After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 81 Underground Floating Boat
Li Que frowned. The death of Concubine Ji was definitely a major event that shocked the court and the country.

If it were to leak out, it would undoubtedly cause great damage to the reputation of the Li royal family.

Thinking of this, he quickly turned around and bowed to the Wuxiang Elder and the Exiled Elder, saying:
"This matter involves my third brother's mother and the Dali Imperial Palace. I ask the two seniors not to spread this matter."

The old man Wuxiang waved his hand, an exaggerated smile appeared on his face, and said:

"Don't worry, the old man is not a gossiper."

The exiled old man nodded and then reminded:

"Whether the murderer is someone inside the palace or a master who sneaked into the palace to kill, killing a concubine in such a strategic location is definitely not a simple task."

"If the Dali Palace can find this person, then so be it. If not, I advise Your Highness to avoid provoking him if possible."

Hearing this, Li Que thought for a moment, then nodded slightly.

……

On the broad blue brick streets of Shangyang City, a luxurious carriage pulled by four handsome white horses rolled by.

The car body is made of high-quality nanmu wood, which has an elegant fragrance. The four corners of the car are decorated with white jade wind chimes with a warm color. When it shakes slightly, crisp and pleasant sounds can be heard from time to time.

Not long after, the carriage stopped in front of a large-scale pavilion complex.

Li Yuanling parted the carriage curtain and looked outside, then turned and waved to Li Musheng, asking him to follow.

She held up the hem of her green gauze skirt with both hands. Unlike other noble ladies and gentlemen who needed servants as human stepping stones, she took small steps and jumped lightly, then jumped directly off the carriage.

Seeing this, Li Musheng followed the other party out of the car, glanced around, and looked at the towering octagonal building in front of him that was as luxurious as a palace.

Then, he narrowed his eyes slightly and saw a gilded plaque standing on the building in front of him, with three large characters "Jiaofangsi" written on it in a clear and honest manner.

At the same time, bursts of singing and dancing, as well as soft music, along with a pleasant scent of rouge, came towards you.

Li Musheng turned his head to look at Li Yuanling, touched his chin, and said:

"As expected of my adopted sister, you brought me to such a stylish place."

Hearing this, Li Yuanling smiled, revealing a pair of dimples. Then, she pulled him directly towards an alley next to the Jiaofangsi and said:
"Don't worry, there are more stylish things to come. I guarantee that your trip will be worthwhile."

Li Musheng's eyes moved. Although he didn't know why Li Yuanling, a princess of Dali, was so familiar with this, he was still willing to take a critical attitude and take a look at the mystery.

Entering the alley, Li Yuanling began to search continuously, muttering to herself:
"where?"

Not long after, her eyes suddenly lit up and she walked towards an inconspicuous iron gate in the alley.

The iron gate was as black as ink and was carved with a pattern of a huge ship with sails. However, the iron gate looked very old and scratched, obviously from a long time.

Li Yuanling walked quickly to the iron gate, took out an ancient copper coin from her arms, fumbled on the door for a while, found a narrow gap the width of a thumb, and then carefully stuffed the copper coin in her hand into it.

Soon, with the sound of a slight mechanism turning, the black iron door in front of him slowly opened inward.

Li Musheng raised his brows slightly when he saw this scene.

It was so secretive that it seemed to make him want to explore even more.

However, when he saw Li Yuanling open the door and then stand at the door hesitantly, he immediately looked suspicious:
"Why don't you go in?"

"It's my first time, so I'm a little nervous."

Li Yuanling looked at the dark space behind the door, her eyebrows tightly furrowed, and the smile on her face had long disappeared.

Li Musheng waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Who says it's not true? It's my first time too, but life is all about daring to try." As he said that, he pushed Li Yuanling towards the door, thinking to himself:

This girl is so slow, isn't she a nuisance?

"you you……"

Li Yuanling didn't react quickly and was pushed forward by Li Musheng, stumbling several steps.

After entering, the dark iron door automatically closed slowly. At the same time, dim oil lamps lit up in the darkness, illuminating the scene ahead.

At the end of the several-foot-long passage, there appeared a staircase extending downwards, and from the bottom of the staircase came a woman's soft and sticky voice:

"Please come down and board the ship."

Hearing this, Li Yuanling turned around and glared at Li Musheng, but Li Musheng shrugged and said:

"Sister, let's go. Don't keep me waiting too long."

As he said this, he walked down the stairs in a swagger.

Seeing this, Li Yuanling curled her lips and snorted coldly:

"Don't think I don't know what bad intentions you have?"

But she didn't stay too long and quickly caught up with Li Musheng.

Just as Li Musheng said just now, now that we are here, we have to take a look first no matter what.

"Don't leave so quickly, wait for me."

Li Yuanling called out, and soon she and Li Musheng walked up several winding stairs and arrived at an extremely spacious underground platform.

There were burning torches stuck in the rock wall on one side of the platform, illuminating the entire underground space as if it were daytime, while on the other side of the platform was a sudden cliff.

Tieed to the edge of the cliff were iron chains as thick as arms, and on top of the chains were wooden boats about ten feet long. There were five such boats in total.

At this time, in addition to Li Musheng and Li Yuanling, there were about a dozen people standing on the platform.

There were men, women, young and old, some were rich young men and women, and some were martial artists armed with swords.

Seeing Li Musheng and the other two coming, one of the burly gangsters immediately shouted at the top of his voice:
"Come on, you've just gathered the last boatload of passengers, and we can set sail soon."

Hearing this, Li Musheng looked around and frowned slightly.

This seems to be a little different from what he imagined.

After seeing the scene in front of her, Li Yuanling showed an excited look and blinked her eyes and said:
"This is it! Rumor has it this place is exciting and fun!"

"is it?"

Li Musheng looked thoughtful and turned his gaze to the wooden boat in front of him.

At this moment, a young woman in a rose-red palace dress walked out from the darkness at the edge of the platform and sang softly:
"Let go of the boat, and please come aboard, distinguished guests!"

As she finished speaking, the iron chains began to move rapidly, and the sound of "clattering" of the iron chains rubbing against each other could be heard above the platform.

After a while, the five suspended wooden boats quietly landed on the platform.

Seeing this, the group of people who had been waiting for a long time immediately split into four groups, and each of them couldn't wait to board the wooden boat in front of them.

Li Yuanling immediately pulled Li Musheng and ran quickly towards the last remaining empty boat.

(End of this chapter)