As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 352 Corpse
Xie Changheng had not returned home for many years. When he saw Yun Qi, he was startled for a moment, unable to realize his identity.

But Mr. Miao shouted, "Your Highness, you are here - that girl has gone in!"

Before he could finish speaking, Yun Qi had already quickly stepped into the cracked stone door.

"Your Highness?"

Only then did Xie Changheng understand Yun Qi's identity.

A Xuanjia army came forward and tied up Qi Yinran and took him away. The remaining people helped Xie Changheng and Mr. Miao up.

Seeing Xie Changheng looking worriedly at the gap in the stone door, Mr. Miao said, "Don't look at it. Your Highness has tried his best for this girl. It's absolutely safe for him to find her."

Xie Changheng was silent, knowing that he was now weak and unable to help, so he sighed and left the secret room with the support of Xuanjia Army.

……

Yun Qi walked forward quickly, his eyebrows furrowed.

The stench that hit his nostrils along the way made his heart sink again and again. After walking for a while, he suddenly heard the sound of messy footsteps coming from ahead.

He paused for a moment, narrowed his eyes, and saw a faint light not far away getting closer and closer.

Because it was really dark inside the secret passage, the light was flickering, making it difficult to see who was coming.

Yun Qi's hand grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist, and when he was about to make a move, he saw a pale and pretty face in the flickering light.

"Zhao Zhao?!"

Yun Qi immediately stepped forward. The moment Xie Zhaozhao heard his voice, the luminous pearl in his hand fell to the ground and rolled to the side.

She threw herself in front of Yun Qi and held Yun Qi's arm tightly, her body trembling faintly.

When Yun Qi looked down, he found that she had closed her eyes tightly and there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.

He didn't ask her what was wrong, he hugged her tightly, giving her his body heat and safety, then picked her up and walked out.

Xie Zhaozhao leaned against him with his eyes closed, breathing in the unique breath of Yun Qi's body, which dispersed the disgusting stench in the secret passage.

After arriving in the square secret room where Xie Changheng and the others were originally imprisoned, Yun Qi temporarily placed Xie Zhaozhao on the stone platform and groped her arms and shoulders.

"I'm fine..." Xie Zhaozhao's expression softened a bit at this time, grabbing Yun Qi's hand and shaking his head, "No need to check, I'm not injured."

But her face was still very pale, which made Yun Qi worried, "Then what's going on?"

Yun Qi used his sleeve to wipe the fine sweat on Xie Zhaozhao's forehead and said warmly: "What's in it?"

"..." Xie Zhaozhao pursed his lips, thinking about everything inside still felt shocking, and there seemed to be a surge of sour water in his throat, making him very uncomfortable.

She endured the discomfort and closed her eyes, "You ask someone to go in and check. There is nothing dangerous inside, but there are some things... After checking, you will know that I don't want to stay here."

"it is good."

Yun Qi reached out to hug her.

Xie Zhaozhao shook his head: "No need."

She held Yun Qi's arm and jumped off the stone platform and walked out.

When going out, Yun Qi supported Xie Zhaozhao uneasily. He felt that although Xie Zhaozhao seemed to be walking steadily, his body was actually extremely stiff and unnatural. It must be that there was something at the end of the secret passage that had such an impact on her.

Yun Qi glanced back and made a gesture to Xuan Jiajun who was standing aside.

The two men immediately called for help, lit torches and went in to take a look.

Once outside, Xie Zhaozhao took a deep breath of fresh air, which finally dissipated the turbid air in his heart.Yun Qi took the cloak handed over by his subordinates and wrapped Xie Zhaozhao's body, "You go and have a rest, leave this place to me."

"I can't rest..." Xie Zhaozhao shook his head, "I'll take a rest after they check it out clearly."

Seeing her persistence, Yun Qi nodded, "That's good."

Xie Zhaozhao sat on the stone bench under the tree in the yard, and Yun Qi stayed by her side, just keeping her company quietly and not asking any questions.

After a while, the Xuanjia Army who had gone in to check before came out and reported with a very uncomfortable expression: "Your Highness, at the end of the secret passage is a huge underground palace. The underground palace is full of corpses...the bones are all... It’s a kid.”

"The older one is four or five years old, and the younger one is one or two years old. The body is incomplete and the skull is missing."

"There are also some adult corpses, it looks like-"

The Xuanjia Army rushed not far away with a "vomit" sound and vomited before finishing the report.

This sound caused the rest of the Xuanjia Army who came out to lose their patience, and for a while the whole yard was filled with the sound of vomiting.

Xie Zhaozhao's face turned pale and he endured the discomfort.

Yun Qi's face also turned gloomy. He gently grabbed Xie Zhaozhao's hand and pressed her head on his shoulder, "Lu Hanqiu."

"The minister is here."

Lu Hanqiu stepped forward with a calm expression, "The adult corpses should all be men, both tall and short, and roughly between seventeen and thirty years old. There are wounds on each skeleton, and there are many broken limbs."

"This underground palace is very large. I roughly estimate that there are hundreds of adults and children inside, even if I don't come forward."

"Now the officers from Dali Temple have gone in to do the enumeration. The specific situation needs to be enumerated before we can report back in detail."

"Okay." Yun Qi said in a deep voice, "You will be responsible for the affairs in this underground palace."

"The minister takes orders!"

Yun Qi stroked Xie Zhaozhao's hair and said, "Let's go first and wait until Lu Hanqiu counts and investigates."

Xie Zhaozhao nodded.

When she and Yunqi left the courtyard, she couldn't help but look back. The quiet and elegant courtyard with its carved beams and painted beams seemed to have suddenly turned into the mouth of a man-eating monster, terrifying and cold.

Xie Zhaozhao temporarily returned to the courtyard where he was resting at Qi's house. Yun Qi stayed with her quietly, without asking her or saying much.

Silent warmth is more useful than any words.

Yun Qi sat by the window, hugging Xie Zhaozhao and leaning in his arms. A long time passed like this. The sky outside turned gray, and when it was about to dawn, Xie Zhaozhao finally said, "There are still a few armors there... You still have Remember the armored man we captured at the inn?”

"My fourth brother said before that these people are refining armored soldiers. I guess this underground palace is the place where such armored soldiers are refined. Those armors are already made and ready for use."

"They fed living people medicine to turn them into monsters that were neither human nor ghosts. Then they put them in iron armor, nailed their limbs, and welded the armor together."

"I guess it's not easy to succeed in this kind of armored soldier, so they found a lot of people to try. Those who succeeded were sealed in the armor and became armored soldiers with terrifying combat power. Those who didn't succeeded were just A dead end."

"As for the armored man we captured, maybe he escaped before they left."

"Ah."

Yun Qi nodded, "Your analysis is good. The Qi family seems to be rich and noble, but they have long been disobedient. I will personally investigate the matter here and make sure to find out clearly."

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(End of this chapter)