Chapter 528 Interrogation of the Little Beggar
Hu Xiner seemed to have had a very long dream, which was dark. She still remembered that she was knocked unconscious, so she wanted to wake up as soon as possible, but her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn't open them.
"Yun Jue! Mu Qing!" She called the names of her loved ones in her dream and ran around, trying to find a way to escape from this space.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her arms, and she was horrified: "Oh no, my child!"
When she suddenly opened her eyes, she found that everyone was lying on the ground and had not woken up yet.
Her hand unconsciously touched the painful part in her dream, but she touched a long object - it was her magic pen.
"Did you save me?" she couldn't help but murmur.
When they entered the room, they had just finished breakfast, but now it was already sunset, which shows how strong the effect of the drug was.
If she hadn't been pricked by the magic pen, it would have taken who knows how long it would have taken her to wake up.
"Mu Qing, Mu Qing!" She woke up her husband first.
After shouting several times, Mu Qing suddenly opened his eyes, sweat dripping down his forehead: "Xin'er, how are they? Are we saved?"
Hu Xiner shook her head: "I just woke up too."
Nothing in the room had changed, indicating that no one had entered since they fell unconscious.
Mu Qing looked around and breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems the poison gas was just emitted by the mechanism in the tunnel, not deliberately framed by someone. Otherwise, we would probably die here today."
"It's a blessing in disguise. We'll open the mechanism later and find a way to rescue Yun Jue and the others... I hope they're okay." Hu Xiner said, and the couple walked to Lu's mother's side together.
But no matter how much Mother Lu called, she couldn't wake him up.
"Has mother fallen into a coma again?" Hu Xin'er asked worriedly. "I feel like mother's coma has been getting longer and longer since the Taoist priest and the others left."
Mu Qing sighed deeply and said, "Let's go find a doctor for Mother later. I hope the poison won't invade her body again."
They originally thought that they could find some peace and quiet in Qingzhou, a place where they were unfamiliar with the place, but they didn't expect that they were just dreaming too much.
"Any house I buy will have a tunnel. What kind of luck is this?" Hu Xiner shook her head vigorously. She didn't know whether the toxins in her body had dissipated. Her mind was still groggy.
Mu Qing said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid it's man-made... Not good!"
His expression suddenly changed. Since he was closest to the tunnel, he inhaled the most poison gas. Only now did his memories of the time before he fell into a coma gradually return.
He came to the tunnel and slapped the place where the mechanism was located. "Yun Jue, Yun Jue, how are you?"
The mechanism made a dull sound when it was hit, and no sound came from below. However, just before he fell into coma, Lu Yunjue clearly stretched his hand out of the tunnel. This means that if he also fell into coma from inhaling the poison gas, he must still be lying right below the tunnel.
Seeing no response, Mu Qing became even more nervous and shouted, "Miss Du, my Lu family has no grudge against you. Why did you do this to me?"
Hu Xin'er originally thought that Miss Du wouldn't do anything awful, but after hearing no response from the tunnel for a long time, she couldn't help but feel anxious: "Could they also be knocked unconscious and unable to respond?"
Mu Qing frowned and said, "Yun Jue is a highly skilled martial artist. If he was knocked unconscious, he would most likely be woken up by such a loud noise. I'm afraid this was all orchestrated by Miss Du. What if she's doing something bad to Yun Jue? Then..."
"I remember where the mechanism that Miss Du tapped is!" Hu Xiner thought quickly and pointed to a place on the wall.
Mu Qing imitated Miss Du's behavior and jumped up to slap that spot. Sure enough, a lotus-shaped mark appeared in that place, exactly the same as when Miss Du slapped the mechanism.
However, the floor did not open.
"How could this happen?" Hu Xiner's heart couldn't help but pound in panic. Could it be that Miss Du really wanted to harm them, so she deliberately led Yun Jue into the tunnel?
Mu Qing tried a few more times unwillingly, but still couldn't open the tunnel at all.
He pounded the floor with his fists several times, his eyes filled with anger: "Du, if you dare to hurt my brother's hair, I will bury your entire Du family with you!"
There was still no sound coming from the tunnel, as if the people inside had already left.
If Miss Du were still alive, she had behaved so filially the last time she was caught. Now when she heard Mu Qing threatening the lives of her entire family, she should have gone in to refute him. However, no matter what threats Mu Qing made, the silence in here was frightening.
Hu Xiner suddenly thought of something and looked at the other person sleeping on the ground - it was a little beggar wearing tattered clothes, his body and face covered with dust, and even covered with several layers of cobwebs.
"No, if Miss Du really wanted to harm Yun Jue, why would she send this little beggar out?" She muttered to herself, "From what Miss Du said before, she must know this little beggar."
Hu Xiner's voice brought back a bit of clarity to Mu Qing's sanity which was on the verge of losing control.
He walked up to the little beggar, his eyes filled with realization: "Could this little beggar know how to open the tunnel?"
Without further ado, the two men woke the little beggar up immediately.
"You... who are you?" The little beggar slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of fear.
Mu Qing thought that it was because of this person that they came to investigate the tunnel, which led to Lu Yunjue being in danger, so he did not have a good face towards the beggar.
No matter how poor you are, you can't hide in someone else's house and eat and drink for free!
He said coldly, "Stop pretending! Haven't you been hiding in the tunnel all this time? Tell me how to open it!"
The little beggar hugged himself tightly, trembling: "Yes, I'm sorry! Master Lu, I didn't mean it..."
Mu Qing said coldly: "Tell us how to open the tunnel, then you will have a chance to survive!"
He casually picked up an ornament on the table and crushed it into powder with a light squeeze.
The little beggar's eyes became even more terrified, and he opened his mouth in fear, unable to utter a word.
At this time, the servant knocked on the door: "Master, Madam, today's dinner is ready."
Mu Qing looked unhappy and said in a very unfriendly tone: "Don't bother me!"
The servant was stunned outside the door. He had never seen the young master so angry before, so he quickly walked out with light steps.
But before he had taken two steps, he heard Mu Qing say, "Come back and take the young lady over for dinner!"
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