Zhao Zheng had been staring at Lu Chong, and he happened to catch this fleeting expression, and snorted coldly in his heart.

Lu Chong quickly withdrew his gaze and continued to lead everyone inside.

Because the courtyard of the old Lu family store was too small to accommodate so many carriages, most of the carriages could only be parked outside, and only two carriages rushed in. Lu Chong came forward to invite all the other guests in the inn away, first exempted various fees, and also compensated for some losses. These unlucky guests complained about this, but when they saw that everyone in the convoy outside was carrying guys, they were so angry that they could only suppress their anger and leave the inn obediently.

The inn was emptied, and the convoy began to take over the inn. Some of them were in charge of the carriages, some of them were in charge of the horses, and some were in charge of inspecting the inn in case it was a black shop, and no one was idle.

The sword slave stood in the center of the courtyard with the abbot of the overall situation, and Zhao Zheng accompanied him, looking around.

Zhao Zheng was looking forward to what clues Zhuang Ding, who was in charge of inspecting this inn, could find, but after the Zhuang Ding came back, they claimed that there were no suspicious findings, and it seemed that this black shop was hidden very deep and did not show the horse's feet. Zhao Zheng was a little disappointed and decided to find another opportunity to expose the disguise of this black shop.

After inspecting the room, the sword slave arranged the corresponding room for each person according to the quality, location, and size of the room. Then he summoned Lu Chong and instructed Lu Chong to hand over all the existing ingredients in the inn, and the team would check and cook them by their own people.

The convoy was very careful along the way, and every time they stayed at the inn, they would carefully check it. And cook the food with your own hands. Never let the innkeepers interfere.

Zhao Zheng is his own uncle as usual. I was in the room I was assigned to. After entering the house, he closed the doors and windows and immediately began to inspect the room. He mainly checked whether there were dark passages in the house, knocked the walls and the ground, and judged the reality by the echo of the knock. He examined it carefully, tapping twice every inch away, and it took him nearly half an hour to inspect every corner of the room. Didn't miss anywhere. It's a pity that nothing was found, and there didn't seem to be a hidden mystery in the room.

"Strange thing, I remember that this black shop should have a secret passage, why didn't I find any of them. Could it be that there is no secret passage in this room, and there are only other rooms? Zhao Zheng hammered the wall in disappointment, feeling a little tricky.

The secret passage is the most direct evidence, and if you can't find the secret passage, it will be difficult to find other evidence to prove that this is a black shop.

Zhao Zheng rested for a while, but still did not give up, and carried out a careful inspection of the room. But halfway through the inspection, Zhuang Ding knocked on his door. Tell him to go out to dinner. He had no choice but to give up, go out and turn left to the dining hall, and eat with the sword slave. He was carrying the antidote black lotus seed on his body, but he was not afraid that the food would be poisonous, and he ate it with relish. If it's really poisonous, it can just pierce the disguise of this black shop, which is exactly what he wants.

It's a pity that there is no poison in the meal, and after everyone eats it, nothing happens except for a big belly.

Zhao Zheng returned to the room and continued to check with his head bored, but changed the inspection method to a more destructive method. He drew his sword and stabbed it into the walls and bricks, and if there was a mezzanine between the wall and the ground, it could be detected by the touch of the tip of the sword. With this inspection method, you can't check inch by inch, you can only select some deliberate places to check. He stabbed first on the wall, then on the edge of the bed, then on the floor under the table.

Just when he was a little disheartened, the Zichu sword that pierced the ground under the table suddenly pierced through the masonry and went deep into a hollow area. His eyes lit up suddenly, he gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, and slowly lowered the blade of the sword. He had gone a full three feet deep, but he still hadn't touched the bottom, and it seemed that the hollow area underground was huge.

There would be any hollow area under a normal house, and this must be a secret passage!

"Good fellow, I finally found the horse's feet." Zhao Zheng was overjoyed, and in order to avoid alarming the people in the secret passage, he hurriedly pulled back the Zichu sword. In order to make sure that nothing was wrong, he also used his sword to test deeply in several places next to him, and found that they were all empty. It seems likely that under this table is the exit of the secret passage.

If Zhao Zheng hadn't known in advance that this shop was a black shop and lived here, the Lu family couple in the store would probably sneak into his room in the middle of the night through this secret passage and kill him.

Zhao Zheng lifted the sword, put the sword into the sheath, pushed the door and walked out. By this time it was almost dark, and the sun was sinking to the west, and the setting sun was staining the sky, as if someone had lit a fire in the sky. He knocked on the door of the sword slave and glanced at the sword slave, indicating that he had something important to discuss. The sword slave was stunned for a moment, then flashed to the side and put him into the room.

After sitting down in the room, Zhao Zheng said: "Senior Sword Slave, I stumbled upon a hollow mezzanine under my room, and it is very likely that it is a secret passage. ”

"My people just checked it, why didn't they find the secret passage?" The sword slave frowned.

"Maybe those who inspect are not doing well, maybe the secret passage is exquisitely crafted and hidden too deeply."

"This matter is not trivial, I will go with you to take a look." The sword slave stood up and said.

The two returned to Zhao Zheng's room, Zhao Zheng pointed to the ground under the table, and pulled out Zichu's sword and inserted it into it, making a demonstration. The sword slave waved his hand and motioned for him to step away, then took out his sword from the sword box behind him, and tried to see that it was indeed the case.

"There's something weird down here, I'll split it here and try it." The sword slave raised the sword and used the internal force, and a white light immediately appeared on the sword.

The husband and wife of the Lu family are not ordinary people, both of them have sevenfold heavenly cultivation, if they destroy the secret passage and alarm these two people, it is likely to cause danger. Even if there is no fight, it is just as bad to scare the couple away. Zhao Zheng hurriedly grabbed the sword slave's wrist and stopped: "Don't do it, if you smash this place, the noise will be too loud, and it will probably alarm the people in this shop." In my opinion, it's better to think long-term. ”

"Alarmed is alarmed, what is there to be afraid of. If this is a secret passage, I have to ask the people here for an explanation, and if this is not a secret passage, I will pay a little loss. The sword slave said disapprerovitically.

"If there is a secret passage, this store is eighty percent black. If we alarm them and make them angry, they will have to fight us. ”

"Fight and fight, we people are like clouds, are we afraid that a small black shop will not succeed?"

"People can't look good, don't look at this small shop, maybe it's full of masters. Listen to the advice of others to eat a full meal, and the seniors will listen to my advice, don't ruin this place rashly. ”

"You're just worried, I don't believe there can be any great masters in this little inn." The sword slave insisted on going his own way, pushed Zhao Zheng's hand away, and swung his sword and slashed down at the ground under the table. This sword was full of power, bursting out with shattering sword qi, like a 10,000-pound hammer, smashing all the ground.

It was too late for Zhao Zheng to stop it, so he sighed secretly, pulled out the Zichu sword, protected his mouth and nose, and stood by the side of the sword slave, ready for battle.

The sword slave swung his sword again, blowing all the dust raised by the collapse to the side, and the smoke and dust dispersed, revealing the situation below. I saw a large pit emerging from the ground under the table, about two feet wide and one zhang deep, and on the edges and corners of the big pit, there were some fragments of the mechanism, and it seemed that this place could be opened by the mechanism. The pit was dark and empty, and it was a long, narrow passage, and I didn't know where it led.

"Damn, this is really a secret passage, it seems that this is a black shop that wants to kill people. You wait here, I'll jump in and see. The sword slave jumped into the secret passage and searched inside.

If the Lu family husband and wife work together to deal with the sword slave, the sword slave alone is not an opponent at all. Zhao Zheng was afraid that the sword slave would be lost, so he did not stay as he said, but jumped down with his sword. He stood still and looked around, and saw a ladder on the side of the passage that he could climb up and down, and a metal object that resembled a switch next to the ladder. There were passages on the left and right sides of the passage, and they were all dark. This secret passage was dug very deep, and it was no wonder that the Zhuang Ding who was in charge of inspecting the room did not find it.

The sword slave listened attentively, pointed to the passage leading to the north, and said, "There is a lot of movement over there, since you have jumped down, come with me to go over and have a look." If it really starts, it will also give you a chance to show your face. ”

Zhao Zheng looked at the sword slave with a nonchalant look, and kindly reminded: "Seniors, don't be careless, you should be careful." ”

"Look at your cowardice." The sword slave glanced at Zhao Zheng, holding the sword and striding north, although his steps were big, there was no sound when he landed.

Zhao Zheng followed, looking much more nervous than the sword slave. He knew very well what the enemy he was about to face was, and he would dare not take it lightly.

The two walked a short distance and came across another ladder that leaned against the wall, which led to the top, the floor of another room. It seems that this secret passage leads in all directions, leading to multiple rooms. The masonry at the entrance and exit of this secret passage was so heavy that ordinary mechanisms could not bear such heavy weights, so it seems that the people who built this mechanism were not idle people, but quite skilled mechanics.

After taking two steps forward, the sword slave's nose moved, and suddenly stopped, frowning and saying, "Do you smell it?" There's a smell of blood ahead of this. ”

Zhao Zhengyungong magnified his sense of smell, inhaled all the surrounding smells into his nostrils, and sure enough, he smelled a smell of blood from the front. His face became more solemn, and he nodded: "I smell it too, if I don't smell it wrong, it should be the smell of human blood!" ”

"It seems that this black shop has caused a lot of trouble, killing the guests who stayed there." The sword slave's eyes showed a fierce light, and he held the sword tighter.

Continuing on, a closed wooden door appeared in front of it. (To be continued......)