The three of them didn't care about what was happening below. After a while, Wang Yu and the other two felt a little better. Li Xiaochen also stopped paying attention to them and looked down to check the situation below.
"Your Highness! The Princess's treasure this time is far too dangerous; it will injure the enemy a thousand, but also harm yourselves eight hundred!"
Wang Yu's tears still flowed uncontrollably. He couldn't hold back any longer and muttered a complaint to Li Xiaochen in a low voice. Anyone who didn't know better would think he had suffered a great injustice.
"Shut up! Everything Xin Xin has is good! You're useless yourself, and you dare to blame the Princess?!"
Li Xiaochen frowned and gave him a disgusted look. This kid actually dared to speak ill of Xin Xin. He couldn't tolerate this, not even if he was one of his subordinates!
"Yes, yes, I was wrong. The Princess is the most powerful!"
Wang Yu was yelled at and realized he had said the wrong thing. He quickly nodded and apologized. If he could open his eyes, he would have rolled them up right now!
I don't know what kind of spell the princess cast on the prince, but he can't bear to hear a single bad word about him.
Lie Yan was able to open his eyes now. Seeing Wang Yu's discomfiture, he didn't dare to criticize the princess anymore, and could only remind himself in his heart:
It's best to avoid touching the princess's things in the future, or you won't even know how you died.
At this moment, Li Xiaochen heard that the commotion below had subsided considerably, and the thick smoke had also dissipated significantly.
So he looked down and saw that the smoke had thinned out considerably, and he could vaguely see people's figures.
Those Zhao guards, unable to see, wanted to get out but couldn't find their way. They stumbled around inside, some even bumping into pillars they didn't see, leaving them completely dizzy.
Some of them crashed directly into other people, instantly turning the two into a game of Jenga.
After watching for a while and seeing that things had quieted down below, Li Xiaochen looked up at Wang Yu. Only after Wang Yu could open his eyes did Li Xiaochen speak:
"You...go down and take a look."
Wang Yu: …!
"yes!"
Waaaaah! The prince is becoming more and more inhumane. He should be considered an injured man now! Oh well, what can I do? He's just a subordinate.
Wang Yu glanced at the hole in the roof. Although there was less smoke and more people below, it was still not very clear.
This time, Wang Yu was smarter. He found a piece of cloth somewhere, covered his head with it, tied a knot under his chin, and jumped down.
The guards heard the commotion, but their eyes were still burning from the smoke and they couldn't open them. After the commotion, everyone was in pain all over.
But now, they still had to cautiously call out in the direction of the approaching person:
"who?"
"I am your father!"
With his head covered, Wang Yu wasn't really affected by the thick smoke. He shouted and charged forward. He spotted a figure, crept up to the guard, and knocked him unconscious with a single chop.
These few were basically tortured to the point of having little ability to resist, and Wang Yu dealt with them easily. In no time, all of Zhao's secret guards were knocked unconscious.
Once everything was resolved, he called out to Li Xiaochen on the roof:
"Your Highness, it's resolved!"
Li Xiaochen also found a piece of cloth and covered his face; he didn't want to be irritated by the smoke.
He jumped lightly and landed directly, but he didn't care about the unconscious guards. He directly gave orders to Wang Yu and the other two.
"Go find the secret door!"
"yes!"
Wang Yu and Lie Yan accepted the order and began a thorough search, but after searching everywhere, they still couldn't find anything strange.
"Your Highness, we haven't found it!"
Wang Yu searched everywhere but couldn't find it. He even knocked on every brick, but still couldn't find it, so he had no choice but to come over and report in a low voice.
He was puzzled. How could there be no one? Then how did Tianxuan disappear after he came in?
Li Xiaochen, with a sullen face, looked around the entire hall, even scrutinizing the Maitreya Buddha statue.
Not an inch, not a single detail was overlooked.
After a while, Li Xiaochen looked at an oil lamp and found it very strange, so he took a few more glances at it.
Finally, guided by his intuition, he went up.
"Your Highness, is there something wrong with these candles?"
Wang Yu also noticed the prince's gaze and followed it, only to see a burning candle. He asked in confusion.
Lie Yan also came over, heard Wang Yu's words, carefully examined the candle, and suddenly his eyes lit up:
"Your Highness, this candle is strange; its color is different from the others."
"Give it a try!"
Li Xiaochen nodded, signaling Lie Yan to try and see if he could open the mechanism.
Lie Yan nodded, raised his hand to grasp the candle, and tried to turn it, but it wouldn't turn.
"Your Highness!"
Seeing that it wasn't turning, Lie Yan felt somewhat helpless. "Isn't that right?"
At this moment, Li Xiaochen reached out, grasped the candle, and didn't move. Then he looked around the candle and suddenly pressed his hand down.
"Snap!"
The three of them heard a sound and looked toward the source of the sound. They saw a small door on the back of Maitreya Buddha that was now open.
"Wow, I never expected the door to be behind the Buddha statue! Who would have thought?"
Wang Yu was speechless. He had searched for so long but hadn't checked the Buddha statue.
Li Xiaochen narrowed his eyes slightly and calmly gave the order:
"Lie Yan will guard this place. I and Wang Yu will go in."
"yes!"
Lie Yan clasped his hands in response.
Li Xiaochen led Wang Yu down the secret passage.
Lie Yan also tied up the guards with ropes and then stood guard by the Buddha statue.
As soon as Li Xiaochen entered the secret passage, he was immediately hit by an extremely strong stench of blood, which made even someone as experienced as him take his breath away.
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