Chapter 243 The Secret Chamber? Reuniting with Pan Li!

However, Li Qingluo quickly discovered the strangeness and abnormality of these corpses.

Coincidentally, all of these corpses were women.

Although the body was not decomposed, the cheeks were sunken, and from the neck down, it was almost just skin clinging to the bone, looking as if it had been bled dry before death...

Li Qingluo turned the tinderbox in her hand to another direction, and when she met a pair of eyes that could still move, she couldn't help but be startled: "Ah!!!"

"Hehe...hehe..."

The other person stared at her, tilted their head, and smiled strangely.

Li Qingluo shrank back forcefully, taking another look at the still-living person in front of her...

She is a woman.

Her hair was sparse and hanging loosely, she had lost most of her teeth, and her face was covered with spots and acne. You couldn't tell her real age, but she looked like she was very sick!

Moreover, he was not mentally stable; he squatted with his feet down and his hands fell forward onto the ground like a dog.

When she saw Li Qingluo, she indeed walked towards her with both hands and feet moving together like an animal.

Li Qingluo immediately drew her dagger and shouted, "Don't come any closer!"

The man was genuinely frightened upon seeing the dagger.

After clutching his head and letting out a scream, his face turned pale instantly. He turned and jumped into a corner, squeezing himself behind a dead body to hide.

It's good to have things you're afraid of.

Li Qingluo kept the dagger in her hand the whole time.

Suddenly, there was a knocking sound behind me: "Hey, is anyone home next door?"

Upon hearing the voice, Li Qingluo immediately replied, "Who are you?"

The thought that there was someone sober and able to speak clearly on the other side of the wall made Li Qingluo completely certain that she was not dreaming.

"I am Pan Li, the eldest daughter of the Pan family. And you?"

Pan Li!?

How did she get arrested too?

Li Qingluo paused for a moment before replying, "I am Li Qingluo."

Sure enough, instead of the expected curses and ridicule, a soft exclamation came: "It's you? Luo...it's you, Miss Li? How could it be you?"

Li Qingluo: "I saw you on the street and was thinking of going to find you, but I lost consciousness in an instant."

Pan Li was surprised: "That person was you? No wonder... I didn't recognize you because you were wearing a veil."

"I want to see you, Miss Luo... Miss Li, could you try to find a way out? I'll try to find a way too. Shall we meet?"

Li Qingluo immediately replied, "Okay."

A moment later, Pan Li let out a scream, probably because she had also touched something dead next door.

Li Qingluo didn't have time to comfort her and quickly stood up, touching the walls around her.

If she can get in, she can definitely get out.

Sure enough, she quickly felt a crack in the wall; it looked like a stone door.

But where is the mechanism to open the door?

Before Li Qingluo could figure it out, footsteps sounded outside, followed by a loud 'boom,' and the stone door opened.

Upon hearing the noise, Li Qingluo immediately put away the tinderbox in her hand, then took the dagger and turned to lean against the wall.

A dark figure walked in carrying a dim oil lamp.

Li Qingluo pounced silently, grabbed the man, and raised her dagger to slit his throat.

But clearly, the other party was no ordinary person either. He grabbed her wrist and twisted it hard, causing Li Qingluo's dagger to fall to the ground with a 'clatter'.

Then he turned around and punched Li Qing hard in the stomach.

Li Qingluo let out a muffled groan, and in pain, she involuntarily bent over.

"Trying to ambush me? You even had a weapon hidden on you, damn it!"

Judging from the voice, the person was actually a woman.

Relying on her height and strength, she thought she had overpowered Li Qingluo and raised her foot to kick her hard again.

Li Qingluo suddenly reached out, and with a 'whoosh,' her hidden arrow struck the other man's leg unexpectedly.

Then she quickly looked up and leaped onto the man, then swiftly pulled off the bracelet on her wrist and wrapped it around his neck.

"you……"

The other person's eyes widened as they forcefully slapped Li Qingluo while staring intently at the woman in front of them.

Gradually, the other person's breathing slowed down, and Li Qingluo also fell to the ground again as the other person's body softened.

This man never imagined that the woman he had kidnapped today would not only wake up so early, but also have so many hidden weapons on her body.

This is the first time we've ever kidnapped someone like this.

I never imagined that the first thing to die would be my own life, the one that was the guard...

Li Qinglu stepped forward, picked up the dagger, kicked the burning oil lamp aside, and then quickly went outside.

This is a dark, deep corridor with no end in sight.

Li Qingluo looked at the lamp on the wall, immediately took one down, lit it, and then walked to the next room.

She felt around on the wall for a long time, but didn't find any of the mechanisms she expected.

Then Pan Li's voice came from inside: "Feel around the lamp stand on the wall?"

lamp stand?

On the bare wall, only the lamp holder could indeed be used to conceal a mechanism.

Li Qinglu tried to turn it, then twisted it, and finally looked at the lamp in her hand. She then stood on tiptoe and put the lamp back on.

With a 'click', the stone door turned.

It turns out that the switch to start the lamp was placed on the lamp holder, which was really unexpected.

Pan Li immediately jumped out from behind the door. When she saw Li Qingluo, she was so excited that she even rushed over to hug her.

"Luo'er, there are many dead bodies behind the door! How are you doing over there?"

Li Qingluo smiled and looked at her: "There are a few too. Miss Pan, when did we become so familiar? You call me Luo'er?"

Pan Li's expression froze upon hearing this.

"This...I...I...we've met several times already, Miss Li won't mind, will she?"

Li Qingluo: "I don't mind. But after we escape, I'll settle this score with you later!"

She glared at Pan Li, who looked terrified: "Settle scores with me? Why? What have I done to offend you, Miss Li?"

Li Qingluo: "Miss Pan has not offended anyone. But some people have."

As Li Qingluo spoke, she observed Pan Li's expression. When she saw that Pan Li was completely stunned, Li Qingluo curled her lips.

Ha, she's been heartbroken over this for so long, she really deserves to be taught a lesson.

However, now is not the time to discuss this matter. Li Qingluo asked Pan Li, "How long have those people in your room been dead?"

Pan Li came to her senses and shook her head: "I don't know. I didn't have a tinderbox on me. I didn't see it clearly at all. I just... I touched it."

Li Qingluo then quickly went inside again.

Similar to her side, there were six corpses, all of whom were women.

Similarly, they all had bluish complexions and were emaciated with skin clinging to bones.

After Pan Li went in and came out, her face was deathly pale.

"Their bodies haven't decomposed yet, could they have just died...?"

Li Qingluo: "It shouldn't be. They probably took some kind of medicine, which is why their bodies didn't decompose. And didn't you notice that none of these corpses smelled of decay?"

Upon hearing this, Pan Li quickly realized, "It really is!"

Li Qingluo led Pan Li forward, holding lanterns.

"Do you know where this is?"

"Also, were you abducted on the street? Do you have any idea who it was?"

Pan Li hesitated for a moment, and Li Qingluo immediately noticed: "You don't trust me? If we're not careful, we might both die here today. Have you thought about that?"

Do you know exactly where this place is?

Pressed relentlessly by the questions, Pan Li could no longer hide it and whispered, "This is the Pei family!"

Li Qingluo: "What?"

Pan Li: "If I remember correctly... this is indeed the Pei family's residence. Do you believe me? Although I can't explain it to you right now, I truly know that this is the Pei family's residence..."

Li Qingluo: "I believe you."

She held Pan Li's hand and told her firmly, "Pan Li, no matter what you say, no matter how unbelievable, shocking, bizarre, or outrageous it may seem, I will believe it."

"If you say this is the Pei family's residence, I will naturally believe you."

Pan Li's eyes instantly reddened.

Just as she was about to say something more, she faintly heard voices coming from ahead.

With nowhere to hide, Li Qingluo and his companion quickly lit a lamp on a nearby lamp stand, then picked it up and swiftly hid inside a newly opened stone door.

The stone door had just closed when voices could be faintly heard from outside: "What's wrong with that green lamp? We've been waiting for ages and there's still no movement."

"We need to hurry up and get these two out of here as soon as possible. Third Master needs them urgently."

Another person chimed in, "Why the rush? Weren't those dozen or so sent out by the palace just dealt with a few days ago?"

"The old master is demanding more and more these days, and with all this fuss... won't it attract the attention of the Dali Temple? These two girls brought back today don't seem like ordinary girls from ordinary families."

The man who spoke earlier sneered, "Why do you care so much?"

"We'll just work hard for Third Master, and we'll definitely get our share of the benefits."

"Otherwise, with the maids in the Pei household dying one after another, do you really think no one will pay attention to the Pei family?"

"This time, the masked woman was the one that Third Master saw on the street. He pointed to her and said he had been looking for her for many days."

"As for the eldest daughter of the Pan family, she is someone that another noble person asked Third Master to ask for. We just need to take her out and hand her over to Third Master."

"Oh no! Oh my god, Qingdeng is dead!"

"Quick, call someone! That masked woman in this house killed Qingdeng and ran away—ah!! What is that!?"

"It's a monster! Let me go, ah—"

After several screams, there was silence outside.

Li Qingluo looked at Pan Li, who was also staring at her. The two looked at each other in bewilderment.

Pan Li suddenly shuddered: "I...I'm a little scared..."

Li Qingluo: "If you're not afraid of death, what else in this world are you afraid of? Let's go!"

After Li Qinglu finished speaking, she pulled Pan Li up, looked at the wall, and found that there was also a lamp stand. So she put the lamp she was holding on it.

After leaving, the two quickly returned to the room where Li Qingluo had been staying.

Seeing two more corpses lying on the ground, Li Qingluo immediately held up a lamp and shone it on the corner of the wall.

"It's you? Don't be afraid, come out. I've put the dagger away."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman who had been hiding behind the corpse in the corner crawled out.

Her mouth, chin, neck, and even her entire chest were covered in blood. Pan Li glanced at the blurry bite marks on the faces and necks of the corpses on the ground and immediately understood how she had killed the two of them.

Although she looked terrifying, strangely enough, Pan Li was not afraid of her.

Moreover, she looked at the two of them timidly, and even revealed a fawning smile.

The scene was truly bizarre and somewhat disgusting.

Li Qingluo: "Were you captured, or are you originally a member of the Pei family?"