Riding the Pheonix Chapter 99: Secret passage

Ming Sheng hurriedly walked to the side hall.

As soon as he entered, all the female relatives in the room looked at him.

"Fourth brother, how is it outside?" Mrs. Ming asked.

"Grandma," Mingsheng said with a smile, "It's nothing. There was a fire at Cuimu Peak, which is far away from Baoling Temple. It's just that the road was blocked and we couldn't walk at once."

Seeing his smiling face and relaxed tone, the female family members in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Ming's brows did not relax: "Why is there such a big fuss outside for such a small matter? We are not allowed to go out yet."

"It's not those idle people who are making trouble." Ming Sheng was a little angry. "They yelled when they found out they couldn't go down the mountain, which made people panic. The adults were worried about a stampede accident, so they banned walking and waited for the rocks on the road. After moving out, arrange for us to leave."

"So that's it." Mrs. Ming relaxed her brows, "The common people are ignorant and get into trouble over the smallest things. No wonder the adults deal with it like this."

"Isn't it?" Ming Sheng said, "It wasn't a big deal at first, but they caused trouble. There was a fire on Cuimu Peak, and it couldn't burn here. What does it matter if you can't get down the mountain for a while? But some rocks, Asking people to clean it up will only delay some time."

The maid Huang Ying smiled and said: "Is the old lady relieved now? The Fourth Young Master said so, we can just wait here."

Mrs. Ming nodded with a smile.

As soon as Ming Sheng was about to go out, he was stopped by the fourth lady: "Axiang just went to the county lord's side, Sheng'er, mother is worried, you go ahead..."

Before he finished speaking, the palace servant over there hurriedly came in, bowed and asked: "The Lord of Anxiang County was playing with the eighth lady of your palace, and he didn't come back. The princess was worried, so she specially ordered the servant to come and ask, is it? Didn’t you come here?"

The fourth lady was shocked when she heard this: "What? They are not with the princess?"

The servant girl was also panicked: "Didn't you see Madam, too? The county master and Miss Mingba went to the release pond earlier and got rid of everyone who followed them..."

Release pool! Baoling Temple is like a temple fair today. The Free Life Pond is crowded with people. What should I do if there is chaos?

"Sheng'er!" The fourth lady's voice was trembling, "Go find your sister quickly! It's been so long and she hasn't come back yet..."

Ming Sheng said hurriedly: "Mom, don't worry. The outside is under control. It may be that way, A Xiang didn't come back. I'll go take a look and ask an official to ask."

"Okay, okay, go quickly!"

The faces of the palace servants turned pale. Of course they had already asked the officials. When they found that the head of Anxiang County was missing, they called for an official. Before they could find him, a wildfire broke out, and then chaos began. There is no news until now.

Hearing what the fourth lady said, she hurriedly bowed and prepared to go back to resume her life.

God bless, the county master must not have anything happen to him, otherwise none of the people who serve him will survive!

Ming Sheng did not dare to delay and followed closely: "Mom, wait a moment, I will go with you to see the princess!"

Since Ming Xiang and the head of Anxiang County disappeared together, it would be better to borrow the help of the palace.

……

The wall moves away, revealing a small door.

Secret passage! There is a secret passage!

The guard went in and came out after a while and said: "Sir, this is the granary!"

Yang Shu entered the small door by himself without saying a word.

Compared with the roughly built cellar outside, the inside is extremely spacious. The bricks and stones used for the walls are tightly jointed and dry and waterproof.

Yang Shu took two steps, turned around and said, "You two stay here. If someone comes, give us a warning in time."

"Yes."

The group of people entered, and the more they looked at it, the more frightened they became.

This granary is ridiculously big.

The guard pierced the sack with a dagger, and the white rice leaked out. In addition, there are soybeans, wheat flour, etc.

After turning around in a circle, Yang Shu stopped and said, "The monks at Baoling Temple would not be able to finish all this food in decades."

Mingwei sighed: "Is it military rations?"

Yang Shu nodded: "Generally, Changpingcang in the state capital does not have so much grain. Apart from this answer, I don't know how else to explain it."

"So, Baoling Temple is related to Prince Qidong?"

"It must be so. What do others do with so much food?" Yang Shu thought about it and said, "It's a pity that there is no sword or armor, otherwise we can arrest people immediately."

For such things as rebellion, the sword and armor are the ironclad proof. In history, so many people who accused others of rebelling got a batch of swords and armor and hid them in their houses. As long as it is found out, the fake is also true.

Mingwei took out the golden hairpin and said, "I would also like to know where the lock corresponding to this key is."

"Yes, there is also this." Yang Shu ordered the guards, "Search carefully to see if there is anything like a secret door."

"Yes, Master."

……

Outside the Cuimu Peak Canyon, several unconscious guards were lying among the rocks, each one covered in black ash.

A few strong men stood aside holding knives, looking around warily.

Ming San stood with his hands behind his hands, staring at the canyon billowing with black smoke.

A man dressed as a ranger jumped out of the smoke, rolled on the ground, and put out the fire on his body.

"Third Master," he cupped his fists and saluted Ming San, "something is wrong, Mr. Yang is not in the canyon."

Ming San narrowed his eyes: "How could he not be here? Didn't you watch him get trapped in?"

"Yes." The man was also puzzled, "We have been watching, and the guards who ran out of it are all here."

"Look again!" Ming San shouted, "Make sure he dies inside!"

The man had no choice but to soak his special clothes and cover his mouth and nose with a wet cloth ~IndoMTL.com~ and rushed into the canyon again.

Ming San stared in the direction of Baoling Temple.

Don't wait too long, someone will be here soon to search and rescue.

God seemed to be on his side. After a while, the man rushed out and shouted: "Third Master, it's bad! They dug a tunnel!"

Ming Sanyi was stunned: "Authentic?"

"Yes." The man's hair was burnt and he coughed twice from the smoke. He quickly replied, "My subordinates found their hiding place and found a tunnel at the bottom."

Ming San suddenly thought of something: "Not good!"

"Third Master?"

He quickly ordered: "Go in again and cover up the hole they dug so that no one will discover it. The others followed me quickly and the traces will be smoothed away. No one will discover that we have been here."

"Yes."

A few people split up and went into the burial pit. The other person picked up a guard and left in a hurry.

No one noticed that on the top of the hillside, behind a big rock, there was a small figure huddled.

After a while, when he was sure there was no one else, Mingxiang raised his head and let go of the hand covering his mouth and nose.

Her face was horribly white and her eyes were lifeless.

Finding that the canyon was blocked by falling rocks, she wanted to climb up from the side to see what was going on.

Who knows, she just climbed halfway when she heard someone coming.

That man is obviously her father, but others call him Third Master.

Ming Xiang was stunned and heard something he shouldn't have heard.

This man is not her father!

They know there is someone in the canyon! They were the ones who set the fire!

Mingxiang didn't dare to move and could only curl himself into a ball.

Fortunately, the sound of burning vegetation covered up the sound of her breathing and they were not noticed.

"Fourth Brother, I need to tell Fourth Brother..." She murmured and climbed down the hillside.