While they were talking here, Xie Siheng was observing the surrounding environment.
This place was originally surrounded by mountains on five sides, forming a closed loop. The entrance and exit was the lowest valley where several peaks connected, and it was dug through.
"Let's go from there." Xie Siheng pointed to a cliff nearby.
"Are you sure?" Ji Changying looked at the cliff with some doubt.
It must be at least twenty meters, right?
"No, I mean the cave. See it?"
Ji Changying couldn't see clearly even with squinting eyes, so she had to extend her mental power. Unexpectedly, she actually saw a small cave less than three meters below the cliff.
She looked at Xie Siheng in surprise: "Your eyesight is really good. I admire you."
Xie Siheng raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "When I was practicing archery before, I often trained my eyesight."
After they finished talking, they walked towards that place. Xie Siheng's legs were not fast, and Ji Changying was anxious, so he picked up the person and ran away.
This was the first time in Xie Siheng's life that he was treated like this: "Put me down!"
Ji Changying slapped him on the back: "Are you sick again? Mr. Huang is right, don't be so pretentious at this time, you don't have the conditions!"
Xie Siheng's head was flushed, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he angrily pulled off the gauze on his face.
Led by Ji Changying, the two quickly reached the cliff. As soon as Xie Siheng was put down, he quickly moved away from her.
"Hey, don't be shy! I just took you for a run for a while. Maybe you'll get used to it slowly!"
Look at her brothers. Whenever they set off one day, they will look at her with anticipation, as if they were choosing a concubine.
"I'll never get used to it in this life or the next!" Xie Siheng said firmly.
"Okay, okay, we should find a way to get down now." Ji Changying looked down.
She felt a little dizzy at the sight and quickly stepped back.
Xie Siheng squatted beside it and pulled the vines hanging from the tree on the other side. They were clinging to the cliff wall, solid and strong, and their length was almost just right to reach the cave entrance.
He tested his strength and resilience, then said, "I'll go down and explore the way first, you follow!"
After saying that, without waiting for Ji Changying to answer, he grabbed the vine and slipped down.
Ji Changying followed closely behind.
When you reach the cave entrance, there is just a small empty platform surrounded by stone walls.
Xie Siheng looked around here, picked up a piece of gravel on the ground and threw it onto a bulge on the top of the cave. The stone wall on Ji Changying's back slowly opened.
"This is not a whole piece?!" Ji Changying turned around in surprise.
She touched it carefully and found that the stone wall was completely natural, even the rough texture on it was very real. When it was put together, it was impossible to tell that it was separate.
This counterfeiting skill is amazing!
Xie Siheng's face was heavy: "Be careful when you go in, don't touch anything."
He stepped in first.
Inside is a long passage that looks winding and has forks.
It was as if the entire mountain had been hollowed out to create such a large secret passage.
The two walked very slowly along the way. Basically, they would encounter a mechanism every few steps, which would suddenly fly over, grow from the ground, or pierce from the stone wall above their heads.
No matter what angle you take, something can pop up and attack you.
Even with Ji Changying's full mental power, she was still unable to defend herself against these completely unfamiliar things. She could only tell where the movement was, but had no idea what the move was.
Fortunately, she was agile and quick-witted, and these traps always left a way out, otherwise she would have been unable to escape.
Although Xie Siheng's brain could keep up, his body could not. After he was almost stabbed through by a sharp knife that emerged from the ground, Ji Changying decisively continued to run with him.
Xie Siheng didn't say anything this time. He kept a stern face and concentrated on solving the problem at hand.
"Three steps to the left! Jump to the right!"
"bend over!"
Almost as soon as Xie Siheng finished speaking, Ji Changying did what he said.
Looking at the poisonous arrow that was just about to pierce her scalp, she wiped the non-existent cold sweat from her forehead: "I wonder who designed this mechanism? What a genius!"
You really can't underestimate anyone.
Although there is no high-tech here, the wisdom is absolutely there.
Xie Siheng said in a heavy tone: "It's the Qu family."
"Qu family? Was it designed by the Qu family?"
Ji Changying asked curiously.
Xie Siheng nodded. "The Qu family's mechanical skills were once world-renowned, but at the end of the previous dynasty, they were sent by the emperor to repair the imperial mausoleum, and then disappeared."
Ji Changying hissed, "I'm afraid the emperor has silenced him!"
But when you think about it, it doesn’t make sense. If that were the case, then where did the mechanism here come from?
The two of them exchanged a few words and continued forward.
After leaving this place after many twists and turns, the view suddenly opened up and I could faintly hear the sounds of people walking and talking.
The two of them looked at each other with tense expressions and breathed lightly.
Ji Changying saw a similar stone wall in front of her. If she had not seen such a mechanism before, she would have thought that it was the end.
She could only see outside through the stone wall.
There turned out to be a room there, which was very simply built. It contained all the necessary things, including a row of various cold weapons.
The desk and bed are separated by a simple wooden screen. The outer room is used for office work, while the inner room can be used for sleeping.
At this moment, a thin man was sitting on the main seat in the outer room, listening to the report from the person below.
"General! The military supplies the prince sent this time are missing half again. I heard the flood affected the harvest, but with so many of us, we can't eat for half a year even if we tighten our belts! What's more, because of the recent floods, the supplies have increased. With so many mouths to feed, this is far from enough."
The general stood up, frowned, and walked around the study twice. Ji Changying saw his appearance.
He has a dignified appearance, a murderous aura, a pair of piercing tiger eyes, and looks like someone who is not to be trifled with.
Since the people below him called him General, then this person must be the Jiang... Jiang Yucheng that Ji Chenyan exclaimed in surprise?
"Didn't three teams go out to get the goods tonight? Are they back now?"
Jiang Yucheng frowned and asked his men.
The deputy general thought for a moment after hearing the question and said, "Two teams have returned, bringing back over 300 people, and one team has not yet returned."
"Oh? It's been an hour and you still haven't come back?"
The deputy general frowned. "Blind Eye's abilities are quite impressive. I'm also wondering why he hasn't returned after so long. Why don't we send someone to check it out later? I heard he's picking up top-quality cargo this time. I wonder if he could be of use to us. We'd appreciate a few more advisors."
Ji Changying's expression was startled. Are they the 'high-quality goods'?
Jiang Yucheng raised his eyebrows. "That's even more outrageous! How could a mere scholar take so long? Send someone to check, to make sure he doesn't harbor any ulterior motives!"
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