hotmtlnovel Chapter 620: Cabin in the Woods
Chapter 620: Cabin in the Woods
Walking down the secret passage, you will reach the bunker where they were in the morning.
The large black cloak on the chair is still lying quietly on the back of the chair, which is enough to prove that no one has come down from it in the meantime.
"Which way should we go first?" Shen Yao pointed to the passages on both sides.
Gu Chaoxi looked towards the left first: "This way, anyway, we have to look at them all."
Pei Yan nodded: "Okay."
The group of five people entered the passage on the left one after another in the order they had just entered.
Both sides of the passage are made of stones, but they look quite old. There are some scratches on the stone walls, and they look very old.
Gu Chaoxi raised his hand and touched the scratches on the stone wall, thinking for a moment.
This bunker should be a product of the previous wartime. However, does Ji Ze know that his general's mansion can be connected to such a bunker?
Continuing forward, you can feel that you are climbing an uphill slope, although the slope is not very large.
It was not until Pei Yan, who was walking in front, stopped that Gu Chaoxi looked up as he did.
He held the candle in his hand high up, and the light from the candle shone on it, as if it was a wooden lid that could be pushed open.
"Chao Xi, hold it for me."
He handed the candle in his hand to Gu Chaoxi, who took it and held it up for him to light up.
Pei Yan placed his hands on the wooden board and pushed it upwards, but the board had probably been there for a long time, and it seemed as if it was embedded in the mud all around, and there was no looseness at all.
He put down his hand and rubbed his arm, then looked to the side. There were two very small steps that seemed to have been built to make it easier to climb up.
Just put one foot on it, then bend over and stand on it.
Seeing this, Violet immediately squeezed over from behind Gu Chaoxi and stood under the wooden board.
Two people pushed the board upwards together. It was very strenuous, but they could feel that it was loose.
After a while, just when Qi Chuzhao was about to move forward, the wooden board was finally pushed open.
A ray of light shone through from above, along with fallen dirt and debris.
Violet leaned against the stone wall next to her, avoiding the debris, and looked up.
A touch of blue sky, and you can see that the outside is empty.
Pei Yan straightened his back a little, raised his hand and pushed the wooden board upwards.
With a loud "bang", the wooden board flipped over and fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Gu Chaoxi raised his hands to cover his mouth and nose. The candle in his hand was almost extinguished by the shaking movement just now, but fortunately nothing happened.
She moved the candle a little further in, bent down to blow it out, then shook off the wax on it and walked towards it.
Pei Yan and Violet had already climbed out.
Still holding the candle in his left hand, he supported himself on the wall with his right hand, raised his foot and stepped onto the stairs, preparing to climb up with the support of his hands.
Pei Yan turned around and reached out his hand. She put her right hand on it and was pulled up by him.
The surroundings are not completely empty. On the contrary, it is more like the edge of a small woods. You can see the blue sky and high walls with black tiles in front.
It’s just some distance from here, that’s the location of General Ji Ze’s mansion.
Standing at this exit, you can see the back of the tall clock tower.
When they were underground, their sense of direction was not very strong, but now it seems that the bunker was not too far away.
"Probably, the distance should be close to a hundred meters, right? Not far."
When walking underground, you don’t know the destination, so you don’t worry about the time.
Now that they are out, they can feel that it didn't take them very long to get here from the bunker, perhaps it was just because the underground environment was too dark.
"There's a wooden house over there, shall we go over and take a look?" Apart from the woods, the only thing that could be seen here was a small wooden house in the middle of the woods that looked a little shabby.
Shen Yao pointed in that direction and signaled them.
Gu Chaoxi turned his head, took a look, then walked over there.
Several people walked to the front of the wooden house. The door of the wooden house was not closed, but just ajar. Through the gap in the door, they could see that there was a large piece of cloth hanging behind it.
It is probably used to block the wind. After all, this wooden door does not seem to have the function of blocking the wind, and there are too many hollows in the middle.
There was no sound from inside the wooden house. Gu Chaoxi walked over and pushed the door open.
It was not as shabby as she had imagined. In fact, the place was very clean.
There is a bed in the corner. Although the bedding looks old, it is clean and neatly laid.
To the left of the door, there is a large wooden table with some obvious mottled marks on it.
A few bowls and a pot of water.
Other than that, there was nothing on the table.
Next to the head of the bed is a wooden cabinet. It looks like it was picked up from somewhere. Most of the decorations on it have fallen off, and one of the cabinet doors is slightly crooked.
Gu Chaoxi walked in, looked around, and his eyes fell on a large mahogany box at the foot of the bed.
The box looked old and had a thin layer of dust on it.
But the edge where the box was opened was extremely clean.
Pei Yan walked over and his eyes met hers. This box looked a little special.
He squatted down, raised his hand and tapped the box twice. The sound was very empty, so there shouldn't be many things in the box.
Looking up, he exchanged a glance with Gu Chaoxi. Seeing that she didn't react much, Pei Yan turned back, held the lid of the box and slowly opened it.
"Oh, what kind of transit station is this?" Gu Chaoxi glanced at it and couldn't help but lean against the wall with his arms around his chest, with a slight smile on his face.
Inside the box were things belonging to several concubines. They looked like they were treasured things that made them worry-free.
The eldest wife still thought she was safe, but the several land deeds she saw here seemed to belong to the general's mansion.
Could it be that it is difficult to guard against thieves within the family, and she didn't even notice that there was someone with ulterior motives around her?
Pei Yan reached in and rummaged around inside, and sure enough, all of them were things he had taken from them.
"Put it in this place? Isn't it unsafe?" He frowned.
This wooden house in the woods has no protective measures at all. Anyone can come in and take away anything inside.
It's such an unsafe place, why would the other party put the things they had worked so hard to get here?
Gu Chaoxi raised his foot and gently kicked the edge of the box, then turned his head and looked around.
Indeed, apart from the valuable things in this box, there is nothing in this wooden house worth spending time on.
"But what if this forest itself belongs to the general's mansion?"
If this is the general's territory, it would be difficult for outsiders to get in.