Chapter 1683 Trapping him alive inside
After Meng Pei descended into the secret passage, he saw a protrusion on the wall.
After he reached out and pressed down, the wall outside the secret passage returned to its original position, and the entrance to the secret passage closed.
He groped his way inside, carefully observing his surroundings.
The secret passage was long, and since he was alone without a guide, he didn't know which path to choose when he reached a fork in the road, so he just picked one at random. That one fork led to the magistrate's private residence.
However, when he reached the end, there was only a wall in front of him, a wall in the same direction as the one he came in from, and there was also a protrusion on the wall.
He hesitated for a long time before pressing the button, but there was no response.
Meng Pei waited for a moment, then turned around, returned to the fork in the road, and walked down another path.
This time, we went to the black market, but the journey was very, very long. When we arrived, there was still the same wall in front of us, with a protrusion on it as well.
He pressed the button, but there was still no response.
Meng Pei's head buzzed. There was a protrusion at the endpoint in each of the three directions. If the other two didn't react, what about the one he came in through? Could it just be a mechanism to close the door, preventing it from opening?
Meng Pei suddenly understood the meaning behind that person's eerie smile before leaving—even if he entered the secret passage, it would be useless; without someone opening the door, he simply couldn't get out!
This secret passage will trap him inside and kill him.
Meng Yunzheng was taken aback when he heard this. "The protrusion doesn't do anything when pressed?"
That's not right. They hadn't tried the two protrusions leading to the abandoned mansion and the magistrate's private residence, so they didn't know if they would work. But when they entered the black market, he definitely saw the bandits press the mechanism on that protrusion, revealing the face of the gatekeeper inside.
Meng Yunzheng turned his head and looked at the bandits following behind him.
The bandit was cautiously looking around, afraid that some wild beasts might still be lurking in the wild animal camp and suddenly leap out from some corner to tear him to pieces. Shu Yu and Young Master He were in front of him, so he didn't hear Meng Pei and Meng Yunzheng's hushed conversation at all.
When he saw Meng Yunzheng looking over, he was stunned for a moment. "Wh-what's wrong?" he asked, a little flustered.
Meng Yunzheng squinted and asked, "That protrusion leading to the black market through the secret passage, pressing it down doesn't work?"
The bandit nodded. "Yes, yes, there's a square brick on the third brick under that protruding rock. You have to press both of them together to get it right."
Meng Yunzheng recalled that before the bandits pressed the protrusion, their other hand did indeed rest on the bricks below.
At the time, he thought the bandits were just a little close, since the brick hadn't dented or changed at all.
I never expected there to be such a subtle detail.
Upon hearing this, Meng Pei suddenly realized what was going on.
He gave a wry smile. If they weren't his own people, how could they have imagined these things?
He touched every part of the wall, but still couldn't find a way out.
As a result, he was trapped in the secret passage all night until the afternoon of the next day, when he heard faint noises coming from outside as he tried to reach the wall leading to the magistrate's private residence.
Someone is going down the secret passage!
Meng Pei immediately perked up and quickly returned to the fork in the road to hide.
Not long after, he heard a faint sound and a group of people pulling a cart came over.
Meng Pei was actually quite nervous at that time. Although he was hiding at the crossroads, he was not sure which direction the group was going to turn. If they happened to come face to face with him, wouldn't that expose him?
(End of this chapter)
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