Song Xing: I am cultivating immortals in Qingcheng Mountain

Chapter 605: Strange situation in the south of the city, terrifying speculation

"Xu~~"

The carriage slowly stopped, and Xiao Se and a few others got off. After hearing what Lei Wujie said, Xiao Se did not choose to return to Xueluo Villa, but came here instead.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Xiao Se frowned. This place looked a bit desolate. Different groups of people lived in the four areas of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest of Tianqi City.

The imperial palace is located in the center of the city, and the area near the gate in the south is mostly populated by merchants. Since the flow of people is relatively frequent, it is extremely difficult to manage. The consequence is that this place is very chaotic. Usually, except for those people who come to Apocalypse temporarily to stay here, few other people in the city come here.

Some time ago, there were several cases of family annihilation in Tianqi City. These merchants who came to Tianqi temporarily packed up their things early and left Tianqi, this place of trouble.

Therefore, when Xiaose got off the carriage, he had the illusion that this place was very desolate.

"Lei Wujie, which courtyard?"

Xiao Se looked around but didn't find anything unusual nearby, so he turned around and asked.

"follow me!"

Lei Wujie took the lead and walked towards a small courtyard in the distance that looked very ordinary.

Xiao Se and Sikong Qianluo followed Lei Wujie one body length behind. While looking around, Xiao Se started talking to Qianluo.

"How did you find this place, brother?"

This place is full of twists and turns. If Lei Wujie and Sikong Qianluo hadn't led him here, he might not have been able to find this place.

"It's a coincidence."

Sikong Qianluo thought about it and began to explain.

"We have been investigating the imperial examination fraud case with you. The people implicated in the case seemed to have guessed the news in advance and planned to escape overnight. In order not to alert the enemy, they came here. I heard from people nearby that people from the imperial court rarely come here."

At this point, Sikong Qian paused. Xiao Se was the Prince of Yong'an, and the court was failing in management. He might not feel comfortable about it, so she did not say the rest.

But even if he didn't say it, Xiao Se had guessed it. He paused slightly and shook his head gently in his heart. This was still Apocalypse City, and it was already like this. It was hard to imagine how chaotic the public security would be if this place was any other town.

Xiao Se did not continue speaking, and Sikong Qianluo did not speak either when he saw this. Xiao Se had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and he was still wondering why the people from the court did not come over to inspect it a few more times. How could there be such a place under the feet of the emperor?

“Where there is light, there is bound to be darkness.”

A sentence suddenly flashed through his mind. This was a sentence that Zhao Shouyi often said when he was traveling around the world.

He had never taken this sentence seriously before. What light, what darkness? There were always many hatreds and killings in the world of martial arts, and he had long been accustomed to it.

But at this moment, his heart moved slightly. Perhaps the current situation was more in line with what the other party said.

To outsiders, Tianqi City is not the imperial capital of Beili. The place under the emperor's feet should be the most stable, the richest, and the most powerful place. But here, such an area still exists in broad daylight.

If it was a ghost market hidden in the darkness, perhaps the impact it brought to Xiao Se would not be as profound as it was now, but it was this unexpected thing that made him begin to reflect on the court's negligence in management.

"Xiao Se, this is it."

Lei Wujie came to a small courtyard, paused, and then spoke. Xiao Se withdrew his thoughts after hearing this, and raised his head to look at this place.

From the outside, there was nothing unusual about this small courtyard. It was no different from any ordinary courtyard. Whether it was the gate, the brick walls, or even the peach charms pasted on the gate, there was nothing wrong with it.

At this moment, the gate of the courtyard was opened from the inside, and Tang Lian appeared in front of everyone. Looking at Xiao Se and the others, Tang Lian said in a deep voice: "Xiao Se, Lei Wujie, Qian Luo, you are here."

There was also a girl in a red dress next to him, who was Tiannvrui. Seeing several people coming, Tiannvrui also walked over from behind Tang Lian and naturally pulled Qianluo to one side.

"Qianluo, what's the situation over there?"

Sikong Qianluo knew what Tiannvrui was asking. She had been helping with the imperial examination cheating case. Now that it had reached the final stage, she naturally wanted to ask what the attitude of the court was.

"Xiao Se didn't say anything, but when he came out of the palace earlier, he looked very happy. I guess there should be no problem!"

When Tian Nurui heard this, she couldn't help but nodded slightly.

Then she said to Qianluo, "After you and Lei Wujie left, Lian and I went into the house to check and found a secret tunnel in the back room."

Sikong Qianluo was stunned.

Secret passages?

At this time, Tang Lian also talked about this matter, and he had his own guesses about this secret passage.

"We haven't explored where the other end of the secret passage leads to yet, but judging from the footprints left in the secret passage, these people were transported here. But there is one thing I have never figured out. Since the people are already dead, why didn't they bury them, but brought them here instead? After a long time, they are likely to rot, and it will be difficult not to attract other people's attention!"

Xiao Se first glanced at the courtyard, and then fell into deep thought.

What Tang Lian said made sense. Although Tianqi was a bit chaotic during this period and there were not many people here, this was Tianqi City after all, and it was difficult to guarantee that no one would come here.

Just like them, they found this place when they were tracking down an official involved.

"By the way, did you catch those two people, brother?"

Tang Lian came here to arrest someone. Now that he had found a corpse and a secret passage, Xiao Se asked another question.

"It's strange to say that we didn't find those two people. I guess they didn't escape from here. For those powerless officials, there is a 90% chance that they will not stay here after seeing the bodies in the yard."

Xiao Se nodded. There were very few people in this world who would rush forward even though they knew there was danger.

"Brother, Lei Wujie, do you think this could be a backup plan prepared by the person who practices the ghost way technique?"

Sikong Qianluo had seen these corpses before. Those who were harmed by the ghost crows all looked like that, with no life left. But those people were not completely useless. If the other party still had the secret art of making medicine men, then these corpses would be the best materials.

Tang Lian and Lei Wujie's faces suddenly changed. Sikong Qianluo's guess was not impossible. If this was where the other party stored the corpses, then the other party might have the secret technique of making medicine men.

"Desolate."

(End of this chapter)