Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1240 - 1237_1

Hua Qing invited Shangguan Xuanyi inside, Xuanyi and Xiao’er entered together.

She glanced at Hua Qing’s posture: This girl knows martial arts!

Hua Qing glanced at Xiao’er: Isn’t he just a servant? Why is he following so closely?

Shangguan Xuanyi, noticing her surprise, casually said: "Since we are gathering to chat, let him join us."

Xiao’er nodded in agreement: "Yes, my master is very wealthy. He’s worried about being deceived so he ordered me to follow closely."

Hua Qing: "...."

Never mind, the servant is more pleasing to the eye than the master. Having one more ordinary person is better than having to stare at this one all the time.

"Please take a seat, sir," Hua Qing sweetly offered.

Shangguan Xuanyi went inside and immediately sat next to the table.

The brothel madam personally brought the best wine and dishes, and lingered after rambling some pleasantries.

Xiao’er deliberately frowned, "Madam, are you expecting a tip? We haven’t asked for our 10,000 taels back yet! Would merely drinking here justify such a hefty price tag?"

The madam left sheepishly upon hearing this.

Hua Qing picked up the wine jug and was about to pour the wine when Xiao’er quickly slid up to take it from her, "Let me do it!"

Hua Qing: "...."

Is he really here for the pleasure of wine? Isn’t the wine more enjoyable when poured by a courtesan? Why is his servant pouring the wine? He might as well have stayed at home and let the servants serve him!

She wouldn’t have to bear the sight of him. Hua Qing sarcastically thought to herself.

She glanced at Shangguan Xuanyi, noticing that he didn’t object, she chose to remain silent.

After all, it isn’t her loss!

Xiao’er was oblivious to Hua Qing’s thoughts. She quickly slipped something into Hua Qing’s wine glass while Hua Qing wasn’t looking. Then she poured a glass for Shangguan Xuanyi.

Sitting there, Hua Qing watched Xiao’er’s actions with a smile. Her gaze unintentionally swept across Xiao’er’s Adam’s apple, and she remembered her master’s words: Prince Rui and Princess Rui are masters of disguise!

With an unchanged smile, Hua Qing nonchalantly picked up her wine glass with her slender jade fingers. Cradling the cup in both hands, she suggested to Shangguan Xuanyi, "Sir, how about I feed you the wine?"

Shangguan Xuanyi picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip.

A glint appeared in Hua Qing’s eyes. She softly smiled and retracted her hand that was holding the wine glass close to her lips.

Just as she was about to take a sip, the floor beneath Xiao’er suddenly gave way.

At the same time, Shangguan Xuanyi flicked his whip, circling Xiao’er’s waist. Simultaneously, he shot a dart at Hua Qing with his other hand.

It was too fast! And they were too close!

Hua Qing couldn’t dodge in time. The dart pierced her chest, she never expected Shangguan Xuanyi to react so quickly, rescuing Xiao’er with his whip and simultaneously aiming a dart at her.

With the help of the whip, Xiao’er managed to jump back up.

Shangguan Xuanyi rapidly drew Xiao’er in with the whip, "Are you alright?"

He had noticed some unusual sounds.

Xiao’er shook her head, "I’m fine, the moment I fell, the hidden sword was activated. Thankfully you reacted fast and I was able to jump up quickly."

Shangguan Xuanyi examined her a bit to ensure her feet were not injured and then he relaxed.

Xiao’er glanced at Hua Qing, who had fallen to the ground, "Throw her where I just fell! We need to enter the tunnel quickly, otherwise, it’ll be troublesome if someone comes in and spots us."

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded. He walked to the spot where Hua Qing had just sat, picked her up and deposited her where Xiao’er had fallen. He then found the trapdoor under the table and kicked it, Hua Qing fell through it and the floor closed up again.

The reason he was able to react so quickly was that he was watching her every move closely.

When her gaze landed on Xiao’er’s Adam’s apple, he grew wary!

So when she made her move, he did too!

The competition was about who was quicker!

Luckily, it was him!

Having done all this, the two looked around and soon found the entrance to the tunnel and the trigger for the mechanism. Shangguan Xuanyi activated the mechanism and both of them entered.

This was a long tunnel. Aside from a few oil lamps hung on the walls, there was nothing else.

"Was the founding emperor of Nangong Country reincarnated from a rat?" Xiao’er asked as they walked.

"Hm?" Shangguan Xuanyi, who was carefully monitoring their surroundings, didn’t immediately catch her meaning.

"He’s especially good at digging tunnels!"

Shangguan Xuanyi thought back to past events and laughed, "Maybe you’re right."

After that, both of them remained silent, stepping lightly and moving quickly. Two kilometers wasn’t short, but it wasn’t too long either. They soon reached the end.

Xiao’er, who was walking in front, slowed down.

Two paths appeared at the end of the tunnel. Both people stopped and didn’t go any further.

The golden python spoke at this time: "This secret passage is octagonal, a typical Eight Trigrams Array. The ten heavenly stems, namely Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui are..."

Xiao’er listened to the golden python’s words and relayed it to Shangguan Xuanyi.

Both of them were working out what the Eight Trigrams positions were in their minds.

minutes later, Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er had figured it out.

The two of them went to the right together.

This secret passage was indeed a maze. Every intersection they came to was just like the one before. They kept moving forward but even after half an hour, they saw no end in sight.

There was nothing around them but walls and intersections!

The secret passage was narrow, just wide enough for a person to pass through. Two people couldn’t walk side by side.

In short, it was very stifling.

Shangguan Xuanyi took out a luminous pearl from his inventory for lighting.

They kept moving forward.

minutes later, they finally arrived at the last exit!

Shangguan Xuanyi took the first step.

In a certain room, Gu Xuan was meditating with his eyes closed. Suddenly, the box beside him moved, Gu Xuan’s eyes snapped open.

.....

Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi both tightened their grips on their swords, stepping out of the last intersection. The space here was noticeably wider.

In front of a not-so-long staircase, Shangguan Xuanyi signaled Xiao’er to stay back. He stood underneath the stairway, used his whip to wrap around the doorknob, and lightly pulled it open.

The door had just opened a crack when a huge force pushed it open. A wave of heat came surging in, followed by flickering flames and then fireballs started rolling down the staircase!

"Run!" Shangguan Xuanyi quickly commanded.

Xiao’er swiftly turned around and started running back.

The fireballs chased closely behind them. The narrow space suddenly became stuffy because of these fireballs.

The concentration of oxygen in the air was decreasing rapidly and the smoke grew thicker.

Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er were running fast, perspiring heavily and obviously having trouble breathing!