Just when Zhao Xiaonian was too busy and was planning to find Ami or the guy who could control horses, a new situation appeared.

The craftsman working in Hexi Fort suddenly ran over and told him that he had really found a secret passage in the fort!

"What?"

This information surprised everyone present.

Zhao Xiaonian ordered to strengthen supervision of Hexi Fortress, and to send squads of soldiers outside the fort to patrol the fort, and all passing people in the fort should be inspected.

After saying that, he took his brothers back to the inner castle to check the situation.

Follow the road to the entrance of the inner castle gate. The castle gate has been built and has been in the style of a suspension bridge. The deep ditch below has started to be filled with water and will be completed soon.

Looking at the situation here, Zhao Xiaonian thought.

According to the craftsman, this secret passage does not lead to the outside of the fort, but to the inside of the fort!

This is strange. Looking from the direction of the moat, it has been dug deep enough, at least a 5-meter deep pit. There is no digging through the secret passage at this depth. It can be seen how deep and hidden this secret passage is built.

After crossing the suspension bridge, entering the honest fort gate, following the guide to bypass the toilet and pond, and passing through the vegetable garden to the construction site full of debris. After glanced at this area, I suddenly understood.

This place did not belong to the yard of the fortress owner before.

Before Zhao Xiaonian came, the previous fortress owner Feng Xinnian divided the place and rented it to someone else. This person... was Huang Yulang!

This sudden change made this matter, which was originally not suspense, simpler and more straightforward.

How could Feng Xinnian be killed by Zhang Mazi calmly?

Maybe there is an answer now!

This is really a matter of no time to search for it.

The original pile of these was Huang Yulang's goods, various woods, and some miscellaneous items. After Huang Yulang escaped, these things naturally belonged to Zhao Xiaonian. When the inner castle was built, the wood was used!

It happened to be a coincidence that just today, when using wood, a craftsman accidentally stepped on a piece of ground and suddenly found that the bottom was empty.

They are all experienced craftsmen, and there are also masters who have participated in the construction of secret passages. Naturally, they are things that insiders can see at a glance.

It happened that the Castle Master explained this matter as if he had a premonition and checked whether there was a secret passage. Now, he really found it!

So they immediately found someone to report to Zhao Xiaonian.

The layout of this secret passage is also extremely secretive.

Originally, this place was a large warehouse, which seemed to be a simple earth-breasted house built to store a large amount of idle materials.

After building the whole piece of wood, there is only one entrance and exit left, which is almost closed around it. Mud for sealing and casting is applied in the middle of the wood, and then a layer of adhesive made of rice paste is brushed on the surface.

Such complicated projects should not actually appear in a seemingly simple warehouse, but they are disguised too well and no one noticed them.

In the current view, the debris in this warehouse are also placed with great care.

Generally speaking, the goods in the cargo warehouse should be stacked in the middle, not in the corners or around the walls. The main purpose of this is to facilitate statistics and calculations.

Each cargo will be placed separately. However, the goods here violate this principle. Not only are various materials piled up in a mess, but there are also some relatively large gaps between them, which completely wastes the space resources in the warehouse.

To put it, it is actually not eye-catching. The craftsman explained to him that when people see this situation, they only think that workers don’t understand, or that people are too lazy, so they are like this.

However, as the materials inside were used in large quantities, this secret passage was discovered and then looked back.

I felt that this messy pile was deliberately done. People could easily pass through those big gaps. Although they seemed like a maze and even had no rules, they could just reach the secret passage through those gaps!

Here are solid wood, tattered tables, chairs, benches, all kinds of collected firewood, large bags of clothes and fabrics, and even scaffolding, farm tools, and abandoned wooden boards.

When your eyes scanned these, you will find that it is really the case.

"Hmph!" Zhao Xiaonian snorted coldly, and told people to get the torch in hand. Today we will explore the secret passage to see if Huang Yulang really dug out of the fort.

This secret passage entrance is a square cover cover, and there is a wooden ladder standing vertically at the secret passage entrance of 90 degrees.

When the torch is not deep, you can see the bluestone bricks at the bottom at a glance!

Awesome!

Not to mention Zhao Xiaonian, even Lao Zhou, who discovered this secret passage, praised: "The bluestone slab paved the road, and the project was quite small when it was repaired."

"Explain it!"

At present, the two of them were exploring the way with torches and following the ladder, Zhao Xiaonian rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go down, signaling Lao Zhou to go together, saying as he walked.

"Blue stone slabs are very heavy and require tools to be transported. The road can be paved here, which means that the project is quite large and it is impossible to cover up the secret of people's efforts."

Going down the ladder, Lao Zhou squirted, spitted on the bluestone slab, then wiped it gently with his hands, stuck it between his fingers, and then said, "It should be less than 3 years of repair, and it is still very new."

That is the previous castle lord, Feng Xinnian and Huang Yulang, and this is the only possibility!

However, why did Feng Xinnian practice such a secret passage with Huang Yulang?

This is really a bit strange.

"This is not a secret passage! This is an authentic passage!" Suddenly, Lao Zhou said this again.

Looking at his confident face under the fire, Zhao Xiaonian asked: "Lao Zhou, what does it mean? What is the difference between secret passages and authentic passages?"

"There must be a difference!" Old Zhou's eyes flashed, and he leaned close to Zhao Xiaonian and whispered: "Master, this secret passage is used to cover up people's eyes, but it is authentic, and it is used to avoid disasters!"

"Hide the disaster?"

"Let's go!" Lao Zhou pinched the torch and touched the surrounding wall. Similarly, although it was a wall with loess and rocks, a layer of concrete mixed with lime paste and fine clay was evenly applied on the wall.

Every two or three meters away, there will be a wall lamp that can still be used, and those who are moving forward and exploring the way will ignite it.

"The secret passage is dug out temporarily for people to leave, so no one will have to work so much to strengthen and broaden, and it is even more impossible to pave the road!" Old Zhou explained while walking: "And the authenticity is different!"

"Huh?" Zhao Xiaonian nodded and asked him to continue talking!

“Authentic, it’s for living!”

"Residence?"

"Yes, otherwise, why are you digging so wide or so big? Isn't that just to let someone come in and take shelter?"

“Salary?”

Shelter!

Zhao Xiaonian was stunned!

Could this be Huang Yulang’s real home in Hexi Fort?

Whoosh-
Chapter completed!