The candlelight flickered, and the circular light shrouded Zhao Zheng in it like an enchantment, resisting the darkness that seemed to be substance. In the light of the candlelight, his shadow split into several petals, deep or shallow on all sides. Probably because of the ventilation, the smell in the secret passage was a little lighter, but it was still very uncomfortable, and the stomach was churning.

Zhao Zheng observed as he walked, whether it was the ground under his feet or the walls on both sides, there were obvious traces of excavation, looking at these traces, one could imagine the scene of those workers struggling to dig at that time. He quickly walked over to the corpses again.

Several corpses lay quietly on the ground, silent, as if they were about to jump up and grab Zhao Zheng's shoulders at any moment, crying about the cause of their deaths and denouncing the cruelty of the murderer. Zhao Zheng untied the shovel he was carrying, and used the shovel to pull the clothes on the bodies of several corpses, and the insects hidden under the clothes were frightened, and instantly dispersed, hiding into the cracks in the ground or corpses. Zhao Zheng observed for a while, the bones of several corpses were white, there was no sign of poisoning, and the bones of the wounds of two corpses were severed, which showed that the weapons in the hands of the murderers were very sharp. Other than that, there is nothing more.

Zhao Zheng picked up the shovel, left a few corpses alone, and continued to walk forward.

There were no more corpses in front of him, and nothing of note appeared, and after about five minutes, Zhao Zheng walked to the end of the secret passage.

A wooden board was blocked in front of Zhao Zheng, which looked like a wooden door, and there was even a doorknob on it.

What's behind the door? Is it some other secret passage?

Zhao Zheng was inexplicably nervous, and wanted to push open the door, but he was a little hesitant. He walked to the door and nudged it with his hand, but it didn't move at all, and it seemed to be closed tightly. He pressed his ear to the door, and listened, but there was no sound on the other side of the door, only the hum of his own bloodstream.

Zhao Zheng felt that there was no one on the other side, grabbed the doorknob with his hand, and pulled it hard, but he couldn't pull it, and there seemed to be a gate blocking the door. He groped for a while along the crack in the door, found the gate on the side of the door, and struck it twice with a shovel to break the wooden gate. He reached out and pulled the door again, this time at last. He found that the door was very heavy, and it was as heavy as a stone door, even though it was a wooden door.

The wooden door opened, and on the side of the wooden door, there was a thick layer of mud, no wonder it was so heavy.

Zhao Zheng took a deep breath, put the shovel on his back, and walked out of the door holding the candle. Sure enough, there was another secret passage outside, which looked very narrow and long, and the light could not reach the end at all. Compared with the secret passage under the dry well, this secret passage is cleaner and neater, the ground is very flat, and the walls are deliberately tamped.

Zhao Zheng turned around and closed the door, because the door was pasted with dirt, and after it was closed, it merged with the earthen wall, and if you didn't look carefully, you really couldn't see it. It seems that in order to open up this passage, those workers have put a lot of effort into it.

It's night, and if this secret passage was really excavated by the three members, then they will probably appear here and go to the Qinglou to have fun, so they must keep a low profile when walking around here.

Zhao Zheng extinguished the candle so as not to be discovered. The surroundings sank into endless darkness, and nothing could be seen again. He chose the path on his right, moving forward slowly, with a light foot, trying not to make a sound, and touching the flat wall with his hand as he went.

From a family to a green building, the road will naturally not be short, Zhao Zheng walked for more than ten minutes, but he never came to the end, as if lost in the dark. He had been groping in the dark for so long, and he felt faintly depressed in his heart.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of footsteps in front of me, the sound was very slight, from far to near, gradually getting louder.

When Zhao Zheng heard that someone was coming, his heart trembled wildly, and he played a twelve-point jīng god, holding his breath and listening quietly.

The footsteps gradually came closer, and it sounded like only one person. As the footsteps approached, a ray of light followed, spreading to the front.

Zhao Zheng took a look and found that the light source was cut off from the middle of the road, not from the opposite side, if the person was on the opposite side, the light source in the dark would be very conspicuous. Judging from this, there is either a corner ahead, or a section of intersection in the shape of "丅".

If you go backwards, you can avoid meeting this person, which is safer, and if you get closer to the other person, you can peek into the other person's face. Zhao Zheng weighed it and chose to stop where he was.

The light in front of him became brighter and brighter, and a figure wearing a brocade robe and holding the general's belly appeared in the light, and walked quickly through the fork.

The fat man in brocade clothes just passed by in a flash, and Zhao Zheng couldn't see more details except for seeing the outline of a fat body. He hesitated slightly, followed in the dark, walked to the corner, and quietly followed behind the fat man in brocade. He was about twenty meters away from the other party, completely hidden in the dark, and the other party could never see him, but he could see the other party clearly.

The fat man in brocade didn't know how old he was, he should be over forty years old, or older, he carried a pure gold oil lamp in his hand, and he was obviously extremely rich and his family was rich.

Zhao Zhengguang looked at the back and couldn't see why, but he could preliminarily judge that this fat man in brocade should have no kung fu, because the footsteps of the fat man in brocade were very vain and had no strength. He speculated that this fat man in brocade was probably one of the three outsiders, and this trip was to go to the Qinglou to find fun. If this speculation is true, it proves that the situation here is basically the same as in the game data, and the rest of the matter will be easy. As for the few corpses lying in the secret passage under the dry well, it is probably the same as Li Zhenzhen speculated, because the matter of secretly digging the secret passage was leaked, so it attracted the disaster of killing.

The fat man in brocade walked forward for a while, and suddenly another light came out of front of him, and another person appeared in the light. The two glanced at each other, and immediately laughed in unison, as if they knew each other.

Zhao Zheng saw that a second person appeared, and immediately stopped in place and watched from a distance. I saw that this person was thin and tall, with a straight nose bridge, eyes like electricity, jīng Shen Huo Huo, about thirty years old, much younger than the fat man in brocade, in his hand, carrying a jade oil lamp, the oil lamp is no less luxurious than the gold oil lamp in the hands of the fat man in brocade, it seems that this person is also a man of great wealth.

"Brother Zhang! Haha, what a coincidence, the two of us talked about business together during the day, and met again at night in this 'flower path'. The thin rich man laughed.

"Brother Zhou Xian, can't you bear the loneliness tonight?" The fat man in brocade asked with a smile.

"Not only can't I endure loneliness tonight, but I can't stand loneliness every night."

"Alas, it's good to be young. You are only thirty years old, in the prime of life, strong and strong, full of strength, like me, a handful of old bones, tired after playing once, your legs are weak, and you can't walk. The brocade-clothed fat man shook his head and sighed.

"Brother Zhang, aren't you only in your forties, as the so-called man is forty-one flowers, forty years old is the best time in a man's life." The tall and thin man comforted.

"Even if I'm a flower, it's a wilted flower, the last time I went to Wushan with Chūn Snow Maiden, she touched and licked it, and it took me a long time to get hard. She didn't say anything, but I knew she was laughing at me. Alas, people are old and useless. ”

"If that's the case, Brother Zhang, it's time for you to make up for it."

"Isn't it?" The fat man in brocade surnamed Zhang admitted calmly, raised his hand and made a gesture of please, and walked forward with that Zhou Xiandi, continuing as he walked, "I have also found a lot of good doctors in this area, and I have taken countless tonics, but there has been no great effect. If Brother Zhou Xian knows a good doctor who is good at improving a man's strength, he can introduce him to me, and I will be very grateful. ”

"Definitely, definitely, I'll help you inquire with your friends when I go back tomorrow. As for thanking you or something, what Brother Zhang said is too unusual. The rich man surnamed Zhou smiled.

The two rich men talked as they walked, at first they talked about some things in the house, and then they talked about business things.

Zhao Zheng quietly followed behind, and many thoughts turned in his heart, the thin and rich man called the fat man in brocade Brother Zhang, it seems that this fat man in brocade is likely to be the initiator of this secret passage, Zhang Yuanwai, and this fat man in brocade is talking about some female sè things, which also indirectly proves this.

If the fat man in brocade clothes is Zhang Yuanwai, then there is no need to have any doubts, all kinds of things about this secret passage are basically the same as the game data, except for the fact that there are a few corpses lying in the secret passage.

It seems that there is a high degree of compatibility between the game information and this world, and there are only some details on the problem, which must be based on this world, such as the location of some locations, the power of moves, etc., there will be some deviations.

Through this secret passage, Zhao Zheng has a clearer understanding of how to use the game information he knows in the future, and the game information can be boldly trusted, but some details need to be treated with caution.

Zhao Zheng followed the distance for a while, and the idea of restraining these two people came to his heart, if he kidnapped these two people, he would definitely be able to extort a lot of money, and he could ask about several corpses in the secret passage. But when he saw that the man surnamed Zhou was walking steadily and powerfully, and seemed to be a practitioner, he didn't dare to act rashly. If after he made a move, he failed to restrain these two people, but was caught by the other party, it would be more than worth the loss.

The two rich men unknowingly reached the end of the road, turned a corner, and walked to the next passage.

Zhao Zheng stopped, did not rush forward, and if he walked further, he only overheard some inconsequential things, he didn't dare to light a candle in the dark, it would be bad if he got lost here. Thinking of this, he turned and stepped back, felt the wall and went forward, returned to the intersection of the "丅" shape, and then found the secret door covered with mud, and returned to the dry well through the secret passage where the corpses were lying.

When Zhao Zheng climbed along the rope to the mouth of the well, Li Zhenzhen immediately came up, raised his hand to grab Zhao Zheng's wrist, and pulled Zhao Zheng out of the dry well with a heavy lift. Before Zhao Zheng could stand firm, Li Zhenzhen lowered her voice and asked, "You can be regarded as back, what is the situation below?" ”

"The secret passage under the dry well leads to another deeper and longer secret passage, and I met two people in the secret passage, they call each other Brother Zhang and Brother Zhou Xian, and these two people are the two members who built this secret passage." Zhao Zheng replied in the same low voice.

"Did you see them? That's a coincidence. Li Zhenzhen exclaimed.

"It's not a coincidence, it's night, and they're going to the Qinglou, so I met them halfway."

"They didn't see you, did they?"

"No, I was careful, I didn't light any candles along the way, it was all in the dark. After seeing the two of them, I quietly followed behind, eavesdropped on their words, and they named this secret passage 'Flower Path', which was quite elegant. ”

"Phew, this is not elegant, this is shameless." Li Zhenzhen whispered.

Zhao Zheng smiled, did not comment, and then said: "They went to the Qinglou through the secret passage, I was afraid of getting lost in the dark, so I didn't follow, and returned directly." ”

"Since you've met them, why don't you capture them both in one fell swoop?" Li Zhenzhen asked.

"I haven't figured out the situation yet, how can I do it rashly?" Zhao Zheng shook his head and said.

"Coward." Li Zhenzhen glanced at Zhao Zheng.

"It's not cowardice, it's called being careful to sail a ship for ten thousand years." Zhao Zheng justified himself.

"So what do we do next? What are your plans? Li Zhenzhen asked.

"Next, it's time to find out more news, we have to find out how big the power is outside these members, what martial artists are in the family, and these two people mentioned a girl named 'Chūn Xue', we have to find out which Qinglou this girl is in, so that we can determine which Qinglou this 'Flower Path' leads to."

"Didn't we already guess that they were going to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion?"

"That's just speculation, it's not entirely certain. Wait until we have all the information before we can think about how to blackmail them. ”

"Well, you have to knock them hard, and you have to ask them for at least 500,000 taels." Li Zhenzhen said fiercely.

"What? 500,000 taels? Zhao Zheng said in amazement.

"yes, what's wrong?"

"That's a silver ticket, not a blank slate! Even if they had money, they wouldn't be able to come up with so much money, and it would be good if we could knock out tens of thousands of taels of silver from them. Zhao Zheng explained.

"I thought they were rich. It doesn't seem to be that good. Li Zhenzhen snorted, she hated those good and cruel outsiders, and she couldn't wait to kill them quickly.

"Alright, let's go back first. Rest early tonight, find time tomorrow to find out the news, and then make plans. Zhao Zheng patted the dust off his body, took off the rope from the dry well, and wrapped it in a circle. Subsequently, he stepped on the night with Li Zhenzhen and returned to his temporary residence.