Chapter 54: Traces

Lin Niannian stared at the piece of silk that he threw on the ground and was silent for a long time, and finally said: "It's very dark, bottomless." ”

It should be a downward shape, and maybe there should be some other exit.

The fire in her hand was blown scarlet, and it was unknown where it led.

"Then let's go down and have a look."

Yan Chenghuai took a step forward, leaving Lin Niannian behind.

"Your Excellency!" Lin Niannian was so anxious, "Aren't you afraid that there is a hidden weapon here?" ”

"Li Zheng, he doesn't dare." In response to her, there was an extremely conceited coldness, and at this time, Yan Chenghuai had already stepped on the stone steps with one foot.

Lin Niannian had no other way but to follow, and at the same time, behind Yan Chenghuai, he tried to narrow his sense of existence.

The fire was faint and dotted.

After entering, Lin Niannian found that the place was narrow, allowing only one person to pass through, and there were smooth walls on both sides.

Lin followed Yan Chenghuai step by step, and he didn't know how long he walked before his front gradually opened up.

"Here we are." Yan Chenghuai, who was walking in front, suddenly said in a deep voice, Lin Niannian didn't pay attention, his footsteps were not stopped, and he hit Yan Chenghuai's back.

Yan Chenghuai snorted from his throat, then turned his head and looked at her with an unkind face.

"I'm sorry, sir." Lin Niannian was full of apologies, but fortunately, the latter didn't mean to blame her, but pointed to the front.

Under the firelight, in front of the straight line are two corridors.

All dark and unfathomable, they stood in the center.

The torch in his hand was about to burn out.

"This..."Lin Niannian was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that there was a cave under the Li Mansion.

It's just that where these two tunnels lead, everyone doesn't know.

"My lord, why don't we look for it separately?" After being silent for a moment, Lin Niannian smiled bitterly.

Who would have thought that Li Zhengxin had so many eyes and would make such a big deal in designing the secret passage.

"Nope." Yan Chenghuai simply refused and glanced at her, "Let's go up, on the left." ”

"This..."Lin Niannian didn't dare to agree, and couldn't help but say, "But if we have to make a mistake, wouldn't it be in vain?" ”

Yan Chenghuai looked at Lin Niannian with an idiot on his face, and seemed to be a little unbearable: "Don't you see, is there still an embroidered shoe next to the road?" ”

Lin Niannian followed what he said and looked carefully, and sure enough, he saw that there was a dark red spot inside, if he didn't distinguish it carefully, he would definitely not be able to see it.

"The eyes of the adults are so good." Lin Nian admired it from the bottom of his heart.

Yan Chenghuai was speechless and looked at her deeply: "Keep up." ”

Lin Nian honestly followed behind Yan Chenghuai again.

This section of the two walked in a disgraced manner.

I walked for an unknown amount of time before I finally came to the end.

The scene in front of me was particularly depressing, only to see a very narrow stone room, in the center, is a stone staircase, on which a wooden box is placed.

The lock was open, apparently in use several times, and the wooden box was tattered, revealing the red corner inside.

Yan Chenghuai walked over and opened it easily, there were three rolls of bamboo slips inside, the words on them were already a little blurry, and the bamboo slips were fluttering lightly in his hand, obviously for some years.

"At the end of the ninth month of Shiwei, the Liaoxi Festival made Wu Huizhong meet in Lingnan..."

Yan Chenghuai silently read the words above, his eyes dark.

"Liaoxi Jiedu envoy?" Lin Niannian was stunned, feeling that the name "Wu Huizhong" was somewhat familiar, but he didn't remember where he heard it for a while.

She also followed Yan Chenghuai to take out a scroll from it, carefully opened it, and read out the words on it:

"In the third year of Yuanmao, the courtier Lin will not be at the border..."

With just this sentence, they couldn't read it anymore, and both of them were silent.

What was written on it was the details of the death of Lin Niannian's father, General Lin Da, at the border pass.

After the end of that war, the imperial court sent 10,000 taels of silver to compensate the soldiers who died on the battlefield.

It's a pity that the money was only sent to those people for a few pennies.

"That money was actually embezzled by these people!" Yan Chenghuai laughed angrily, "Li Zheng is really good, a mere magistrate, he dares to embezzle official money." ”

Lin Niannian didn't speak, she continued to look down, and it was nothing more than a record of the whereabouts of the money.

This silver was distributed to Li Zheng, and a lot of money has been deducted, and after it was in his hands, Li Zheng divided the money equally with a jiedu envoy named "Liang Yan".

This "Liang Yan" was also a doorman who went out from under Li Zhengmen, but he died a year ago.

The rest of the place, if you want to identify it, can no longer be recognized, this bamboo slip, it seems to have been burned by the fire, and a large part of the handwriting is no longer clear.

Lin Niannian looked down and could only see the last sentence.

"Long live my emperor."

Such a sentence appeared in it, and it seemed out of place.

She silently put the scroll away and put it back in the box.

"My lord, let's take it out first."

Hearing Lin Niannian's voice, Yan Chenghuai's face softened slightly.

He rummaged through the wooden box, but found nothing more valuable, so he only stuffed the three rolls of bamboo slips into Lin Niannian's arms.

"Your Excellency?" This time, Lin Niannian's forehead jumped with green tendons, and the latter clapped his hands, and the clouds were light and light.

"Lin Niannian, don't forget your identity."

Call. I endure!

Lin Niannian took a deep breath and walked forward silently with a bamboo slip in his arms.

The two didn't say much, they returned the same way, and when they passed the fork in the road again, Yan Chenghuai stopped.

"Lin Niannian, do you want to know what will be in the other tunnel?"

Yan Chenghuai stared at that place, his eyes a little strange.

Lin Niannian wanted to tell him not to make trouble, but the words changed again: "A little..."

Well, she really thought, who knows what this old thief Li is doing with nothing to do with cultivating these two paths?

The two glanced at each other, hit it off, and walked towards the other road in tacit understanding.

Compared to the road before, the wind on this road was very strong, and the feet were gradually becoming a little damp, and there were living creatures.

Lin Niannian saw a mouse with fried hair passing in front of the two of them, and he didn't seem to be afraid of people at all.

Yan Chenghuai frowned in disgust and tried his best to shrink his steps.

I don't know how long it took, but a glimmer of light finally appeared in front of me.

Lin Niannian was overjoyed: "My lord, we are out!" ”

The two finally saw the light of day again.

Overhead, there was a white sky with fish belly, and when they saw it, they actually tossed it all night.

Yan Chenghuai looked at the surrounding scene with a somewhat complicated expression.

The location of this tunnel was actually at the foot of a hidden mountain outside the city, and in front of them, a simple horse shed was actually built.

On the tree where the horse was tied, there were only two empty bridles, and the horse was nowhere to be found.