At this time, the rice noodle shop was empty, and it seemed that the only team that was killed by Li Mu was on a recruitment mission tonight.

There is nothing strange about the furnishings in the store, and the seven or eight scattered tables still maintain the scene when the store was closed.

"The entrance is in the room, it should be this side, let's go. ”

Liu Long looked around the entire store, and according to the monkey-faced man's explanation, the entrance to the underground tunnel was under an inconspicuous cover in the room.

Soon, the two found a wooden cover hidden under the stove, and after Li Mu moved the debris on the cover, Liu Long directly smashed the iron padlock on the cover with a knife, and then lifted the cover.

A rectangular entrance that could accommodate two people appeared in front of them, and the dark passage snaked down, and a staircase for walking could be faintly seen, connecting the entrance and the secret passage at a near-vertical angle.

"It's a secret passage in the room again, I hope there won't be some strange things down there. ”

The entrance in front of him reminded Li Mu of the cellar in the village, where corpses, living dead, and blood-colored worms were obviously not good memories.

"Let's go, I'll go down first, you go behind, there are still two hours in the time of the magic weapon, it should be enough for us to go back and forth, remember, this time our purpose is to collect evidence, if you don't have to move, don't move." ”

Liu Long didn't hear Li Mu's self-talk, and after crouching at the entrance and exit and checking it a few times, he confirmed that there was no danger, so he tightened the shadow cloak on his body and entered the dark passage first.

The vertical staircase soon came to an end, and the two of them felt the passage begin to flatten down from the initial slope.

As we walked farther and farther, the passage became spacious, from the first need to bend down to stand up straight, and finally the entire passage was as tall as two adults, and wide enough to accommodate four or five people to pass together.

"We have been walking for almost half an hour, this dark passage has no meaning at all, if you want to build a dark passage of this scale, I don't know how much manpower and material resources it will take, this Gongsun Qi is really willing to spend his blood. ”

Li Mu looked at the walls of the passage that were getting smoother and smoother all around, if he wanted to dig such a passage underground, it would be impossible to dig it without thousands of people digging it together, thinking about the Great Wall where countless slaves were buried in his previous life, this passage itself is probably the evidence of Gongsun Qi's crime of tyranny and bullying.

"Hey, there is a fork in the road, I didn't expect this to be more than just a passage connecting the stronghold, I'm afraid this has become an underground transit for all their shady deeds. ”

After walking about a stick of incense, the dark passage suddenly divided into three, the passage in the center was the most spacious, and the two smaller passages on the left and right should have just been excavated, and even the surrounding soil layer had not been tamped.

"Brother Liu, which one are we going to, these two trails should have been dug up recently, you see, the floating soil on the ground has not been stepped on yet. ”

Li Mu squatted down and picked up a handful of red soil on the ground, and the two new passages still emitted the smell of earth, but there was no end in sight.

"Let's go to the middle first, I guess it's because Gongsun Qi has recently accelerated the speed of compulsory conscription and arrest, so a new stronghold has been set up, and these two passages should lead there. ”

Liu Long quickly made a judgment, the main purpose of the two of them this time was to find evidence to prove that Gongsun Qi had violated the laws of the empire, the old stronghold had been used for a long time, so naturally there was a better chance of obtaining ironclad evidence.

"Be careful, someone's coming!"

Just as the two of them were about to continue their exploration along the largest passage, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance.

Li Mu and Liu Long hurriedly leaned their backs against the wall of the passage, waiting for the appearance of the comer.

The shadow cloak could indeed hide all their breath, but Li Mu was not sure if he would be discovered if he had direct physical contact with someone, so he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and leaned against the rock wall and held his breath.

Soon, the owner of the footsteps appeared in the sight of the two, and two soldiers of the personal guard wearing red armor each held spears and slowly walked in the direction of Li Mu and the others.

"Big brother, what do you mean when you say that the captain wants us to patrol this passage every night, such a hidden secret passage, there must be even a mouse, let alone a person"

Two soldiers were sent out to patrol late at night, cursing uncleanly, and one of the younger soldiers even kicked the rocks off the ground to vent his dissatisfaction.

Being kicked off the ground and hitting Li Mu's ear impartially, it really scared him into a cold sweat.

"Don't complain, how good this is, and there is no danger, Er Mazi you know no, the first team, yesterday went to arrest a monk, originally the city lord went out of the horse, nine out of ten things, but I didn't expect that the loose cultivator finally chose to blow himself up, and killed the Er Mazi who was in charge of the tie-up directly, and didn't even leave a whole corpse. ”

The older soldier was noticeably more sophisticated, and though his steps were a little frivolous, he at least looked around according to the standards of patrolling.

"And, ah, our special team is the most important thing for the city lord, otherwise we wouldn't be responsible for the protection of this secret stronghold, those brothers outside, but they don't even know the existence of this stronghold, be content. ”

The two soldiers had already arrived in front of Li Mu and Liu Long, and the spears that flashed with cold light were extremely sharp under the light of the flickering oil lamps in the passage.

"Slow ......"

Seeing that the two people of the pro-guard team had already crossed Li Mu, but suddenly the footsteps of the older soldier stopped, this sudden situation made Li Mu and Liu Long tense, and Li Mu's hand was directly on the hilt of the Shadow Sword, ready to break out at any time.

"It's a little tired, let's rest here for a while, anyway, the captain only asks for one patrol tonight, do you have wine with you, let's take a sip here and continue." ”

The two soldiers sat on the ground next to Li Mu and Liu Long, and the young soldier took a pot of wine from his waist, and the two of them drank it one by one.

Li Mu and Liu Long looked at each other, and could only maintain their current posture, after all, there were a lot of rocks and sand here, and the shadow cloak could hide their figures and sounds, but it could not eliminate the traces of their movements, and the two patrolling soldiers were obviously going back to the mysterious stronghold.

If you follow them, you will have a very good chance of getting the truth of the matter, and you will be able to catch the evidence of all these evils.

The two of them could only decide to stay in their position until they finished drinking, followed them through the patrol line, and returned to the stronghold.