Chapter 194: Xiao Xiao's Lair
Ji Qingyi was immediately happy, thinking that this was all effortless.
When the four of them went in one by one, they found that there was a staircase leading to the underground, this place was a basement, and in an open space next to it, it was the board car just now, but the jars on the board car had been opened, exuding a strong smell of blood. The four of them are not people who have never seen blood, and they are not very unfamiliar with this smell, but the blood of these people who have been made into human Gu has a foul smell that is unbearable.
It's not very dark below, because there are some small lights lit on the walls, Ji Qingyi stepped forward to take a look, turned his head and whispered to them: "This place should be a basement, you all try not to talk loudly for a while, because the echo will be very loud, and it will not be good to summon those people."
As he spoke, he took out four pieces of black cloth from his arms and handed them to them: "You cover your face with this, cover your mouth and nose, it's best not to spray your own breath, those human Gu are very sensitive to the smell of people, as long as they are not human Gu during dormancy, you have to deal with it carefully."
The three of them nodded, then covered their mouths and noses with a black cloth and tied it to the back of their heads. After the four of them cleaned up, they went down the stairs one by one, the ground was very wet, and from time to time there would be cockroaches and ants or something, the stairs were very long, and there was no place to turn around, as if they were deliberately going deeper into the ground, it took a long time for Ji Qingyi to walk to the bottom of the stairs, there was a corner on the right side of the stairs, Ji Qingyi lay in front of him and showed half of his head to look inside, and he saw a very long aisle, how long is that aisle, even if there are lights on both sides, but at a glance, I couldn't even see the edge, and it was still the same black in the depths.
As soon as Ji Qingyi turned around, he found that the three of them were lying on the wall and watching, Ji Qingyi glanced at them and whispered: "This place is like an underground passage leading to another place."
Hongchen nodded and said, "If the other place is their lair, they really won't let it be so easy to find."
Ji Qingyi thought to herself that it was indeed true, thinking that when she and He Qingyun went to the Immortal Cultivation Society, that place could be regarded as the eighteen bends of the mountain road.
Several people walked forward cautiously, because there was no decoration on the walls here, and they didn't dare to easily write down the signs on it, so Ji Qingyi and a few people walked for a long time and there was still no sign of going to the end, Xiao Ling was worried in his heart, and muttered: "Could it be a ghost hitting the wall here, why hasn't it come to an end for so long."
Ji Qingyi frowned and didn't speak, she suddenly turned her head and asked Xiao Jindao, "What direction are we going in now?"
Xiao Jin said: "Southwest."
"Southwest." Ji Qingyi muttered a few times and said, "Then what's in the southwest?"
Xiao Jin lowered his eyes and thought for a while: "There are wine shops, teahouses, garment stores, granaries, and then there is the back mountain."
Xiao Ling nodded and said, "No matter where you go, you will pass through the back mountain."
Ji Qingyi pursed her lips and asked, "Is the back mountain far away from where we set off just now?"
Xiao Jin bowed his head and said: "It's quite far, but if we go directly like this, it won't be far."
Ji Qingyi squinted his eyes and looked at the road in front of him: "I always feel that this passage is very likely to lead to the back mountain, otherwise there will not be any other places where so many people can be hidden."
Xiao Ling also stretched his neck and looked at it: "Then if it leads to the back mountain, then we should be almost there now."
Ji Qingyi nodded and said, "Let's go."
The four of them walked a long way forward based on their inference, because the road was too long, and the surrounding walls were the same, so it gave people a very long feeling both visually and audibly.
It didn't last long, though, as a door or a wall or something could already be seen in front of me.
The four of them quickened their pace and walked forward, and after having a goal, they felt that the time was not so long, and then the four of them walked over, this door is very short, it should be said that it is particularly short, if you want to go in, you must lie on your stomach, Xiao Jin stepped forward and squatted down and looked inside, then raised his head and said, "I can't see anything."
Xiao Ling said indignantly: "No matter how you look at this, it looks like a dog hole, if you are sick, you don't do it, and you get a dog hole."
Ji Qingyi rubbed his chin with his fingers and said, "I think it's probably because I don't want those people to come out." After all, the limbs of the human Gu were a little stiff, which could prevent them from running out. ”
After speaking, he squatted down and pushed the door open and said, "Don't worry about so much, hurry up and go in and have a look."
After saying that, he climbed in first. Xiao Jin followed behind him, Xiao Ling glanced at Hongchen, and said with some embarrassment: "You go in first, I'll later."
Hongchen nodded understandingly, squatted down and climbed in. When all four of them came in, they saw a scene like this: a large pool full of water, and a rock wall all around.
Ji Qingyi touched the rock wall, and the front was very wet, as if there was a lot of water. It's dark inside, and even if you come in through a passage that wasn't particularly bright just now, you will feel that your eyes can't stand it.
After Ji Qingyi adapted to the surrounding environment, he walked inside next to the pool, because there was no direction, so they paid more attention to the surrounding environment, and after about three or four minutes, they saw a door again, this door was very large and very high. It's not made of wood, it's not like iron, it's like copper. There was already dark rust around him, Ji Qingyi walked over, turned back to Xiao Jin and said, "It's not easy to build such a big door."
Xiao Jin nodded and said, "Moreover, this door is from decades ago."
Hearing this, Ji Qingyi said suspiciously: "How do you know?"
The door here is indeed quite shabby, but in such a dark and damp environment, it is possible that this door will get damp prematurely.
Xiao Ling raised his head and pointed to the pattern on the door and said: "Because of this pattern, the current copper door does not have this pattern, because it was banned by the emperor, in fact, the door with this pattern is not common at all, and even the eunuch family does not use this pattern of the door, I don't know why the emperor banned this thing, but now I can't find it."
Ji Qingyi took a step back and looked at the door carefully, feeling that it was indeed very old, but she seemed to have seen this pattern somewhere, but she just couldn't remember it, Ji Qingyi hung her head, Xiao Jin saw it and grabbed her hand and said, "What are you doing."
Xiao Ling laughed and said, "There's something wrong with your brain."
Ji Qingyi frowned and said, "I've seen this pattern, but I forgot where I saw it."
Hongchen walked over and said, "Don't think about it, let's see how to get in."
Xiao Jin looked at the bronze door and said, "This door is quite big, but since it can be opened, there must be a way to open it."
Ji Qingyi suddenly felt so tired, why are the doors here so strange, the small thief is small and the big thief is big, Ji Qingyi rolled his eyes and said: "How else can I open it, retreat, you guys come over and help."
Saying that, he walked over, and as soon as he touched the door, the door opened by itself, Ji Qingyi was stunned for a moment, thinking that this is still a high-tech induction door? The other three looked surprised, but it wasn't all a bad thing if the door opened, so they went in, but when they entered, it was a different sight, because inside the door were rooms, and they were small little rooms.
Xiao Ling looked at the underground pool, and then looked at the row of doorways: "There are still people living here?" Aren't they afraid of dying in the tide? ”
The inside of the door was still the same dark, and there were no lights and candles in sight, so I could only see the surrounding scenery from the light that seeped out of nowhere.
Ji Qingyi walked to the door of a side room and looked at it: "These houses should have not been inhabited for a long time, and they are dilapidated and unpresentable."
She turned her head to look around again and said, "This should be in the cave in the back mountain, and it has been made into the shape of a palace."
"Palace?" Xiao Ling sneered: "Where does this place look like a palace? Dark, it's still so damp. ”
Ji Qingyi raised his eyebrows and said: "I mean this place has been built before, just by looking at the door in front of you, you know that this place is definitely not ordinary."
She pointed to this row of side rooms and said: "You look at these side rooms, it looks like they are for people to live in, but in fact, there is nothing in them, not even the most basic bed, after so many years, you can still faintly smell a trace of animals, this should be a place to put dogs or some kind of large animals."
Hearing this, Xiao Jin looked inside, and then said, "It's a big cat here."
"Big cat?" Hongchen was surprised: "How do you know it's a big cat?" Moreover, how can they put so many of them in such a ferocious beast as a big cat? ”
Xiao Ling raised his neck and said, "My brother goes to hunt big cats every year when he hunts, and he can catch one every year."
Ji Qingyi raised her eyebrows and said, "Then these big cats should be for them to show the door, and the main event is inside."
Saying that, he turned around and walked inside, about the road with a small half pillar of incense, they finally saw a very flat place, Ji Qingyi thought for a while and said: "It took so long to walk here from the gate, but there was no movement around at all, do you think it is a little suspicious?"
Hongchen shrugged his shoulders and said, "What's suspicious, this place may have been a tall place before, but now it's all dilapidated like this." Maybe Xiao Kun also stumbled upon this place and regarded it as a nest. ”
Although Ji Qingyi always felt a little uneasy, she couldn't find a reason, although the woman's sixth sense was very accurate, but now she couldn't stop walking, after all, she had already chased here, and she would have lost her efforts when she returned.