"Surprise?" The official looked at Li Huaiyun confused.
"Of course, I'm going to stand still behind you! How are you going to deal with it?"
The official lowered his head when he was told that he wanted to make progress too much! Not thought through.
Seeing that his little plan failed and he looked quite cramped and embarrassed, he stood there cautiously and said nothing.
Mu Yuan asked, "Then how should we deal with it next? Go to the emperor directly, or find other ways?"
Li Huaiyun pondered for a moment and said, "The charcoal is still here. If the man in black robe wants to continue to implement the plan, he will come to take the charcoal away or use it directly. Then he will have to make a simple layout!"
"Now, we have to hurry up and notify Sikyong and ask him to send more monster hunters!"
Mu Yuan's words revealed impatience, "Then let's go back to the palace now!"
She is very concerned about this matter. After all, what the other party wants to destroy is Qihua Palace. That place holds the last memories of her and her mother. If it is really destroyed, then she will not even have a place to remember it!
"Um!"
Li Huaiyun pointed in the direction of the gate, "Let's go to Qihua Palace now!"
The two officials started to leave and immediately shouted, "Princess, Mr. Li, where are you going? What should I do here? Do you want to inform the emperor?"
Mu Yuan said without looking back, "As long as you don't run around, this place will be the safest!"
"No!" The official obviously felt that Mu Yuan had misunderstood him, "What can I do to help with this case? Do you want..."
Mu Yuan was thinking about Qihua Palace and didn't know what the official could do to help. She turned to look at the man and left the library without saying anything.
When the official wanted to come forward and ask, Li Huaiyun stopped the official directly. He knew exactly what this person's purpose was.
"You don't need to trouble the princess. I know what you are thinking."
The official nodded slightly embarrassed.
"But don't worry, when the case is over, I will naturally explain it to the emperor, and you will also take credit! Don't worry too much!"
"Really!" A joyful smile appeared on the official's face, "I believe what you said! Neither the princess nor you are the kind of people who can joke!"
Li Huaiyun smiled at the man, then turned and left the library.
When heading to Qihua Palace, Li Huaiyun considered several issues in the case. Someone must know about the sewers, otherwise, no one would secretly hide books on sewer construction.
After walking halfway, Mu Yuan said, "They killed my mother. Did they find out that my mother knew something?"
"It's possible!"
Mu Yuan gritted her teeth, "I must avenge my mother! When we go to the palace now, in addition to looking for human stakes, do we also have to guard the burnt locust tree?"
"If you keep guard, they won't come." Li Huaiyun said, "Just use those things as bait to lure them out!"
"Bring it out!" Mu Yuan took a deep breath, "Does that mean that my mother's palace may be destroyed?"
"Of course, there is nothing we can do about it! After all, you are still preparing for revenge, and that place is the place where the crime happened, so it is inevitable!"
"You can't drive them away first and then arrest them."
Li Huaiyun knew that Mu Yuan did not want this palace to be destroyed, but if he could not arrest him immediately, it would most likely expose the matter in advance, allowing the monster to escape!
"Of course not. That would probably result in losing control of the situation and allowing the man in black robe to escape."
"No other plans besides this?"
Is this woman thinking too much? She has just speculated on some situations, and all subsequent steps are just expected plans.
"What if we can't catch it?"
"Since we can't catch him, there's nothing we can do. We can only hope to catch the murderer next time."
"I don't care what happens in the palace, I must catch this murderer!"
Li Huaiyun smiled calmly, "That's natural!"
"How on earth are you going to lure them out? Just put things in the palace?"
"I haven't thought much about this yet!" Li Huaiyun pinched his chin. "At the beginning, we planned to use saltpeter and sulfur as bait to let them out. At that time, the demon hunters who were ambushing nearby would swarm up, so that they could be captured. They catch them all in one fell swoop.”
"But I don't think that man in black robe is so stupid! So this method may not be feasible!"
Mu Yuan said, "But haven't we already guessed the other party's plan in advance!"
"That's just a guess. If they take a little precaution or get some information from somewhere, then we may return without success!"
"unless..."
"What?"
"If we keep everything secret and don't discuss it with anyone, we might be able to get them into this palace."
"This!" Mu Yuan knew that this matter was not realistic, which meant that she and Li Huaiyun were the only ones hiding in the palace.
"This is too dangerous. It's just you and me! We don't know the enemy's strength."
"Yes! This is also one of the problems. We don't have a good plan at the moment! Once the location of the human pile is determined, we are thinking of other ways!"
"It can only be this way!"
Li Huaiyun looked at Mu Yuan who looked anxious and knew that this woman had a very bad temper and was worried about matters in the palace.
Considering that that place was the last memory of her and her relatives, seeing the palace being destroyed would always make her feel a little unbearable.
When the two of them rushed to Qihua Palace, Mu Yuan ignored the guards outside the door and rushed in first, leaving the guards who had not yet understood what was going on, confused.
They didn't dare to stop her, so they could only watch the princess running into the palace.
The two guards looked at each other, not knowing why the princess looked like this. They looked at Li Huaiyun who was walking behind.
Li Huaiyun looked at the confused guard, shrugged, saying that he didn't know anything, and then walked into the palace.
Mu Yuan was already standing in the courtyard corridor, "Where is this so-called human stake in the palace?"
"It should be around the Huxin Pavilion or this courtyard!"
"Don't you know the exact location yet?"
"I don't know! There is no precise way to measure it."
The anxiety on Mu Yuan's face was even worse, and she pursed her lips vigorously, "Could it be that they have already buried explosives?"
Li Huaiyun comforted him, "Don't worry, it's easy to lose control. The burnt locust tree is still lying in the yard! I'm afraid they won't be so fast."
"Besides, we now know some of their plans!"
"Yeah!" Mu Yuan's originally panicked look relaxed a little.
"So, we still have time, as long as we can determine the specific location of the human stake,"
"Then look for it quickly!"
The two of them took pictures in the courtyard of the palace, then stepped onto the lake pavilion and observed the surrounding area.
Li Huaiyun frowned. According to the location of the entrance and the rock wall, the human stake should be nearby, but it's hard to say exactly where it is. It's hard to judge just by looking at it and feeling!
It would be great if it was an exploration device, but if not better, it would be better to have Sinan, a set of dragon-finding acupoints, which can accurately determine the location.
Mu Yuan suddenly thought of something and immediately pulled Li Huaiyun's arm and pointed to the lake, "Do you think it's at the bottom of the lake? That's where my mother died."
Li Huaiyun also has some views on this aspect.
"Maybe she saw something strange about the lake, so she..."
"I'll go down and take a look!"
"Ah!" Mu Yuan looked at the lake water that was already green and had a lot of algae. "This water is very dirty!"
"It's okay! The connection with the underground river is probably blocked! Just clear it by the way."
"Let's find someone else to go to!" She obviously didn't want Li Huaiyun to suffer like this.
"Forget it! Others don't understand these things, so there's no point in looking for them!"
Li Huaiyun stretched his muscles, then jumped directly into the lake, dived to the bottom of the lake, and explored the situation around the bottom of the lake.
His jump really made Mu Yuan's heart throb, and tears dripped down her face unconsciously. She remembered that her mother, like Li Huaiyun, also fell into the lake.
Her feet suddenly became weak and she couldn't stand!
At that moment, she caught a glimpse of a dark figure, quickly passing through the water. It was long black hair, and there seemed to be a face hidden in it. The corners of its mouth rose, and it quickly disappeared into the water.
Mu Yuan's heart was beating rapidly. Just when she was about to shout loudly, she remembered that Li Huaiyun said that not more people should know about it now, otherwise there would be a risk of exposure.
She came to the shore and shouted softly towards the lake, "Good Luck! There is something! There is something!"
Mu Yuan was not sure whether he could hear him below.
Li Huaiyun dived to the bottom of the lake. Although he was holding his breath, he could feel the strong odor swirling in his nose.
The turbid water made the entire bottom of the lake pitch black, and it seemed particularly quiet down here. Deep down here, it seemed as if it had fallen into the bottom of the sea where you couldn't even see your fingers.
He couldn't see his surroundings clearly, so he could only rely on feeling and touch to perceive the basic conditions at the bottom of the lake.
Li Huaiyun was at the bottom of the lake, constantly looking around, feeling vaguely that something was staring at him not far away, which made people feel chills on their backs.
He was wondering if the monster from the sewer suddenly jumped out from all around, with a big bloody mouth, and bit him.
With an uneasy heart, he searched for a while at the bottom of the lake. Suddenly, he felt that he touched something with a very smooth texture.
But soon, the thing slipped past my hand.
Then there was a low groan in his ears. The sound was quite sharp and gave people a creepy feeling.
Li Huaiyun felt something was not right. He waved his arms around and then swam up suddenly.
The touch felt like I had been touched in a water prison.
The low moan sounded in his ears again, as if something was wrapping around his feet.
what! Li Huaiyun felt his scalp numb, and he couldn't cry out, so he could only continue swimming.
Suddenly, a terrifying face flashed in front of him, making his heart beat faster.
Li Huaiyun sped up his movements and rushed out of the water. Water splashed in all directions. His feet were numb and he could not move at all.
Mu Yuan saw Li Huaiyun rushing out of the water and immediately shouted, "Quick! Come up! There is something down there!"
Li Huaiyun swam to the shore with all his strength, and then climbed up the shore with the help of Mu Yuan. What horrified the two of them was that his feet were actually tangled in soaked black hair.
At this time, the black hair is slowly retracting.
Li Huaiyun immediately straightened up, grabbed the hair, and then pulled it upwards, "Let me see what you are!"
Seeing this, Mu Yuan also took a hand and pulled the black hair upwards!
"What's going on with this hair?"
"I don't know yet!" Li Huaiyun continued to pull it up, "However, it is very likely to be similar to the thing I saw in the water prison."
"It seems that there is another secret at the bottom of the lake. No wonder they chose this place!"
