There is a thin layer of dust on the counter of Yingyue Inn. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that it hasn't been wiped for a long time! There was only one spot, about the size of a man's hand, that was freshly polished!
"right here!"
Bai Yanqing lowered her head, wishing she could put her eyes on the counter, and then she discovered the spot that the waiter was pretending to wipe last night!
Yun Qi winked at Yuan Ziyue, and Yuan Ziyue stepped forward, took a closer look at the place, and then sniffed it closer.
"Although the smell is bland, it's not hard to smell. It should be datura powder."
After Yuan Ziyue finished sniffing, he quickly soaked his face with cold water, and then spoke slowly.
"Mandala powder?"
Hearing Yuan Ziyue's words, Bai Yanqing suddenly remembered what this mandala powder was!
In her early years, Bai Yanqing followed Doctor Hua and studied pharmacology for a period of time. Although identifying herbal medicines was not her strong point, she still had some basic knowledge of pharmacology.
Datura flower is also known as "Hell Messenger". This flower has a hallucinogenic effect and is not common in the Central Plains! Because it needs to grow in a sunny place, it usually grows in Western countries! Among the countries, only the Star-Moon Kingdom is located in the west and is famous for growing datura flowers!
"Are they from the Star-Moon Kingdom?!"
At this moment, Bai Yanqing finally figured it out. All the clues were connected together and pointed to the Star-Moon Kingdom!
"Not necessarily!"
Yunqi glanced around and suddenly spoke unhurriedly.
"Although this Datura flower is only grown in large quantities in the Star-Moon Kingdom, it is used as an anesthetic and as a medicinal material in all countries. It does not necessarily come from people sent by the Star-Moon Kingdom."
What Yun Qi said was not unreasonable.
Datura has a hallucinogenic effect. Obviously, the waiter took advantage of this and secretly drugged Bai Yanqing and the others when they entered the door!
As for what happened next, what Bai Yanqing said about the missing stairs and... being in a dark and deserted corridor, etc., were all illusions created for her by this hallucinogenic mandala powder!
"Are those... really all illusions? Why... do I think they are so real?"
Bai Yanqing opened her palms and looked at the row of nail marks in her palms, feeling doubtful again.
"False is also true and true is also false. The answer is not yet known. Even I cannot jump to conclusions easily."
Yunqi took Bai Yanqing's hand and took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve. He then uncorked the bottle and poured some medicinal powder into Bai Yanqing's palm.
The medicinal foam with Yunqi's body temperature is warm and does not feel stinging at all when applied on the palm of the hand. Bai Yanqing's brows also relaxed slightly! For some reason, she felt much more at ease with Yunqi by her side! It seems that there is no problem that Yunqi cannot solve!
Just when a few people were at a loss what to do, Yun Ji arrived!
Yun Ji, riding a horse in the wind, wind and fire, is still the same as before, informal! He followed Yunqi's people and hurried in! When he saw that there were only three people in front of him, Yun Qi, Bai Yanqing and Yuan Ziyue, he was obviously surprised!
"where are they?"
Yun Ji ran to Bai Yanqing and spoke stupidly.
Bai Yanqing frowned and silently retreated behind Yun Qi. She was still not used to being so close to Yun Ji, but Yun Ji had an ignorant and fearless temper and never knew how to avoid others.
Yuan Ziyue stepped forward, pulled Yun Ji aside, and then told Yun Ji in detail what happened last night.
From the change in Yun Ji's expression, Bai Yanqing could tell that he probably understood what Yuan Ziyue said.
Time is limited. They cannot stay in Biluo Town for too long and waste time. Therefore, they must find the missing Caixing, Doctor Hua and Lingyu today!
Therefore, Yun Qi suggested that Yuan Ziyue take Yun Ji for a walk around the town. And he stayed behind, looking for clues in the inn with Bai Yanqing.
No one had any objection, so
They divided their troops into two groups and each performed his or her duties.
If the missing Caixing cannot be found, then their trip to the Star-Moon Kingdom will be meaningless. So the top priority is to find Cai Xing first!
"Is this the staircase?"
When Bai Yanqing led Yun Qi to the second floor, Yun Qi suddenly asked as he passed the wooden stairs.
Bai Yanqing nodded and agreed.
Yunqi stepped onto the stairs and walked up and down repeatedly, back and forth several times. The sound of stepping on the stairs became louder and louder. Just when Bai Yanqing thought that Yun Qi was about to crush the wooden stairs, Yun Qi finally stopped.
"Maybe what you said is true."
Yun Qi suddenly raised his head and looked at Bai Yanqing, his eyes full of affirmation.
Bai Yanqing didn't realize what Yun Qi meant for a moment, and looked at him blankly, somewhat confused.
At this moment, Yun Qi suddenly raised his foot again and stepped hard on the wooden step he was standing on.
There was only a loud "click" sound, and the wooden steps were broken by Yunqi!
What surprised Bai Yanqing was not just the loud noise, but what followed the cracking sound was a "rumbling" sound, and a secret tunnel opened from the ground!
"There is a secret passage here!"
Before Bai Yanqing could recover from the shock, she was hugged by Yunqi! Then, Yun Qi hugged Bai Yanqing and jumped into the secret passage!
As Yunqi and the two jumped into the secret passage, the secret passage connecting to the ground also closed!
The dark passage was bottomless. The two hugged each other and fell rapidly! Bai Yanqing only felt the sound of "whirring" wind coming from her ears. It was the sound of falling rapidly!
"Don't be afraid! I'm here!"
Yun Qi's gentle words rang in Bai Yanqing's ears, instantly soothing Bai Yanqing's frightened heart!
"good!"
Bai Yanqing replied softly, and then hugged Yunqi's waist tighter!
With the help of the wall, Yunqi pushed hard with his feet, and then the two of them landed firmly on the ground.
"There is light ahead!"
Bai Yanqing leaned against Yun Qi and whispered carefully.
Yun Qi nodded, but did not let go of the hand holding Bai Yanqing's waist. The warmth of her waist came from the palm of his hand, and Yunqi's ears began to feel hot unconsciously, but the strength of his hand never relaxed!
The ground under their feet was fairly stable, and the two of them hugged each other and slowly walked toward the light.
After walking for about half a cup of tea, Bai Yanqing and the two finally got closer and closer to the light!
"no one?"
When the two of them walked to the light, they suddenly discovered that it was a stone room, and there was no one in the stone room!
At that time, Bai Yanqing realized that the hand on her waist had been hugging her tightly! She shyly pushed away Yun Qi's hand, and then walked around the stone room several times, but didn't find anything unusual!
In the stone room, except for a few candles burning on the wall, there was nothing else! There was nothing unusual about the empty stone room, but it made people feel a chill and strange feeling!
Suddenly, a rustling sound came. Yun Qi hurriedly walked to Bai Yanqing, hugged her in his arms, and then put his finger on his lips to signal her to be silent!
There was not even a place to hide in the stone room, so Yun Qi had no choice but to pull Bai Yanqing and get close to the side of the door of the stone room, just to observe the movement at the door more clearly!
"Someone is there!"
Yunqi silently informed Bai Yanqing with the shape of his lips.
Bai Yanqing understood and huddled in Yunqi's arms, not daring to move! Like Yun Qi, she stared nervously at the entrance of the stone chamber, just to see clearly who was coming!
"It will be a long night and many dreams, we need to leave as soon as possible!"
A male voice came, as if he had deliberately lowered his voice, but Bai Yanqing could still tell at once who the voice came from!
Bai Yanqing didn't dare to say anything
He shouted, suppressing the anger in his heart and listening patiently!
"So soon, no more waiting?"
Another male voice sounded. There was a hint of reluctance in this voice!
No one answered, and then there was another rustling sound. It sounded like the two of them were doing something! Not long after, there were footsteps leaving. Bai Yanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just when she was about to go out to take a look, she was held tightly by Yun Qi!
Yunqi signaled Bai Yanqing with his eyes, telling her not to act rashly! Bai Yanqing understood this, and although she was unwilling to do so, she still waited patiently!
After a while, when there was no more movement, Yun Qi pulled Bai Yanqing and walked out at a slow pace! There was no candlelight outside the stone room, so the two had to fumble and move forward slowly!
"Um……"
Suddenly, Bai Yanqing's feet felt soft as if they had been kicked by something, and then she heard a muffled sound!
Bai Yanqing was startled, and then she bent down and touched her feet!
"It's a person!"
Bai Yanqing was so frightened that she fell backwards. Fortunately, Yunqi's quick eyesight and quick hands held her firmly, thus avoiding the danger of her falling to the ground!
After she stabilized her body, Bai Yanqing pulled Yun Qi and bent down to see who was on the ground!
Through the meager light coming from the stone room, Bai Yanqing slightly saw that the tied person was a woman! The man was struggling, his body was squirming, and it looked like he was gagged!
Bai Yanqing then stretched out her hand, groped for a while, touched the man's head, and then took out the veil that was blocked from the man's mouth!
"elder sister!"
A faint female voice came, in the quiet underground passage, unusually clear and familiar!
"Caixing?! It's Caixing!"
Bai Yanqing shouted excitedly, but Yunqi covered her mouth!
Realizing that she had lost her composure, Bai Yanqing quickly suppressed the excitement in her heart, groped for Cai Xing's wrist, and slowly untied the rope from her wrist!
"Caixing, why were you kidnapped here? Are those two people just now the waiter and shopkeeper of Yingyue Inn?"
Thinking of the male voice just now, Bai Yanqing could be sure that those two people were the waiter and the shopkeeper in the inn last night without Cai Xing's voice!
"This is a long story, let's find a place and talk slowly!"
Cai Xing walked around and saw nothing unusual, so he pulled Bai Yanqing on to another branch of the underground passage!
Looking at this situation, Cai Xing is very familiar with this underground passage! Bai Yanqing was surprised and couldn't help but follow Cai Xing!
I don't know how long they walked, but Bai Yanqing felt that her legs were weak. Cai Xing just led her to a stop!
"Sister, get up!"
Caixing pointed to a place and said to Bai Yanqing
This looked like an exit, with a wooden ladder hanging high below. Cai Xing stretched out his hand and pulled the rope on the side, and the wooden ladder automatically lowered! After the wooden ladder came down, Caixing let Bai Yanqing climb up first! Under the guidance of Cai Xing, Bai Yanqing climbed to the entrance of the cave smoothly! Then he reached out and gently pushed open the wooden board covering his head! At that time, the light from outside suddenly shone into the cave!
After staying in the dark passage for a long time, Bai Yanqing was suddenly exposed to the light outside. Bai Yanqing couldn't adapt to it for a while, so she quickly raised her hands to cover her eyes! After finally recovering, Bai Yanqing propped herself up and crawled out!
When Bai Yanqing climbed outside, she suddenly discovered that the place where she was standing was exactly where they found Yuan Li before! It's the haystack behind the stable!
"Careful!"Z.br>
At this time, Caixing also climbed up! Then, Yunqi also came up!
Looking at the familiar scene in front of him, Yun Qi raised his eyebrows but said nothing, as if he was not surprised by what he saw!
