When Lu Yanluo returned to the abandoned Confucius Mansion, the first person she thought of was Xiaobao.

Thinking that Xiaobao has been acting strange these days, Lu Yanluo is now eager to confirm something with Xiaobao.

However, after searching the entire Kong Mansion, there was no trace of Xiaobao at all. Lu Yanluo couldn't help but feel worried.

"Xiaobao, where are you?" Lu Yanluo shouted as she searched. Suddenly, a dog hole in front of her

Hearing a slight noise, Lu Yanluo quickly bent down and went in to check.

Xiaobao is really here. The dog hole is not small, enough for an ordinary person to squat and walk. At this moment, Xiaobao is kneeling on the ground. He must have been crawling inside when he heard Lu Yanluo's shout, so he stopped.

Lu Yanluo crawled to Xiaobao and asked in confusion: "Xiaobao, why are you here? Come out with auntie."

Unexpectedly, Xiaobao shook his head, pointed to the depths of the cave and said, "Xiaobao wants to go find daddy."

Lu Yanluo looked in the direction Xiaobao pointed and immediately found a clue.

It is said to be a dog hole here, but in fact it is just a gap between the rockery in the back garden of Confucius Mansion. From the outside, it is just a rockery used for landscaping and there is nothing wrong with it.

But at this moment, Lu Yanluo discovered that a downward corridor began to appear in this gap from where she was, and there were obvious signs of artificial carving, which seemed to have been dug out by humans.

After crawling forward a few steps in surprise, Lu Yanluo was finally able to stand up and walk down step by step.

She had a hunch that Kong Chenyang, who had faked his own death, should be here.

The corridor has never seen sunlight all year round and is extremely damp and cold. The walls on both sides are covered with moss. Lu Yanluo guessed that this secret passage may have existed for quite some time.

Going deeper and deeper, there was no light around, only pitch black. Lu Yanluo carefully weighed the situation and decided not to alert the enemy for the time being, so she went up to find someone to help.

It was not because of fear, but because she didn't want to see Chu Xuan's worried and distressed eyes again.

However, the opposite happened. Lu Yanluo returned along the same route and was about to go up when she heard a series of crackling sounds suddenly in the corridor.

Lu Yanluo saw that the light above her head was getting dimmer and dimmer, and then there was a sound of engines loading. After a whole cup of tea, the entire corridor gradually became quiet.

However, the passage for Lu Yanluo to exit was blocked, and after hearing the noise just now, Lu Yanluo guessed that there must be a hidden mechanism here, so she was extremely careful and did not dare to act rashly.

The road ahead is blocked, and the only option now is to go down again, find out everything, and look for another way out.

She took out the fire starter she carried with her, but unfortunately the light was limited, so Lu Yanluo could only walk down tentatively. Perhaps because it was too dark, this corridor was unexpectedly long.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Lu Yanluo suddenly realized that the road under her feet had changed from downward to flat ground.

When they arrived, Lu Yanluo felt more energetic and walked even lighter. As she walked, she vaguely heard voices coming towards her.

Lu Yanluo immediately stopped, listened attentively, and then walked towards the direction where the sound came from.

The closer you get, the clearer the voice becomes.

"It seems that the emperor has no prince in mind, but many officials in the court are secretly optimistic about the Night King Chu Xuan, and they will surely support the Night King to ascend the throne."

Lu Yanluo stopped and was surprised to find that the voice was Kong Chenyang! He was actually hiding here! Who was he talking to?

Soon another voice sounded, deep and hoarse, with a hint of a foreign accent that was easily noticeable.

"The Night King cannot be left alive. You must find a way to get rid of him. He is too powerful. If he ascends the throne, he will definitely be the biggest enemy of our Tatuo."

Tatuo? He was actually from Tatuo. Tatuo was a big country second only to Tianji. It had always had friendly diplomatic relations with Tianji. I didn't expect that he was secretly trying to interfere in Tianji's succession.

Lu Yanluo was listening so intently that for a moment she didn't notice that the voice was getting closer and closer to her. When she realized something was wrong, Kong Chenyang had already pushed open the stone door and saw her.

"Miss Lu, you're here." Kong Chenyang was not at all surprised to see Lu Yanluo here. He invited Lu Yanluo in very naturally, as if he was not the one whose secret was exposed.

Lu Yanluo looked at Kong Chenyang with vigilance: "You are not dead yet."

Kong Chenyang smiled indifferently and stepped aside to invite Lu Yanluo in again. Lu Yanluo took the opportunity to look at the other person in the stone chamber. He was very tall and wore Tianji clothing, but his deep blue eyes undoubtedly betrayed his identity as a foreigner.

"Miss Lu, this secret passage is easy to enter but difficult to exit. It is only opened once every seven days. It's really unfortunate that you may have to wait here for seven days before you can get out." Kong Chenyang was very polite and enthusiastically arranged a clean stone room for Lu Yanluo to stay in temporarily.

"Why does it take seven days to open it?" Lu Yanluo wondered.

Kong Chenyang was somewhat helpless: "Because the mechanism can only be opened from the outside, I made an agreement with someone to go out once every seven days. As you can see, I was tripped up by something this time and didn't have time to go out, so the mechanism was closed. It will take another seven days for my people to come and activate the mechanism."

Lu Yanluo taunted, "I really don't know if this is a secret room or a cage."

"Miss Lu really guessed it right. This was a secret cell built by the previous owner. After I took over, I felt it was a bit wasteful, so I turned it into a secret room."

Lu Yanluo didn't care whether this was a secret cell or a secret room. She asked straight to the point, "Why did you fake your death? What exactly do you want to do by colluding with the Tatuo people in private?"

Kong Chenyang smiled but did not answer. Instead, he said, "Ever since you and Xiaobao moved into the Kong Mansion, I guessed that you would find this place sooner or later. I just didn't expect you to find it so quickly. How did Miss Lu find this place?"

Lu Yanluo found it ironic: "Xiaobao was clamoring to find his father, and crawled into this dog hole by himself. When I was looking for Xiaobao, I found something strange inside, so I came in to investigate."

Kong Chenyang nodded: "That's right, Xiaobao is a smart kid. He happened to see me when I was dealing with trouble that day. I wanted to explain to him, but he ran away. As for this place, maybe he saw me when I was going in and out before."

Lu Yanluo suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Xiaobao had blood on his collar that day and was so frightened. It must be because Xiaobao caught him in the act of killing someone.

Kong Chenyang saw the sarcasm in Lu Yanluo's eyes, but did not explain anything. He just told Lu Yanluo to have a good rest and turned away.

Lu Yanluo really needed a good rest. In order to get out smoothly, she could only compromise temporarily and wait for the mechanism to be opened in seven days.

And... Lu Yanluo looked outside the stone chamber and at the Tatuo man. She wanted to find out what Kong Chenyang was going to do.