seek revenge, not leap over the Dragon Gate

Chapter 204: Imperial Palace Underground Passage

Turning again and again, they finally walked further and further away. Wang Ke grabbed Baixiang's neck and moved closer to her. The smell of alcohol made Baixiang frown.

"Lady, we're almost there. Believe me, I want to kill them more than you do."

In Baixiang's eyes, since the person in front of him wanted to kill Zhang Yingying, he must be standing on the opposite side of Wuwang.

"them?"

Wang Ke loosened his grip, and Bai Xiang coughed softly, "Yeah, them, the Wuwang gang."

Wang Ke stared into her eyes for a while, then let her go. "Lead the way!"

Bai Xiang immediately walked to the front, looking back at Wang Ke from time to time, as if she was afraid that she would not catch up.

Passing through an archway, they came to a deserted courtyard. Wang Ke squinted his eyes and looked around. There was actually such a place in the palace?

It's even more shabby than the cold palace.

Baixiang made a hushing gesture, waved at Wang Ke, and walked cautiously into a side room.

She pointed to the ground and said silently, "Down there."

Hearing this, Wang Ke pulled Baixiang away and fiddled with the ground with his feet a few times.

The dust on the ground was cleared away, and she saw nothing, so she turned around and looked at Baixiang.

Baixiang immediately stepped forward, squatted, pulled out a hairpin from her head, and scratched the gap between the floor tiles a few times.

Then he inserted the hairpin into the gap with force and pried it hard. With a snap, the hairpin broke.

Wang Ke looked at her like she was a fool the whole time. How could he pry open the floor tiles with such a thin hairpin?

Baixiang looked back at her with an embarrassed smile, scratching her head embarrassedly.

Wang Ke staggered down and waved at Baixiang, who immediately stepped aside.

I saw her inserting a small curved knife into the crack in the ground, holding the handle and pulling it upwards with force.

The floor tile was pried open, and Bai Xiang was delighted. She couldn't wait to take the tile, and looked at Wang Ke with bright eyes, as if to say, "Continue."

After prying up a brick, an iron plate was revealed underneath, and it was obvious that there was a secret room underneath.

Wang Ke suddenly stopped what she was doing. She remembered that the brick surface in the room was covered with dust, and it didn't look like anyone had used the secret room recently.

Moreover, the bricks are tightly fitted. If someone uses them, shouldn't they become loose?

"Lady, keep going!" Bai Xiang urged her when she saw that she was still in a daze.

Wang Ke turned his head to look at her, with a scrutinizing look in his eyes, "Is Zhang Yingying down there?"

Bai Xiang was a little afraid of her eyes, so she shrank back and nodded, "Yes, I'm down there, I definitely didn't lie to you."

"When did he go down there?" Wang Ke's eyes were filled with growing suspicion.

When Bai Xiang saw her look, she immediately explained, "Lady, I didn't lie to you. Zhang Yingying is really down there, but she's a little far from here. It's still a long way to go down."

"Let me ask you, when did she go downstairs?" Wang Ke's eyes became more and more dangerous. This little palace maid avoided answering, so there must be something wrong.

"Just now, when you broke in, lady, she hid in the secret room."

Wang Ke grabbed her neck again, his eyes fierce, "Since she entered the secret room from the Cining Palace, why didn't you chase her, but took me in from here?"

Baixiang pinched her own hands with both hands, her face flushed red. She begged with her eyes to let her go first, she had something to say.

Wang Ke loosened his grip, Bai Xiang took a few deep breaths, and then said:

"Lady, there is a sealing mechanism in the secret room. Apart from here, there is no way to get in anywhere else unless the people inside open it."

Wang Ke didn't say anything, just looked at her coldly.

Bai Xiang knew that if she didn't explain clearly, she would definitely not believe her, so she continued:

"There are many passages under the palace, and they are all connected, but there is an iron gate separating each area, so they are both connected and unconnected."

"This is an abandoned palace. There used to be a passage leading to here, but during the reign of the previous emperor, a concubine who lived here committed adultery with the guards who were guarding the tunnel.

The previous emperor was furious and sealed the tunnel for a time, but later it was opened again for some unknown reason, but it is still sealed and even the palace is deserted. "

Wang Ke's expression eased a little, Bai Xiang swallowed his saliva, and continued: "Although this place is not close to the Cining Palace, there is no other exit between here and the Cining Palace.

This means that we only need to break down a wall and an iron gate to reach where Zhang Yingying is."

After hearing the last sentence, Wang Ke threw her out heavily, stood up, and looked down at Baixiang who was rolling on the ground.

"Am I the fool, or is Zhang Yingying the fool?"

"Wouldn't it make a sound if the iron door and wall were destroyed?"

"Will Zhang Yingying not run out of the tunnel when she hears this?"

Baixiang felt like crying when she heard these three questions. She just wanted to keep a trick in mind and come forward to solve the problems when difficulties arose. Wouldn't this make her appear useful?

"Madam, I have the key to the iron door, so there is no need to make any noise." She took out a key from her waist and looked at Wang Ke aggrievedly.

"As for the earth wall, it's not thick. Lady, you are a martial arts expert. You can knock it down with a few slaps."

Wang Ke took the key, without any guilt, "You were the one who just said to 'break' an iron door."

The implication is don't blame me, blame yourself.

Baixiang was unable to refute. She was right and it was all her own fault.

Wang Ke lowered his head and began to pry the bricks again. As he pried, he asked, "This key should be very important. How did it end up in your hands?"

Baixiang sat up and hissed twice. He had really hit her hard.

"It was given to me by our old lady."

"Who is the old lady!"

"I am a servant of the Gu family, and the old lady is naturally the old lady of the Gu family."

Wang Ke was about to ask how Madam Gu got the key, but Bai Xiang said, "Don't ask me where Madam Gu got the key. This servant doesn't know."

Wang Ke swallowed the question he was about to ask and concentrated on prying the bricks.

After more than half an hour, a total of 108 bricks were pried out, and the iron plates underneath were also exposed.

Find a raised point, tie it with a hairband, and pull hard, and the entire iron plate will be pulled up.

A damp and musty smell hit me in the face.

Bai Xiang couldn't wait to jump down, but Wang Ke pulled her back, "Don't you have any common sense?"

"It has been sealed down there for too long, and some poisonous gas has already been produced. If you go down rashly, you might get poisoned."

Baixiang nodded ignorantly, the female hero just knew a lot.

"Go find some candles." Wang Ke said to her.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Baixiang came back soon with two unlit torches soaked in oil.

Wang Ke probed at the entrance of the passage and found that the smell was still there, but it was much weaker than before.

"Ready to go down."

Baixiang lit the torch and the two of them went down into the passage.

The air in the cave was very bad. As I walked, I found it difficult to breathe. The torches also became unstable and showed signs of going out.

Wang Ke knew that it was due to lack of oxygen.

Bai Xiang's face turned ugly. Wang Ke said, "If you feel uncomfortable, just sit here for a while. I'll go and tear down the wall. The air will circulate and you won't feel uncomfortable."

The earth wall was not in sight yet, so Wang Ke ran forward quickly with a torch in hand. The air became thinner and thinner, and the torch went out.

Wang Ke didn't stop and kept running forward according to his feeling until his way was blocked by something.

I touched it and it was a wall.

She panted and placed her palm against the earth wall. She exerted her internal strength and sent a stream of energy into the wall.

This happened over and over again, until after eight times, a hole appeared in the earth wall. She lay at the entrance and greedily breathed in the fresh air coming from the other side.