Chapter 694 Discovery (Additional chapter for those who have accumulated 600 monthly tickets)
At the same time, Zhou Xu, who was carefully planning the subsequent development plans of the two cities here, was also tired after being busy for an afternoon. After dinner, he prepared to go back to the bedroom to rest.
The bedroom prepared for him by his subordinates was naturally the largest one in the city lord's mansion.
When they first arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, it was a mess. Basically, there was nothing that could be moved or robbed. Fortunately, the solid wooden bed was big and heavy enough and could not be moved away. Otherwise, he would have to build a camp bed for himself to sleep tonight.
At this moment, new bedding had been put on his bed. After a simple wash, Zhou Xu quickly got into bed.
It's still winter now and it gets very cold at night.
I originally wanted to just wrap myself in the quilt and sleep, but as the night deepened, it became completely quiet outside. In this environment, any sound would be particularly obvious.
[What's going on? Where did this rumor come from?]
Lying on the bed, Zhou Xu frowned and subconsciously glanced at the location of the doors and windows in the room, thinking that there was a leak somewhere in the doors and windows.
But he soon realized that something was wrong; the sound was a bit muffled, and it seemed to be coming from under his ear.
Almost at the same time as he realized this, Zhou Xu immediately sat up from the bed and took a look at the bed board under him.
This solid wood bed is made of high-quality materials. From the outside, it looks like the bed is completely filled up, with no space underneath. Under this premise, how could there be a sound of wind underneath? Thinking of this, Zhou Xu obviously couldn't sleep anymore. He quickly put on his clothes, lifted the thick mattress, lit the oil lamp, and looked at the bed board.
I saw that the wide bed board was a seamless whole and there was no sign of any problem at all.
"No, no."
He didn't know if it was because the growing power of the mantra in his body had benefited his body, but Zhou Xu felt that he had become more alert and sharper recently.
He absolutely did not believe that he had misheard the sound of the wind.
With this thought in mind, Zhou Xu put his ear directly to the wooden board and confirmed it completely.
"Yes, that's the sound coming from down there!"
During this time, the guards guarding outside the door undoubtedly heard the noise inside the house and knocked on the door.
"My lord, what happened?"
"That's great, come in."
After receiving the order, the two guards guarding outside the door pushed the door open without any suspicion and entered the room immediately.
As soon as they entered, they saw the bed and bedding that had been taken down and thrown to the ground by their king.
At this moment, their king was trying to lift up the bed board underneath, but failed.
He could confirm that the bed board was not fixed on all sides, so it should be able to be opened, but there was something holding the bed board down, preventing it from being opened.
"Go and inform Silk to bring a team of personal soldiers here. Remember to bring torches."
"yes!"
He thought about using "flying stone attack" to blast the bed open, but the noise might be too loud, so he gave up the idea.
After everyone arrived, Zhou Xu quickly waved his hand.
"Use Wind Slash to split this bed in half for me."
Upon hearing this, Silk didn't ask any more questions. He just drew out his silver steel sword and walked over.
In fact, Silk is not the only one who can use the Wind Slash move, but among the existing means of the Elf Knights, Wind Slash is considered to be the one that consumes the most energy. At this stage, among all the Elf Knights, only Silk can use it without too much pressure, while other Elf Knights usually save it as a killing move.
Now, Zhou Xu specifically waited for Silk to arrive with a team of personal soldiers before taking action, purely out of caution. Who knows what will happen after the bed board is cut open.
As his thoughts raced, he saw a flash of sky-blue sword light in the bedroom, accompanied by the sound of whistling wind, and an entire large solid wooden bed, along with the bed board, was split into two, and fell over with a muffled sound, raising a large amount of dust.
Zhou Xu raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this scene.
This situation is slightly different from what he expected.
[Forget it, it doesn’t matter. ]
He waved his hand and swept away some of the dust.
At the same time, the guards on both sides moved quickly and efficiently to move the wooden bed that was split into two.
During this process, Zhou Xu also saw clearly that there was a latch structure as thick as an arm on the back of the bed board. With this latch, it was no wonder that the bed could not be moved no matter how hard they tried.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is the tunnel that was exposed under the wooden bed after it was moved away! No one would have thought that there was such a thing under the bed.
At this moment, Zhou Xu just stood there and looked down into the tunnel.
This tunnel is not paved with stone steps, but a vertical ladder is hung directly on the inner wall.
If someone were to block the passage below, this tunnel would immediately become an important pass that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and anyone who goes down would die.
Besides, it’s easier and cheaper to do it this way.
"Give me a torch."
As he spoke, the personal soldier beside him quickly handed the torch to Zhou Xu.
After taking the torch, Zhou Xu threw it directly into the tunnel without saying a word.
The torches quickly fell to the ground, allowing them to see part of the situation below. It seemed that there were no enemies.
At the same time, the height was estimated to be about six or seven meters.
There was no need for Zhou Xu to say more after that. Silk directly pointed to one of his subordinates and signaled him to go down and explore the way first.
A height of six or seven meters is nothing for the elf knight.
The soldier stepped onto the ladder, but without planning to walk up step by step, he slid down with a swish.
As he landed smoothly, he twisted his body, leaned his back against the wall with a ladder hanging on it, and placed his hand on the silver steel sword at his waist.
After making sure there was no danger around, he picked up the torch that Zhou Xu had dropped and signaled them that they could come down.
During this time, he took a quick look at the bodyguard around him and found a stone lamp on each side. He quickly lit them with a torch, making the tunnel suddenly brighter.
At this time, Zhou Xu and Silk also came down, including Silk, bringing four personal soldiers with them, and the others stayed upstairs to provide support.
The structure below is simple and nothing complicated. There is only a passage a few meters long leading to the stone chamber at the end.
Before he got close, Silk, who was standing in the passage, sniffed and realized something was wrong.
“It smells like blood!”
This discovery made the group extremely alert and vigilant. The four elven knights protected Zhou Xu in the middle and carefully came to the stone chamber.
The next second, two corpses with different causes of death suddenly came into his sight.
One of the bodies looked like it had been stabbed directly in the heart with a dagger, and the death was very obvious.
The other one was in a much more miserable state. A quick glance showed that the neck was probably cut, with a large amount of blood flowing out. At the same time, the face was distorted, as if the person had experienced some extreme pain. It was shocking to see!
[Oh my goodness, it's late at night, I'm about to go to bed, and you show me this?! ]
(End of this chapter)
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