Everyone stepped forward and found that a piece of the wall behind the calligraphy and painting had been hollowed out.

On top of the hollowed-out lattice is a small celadon bowl.

Qi Zhen touched it and found that the celadon bowl was fixed to the lattice and could not be picked up.

I tried to make a half-turn clockwise again.

With the sound of a machine spring, a door appeared on the wall next to it, and slowly opened, and the secret passage inside the door was a little dark, making it difficult to see the situation inside.

"There's a secret passage here." Meng Ran said in surprise.

"It's not surprising, whether it's to escape or hide something, it's a good idea to have a secret door." Qi Zhen said, but her brows gradually furrowed.

"What's the problem?" Li Qiang keenly sensed that Qi Zhen was a little hesitant and asked.

"There are two things that I don't quite understand, one is why Liao Xunli wants to help us, and the second is how he knows about this secret passage." Qi Zhen explained her wondering to Li Qiang.

"Maybe it's the escape mechanism deliberately triggered by the system, are you thinking a little too much?" Yu Liang asked.

Qi Zhen shook her head.

"Anyway, let's go first." I couldn't figure it out, but Qi Zhen decided to leave here together first.

Qi Zhen found another celadon bowl in the door, presumably the switch on the other side.

After everyone walked into the secret door, Qi Zhen slowly twisted the small bowl, the sound of the machine spring sounded again, and the door slowly closed again.

As the last glimmer of light from inside the passage vanished, the passage finally became pitch black.

"Be careful, we have to go slowly, it's not worth capsizing in the gutter here." Qi Zhen said.

In the dark, everyone nodded with bated breath, regardless of whether Qi Zhen could see it or not.

At the forefront is Yu Liang, because of the hunter's natural attributes, Yu Liang's eyesight is the best among the others, and in this dark environment, Yu Liang can barely see the road ahead.

The crowd walked forward, but they did not dare to make a sound.

At this time, Lin Xiao suddenly said, "Huh?!" "Yes.

It is tantamount to releasing a spiritual shock in the hearts of everyone.

"Damn! You scared me to death. Yu Liang said in a low voice.

"No, I suddenly realized, are we going downhill?" Lin Xiao asked.

"That's right, it seems that this is not only a secret passage, but also an underground secret passage." Qi Zhen's voice sounded.

"But where does this secret passage lead?" Meng Ran said.

"We'll never know until we get to the end." Qi Zhen said.

The air in the passage is not muddy, and I don't know how to keep it ventilated.

In this slow progress at this turtle speed, everyone's eyes gradually adapted to the dark environment in the secret passage, and they could barely see something.

In the almost absolute darkness, time gradually lost its concept.

I don't know how long it has been, it may be half an hour, or it may be an hour.

"Huh?!" Lin Xiao was surprised.

"Damn! Are you still coming? Yu Liang said.

"Are we going uphill now?" Lin Xiao asked.

"yes, it looks like we're going out soon."

Qi Zhen's spirit was highly tense at this time, he didn't know what Liao Xun's purpose was for leaving this person, if it was to trap everyone in the team, then this was probably the best opportunity.

However, there are no traps or traps along the way.

The crowd trembled and walked to the other side of the secret passage.

It's still a door.

Next to the door is still a small celadon bowl.

It seemed like walking all the way, and suddenly I realized that I had walked back to square one.

Li San was alone and completed all the tasks assigned by the shopkeeper, but he always had to inform the shopkeeper.

It should be considered a complete task.

Even if there is no reward, some experience is good.

What's more, he is very satisfied with his work.

The red paint paints a picture of the rising sun on the gray wall, which is a bit like Hitachi's logo.

In the lower right corner of the pattern, Li San also added his own exclusive signature, a swallow.

Li San looked at the sky, it seemed that it was almost dawn.

At this time, the shopkeeper should not be in the clothing shop, but at home.

Thinking of the mother and daughter's care for him, the corners of Li San's mouth rose slightly.

In order to hand in the task, besides, these people are NPCs, so it shouldn't disturb their rest.

Li San comforted himself, walked to the front of the house, and knocked lightly on the door.

However, the door was hidden and not locked.

Li San was shocked.

Hurriedly hid his figure, and did not hesitate to release his camouflage skills.

Are you waiting for me?

Li San shook his head and walked into the house softly and slowly.

There are no overly luxurious furnishings in the house, and it is not a high-gate compound, the lights are on in the house, and for some reason the owner has not rested yet.

The sense of foreboding in Li San's heart became heavier and heavier.

Go to the front of the house and look into the house at the base of the window.

Li San's pupils shrank suddenly!

Pushing open the front door of the house, Li San entered the house.

Inside the room, the shopkeeper's family was lying neatly on the ground.

Li San stepped forward and tried the snort and pulse of the four people, and it was indeed dead that he couldn't die anymore.

The death of the four people was not very miserable, except for the blue and purple faces, there were no obvious scars as far as the naked eye could see.

Very strong poison, Li San judged.

At this moment, with the sound of a machine spring, a door suddenly opened on one of the walls of the house.

Li San quickly released his camouflage skill and hid aside.

The lights in the room made Qi Zhen and the others feel uncomfortable for a few seconds.

And they all walked out of the secret passage one by one.

The house was not very large, and it was difficult to determine the direction in the secret passage, so everyone did not know where they were.

After their eyes adjusted, the crowd naturally found four corpses on the ground.

"This is ......" Meng Ran looked at the iron-blue face of the shopkeeper and said.

"Dead."

Li San's voice sounded, and his figure slowly appeared.

"What's going on?" Qi Zhen looked at Li San who appeared in front of everyone, but she didn't have a particularly surprised expression.

"I've just arrived, too." Li San said.

"It looks like poisoning." Meng Ran, as a criminal policeman, made a judgment first.

Qi Zhen circled his chest left and right, his right hand rested on his left hand, and his middle and index fingers pointed at his forehead.

"It should be a mulberry snake."

"Mulberry snake? What is it? Li San asked.

"It's not a good place to stay for long, let's talk as we go." Li Qiang said.

Half an hour later, I entered the room where I first entered the game.

"I see." After listening to Qi Zhen's story, Li San finally understood a little why there were fewer and fewer silks in Yuemeng Mountain, and why there were rumors that monsters hurt people.

"Let's sort out the information we have now." Qi Zhen said slowly.

Three years ago, for some reason, the Mulberry Snake clan moved into the area around Yuemeng Mountain.

Because the shed skin was picked up by chance and its miraculous effect was discovered, more and more people came to pick up Yuemeng silk.

In the end, the government that was alarmed closed the mountain and even opened an official road for this purpose.

It was also from that time that the annual Suzhou embroidery competition, in addition to competing silk embroidery skills, the imperial court also sent ministers to collect Yuemeng silk every year and pay tribute to the imperial court.

Among the soldiers sent to Yuemeng Mountain by the City Patrol Division was Zheng Sinan.

Because the shopkeeper surnamed Zhao was related to the commander of the City Patrol Division, he was able to organize some people to do some smuggling work.

And the shopkeeper of the clothing shop is one of the guests of the shopkeeper surnamed Zhao.

Zheng Sinan fell in love with a mulberry snake in human form, so he obtained more Yuemeng silk than others.

Then he was suspected and imprisoned by others, Zheng Sinan and informed Zhao Xuance of the incident.

Yuemeng silk became more and more scarce, and Zhao Xuance began to kill chickens and take eggs.

Zheng Sinan couldn't bear it, went to find Zhao Xuance's theory, and has been imprisoned until now.

Rumors began to spread in Yuemeng Mountain that monsters hurt people, and Zhao Xuance was ready to raise troops to go into the mountains to eliminate demons, but in fact, it was to capture the mulberry snake alive and kill the snake to get silk.

Lord Chincha immediately came to Suzhou.

I don't know if the silk in Yuemengshan is becoming more and more scarce today, which is not enough to complete the quota of the imperial court, or whether the people's hearts are insufficient.

It was at this point in time that the squad came into the world.

And under the "coincidence", he met the shopkeeper of the clothing workshop.

Because the strange clothes were brought to the yamen of the city patrol division, because the purchase of clothes was entrusted by the shopkeeper of the clothing shop.

In the end, all the clues pointed to Yuemeng Mountain.

"As soon as the city gate opens at dawn, we will go to Yuemeng Mountain." Qi Zhen made up her mind.

There was no objection from everyone.

"But I still feel like there's something I can't explain." Qi Zhen said.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Yan asked.

"Let's all think about it, first, why did the mulberry snake choose the shopkeeper of the clothing shop? Second, why does Liao Xunli want to help us? Third, Zheng Sinan's description and the Zhao Xuance we see are not at all like a person, is there any hidden meaning in this? Qi Zhen said slowly.

"There may be more than that, but based on the clues we have now, it is still difficult for us to determine that things are what we portray, and I always feel that it is not that simple." Qi Zhen said.

"To be honest, I think this game is much more fun than Plants vs. Zombies." Lin Xiao said.

"Indeed, this is actually one of the problems." Qi Zhen said.

"Huh? Is this also a problem? Lin Xiao asked.

"That's right, do you remember what the most important thing in this gaming space is?" Qi Zhen asked.

Lin Xiao looked dazed, but Li Qiang, Yu Liang, and Jiang Yan were thoughtful.

"The most important thing in this game is survival, and there is a danger everywhere." Qi Zhen didn't despise Lin Xiao's idiocy anymore, but told him directly.

"You mean, this game is peaceful?" Meng Ran asked.

Qi Zhen nodded.

"What would we have done if we hadn't done to get those clues as the system had designed for us?" Li Qiang asked.

"yes, what will happen?" Qi Zhen muttered.

Nothing was said all night.

It was dawn, and the group waited at the gate before it opened.

They were not interrogated in any way, and they went out of the city smoothly and headed for Yuemeng Mountain, which was three miles away.

Yuemeng Mountain is said to be a mountain, but in fact, there are no towering peaks, just a continuous mountain hills.

But the range is extremely wide.

This is probably the reason why the snake migrated here.

Because of the tree cover, except for the official roads opened by the government, most of the other places entering Yuemeng Mountain are small roads, and if you are not an experienced old hunter or herb picker, it is easy to get lost when you enter the mountain.

Even these professionals, whose ancestors have lived under the mountain for generations, have only taken a few paths in and out of the mountain, and they dare not rashly enter the unfamiliar forest.

Every year, many people die in it, and most of these people who die are these professionals.

These paths are now also strictly guarded by the government, and it is forbidden for idle people to approach.

The distance of three miles, which is not long, can be seen in the city of Suzhou.

Following the official road, Qi Zhen and the seven people soon came to the foot of the mountain and met the soldiers of the city patrol division.

From a distance, it can be said that it is heavily guarded.

The group walked down the official road and entered Yuemeng Mountain along a dense forest in the wild.