commoner pretty detective

Chapter 97 Searching the Cave
Soon came to the cave.

This time, Wu Yan was easily overwhelmed as usual, and pretended to be Gong Ziling's personal attendant.There were dozens of guards who went with them, except for Zhang Lie, Wu Yan had never seen the rest.After all, Zhang Lie was careless, he didn't recognize Wu Yan, he just wondered in his heart, when did the prince have such a close entourage, he never liked to have an entourage.

At the entrance of the cave, the guards reorganized their formation again, sandwiching Gong Ziling and Wu Yan, and drew out the saber at their waist and held it tightly in their hands.Dozens of knives shone brightly in the sun as soon as they were unsheathed.Gong Ziling also took off the bow and arrow and held it in her hand.Although there were many people, there was no sound, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

Seeing this battle, Wu Yan immediately remembered the situation of being assassinated last time, she couldn't help touching her neck, and her body naturally moved a little closer to Gong Ziling.

Seeing her fearful look, Gong Ziling let go of her heart, knowing that it is good to be afraid, so as not to stay for a while and run around without listening to his words.At the same time, bursts of pity and distress arose in my heart. If it wasn't for the distraction of people, if it wasn't for my status, I really wanted to protect her firmly in front of me and make her feel at ease.

After going in for a short distance, Wu Yan raised her head to look at Gong Ziling when she reached the place where she was assassinated last time.Gong Ziling understood what she meant and nodded to her.It turned out that last time she not only entered the cave by herself, but also groped and walked so far alone, she was really courageous, is this still a woman?Can't help but look at Wu Yan a few more times.

Wu Yan didn't realize it, and walked around while looking around, observing the situation in the cave.It turns out that the entrance of this cave is not big, but it is very spacious inside.The wall of the cave is made of natural rock, very dry, and the air is very circulated, so it doesn't feel stuffy at all, but it is dark and has no light, so it has to be illuminated by torches.

Wu Yan had an illusion that she was not walking in a cave, but more like walking on a dark street.

The people searched for traces of salt along the way, followed these traces all the way to the depths of the cave, and left marks at every fork.Salt was not as difficult to find as imagined, things went smoothly unexpectedly, everyone became more and more interested, and their actions became faster and faster.

As they were walking, the road explorer in front suddenly stopped, and then a guard came to Gong Ziling and said: "My lord, the front is no longer a natural cave, but a passage dug artificially."

Gong Ziling and Wu Yan looked at each other, followed the guard to the front of the line.Sure enough, there was an artificially excavated passage in front of it, which was connected with the original cave.The entire passage is paved with stone slabs, and it is also very spacious, enough for several horses to drive side by side.Everyone was amazed and inexplicable, how much manpower and material resources would be spent on such a large sum of money.

Another question arose in Gong Ziling and Wu Yan's minds, if such a large tunnel was dug solely for the purpose of smuggling private salt, was it necessary?
The walk was much smoother this time, and the passage didn't branch off at all.After walking for a while, Wu Yan suddenly asked Gong Ziling in a low voice: "My lord, don't you think it's strange? We didn't meet anyone along the way, and we didn't find anything other than salt."

Gong Ziling nodded: "I also have this feeling, it's very wrong." At first hearing Wu Yan called him prince, Gong Ziling was not used to it.Normally, she would either not call him, or call him hello, which is very, very disrespectful to him.This time I'm afraid it's because there are so many guards in front of me, so I have to put on a show.

(End of this chapter)