"There seems to be a letter on the table over there. Bai Miaozhen pointed to a table in the hall.

Li Zhengdao went over vigilantly, glanced at it, and said, "It should be the letter left by those Taoist heroes hired by the Red Mansion." ”

"Look at what it says?" said Ying Wuxin.

Li Zhengdao picked up the letter and opened it, and took out a piece of yellow paper, on which it was written with twisted strokes: Take money to do things, arrest the murderer, we have already left, and the affairs of the Red Chamber have nothing to do with us.

The following inscription is a black dot that conforms, three in a row.

"These hateful guys must have also noticed that there is something abnormal in the Red Mansion, but they only take the money to do things, and they will not pursue anything else, so they are embarrassed to leave a letter to explain and shirk responsibility?" Sun Xiaoman said with extreme disdain.

Ying Wuxin let out a sigh of relief and said: "Not only them, but also many ordinary people nowadays, when something happens, they pretend not to see anything, they are afraid of getting into trouble, like us who like to find death and are not afraid of trouble, it is estimated that there are not many people in the world." ”

"We have a lot of Zhengyang, for example, we are one of them. Sun Xiaoman proudly lifted his snow-white chin.

"Then how many disciples do you have in Zhengyang?"

Sun Xiaoman's face stiffened, and he said: "Many junior brothers and sisters are still relatively low in cultivation, and they may encounter accidents when they come out, and the assessment in our sect is relatively difficult, and not most disciples can pass it." ”

"Then how many people are going to try to take the test?" Ying Wuxin asked with a smile again.

Sun Xiaoman opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't say a word.

Li Zhengdao threw the letter on the table and said with a cold face: "There's nothing to be embarrassed to say, in fact, less than one-tenth of the disciples who are willing to participate in the assessment and go down the mountain, most of the disciples have never thought of going down the mountain alone, most of them cultivate the Tao, just to gild themselves, they think so themselves, and the parents who sent them also think so, such as my parents, and so do the parents of the two junior sisters, but in the end, we all have our own ideas." ”

Ying Wuxin smiled and said: "Admire, your background is good, you can come to have no worries about food and clothing, even so, you are willing to eat and sleep in the open, not afraid of hardships and dangers, chivalrous and righteous, punish evil and promote good, in fact, it is far more rare than us poor people, because we have suffered more than you from snacks, and we are used to it, and we are chivalrous and righteous, or to make money to support ourselves, punish evil and promote good, which is more like a profession." ”

"No matter what the starting point is, the final result can be good for the people in the world, it's enough, there's no need to care so much, and there's no need to care about what others do, what do you think?" Li Zhengdao asked with a smile.

Ying Wuxin pouted and said, "Okay, don't talk about it, let's do it." ”

Several people scattered and searched the Red Mansion, Sun Xiaoman and Bai Miaozhen were a little dull, they didn't make a sound at all, and their eyes were also a little dazed, obviously they still couldn't let go of the things in the sect.

"There is a faint sound of water flowing behind this, and it is estimated that this place is connected to the underground river. Ying Wuxin suddenly pointed to a room.

Li Zhengdao pushed open the door, entered with a sword on guard, and beckoned after a while: "Come in, the room here has an entrance to the underground." ”

The four of them entered, and sure enough, they saw a pitch-black hole behind the cabinet on one side, and there were extended steps below, and a trace of cool breath continued to gush out, making the whole room much cooler.

Ying was unintentionally vigilant: "The letter left by those Taoist heroes said that they had caught the murderer, the murderer with the mask, I am afraid that he has fallen into the hands of the woman of the Red Mansion at this moment, but now that an entrance is so clearly revealed here, could it be a trap that deliberately lures us to the bait." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions became a lot more solemn.

Li Zhengdao said in a deep voice: "It is indeed very possible, but this is the only clue, there is danger, we also have to try, but everyone must be careful." ”

The other four all nodded, and Wang Banxian held the wooden box in his arms in a panic.

Li Zhengdao held a long sword, pushed open the cabinet, and slowly went down the steps below, and after a while, Ying Wuxin followed, and also walked down, the light below was much darker, but it could still be seen that it was a sloping downward passage.

In front, Li Zhengdao had already walked more than ten meters away, about five or six meters underground, and a more shady breath came in, obviously very wet.

"Be careful, there's a faint smell of blood down there. Sun Xiaoman came down and said with a wrinkled nose.

The others sniffed, but they still couldn't sense the smell of blood, but they naturally believed Sun Xiaoman's words, so they raised their vigilance again.

"This is an underground cave, extending in all directions, where are we going?" asked Li Zhengdao, standing at the point where several caves were connected.

Ying Wuxin glanced at the back, confirmed that the three of them had followed, stepped forward and listened to several caves for a while, and said after a while: "There is a sound of water flowing behind these caves, and it is estimated that they are all connected to the underground dark river, but it may not be where we need to go." Now that Senior Sister Sun has smelled blood, she may be able to follow the smell of blood to find it, my wind listening technique is basically useless under the sound of water flowing so loudly, unless you get closer, it is impossible to hear people's movements. ”

"Senior sister, I can only rely on you this time. Li Zhengdao turned around.

"Good. Sun Xiaoman smiled, raised his chin proudly, exchanged places with Ying Wuxin, and began to sniff at the cave in front of him.

"The smell of blood is strongest here. Sun Xiaoman pointed to one of the cave passages.

Li Zhengdao clenched his long sword, beckoned everyone to follow, and walked in first, followed by Sun Xiaoman.

At this time, the surroundings were dim, and it was already difficult to see things clearly, but four of the five people were Taoists, and their eyesight was excellent, and this was not a completely dark enclosed space, so they could barely make out the trend of the cave and the things distributed around it, and there was no stupid thing like hitting the wall.

The further you go, the faint red light in the cave becomes more and more intense, and you can already clearly see the rock protrusions on the surrounding stone walls.

At this moment, the strong smell of blood, even Wang Banxian smelled it, and he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and his body began to shrink.

After a while, everyone's eyes finally adjusted to the darkness, and with the red light in front of them, there was no longer any obstacle to vision, so they quickened their pace, but although the speed increased, it was still silent.

"It's not far ahead. Sun Xiaoman sniffed his nose and frowned with some disgust, these bloody smells are not only strong, but also mixed with an unpleasant smell, smelling too much really makes people's stomachs churn and almost nauseate.

Li Zhengdao held a long sword and walked to the front.

After traveling more than 100 zhang again, there was a sudden sound of waves in front of me, as if I had arrived at the seashore.

Li Zhengdao swallowed lightly, made a gesture of preparation to the people behind him, and quietly approached again.

A few feet away, the cave came to an end, and a huge cavern space appeared in front of it, and an underground river meandered out of it, dividing the entire ground into two pieces, and a faint red light emanated from the front, enveloping the entire underground space in an obscurant dimness.

A place on the left is the size of a small square, full of people standing at the moment, one by one skirts swaying, hair buns to the sky, although the face can not be seen clearly, but by virtue of the hairstyle can still be concluded to be women, in front of them, there are still many people kneeling, one by one hanging their heads, unable to see the face clearly, but from the hairstyle, it should be men.

On the opposite side of the underground river, on the rocky ground, there is a high platform, there is a seat on it, there is no one at the moment, there are four thin little maids standing on both sides, by the red light in front, it can be vaguely seen that they are all little girls.

"Landlord, please. ”

On one side of the high platform, a woman shouted loudly.

"Respectfully landlord. ”

The women behind the men here knelt down on one knee and bowed, their tones full of respect and their attitudes even more meticulous.

In front of the place where the red light came out, a woman walked out, wearing a long skirt with a bandeau and mopping the floor, followed by a few maids, followed by a few little maids, all expressionless, zombie-like faces illuminated by the red light.

Walking slowly all the way, the woman got on the high platform, turned around and sat down, and said in an indifferent tone: "Get up." ”

The women on the other side of the underground river all thanked and stood up, and their eyes looked at the women on the high platform opposite again with fiery and longing.

"It's her. Li Zhengdao's heart moved, although the light here was unclear, but he still recognized it, the woman sitting on the high platform was the nameless abandoned woman he saw when he went to the Red Mansion, and now his true identity was finally revealed.

"Bring that bad guy up. On the high platform, the woman who claimed to be an unknown abandoned woman said indifferently.

Two women on the opposite side got up, dragged a man kneeling on the ground up, and walked towards the underground river, where there was a simple wooden bridge built of wooden planks, which could connect the left and right, and the underground river was not wide, and the two women quickly escorted the man over.

"That's, murderer?" Ying Wuxin also stretched out his head to look inside, and saw that the man who was escorted over had a mask around his neck, and vaguely guessed the identity of the other party.

And the words of the woman on the high platform surprised several people, this self-proclaimed nameless abandoned woman of the Red Mansion actually knew the killer and called him a negative person, could it be that this abandoned woman was abandoned by the murderer? For a while, such a thought appeared in everyone's minds.

"Are those men kneeling on the ground also the negative ones that other women think?" Ying Wuxin said: "How does it feel like there is going to be a trial meeting here, and it is estimated that we will condemn the guilt of those negative men in a while." ”

The other people pouted for a while, when has this happened, should have no intention of having this idleness.

"You are the owner of the Red Mansion, you made these goblins that harm people, you all deserve to die, how many men have been killed, don't you know?"

"Hahaha—it's funny—" The woman on the high platform burst into laughter, bent over with laughter, and clapped her hands, "Don't you men just like this pretty face?"