Spring Forest Evening

Shen Fu ordered everyone to keep a distance, and asked Zhou Heng, who was following him, to take a few steps back, while he casually took a rusty knife in his hand from the hole next to it, and looked at it. Zhou Heng couldn't help but bit his lip and clenched his fists, becoming more nervous.

Fortunately, there was the palace lady at the back, who took the initiative to come forward to walk with her, and like Shen Fu, she also picked up a not too rusty sword from the concave hole next to it and held it in her hand , which made Zhou Heng's nervous mood down a little.

After a group of people walked so vigilantly for a while, the guards in front sent a message, saying that they had reached the end.

After Shen Fu heard this, he turned his head and looked at Zhou Heng. Zhou Heng was afraid that he would worry about him, so he quickly said:

"I'm fine, don't worry about me."

Shen Fu didn't say anything more, and told the guard who was slowly walking up the shallow steps in a deep voice:

"You try to lift it up slowly, and then push it to the side. The movement must be light and not in a hurry."

He also ordered the second guard who followed behind to prepare for cover, and asked the third guard who was holding a torch to light up to put out the torch.

As soon as the torch was extinguished, the secret passage became pitch black again, and only the sound of each other's breathing was heard. Zhou Heng quickly grabbed the arm of the maid next to him, feeling that his heart was about to pop out of his throat.

A group of people just stood silently in the darkness for a while, while the two guards in the middle were gnashing their teeth while expressing that they could not push away, which made Zhou Heng even more nervous and the corners of his mouth became dry.

It's not that I'm afraid of going to the wrong place, but it's very possible that the people ahead are afraid of being pursued and blocked the exit.

Fortunately, before he had time to consider the consequences of going back, Zhou Heng, who was waiting nervously with his head up, felt a glimmer of light leaking from above.

At first, I thought it was an illusion, but after a slight muffled sound, I felt that there was more light in front of my eyes, and I even saw the guard's raised eyebrows, and it seemed that the exit had indeed been opened a little.

Now it was immediately changed to worrying about what would happen outside, swallowing nervously, Zhou Heng subconsciously took two steps towards Shen Fu.

Seeing this, the maid next to her hurriedly took two steps and stood side by side with her again.

But then there was still a delay, Zhou Heng looked up, thanks to the strength of the two young guards, if he was like this, it would take a long time, and he didn't know how the queen mother and daughter got out.

Of course, the biggest possibility at that time was that the gang from Zhongnan Road had reserved an exit for them in advance, and blocked the exit only after the queen mother and daughter successfully left.

Amidst the heavy breathing of the guards, more light flooded in, and the exit was pushed open little by little. In the end, the leading guard could even be seen clearly looking out.

God bless, I hope no one outside is waiting to arrest us, Zhou Heng said silently in his heart.

Then the first guard crawled out half by himself, and half by the guards behind him, and finally managed to climb out.

The people inside were listening silently and nervously. Fortunately, there was no sound of fighting.

And soon afterward, the entrance to the secret passage became wider again, presumably moved away by the guard outside, the second guard quickly jumped out, and the third guard held the Extinguished torches stood nervously on standby.

Fortunately, soon, the second guard appeared again, and whispered into the secret passage:

"My lord, there is no one outside!"

This sentence is really like the sound of nature, and the people below are greatly relieved. Even Shen Fu, with the help of the light outside at the moment, made Zhou Heng standing behind feel that his back, which was originally straight, suddenly There is such a slight slack.

Then Zhou Heng saw him turn around and say something to himself:

"Go up!"

Zhou Heng didn't know how other people felt, but she herself, after climbing out of the secret passage with hands and feet, her first feeling was—

Ah, the air is so fresh!

And there is a wind blowing gently, bringing a cool breeze on the face, which is indescribably cool!

In the palace before, maybe the other end of the tunnel was always open for ventilation, or maybe it was because they just walked with Shen Fu, and every time the two went to Xiayunchi, they were affectionate, and then they I didn't pay much attention to the air quality in the secret passage.

But this time tonight, because of the large number of people, because of emotional tension, or maybe because the two ends of the tunnel are sealed and airtight, and I was wearing an extra tight-fitting water jacket, when I was walking in the secret tunnel just now Several times, Zhou Heng felt that his chest was heavy and almost out of breath. Fortunately, there were a few supply stations in the middle to stop for a while to relieve it.

Now when I got out of the secret passageway, I saw that the surrounding area was still surrounded by overgrown vegetation, strange rocks, and gentle breeze. It turned out to be a beautiful environment saturated with negative oxygen ions. I suddenly felt that the air was sweet!

And at this moment the moon actually came out again, although it was still faintly visible in the clouds, but there was always a different light, which made Zhou Heng happily think of words like "the moonlight is seductive".

Of course, happiness is only a momentary mood. After taking a deep breath of the fresh air, Zhou Heng hurried over to find Shen Fu who was standing next to him, and asked him in a low voice while following him to look at the surrounding environment:

"Is it Shanglin Garden?"

"Well," Shen Fu responded in a low voice, and then added: "There is no one around here."

Zhou Heng saw that although he was talking to him, his eyes were always looking around vigilantly, so he hurriedly looked around without speaking.

After looking at it, I found that the exit of the secret passage seemed to be quite high. Although there were tall trees all around, the entrance of the secret passage was piled up with piles of rocks as a cover.

No wonder the two guards pushed so hard just now, these chaotic rocks look really big and heavy, the largest one is even about one meter, presumably it is because of this that they can successfully deceive people's eyes and ears, right?

And think optimistically, since the exit is so blocked, does it mean that the queen mother and daughter have left at ease and will not come back in a short time?

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng felt relaxed, and Shen Fu whispered next to him at this time:

"Look below, there is Taiye Pond."

Looking down the direction Shen Fu said along the gap between the branches, sure enough, there was a little light in the distance.

"So you know exactly where we are now?" Zhou Heng's confidence increased greatly, and he reached out to him again:

"Let me hug you for a while!"

He had been holding the fourth prince in the secret passage just now, and he had to drag himself along with him from time to time. Zhou Heng was afraid that Shen Fu would be tired from carrying him. A three or four year old child who sleeps like a pig is not light.

Shen Fu didn't give in, and allowed Zhou Heng to take the fourth prince from his shoulders, and then said softly to her:

"The location is generally clear, but you are waiting here, I will go to the vicinity to check first."

After leaving two Huben Guard guards to accompany Zhou Heng and the maid, Shen Fu got up and disappeared into the night with the other three Huben Guard guards.

The moon comes and goes, shining on the woods in the distance and the various piles of rocks underneath, whether it is artificially piled up or natural, Zhou Heng, who is holding the fourth prince and sitting on a relatively flat stone under the tree, suddenly Remember one important thing:

Shouldn't Mu Yun and the others be in Shanglin Garden?