Chapter 432: The atmosphere plummeted

Just as Su Qi'an and Xie Cang were talking, suddenly, in the ruined temple in front of them, several figures shouted and ran out.

"Master Hou, the door of the dark room is open."

Hearing the news, Su Qi'an and Xie Cang hurriedly stepped forward, because they were worried that the broken temple would collapse at any time, and when Su Qi'an came, Xie Cang asked someone to reinforce it in advance.

Although it could not prevent the collapse of the ruined temple, it was at least relatively strong.

Under the leadership of the leading soldiers, the two walked into the ruined temple, and inside the ruined temple, there was a collapsed statue, and behind the idol, there was a secret door that was opened.

It was dark inside, and Su Qi'an and Xie Cang did not step forward, in order to protect the safety of the two, they were afraid that there would be some traps and ambushes in the dark room.

The moment the secret door opened, a group of soldiers entered, armed with torches.

The two waited patiently at the door, and after about half a burnt of incense, the voice of the soldier sounded in the dark room.

"Master Hou, it's safe inside, you can enter."

Su Qi'an and Xie Cang glanced at each other, and slowly walked into the dark room under the protection of their subordinates.

It was dark at first, but after a short walk, there was the light of torches in front of me.

The soldiers who had gone in to explore earlier hung torches on the walls around them, and with the help of the burning fire, the two of them could see clearly the other cave in front of them.

It's a huge basement, and this basement is roughly estimated to accommodate hundreds of people.

The two looked at each other, and there was nothing in the basement, empty, and the only thing they could find was some discarded straw mats and some dilapidated crockpots next to the corner.

Xie Cang asked the soldiers if they had found anything else, and these soldiers shook their heads, what they saw was similar to what Su Qi'an and Xie Cang saw.

Hearing this, Xie Cang had a little resentment on his face, and said in a low voice, "I didn't expect that we were still a step late and let this assassin escape, what a pity!"

Xie Cang's unwillingness, Su Qi'an didn't care, he walked around, his eyes looked at the basement, during which he half-squatted from time to time, touching the abandoned crockpot with his fingers, and a pile of rubble.

Rubbing his fingers, looking at the ash on his hand, his brows furrowed slightly, seeing Su Qi'an like this, Xie Cang hurriedly asked, "Brother Su, did you find anything?"

Su Qi'an got up, walked around the basement, and said softly, "I didn't find anything, I just thought there was something strange about this basement."

"Oh, strange, what's wrong? Xie Cang asked.

Su Qi'an continued, "Brother Xie, what do you think, such a big basement, if it were me, it would just be used to hide, this is really a bit of a waste."

"And if you look at those straw mats, clay pots, and rubble, the dust on them looks like they are some years old, and they are not at all traces of human life in recent times."

"I think these things are probably deliberately trying to lure us into thinking that this place is just for hiding, and if it were me, such a big place, it would be better to hide soldiers."

"Hidden soldiers?" Xie Cang was taken aback, as if he had thought of something, and said in surprise, "Brother Su, do you mean that there is a hidden soldier cave here?"

Su Qi'an nodded, although this basement looks empty and there are no traces, as long as you look closely, you can still find some clues.

Su Qi'an turned his head and said to Wang Yan and Tong Zhan behind him, "Next, I'll trouble you."

"Since this is a cave of hidden soldiers, there will definitely be no import and no exit."

Wang Yan and Tong Zhan are masters of the rivers and lakes themselves, and they are also the top ones, and they still know some of the secret ways of some organs.

With the two of them, you should be able to find the exit to the basement.

Such a large basement, and the tracking person came here, and finally disappeared, and disappeared out of thin air, Su Qi'an believed that there must be other exits in this basement.

Wang Yan and Tong Zhan glanced at each other, stepped forward, their eyes swept the wall in front of them, and their fingers groped on the wall.

The two of them are worthy of being masters of the rivers and lakes, and in less than half a stick of incense, they locked the position of the exit.

That location is not obvious, in the corner wall near the gravel

underneath the wall.

If you don't look closely, you won't notice a slight bulge on the wall.

Wang Yan's fingers darkened, and after a while, the ground shook, and on the wall in front of them, a secret door was opened again.

It was pitch black inside the secret door, and nothing could be seen, but it was certain that behind the secret door, there should be a long corridor.

Led by the commander of the guard company, a group of soldiers with torches took the lead.

After a while, they disappeared into the darkness, but they came back quickly, only a quarter of an hour or so.

According to their report, behind the secret door, there was indeed an exit, but when they got to the end, they found that the exit had been blocked with stones.

Although I don't know where the exit leads, the soldiers of the guard company commander are also experienced veterans.

They were lying on the stones, and they could clearly hear the faint sound of water flowing behind them.

According to their speculation, the location of this exit is most likely a waterway leading to the outside of the water town, and only in this way can the assassin either gather hundreds of people in the hidden soldier cave and disappear without a trace.

Through the waterway, he quietly left the water town city, which is probably eight or nine without leaving ten.

Their speculation, Su Qi'an agreed, to be able to build such a large Tibetan cave, and he didn't even know the local county order, obviously it had existed for a long time.

This is just a water town, in other remote counties, will there be this kind of hidden cave? This is debatable.

Who built the Tibetan Soldier Cave, how many such Tibetan Soldier Caves are there in Yuezhou, and what is the purpose? These are all mysteries that Su Qi'an can't solve at present.

I thought that if I tracked down the whereabouts of the mysterious assassin, I would be able to take it down, but the assassin didn't catch it, but it brought so many new problems.

Su Qi'an's eyes flashed, thinking, at this moment, in the rear, a soldier came to report that His Royal Highness King Yue had come down.

This news surprised Xie Cang, and hurriedly asked, according to the soldier's explanation, His Royal Highness King Yue wanted to discuss something with Su Qi'an, so it was a coincidence.

I didn't find Su Qi'an, as long as I asked the county order, I would probably know Su Qi'an's whereabouts.

Xie Cang waved his hand, signaling that he understood, and looked at Su Qi and said, "Brother Su, why don't I take someone to stop you."

Xie Cang knew that Su Qi'an was very jealous of the six princes, and the two sides seemed to be polite, but in fact it was just the surface.

Su Qi'an had a lot of things, and he didn't want the six princes to know, especially some of his arrangements in Yuezhou.

Now in the ruined temple, such a strange hidden soldier cave was found, who knows if people will think that this hidden soldier cave was built by Su Qi'an himself, which caused him some trouble.

Xie Cang's kindness, Su Qi'an refused, waved his hand and said, "There's no need, if we stop it, it will seem that we are weak-hearted, just right, since we let King Yue bump into it, then let King Yue see enough."

Xie Cang's eyes were thoughtful, nodded, and left with the people.

Not long after Xie Cang left, after a while, in the dark room, King Yue and others were soon ushered in.

This time it was not only King Yue who came, but also some Yuezhou officials, among these officials, there was Zhou Tai who Su Qi'an was familiar with, and he hadn't seen him for a long time.

Su Kang looked at the dark room in front of him, showed a look of surprise, and said, "Originally, this king didn't believe it, but I didn't expect that there would be such a basement in this abandoned and ruined temple, which really surprised this king."

"I wonder what Dongshan Hou has discovered? Did the mysterious assassin catch it?"

Su Qi'an's face was calm, and he shook his head and said, "We are late, and when we come, there is nothing left, only traces of the assassin's life, and even the only exit is blocked."

"Well, that's a pity." Su Kang regretted.

"I don't know what the king of Yue is here to visit?" Su Qi'an asked.

"This king is here to reward the performance of Dongshan Hou and Lingdong Hou for this Yuezhou war, you also know that the Yuezhou war is calm, and this king has too many things to leave, so the reward for the two marquis is a little negligent, and I hope that Dongshan Hou and Lingdong Hou will not be surprised."

"Your Highness has a heart, I will take the place of my subordinates

Soldiers, thank you, Your Highness."

Su Kang nodded, "Well, since there is nothing to be found here, we still went out to talk, after all, it is a broken temple, and there is inevitably a risk of collapse."

The two nodded, and then everyone was about to turn around and leave, but at this moment, among the Yuezhou officials who followed here, I don't know who it was, suddenly said with compassion.

"Tut-tut, such a large basement, just to hide an assassin, it's really a waste, it's quite suitable to hide soldiers."

As soon as these words came out, Xie Cang's face was gloomy, and he said in a low voice, "What kind of person, sneaky, is also worthy of being an official, get out of here."

Xie Cang's roll call made the Yuezhou officials obviously a little dissatisfied, and after a while, one of the obese middle-aged men walked out with an unconvinced face.

This person's surname is Zhao, and he is the state lieutenant who succeeded Xiang Yanxin, although the power in his hands is not as big as when Xiang Yan served as the state lieutenant, but he is also a state lieutenant.

Where is the identity, even in the face of a first-class marquis like Xie Cang, he is on an equal footing.

Xie Cang's scolding was somewhat insulting, which made the newly appointed Zhao Zhou Lieutenant very dissatisfied.

He snorted coldly, "Lingdong Hou, Captain Benzhou respects you for your contribution to the pacification of the war in Yuezhou, and I don't care about you in my previous words, but what Captain Benzhou said just now is wrong?"

"Such a large basement, just for an assassin to build a shelter, and the exit that was finally discovered, was also blocked, the locals stayed for so long, but they didn't find this dark room, but as soon as the two marquis came, they found that there can be such a coincidental thing in this world?"

Zhao Zhouwei came out, this time he didn't have the yin and yang weirdness like just now, and directly said what was in his heart.

He is also accustomed to Xie Cang, after all, this is the boundary of Yuezhou, he is the newly appointed state lieutenant, if he admits it today, he will be suppressed by Xie Cang, and it will be spread out, how can he still lead the military of Yuezhou.

"Hmph, Ben Hou also respects you as a state lieutenant, and I don't care about you, but what do you mean by splashing dirty water, come up with evidence, if you can't get it, don't blame Ben Hou for turning his face."

Xie Cang's voice fell, and in an instant, the soldiers around him looked tense, their hands were on the hilt of the knife, and if they didn't agree with each other, they drew their swords and faced each other.

The harmonious atmosphere between the two sides just now was instantly cold.