Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 156 Back Mountain Cave ([-]) Third Watch

"You, how do you know..."

Surprised and curious, about ten people in black stood in a row unconsciously, forming a semicircle not far from the left side of the cave entrance. They seemed to be very curious and wanted to see what Wu Chen looked like.

Wu Chen was waiting for this with a gloomy face. He swung his sleeves violently, and the poisonous vines and gravel that fell from the hole followed the strong wind and went straight to the men in black standing in a row.

There was a sudden gust of wind in the mountains and forests, and several trees that were not thick enough snapped off.

Wu Chen was annoyed, but he used all his strength. After several screams, the man in black was no longer the man in black.

Wu Chen took a deep breath, he didn't want to kill people, especially after having this special power, he could easily kill people with just a few gestures, and he kept reminding himself that this power is like the power in the hands of officials and should not be abused.

But thinking of the innocent souls in the cave, thinking of Yu Shian's personal soldiers and the people who closed the mountain down the mountain, Wu Chen just felt that waving his arms would not relieve the hatred.

……

After killing the man in black, Wu Chen still didn't move. He was thinking about what to do next.

The hut at the foot of the mountain is for the Prince Cheng, and they are already preparing to retreat. There are still people alive in the cave, but there must be ghosts. After a while, Song Gu and Yu Shian will come down, and they will be divided into two groups. One group will follow him to the cave. One group goes to the hut at the foot of the mountain... There are only so few people in total, how can they be divided into two groups?

The thatched huts at the foot of the mountain are scattered at the foot of the mountain. It is said that they are villagers, but they are actually people who protect the cave. How many people are there in total?Just looking at the unexpected situation tonight, they can call dozens of people, and the number of people down the mountain will definitely not be small!But the people who were thinking of attacking Wu Chen that day were obviously not Prince Cheng's subordinates. They also thought about blaming the Taoist temple on the mountain after the incident was completed, and they arranged fake uncles and sisters-in-law in the hut. If they were surrounded by Prince Cheng's people, How can they kill people and burn houses smoothly?
Wu Chen frowned tightly. Could it be that his previous inferences were all wrong?

When the sophomore brought Yu Shi'an and Song Gu approaching with torches, Yu Shi'an couldn't help being surprised when he saw Wu Chen's back.

……

Because of the sudden arrival of the sophomore in the Taoist temple, it didn't take much effort for several people to work together to kill all the black-clothed masked men.

A masked man wanted to go back to report the letter, but he did not escape the sword of the second year of high school.

The sophomore was originally here to take Yu Shian and Song Gu down the tunnel, but now that he thinks about it, he has to think about what to do at the tunnel entrance?Those yamen servants were sitting slumped under the courtyard wall, they were scared out of their wits long ago, Yu Shi'an could only leave his only personal soldier beside the iron plate, at least there was someone who could pass on the news.

Thinking of Wu Chen's supernatural power, Yu Shi'an told his soldiers that if anyone came again, they could just go down to the tunnel. At most, they would cover up with iron plates, lock them again, and send people to guard the surroundings. As long as Wu Chen was around, These are nothing to fear.

The sophomore said: "Since you are not afraid, let's all go down."

Yu Shian said:

"The people who came this time only brought chains. Although they have been beheaded by us, they have not returned for a long time, and they will definitely arouse the suspicion of their friends. It is hard to say what they will bring to seal the tunnel entrance. , leave someone here, at least you can know how many people came and what they brought?"

Gao Eryi waved his hand and said, "No, there is an exit not far below, and there are mountains and forests outside the exit. They like to seal it."

Song Gu hurriedly asked, "Did the tunnel go directly to the cave?"

The sophomore shook his head.

Yu Shi'an thought for a while and said: "Then let's all go down, if I knew it was like this, there was no need to fight just now."

The second year of high school lit the torch again, and led a few people down the tunnel. The yamen servants by the courtyard wall didn't want to follow, but they were afraid of the sword in Song Gu's hand. They didn't follow Song Gu's request just now. in front of you.

Song Gu seemed to have a tacit understanding with the yamen servants. He had already walked down the tunnel, but suddenly went up again, dragging Guo Xuan into the tunnel.

Guo Xuan was not dead, he pretended to be very hard, the sword wound was painful, the ground was cold, and he was shocked in his heart, he wanted to pass out, but he was awake all the time.

Since he was awake, he naturally heard all the conversations of the few people just now. He only waited for these people to leave before trying to find a way to escape, but Song Gu still remembered him.

Song Gu dragged him for only two steps in the tunnel before he begged for mercy.

Yu Shi'an asked Song Gu with a smile: "You just didn't want him to escape with that sword?"

Song Gu said: "Since Mr. Wu said that he can be properly interrogated, how could I easily let him lose his life? But I don't know if he is in the same group as the visitor, so I have to put him down first to avoid leaving troubles. "

Guo Xuan knelt on the ground, covering the sword wound above his right chest, and said sadly: "I don't know them! I haven't participated in the five-color jade case, I..."

"Can you go?" Song Gu asked.

"Can..."

"If you can't, I will drag you. The living people who went to the cave should all be dragged there." Song Gu said.

"Can go!"

The sophomore held a torch and looked back at Song Gu. He didn't expect Song Gu to see the difference on the ground just like Wu Chen when he entered the tunnel.

Yu Shi'an looked at the dark tunnel in front of him and asked, "Mr. Wu is waiting for the exit alone?"

The sophomore nodded.

Several people strode forward.

The dark wind gusts in the tunnel, blowing the torches from time to time, making people shudder, and the surrounding mountains seem to have a kind of oppressive force, even Yu Shi'an, who has been in the battlefield for a long time, can't help but feel fear.

So when he saw Wu Chen standing alone in the darkness, he couldn't help being shocked.

In such an atmosphere, how courageous is it to dare to be isolated here alone?
But what happened next surprised Yu Shi'an again.

When the sophomore came to the entrance of the cave, he didn't notice the men in black who fell not far away. It happened that the three who went back to pick up the things came back with torches and brooms on their shoulders. The sophomore was stunned.

Wu Chen didn't turn his head, and said, "You guys back off first, I didn't tell you to come here, so don't come here."

The sophomore hurried back.

After Wu Chen finished speaking, he walked out of the cave.

The three of them also found the corpse of their accomplice at this time. Holding the torches, the three of them looked at the mangled corpse on the ground in disbelief. After a while, they gave Wu Chen time to carefully find a few small stones on the ground. , When the three of them reacted and wanted to turn around and run, the stone in Wu Chen's hand also arrived, and the three of them fell to the ground with a muffled grunt. The torch was thrown to the ground and slowly extinguished.

"The ground is very wet." Wu Chen muttered.

Then he turned back to the second grader to ask for a torch, and carefully checked whether there were any poisonous vines at the entrance of the cave. After cleaning it up, he said to the people in the cave, "You can come out now. Don't walk around. You can only stand on this path."

(End of this chapter)