After ng Pei descended into the secret passage, he saw a protrusion on the wall.
When he reached out to press it, the wall outside the secret passage returned to its original position, closing the entrance.
He groped his way forward while cautiously observing his surroundings.
The secret passage was very long. Walking alone without a guide, he didn’t know which path to choose at the fork and just picked one at random. This choice happened to lead him to the fork towards the county magistrate’s private residence.
However, when he reached the end, there was only a wall in front of him, identical to the one he entered through, with a similar protrusion on it.
After hesitating for a long ti, he pressed down on it, but there was no response at all.
ng Pei waited for a mont, then simply turned around, returning to the fork and heading down the other path.
This ti, it led to the black market, but the journey was very, very long. When he arrived, there was still a wall in front of him, exactly the sa with a protrusion on it.
After pressing it, there was still no response.
ng Pei’s mind buzzed; each of the three endpoints had a protrusion, and these two had no response. What about the one he entered through? Could it be just a chanism to close the door, unable to open it?
ng Pei suddenly understood the aning behind that person’s strange smile before leaving—entering the secret passage was futile; without soone opening the door, he couldn’t get out at all!!
This secret passage would lead him to die trapped inside.
ng Yunzheng was stunned upon hearing this, "That protrusion didn’t respond when pressed?"
No, the two protrusions leading to the abandoned mansion and the county magistrate’s private residence weren’t tested, so their functionality was unknown. But as for entering the black market, he definitely saw the mountain bandit press the protrusion chanism, revealing the face of the gatekeeper inside.
ng Yunzheng turned his head, looking at the mountain bandit following behind.
The mountain bandit was cautiously looking around, fearing a beast that hadn’t left the Beast Camp completely might suddenly jump out from so corner and tear him apart. Shu Yu and Young Master He were in front of him, so he didn’t hear the whispered conversation between ng Pei and ng Yunzheng.
Seeing ng Yunzheng looking over, he paused, "Wha, what’s wrong?" feeling a bit panicked.
ng Yunzheng squinted his eyes and asked, "The protrusion for entering the black market, pressing it directly doesn’t work?"
The mountain bandit nodded, "Yes, yes, the third block under that protrusion has a square tile, both need to be pressed together to work."
ng Yunzheng recalled that before the mountain bandit pressed the protrusion, his other hand indeed rested on the block below.
At the ti, he thought the mountain bandit was just standing a bit closer because the square tile hadn’t sunk in or shown any change.
He didn’t expect there to be such a subtle detail.
Upon hearing this, ng Pei also suddenly realized.
He smiled bitterly, thinking that if it weren’t for soone on his side, he would never have figured it out.
He touched every spot on the wall, yet still couldn’t find a way out.
In the end, he was trapped in the secret passage all night until the next afternoon, when he was trying the wall leading to the county magistrate’s private residence and heard faint noises from outside.
Soone was about to enter the secret passage!
ng Pei instantly perked up, quickly returning to the fork to hide.
Before long, he heard faint sounds, and a group of people ca along, pulling a cart.
At that mont, ng Pei was very anxious. Although he was hiding at the fork, he wasn’t sure which direction the group would turn. If they happened to co face-to-face with him, wouldn’t he be exposed?
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