When Li Zhenzhen heard this, her pupils dilated a little, and she said in disbelief: "Could it be that those three people killed all the workers who dug the secret passage?" ”

Zhao Zheng nodded with a cold face, and then said: "For this kind of thing, people shouldn't be killed, but in the eyes of those outsiders, the lives of these workers are not valuable, and if they are killed, they will be killed, and only the dead can keep secrets." Those few people are surrounded by guards who know martial arts, and it is too easy to kill these workers who don't know martial arts. ”

"Now that the workers are dead, how can it get to you?"

"This tunnel was completed in phases, and the first few workers disappeared for no reason, causing panic. Later, when a group of workers were working, they associated this tunnel with the missing workers, and guessed that once they dug the tunnel, they might also be killed. So they secretly dug a tunnel to the dry well while others were not looking, and secretly escaped before it was completed. Among the workers digging the tunnels, only this group of workers was lucky enough to save their lives. Because of the tunnel they secretly dug, the outsiders didn't know about it, so the entrance to the dry well was still there. Zhao Zheng contacted the game information and explained half-truthfully. In the game, the player learns the location of the secret passage through an escaped craftsman.

"Why don't the workers who escaped make these things public?"

"They want to live two more years, how can they do such a stupid thing? I guess they've left here overnight after escaping from the tunnels, never to come back. ”

Li Zhenzhen fell silent, looking extremely unhappy, and after a while, she said dissatisfiedly: "Killing so many people for their own selfishness, those outsiders are really hateful. ”

"It's hateful, but I advise you, don't beat these outsiders." Zhao Zheng reminded.

"Why?"

"Because they have money."

"They have money, and I still have martial arts!" Li Zhenzhen snorted and patted the fire spirit sword hanging from her waist.

Zhao Zheng shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Money can make ghosts grind, since money can even drive ghosts, let alone martial artists?" These staff members have nursing homes that know martial arts at home, and the martial arts of these nursing homes are not too bad. If the outsiders are threatened, they will temporarily hire more and more powerful warriors, which is definitely not something you can deal with alone. ”

Of course, these few members are nothing in the entire Great Yan Country, but in this small Qibao County, they can definitely be regarded as local snakes, if someone touches their "seven inches", they will fight back with all their might. The power of money is immeasurable, even if these few people are not martial artists, they can use money to organize a group of martial forces.

Not to mention that there are only two people, Zhao Zheng and Li Zhenzhen, even if the strength of the Hongchen Inn is counted, it is impossible to deal with these three members. So Zhao Zheng didn't plan to have a hard time with these three outsiders at the beginning, he just wanted to knock on these three outsiders to enrich his pocket, and he didn't want to do superfluous things. Although he likes to act chivalrous, this premise is to save his own life, and even if he has no life, he can still be chivalrous.

Li Zhenzhen has seen a lot of the world, knows that Jianghu is a place of crouching tiger, hidden dragon, and knows that her ability is not enough at all. After thinking about it for a while, she followed Zhao Zheng's suggestion, gave up the idea of settling accounts with these three outsiders, and sighed and said: "Alas, if only I had my parents' kung fu, even if they have half of their skills, it is enough to clean up these three outsiders." ”

"Martial arts are low when they are used." Zhao Zheng also sighed. He doesn't want to eradicate evil and wanton the rivers and lakes, but his strength is not enough, and it is useless to have this heart.

Li Zhenzhen was depressed for a while, and then asked, "You won't let me go to these outsiders to settle accounts, but didn't you just say that you wanted to extort a sum of money from them?" ”

"Blackmail and killing are two completely different concepts, it's hard to kill them, but it's not hard to blackmail them."

"You've got a great idea?"

"There are some ideas, but they are not perfect and need to be considered in the long term. Extorting a bamboo from the hands of those outsiders is no different from pulling a tooth from the mouth of a tiger, and you must be careful. Zhao Zheng said solemnly.

"Those guys aren't good people, I'll help you blackmail them together." Li Zhenzhen is very enthusiastic about this matter, and in her opinion, this can be regarded as a lesson for the three members.

"Well, that's exactly what I meant when I called you over. With your help, things will be easier. ”

"Of course, don't forget that I'm a big woman." Li Zhenzhen said proudly.

"Well, Lady Li is out of the horse, a top two."

"Your words are quite smooth, so I'll keep them as my slogan in the future."

"Whatever you want." Zhao Zheng shrugged his shoulders, turned his face sideways to look at the deep secret passage, and muttered, "Although we have found the secret passage, it is better to go in and explore it, after all, what I just said to you was overheard by accident, and it may not be accurate." Only when you really see the secret passages leading to the Yuanwai's house and the Qinglou can you fully confirm this matter. ”

Li Zhenzhen followed Zhao Zheng's gaze and looked over, only to see that the secret passage was more than half a meter wide and more than one meter high, barely enough for a person to pass through, and it must be uncomfortable to walk in it, she hesitated: "Well, it's right to explore, but this secret passage is too narrow, if you go in, your clothes will definitely be dirty." ”

"Then you can stay here for now, and I'll go and explore the way myself." Zhao Zheng didn't care.

Li Zhenzhen hesitated for a moment, and looked at the clothes on her body by the light of the candlelight. She came down from the well, and she was already covered with a lot of dust, and even if she didn't enter this secret passage, she would have to wash her clothes when she went back, and with this in mind, she decided, "Forget it, I'll go in with you." Anyway, my clothes are already dirty, and it doesn't matter how dirty they are. If I see this secret passage and don't go inside, I will regret it in the future. ”

"Okay, you can come with me and go in and have a look."

Zhao Zheng seized the time, no longer delayed, rounded the shovel, dug the entrance of the secret passage a little bigger, and then walked in front with the only candle in his hand.

Lee Jin-jin followed, looking nervous and excited.

The candlelight was very bright, but in this secret passage, it seemed to be restricted, and it could only illuminate a radius of about one meter. There was no wind in the passage, and the air was very turbid and had a faint stench.

Zhao Zheng suspected that the smell was some poisonous gas, frowned slightly, and secretly decided in his heart that as long as he felt a little uncomfortable in his body, he would immediately withdraw to the dry well to avoid poisoning.

"It stinks in here." Li Zhenzhen covered her nose with her sleeve and complained.

"The smell of the ground is much better." Zhao Zheng glanced at the candle in his hand and recalled a tomb robbery novel he had read before. There are some records in the book about ghosts blowing out lamps, if there is a lack of oxygen in the underground space, the fire will be extinguished, and the tomb robbers must exit the same way when they see the fire extinguished.

Zhao Zheng felt that this joke was quite interesting, so he blurted out and asked, "Lady Li, have you ever heard of ghosts blowing out lanterns?" ”

"I haven't heard of it, what do you mean?" As soon as Li Zhenzhen heard the words with ghost words, her jade back was faintly cold.

"The yīn qi underground is very heavy, and it will gather some resentful spirits, and if people walk in the tunnels or ancient tombs, they may collide with those resentful spirits. Before attacking people, the spirits will blow out the candles or oil lamps in the hands of the people to warn them not to go any further. If people's candles or oil lamps are extinguished, but they still don't listen to jǐng's words, they will be attacked by resentful spirits and die in the underground world. This is called ghost blowing the lamp. Zhao Zheng deliberately used superstitious statements to explain, wanting to scare and scare Li Zhenzhen.

"And this kind of thing? Who are you listening to? Li Zhenzhen asked.

"I heard from an old beggar, the old beggar listened to a 'fallen thief', and the 'fallen thief' listened to what Master Zu said." Zhao Zheng said casually.

"This can't be true, right?"

"True or false, who can tell clearly, anyway, I'd rather believe it than not, if the candle in my hand suddenly goes out, we don't go forward, go back the way we came."

"Okay, I agree." Li Zhenzhen nodded tremblingly, deliberately narrowed the distance from the candlelight, almost clinging to Zhao Zheng's body, and her little hand inadvertently grabbed the corner of Zhao Zheng's clothes.

Zhao Zheng saw that Li Zhenzhen was scared, and secretly laughed in his heart, and deliberately asked, "Why are you holding me?" ”

"I'm a little scared." Li Zhenzhen grabbed it tighter.

"If you're afraid, just go back the way you came, and I'll continue to walk alone."

"I'm sorry to say, aren't you all to blame? If you hadn't told me about blowing the lamp, how could I be afraid? ”

"Actually, I still have some things to finish. The old beggar also told me that when the ghost blows out the lamp, it makes a 'poof' sound, just like the sound people make when they blow out the lamp, which is very terrifying. ”

"Don't talk about it, I'm afraid." Li Zhenzhen nudged Zhao Zheng and expressed dissatisfaction.

"Lady Li is also scared sometimes?"

"I'm not afraid of people, no matter how powerful the martial arts master is, I've seen it, there's nothing to be afraid of, but I'm most afraid of these ghosts, gods and the like."

Zhao Zheng took advantage of Li Zhenzhen's words to move, and blew at the candle in his hand, and the candle went out with a "poof", exactly like the situation he had just described.

This came down suddenly, and Li Zhenzhen was already a frightened bird, so frightened that she screamed, and the sound came far away, piercing Zhao Zheng's eardrums. Frightened, she instinctively looked for the most reliable thing around her, and hugged Zhao Zheng tightly, trembling like chaff, trembling, and even tears were about to fall out.

Zhao Zheng was restrained all over, feeling that he couldn't breathe, and on his back, he could faintly feel the touch of two soft things, which was very strong, which made his mind flutter. He felt quite comfortable being held by Li Zhenzhen, so he didn't rush to break it or say comfort, and let Li Zhenzhen hold it until he felt satisfied, and then said: "Don't be afraid, I blew out the candle, and there is no ghost blowing out the lamp at all." ”

"What?" Li Zhenzhen's arms were loosened, and her body stopped trembling, "You blew it out?" ”

"Of course, otherwise do you think there will be ghosts here?"

"There really are no ghosts?"

"Even if there are ghosts, you are a coward."

"Good! You must have got revenge on me this time because I scared you last time. Li Zhenzhen was so angry that she pinched Zhao Zheng's back fiercely, making Zhao Zheng grin.

Zhao Zheng turned around and grabbed Li Zhenzhen's hand, took a step back, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't think about it so much, I just temporarily tried to scare you." ”

"Okay, you succeeded, I was scared half to death, please hurry up and light the candle!" Li Zhenzhen snorted in the dark. After the matter was broken by Zhao Zheng, she was immediately not afraid.

Zhao Zheng saw that Li Zhenzhen was really angry, smiled, put his hand into his arms, took out the fire fold, opened the lid, and shook it gently, and sparks immediately appeared on it. He lit the candle with a fire breaker, and the surrounding light was restored.

Li Zhenzhen raised her hand and pointed at Zhao Zheng's nose, as if she was going to accuse Zhao Zheng, but just as she was about to speak, she didn't know what she saw in her eyes, her pupils instantly dilated, and she let out a scream that was far more than just now.

"Ah!!h