Chapter 254: Discussing countermeasures
"Have you forgotten me?" Yang Ming said lightly.
Zhu Baokun's expression froze, and then he smiled awkwardly: "Forgive the villain for having no eyes and forgetting the existence of adults. It's just that it's really not a place where people can stay, it's too dangerous, and if you're not careful, you'll be killed."
"Huh!?" Yang Ming and the others looked at each other, all curious about what Zhu Baokun's mouth meant by purgatory on earth. At this time, a strong sense of foreboding surged into the hearts of several people.
"What the hell is going on in the Imperial City?" After calming down, Yang Ming asked out loud.
Zhu Baokun looked at the people in disbelief, and said in surprise, "You don't know? I'm afraid the whole Nanjue knows about this!"
Hearing this, Yang Ming said in a deep voice, "We have been in the sea for a few months, and we have only recently returned."
Zhu Baokun suddenly said, "I see, this is very reasonable. I think it was not long after you went to sea that the whole of Nanjue was attacked by an unknown force. It is said that the unknown force first attacked the Nanjue Imperial City. Just as he was about to assassinate the Emperor, the man suddenly stopped and left the Imperial City."
"You don't know, the people of that force have made the rivers and lakes into a miasma, and a large number of masters of the rivers and lakes have died at their hands, even the Sword Immortal Taipo and the Moon Picking Monarch have also died at their hands. Now everyone in the rivers and lakes is in danger, for fear that they will be the next target to be attacked and killed."
When Zhu Baokun spoke, his eyes revealed a kind of happiness.
Yang Ming also believed his words: "So, you haven't been out for a long time?"
"How dare I go out, I was picking up things in the Imperial City that day, but I ran into those people. None of them are easy to mess with, and if I hadn't been a short distance from the tunnel, and had filled that part of the tunnel in time, I'm afraid I would have died." Even though this incident has passed for a while, Zhu Baokun still has lingering palpitations.
"You don't have to worry about that, you just need to send us to the Imperial City, and then you can leave." Yang Ming interrupted him impatiently.
"Not bad." Su Yuluo confirmed, "The purpose of our trip is to enter the Imperial City quietly through your tunnel."
"Ah, this..." Zhu Baokun was slightly stunned.
It's not that he doesn't want to help, it's that he destroyed the tunnel in the last escape. If you want to use it again, you have to spend a lot of time cleaning up the rubble in the tunnel.
Seeing that Zhu Baokun didn't reply for a long time, Yang Ming had a bad premonition in his heart: "You should have blocked all the roads into the city when you escaped last time."
"Hey, hey." Zhu Baokun scratched his head in embarrassment: "It's true that I'm blocked, I'm not afraid that someone will find my location through the tunnel."
Really! Yang Ming secretly complained in his heart: How much do you cherish your life.
Holding his forehead, Yang Ming said helplessly, "Right now, we can only clean up the tunnel by ourselves." After pondering for a moment, Yang Ming grabbed Zhu Baokun's collar and asked, "Do you know where the royal family's library is?" Also, where is the exit of your tunnel in the Imperial City?"
Zhu Baokun hurriedly replied: "The exit of my tunnel, near a teahouse not far from the library pavilion, is covered by thatch, and ordinary people can't find it.
However, in the turmoil of the Imperial City this time, there seems to be a fire in the library, and if it weren't for the timely rain in the sky, I am afraid that the entire library would have been completely destroyed."
Hearing this, Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it rained, otherwise when he went, there would only be black ash left in the library, and if the cheats were gone, there would be no place to cry; But the situation is still not optimistic, and he is not sure that the book he wants has been burned.
"That's it, let's clean up the rubble in the tunnels together, and when we enter the Imperial City, you can leave directly." Yang Ming raised his eyebrows slightly and said.
Then, as soon as the tone of the conversation changed, Yang Ming said with a serious face, "Give us a map of the Imperial City. If the map is fake, or if you leave and the tunnel is blocked, I promise you'll be worse off than dead!"
The warning in the words is self-evident, Yang Ming does not dare to be sloppy in this kind of thing
, don't deter this kind of person, once he plays a careful mind, in the end, it is still their own who will be in trouble. There is even the possibility of casualties.
"Yes, the little one obeys the orders of the adults." When Zhu Baokun heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and patted his chest to reassure.
"Without further ado, take your fellow who dug the tunnel, and we'll go." Yang Ming urged.
"My lord, even if it's underground. It's still far from the Imperial City, and you won't be able to get there in a few days." Zhu Baokun had to remind everyone that the province aroused Yang Ming's suspicions, and when the time came, he would take his own life.
Yang Ming glanced at Zhu Baokun and said in a deep voice, "You don't need to say this, I naturally know."
After that, several people didn't waste any more time and hurriedly got into the tunnel.
The entrance of the tunnel is just under Zhu Baokun's underground palace, and the height of this tunnel is completely enough for Yang Ming and them to stand up straight and walk in it, and its width is enough for two people to walk side by side.
At first, Yang Ming didn't care about anything, after all, it should be regarded as an entrance, and it was normal for it to be bigger. But that's not the case, the size and width of these tunnels have always been so large.
"How can you dig such a big tunnel with a shovel alone?" Doubts rose in Yang Ming's heart.
Listening to Zhu Baokun's tone, the tunnels he dug were all over the underground of Nanjue, such a big project, even with the help of machinery, would take decades, not to mention that it was still in the case of one person and one spade.
Zhu Baokun held his head high and explained proudly: "I didn't dig it alone, and the tool is not a simple shovel. Some of the tunnels are already underground caverns, and I'm just connecting them."
"Beginning with our great-grandfather, our family has been digging tunnels for generations, and with the help of some special tools, we have been able to dig a cave of this size. Of course, at the exit of some caves, the entrance will be narrower to avoid landslides."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked by the spirit of their family, what kind of family, generations have been digging tunnels.
In those days, the inside of the tunnel was dark and wet, and it didn't do much. If there are too many people crammed into the tunnel, a new problem arises – not enough oxygen!
Yang Ming was always paying attention to the oxygen situation around him, so as to avoid suffocation among the people.
As for Zhu Baokun's family, the purpose of digging this tunnel is probably also brought into the cemetery along with his great-grandfather.
At first, there was still some light around the tunnel, but as he went deeper and deeper, Yang Ming noticed that the oxygen situation around him had decreased.
Looking at the candlesticks in everyone's hands, Yang Ming said loudly: "Leave one candlestick, and the others will be extinguished, otherwise we will all be suffocated here."
As he spoke, Yang Ming took out a few Night Pearls from his arms and gave them to Lei Wuji, Yan Xiluo, and Su Yuluo, "Use this lighting, Xiao Se I gave you one before, you can take it out and use it."
For Yang Ming's proposal, everyone did not refuse. Although they didn't understand why, they did it anyway.