novelraw Chapter 362 Gu Family Secret Room
Chapter 362 Gu Family Secret Room
"This is the Gu family's secret room."
A quiet voice sounded in his ears. Yan Li opened his eyes and slowly adapted to the darkness around him: "Why is she in the secret room?"
Is Prime Minister Gu so stupid? It's not easy to hide in other places, so he hid her in the secret room as soon as he came?
"The disappearance of my wife has alarmed the palace. The emperor strictly ordered Ye Qi to lead the imperial guards to search the whole city, and the princes and officials' residences should also be searched. Prime Minister Gu was worried that it was not safe to hide my wife in the abandoned yard, so he arranged to send her to the secret room."
Yan Li hummed, not surprised: "Was Ling Ning sent back safely?"
"Yes." Tianshu replied, "They originally wanted to kill Miss Ling to silence her and destroy the marriage between King Jing and Miss Ling. I had to show up and rescued Miss Ling and sent her back to the Huguogong Mansion."
Yan Li was silent. Being kidnapped that night was expected. As long as he didn't drag Ling Ning down, it would be fine.
However, when Tianshu took action, those men in black knew that they were protected by someone. Even if they thought it was someone from the Huguogong Mansion, with Prime Minister Gu's vigilance, he would probably take action sooner or later.
Yan Li stood up and groped the wall in the dark: "How many secret rooms are there in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"There is only this one, but it is just six secret rooms connected." Tianshu replied, "The secret room in the Prime Minister's Mansion is very large, with secret passages. The innermost room contains the proceeds of Prime Minister Gu's corruption over the years, as well as a list of all the officials who have been in contact with him, as well as the handles and secrets of those officials."
In the dark, Yan Li's mouth corners raised a sarcastic arc, "He is really brave. He arranged the captured hostages here. Does he really think that there is no way to open his secret passages?"
Tianshu did not speak.
Since he had already figured out everything in the secret room, he naturally went in to take a look, so the secret passages were useless to them.
However, Yan Li could understand Prime Minister Gu's arrangement.
After all, it was more dangerous than the secret passage being discovered. The Imperial Guards were searching for Yan Li's whereabouts.
Once it was discovered that Prime Minister Gu had captured the Ninth Princess, he would not be able to explain to the emperor.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the secret room.
Yan Li walked to the corner of the secret room and stood there, not saying anything else, listening quietly to the noise outside.
"Under here?" The middle-aged woman's voice sounded.
"Yes, Madam."
"Is she awake?"
"Probably not yet." The man's voice answered, "The dosage of the drug used by the subordinate is not small, and most men will sleep until the next morning."
"Put the incense down and give her a little more dosage." The middle-aged woman ordered, with a cold and murderous aura in her voice, "After half an hour, quietly get her out and send her to the Xianwang Mansion."
"Yes."
Yan Li frowned, send her to the Xianwang Mansion?
As expected of a cunning prime minister, he didn't even show his face in a critical moment, and actually wanted to send her directly to Prince Xian's mansion, let Prince Xian bear the crime of kidnapping, and put them to death completely?
But Yan Li would not let him do what he wanted.
"Tianxuan." She ordered lightly, "You leave the prime minister's mansion immediately and go to Prince Jing's mansion to tell Prince Jing that the murderer behind the kidnapping of Nanyang Gong was Prime Minister Gu, and that the assassin sent by Prime Minister Gu had the intention of killing Ling Ning to silence her."
"Yes." Someone in the dark responded respectfully and left the secret room quietly like a ghost.
"Tianji." Yan Li's voice became colder and colder, "No matter how many people come in later, kill them all."
"Yes."
"Tianshu."
"Tianheng, you go and keep an eye on Prime Minister Gu, and hold him before the Imperial Guards enter the mansion, don't let him get close to here."
"Yes."
Yan Li stood in the corner with her eyes closed. There was a window slightly larger than the mouth of a bowl directly in front of her, which could only allow a cat to escape.
At this time, a little light flowed out of the window, which should be someone lighting a lamp outside the secret room.
Yan Li closed her eyes slightly and noticed that someone was walking towards the secret room. There were not many people, and judging from the footsteps, they were not masters of the world, at most they were more agile than ordinary people.
So she opened her eyes and ordered: "Tianshu, open the secret passage mechanism, and let's go into the secret room inside."
"Yes."
After a period of silence, the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and then a low and muffled rumble sounded, and the stone door of the secret room was opened from the outside.
When the light came in, a figure flashed by, followed by a few subtle groans, and six figures fell to the ground one after another.
Yan Li didn't even look at the people who fell to the ground. After Tian Shu opened a secret door, he turned around and walked in.
The corridor was narrow and the light was dim.
The faint light guided the direction, and Yan Li and Tian Shu slowly walked towards the most shameful secret room in the Xiangfu...