Chapter 209: Bewilderment
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Secret passages?
Xia Lan walked to the corner of the wall where the girl disappeared with the horseshoe lamp in his hand, and reached out to press it against the cold dark blue wall and groped up and down, but he did not find any traces of the mechanism hidden in it, and the method of activating the secret passage was not as simple as it seemed.
Since she found nothing, Xia Lan immediately gave up her intention to explore and continued to flip through the many books on the shelves.
He didn't pay much attention to the girl's mysterious escape, and even the irritated feelings did not arise, but the other party's methods of dealing with adversity really made him admire.
Cunning, alert, and calm.
These descriptions are enough to show her ability, but I don't know what kind of relationship she has with Viscount Farrant!
In front of the bookshelf, Xia Lan's speed of flipping through the books had changed significantly compared to just now, and he basically finished flipping through them quickly in two or three seconds, and he didn't look like he was reading at all, but like he was looking for something.
He knew that time was running out for the girl since he had escaped, and that it would not be long before the guards in Fort Gradi would be alerted to surround him and arrest him.
He was not afraid of the guards of Fort Gradi, but he was wary of what unknown methods Viscount Frank was secretly hiding, and if he was careless, it was likely that something would happen to him.
Wandering with a sense of intense vigilance for movement around him, Xia Lan flipped through all the books on the first shelf in a short time, and unfortunately he still hadn't found what he was looking for.
Shifting his gaze to the desk in front of him, which was messily placed in front of him, Xia Lan pondered for a while, could it be that the clue would be there?
However, his next action negated a conjecture in his mind, and he walked to another bookshelf, repeating his actions again.
……
"Humph! Trying to threaten to hurt Miss Ben is really underestimating my ability! ”
Walking carefully through the dark and narrow passages, a girl in a white satin pajama muttered to pieces.
"But who is he? Why did you secretly search Uncle Hamill's study? And the fact that the other party was able to sneak past the guards in the fort and break into it shows that he must have skills that cannot be underestimated! ”
Remembering the other person's every move in the study, it seems that the person is looking for something? And is there any secret in Uncle Hamill's study?
The girl thought about it for a long time, and before she knew it, she had also reached the end of the exit of the secret passage.
Reaching out and groping for the wall, she pressed it down when she touched a protrusion, and suddenly, the stone wall in front of her was pushed open like a door.
Walking out of the secret passage, she touched a certain mechanism to close the stone door of the exit of the secret passage, and the sleepy girl looked around at the empty room around her, and gently patted her chest with her little hand.
"It's finally safe."
In the face of what just happened, it is impossible for the girl to have a trace of fear in her heart, she has heard a lot of kidnapping incidents, and many times the kidnappers generally choose to kill people after using the hostages in their hands.
She was sure that if she hadn't escaped in time, she would have avoided the same fate.
If the other party's purpose was not Viscount Farrant's study, it was difficult for her to imagine how she could solve the dangerous situation at that time.
After calming down the fear in her heart, the girl took a deep breath, and the most important thing she needed to do now was to notify the guards in the fort immediately!
However, her intuition vaguely told her that even if the guards in the fort were warned, it would be difficult to capture the other party!
……
No, no, no!
After going through most of the books on the shelves, Xia Lan felt that her patience was about to run out, and the restlessness on her emotions became more and more uncontrollable!
Suddenly, his ears moved.
Is it finally here?
Sensing the strong murderous aura gathered in a certain direction, Xia Lan knew that the guards in Gladyburg were dispatched!
He took down a thick book at the bottom of the shelf, and his fingers habitually flipped the pages, but Xia Lan's attention was focused on the menacing aura that kept approaching the study.
Perhaps the last resort is the only option!
Closing the book in his hand, the void ring between Xia Lan's fingers suddenly emitted a faint light, and in an instant, the books on the bookshelf that he had not yet consulted disappeared!
Quickly walked to Viscount Farrant's desk, waved his big hand, and saw that the gray-brown quaint desk disappeared at once.
At this time, a dense and loud bell alarm suddenly sounded throughout the quiet night of Fort Gradi!
"Bang-"
A violent noise came, and the door of Viscount Farrant's study shook up with puffs of smoke and sawdust, and countless soldiers in black armor rushed in with sharp blades in their hands!
However.
But there was no sign of anyone in their sight.
The soft moonlight poured in through the open windows in the study, and the cold wind continued to blow and shake the curtains hanging on both sides, and the soldiers who poured into the study were now moving to the sides, and a tall middle-aged man slowly appeared in it.
He was dressed in a dark blue fluffy coat, and even wore only a pair of deerskin slippers under his feet, and on that pale and cold face, a pair of narrow and deep eyes were fixed on the original desk!
"Salala!"
Walking to the tall bookshelf erected by the wall, the middle-aged man slowly lowered his body, reached out and picked up a book that was messily discarded on the ground, and after a while, a deep voice full of magnetism sounded in the study.
"Uncle Hamil, I'm here."
In the direction of the dilapidated study door, a girl in white walked through the soldiers' room and hurriedly walked in.
"Do you remember what the man who held you hostage looked like?"
The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the open window with his hands behind his back.
"Of course I do!"
The girl in white looked a little reserved when she faced the other party.
"Very good, you can draw me a clear picture of that person's appearance later!"
The middle-aged man commanded in a low voice.
"Yes!" The girl in white nodded immediately.
"Han Luowei!"
"The subordinates are here!"
After the middle-aged man called out another name, a man with an expressionless face walked out of the soldiers in the study.
"Deliver my orders! Martial law in the city! ”
The middle-aged man's voice was cold, as cold as the cold wind.
"Follow your will!"
The expressionless man gave a military salute and immediately left the study.
The girl in white lowered her head, but out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but take a closer look at the scene in the study, and the most striking thing was that the conspicuous desk in the study was missing, and there seemed to be some books missing from the shelves erected by the wall.
How exactly did that person take them? And why did he take them?
And according to Uncle Hamill's stern attitude, it seems that there must be some secret hidden in the disappearing things in the study!
It's a woman's nature to be curious.
The countless doubts coiled in her heart made the girl look forward to the answer to the mystery more and more.