The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 588 The secret passage in the temple
Jing Li signaled Feng He to guard everyone in the temple, and then entered the wing where the Su family lived together with the captain of the wolf guard and the abbot.

The secret tunnel switch in this room was actually set on the bedpost. No wonder Jishi and others didn't find it after going back and forth several times.

"The incense used in this incense burner is black sandalwood, which is also a kind of sandalwood. However, this kind of incense must not be placed together with Crane Leaf Mountain Flower. If put together, it will definitely make people fall asleep without knowing it!" Wolf The captain of the guard opened the incense burner and explained to Jing Li.

Jingli's face was as serious as water and she said: "The child is still young and has never been allowed to put flowers or other objects to avoid pollen allergies. There is no Crane Leaf Mountain Flower in this room, so how can it make people sleep?"

The captain of the Wolf Guard continued: "The bed curtains in this room are soaked in water boiled from Crane Leaf Mountain Flowers, and other spices are mixed in during the process. Unless you are an expert, you will not be able to detect it at all."

"My subordinate was promoted to Blood Wolf Guard because he was good at spices."

While the two were talking, the person in the secret passage was also brought out, and it turned out to be Cai Yue who had followed Su's family out.

At this time, Caiyue was covered in blood, her face was pale, and she was obviously seriously injured. When she saw Jingli, she immediately said, "My dear, I didn't take it well and asked someone to plot against her!"

While Jing Li ordered someone to treat her wound, she asked, "Tell me, what exactly is going on?"

Caiyue regained her composure and then said slowly: "After entering the temple that day, the two young masters were very happy and played a little crazy, so much so that they were already dozed off during dinner in the evening."

"The old lady ordered the wet nurse to carry the two young masters into her room, and she would take them with her to rest!"

"The slave didn't dare to rest at night, so he sat on the roof and drank. Unexpectedly, he found a monk coming and going. This is a resting place for women, and there should not be such a monk. Feeling uneasy, he immediately went to the old lady's room. , I don’t want to see the thief taking away the old lady and the young master!”

Jing Li asked anxiously, "Have you seen clearly who it is?"

Caiyue shook her head and said, "No, the thief is all dressed in black. Even his head is covered with a black scarf. You can't even tell what he looks like!"

"What about the others?"

Cai Yue said sadly: "Except for Dezi and the old lady who were captured by them, the wet nurse and the maids and servants were all killed!"

Jing Li felt uneasy, so she immediately ordered people to watch Cai Yue, and then led several members of the Wolf Guard into the secret passage with the abbot.

This secret passage was winding and deep, and even a skinny person like Jing Li could barely pass through it. The taller Wolf Guard and the abbot could only squeeze through.

After walking about three hundred steps, the front suddenly opened up, and the secret passage became wide and smooth, completely different from the cramped passage before.

Jing Li snorted coldly: "Master Abbot, didn't you say that there is no secret passage or any other mechanism in the temple?"

The abbot was sweating profusely and didn't know how to answer. Someone actually discovered a secret passage in the temple and opened another passage to connect with the main passage. It was a shame that as the abbot of the temple, he didn't know anything about it.

After walking for a while, a storage room and an armory appeared, which made Jingli extremely shocked. What on earth did he want to do with such a facility in this quiet place.

The abbot was also surprised. Before the previous abbot passed away, he came once, but there were no such facilities at that time.

He has been the abbot for more than thirty years and has never been here before. I didn't expect that something like this would happen.

The abbot wiped his sweat and said: "To tell you the truth, the secret passages in the temple were built by our ancestors to escape war disasters. These weapons storage places are really not the work of the people in the temple!"

Jing Li had no time to care about this. She just wanted to find her mother and two children as soon as possible.

The secret passage in the temple was long and long, and I don’t know how long I walked before the abbot panted and said, "My Lady, this is the exit!" But at this time, the exit was already tightly blocked, so the Wolf Guard Captain and his men took the trouble. Even Dajin couldn't open it.

Jingli ordered the people to retreat and directly buried a mini bomb. Everyone stepped back hundreds of steps when they heard a roar and flying sand and gravel were shot out. Some of the bombs flew far away and even hit the target. The force was so great that bruises appeared on the person's body. Everyone was shocked. The power of the gunpowder was a bit too great.

After the smoke cleared, Jing Li led everyone out of the secret passage and arrived at a village at the foot of the mountain.

Without waiting for Jing Li to say anything, the Wolf Guard Captain immediately led people to investigate. Not long after, he came back with a look of disappointment on his face and said, "Mother, all the people in this village have been wiped out!"

Jing Li clenched her fists and said, "You're so crazy. You actually wiped out a village. Are there any other clues?"

The captain of the Wolf Guard said: "There are blood bees that specialize in tracking scents. Just now, the airflow was blocked in the secret passage, so they couldn't be used. Now outside, if the queen has two young masters, or the items on the old lady's body, they can be used. Give it a try!”

Jingli took out a handkerchief and carried it with her. She often wiped the child's saliva with this handkerchief, so there must be some residual smell.

The captain of the Wolf Guard took out a small bamboo tube from his waist, removed the stopper, and flew out with a blood-red blood bee at the tip of his tail. He circled the handkerchief a few times before heading forward.

Everyone followed the blood bee in pursuit, but they kept going further and further towards the north.

The captain of the Wolf Guard said to Jing Li with some panic: "Madam, in this direction, I'm afraid we will reach the Flame Mountain!"

"Fire Flame Mountain?" Jing Li asked in surprise, "Why have I never heard of this place?"

The captain of the Wolf Guard explained: "Fire Flame Mountain is located in a remote place, with no grass growing around it, so no one in the North wants to mention this place."

"And there is a place on the top of the mountain where there are hell flames all year round, so the Flame Mountain is also called the Magic Mountain!"

Jingli became more and more horrified that Su and her child had been robbed on top of an active volcano. The person who robbed them had such vicious intentions.

The captain of the Wolf Guard looked around and said: "My dear, why don't you just rest here for a while while I go find some fast horses to come over. There is still nearly a hundred miles to go, and it will be difficult to get there without fast horses!"

No matter how impatient Jing Li was, she knew that it would be unrealistic to walk there on legs, so she had no choice but to suppress her anxiety and wait for the captain of the Wolf Guard to bring the horse over.

She took this opportunity to enter the space and check the weapons she had.

Since the other party was so well-prepared and specifically chose Flame Mountain, he most likely wanted to lure her up the mountain, otherwise there would be no need to make such a big noise.

The captain of the wolf guard came back with a dozen fast horses at dusk: "Madam, my subordinates have notified the nearby wolf guards to come over. Let's go there first while the night is dark, and we can reach the Flame Mountain before dawn."

The Blood Bee, who led everyone to find the direction, had indeed been heading towards the Flame Mountain.

At dawn, everyone arrived five miles away from the Flame Mountain. The Wolf Guard Captain suddenly signaled everyone to stop, quietly dismounted and moved forward.

"My dear, please be careful, I suspect there is an ambush here!"

Not even the captain of the Wolf Guard said anything, Jing Li also noticed that something was wrong here, a sneer appeared on his face, he picked up the crossbow in his hand and shot towards the tree not far away.

A scream was heard, and then there was the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

(End of this chapter)