A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 103 Falling into the Trap
"Sister Mu is so skillful and incredibly intelligent! Zhizhi admires Sister Mu the most!" Bai Zhizhi clapped her hands and cheered, her joy far surpassing her own happiness at solving the puzzle.

Song Shuyu rarely agreed with Bai Zhizhi's words, saying, "Miss Bai is absolutely right."

"My sister Mu is the smartest, most beautiful, and gentlest person in the world..."

"stop!"

Mu Qingcheng stopped Bai Zhizhi's flattery in time, scolding the girl, "Stop your blind worship, aren't you afraid I'll be laughed at?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhubu and Jiang Zhan's first reaction was that they had been called out. They were startled and quickly said, "We wouldn't dare to, we wouldn't dare to laugh at Counselor Mu."

Mu Qingcheng chuckled helplessly. The people in the Jingzhao Prefecture were all cunning and scheming.

Song Shuyu asked, "Coroner Mu, have you ever disassembled or reassembled a Luban lock before?"

His eyes were full of interest. Although Mu Qingcheng had not yet agreed to marry him, he had already imagined that their future children could use Luban locks as toys to practice their brains and fingers' reaction speed...

"Never." Mu Qingcheng had no idea that the master had such a shameless plan in mind. She said frankly, "From childhood to adulthood, the thing I have held most in my hands is an autopsy knife."

Zhang, the registrar, and Jiang Zhan unconsciously swallowed. These words were chilling to hear.

Song Shuyu smiled warmly, "It's alright, we can play more in the future."

“Uh…” Mu Qingcheng looked completely bewildered.

Song Shuyu said no more. He picked up two wooden sticks and inserted them into the eyes of the Four-Sheep Bronze Zun. Then he told everyone to quickly scatter and observe where the entrance to the secret chamber would appear!

Unexpectedly, the walls, bookshelves, display shelves, cabinets... all the places in the study that might have hidden mechanisms remained unchanged. And the Four-Sheep Bronze Zun that rose from under the floor, after obtaining the eyeball, actually shrank back under the floor!

"This……"

"What's going on?"

"Aren't there any secret rooms or hidden doors?"

"After all that fuss, did you just watch the Four-Ram Bronze Zun perform a magic trick?"

"..."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, but before they could think any further, they suddenly heard the sound of the floor cracking!
The change happened so fast it was almost instantaneous!

"what--"

The floor beneath her feet cracked open so rapidly that Mu Qingcheng only had time to let out a scream before she fell through!
"Qingcheng!"

Song Shuyu, who was closest, was shocked and without hesitation, he leaped into the unknown black hole after Mu Qingcheng!
Upon seeing this, the other three reacted quickly and rushed over!
However, the crack closed up with lightning speed, and in an instant, it was restored to its original state!
All the storm suddenly subsided completely, and the floor that had swallowed the two people was smooth, flat, and perfectly sealed, as if it had never been cracked!
Bai Zhizhi was just half a step away from jumping, but she was just half a step too late. In desperation, she knelt down in front of the floor, slapping the ground with her palms and pounding it with her fists, crying uncontrollably, "Sister Mu! Sister Mu!"

Registrar Zhang's face was deathly pale, and he was panting heavily. "Captain Jiang, what do we do now? My lord, what if he and Coroner Mu...?"

"Hold on!" Jiang Zhan's forehead was covered in sweat. He stomped on the hard floor and gritted his teeth, saying, "I'll get more people right away. We'll tear down all the floorboards!"

"and many more!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhizhi's agitated and frantic emotions suddenly subsided. She got up, wiped her tearful eyes, and said clearly, "If Lord Song and Sister Mu were truly in danger, why would they wait for you to dismantle the floor? Based on my understanding of my master's mechanical arts, the black hole in the floor just now was probably a trap deliberately set to prevent evildoers from breaking in..." "A trap?" Zhang, the registrar, immediately burst into tears. "Then Lord Song and Coroner Mu would have been throwing their lives away for nothing?"

Bai Zhizhi retorted angrily, "Bullshit! My sister Mu is a lucky person, how could she possibly die?"

Jiang Zhan was impatient. "Miss Bai, do you have a way to rescue him? Don't try to scare us with traps or anything like that. We hope more than anyone else that the master is safe and sound, and that Coroner Mu is safe!"

"That's right, that's right," Zhang, the registrar, stammered in agreement.

Bai Zhizhi forced herself to calm down and not argue with these two. Finding Mu Qingcheng was the most important thing right now, so she continued, "Since it's a trap, it must have been set with mechanisms and hidden weapons. My sister Mu is highly skilled in martial arts and should have a chance of survival. As for your Lord Song, if he doesn't have martial arts skills or his skills are too weak, it's hard to say whether he can survive or hold on until I find the real secret door to rescue him."

Upon hearing this, Zhang, the registrar, looked at Jiang Zhan with a mixture of trepidation and hope, "Sir, does he...do he know martial arts?"

Jiang Zhan shook his head. "I don't know. The master has never demonstrated his martial arts skills, nor has he ever mentioned this matter. I have only heard that Guard Song is a top-notch expert."

Seeing this, Bai Zhizhi had already given up hope that Song Shuyu could survive. She dusted her hands and said, "I will try my best to find the secret door, but life and death are in the hands of fate. Let's see what fate has in store for your Lord Song."

Zhang, the registrar, collapsed to the ground.

……

The bottom of the cave was pitch black, without a glimmer of light.

During her fall, Mu Qingcheng was initially panicked and lost her ability to react, causing her body to fall freely. However, after hearing Song Shuyu call out "Qingcheng," she inexplicably calmed down, used her lightness skill in mid-air to control her speed, and landed safely.

However, due to an initial mistake, his arms and shoulders hit the cave wall, resulting in several scrapes and abrasions.

She moved her hands and feet, touched her head and face, and was relieved to find that she was not seriously injured.

"Qingcheng!"

"Qingcheng, where are you?"

Upon hearing the familiar male voice, Mu Qingcheng stiffened and blurted out, "My lord!"

Using the sound to pinpoint the location, Song Shuyu groped her way towards Mu Qingcheng, her voice filled with urgency and worry, "How are you? Are you hurt?"

"No, I'm fine."

Mu Qingcheng casually agreed, reaching for the tool bag hanging at her waist, trying to find the tinderbox inside. Just as she was looking down and searching, she suddenly fell into an unfamiliar yet familiar sandalwood-scented embrace!

Yes...yes, sir!

Whenever Song Shuyu got close to Mu Qingcheng, a faint sandalwood scent would waft into her nose.

She stood there, stunned.

She pulled out a tinderbox, which she had only half-finished, and it fell back into her tool bag. Her heart pounded like a drum, and her legs suddenly felt weak, as if she were walking on cotton. Even her cheeks and ears suddenly felt burning hot, as if they were about to catch fire.

Song Shuyu rested his chin on Mu Qingcheng's shoulder, his arms tightly encircling her body, and murmured with lingering fear, "It's good that you're alright, Qingcheng, you scared me to death."

(End of this chapter)