"Let me try!"
Su Man was in a hurry, took the key from her hand, poked it into the keyhole repeatedly, and twisted it left and right—
Still can't turn it.
"This key... could it be fake?" Zhu Shu asked hesitantly.
Yu Yaqing's face sank for a moment, "He lied to me!"
"Don't worry, there may be restrictions on the conditions of use." Bai Youwei said calmly, "Let's try again when it's dawn."
"It's possible." Zhu Shu nodded when she heard the words. "It's like Bluebeard's torture chamber. You can't enter at night, but only during the day. Let's not be discouraged and try again tomorrow."
After hearing their explanation, Yu Yaqing softened a little, nodded and said, "Okay, then try again tomorrow."
At this time, Bai Youwei spoke again slowly: "In addition to the conditions, in fact, there may be another reason."
Yu Yaqing looked at her suspiciously: "What's the reason?"
Bai Youwei said lightly: "You said just now... The fewer the number of people who pass the customs, the more generous the reward. If there is only one bride left in the end, you will get 7 times the reward. Regardless of the truth of what the gardener said, as long as someone believes it. , it is very likely to hide the real key for this and prevent us from passing the customs."
Yu Yaqing was stunned, "You mean... Some of us have hidden the real key?"
She looked at the people around her... Su Man, Zhu Shu, Bai Youwei, and... Hu Ya.
Hu Ya touched Yu Yaqing's eyes and panicked: "I didn't... I didn't take the key! Maybe they did!"
She pointed to Zhu Shu and then to Bai Youwei!
"They are more scheming than each other! The key must be hidden by them!"
"Okay, stop screaming." Bai Youwei raised her eyelids, a little irritable, "It hurts my head because of the noise. In short, what's going on, I'll know tomorrow."
Yu Yaqing thought for a while and said, "Go back to your room, I want to go to the basement again."
"You're going alone?" Su Man said, "I'll go with you."
Zhu Shu hesitated for a while, "Then I'll go too..."
Bai Youwei was helpless: "Okay, okay, if you want to go, let's go."
Several women went to the basement.
Hu Ya bit her lip and followed them.
…
The basement is dark and cold.
They lit torches on the walls and came to the end of the cage.
That channel is still there.
Warm air rushed out from the tunnel.
Yu Yaqing bent down and climbed in. After a while, Su Man also climbed into the passage.
Originally thought it would be a long time, but after a while, the two of them crawled out one after another, sweating all over their bodies, and their cheeks were flushed.
"It's too hot to get in." Yu Yaqing shook his head at them. "The original exit was blocked by a brazier. Now there's a fire burning there, all of which are red-hot charcoal."
"We can only go in after the brazier goes out during the day." Su Man sighed, "Forget it, let's go..."
A shrill scream suddenly came from the passage.
Everyone was startled.
Everyone looked at the dark hole subconsciously, thinking of Cheng Qian's situation at the moment, a cold air rushed up from the soles of their feet, and the whole body was horrified.
One after another shouting, ups and downs, shrill and piercing, vaguely mixed with Zhao Lanfen's cries...
The other end of the passage is like a hell on earth.
"Don't listen." Su Man said with an ugly face, "It's all fake! Cheng Qian and Zhao Lanfen are already dead, the Duke deliberately wanted to scare us!"
Zhu Shu's face also paled, and she slowly said, "This is a special event for women. All the difficulties are aimed at the weaknesses of women. We cannot be fooled."
Soft, timid, sensitive, suspicious and suspicious!
Those insignificant flaws, at this moment, will kill them!