Chapter 71 Secret Passage

"Oh, you're talking about this? Yes!"

Qiao Qiqi glanced at the flashlight in her hand and handed it directly to Pei Shaoling.

Then she took out another one from the supermarket space and opened it, "This is not a torch, we call it a flashlight over there."

"Well, okay. Ma'am, follow me and let's go down and take a look."

Pei Shaoling laughed and shone the flashlight in his hand towards the cave entrance, and found a series of bluestone steps.

After giving some instructions, he took the lead and walked down the stairs.

After the two entered the stairs, the stone slabs above their heads closed automatically.

The noise really scared Qiao Qiqi.

This place can't be like the secret room mechanism in the governor's mansion, which can only be opened from the outside.

"Don't be afraid, this should be the mechanism that opens it."

Pei Shaoling held Qiao Qiqi's wrist, looked at the walls on both sides of the steps, and said to one of the different stone slabs.

Qiao Qiqi raised the flashlight and took a closer look. The stone slab was carved with strange patterns that were not found on other stone slabs.

Moreover, the gaps between the other stone slabs are tightly fitted, only this stone slab has tiny gaps around it.

Pei Shaoling pressed on the stone slab, and the stone slab above his head opened again.

Only then did Qiao Qiqi nod slightly.

It’s okay!

Pei Shaoling pushed the stone slab next to him again, and the stone slab above his head closed again.

"Let's go."

Pei Shaoling held a flashlight in his left hand and walked downstairs holding Qiao Qiqi's hand with his right hand.

Qiao Qiqi felt warm in her heart when she saw him taking her hand.

I followed him obediently.

Soon, we reached the corner.

After turning around, the entire passage became bright.

Torches were burning on both sides of the stone wall, casting their reflections on the wall.

Pei Shaoling and Qiao Qiqi looked at each other and handed the flashlight to her, "Keep it."

"Um!"

Qiao Qiqi took it gently and put it into the supermarket together with the flashlight in her hand.

Then, he took out a fruit-peeling dagger from the space and hid it in his sleeve.

"Be careful."

Pei Shaoling looked around vigilantly and spoke softly to Qiao Qiqi.

"Yeah, I know."

Qiao Qiqi nodded slightly.

Suddenly!

Just as Qiao Qiqi was about to step onto the stone slab in front, Pei Shaoling grabbed her and said, "Wait!"

"What's wrong?"

Qiao Qiqi looked at him puzzledly.

"Look, on the walls on both sides."

Pei Shaoling pointed at the two walls and spoke softly to Qiao Qiqi.

Qiao Qiqi took a closer look and found that there were actually small holes on the wall above the torch.

"What's this little hole for? Is it a mechanism, the kind that shoots arrows?"

Qiao Qiqi frowned slightly, remembering a scene like this in a TV series.

"My lady, you are so smart."

Pei Shaoling curled his lips and praised her softly.

Qiao Qiqi suddenly felt a little proud.

After all, I have read a lot of online articles and watched a lot of TV dramas, so I know these common sense.

"So what do we do now? How do we get there?"

After feeling proud, Qiao Qiqi looked at the passage in front of her and became worried.

Knowing and solving are not the same thing.

"If I'm not mistaken, the mechanism that triggers these rains of arrows is on the stone slabs on the ground."

Pei Shaoling squatted down, looked at the stone slab on the ground, and said softly.

Qiao Qiqi also squatted down and looked at the stone slab that was no different from the others with a little confusion.

Pei Shaoling stood up again. "The arrow slits aren't very long. Since we can't step on the floor, let's go through the wall."

He looked ahead and said to Qiao Qiqi, "My lady, use your Qinggong skills and just go over there like I did."

Then, Qiao Qiqi watched him take a deep breath, step his right foot on the right wall, and fly forward as light as a swallow.

Then, he stepped on the left wall with his left foot again and continued forward.

After a flip, he landed easily on the ground.

The whole process took only about two breaths.

"My lady, just like I did just now, you can use the walls on both sides to gain leverage."

Pei Shaoling, who was standing opposite, spoke softly to Qiao Qiqi.

Qiao Qiqi let out a light breath, put the dagger back into the space, and imitated him, taking a deep breath and rushing forward.

However, she was just a beginner in light work after all.

Even with thirty years of internal strength, it is not easy to control the strength.

Just as she reached in front of Pei Shaoling, her body suddenly fell down and was about to touch the stone slab on the ground.

The moment her body reached the stone slab!

In a flash, Pei Shaoling stepped forward, hugged her slender waist, and brought her to a safe place.

whoosh!

More than a dozen long arrows with blades flew out from the arrow holes on the walls on both sides and landed at the place where Qiao Qiqi had just fallen.

Qiao Qiqi took a deep breath and looked at the messy arrows on the ground in stunned silence.

Emma, ​​this is so scary!

"It's okay, let's go!"

Pei Shaoling comforted her gently, holding her slender waist and walking forward.

"Husband, tell me, are there any other such mechanisms ahead?"

With a growing sense of crisis, Qiao Qiqi slowly followed Pei Shaoling, looked ahead, and asked softly.

"There should be more, but it doesn't matter, I'm here!"

Pei Shaoling comforted her softly.

After walking a few steps forward, there is another turn.

Pei Shaoling stopped with his arms around Qiao Qiqi.

"What's wrong?"

Qiao Qiqi glanced ahead, seeing nothing unusual, and asked him softly.

"The walls on both sides should be movable. Look at the scratches on the stone slabs."

Pei Shaoling took a step back and showed the scratches on the ground to Qiao Qiqi.

Qiao Qiqi took a closer look and found that there were indeed quite a few horizontal scratches on the stone slab.

"You mean, the mechanism here is these two movable walls, right?"

Qiao Qiqi looked at the walls on both sides and wondered, "If we step onto the stone slab in front, will the two walls move towards the middle? Then we'll be squeezed like paper people?"

"Paper man? That's an interesting description."

Pei Shaoling curled his lips slightly and nodded, "That's right, once someone steps on it, this wall will trap them."

"So what should we do? Should we just step over the wall from both sides as before?"

Qiao Qiqi looked up at Pei Shaoling and said, her eyes full of helplessness.

She just wanted to find an antidote.

How come this is like robbing a tomb, with traps everywhere?

"No, there should be triggers on the walls on both sides."

Pei Shaoling looked carefully at the walls on both sides, shook his head, and spoke softly.

"Huh? You can't even walk on this wall?"

Qiao Qiqi was dumbfounded.

You can't walk on the ground, and you can't walk on the walls on both sides.

Should we let them fly over?

Pei Shaoling frowned slightly, "Madam, hold on to me!"