Jiang Muxia packed her clothes and walked quickly to the place Xiaoran said.

The place Xiaoran mentioned was exactly the secret room found out last time. She didn't expect that there was a secret door in the goddess' bedroom in the secret room.

This secret door is a tunnel leading to somewhere unknown.

Since she couldn't find the brocade box, she could only act according to circumstances.

Following Xiaoran's instructions, she finally found the mechanism to open the secret door from the inside at the secret door of the hall.

It is just below the first wall lamp post at the door, a small secret chamber. Push it upwards and there is a small black mechanism in the secret chamber. Press it hard and the secret door will open.

She curled her lips and closed the door. She turned around and walked down the stairs. The cold air was getting stronger and stronger. Fortunately, she was prepared. She temporarily wrapped herself in the thick cloak she brought for Jiang Hongxin and quickly entered the ice cellar in the cold air.

But there was no one in the ice cellar, and there were more dirty footprints compared to the last time.

Without thinking much, she opened the mechanism and went into the inner room.

The moment the door opened, she dodged to the side of the door and listened carefully to the movement inside.

The inner room was unusually quiet. Tianqing and others were not waiting for Xiaoran's arrival as she had imagined.

She suddenly felt something was wrong. Xiaoran had clearly told her that Jiang Hongxin was tied up and thrown into the ice cellar, and Tianqing was waiting for her in the inner room to retrieve the brocade box.

But, where did all the people go? She suddenly felt cheated.

She stood at the door, whip drawn, dagger in one hand, in a defensive position.

She slowly stepped into the inner room, staring straight ahead with her bright eyes, not missing any movement.

Suddenly, something flew out from the room on the left side of the inner room and headed straight for her face. She dodged it by leaning to the side. The thin needle scratched her cheek and hit the ice layer in the outer room. With a "crack", the ice layer shattered. Before she could react, needles flew towards her one after another. She had to do a backflip and return to the outer room and hide behind the secret door.

She didn't know who was inside, and the attacks were too frequent. She couldn't engage in close combat. She could only wait for the person inside to react first, and then she would choose how to respond.

However, when the people inside saw that she had hidden herself, they stopped attacking and did not take any other action.

The two sides were deadlocked here.

Jiang Muxia didn't have time to confront her. She also had to find the entrance to the secret passage and find the goddess and others as soon as possible to help Tang Zhongbai.

The person on the other side refused to show up, so she had to step forward first.

She pressed her body against the side of the secret door and shouted, "Whoever's in there, come out and let's fight. Don't hide in the dark and act like a villain who can only use hidden weapons. Come out."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard footsteps in the inner room, and a woman's voice came into her ears, which surprised her.

"Muxia, why is it you?"

It turned out that the person hiding in the inner room and shooting hidden weapons at her was Jiang Hongxin.

Jiang Muxia was still on guard. She didn't know whether her current situation was good or bad. Jiang Hongxin was tied up and thrown into the ice cellar in the outer room. How did she get to the inner room? Where was Tianqing, who was waiting for Xiaoran in the inner room?

Jiang Hongxin was such a smart person that he could see her doubts from her eyes. He chuckled and teased her, "Why? Do you think I will hurt you?"

Jiang Muxia smiled awkwardly and put away the dagger and whip, "Of course not. Xiaoran said Tianqing was waiting for her here, where is he?"

"Follow me." Jiang Hongxin walked towards the innermost room on the right, "She's here."

The only light in the dark room came from the wall lamp outside. A person was covered by a torn quilt. Jiang Hongxin lifted the quilt to reveal a face twisted in pain. He was curled up in a ball, holding his stomach.

When he saw Jiang Hongxin, he glared at her, his throat making a hoarse sound but he couldn't utter any complete and clear words.

“What is she doing…?”

"I poisoned her and made her mute, injected ten times the number of poisonous insects into her body, and gave her the germs they spread to the people. Don't they like doing such dirty things? Let them have a taste of it themselves." She covered her with the quilt again and pulled Jiang Muxia out of the house.

Jiang Muxia's heart was in turmoil at this moment. She was suspicious of the woman in front of her. She had burned all the poisonous insects long ago. Where did she get them from?

It turned out that Tang Zhongbai's guess was correct, the epidemic was indeed caused by the goddess.

These damn beasts even stopped being human to achieve their goals.

She didn't want to create any estrangement between her and Jiang Hongxin, so she asked her directly, "Weren't all the poisonous insects burned to death? How come you still have some?"

"I have been looking forward to this day for who knows how many years. How could I not have a backup plan? Don't worry, the poisonous insects in my hand only target evil people. I, Jiang Hongxin, have humanity and will not use them to do anything that harms the world." She looked at Jiang Muxia's clothes and understood why she came here. Without saying much, she took out a small brocade box from her bosom, "It's here."

Jiang Muxia suddenly realized, "So it was you who asked Xiaoran to go back?"

"Smart. Let's go. You pretend to be Xiaoran and I'll be Tianqing."

"you……."

Jiang Hongxin's behavior surprised her so much that she could guess when she would come to the temple.

You know, the time to change her dressing every day is random.

"Silly girl, I don't have any magical powers. It was just a coincidence. Do you know how long I was terrified, afraid that you wouldn't show up? Fortunately, fortunately, you didn't let me down."

"Your injury?"

"No defense."

Jiang Hongxin patted her on the shoulder, nodded to her, and walked to the goddess's room, moved the small bedside table, pressed hard on a brick with a crescent-shaped pattern, and a small door flashed out from the other side of the bedside. The dim light from inside illuminated the room warmly. The hole was so small that only one person could enter by bending over.

Jiang Hongxin moved the table back to its original position and pulled Jiang Muxia into the cave.

It wasn't until I stepped inside that I felt there was a whole other world.

It was spacious and clean inside, not as hot as outside. A breeze came from somewhere, blowing gently, and it felt like spring breeze.

Jiang Muxia couldn't help but sigh that the goddess was really generous. She was afraid that the entire Lu Village didn't know that there was a hidden passage underground where they lived, leading to nowhere.

"Sister Hongxin, where does this passage lead to?"

"I don't know." Jiang Hongxin led her forward quickly, "This place is connected in all directions, leading to many places. Not long ago, I sneaked into the tunnel and followed a path to the bottom. I found a room in the backyard of the county government office. Judging from the furnishings in the room, it is the room of County Magistrate Feng Nian."

This was just as Jiang Muxia had expected. Their communication was indeed through the tunnel.

No wonder the goddess is rarely seen; she is active underground every day.

"But can we know which road they took?"

"Don't worry, my people left a mark."

Jiang Muxia's eyes lit up. This cousin was really unexpected. However, with her joining today, there was no need to worry about success.

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