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At the beginning, the tunnel was winding and winding, and there was a corner in less than ten steps.The distant and blurred light reflected on the wall, attracting them to move forward. Fu Wan narrowed his eyes slightly and finally found the light source after he turned around the corner.

It's a whale light plugged into the wall.

The lamp base was carved in the shape of a beast's head. After a few glances, she recognized that it was a style commonly used in the palace.With this animal head lamp as the boundary, the road began to widen, and a lamp was lit every once in a while, it was neat and clean, and it seemed that people often walked here.

"This lamp..." Fu Wan turned to look at Lin Ruhui, "Where does this road lead to?"

Lin Ruhui raised his eyelids and said flatly, "The Palace of Mental Cultivation."

Fu Wan's heart skipped a beat, thinking of the vague figure that was hiding behind the curtain of the Hall of Mental Cultivation that day.Chu Heng's face also changed slightly.Only Bai Chan looked at them in confusion.

Lin Ruhui added: "To be exact, it's underground in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

Fu Wan looked at her and felt that she should know something else, but Lin Ruhui lay on his stomach without energy, as if he didn't want to say more.Facing the questioning, Lin Ruhui only said: "Don't worry, let's go."

Fu Wan: "What should I do if I run into a palace servant in the Palace of Mental Cultivation?"

Lin Ruhui smiled, "Don't worry about them."

Fu Wan suddenly thought of the dumb nanny who led her into the Hall of Mental Cultivation that day. There was a pink scar on her neck, apparently her vocal cords had been removed.Could it be that all the servants in the Hall of Mental Cultivation are dumb?What kind of secret is hidden in this palace, to block the news so strictly?

Bai Chan frowned: "Why is your face so pale?"

Lin Ruhui giggled: "It's probably your fault. Your face is black and you don't speak, like an iceberg. No matter who you are, you're going to freeze to death. Hengze, don't you think so?"

Chu Heng was in a dilemma: "I... this..."

Bai Chan was a little embarrassed.She is not emotional by nature, and she rarely gets along with people. The disciples of Yijianzong are respectful when they see her, but no one mentions her bad face.As she thought about it, she subconsciously raised her hand and touched her face.

Lin Ruhui said again: "Well, don't believe it. If you don't believe me, just smile at her, and I guarantee that her face will turn rosy immediately."

Fu Wan wished he could pinch Lin Ruhui's mouth.

Several people bickered softly, and turned another corner.Bai Chan suddenly stopped and stopped the person behind her with one hand, Fu Wan couldn't dodge in time and almost bumped into her back.

She looked up and saw Bai Chan's serious expression.Holding the soft sword in one hand, she stopped the other three and said softly, "It smells like blood."

Fu Wan sniffed, but could only smell the bloody smell of lake water mixed with Lin Chu and the two of them, and could not identify other smells at all.

Bai Chan walked forward along the wall with his sword in hand, and after a while, put away his sword and half-kneeled on the ground.Fu Wan followed her forward, and saw that not far ahead seemed to be wrapped in a mess of cloth.

Bai Chan turned around: "Don't look."

But it was too late.With a flicker of the light, Fu Wan instantly saw the true face of the thing—it wasn't a rag at all, but a head wrapped in messy hair.The black hair was thick, clotted with blood, and the pale skin below could be vaguely seen.

Fu Wan's throat rolled, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Is it... a person?"

Bai Chan raised his sword and turned his head over. He was indeed a dead person.No male or female can be identified, only a solitary head, torn from the neck, with the throat hanging empty.

Looking at the facial features again, the skin is damaged, and the two eyeballs have been completely gouged out, leaving only two hollow blood holes.The wound was torn apart, and it was a mess. It didn't look like it was cut by a sword, or it was caused by friction with the ground. On the contrary, it seemed... Fu Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she unconsciously looked at Bai Chan, who was also looking at her seriously.Obviously in danger, Fu Wan couldn't help but blushed slightly, coughed lightly and said nothing.

Bai Chan turned to Lin Ruhui: "Are there any beasts in this underground palace?"

Lin Ruhui had also seen the lump of flesh and blood.Her usual indifferent face changed, her blood faded, and she trembled a little.

Chu Heng felt her trembling and asked worriedly, "Miss Lin?"

Lin Ruhui said in a hoarse voice, "It's 'it'." She turned to Fu Wan, "Do you still remember you asking me what is in the Hall of Mental Cultivation?" She smiled bleakly, "That's it, it came out .”

Fu Wan: "Say it slowly, what exactly is it?"

She shook her head: "I don't know, no one knows. All those precious medicinal materials were used on it, but a monster was born."

Fu Wan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated: "Who raised it, empress?"

"Who else but her?" Lin Ruhui smiled, "You broke in by mistake that day, the dumb mother thought you were the new 'bait', remember?"

"Bait? You mean, what it eats is..." Fuwan thought of the smell of medicine and rancidity rushing into his nose, and clutched his chest, retching violently.

Lin Ruhui: "Your Majesty is really insane. I am not the only one who knows about this. Everyone is in danger with His Majesty's appearance. Someone is going to kill her at the palace banquet today, and there will be more people who want to do something to her in the future .”

Fu Wan said: "Tonight's assassination...you knew about it?"

"Guess."

The Empress was always suspicious, but fortunately Lin Ruhui was already "dead", so she barely got rid of the suspicion.

Fu Wan thought of another thing, and said in a hoarse voice: "Then... what about him? What about the emperor? The emperor who originally lived in the Hall of Mental Cultivation has changed, and no one has noticed?"

"Who knows?" Lin Ruhui shrugged, "Perhaps this thing is 'he' himself, so I'm not sure."

Fu Wan was a little out of breath.The strangeness of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the underground secret passage, and the corpses of the dead palace servants... She had to start to suspect that her father might have died, or worse, had been turned into such a monster.

She bit her lower lip: "Why did she—"

Lin Ruhui raised his eyes: "Why? You really don't know?"

The corners of Fu Wan's lips pursed.Doesn't she know?No, in fact, she had already guessed in her heart.If the Empress and Concubine Rou have selfishness, the Emperor is the biggest obstacle, but killing them with a single sword is fine, why trap people in this dark underground palace to torture them?

Her throat rolled: "...she's crazy."

Lin Ruhui smiled and agreed.

Bai Chan stood aside expressionlessly, but narrowed her eyes slightly when she heard the word "Emperor".

At this moment, a strange sound suddenly sounded from the depths of the tunnel.

Several people's expressions changed slightly, and they listened with bated breath.The sound was very ear-piercing, like the friction sound of heavy iron chains being dragged across the ground, approaching their shelter little by little.

Fu Wan sniffled, and at some point, a faint smell of medicine floated in the air.

Lin Ruhui tightened his fingers on Chu Hengze's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Let's go."

"Where are you going?"

——The entire tunnel is bare, there is not even half a hiding place on both sides, and going back is a dead end.

Lin Ruhui made a decisive decision and pointed ahead: "Go forward, turn this road and there will be a room where you can hide!"

Chu Heng said: "Are you looking for death? The monster is right in front."

Fu Wan squinted her eyes and listened: "No, it's too late." She has always had good hearing, and can detect very subtle differences, no matter what tune she listens to, she can imitate it perfectly.She said: "There should be two forks, let's go!"

Bai Chan only glanced at her, and swept forward without hesitation.

Chu Heng gritted his teeth and followed behind.

Turning around the intersection, the sound of the iron chains amplified instantly, and Fu Wan saw the black shadow shaking on the wall at the end of the passage at a glance.

These three corridors are in a concave shape, and they are right in the middle of the "concave". The monster is only a few steps away from turning into their path, and the shadow is stretched by the lights behind it, shaking from side to side around the corner , Accompanied by the ear-piercing friction sound, it is simply creepy.

Before he had time to look more, he heard Lin Ruhui sip softly: "This way!"

Chu Heng opened a wooden sliding door with a "crash", and several people entered in a file. The moment they closed the sliding door, the iron chains rubbed against each other, and they stepped into the tunnel where they were.

Fu Wan covered her mouth with both hands, and there was a dead silence, only the violent heartbeats of a few people could be heard.

puff.puff.

The sound of dragging and heavy footsteps approached slowly.The whale lantern by the wall flickered, and the huge black shadow slowly climbed up the paper sliding door behind them, and was still approaching.

Fu Wan's palms were cold, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart.It would be fine if it was just a monster, but she couldn't help thinking that maybe it was her father outside.She had lost her mother since she was born, and she had very little impression of her father. She only vaguely remembered that when he was very young, his health was not so bad, and he would visit her occasionally.

Even so, even so... When she closed her eyes, she felt a coldness in her heart.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the side, gently covering her eyes.

The light sandalwood smell overwhelmed the smell of the smoked medicine, Bai Chan pulled her into his arms, let go of the sword with the other hand, and put his arms around her shoulders.

Fu Wan shuddered, her tense body slowly relaxing.She seldom exposed her fragility, and the wind and clouds in this palace were treacherous, and once she showed her flaws, she would be devoured by wolves.But in front of this person, she didn't want to and didn't have to hide anymore.

In just a moment, the monster had moved to the middle of the corridor, only one door away from them.

As if smelling blood, it suddenly stopped and sniffed around suspiciously.The black shadow covered several people, so close that you could almost hear the saliva dripping from its mouth.

A few people did not dare to move, and waited with bated breath.

Fortunately, it was attracted by the flesh and blood in another path, and continued to walk forward slowly.Until the iron chain and the sound of footsteps disappeared at the end, Fu Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel that his back was full of cold sweat.

The author has something to say: The recovery day is updated!Hug the scared cutie, monsters are nothing to be afraid of, Xiaobai punches one (bushi