The two of them looked in the direction of the stone gate on the other side at the same time, and they also fell silent at the same time.

There seemed to be someone talking on the other side of the stone gate, but the sound was not loud, Yang Huairen and Tie Xiangyu were too far away to hear it.

"Shhhh

Yang Huairen said and stood up slowly, probably because he also felt Tie Xiangyu standing up, and in the darkness he was worried that no one could see his feet clearly, so he subconsciously stretched out his hand and happened to grab Lan Ruoxin's hand.

Lan Ruo's heart trembled for a moment, and there was a tingling sensation from her hand, but for some reason her right hand didn't seem to listen to her call, so she didn't take it back, so naturally Yang Huairen held it in her hand, and gently led her way to the direction of the stone gate on the other side and walked slowly.

The secret room between the two stone doors was about twenty or thirty steps long, and nothing could be seen in the dark, Yang Huairen was afraid that there were traps on the side of this stone door, so he gradually slowed down when he walked twenty steps.

For some reason, he felt that all his senses were very clear at this moment, although he couldn't see it, but from the sound of talking behind the stone gate, he judged the approximate location of the stone gate, and when he led Tie Xiangyu to move to a distance of about four or five steps from the stone gate, he stopped.

Then he leaned forward as best he could, pricking up his ears, trying to get some information from the conversation of someone outside the stone gate.

Tie Xiangyu was held by Yang Huairen all the time, as if he had forgotten to hold her hand, Tie Xiangyu also wanted to hear what people outside were saying, but at this moment she was hot and her cheeks were flushed, and she couldn't hear anything in her ears.

Yang Huairen listened for a while, but he still couldn't hear what the people outside the door were saying, maybe it wasn't Chinese, or it was because of the local accent, and he couldn't analyze any information when he heard it.

After a few more moments, the conversation outside the door stopped, followed by the sound of footsteps fading away, as if the people outside the door had gone away again, ignoring them.

Yang Huairen asked softly in confusion, "Do you say they don't know that we are trapped in this secret room?" ”

Only then did Tie Xiangyu come back to her senses, her eyes seemed to be staring at the right hand that she couldn't see at all, "It shouldn't be, since we have already touched the trap of the secret passage, they should know about it." ”

Yang Huairen didn't think about anything else at the moment, he simply ignored that his hand was still holding Tie Xiangyu, and he didn't hear anything wrong from Tie Xiangyu's different weak tone.

"Oh, that's good."

"Okay? What's so good? If those people just now didn't know that we were trapped, just wait for Lan Ruoxin to call someone back to rescue us, that would be good. ”

Yang Huairen shook his head, "Even if we are rescued, Chai Zhizu will be lost, I don't understand what the hell he is doing, I am always uneasy." ”

"We are in this situation now, do you still think about Chai Zhizu?"

"That's right," Yang Huairen said in a very serious tone, "I feel more and more that Chai Zhizu's conspiracy is bigger than we originally imagined." ”

"This ...... Is there a conspiracy bigger than a plot to rebel? Tie Xiangyu was a little hard to believe.

"It's not impossible. Moreover, this conspiracy, involving more people, or unknown forces, is larger than we guessed at the beginning. ”

"That's how you got it?"

Yang Huairen smiled bitterly, "You think, this secret passage is so large-scale, and there are many mechanisms, it is absolutely impossible for a small force to have the ability to dig and build."

Chai Zhizu, it is even more impossible. After all, his purpose is still in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is impossible to go so far to Dali to open a secret passage to play, from the perspective of doing business, the pay and return are completely disproportionate.

And his forces are also in the Great Song Dynasty, and his ability and prestige can't affect the situation in Dali, and judging from his recent whereabouts, he only arrived in Dali a few days earlier than us, but this secret tunnel is impossible to open for two or three years. ”

"You mean to say that this secret passage has been there for a long time, and it was dug by a powerful force in Dali?"

"Well," Yang Huairen nodded, "and it should have nothing to do with the Dali Duan clan and the Gao clan who are now in power." ”

Tie Xiangyu thought for a while, "It's easier to understand that it has nothing to do with the Dali Duan Clan, but Chai Zhizu just left from the Gao Xiangguo Mansion just now, can't he completely deny that this secret passage has nothing to do with Gao Shengtai?" ”

"It should have nothing to do with the surname Gao. Have you noticed, the direction of this secret passage extends from west to east, and the distance we have just reached the stone gate is almost three hundred steps away from the wellhead. ”

Tie Xiangyu suddenly realized, "I understand, this is a secret passage out of the city, for Gao Shengtai, there is no need to dig such a secret passage out of the city." ”

Yang Huairen smiled, "Yes, that's the truth." Those who have the ability to dig such a secret passage must have strong human and financial resources, and they are not the Duan and Gao clans who were in power before and after the Dali Kingdom, so it can be guessed that it is another force that has ambitions for the throne of the Dali Kingdom. ”

"That Chai Zhizu visited Gao Xiangguo's mansion, but he took this secret passage out of the city, so what role did he play between Gao Shengtai and this mysterious force?"

Yang Huairen fell into deep thought, the original purpose of his coming to Dali was a very simple mediation in his opinion, success or not, in fact, as long as it had no impact on the Great Song Dynasty, he could make a difference.

But now he doesn't seem to think so, things seem to be getting more and more complicated, and the information he has so far is so limited that he can't figure out why for a while.

"I can't figure this out at the moment, but I can be sure that what Chai Zhizu did must not be a good thing."

"That'...... What should we do? ”

"Alas......"

Yang Huairen sighed, "To be honest, I don't know. Let's find a way to get out of here first. ”

Yang Huairen knew that in such a situation, no matter how much he wanted, it would be in vain, just by guessing, he couldn't guess anything useful, so it was better to relax and get out first.

He relaxed a little, only to realize that he had been holding Tie Xiangyu's hand tightly, his palms were sweating, and he felt very funny when he thought that Tie Xiangyu had been held by him like this all along, and he had never taken his hand back.

However, it is always a bit rude to hold the hand of a yellow flower girl like this, he pretended not to notice, and withdrew his hand, "Alas, there was someone behind the stone gate just now, and my palms were sweaty with nervousness." ”

Yang Huairen let go of his hand, Tie Xiangyu was faintly disappointed in his heart, and said a little unnaturally, "Oh, oh, me too." ”

At this time, the footsteps on the other side of the stone gate sounded again......