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Chapter 628 The Secret Path
Mrs. Guan smiled, and seemed to feel relieved instantly, but she quickly said seriously:

"That's still a little different. Some grievances are in your heart. How can you stop them by beating and scolding. She is not easy, and her heart is soft. You must treat her better."

When Shen Liuzhen heard this, he didn't know why, although Mrs. Guan was concerned about Xie Yuan, he still felt warm from the bottom of his heart, and said with a smile:
"I know, I will treat her very well, don't worry."

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Gu Liang held a torch in his hand, and walked ahead to light it up, Xie Yuan followed behind him, and the two of them walked silently along the long secret road, one behind the other.

The secret passage was long, pitch-black, and smelled like mud everywhere.Their shadows were reflected on the wall by the faint light of the fire, constantly shaking, like ghosts.

As she walked, she looked around and saw neatly carved load-bearing stone bars above her head.And the spaciousness that allows people to walk upright, asked curiously:
"Such a large ground-breaking project requires a lot of people, don't others know?"

Gu Liang then turned his head to look at Xie Yuan, and explained with a wooden face:

"This place was built when the old emperor first came to the throne, Eunuch He asked for an order, and the old emperor agreed to build it.

At that time, they had just entered the capital, and the whole area was burned and needed to be rebuilt.Just as the old emperor ascended the throne, many skilled craftsmen were needed to prepare his mausoleum.So some people were allocated to build a house on the top and dig a secret tunnel on the bottom, and they built it together.Not only this place, but also other secret passage darkrooms in the palace were built at that time. "

After he finished speaking, he added: "The royal family has its own way to keep the secrets of those who built the imperial tomb."

Xie Yuan looked at the back of Gu Liang's head and fell silent, because she could only think of a way to keep secrets by killing people to silence her.

After all, these secrets are all related to the royal dignity and the owner's wealth and life.

Thinking of this, Xie Yuan couldn't help looking at the orderly walls around him, and sighed in his heart: It took a lot of capable people to endure hardships to make it, and it would be too tragic if they were killed directly after it was done up.

"Here we are." Gu Liang said suddenly.

The two of them couldn't help but lighten their steps, stopped chatting, approached the door of the secret passage, and listened to the movement outside.

It was very quiet outside, and no sound of living people could be heard.

Gu Liang climbed on the door and listened for a while, then said doubtfully:
"Isn't that right? It's time to eat. Normally, this time is the most relaxing time. There are people yelling for people to change shifts, and the sounds of chatting and chatting. It stands to reason that they can't be so quiet."

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden "gurgling" bowel sound in the dark and empty space.In such a quiet environment, especially loud, I don't know who is hungry.

The air was silent for a while.

Gu Liang held the torch to shine on his face, and his dull face showed a rare panic, explaining:

"Maybe they have nothing to eat, and their food has been robbed by others, so they are starving."

After that, he put his ear against the wall and listened for a while, then said to Xie Yuan cautiously:

"General Xie, come and listen to see if there is anything wrong."

After speaking, he stepped aside, Xie Yuan stepped forward, pressed his hands on the wall of the stone wall, put his ears on it, listened carefully for a while, and said:

"There's still a voice, but it's lighter, and maybe it's farther away from here. Isn't that a good thing? Open the door."

Only then did Gu Liang feel relieved, skillfully kicked off the insurance head under the door, and slowly pushed the stone door open together with Xie Yuan.

Outside the door is the dungeon, and it is deep in the dungeon. Xie Yuan saw Yishan last time he came here, and he recognized him immediately.

The dungeon was empty, and there was no one there.Their door opened right on the wall outside the cell.Right next to the door is the cell where Yishan was imprisoned.

The light in the dungeon was originally dim, but it was still much brighter than in the secret passage, and the flowing air was relatively fresh, which made people feel relieved and felt like they had regained their freedom.

Xie Yuan couldn't help thinking: If Yishan knew that there was a door leading to freedom next to his cell, he didn't know how he would feel.

Gu Liang took a few steps forward, hid behind the iron gate, leaned over to the small window above and looked out, then immediately retracted, squatting on the ground thinking, his eyes flickering.

Xie Yuan thought there was someone outside the window, so he quickly pressed the hilt of his waist with one hand, leaned against the wall and walked up to Gu Liang, bending over, and asked in a low voice:
"what happened?"

Gu Liang said: "...Why is there no one? There are no prisoners or guards in this important cell. After Li Wu took charge of the Supervision Department, he became merciful? I haven't heard of it. Could this be a trap? "

Gu Liang couldn't help feeling uneasy after suffering a loss, so he stretched his neck and looked up again.

Then I asked Xie Yuan for his opinion: "General Xie, do you think it's a trap?"

Xie Yuan also looked out, frowned slightly, and said:

"...Isn't that the case, no one came up with a trap? Is there a trap here? Get out of the way, and I'll go and find out for you."

Xie Yuan's tone seemed to be as simple as wading into a puddle, so he stood up and drew his sword.

At this moment, Gu Liang didn't even have the chance to hesitate and be afraid. He subconsciously listened to the command, stood up and stepped back, allowing the door to open.

This is the cell where the most important prisoners are held. The iron door is a whole iron plate, not an iron fence. There is only a small window on the top to observe the scene inside.

When Xie Yuan drew his sword and prepared for it.

Gu Liang was still worrying, such a thick iron door, even with Xie Yuan's astonishing skills, it would take a few cuts, what kind of gap to cut, to open the iron lock on the other side of the door and let them pass.

While thinking about it, Xie Yuan moved. The long sword in her hand was like a leaf cut against the wind. It didn't feel heavy. It felt light, but it was too fast to see its trajectory clearly.

There was only a soft "chuckle", and the door slammed down with a "clang", tearing the iron chains and cables outside with a burst of toothache.

How is this going? !The door opened so easily? !

Gu Liang was stunned for a moment, and took a closer look. It turned out that Xie Yuan connected the iron door to the wall, and the two hanging scrolls that were in charge of turning were cut off. fell to the ground.

If so, what a shocking scene!

Because it is the inner side of the gate, the hanging scroll is exposed outside, but there is only a thin line of gap from the wall.

Xie Yuan actually aimed at that gap, and directly cut off the weakest part of the entire gate.

Such astonishing speed and accuracy, how much hard work is required to achieve it!
Gu Liang was still immersed in the shock and couldn't extricate himself.Xie Yuan had already walked through this door in an unusual way, and went forward, ready to make another stab at the next iron door.

It seemed that what she just did was just a very common thing.

The surrounding area is still very quiet, and there are no traps...

Gu Liang quickly closed his chin and followed...

(End of this chapter)