The soldiers walked closer and saw many adults standing in an alleyway. Without waiting for Mu Qing and the others to say anything, they wisely returned to the group.
One of the soldiers lowered his head and whispered: "Hey, have you noticed it?"
The soldier next to him said somewhat depressedly because the number of people he had received had dropped, "What?"
"I found that some of them looked familiar, as if I had seen them somewhere."
“So many people have been arrested recently, maybe you’ve made a mistake.”
In the alleyway, Zhao Qingqing ran to Huaifenghua. Mu Qing stood at the entrance of the alley and watched the soldiers leave in despair. A voice sounded from behind: "What will you do if they recognize us?"
Mu Qing looked back at Suzaku and said in a deep voice: "Kill them."
His eyes fell on Zhao Qingqing, who was explaining something to Huaifenghua, and said: "Mrs. Wang and I have encountered these city defense troops with armbands on Qingyun Street. They have recently been arresting some single young men and women. Children without adults to look after them.”
Suzaku's eyes narrowed and he said with a sinking jaw: "Our guess is one step closer to becoming the truth."
Wang Yeqing restrained Zhao Qingqing and walked over, saying, "This girl went to the south gate of the inner city."
Mu Qing originally thought that Zhao Qingqing ran back to Qingyun Street, but unexpectedly said: "Qingqing, why are you running there alone?"
At this time, he noticed that there was a little boy behind Zhao Qingqing who was a head shorter than her. Wang Yeqing followed his line of sight and said: "This is the playmate Qingqing mentioned. Speaking of which, this little guy has already ran out of it twice." ”
Mu Qing frowned as if he thought of something. When his eyes met with Wang Yeqing's, Wang Yeqing hummed.
Evening, pavilion.
Wang Yeqing chuckled and said, "I'm afraid no one thought there would be such a clue."
Mu Qing nodded and sent Zhao Qingqing and the others back to Yu Xiaotan's house. Wang Yeqing also spent some time communicating with Lu Xiaoyu. Because of Zhao Qingqing's relationship, the little boy basically answered whatever was asked in front of everyone.
He spread out a drawing on the table. Suzaku looked at it and said seriously: "This map of the inner city has several differences from the one in Yin Yi's hand."
Mu Qing placed a scroll in front of Suzaku: "This map was revised and drawn by Uncle Zhang. You can bring one to Yin Yi and the others."
Zhang Zhiyuan used to be the commander of the Guards. Before, he and Mu Qing and the others visited the inner city at night. Although the things they did were not dangerous, they were not many at all.
Suzaku hummed, looked at Wang Yeqing and said, "How did the child escape from the prison?"
Wang Yeqing stood up and pointed at the center left of the map, "This is Andingfang, and Tianlao is here. When he ran out of the underground, he only remembered that the tallest thing around was a white tower."
As she spoke, she moved her finger gently on the map, "This is here. The only place with a white pagoda in the inner city is Yanfufang. There are Buddhist temples and Taoist temples here, and it is on the central axis of the inner city."
Suzaku's eyes jumped from Andingfang on the map to Yanfufang, and he sighed: "I didn't expect that guy Bai Hao to carry out such a large underground project."
Although the distance between the two cities on the map is only two finger widths, the straight-line distance between the north and the south is still two cities. What does the underground of the inner city look like now?
Wang Yeqing said: "The place where Xiaoyu was first taken was Xiudefang on the left side of Andingfang. When he woke up, the place was dark everywhere. It should be the underground prison of Andingfang. He escaped with a group of people, and he was the only one in the end. Ran out."
Suzaku asked, "Have the others been captured or what happened?"
Wang Yeqing shook his head, his eyes fell on the place marked by the pagoda on the map, and said: "According to his description, he was able to return to the ground. The last section of the climb was an upward sloping drainage channel, and the passage became narrower as he reached the ground."
Mu Qing looked at the map and said, "It shouldn't be a big problem for us if we enter from the ground."
Wang Yeqing said: "It is a pity that although he ran with everyone twice, the passage was dark and there were many forks, so he could not recall the specific route."
Suzaku glanced at Mu Qing and said thoughtfully: "That's not a problem. Where is the coldest place? Wherever we go, we should be able to return directly to that prison."
Mu Qing also had this idea. He looked at Suzaku and asked, "You went back and lay down just now. Is there something wrong?"
Suzaku raised his eyes and said calmly: "You want to ask me if I told them about tonight's actions."
Mu Qing opened his mouth to explain, but Suzaku already said coldly: "Don't worry, Yin San in the White Tiger Group has good attainments in formations and specializes in the art. I asked him a few ways to break the formations."
Suzaku waved his sleeves, and several pieces of jade filled with spiritual energy were pressed on the map. "After finding the formation eye, filling it with spiritual stones and then detonating it is the easiest way. You all can take this."
Upon seeing this, Huaifenghua also took out a few pills and said: "This time we will enter the tunnel directly. Here are a few pure pills as a precaution."
Wang Yeqing looked at the three people sitting and stood up straight, "Then be careful, remember that this time you just found evidence, you don't need to fight Bai Hao head-on."
The last sentence was almost directed at Suzaku. With Suzaku's current strength, she said she wanted to kill Bai Hao for fun, and it was not just a talk. However, Wang Yeqing relaxed a little when he thought that there was also a Huai Fenghua in the group. tone.
Huaifenghua obviously felt that she had a heavy responsibility, and her eyes swept over the faces of Mu Qing and Zhuque: "This time, how about you listen to me?"
Suzaku had already stood up: "You can say whatever you want? Can you go? It's been a long time since I made a move."
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In the center of the underground formation in the city lord's palace, countless complicated formation patterns headed towards the center, surrounding a high raised stone platform.
There are clusters of floating objects around the stone platform, and there is a large pool in the middle. The water mist is rolling on the pool and gradually spreading down the steps.
Xing Fei walked alone through the silent passage. During this period, countless eyes glanced and then returned. Looking at the shadowy back on the edge of the water, Xing Fei silently thought that even if he had been the leader of the Guards many years ago, The leader is Bai Hao's confidant, but no one except Bai Hao himself can know how many forces Bai Hao has cultivated in private.
"What's up?"
Bai Hao's voice was very calm, and along with the medicinal fragrance that filled the entire space, it reached Xing Fei.
Xing Fei stopped under the stone platform, raised his head and said: "In the past few days, the general has been improving discipline in the army. Now when entering the inner city for the first time, everyone must verify their identity and record their coming and going destination."
"Well, you did a good job. If anyone dares to take the lead in disobeying this rule, just chop off his head."
Xing Fei pursed his lips, and the whole space was silent for a few breaths. There was a splashing sound in the pool. Bai Hao waved away the mist, looked at Xing Fei at the bottom of the steps, frowned and said, "What else is there?"
Xing Fei said calmly: "Xie Xiu discovered that many people were missing in the outer city. This thing is a bit strange."
Bai Hao's face was half hidden in the mist, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, "This is about Fen Xi. Why, did Ge Shan come to you?"
Xing Fei raised his eyes, met Bai Hao's eyes after the vapor, shook his head and said: "The general only discovered when he was cleaning up the military discipline at the city gate that a lot of people have indeed moved to the inner city recently."
Bai Hao said indifferently: "Most of the city lord's palace has been destroyed, and a new relief area is being built in Xiudefang. Even if you don't care about these government affairs, you should know that the army has suffered heavy losses and is in urgent need of a large number of manpower. There is a shortage of people everywhere. These things, I hope you can share my worries, instead of saying every single thing that makes me upset and unable to rest in peace."
Xing Fei raised his eyebrows: "So, this is all done by the people below, and the city lord doesn't know?"
Wow——
Bai Hao stood up directly in the pool, revealing his scarred upper body, and said solemnly: "What do you think? Next time it happens again, don't bother me again!"
Xing Fei lowered his head and said yes, with a few complicated expressions flashing in his eyes, and said: "I haven't seen my brother for ten years. I don't know where the city lord has transferred him."
Bai Hao turned around and sat down against the edge of the pool, and said calmly: "He has been placed here in the center to heal his injuries. I have someone build a small medicine pool for him."
"Can I go see my brother?" Xing Fei asked.
Bai Hao said: "No! I asked for a Reshaping Pill for him. He is in a critical period now, so don't disturb him."
The formation under the city lord's palace is called the Nether Flame Formation. It is said that when the city was first built and the site was selected, someone discovered the natural flame veins underground, and took advantage of the convenient location to create an offensive and defensive formation.
The level of this formation has reached the middle level of the earth level. If the underground flame veins are detonated at a critical moment, even if you break into the formation in the late extraordinary stage, you will still be in trouble.
After Xing Fei left the formation center, he returned directly to the ground in the city lord's palace. When he walked alone through the corridor, a figure that had merged with the shadow beside a large pillar came up to him. He signaled with his eyes and whispered Said: "How is it?"
Xing Fei pursed his lips and shook his head. After the two of them left the City Lord's Mansion together, Xing Fei looked up at the night sky and asked, "Did you really see it with your own eyes?"
Geshan glanced at a group of patrolling guards in the distance and said in a solemn voice: "I spent a long time in the maze of the third floor before entering the Nether Flame Formation on the side of the City Lord's Mansion. I'm afraid you were all still chasing that person at that time. Mu Qing, I saw it with my own eyes...I saw the city lord drain your brother's blood essence."
Xing Fei's eyelids twitched, "He said that my brother is in a critical period of reshaping his body and he wouldn't let me see him."
"Where are the people who disappeared?"
"he does not know."
"He doesn't know?" Geshan chuckled, shook his head, and said, "My cultivation is not as good as yours. After leaving the maze, I will directly enter the edge of the Nether Flame Array. I have always suspected that under the Nether Flame Array, There is also a big formation, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to hide so many people!”
Xing Fei looked at Ge Shan and asked, "Who else besides Luo Kai knows about your entry into the Heavenly Prison?"
Geshan said calmly: "There are many people who know, including people in prison and guards, but they can't get in touch with Bai Hao."
There was hesitation on Xing Fei's face. Ge Shan seemed to see what he meant and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Luo Kai is very smart. He is now equipped to wait and see, so even if he finds that I am wrong, he will only think of this as an opportunity." .”
Chance……
Xing Fei felt complicated and said: "You haven't confessed your identity to me for so many years, why did you tell me that day? I can kill you at any time if you are a remnant of the former city lord's palace."
"Whether it's a remnant or a traitor, it doesn't matter anymore..." Geshan turned around and looked at the dilapidated outline vaguely in the night, squinted his eyes and recalled the past, and whispered: "I longed for power before, but in the past I have been awakened by blood and fire countless nights, but I actually want to be a good person."
"A good person?" Xing Fei repeated, with a lot of confusion flashing in his eyes.
Ge Shan led Xing Fei in a certain direction and whispered: "The South Gate is the main entrance and exit. Xiong San is a person who desires power and can be used. I think at this time, you should have made up your mind by now. Are you determined?"
Xing Fei shook his head and remained silent.
"Ha~" Ge Shan laughed and said inexplicably: "The latest news from Fen Xi, the shopkeeper of Liuye Bookstore, Chen Zhuo, has come in more and more to visit his friends. If you don't make up your mind, this city will only become worse. Worse."
Xing Fei opened his mouth and wanted to explain something. Geshan bowed his hand and motioned for him to look forward: "I know that Bai Hao and I can only be considered one-sided, so I want you to see it with your own eyes."
Ge Shan threw away the token he had received from Luo Kai and never returned it, and looked at Andingfang across the street.
