Chen Shaoxi suddenly arrived, and brought some important clues to everyone and found an authentic tunnel.

Zhan Zhao and the others followed Chen Shaoxi into a forest.

The authentic entrance is quite hidden, hidden in a tree.

Several soldiers cut off the tree and found that the trunk was hollow and straight to the tunnel.

Zhan Zhao was surprised, "Can you find this?"

A guard pointed to the dead leaves all over the ground and said, "This technique is also common on the battlefield. It is usually used to raid ambush. Just look for big trees that suddenly die."

Zhan Zhao nodded, so that's it...

Ouyang glanced into the tree hole and frowned, "It's quite deep."

Bai Yutang took out a black jade locust stone and threw it down.

Chen Shao listened to the ear and shook his head, "There is no water, but it's very long."

The soldiers lit torches, Zhan Zhao picked up one, and jumped down.

Bai Yutang asked Ouyang to wait on the top, and he also jumped down. Xiaoliangzi and Xiaosizi wanted to go down, but were picked up by Ouyang Shaozheng.

Chen Shaoxi also followed, and also followed two subordinates.

After entering the tunnel, Zhan Zhao held up the torch and looked forward. It was indeed a very long tunnel.

Chen Shaoxi followed two steps and suddenly stopped.

Everyone thought he had discovered something, so they stopped to see him.

Chen Shaoxi frowned slightly and asked for a long time, "Is it haunted?"

Everyone was stunned.

Two soldiers looked straight ahead and back - what's going on.

Bai Yutang thought for a while and asked, "What did you hear?"

"Uh... it seems that someone is walking with us, but I can't hear the footsteps and have no breath..." Chen Shaoxi was confused.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and looked at the shark behind them together.

Bai Yutang said to Chen Shaoxi, "You stretch out your hand."

Chen Shaoxi didn't understand very well, but he still stretched out his hand...

At this time, ice appeared in the air... As the ice slowly expanded, a tall ice man's outline appeared...

Because of the fire, the appearance of the shark shark is clearer than usual...

The two guards took a step back in shock...

Chen Shaoxi felt that his hand stretched in the air touched a cold hand... but that was not completely ice. Once it touched, it dissipated...

Chen Shaoxi opened his mouth slightly, a smile appeared on his face, nodded, and continued to walk forward with everyone.

Zhan Zhao asked him curiously, "Why are you laughing at?"

"I remembered a word that someone said." Chen Shaoxi said, "A man once said that as much as you can see in this world, you will have to give up your other half... If you want half, you have to give up your other half."

"It sounds like a fallacy." Zhan Zhao asked, "Who said it?"

Chen Shaoxi smiled, "A person who only knows how to talk about fallacies."

...

He Yihang, who was far away from the border, suddenly sneezes, rubs his nose, and holds his chin to continue reading the official documents.

...

Walking along the tunnel, Zhan Zhao picked up things all the way, all of which were bricks and tiles. "Did they fall off when they were transporting those abandoned houses?"

"Are those broken houses built temporarily?" Chen Shaoxi was curious.

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Bai Yutang asked, "What do you think of that old lady?"

"Well..." Chen Shaoxi thought for a while, "She has a high internal strength...and I don't think she is really an old lady, she prefers to be pretending to be a young man."

"Can you tell whether the person who pretends is a man or a woman?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Chen Shaoxi's mouth curled up slightly, "This is a bit difficult... but you can guess it."

"Guess?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both puzzled, "How to guess?"

Chen Shaoxi gently touched her chin, "First of all, she was not big, because she was carried by a woodcutter to the mountain... Based on the changes in the footsteps before and after the woodcutter carried her, her weight should be seventy or eighty kilograms... It is very reasonable for an elderly lady. And if she is thin, it will be more convincing."

"But height and weight can be changed through internal strength." Zhan Zhao reminded.

Chen Shaoxi nodded, "So I looked for an opportunity and touched her hand."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao understand - indeed, the biggest flaw in bone shrinking skills is the hand. The internal strength is high-energy clavicle but cannot shrink the skin. Other parts can be hidden in clothes and shoes, but the hands must be exposed... Therefore, many masters simply do not shrink their hands, and can most accurately judge a person's body shape by the size of their hands.

"What's the result?" Bai Yutang asked.

"The result is that the man is a short teenager." Chen Shaoxi said, "I personally think it is about 70% credible."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang nodded, and the murderer who killed Bian Qing and Qian Tonggan seemed to fit this description.

As they chatted, everyone stopped because there were two forks in front of them.

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Which side should I choose?"

"No matter how you go, you're just walking outside Kaifeng City, right?" Chen Shaoxi asked, "If there are authenticity in the city, General Zou would probably find out."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded in agreement. Zou Liang was still wolfish to some extent, and his ears and nose were also very useful. He did take his subordinates and dogs to search around the city before, but he didn't find any authenticity.

...

Just like that, everyone was walking around the tunnel, walking for a few hours, making marks while walking, and finally... they returned to the first fork in the road.

Several guards were so tired that they were gasping for breath, "Is this a circle around Kaifeng City?"

Chen Shaoxi nodded, "It's a pentagonal."

"Isn't it a circle?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Chen Shaoxi shook his head, "The distance between Wanwu sides is the same."

Bai Yutang was puzzled, "Why dig a circle outside Kaifeng City?"

"From my years of experience in the army," Chen Shaoxi shook his head, "No matter what purpose it is, it is not good for Kaifeng City, which is equivalent to blocking the way out of the city. It is impossible for anyone to dig a closed ditch outside, which is a taboo for military strategists."

When Zhan Zhao and the others crawled out of the tunnel, it was already evening.

At the entrance of the cave, Ouyang and Xiaosizi and others are no longer there, probably because they will take the child home first.

Instead, Zou Liang, Lin Yehuo, who was napping on a tree, and Long Qiaoguang, who was sitting on a tree stump "chat" with several guards.

Zou Liang and Long Qiaoguang obviously had a good relationship with Chen Shaoxi. After a long time not seeing each other, they both asked about the situation of Bianguan and He Yihang.

The three brothers walked in front and the guards followed behind.

Zhan Zhao asked Lin Yehuo, "Where are the little four sons and the others?"

Lin Yehuo looked at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang and said, "You have only been going down for about two hours."

Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang nodded—and then?

"Then the Imperial City Army just now ran to tell us that another murder case occurred in Kaifeng City. Ouyang went, Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liangzi followed him, and Gongsun was having an autopsy."

Lin Yehuo shrugged at the two of them, expressing helplessness.

Zhan Zhao tied his eyebrows, "Is someone dead again? Who died? Is it related to Gaohezhai?"

Lin Yehuo chuckled twice, "Isn't it related? Bian Fangrui is dead."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stopped at the same time and looked at Lin Yehuo in surprise - what?!

"Guess how that kid died?" Lin Yehuo raised his eyebrows.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and said in unison, "Golden Basin Behead?"

Lin Yehuo nodded, "Isn't that?"

"Then Bian Sheng still didn't show up?" Bai Yutang asked.

Lin Yehuo shook his head, "Nangong Ji also came to sway around just now. Maybe Zhao Zhen already knew that people were coming from the northwest border. It is said that hundreds of secret spies were sent to the palace for a night before yesterday. Kaifeng City was so big that even Bian Sheng had found a fly."

"He is not in Kaifeng?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Lin Yehuo made a grimace with his nose wrinkled and shook his head.

Zhan Zhaohe Bai Yutang knew it—or, has he encountered an unexpected situation?

After entering the city, everyone went to the "scene" of the murder together, Taibaiju.

This is the second murder case in Taibaiju. The shopkeeper and his friend shook their hands at the door. There is a downtown near Taibaiju. The people watching are three floors outside. Whether they are from the rivers or lakes or not, they have heard of the name of Gaohezhai. This sect with the best sects naturally have the best masters in the rivers and lakes! Why were these masters killed one by one? And how powerful were the murderers this time? They actually committed crimes three times in Kaifeng City in a row!

When Zhan Zhao arrived, he found that the Imperial City Army was surrounded by Taibaiju, and no one except Kaifeng Prefecture was allowed to enter.
To be continued...