"Invite Ma Lei and Ye Xuanlang to drink and see them off, among the group of spectators guarding outside the Netherworld Tower, there is also this staff member Wang Jiansheng."

Yu Qingfeng realized it later, took a step back, and left herself room to wave her hand, "Don't gamble, don't gamble, isn't it obvious." ”

"That's what came to my mind first." Pei Wuyi began to be childish again, and he must compete with Yu Qingfeng to win or lose.

Yu Qingfeng couldn't help laughing, "Yes, yes, Master Pei is very smart, Qingfeng is really convinced." ”

Pei Wuxian took a deep breath of satisfaction and smiled.

Yu Qingfeng's gaze inadvertently swept around, just in time to meet the stalker's gaze. The stalker was startled, quickly turned around, and fled in a hurry.

"If there is Qi Yao's eyeliner among these stalkers, he saw the ...... we just had" Yu Qingfeng didn't know how to describe just now.

"What happened to us just now?" Pei Wuyi is interested, and he must listen.

"It's just that you just hugged ......," Yu Qingfeng couldn't say.

Pei Wuxian stretched out his arm again to wrap his arms around Yu Qingfeng's waist, "You mean that?" ”

Yu Qingfeng looked up at Pei Wuyi with a faint smile on his face, frowned and said, "If you are still laughing, Qi Yao must be eager to cut me with a thousand knives." ”

"So, I'm inseparable from you, close to you." Pei Wuyi deserves it.

The two quickly reached a consensus: Wang Jiansheng is just a staff member, and naturally he is not the mastermind. Therefore, at present, we can't act rashly and startle the snake, and we have to dig out the identity of the lord behind Wang Jiansheng.

As for who this lord is, the two of them already have a candidate in their hearts, just waiting to be verified and confirmed.

According to the agreement, they should go back to the palace to meet Lin Ming and Lian Shurong, but as soon as they thought that they would face Qi Yao, who was crying and crying and looking for death and life, Pei Wuyi would be responsible, so forget it, let's find a place to solve the lunch problem first.

The two found a lively restaurant, sat on the second floor by the window, and inquired about the seven men who disappeared a year and a half ago while eating.

When the shopkeeper was serving, he kindly pointed to a row of beggars downstairs across the street and said:

"The old woman in the gray cloth shirt with black patches, Aunt Shen, is the mother of Zhang Xifan, who disappeared a year ago. Zhang Xifan left his widowed mother to leave a book and ran away, and went to join the Bonan Society, Aunt Shen couldn't afford to get sick, and spent all her savings to sell her real estate for treatment, and now she has become a beggar. Alas, what a wicked worker. ”

Yu Qingfeng bought ten more pies at the checkout for Xiao Er to pack.

Coming downstairs to Aunt Shen, Yu Qingfeng offered the pie with both hands.

Pei Wuyi took out the copper coins on his body and distributed them to a row of seven or eight beggars along with the remaining pies.

The rest of the beggars all got up and bent down to thank them, only Aunt Shen was still sitting on the ground to receive copper coins and pies.

"The two nobles are not old and ungrateful, but they are really inconvenient with their legs and feet, and they can't get up." Aunt Shen sat on the ground and nodded to Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyi in thanks.

"Aunt Shen, do you want to take you to the hospital?" Yu Qingfeng carefully looked at Aunt Shen's legs and feet.

"No, no, it's just that people are old and useless, and they can't hold on if they walk more, and it'll be fine if you rest for a few days."

Yu Qingfeng saw Aunt Shen's shoes that were worn to expose the soles of her feet, and there were fresh blood stains on the edges of the broken shoes.

"Aunt Shen, how far have you come?" Yu Qingfeng squatted down, lifted Aunt Shen's feet and took a closer look, and sure enough, the wound was still fresh.

"Not far, not far. Girl, don't touch it, it's dirty. Aunt Shen hurriedly retracted her dirty legs.

Yu Qingfeng immediately took out another string of copper coins, pointed to the youngest and strongest man in a row of beggars, and the fastest man to finish the pie, and said, "Carry Aunt Shen to the hospital with us, and the money will be given to you." ”

"Gotcha."

The young beggar walked like a fly, Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyi had to speed up their pace, and Yu Qingfeng couldn't wait to trot to keep up.

"Aunt Shen, you shouldn't be looking for your son every day, right?" Yu Qingfeng asked while trotting.

"It's not every day, I just heard that something happened in the Nether Tower, and the government didn't dare to go in, suspecting that it was the stronghold of the Bonan Society. So I tried my luck and saw if I could see my son there. ”

Aunt Shen tossed on the young beggar's back and finished this sentence tremblingly.

Pei Wuyi grabbed the beggar who was walking like a fly, asked him to stop, and asked Aunt Shen, "You went to the Nether Tower?" When? ”

"Got out in the morning and just came back." Aunt Shen had a bitter face, her demeanor and circumstances had already shown that she had found nothing on this trip, and she had not found her son at all.

"Is Tari really the stronghold of the Po Nan Society?" Yu Qingfeng asked a little knowingly, but she needed a clear answer.

Aunt Shen curled her lips and wanted to cry, "No, not at all, there is nothing in the tower." ”

"Are you sure? There are 14 floors in total, have you seen them all? Pei Wuyi asked.

Aunt Shen wiped her tears, "I climbed to the top floor, and I have seen every floor." In broad daylight, the sun shines overhead, and every layer is really visible, and there is nothing. ”

"Have you counted? How many layers? Pei Wuyi asked.

"Counted, fourteen floors, went up and down and counted twice, it's fourteen floors, how can there be any legendary eighteen floors?"

The young beggar was so anxious that he wanted to complete the task and get paid.

Pei Wuyi also realized that they were too excited, delaying Aunt Shen's medical treatment. He patted the young beggar before he could speak. The young beggar was like an excited horse, rushing forward.

On the way to the medical hall after following behind, Yu Qingfeng's mind kept echoing with Aunt Shen's words, "Every layer can be seen really, and there is nothing." ”

No, at least there should be two oil lamps that Ma Lei dropped. Could it be that the oil lamp falling or something is also an illusion? Or maybe Ma Lei picked up the oil lamp when he went out? Can Ma Lei forget such an important detail?

"Aunt Shen, is there really nothing in the tower? Didn't have a broken oil lamp? Yu Qingfeng still needs one final confirmation.

"Nope." Aunt Shen replied firmly.

Could it be that after Ye Xuanlang disappeared, someone else entered the Nether Tower? But even if you go in, there's no need to put away the two oil lamps that Ma Lei dropped, right? It can't be the cleaner in charge, right?

Yu Qingfeng began to wander into the Netherworld Tower, constructing the internal environment of the Netherworld Tower described by Ma Lei in his mind.

The Netherworld Tower at night, the moonlight cast overhead, the gusting wind; She ascended the spiral staircase and looked upwards, round and round of dizzying plank steps; She rested one hand on the round stone pillar......

"Since there is no ambush from the Bonanhui in the Nether Tower, we don't have to wait for any support, we can go in and find out." Pei Wuxian groaned and said, "It's just that if you go during the day, you will definitely be like Aunt Shen and get nothing." I'm afraid, I still have to wait until the evening, around the hour. ”

Yu Qingfeng came back to his senses, shivered, his fists clenched, and his teeth gurgled.

"Are you alright?" As soon as Pei Wuxian saw Yu Qingfeng's reaction, he raised his hand and wanted to greet Lang Zhong from the medical hall.

Yu Qingfeng raised her hand to stop Pei Wuyi, "I'm fine." As you said, we'll go to the Nether Tower tonight. I can't wait to meet the demons and Hades of this netherworld! ”

Pei Wuyi suddenly said, "Are you already ......?"

Yu Qingfeng stared at Pei Wuyi with blazing eyes, with a solemn expression.

The two quickly returned to the palace from the medical hall, and sure enough, Lin Ming and Lian Shurong had already been waiting for a long time, and Lian Shurong bluntly expressed his dissatisfaction with the two of them taking the opportunity to hang out alone.

"I asked Song Zhutou to imprison Wen Miaozi in the water prison, even if there is a response, she will be unable to fly."

After Lin Ming finished speaking, he gave them a general introduction to the special water prison left by the original Bo Nanguo.

After listening to the structure and guarding of this water prison, Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyi were relieved.

"The body hasn't been found, but the head-" Lian Shurong triumphantly sold Guanzi, "Found it, guess where it was found?" ”

Pei Wuxian raised his eyebrows, "Could it be - the ice cellar?" ”

Lian Shurong's eyes widened, "You, you, how do you know?" ”

"Guess. If I were Wen Miaozi and lied that Ma Lei was taken away by a ghost, I would not have disappeared immediately afterwards, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the officials. And when you go back, you must bring evidence of completing the task, that is, Ma Lei's head. In order to keep the evidence as good as possible from rotting, the ice cellar is the most suitable place. ”

Lian Shurong reluctantly gave Pei Wuxian a thumbs up, "I was guessed correctly by Master Pei again." I inquired with my neighbors and learned that Wen Miaozi often went to Zhu Yuanwai's house to do odd jobs in the past two months, and there was an ice cellar in Zhu Yuanwai's house.

"I went to see it, and it was indeed Ma Lei's head. I didn't bring it back, so it's best to put it and keep it. I asked Zhu Yuanwai to keep it carefully, and I will pick it up when we are done here. ”

Pei Wuyi nodded, "That's the best." ”

There was no time to grieve over Ma Lei's death, Yu Qingfeng hurried to tell Lin Ming and Lian Shurong about the seven missing men and the chance encounter with Aunt Shen, and asked them to prepare immediately, and they would enter the Netherworld Tower together tonight to find out.

"Ready? What to prepare, manpower? Lian Shurong was puzzled, "Do you still need to prepare?" How can those guards I brought with me compare to Fan Zhizhou's servants? Not to mention a mere tower, even if you enter the enemy camp alone, you will not retreat. ”

Yu Qingfeng raised her eyebrows, and said playfully and meaningfully: "Really? Not necessarily. There are only enemies in the enemy camp, but inside the tower are not people, but ghosts. ”

"Impossible!" Lian Shurong slapped the table and expressed his anger on behalf of the guards.

In the courtyard, twelve of the top guards of Dali Temple were assembled and stood neatly side by side.

Yu Qingfeng and the four of them stood opposite the guards, and Lian Shurong announced loudly that everyone would enter the Netherworld Tower tonight to find out the truth about Ye Xuanlang's disappearance.

Lian Shurong seemed to be a heroic hero, impassioned, but the feedback on the other side was like twelve basins of cold water, splashing Lian Shurong into a soup chicken.

None of the twelve guards gave Lian Shurong the response he expected, saying half a sentence of loyalty to Dali Temple, but looked at each other with sad faces.

"Hey, isn't it? I just made a bet with Yu Sizhi, saying that you don't talk about a tower, even if you enter the enemy camp alone, you won't frown. ”

Lian Shurong's face really couldn't hold up, and he didn't even have the courage to look back at Yu Qingfeng.