Wen Xiaoying took two steps forward and said, "Princess Qiyu, my subordinates suspect that there is a basement in Gu Fenghuang's room, and the crown prince is hidden in the basement. ”

"Since we're out, we're going to search it at once." As soon as Jian Huaizhen's words fell, he heard the voices of people outside, shouting and drinking, it turned out that Yin of Shuntian Mansion had been ordered to lead the troops.

Jian Huaizhen ordered Shuntianfu Mansion Yin to lead his troops to search around Qianhong Courtyard and the vicinity of Qianhong Courtyard, and he came to Gu Fenghuang's room with Jiang Shaoheng, Fang Xiao, Ji Xianhan and his party.

In Gu Fenghuang's room, there are several pieces of Huanghuali furniture, and a very luxurious Huanghuali couch, which looks very ancient and luxurious. Jian Huaizhen thought to himself, Gu Fenghuang was afraid that he was used to being poor in the first half of his life, so it was best to eat and live in all sentences.

Everyone looked around, and even looked at the floor, but they still didn't find anything peculiar. They searched for nearly half an hour, almost every corner, but still didn't find the basement.

Wen Xiaoying was very embarrassed, and said to Jian Huaizhen and Tang Jingran: "Princess Qiyu and the palace master, my subordinates have seen Gu Fenghuang and the people sent by Gonggong Sun talking here many times. It was a dereliction of duty on the part of his subordinates, thinking that there was an underground secret room here. ”

Jian Huaizhen shook his head slowly and said, "That's it, you did your best." I know why the enemy wanted to poison Gu Fenghuang. Poisoning her, concealing the whereabouts of the crown prince, and concealing the identity of the other party, this is one thing. The second is that they don't need to do it themselves, as long as Gu Fenghuang dies, no one really knows where the crown prince is hidden, and when the time comes, the prince will be cut off from water and food, and I am afraid he will not be able to support it for a few days. When the time comes, the Ming Dynasty will be as dangerous. ”

"The pieces have not moved...... The pieces are not moved...... Shocked, do you remember that Mian'er once said that she was caught? Jian Huaizhen asked.

Tang was shocked to think for a while and replied, "There is a woman named Wan Zhenniang, who is a friend of Yu Gongzi, and I asked her to ask about it, or I can ask about the situation at that time." Jian Huaizhen nodded, and Wen Xiaoying went to bring Wan Zhenniang in.

Wan Zhenniang was quickly brought to Jian Huaizhen, she had never seen such a noble person, she was terrified, her eyebrows were lowered, and she didn't dare to come out.

Jian Huaizhen was very kind and said, "Raise your head." ”

Wan Zhenniang answered "yes" and raised her head. When Jian Huaizhen saw her face, she couldn't help but feel a trance in her heart. Wan Zhenniang's appearance is not very outstanding, but her eyebrows are as beautiful as the last quarter moon in the sky. Jian Huaizhen was shocked because she felt that the faint feeling in the corners of this woman's eyes and eyebrows was very similar to Bai Qingqing.

It's obvious that the appearance is completely different, but when you look at that person, you will feel that it is a former relative by your side.

Jian Huaizhen slowed down his tone and asked softly: "Wan Zhenniang, this palace heard Yu Mian say that you once saw the crown prince's abduction, what was the situation at that time, and you should talk to this palace." ”

"Yes." Wan Zhenniang was blessed, so she told Jian Huaizhen and everyone what happened that day.

Jiang Shaoheng listened without moving, and when Wan Zhenniang finished speaking, he said calmly: "I understand where the crown prince is hidden." ”

Everyone looked at him, but he didn't say much, but said, "Come with me." So, everyone followed Jiang Shaoheng to the second floor. Jiang Shaoheng pointed to a room and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the crown prince should be hidden here." ”

Everyone looked at Jiang Shaoheng in amazement------ if the crown prince was hidden in such an easily discovered room, wouldn't he have been discovered a long time ago? ”

Jiang Shaoheng didn't move, pushed open the door, and walked in. Everyone also walked in, and the room was neatly cleaned up, very beautiful, no different from the ordinary Qinglou room. It's just that next to the bed, there is a landscape painting that seems to be out of place in the room. It's just that the position of the landscape painting is biased towards the corner, and if you don't look carefully, it's not easy to understand.

Jian Huaizhen frowned slightly, didn't say a word, walked over and opened the painting. Behind the painting is a bowl made of gold. The shape of the bowl is very different. Tang was shocked to find it interesting, so he took it with his hands, and after exerting his strength, he found that the bowl was connected to the wall and could not be taken off at all.

When Wan Zhenniang saw the golden bowl, she was very surprised and said: "On weekdays, I will come into this room to clean the room, and Sister Phoenix never allows me to touch that painting." ”

"Usually besides Gu Fenghuang and you, who else will come in?" Jian Huaizhen asked.

"There is no one else. Sister Phoenix said that there were dead people in this house, and it would be haunted, and the sisters were afraid on weekdays, who would dare to come in. I've heard about hauntings in the house, and most of them are true. Because late at night, someone really heard a creepy sound coming from the room outside the door. Sister Phoenix is afraid of affecting the business, so she doesn't allow us to say it on weekdays. Wan Zhenniang explained.

"That's right." Jian Huaizhen glanced at the golden bowl meaningfully, smiled at Jiang Shaoheng, stepped forward, and put his hand on the golden bowl. The golden bowl was easily twisted.

With a creaking sound, a stone door suddenly appeared on the intact wall. The stone door opened, and everyone walked in, and found that there was a long secret passage underneath, leading to the underground secret room. Everyone once suspected that there was an underground secret room in this Qianhong Courtyard, but they always thought that the secret room was underground on the first floor, but they didn't expect that the original secret room was built on the second floor with the help of the mansion shape.

Everyone walked in together, and there was a candle burning inside, which illuminated the surroundings very brightly. The secret room is very small, there is only a stone table, a stone chair, and a stone couch in the secret room, but it is empty. There were leftover steamed buns on the stone table, Du Yuhang stepped forward to touch the temperature of the steamed buns, and said to Jian Huaizhen: "It's still warm, it shouldn't have gone far." ”

Jian Huaizhen looked around and saw torn clothes on the ground. At a glance, she already recognized that it was Zhu Jianshen's clothes, because that kind of brocade was a tribute from Fanbang, and it was only available in the palace.

"It's a pity we're still a step late!" Fang Yu was very indignant and said.

"Forget it." Jian Huaizhen sighed and said helplessly: "The other party is one step ahead of us everywhere, and he is a person with a lot of means." In any case, in this case, he didn't kill Jianshen, I think Jianshen must still be useful to him, and there shouldn't be any danger for Jianshen for the time being. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the stone door outside creaked and was shut.

"There's a spy out there?" Du Yuhang stepped forward and slammed the stone gate a few times, but the stone gate did not move.

"Don't panic. Gu Fenghuang set up the secret room here, and she herself had to come in on weekdays. Since you come in, you won't fail to go out. So there must be a place in this room where the stone door can be opened. Ji Qihan said.

Suddenly, there was a bang, and a hole the size of a bowl opened on the stone door, and a gloomy voice came in: "Do you still want to open the stone door and go out?" I tell you, you can't get out. It wasn't difficult to get out of the stone gate, as long as you had enough strength to be able to lift the stone couch. It's just that before you go in, I've already destroyed the mechanism of the stone couch. Now unless I open the golden bowl and let you out, you will stay in it for the rest of your life. ”

"Who are you?" Tang asked anxiously.

The eerie voice said, "It doesn't matter who I am. For you will never come out again, and what is the use of knowing who I am? As long as I close this stone door, no one will ever hear you, let alone save you. Of course, I'm not going to bring you food from this cave. Although this is how Zhu Jianshen survived before. You're not as lucky as he is. ”

Fang Xiao, Jiang Shaoheng, Jian Huaizhen and others looked at each other and thought hard about good strategies. Suddenly, Jian Huaizhen said as if he had thought of something: "Brother Fang, Brother Ji, Brother Jiang, how about you say that with the palm power of the four of us, the wall of the secret room can be opened?" ”

Fang Yu and the three of them immediately nodded and said, "I believe that no one in this world can stop the power of the four of us. Even your ancestor and mother-in-law Chu Liuyan in the past can't. With the strength of the four of us, it may not be difficult to open the secret room. ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded solemnly. The four of them stood at the front, ready to attack the wall. The man outside laughed very strangely and said, "You are all unparalleled masters in the world, and you are also very smart. I believe that with the strength of the four of you, it will be easy to tear down this wall. But have you thought about it? If you break through this wall, and the chamber falls, who will die without a place to be buried? “

After a moment of contemplation, everyone immediately understood the trick. This secret room leads to the second floor, and the foundation is unstable, and if you split the wall, it will definitely collapse. If the wall collapses, no matter how strong everyone is in martial arts, the chance of escaping is probably very small.

"How's it going, are you scared? In that case, why don't I give you a ride? The man said with compassion, "You are always going to die, and instead of starving, it is better to die quickly and avoid torture." ”

After saying that, a bamboo tube was put in. And the gap in the stone wall also became wide on the outside and narrow on the inside in an instant, and it turned out that all this was calculated in advance by the person who designed the stone room. In this way, the people on the outside can attack and retreat, and the people on the inside will suffer.

Jian Huaizhen shouted, "Not good! He's going to release a poisonous mist!"

As soon as she finished speaking, smoke was poured in through the bamboo tube. It's just that it's not a poisonous mist, it's smoke.

Zhu Luoxue frowned and said, "How is this good?" If we can't get out yet, we'll be suffocated here sooner or later. "The people who are locked in the secret room are all people who have experienced strong winds and waves, as well as masters of martial arts in the rivers and lakes, and the most powerful people in the court, but if they can't get out and are trapped in this secret room, they are no different from ordinary people.

Jiang Shaoheng said: "Everyone try to cover their mouths and noses, and we want to go out." I don't think there's only one way to get into this room. ”

Jiang Shaoheng was not surprised, and his words reminded everyone that if there was no other way out in this secret room, then how did the crown prince get taken away?

Everyone looked around the secret room, but saw that the four walls were bare, only stone walls. The stone benches, stone tables and couches in the secret room are also nothing special. It is very difficult to find the mechanism in a moment or three.

More and more smoke was put into the secret room, and it was shrouded in everyone. From time to time, someone coughs. The lethality of smoke is more powerful than that of fire. People can survive in the fire for a little longer. But in the smoke, you will soon be smoked to death.

Ji Kai glanced out coldly, and said forcibly: "Don't be too alarmed. Outside, Yin Zheng of Shuntian Mansion is taking people to check Qianhong Courtyard. Someone is lighting a fire and setting off smoke outside, and they can't be invisible. ”

Yin Xian's voice laughed, and the laughter was terrifying: "You don't have to think about their bunch of rice buckets." When you entered the chamber, I had sent for someone to divert the rice buckets. Who doesn't want to be a hero who saved the crown prince? Seeing that someone wearing the prince's clothes was taken hostage and taken out of the Qianhong Courtyard, didn't they chase after them? As for these smokes, you don't have to worry about the outside, I use thunderbolt fireworks, and there is no fire. ”

His words made everyone's hearts cold. This man acted so delicately that he was really prepared.

When Jian Huaizhen heard his words, his heart seemed to have a flash of inspiration. She hurried, "I know the way out is there." ”

"Brother Ji, Brother Fang, help me!" She hurriedly walked to the stone couch and said softly, "Move this stone couch!" ”

Ji Xianhan, Fang Xiao, Jiang Shaoheng, and Du Yuhang stepped forward together, each of them took a corner, and went to move the stone couch with all their might. Unexpectedly, the stone couch, which seemed to be integrated with the ground, was actually moved by the four masters. And under the stone couch, there is a way out!

"Aunt Princess, how do you know that the way out is under the stone couch?" Tang was surprised and delighted and asked.

Jian Huaizhen's face sank, and he said, "Now is not the time to talk about this, let's go quickly." So, everyone followed Jian Huaizhen and came out from the exit under the stone couch. When they walked down the stone stairs, they heard the man say gloomily outside: "Zhu Huaizhen, don't think that's it!" I'm not going to stop there! We'll see! ”

Walking down the stone stairs, there is a long tunnel. The tunnel was very spacious, and everyone was in the secret room, smoked, and when they entered the secret room, they immediately felt refreshed.

"Aunt Princess, how do you know that the way out is under the stone couch?" Tang couldn't help but ask again.

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly and said, "I'm just guessing." Hearing that the man was so thoughtful, I don't know how a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I suddenly remembered that when we were first locked up in the secret room, he had told us that the mechanism in the room was under the stone couch and had been destroyed. Since he said that, and we believe it again, then naturally we will not check the stone couch again. If my guess is correct, except for this underground passage as the exit, there is no way out of the study room at all. The crown prince did not have the strength to lift the stone couch, so he could not escape. Or there is a special key that can be used to open the wall from the inside. These are all just my guesses. The man told us at first that the mechanism under the stone couch had been destroyed, just to distract us. In this way, it helped me think about this. ”

Everyone praised it, and Jian Huaizhen was clear-minded. The group said this, and before they knew it, they walked to the exit of the underground passage. Before they knew it, they had been gone for more than half an hour. The people went out and found the exit of the passage on a small island.

Everyone originally thought that they had left the capital and were about to see what kind of place this was, but they heard Jiang Shaoheng say with a sigh: "Isn't this the courtyard outside the palace of Cao Jixiang, who was executed in the past?" ”

Everyone looked up, but saw that outside the island, there was a lake that was not too big. There are many ancient trees on the shore, tall trees are towering to the sky, and countless houses and houses are located in the middle, but it is not Cao Jixiang's other courtyard outside the palace, what is it?

"Strange, why are we ...... on this island" Ji Qihan muttered, before he finished his words, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Jump into the water, there may be a mechanism on this island." ”

Ji Xinhan's words were like a thunderclap, waking up in everyone's ears. Jian Huaizhen understood what Ji Aihan meant in an instant, and she also shouted: "Go into the water quickly." With that, he jumped into the lake first.

Among this group of people, those who couldn't swim before, were hesitant, but when they heard Jian Huaizhen and Ji Qihan take the lead, they already understood that there was probably something wrong on the island, so they jumped into the lake one after another.

Zhu Luoxue doesn't know how to water, she has been a landlubber since she was a child, and she said in her heart: Jump down and drown. Ruthlessly closed his eyes and threw himself into the lake. Who knew that after getting out of the lake, the little half of his body was still outside the water. The water of this man-made lake turned out to be only three or four feet high.

She was still rejoicing, when she heard a "bang" behind her, and the entire island was blown to pieces in an instant.

Sure enough, as Ji Qihan expected, those people had already thought about how to deal with them if they escaped from the secret room. If it weren't for Ji Kaihan's thoughtfulness, I am afraid that at this moment, everyone would have been blown to pieces by explosives.

The crowd walked slowly ashore from the lake. Tang was shocked and exclaimed: "Fortunately, there is no danger. Master, Aunt Princess, this is the most thrilling thing I have encountered in recent years. ”

Jian Huaizhen also praised: "Thanks to Brother Ji's thoughtfulness, otherwise we are afraid that we will already die and have no place to be buried." A small artificial island was blown up in an instant, leaving no trace, which shows that the explosives of these people are really powerful. ”

Ji Qihan smiled: "I just thought of it suddenly. A lonely island in the middle of a lake, it is easy to be manipulated. Those who want to kill us, when they see us escape, may use a chain of schemes. ”

Everyone was talking, but they saw Fang Yu alone and silent. Tang was shocked and pulled at the hem of his shirt and said with a smile: "Master, why don't you speak?" But were you stupid? ”

Fang Xiao's eyes were clear, looking at Cao Jixiang's courtyard, and sighed: "Cao Jixiang's mansion outside the palace is so magnificent, just the artificial lake in this back garden has more than half of the Taiye Lake in the palace. In addition, these pavilions, pavilions, gold, silver and jade can only be completed when it costs how much people's fat and people's ointment. There are frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat, and I just feel a little emotional. ”