Zhan Zhao heard a cry for help from underground, and somehow felt that the voice sounded familiar...

Bai Yutang asked the mistress if there were any basements or underground caves nearby.

The mistress shook her head and said she had never heard of it, but...

"I sometimes sleep on the ground when it's hot at night in summer, and I can often hear the sound of water flowing." Xiaosanzi replied.

"The sound of water flowing?" The fifth master was wondering when he saw Zhan Zhao, who was still lying on the ground, waving to him, "There is also the sound of water flowing now."

Bai Yutang was stunned and asked, "The cry for help and the sound of water flowing together?"

Zhan Zhao nodded and pointed to an area under the bed near the bedside table, "It feels like there's

After Zhan Zhao finished speaking, he stood up, pulled away the bed and cabinets, revealing a large open space under the bed, and mouthed to the fifth master.

Bai Yutang squatted down, put his hand on the ground, and looked at Zhan Zhao, as if asking - this position?

Zhan Zhao nodded and asked his mistress, "Is it okay to break it open?"

The mistress said it was no problem and was about to go out to get the shovel, but Zhan Zhao just pulled him away.

Bai Yutang pressed his palm on the ground... Then, with Wu Ye's hand as the center of the circle, large areas of frost began to appear, and cracks like spider webs also appeared on the ground.

As the ground cracked, bricks and soil began to fall downwards, and at the same time, the voices calling for help began to become clearer.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were both slightly startled - this voice.

Bai Yutang simply raised his hand and gave the cracked ground a high-five... with a crash, a hole appeared in the ground.

The ground was penetrated about a foot thick by Master Wu, and water appeared below, as well as a clear cry for help.

The Fifth Master opened the cave entrance to a width that was wide enough for one person, and then he saw a hand appear, as if someone was struggling to swim over.

Bai Yutang leaned forward and grabbed the hand, pulled it... and found that it was quite heavy.

The man was dragged to the bottom of the cave entrance by Bai Yutang, and his head was drilled into the cave from the neck-high water. While gasping for air, his other hand was still holding the dying man.

The fifth master raised his hand and pulled the two people up. Zhan Zhao caught them at the side and found that they were Zhai Qinbao and Tian Qiong.

"Chen Tu!" Zhai Qinbao pointed into the cave, "Shen Tu is still there

With the sound of water, Shark jumped into the water.

Under the dark water, there was a circular passage. The water in the passage was almost full. On the water surface, a person was trying hard to probe his head, with his face raised, panting in the little space left between the water and the top of the passage.

Qi... There were some vines at the top of the passage, and the man happened to grab the vines, it was Shen Tu.

Shen Tu felt a force grabbing him and pulling him towards the entrance of the cave... After a while, he was also pulled out.

…

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and their third son helped Zhai Qinbao, Shen Tu and Tian Qiong sit down in the yard outside the house.

The mistress went to get a dry blanket.

The shopkeeper and his wife were also dumbfounded. They never expected that there was really someone underground, so they hurriedly went to get hot water and dry clothes.

Zhai Qinbao's condition was relatively the best and he survived the disaster. He held the hands of Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang and thanked them for their life-saving grace.

Shen Tu and Tian Qiong on the side were in a worse situation than Zhai Qinbao. They were lying on the table unable to speak, but they kept nodding.

The shopkeeper went to the clinic across the door and invited a doctor over.

The doctor checked the three of them and found that Zhai Qinbao had some scratches on his body. Tian Qiong and Shen Tu were weak except for some minor injuries and choking on water. It turned out to be caused by being hungry for two days.

The mistress and her mother went to heat some porridge for the two of them to eat.

After all, they were young. After treating their wounds, changing clothes and eating something, the three of them recovered.

Zhan Zhao asked his mistress to help him go outside to find out if there was any imperial army patrolling the city, and if he found one, he would report a message.

After a while, Li Yan came with someone. The families of these three young masters were also looking for someone all over the city. They finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they were okay.

…

At this moment, everyone looked at the three young masters who almost lost their lives in confusion - how did they get trapped underground?

Zhai Qinbao slapped his thigh, "Chen Ming! It was that bastard who harmed us!"

Shen Tu and Tian Qiong also nodded.

Zhan Zhao’s name sounds familiar—Chen Ming?

"Ah? Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs?"

Zhan Zhao suddenly remembered that he had just been caught in an affair not long ago. Chen Ming, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, had an affair with the concubine of Sima of the Ministry of official affairs, which caused Zhan Zhao and Tianzun to bump into each other.

"Did Chen Ming throw you into the ground?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhai Qinbao nodded. The three brothers had been trapped underground for a long time. Zhai Qinbao had one day and one night, and Shen Tu and Tian Qiong had two days and two nights.

The three people described the murder in detail.

Because Shen Tu and Tian Qiong were punished at home and thought about their mistakes, and Zhai Qinbao had been promoted, they felt betrayed and felt uncomfortable.

The day before yesterday, Chen Ming suddenly asked them to drink together. Since they had known each other since childhood, the two of them did not guard against him and went to his house to drink together.

As a result, he fell unconscious after just a few drinks. When the two of them woke up, they were already in an underground cave.

They said it was pitch black underground and there was water.

The water would rush over every once in a while. The two of them were rushed to this area, and they held on to the vines to prevent them from being washed away.

The water level was high and low, and the direction of the water flow was changing at any time. They didn't know how long they had been in the cave, but they found that another person was rushing towards them, and it turned out to be Zhai Qinbao.

Zhai Qinbao's experience was similar to the two of them. Yesterday, Chen Ming suddenly asked him to drink. As a result, he fainted after just a few drinks and woke up in the dark underground.

The three of them had been calling for help since they grabbed the vines. They thought they were dead, but they didn't expect that they were actually rescued...

The three of them continued to thank Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked them to thank the third son and Tianzun... and the third son's deceased grandfather.

The three brothers did not hesitate. They knelt down and gave a big gift to thank the third son for saving his life. The third brother was so frightened that he hid behind his parents.

Speaking of Tianzun, Fifth Master suddenly remembered that his master was still waiting outside and ran out quickly.

After leaving the grain and oil store, I saw Tianzun sitting on the roof opposite, holding the broken umbrella in his hand.

The sun was shining on the roof. Tianzun raised his face and turned the umbrella to look at the spots of light leaking from the holes in the umbrella.

Fifth Master raised his head and looked at his master who seemed to be in a good mood on the roof.

When Tianzun saw Bai Yutang coming, he put away his umbrella and jumped from the roof.

"Master."

Tianzun asked, "Have all the difficulties been solved?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Well, I happened to save three people."

Tianzun said "Oh" and seemed quite satisfied. He asked, "Is that family living a good life?"

Fifth Master looked back at the grain and oil shop and smiled slightly, "Well, it looks pretty good. I think I will be rich in the future."

Tianzun said, "That's not bad," and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Fifth Master waved to the distance.

Silver Demon King and Yin Hou, who had been watching for a long time, came over and dragged Tianzun to watch the game together.

When the fifth master saw Zhao Pu, he told him that Zhai Qinbao and the others had been found.

The three old men left. When the fifth master turned around, he saw Zhan Zhao running out of the grain and oil shop in a hurry. Li Yan also came out with someone, signaling the imperial army to go to the official department!

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao walked in the other direction. Zhan Zhao said that the troops should be divided into two groups. Li Yan would go to the Ministry of Personnel, and they would go to Chen Ming's mansion.

"Zhai Qinbao really knows who the person with the mark on his butt is." Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows at Bai Yutang, as if asking - guess who it is?

"Chen Ming?" Mr. Wu felt that the answer couldn't be more obvious.

Zhan Zhao sneered, "He might have been responsible for the murder of the official. When we went to investigate before, he had been following us. We thought he was afraid that his adultery would be exposed and had other agendas. Also, he brought

We went to the Jia Ge Library to look for files, but as soon as we came out, the Ministry of Finance was on fire. He happened to go to report the news and asked Wu Zhida to set fire to the library of the Ministry of Finance. Everything makes sense!"

Bai Yutang thought about it and realized that Chen Ming was tall and indeed similar in size to that "monster".

"Is Chen Ming the heir of the Gao family back then? Who gave him as an adopted son here?" Bai Yutang asked.

This is embarrassing for Zhan Zhao. How does he know what Chen Ming's family does and who his relatives are... He urgently needs Pang Yu right now.

The two rushed to Chen Ming's residence, but Chen Ming was not at home, and his family did not know where he had gone. When they went out, they met Zhai Qinbao and his people.

Zhai Qinbao went home and changed his clothes. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He was not injured, so he rushed to Chen Ming's house with his troops.

In the end, it was all in vain, Chen Ming was not there.

Zhan Zhao happened to ask Zhai Qinbao about Chen Ming's family background.

Zhai Qinbao said that Chen Ming was the son of Chen Jie, the previous Minister of Civil Affairs. Chen Jie came to have a son when he was old and loved him very much.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked, "How old does it take to have a son?"

"More than sixty." Zhai Qinbao recalled, "In my memory, his father's hair was all white and he was very old. He was a generation behind my father."
To be continued...