Lu Tao wiped the water on his face and continued to walk forward.

After the spell failed once, it got better, and there was no sudden ineffect, but at that moment, the water pressure from all directions came over, which caught Lu Tao quite off guard, and there was no way to make the two spells connect seamlessly, so he could only be submerged by the deep water at the bottom of the lake.

Well...... A little overwhelmed.

Of course, after withstanding the initial panic, Lu Tao opened a layer of filtered water on the outside, but there was no way on his body, the black cloth on his clothes and face was completely soaked, and it was tightly attached to his body, especially the black cloth that Lu Tao used to cover his face, which was attached to his nose and mouth, making it difficult for Lu Tao to even breathe.

Therefore, the first thing Lu Tao did who successfully dealt with the crisis was to take off the cloth on his face and throw it aside, Lu Tao reacted, in fact, he didn't need this thing to cover anything at all, this is underwater, it's a big deal to use stealth when he goes ashore, and he is afraid that others will see what he does?

Passing through the Jinyang Lake, which was brightly lit above, but nothing could be seen below, Lu Tao quickly found the connection between Jinyang Lake and the inner side of the palace, there was an iron railing in the middle, which was rusty, and I don't know how long it had been soaked here, and the rotten branches that floated over along the water flow were also blocked by this railing, but there were not many of them, maybe there were also people here who cleaned them frequently, so that the waterways connected inside and outside could be unimpeded.

Lu Tao is not worried that he will meet the person cleaning the waterway now, in the middle of the night, if you want to clean it, you must be able to see it?

Easily removing the rotten iron railing, Lu Tao carefully crossed the waterway and entered the riverine of the palace.

According to the map given by Fang Tianhua in Wenyang Mansion, the waterway connected to Jinyang Lake and the palace is not the only water source in the palace, when the palace was established, there were several large springs, and those springs were also continuously replenishing water to the palace, these waters would not only pour into Jinyang Lake, but some would flow away with the groundwater, but those naturally formed underground waterways, but they never figured out their direction and where they extended, at most, like the waterway here in Jinyang Lake, firmly surrounded by a circle of iron railings, blocking possible infiltrators from the outside。

Lu Tao recalled the picture on the map, walked forward for a while before surfaced, and then pulled the shore again, floated forward for a distance and stopped.

Above is a white stone bridge, just enough for Lu Tao to completely hide his figure from being discovered by others, Lu Tao touched the rough stone pillars under the stone bridge, and carefully poked his head out to take a look.

This is the southwest corner of the palace, I don't know if it's because the palace feels that the defense outside is enough, there is no guard inside at all, not even patrolling, Lu Tao observed for a long time and didn't find any fires and figures nearby.

These are all things that will not be in the map that Fang Tianqi gave him, Lu Tao cheered up and carefully climbed up from the water.

As soon as Lu Tao looked up, he saw a full moon in the sky, and he didn't know when it was covered by dark clouds floating from the east, only revealing a faint light, but there was no way to illuminate the ground again.

This is better, Lu Tao's eyesight has been enhanced after becoming a monk, and his night vision ability has also improved, such brightness, seeing the surrounding scenery clearly, although it cannot be said to be subtle, but it is enough to use.

According to the location on the map in his memory, Lu Tao quietly touched to the east, where there was a small palace, and there was a secret passage below the palace, connecting the southwest corner of the palace and another relatively secret place.

In the map given by Fang Tianhua, the crown was under the ground of that relatively secret place, although the map did not write what that place was done at all, but Lu Tao felt that it was already a very strange thing that such a place existed in the palace.

Carefully following a wood, Lu Tao slipped to the outside of the target palace, but the palace was brightly lit, illuminating the inside and out.

Lu Tao was a little puzzled, it was the second half of the night, and there were still people in the palace who hadn't slept?

As a last resort, Lu Tao directly used the stealth technique, passed through the guards standing on both sides of the door outside, and walked in directly.

The brightly lit hall was empty, Lu Tao followed his memory, and walked to a place on the south side of the inside, halfway through, Lu Tao was stunned for a moment, there are really people who don't sleep in the middle of the night?

A palace maid in pale green clothes was carrying a lantern, carefully observing the ground around her, and walking forward, Lu Tao lightened his pace and walked around from the side.

The moment he walked around, Lu Tao glanced back, but found that this palace maid with her head down and seemed to be looking for something looked quite familiar, as if she was ......

As soon as the palace maid raised her head, she seemed to be startled, she looked at Lu Tao with wide eyes, covered her mouth, and after a while, she patted her chest and whispered, "I'm scared to death...... Why are you here?!"

Lu Tao: "......"

When was the stealth lifted???

This palace maid is Peony, Lu Tao never thought that she was actually a palace maid in the palace.

Peony looked left and right, dragged Lu Tao's clothes and dragged him into a shadow, and after confirming that there could be no one around, she continued to speak: "Do you know what kind of place this is?

Lu Tao shook his head: "It turns out that you are the palace maid in the palace, what happened yesterday?"

"It seems that you know what kind of place this is!" Peony stared at Lu Tao with a pair of surprised eyes: "Let's not talk about this, how did you get in, I advise you to go back, the guards in the palace after dawn are much stricter than now!

Seeing that Peony didn't answer his second question, Lu Tao didn't ask more, but he didn't want to return in vain.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Tao nodded: "Okay, I'll go back first." ”

"Don't come to the palace recently!" Peony reminded in a low voice: "Let's go! It will be dawn in a while!

Lu Tao nodded, turned around and walked out.

As soon as he took two steps, Lu Tao felt that he was being grabbed by a small hand behind him, and he didn't dare to exert himself, and the next moment, Lu Tao was dragged into the room next to the shadow just now.

Peony made a "shhhhh......h

Lu Tao listened carefully, and sure enough, there were chaotic footsteps coming from a distance, and then, it seemed that there were a few more conversations, and the footsteps went from the outside to the inside.

"Look for it inch by inch! But don't destroy every plant or tree here! Don't let go of any holes! If you find anything, tell me as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

The voice was full of energy, whether it was the first command or the subsequent "yes" in unison.

Lu Tao leaned into Peony's ear and whispered, "What the hell is going on?!"

Peony shook his head: "Don't care, think about how to get out of here, or just hide!"

Lu Tao glanced at the dark environment around him: "Aren't you the palace maid here?

Peony was silent for a while: "I remember that this is ...... Well, maybe it's okay, you can look for it, there's an entrance to the ground. ”

As he spoke, Peony slowly touched forward with both hands, but Lu Tao didn't use it, and the faint light outside shone in through the window of this room, so that Lu Tao quickly found a downward entrance.

"Don't look for it!

Lu Tao lowered his voice and called Peony, looking at her blank gaze, Lu Tao carefully took her hand, and then led her forward, until he walked to a wooden door that opened downward.

The wooden door could not be locked, and Lu Tao opened the wooden door, revealing a dark hole underneath, not even a ladder.

Feeling the depth below, Lu Tao whispered to Peony: "I'll put you down first, it doesn't look very deep." ”