Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 486 Trap?

The lights in the back hall were dark, but the door was wide open.

With a flash of a figure, Li Yuanfang quickly hid in front of the hall, looked around, and jumped in.

The back hall was empty, without any decorations.

Li Yuanfang walked slowly, carefully observing the surroundings.

Suddenly, his eyes went dark and he became dizzy, and he staggered a few steps.

He hastily stretched out his hand to support the pillar and took a few breaths, only to feel his head getting heavier and heavier, and his eyes were a little hard to open, and he couldn't help being a little surprised.

He shook his head vigorously, forced himself to hold his mind, and continued to walk forward.

She felt her feet were soft as if she had stepped on something, Li Yuanfang was startled, and hurriedly lifted her feet.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the hall, several secret doors popped up from the pillars on both sides, and a dozen ropes quickly stopped him in the center.

Li Yuanfang's right arm shook, the knife was already in his hand, there was a cold light, there were several ping-pong sounds, and more than a dozen ropes snapped and flew out.

At this moment, Li Yuanfang's eyes turned black, her feet went limp, and her body fell heavily on the ground.

Wang Mang, who was watching the wind not far away, was also taken aback. He was just about to make a move, but suddenly thought of something, pondered for a moment, and stopped.

……

Dark clouds rolled in the sky, and occasionally a flash of lightning appeared in the clouds.

The mysterious and weird barren mountain castle stands on the cliff.

There was a sound of low footsteps in the darkness.

Di Renjie and Zeng Tai led the soldiers of the city camp to hide in front of the castle quietly.

Di Renjie raised his right hand, and the soldiers stopped.

Zhang Huan, Li Lang and other army chiefs guard son Ah Di Renjie.

Zeng Tai stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Master, is this here?"

Di Renjie nodded: "Order the sergeant to surround the castle. Remember, you must act lightly, and don't startle the snake."

Zeng Tai responded, turned around and whispered some instructions to the officer behind him.

The officer trotted down to give the order, and the sergeants moved silently, and the encirclement was completed in a blink of an eye.

Di Renjie looked into the castle, it was dark inside without any light, and there was no sound.

Di Renjie looked up at the sky and said: "It will be dawn soon, we can't wait any longer, do it!"

Zeng Tai unfurled the flag in his hand, and about [-] soldiers from the two teams quickly hid in front of the castle, took out the flying grasping ropes that had been prepared and threw them on the wall, and climbed up skillfully.

Di Renjie said softly: "As soon as the gate is opened, all the troops will enter immediately!"

Zeng Tai waved the command flag in his hand.

Under the leadership of the officers, the army behind them drew their bows and drew their knives, ready to attack.

The door of the castle opened slowly.

When Zeng Tai ordered the flag to be waved, all the troops shouted and rushed towards the castle.

Inside the castle was dark and empty.

All the troops rushed into the hall quickly, guarding all the entrances and exits.

The captain gave an order, the torch was lit, and the hall was brightly lit.

Di Renjie and Zeng Tai walked in quickly.

Zeng Tai said: "Master, order all the troops to search!"

Di Renjie said: "There are many traps in the castle, and every step of the way is murderous. Don't take it lightly. The army is strictly ordered not to touch anything in the castle when searching!"

The officer behind him flew forward to deliver the order.

Teams of soldiers filed in under the command of the officer and searched the castle thoroughly.

Di Renjie walked to the guest room where he used to live, and ordered the sergeant behind him to move a stool over.

He stepped onto the stool and pressed a few times on the wall. With a soft "click", a secret door popped up on the wall.

Di Renjie told everyone behind him, "Bring the torch!"

The sergeant hurriedly handed over the torch, Di Renjie walked into the secret passage first, and Zeng Tai led his sergeants to rush in.

After the secret door leading to the underground hall was opened, Di Renjie was stunned for a moment, and saw that the underground hall was in a mess, the ground was piled up with sheets of tarpaulin signed and sealed by Longwuwei's transfer envoy, and the cart carrying the payment had disappeared.

Zeng Tai said in surprise: "It seems that they have already transferred the salary."

Di Renjie nodded slowly and said, "What a quick move."

He stood in the center of the hall and looked around. There was a wall around him, only the secret door they just walked out was open.

Di Renjie frowned and thought, and slowly walked up.

With the sound of footsteps, the officer of the city defense battalion quickly ran into the underground hall: "Lord Inspector!"

Zeng Tai rushed to meet him, and asked eagerly, "How is it? What did you find?"

The officer said: "The army searched every corner of the castle, but found no sign of anyone. My lord, this castle is empty!"

Zeng Tai walked to Di Renjie disappointedly and said, "Master..."

Di Renjie said, "I heard it."

Zeng Tai said anxiously: "What should we do now?"

Di Renjie murmured: "How did hundreds of carts get into this underground hall, and how did they get out?"

Zeng Tai didn't hear what Di Renjie was saying: "Men, what did you say?"

Di Renjie raised his head and said: "This underground hall is surrounded by walls. According to my personal experience and what I saw in the underground hall last time, there are only a few small secret doors leading to the guest rooms and the hall, but these few secret doors The door is not wide enough for a carriage loaded with pay to pass in and out."

Zeng Tai clapped his hands: "Yes. This secret door can only allow one person to enter and exit."

"So, how did they get the carriage in and out of the underground hall?"

Di Renjie pondered for a moment, took the torch from the sergeant beside him, and shone it on the ground.

I saw the intricate ruts on the rammed earth extending to the northwest.

Zeng Tai said softly: "The rut."

Di Renjie nodded, and walked forward following the ruts.

The rut came to an abrupt end under the northwest wall, and it seemed that the wagons had entered the wall.

Zeng Tai said in amazement: "Master, the rut is broken! It seems, it seems to have walked into the wall."

Di Renjie raised his head and carefully observed the wall in front of him. The wall was made of rough gray stone without any gaps.

Holding the torch, Di Renjie carefully searched the walls as he walked, and walked about a dozen steps.

Suddenly, a beast-shaped symbol above the wall jumped into view, Di Renjie stopped in his tracks, and raised a torch to shine upwards.

On the upper left of the wall, there is a small animal vaguely engraved at a height of one person, which looks like a lion.

Di Renjie quickly took out the belt left by Mei Xiang from his sleeve, and examined it carefully.

The pattern on the belt is divided into two rows, the first row is embroidered with geometric figures, while the second row is embroidered with animal patterns.

Sure enough, in the middle of the second row was an open-mouthed male lion embroidered with black thread, with a giant python in its mouth.

Di Renjie quickly raised his head, and held up the torch to shine on the wall.

Except for a lion carved on the wall, there is no other pattern.

Moreover, there is no giant python in the lion's mouth.

Di Renjie stretched out his hand and pressed on the lion pattern, but there was no movement.

He shook his head lightly, held the torch and continued to move forward, about five or six steps away, another animal-shaped pattern appeared on the wall, Di Renjie stopped, held up the torch to shine upwards, the pattern was indeed a line python.

Di Renjie stretched out his hand and pressed the python graphic, but there was still no movement.

He was thinking quietly, when suddenly, a flash of light flashed through his mind.

He waved at Zeng Tai, and Zeng Tai hurried over: "Men."

Di Renjie asked: "Zeng Tai, have you seen this pattern?"

Zeng Tai looked at the wall by the light of the fire, and nodded.

Di Renjie said: "You press and hold this pattern."

Zeng Tai quickly stretched out his hand and pressed the giant python pattern.

Di Renjie walked quickly to the lion-shaped pattern and stretched out his hand to press it, and then said: "I said one, two, three, let's press hard at the same time."

Zeng Tai nodded.

(End of this chapter)