Chapter 52: What does Sun Zhengyuan have to do with sugar cakes?
Shangguan Qingyue watched speechlessly as several of them men entered the wooden door one after another, and outside, only she and two other people from the Criminal Department were left.
She knew that what Qu Jinglan said was indeed the truth. If she followed, I was afraid that it was very likely that she would become their hind legs, so in the end, she endured it, grabbed the wooden door and shouted:
"Lord Wang, demon fox, Linfeng, you all be careful, take a closer look to see if there are any people alive inside!"
At that time, Qu Jinglan, who was walking behind, turned around when he heard this, waved his hand at her, and signaled her to rest assured.
With the light of the torches, the crowd slowly groped their way forward. The front is still relatively narrow, but the further in, the more relaxed it becomes. No, is there a cave in the back?
After walking a little further, I didn't expect that at the place where I was about to turn, the road was blocked by a piece of rubble in front of me. Huh, what does this mean? Why is it blocked?
"Hmm......"
Just when everyone was puzzled, from behind the big rock, there was an extremely faint sound at this moment!
Could it really be that as Shangguan Qingyue just said, there are still living people in here!?
"Help!"
The crowd was stunned, so they cooperated with each other and began to carry the stones one by one. As the entrance to the cave grew larger and larger, with the help of torches, everyone could barely see the scene behind the stones.
There were four people, lying on that side! Three of them appeared to be lifeless, except for one of the remaining fingers cowering in the corner.
"Quick!"
Since someone was not dead, everyone naturally wanted to save the person first, but just as they had just carried out the four people and were about to turn back again, suddenly, they heard a slight "click" sound from under their feet, and then they felt a tremor like the rotation of a mechanism......
"It's not good, there's a hidden weapon!"
Saying that it was too late, Zhongli Junqing quickly spread out the jade fan and bore the brunt of it, and Qu Jinglan, Wei Linfeng and others also knocked down all the darts that were galloping from all sides.
"Withdraw!" Several of the officers of the criminal department who were guarding the people were running back quickly from the same way.
"Boom...... Rumble ......"
Behind them, the stone walls began to collapse with lightning speed and a loud noise after the rain of darts popped out! And some of the stones that flew from all around even fell beside them.
"What's wrong?"
Shangguan Qingyue, who was anxiously waiting outside the dark passage, also felt an obvious tremor under his feet, and was extremely surprised at the moment. Could it be that there is something wrong in the secret tunnel? What about them?
So she hurried to the wooden door and looked inside.
With the rumbling sound, I saw that fine stones began to fall from the walls of the dark cave, and at this moment bursts of thick dust and smoke drifted out, choking her to cough.
The secret passage has actually collapsed! Why is this happening!?
Shangguan Qingyue's heart was suddenly tightened, and a sudden pain almost made her faint...... No, none of them can be fine!
"Miss Shangguan, it's dangerous inside, don't go in!"
The two officers who accompanied her outside grabbed her quickly, there were already so many people inside, and there must be no more people who were in danger!
"You let go, it can't collapse here yet, I'm just going to the front to see if they can get out!"
After that, Shangguan Qingyue shook off the two people who were dragging her with a force, and drilled into the hole neatly.
As the rumbling sound became louder and louder, seeing that the stones falling from the surrounding walls began to increase, Shangguan Qingyue's heart instantly sank to the bottom.
Qu Jinglan, Zhong Li Junqing, Wei Linfeng...... If you want to come back, you must come back safely!
Shangguan Qingyue prayed in her heart, but she didn't hesitate at the slightest time, and at the same time, some of the stones around her also fell on her in a panic.
Ignoring the pain, she gritted her teeth and moved forward. However, she hadn't taken a few more steps when suddenly a few large stones happened to land not far in front of her, blocking the passage that was not very wide!
Damn it! What she feared finally happened! If these stones don't move, maybe a few of them will be trapped inside because they can't make it!
So, Shangguan Qingyue hurriedly took out the Youhua fan, and begged urgently: "Youhua fan, Youhua fan, can you help?"
There was no movement.
"Damn, or is it dead?"
There was no way, Shangguan Qingyue clenched her fists hatefully, but there was no other way at the moment, so she had no choice but to rush up and try her best to remove these falling rocks. Even if they can fight for a few more seconds, the better their hope of survival!
"Miss Shangguan, let's come!"
Behind her, the two people from the criminal department also followed, and when they saw this, they immediately ran in front of her and began to move the stones vigorously.
"Be careful!"
After all, it is a man, and Shangguan Qingyue is naturally inferior in terms of strength, but for Shangguan Qingyue, the arrival of the two is like a tiger with wings! Sure enough, the two worked together in tacit understanding, and after a short time, they removed two of the larger stones.
Although the opening is not too big, at least it can make people barely pass!
"Danger, go back!"
In the dark passage, just as the three of them were about to move away a little more, Zhongli Junqing's anxious voice suddenly came from this moment. Immediately afterwards, there were faint figures of several people stumbling out.
Demon Fox!?
Hearing this, Shangguan Qingyue's eyes lit up, it turned out that they had already come out?
"Let's go!"
Shangguan Qingyue immediately motioned for the other two to retreat.
However, just as she was about to turn around, out of the corner of her eye, she actually caught a glimpse of a huge stone above Zhongli Junqing and the others that was crumbling due to the vibration in the dark passage, and as it fell in the next moment, Shangguan Qingyue's eyes widened and subconsciously screamed.
"Be careful!"
Is it over, are they going to die here today?
"Whoosh......"
At the last moment, there was no time to delay, and from Shangguan Qingyue's cuffs, a light blue light flashed suddenly, and it hit the stone straight like a sharp sword!
"Smack!"
The stone shattered, and the fragments of the rubble fell around the people in an instant, and a lot of smoke and dust rose up.
Is it a Yuhua fan? Shangguan Qingyue was slightly stunned, and then realized that it was it that saved them!
Soon after getting out of the wooden door, I saw Zhong Li Junqing, Qu Jinglan, Wei Linfeng and others also rushing out one after another with the four people they found.
At this moment, an even louder rumbling sound came from behind them, and the dark passage was finally completely destroyed.
All of them gasped for breath and watched the mess in front of them, their bodies and faces were almost covered with dust, and even the clothes on their bodies were scratched in some places.
"Stinky boy, it's great that you're okay!"
When the roar and the tremor under his feet disappeared, Shangguan Qingyue eased his mind a little, and then stretched out his hand and hugged Wei Linfeng behind him excitedly, and a trace of mist unconsciously floated in his eyes.
When she finally put her mind at ease, she still couldn't suppress her fear.
"You're going to scare me to death!"
“…… Second cousin, don't cry, don't cry, we're fine. ”
Wei Linfeng couldn't help but be a little moved, when she grew so big, she either threw the black pot to herself after getting into trouble with him, or she kept bullying herself when she seized the opportunity, to be honest, it was the first time he saw Shangguan Qingyue's nervous demeanor, and he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
But he didn't coax the girl much, so he had to pat her back and comfort her a little embarrassed.
On the other side, Qu Jinglan and Zhongli Junqing looked at the pair of tears of joy rather helplessly, and finally shook their heads.
"Yue'er, you are really kind, hugging the wind, you don't know how to hug me, I'm jealous......"
The corners of Zhongli Junqing's lips hooked, and then he was about to step forward to pull Shangguan Qingyue, but unexpectedly received a cold eye knife thrown by Qu Jinglan, which made him stop his movements in an instant.
"Oh, my little heart, I'm really scared to death......" Seeing this, Zhongli Junqing patted his heart, then smiled indifferently and turned away.
“……”
Shangguan Qingyue knew that he had just lost some of his temper, and now that he had recovered his mind, he let go of Wei Linfeng and faced Qu Jinglan embarrassedly. And he happened to look at her with an unkind face at this time, and somehow, under his gaze, Shangguan Qingyue's heart suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"Let the prince smile, he is not injured, right?"
"I'm fine, but it's a pity that there is a mechanism in this dark passage, but I didn't expect the entire secret passage to be destroyed."
Qu Jinglan wiped his face indifferently and briefly stated what had happened, these days, it has really been in vain so much hard work!
"There will be clues, in short, it's good that people are fine."
Shangguan Qingyue threw away the inexplicable strange feeling in his heart, and then continued, "Lord Jing, without further ado, I'll go and see the person who is still alive first. ”
That's it, Shangguan Qingyue didn't pause, and followed Zhongli Junqing non-stop to the middle-aged man who was placed on the ground, took out the silver needle he was carrying, and stabbed it into the main points of his body without hesitation.
When he first came out, Shangguan Qingyue had already recognized that these four people were the four merchants who had disappeared before! No wonder it is often said that the other four people were also killed, but Zhongli Junqing said that they did not see anyone alive or dead, but it turned out that they were thrown into the secret passage after they were killed!
There is still a half-breathed person in front of him, there is an obvious knife wound near the shoulder, due to the failure to disinfect for a few days, the skin and flesh of the wound have already turned purulent and turned out, and the black pus and blood are still slowly flowing out.
Or maybe this person has been invaded by a relatively small amount of toxins, so he has been able to persist until now.
Damn it! Shangguan Qingyue closed his eyes, thinking that according to the prompts of Youhua Fan, he could rush to save people, but he didn't expect it after all......
However, she is still doing her best to save even the man who can have a glimmer of life.
"Feed him with some water!"
Two quarters of an hour later, the man, whose vital signs were almost gone, began to tremble all over his body, perhaps under the stimulation of the silver needle.
"Come and see!"
Shangguan Qingyue's words had just fallen, but the man lying on the ground suddenly opened his eyes, and then grabbed Shangguan Qingyue's sleeve with one hand, his lips trembled, as if he was trying his best to say something.
"Sun ...... Correct...... He ......"
Sun Zheng...... Is he talking about Sun Zhengyuan? A few people cheered up, and hurriedly leaned closer to him so that they could hear his next words. I saw that the man closed his eyes, and after taking a few breaths, he laboriously spit out two words:
"Sugar ...... ......"
Hearing this, everyone was completely stunned for an instant. Sugar cakes? What the hell, can it still work? Wouldn't it be just for something that stutters? What does Sun Zhengyuan have to do with sugar cakes?
“……”
Therefore, not only Shangguan Qingyue and them, but even Qu Jinglan, who was often expressionless and watching, pulled the corners of his mouth.
"Did you just mean to talk about Sun Zhengyuan? What the hell happened to him? ”
“……”
Shangguan Qingyue leaned over again and wanted to continue the inquiry, but the person's breathing was getting weaker and weaker at the moment, and his pupils were dilating at an extremely fast speed.
"Hey, wake up, hold on!"