Chapter 166: Discovering the Tunnel
On the counter of the Moon Inn, there is a thin layer of ash on the countertop, and if you don't look carefully, you can't tell that it hasn't been wiped for a long time! There is only one place, about the size of a man's palm, which is freshly wiped!
"This is it!"
Bai Yanqing lowered her head, eager to stick her eyes to the counter, only to find out that the little second pretended to wipe the area last night!
Yun Qi glanced at Yuan Ziyue, and Yuan Ziyue stepped forward, approached the place to take a closer look, and then sniffed closely.
"Although the taste is light, it is not difficult to smell, it should be mandala powder."
After Yuan Ziyue finished sniffing, he quickly soaked his noodles in cold water, and then said slowly.
"Mandala powder?"
Hearing Yuan Ziyue's words, Bai Yanqing suddenly remembered what this mandala powder was!
In her early years, Bai Yanqing followed Dr. Hua and studied pharmacology for a period of time, although distinguishing herbal medicine was not her forte, she still knew a little about the superficial pharmacological knowledge.
The mandala flower, also known as the "Messenger of Hell", has a hallucinogenic effect, which is not common in the Central Plains! Because it needs to grow in sunny places, it is generally born in Western countries! Among the countries, only the Xingyue Kingdom is located in the west, and it is famous for planting mandala flowers!
"It's from the Star and Moon Country?!"
At this point, Bai Yanqing can be regarded as having figured it out, the things before and after, connected in series, all the clues point to the Xingyue Kingdom!
"Not necessarily!"
Yun Qi glanced around, and suddenly spoke unhurriedly.
"This mandala flower, although it is only cultivated in large quantities in the Xingyue Kingdom, is also used as a medicinal herb because of its anesthetic use, and is used in all countries. It doesn't have to be someone sent by the Star and Moon Country."
Yun Qi said this, but it is not unreasonable.
The mandala has a hallucinogenic effect, and it is obvious that Xiao Er took advantage of this and secretly drugged Bai Yanqing when they entered the door!
As for what happened later, those about what Bai Yanqing said, the stairs were gone, and ...... Being in a dark and uninhabited corridor and so on are just illusions created by this hallucinogenic mandala powder!
"Those...... Are they really all illusions? Why...... I think, so real?"
Bai Yanqing spread out the palm of his hand, looked at the row of nail prints in his palm, and had doubts in his heart again.
"The answer is not yet known, even if it is me, it is not easy to jump to conclusions."
Yun Qi took Bai Yanqing's hand, took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve, then pulled out the cork, and poured some medicinal powder into Bai Yanqing's palm.
The medicated foam with Yun Qi's body temperature was warm and warm, and it was applied to the palm of the hand, and it did not feel stinging at all. Bai Yanqing's brows also stretched out slightly! For some reason, with Yunqi by her side, she felt a lot more at ease! It seems that there is no problem that Yunqi can't solve!
Just when a few people were at a loss, Yun Ji arrived!
Yun Ji, who came in the wind and fire, is still the same as before, informal! He followed Yun Qi's people and hurriedly ran in! When he saw that there were only three people in front of him, Yun Qi, Bai Yanqing and Yuan Ziyue, his face was obviously surprised!
"What about them?"
Yun Ji ran to Bai Yanqing's side and spoke in a daze.
Bai Yanqing frowned and silently retreated behind Yun Qi. She is still not used to it, she is so close to Yun Ji, but Yun Ji is an ignorant and fearless character, and she has never known to avoid taboos in front of people.
Yuan Ziyue stepped forward, pulled Yun Ji aside, and then told Yun Ji what happened last night in detail.
From the change in Yun Ji's expression, Bai Yanqing could see that he should have understood what Yuan Ziyue said.
Time is limited, and they can't stay in Biluo Town for too long and waste time, so they must find the missing Caixing, Dr. Hua, and Ling Yu today!
So, Yun Qi proposed to let Yuan Ziyue take Yun Ji and go to the town again. And he himself stayed, together with Bai Yanqing, looking for clues in the inn.
There was no objection from everyone, so
They were divided into two ways, each doing their duty.
If they can't find the missing stars, then their trip to the Star and Moon Country will be meaningless. So it's imperative to find the stars first!
"Is this the staircase?"
When Bai Yanqing led Yun Qi and wanted to go to the second floor, when passing the wooden staircase, Yun Qi suddenly asked.
Bai Yanqing nodded and agreed.
Yun Qi stepped on the stairs, up and down, back and forth, back and forth several times. The sound of stepping on the stairs was louder than the other, and just when Bai Yanqing thought that Yun Qi was about to break the wooden staircase, Yun Qi finally stopped.
"Perhaps, what you said is true."
Yun Qi raised his head and looked at Bai Yanqing, his eyes were full of affirmation.
Bai Yanqing didn't react for a while to what Yun Qi meant, and looked at him in a daze, a little unclear.
At this moment, Yun Qi suddenly raised his foot again, and stepped down fiercely towards the wooden step where he was standing at his feet at the moment.
I only heard a loud "click", and the wooden steps were broken by Yun Qi's waist!
What surprised Bai Yanqing was not only this loud noise, but with this breaking sound, there was a "boom", and a dark passage opened from the ground!
"There's a secret passage here!"
Before Bai Yanqing recovered from the shock, he was hugged by Yun Qi! Then, Yun Qi hugged Bai Yanqing and flew into the dark passage!
As Yun Qi and the others jumped into the dark passage, the secret passage that connected to the ground also closed!
The dark passage was bottomless, and the two hugged each other and fell down quickly! Bai Yanqing only felt that in his ears, there was a "whirring" wind sound, which was the sound of a rapid fall!
"Don't be afraid! I'm here!"
Yun Qi's soft voice sounded in Bai Yanqing's ears, instantly calming Bai Yanqing's panicked heart!
"Good!"
Bai Yanqing replied softly, and then hugged Yun Qi's waist tighter!
With the force of the wall, Yun Qi kicked his feet hard, and then the two of them landed steadily.
"There's light ahead!"
Bai Yanqing leaned against Yun Qi and whispered cautiously.
Yun Qi nodded, and the hand that was holding Bai Yanqing's waist did not let go. The softness of her waist came from the palm of her hand, and Yun Qi's ears were unconsciously hot, but the strength of her hands has never been relaxed!
The ground under their feet was quite stable, and the two of them hugged each other like this, slowly walking towards the light.
After about half a cup of tea, Bai Yanqing and the others finally got closer and closer to the bright place!
"Nobody?"
When the two of them walked to the light, they found that it was a stone room, and the stone room was empty!
At that time, Bai Yanqing realized that the palm on his waist had been hugging him tightly! She shyly brushed Yun Qi's hand away, and then walked around the stone room a few times without finding anything abnormal!
In the stone room, there was nothing but a few candles burning on the walls! The empty stone room, obviously not seeing any abnormality, but on the contrary, makes people feel a cold and strange feeling!
Suddenly, a sound of Suo Suo came, Yun Qi hurriedly walked to Bai Yanqing's side, held her in his arms, and then, put his fingers on his lips, signaling her to silence!
In the stone room, there was not even a place to hide, so Yun Qi had to pull Bai Yanqing and lean to the side of the door of the stone room, just to observe the movement at the door more clearly!
"Someone!"
Yun Qi silently told Bai Yanqing in the shape of his lips.
Bai Yanqing was clear, shrunk in Yun Qi's arms, and didn't dare to move! Like Yun Qi, she stared nervously at the entrance of the stone room, just to see who was coming!
"We need to get out as soon as possible!"
A male voice came, as if he deliberately lowered the volume, but Bai Yanqing still heard it all at once, who was this voice from!
Bai Yanqing didn't dare to speak
sound, endure the anger in your heart, and listen patiently!
"So soon, no more waiting?"
Another male voice rang out. This voice is faintly reluctant!
There was no answer, and then there was another stirring motion, sounding like the two of them were doing something! It didn't take long for footsteps to leave, Bai Yanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to go out to take a look, but was tightly pulled by Yun Qi!
Yun Qi motioned to Bai Yanqing with his eyes, asking her not to act rashly! Bai Yanqing knew it, although she was unwilling, she still waited patiently!
After a while, there was no movement on the side, and Yun Qi pulled Bai Yanqing, walked out! Outside the stone room, there was no candlelight, so the two had to grope and move forward slowly!
"Uh-huh......
Suddenly, Bai Yanqing's feet were soft as if he had kicked something, and then, he heard a muffled snort!
Bai Yanqing was shocked, and then bent down and touched his feet!
"It's a person!"
Bai Yanqing was so frightened that she was so frightened that she planted straight back, but fortunately, Yun Qi's eyes were quick and he held her firmly, which avoided the danger of her planting!
After stabilizing his figure, Bai Yanqing pulled Yun Qi, bent down and lowered his body, to see who was on the ground!
Through the meager light from the stone room, Bai Yanqing slightly saw the person who was tied up, it was a woman! The man struggled, his body squirming, and he looked like he was gagged!
Bai Yanqing then stretched out his hand, groped for a while, touched the man's head, and then took out the handkerchief blocked in the man's mouth!
"Sister!"
A faint female voice came, in the quiet underground passage, unusually clear and familiar!
"Starpicking?! It's a star!"
Bai Yanqing shouted excitedly, but was covered by Yun Qi!
Sensing her gaffe, Bai Yanqing hurriedly suppressed the excitement in her heart, groped to find Caixing's wrist, and slowly, untied the rope tied to her wrist!
"Caixing, how did you get tied up here? Those two people just now, are they the shopkeepers in the Yingyue Inn and the shopkeeper?"
Thinking of Fang Cai's male voice, without the squeak of the stars, Bai Yanqing can be sure that those two people are the second child and the shopkeeper in the inn last night!
"It's a long story, let's find a place and talk slowly!"
Cai Xing walked around, and when he saw that there was no abnormality, he pulled Bai Yanqing around and walked on another branch road in the underground tunnel!
Looking at this situation, Caixing is very familiar with this underground tunnel! Bai Yanqing was surprised, and involuntarily followed the star picking at his feet!
I don't know how long I walked, but Bai Yanqing felt that her legs were weak, and Cai Xingfang led her and stopped in one place!
"Sister, go up!"
Caixing pointed to a place and said to Bai Yanqing
This looks like an exit, and there is a wooden ladder hanging high below, Cai Xing reached out and pulled the rope on the side, and the wooden ladder automatically descended! After the wooden ladder was lowered, Caixing let Bai Yanqing climb up first! Under the guidance of Cai Xing, Bai Yanqing successfully climbed to the entrance of the cave! Then reach out and gently push open the wooden board that covers the top of your head! At that time, the light outside suddenly shone into the cave!
After staying in the dim dark passage for a long time, and suddenly came into contact with the light outside, Bai Yanqing couldn't get used to it for a while, so he hurriedly raised his hand to cover it in front of him! After finally relieving himself, Bai Yanqing supported himself and climbed out!
When Bai Yanqing climbed outside, she was shocked to find that the place where she was standing now was the same place where they had found Yuan Quinoa before! It's the haystack behind the stables!
"Be careful!" Z.br>
At this time, the star picker also climbed up! Then, Yun Qi also followed!
Looking at the familiar scene in front of him, Yun Qi raised his eyebrows and never spoke, as if he was not surprised by everything in front of him!