"Looks like I'll have to work hard.”
Ji Zi walked out leisurely, planning to take a look at the inn personally. After all, she was probably the only one who knew about these mechanisms among the crowd.
Seeing that Ji Zi was about to leave, Chu Chi didn't stop her. However, he thought of something and said,""Zi 'er, let's not bother about other places first. Let's start investigating from this room of the Prince of Qin.”
Ji Zi stopped in her tracks, then nodded.""Alright, this is the room where the Prince of Qin lives. It might be easier to find some clues.”
Ji Zi began to inspect the room. Everyone watched quietly and did not disturb her.
The room was not big, but it was not small either. It was basically impossible to find any clues at once except by luck.
Fifteen minutes later.
Ji Zi suddenly stopped at a corner on the right side of the room. Her slender fingers were slowly moving on the wall, as if she was looking for something.
"What did you discover?" Chu Chi couldn't help but ask.”
Ji Zi turned around and said," It's hard to say. I just felt that there was something wrong with the joint between the wall and the floor, but I didn't find any mechanism. If I'm not wrong, this might be a one-way mechanism.”
" There's another room on the other side of the wall," Bai Yishu said curiously." There shouldn't be anyone hiding there."”
"We'll know if we can hide someone after we open it.”Chu Chi looked at Dian Wei." Dian Wei, break that wall for me.”
"Yes, sir!"
Dian Wei walked to where Ji Zi was standing, took out a halberd, and smashed it against the wall with a furious roar.
Bang!
With a loud bang, the wall instantly split open, revealing a narrow space in front of everyone.
"Your Highness, there is indeed a secret passage!"
Chu Chi stood up and walked over. He found that behind the wall, there was a small space that was just big enough for one person to stand. There was also a flight of stairs leading down.
"Looks like my guess was right," Ji Zi said."The wall inside should be from the opposite room. This secret passage was built in the crack between the two rooms. Because it was not big, it would not attract the attention of others.”
Looking at the narrow and cramped passage, Chu Chi couldn't help but laugh out loud: "This is really interesting. It seems that the entire posthouse is connected by such a secret passage. Moreover, this posthouse is specially used to provide accommodation for the children of the rich and powerful. How is this a posthouse? It's clearly a news station.”
After he finished speaking, Chu Chi turned to look at the stunned deputy and asked,""You just said that this posthouse was specially built by the Jingzhou Provincial Governor?”
"Yes, yes," the deputy stammered.”
"Ni 'er, get someone to investigate this Jingzhou Provincial Governor and see what his identity is.”
Upon hearing Chu Chi's words, the Startling Salamander, who had been silent all this while, immediately replied,""Understood. I'll get someone to investigate now.”
" Your Highness," Bai Yishu suddenly said," Do you think the person who built this secret passage is the same person who tried to assassinate us today?"”
"I'm not sure." Chu Chi shook his head." However, before we find the connection between the two things, it's better to look at them separately.”
However, for so many things to happen on the same day, even Chu Chi himself would not believe that it was a coincidence.
Chu Chi didn't know what the connection between the assassination and the disappearance of the Prince of Qin was, but he knew that an undercurrent was surging toward him.
Before he entered the capital, Chu Chi had already mentally prepared himself. However, he had not expected that before he had even reached the capital, this undercurrent would strike him.
"Let's go down and see what's under this secret passage.”Chu Chi said.
Chu Chi led his men into the secret passage. Dian Wei led a few soldiers to light torches and clear the way while Chu Chi, Ji Zi, and the others followed behind.
The space inside this secret passage was indeed very narrow. Dian Wei's sturdy body was stuck in this secret passage several times. Sometimes, he could only walk sideways, and his speed was not fast.
After making a few turns and descending three to four steps, the group finally entered a wide passageway.
Chu Chi sized it up. This passage should be built under the Courier Station. The entire passage was tidily paved with mud bricks, and it was quite clean. It was obvious that someone had been cleaning it frequently.
After walking along the passage for a while, the space in front of him widened again. There were more rooms on both sides, and there were bookshelves, tables, and inkstones in them.
The bookshelf was already empty, but it seemed that many things had been placed here before, and the ink in the inkstone was still relatively new.
"Looks like my guess is correct. This place is indeed an intelligence gathering place. These bookshelves should have originally stored all kinds of information that had been recorded.”
"There are many dirty things in the noble families. Sometimes, obtaining this information is equivalent to controlling the lives of a group of people. The person who built this secret passage is quite playful.”
Chu Chi felt that this was not the only place that had built this secret passage. The other party was so secretive, it seemed that he had ulterior motives.
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