Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

The battle in the inner city was much easier than people imagined. Except for a few dying masters of the Red Lotus Sect, there was no more resistance. After a few hours, all the Red Lotus Sect members had surrendered or were killed. After death, some martial arts people continued to dig three feet in the inner city to search for the whereabouts of Wei Fantian and his son, but Lu Zhiqian, Zhang Chi and Qin Wuqi all thought of Cheng Xiayue at the same time.

Cheng Xiayue was still resting in the temporary camp in the outer city. The doctors at Jinghong Villa carefully checked her pulse. Apart from being a little frightened, she was not injured at all. Long Jiu guarded her closely and waited here. It's over, and the road is safer, so I will send her back to Beijing.

When he saw Cheng Xiayue, Lu Zhiqian said with regret on his face: "I have known your father for many years, and the fact that your father was killed this time is really heartbreaking..."

"General Lu." Cheng Xiayue interrupted Lu Zhiqian, and she could not see the sadness that the whole family should have been killed from her face, "If there is no urgent matter, the general will not come at such a critical moment Find me, since that's the case, there's no need to waste time with these polite words."

Cheng Xiayue's straightforwardness made Lu Zhiqian a little ashamed: "...well, Miss Cheng, we have captured all the members of the Red Lotus Sect, but we can't find the whereabouts of the leader Wei Wuji and the young leader Wei Brahma. I wonder if the girl can provide some useful information?"

"Wei Fantian probably hid in a secret room in the dungeon. He has already prepared a way out for himself. Once the city is broken, he will hide in the secret room. After three to five months, even if you haven't retreated, He must have relaxed his vigilance, and then he will wait for an opportunity to escape." Cheng Xiayue said calmly, "As for Wei Wuji, he has already been imprisoned by Wei Fantian. I don't know where he is imprisoned. In the dungeon."

This statement shocked everyone present, Zhang Chi asked in disbelief: "Can you explain in detail why Wei Fantian imprisoned Wei Wuji?"

"Their father and son have been at odds for a long time. Wei Fantian is self-proclaimed, and Wei Wuji often suppresses him because of his status. Wei Fantian has a deep grudge in his heart." Cheng Xiayue said everything she knew, "Before the red The Lotus Sect has been improving the formula of the 'Blood Demon Pill', intending to develop a medicine that can purely improve the skill without causing people to lose their sanity. Wei Brahma knows that when such a large army is overwhelming the situation, if Wei Wuji does not want to sit and wait for death So he had no choice but to take the risk, so he colluded with the ghost valley doctor Xiangu Sansi in the teaching, falsely claiming that he had developed a blood demon pill with no adverse consequences, and even found a pair of twins ingeniously, and used the method of stealing the beam to convince Wei Wuji People will return to normal after the effect of the Blood Demon Pill wears off."

"So Wei Wuji listened to Xin Gu Sansi and ate that fake Blood Demon Pill?" Qin Wuqi asked incredulously.

Cheng Xiayue nodded: "Wei Wuji was afraid that the effect of the medicine would not help, so he tried the medicine in advance under Gu Sansi's instigation. In order to prevent his own people from being hurt after losing his mind, he asked the congregation to lock him in a secret room In the middle, and then this lock, there is no time to open it again... Wei Fantian only said to the public that there was a mistake during the test of the medicine, and they were doing their best to save the leader. In fact, many people knew what was going on in private. It's just that now, I have to stand with Wei Fantian to fight against foreign enemies. There are also a few elders who are loyal to the leader who jumped out to question Wei Fantian, but they were suppressed by Wei Fantian, and now they are alive or dead. If not, I'm afraid that the Red Lotus Sect The combat power is far more than that."

After listening to it, Zhang Chi said, "Why are they still busy with killing each other when the enemy is at the front?"

Cheng Xiayue explained: "Although the enemy is at hand, the father and son have different views on how to deal with the current situation. Wei Fantian is too conceited, and he only believes that the Red Lotus Sect can only be saved under his own control. To get through the current difficulties, Wei Wuji's arbitrariness will only lead to bad things, that's why he is so impatient to fight for power."

Qin Wuqi looked at Cheng Xiayue suspiciously and said, "Ms. Cheng knows the cause and effect so clearly. Could it be that Ms. Cheng also participated in it?"

Cheng Xiayue lowered her head and straightened her cuffs, and said flatly, "I just fanned the flames at the right time."

She said it lightly, but there are all smart people present, so it is not difficult to think of the turbulent undercurrent. What kind of characters are Wei Fantian and Wei Wuji? Infighting, put yourself in such a disadvantageous situation.

And judging from Wei Fantian's reaction when Cheng Xiayue jumped off the top of the wall, he probably didn't realize that he was being abused by this weak woman who had no strength to restrain him.

Qin Wuqi said with some admiration: "If Ms. Cheng hadn't provoked their father and son to fight each other, the sect had civil strife, and cut off the noose of the city gate at a critical moment, we would never have been able to break through this cancer that has been entrenched in the southwest for many years so smoothly."

Zhang Chi also had lingering fears and said, "Besides, it's too risky for you to jump down from the city wall without even saying hello. If Liuyun didn't react quickly, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Cheng Xiayue, who was almost dead, was much calmer than Zhang Chi: "I know Wei Fantian's mind. In that case, I can only jump off the city wall. Maybe I can still have a glimmer of life. At least I can die Simply put, if after doing such a thing, it still falls into the hands of Wei Fantian, then it must be the result that life would be worse than death."

Lu Zhiqian asked, "Does Miss Cheng know where Wei Fantian's secret room is?"

Cheng Xiayue nodded: "He took me to see it, but I only know where the entrance is, and I have never entered it. I heard that there is a complex underground palace behind the gate, densely covered with traps and full of dangers. Nine lives."

Qin Wuqi said: "It's okay, as long as you lead us to find the entrance, let us take care of the rest."

"No, after opening the secret room, please let me go together." Cheng Xiayue finally lost her composure and elegance, she gritted her teeth bitterly and said, "Wei Fantian has revenge on me for killing my father, I must see him with my own eyes the end of the day."

Lu Zhiqian wondered: "This... the girl's mood is understandable, but Wei Fantian is cunning, and there must be many dangers in this underground palace. There is no need for the girl to take the risk herself."

"Let her go." Qin Wuqi looked at Cheng Xiayue and smiled gently, "I will personally protect Miss Cheng's safety, and I will not let you have any mistakes."

***

Cheng Xiayue led them into the stinky dungeon. The entrance to the underground secret room was hidden on a stained brick wall. If she hadn't guided the way, the entire army might not have found it after months of searching. Notice the unremarkable broken wall.

Even Jiang Shi, the master of tricks in Jinghong Villa, didn't see why, until Cheng Xiayue stepped forward and pushed a few bricks in order, and the hidden secret door sank backwards.

Jiang Shi couldn't help admiring: "It turns out that the mechanisms behind these bricks are interlocking. Only when one is pushed can the next one be pushed. Such a design is really exquisite!"

However, he was the only one present who cared about the subtlety of the mechanism. As soon as the secret door was opened, many knights of the Jianghu rushed forward and entered the secret door.

Wei Fantian is obviously already a softie in the urn. Everyone thinks that if he catches him first, he will become famous. Even if he can't beat him, there are still a large group of people behind him who will help.

Neither Lu Zhiqian nor the military personnel went in. After all, martial arts masters still have to be dealt with by martial arts masters. He was responsible for leading troops to guard the exit, guarding prisoners, counting the supplies in the inner city, and preparing for the finale of this military operation. Work.

However, after the heroes of the Wulin League entered the door, they froze in place one by one.

Behind the secret door is a long and narrow secret room. At the end of the secret room, there are three passages side by side. They look exactly the same. Each passage is completely dark and completely invisible. Zhang Chi took a person's torch and threw it into one of the passages. , and by the light of the torches, they could see passages followed by more passages.

"So this is the so-called labyrinth?" Mu Liuyun said in confusion, "But it seems to be different from the map we brought out from the bottom of Longtan."

He and Zhang Chi also drew a separate maze on the map that he and Zhang Chi brought out from the bottom of Longtan. Although the entrance of the maze is not marked, it can be seen from the general direction that the maze on the map is obviously not the same as the one in front of us.

Zhang Chi carefully checked the bricks at one of the entrances and said: "After all, that is a map from more than 200 years ago. The original maze has probably collapsed. I think these bricks and stones are still relatively new. It seems that this maze should be newly built by the Red Lotus Sect." Yes, and you see, such a wide gap is deliberately left between each brick. It is so convenient to hide a hidden weapon or something in it. Unforeseen."

Everyone was convinced that those bricks were neatly stacked in a zigzag shape, and there was a vertical gap between every two bricks, which was wide enough to fit two fingers into. No one knew what was going on in the dark gap. What kind of universe is hidden in the end.

In the current situation, it is naturally not worth risking human life. Although there is a mechanism master like Jiang Shi in Jinghong Villa, he can only check the gaps one by one and destroy the mechanism. The progress is naturally extremely slow. I can only advance a few feet in a whole day, and I don't know which way is right.

The knights of the rivers and lakes who were still rushing in aggressively are now waiting bored in the secret room or by the secret door, and can only chat with each other to pass the time.

Qingling came to the entrance of one of the passages, tapped the blue bricks of the wall with the hilt in her hand, and held up the torch to try to look into the dark gap, Qingliu stepped forward to persuade: "Junior Sister, don't Move around, be careful of the mechanism inside."

But Qing Ling said: "Brother Qingliu, I suddenly had an idea, since the inside of the wall is hollow and the building is not very strong, do you think we can just tear down the wall?"

Qingyue also heard it: "Junior Sister is right, let's discuss it with other people?"

They first told the elders of the sect about the idea proposed by Qing Ling, and the elders of the sect discussed it with people from other sects, and they all felt that this approach was completely feasible.