Li Xing knelt down and stared at the stairs for a while, then suddenly raised his eyebrows, "This corridor... is not straight!"
He pointed to the volleying side, "Look at the edge of the pedal, each level is a little more protruding than the one below."
Zhao Dahai observed the direction pointed by the other party for a while and noticed something strange, "Oh, it's true."
The degree of protrusion is so small that it is difficult to detect with the naked eye that the stairs are actually retracting.
If the distance is longer, or if you look at it from a distance, you may be able to quickly spot the difference, but there are many clutter in the inn blocking the view, and there is a turning point in the middle of the corridor, making this change cleverly concealed.
The conclusion is already ready.
There is also a dark building hidden in the middle of this building.
Li Xing began to knock on the wooden wall, trying to determine its hollow position through the changes in sound.
But after knocking twice, Zhao Dahai stretched out his hand to stop him, "We have to go."
Li Xing followed the other person's gaze and saw that there were already people in the inn lobby looking this way. Apparently, their long stay in the corridor had attracted the attention of outsiders.
"My apprentice said that if you find anything, you can report it to him immediately. It's better for us to stay less involved in things like head-on conflicts."
Li Xing hesitated and finally withdrew his hand.
"You're right."
After all, the Donghai Gang is not an ordinary gangster gang. If someone who is sensitive to Qi secretly attacks them, they may not even have a chance to resist.
The two of them pretended to be nonchalant and quickly left the inn.
…
"Is there a hidden building hidden in the middle of the mahogany building on Wangfu Street?" Xia Fan was surprised after hearing the report from the Chengnan Group. It was not because the other party hid it cleverly, but that this subtle change in the distance between the inside and outside could be measured by the number of steps. This was really beyond Li Xing's expectation.
"But it's okay to make a warehouse with this width. It shouldn't be able to accommodate too many gang members." Xu Sanchong judged.
"But the fact that someone deliberately concealed it deserves our further investigation." Xia Fan looked at Zhao Dahai and Li Xing, "Have you found any entrance mechanism similar to a secret door or a trap door outside?"
Li Xing shook his head, "In fact, even when I knocked on the wall, I couldn't feel the hole inside."
"Okay, you two can go down and rest first. The alchemist team will take over the rest of the investigation."
After the two people left the lobby, Xia Fan immediately sent someone to recall Li and Shanhui, and then said to Xu Sanzhong, "Master Xu, these two streets are very involved. I'm afraid I need to rely on the princess's power."
Xu Sanzhong cupped his fists and returned the greeting, "Master Xia, you are serious. His Highness has already told you that this matter comes first. If you have any requests, please feel free to ask."
"That's easy to say." Xia Fan walked to the map of Jinxia City with a smile and pointed to several street intersections on the map. "I hope you can send people to secretly watch these locations and be prepared to close the streets. Once the information is obtained Confirmed, when the Privy Council takes action, it is best not to let go of any enemy."
…
At 4:00 p.m., a fox and a native dog jumped onto the roof of the mahogany building without anyone noticing.
They did not find many valuable clues in the previous search of the dock, so after receiving Xia Fan's notice, the two demons took a short rest. After recovering a little, they immediately rushed to the new designated location.
"It's almost here." Li Chao Shanhui pursed his lips, "Take out the tools."
The latter put down the cloth bag in his mouth and spread it out, revealing the drill bits, knives and other iron tools inside.
"You lift the tiles first."
Shanhui obediently stretched out his front paws and pushed away the tiles covering the roof one by one until the dry gray grass soil was exposed to the sun.
"Then use a knife to cut a square opening." Li continued.
"Why am I the one doing it?" Shan Hui suddenly felt something was wrong, "Can't you help me?"
Li lay down leisurely and stretched out his tail, "I have to think about the problem in order to plan the next move, which requires a lot of energy. How about we swap, you use your brain to give orders, and I will How's the work going?"
Shan Hui was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and bit the knife, "Then let me do it."
"That's right." Fox narrowed his eyes and started supervising the work with peace of mind.
If any outsiders saw this scene, they would be stunned - two animals would actually get together and carry out orderly and controllable "destruction" of bricks and tiles that are neither delicious nor useful. And what they use are not fangs and claws, but rather professional human tools.
This method was Xia Fan's idea.
Since the Donghai Gang can find such a hiding place, the entrance must be hidden deeper, and there will probably be no shortage of secret sentries and guards. It would be quite difficult to sneak in through the entrance.
The rooftop is completely different.
No matter how cleverly designed the secret door below is, the structure at the top of the house is always roughly the same. The roof trusses are covered with rafters, and above the rafters are wooden boards, soil and tiles. Although it is not possible to open the tiles to directly enter the house, Much easier than chipping away at the wall. The difference in load-bearing requirements between the two means that the roof cannot play many tricks.
After cutting through the mud layer and drilling through the wooden board, Li leaned over and looked at each other with one eye, his heart skipping a beat! It was indeed not pitch black down below, but brightly lit. Under the illumination of the oil lamp, a spiraling staircase appeared in the small hole.
Sandwiched between the inn and the brothel is a corridor leading underground!
"It seems we have found the right place." Li grinned.
"Then what happens next?"
"Of course we should continue digging the hole," she commanded, "but we have to adjust the position so that the entrance of the hole is as close as the roof beam, so as to reduce the chance of being discovered."
"Okay." Shan Hui picked up the knife again and started working hard.
Half an hour later, a three-inch square gap was opened by the Tengu.
"You are responsible for guarding the rear, and I will explore the front. Do you understand?"
"Woof. Ahem... I said 'ok'."
Li sighed secretly, "Why don't I feel that it works... How about we set a hand signal?" She recalled the hand signals she used when she and Xia Fan visited the Gaoshan County Grottoes at night, and raised a front paw. "This is following."
Shanhui nodded seriously.
Li raised one hind leg again, "This is to stop."
"good."
The fox demon raised its tail, "This is an attack."
"Uh...in the enemy's lair?"
"What if it needs to be used? I'm just preparing in advance." Li finally raised his paws and feet, "When you see this gesture, retreat immediately and never look back. Do you understand?"
"Okay." Shan Hui said he remembered.
"Then let's go in now." Li got into the hole in the roof and climbed up the roof beam lightly. The scorching sunshine was suddenly blocked out, and a cool cold wind blew across her body from bottom to top.
Shanhui, who followed behind, carefully covered the tiles again, cutting off the light coming from outside.