diskusbooks Chapter 262 Darkroom
Chapter 262 Darkroom
The room was pitch black. Relying on her keen perception, Murong Ling'er carefully groped her way towards the bookshelf. Her footsteps were so light that they made almost no sound.
When she came to the bookshelf, she stretched out her hand and slowly felt around on it. Suddenly, her fingers touched a slightly raised area. Based on her experience, she knew that this was where the mechanism was. Murong Ling'er pushed hard, and with a "click", the entire bookshelf slowly opened to both sides, revealing a secret door hidden at the back.
The secret door was tightly closed, and strange patterns were carved on it. Murong Ling'er took a closer look and found that there seemed to be some kind of code hidden between these patterns. She closed her eyes, concentrated her mind, and recalled a method of cracking a similar mechanism that she had seen in an ancient book.
After a moment, she stretched out her fingers and gently pressed a few specific spots on the patterns on the door.
With a slight sound of gears turning, the secret door slowly opened.
Murong Ling'er slipped into the secret door, inside was a dark and damp stone chamber.
The walls of the stone chamber were filled with large and small square stone platforms, each of which was filled with densely packed letters and documents.
Murong Ling'er was not in a hurry to look through it. Instead, she closed her eyes and released her powerful spiritual sense to scan the entire stone chamber.
Under the influence of her spiritual consciousness, the contents of each letter appeared in her mind like clear pictures. Most of them were account books and ordinary letters exchanged with officials in the court, which were not of much value.
Her eyes froze instantly when her spiritual sense swept across a letter placed alone on the highest stone platform.
Murong Ling'er opened her eyes and reached out to take the letter.
He opened the envelope and unfolded the letter paper, only to see the beautiful handwriting on it. It was obviously a letter written by Concubine Rong. The letter was sincere and proposed cooperation with the He family. The first condition for cooperation was to take Chu Lingfeng's life.
After seeing the contents of the letter, Murong Ling'er immediately understood. No wonder Concubine Rong had been much quieter in the palace recently. It turned out that she had secretly colluded with the He family and attempted to trap Chu Lingfeng to death in Longmen City, completely cutting off his possibility of making a comeback in the future.
But they never expected that the exile team would arrive at Longmen City ahead of time.
Murong Ling'er recalled what she had heard in the inn before, that pirates attacked Donghai Island and killed the leader of the garrison, and her mind suddenly became clear.
All this is probably not a coincidence. It is very likely a conspiracy carefully planned by the He family, Concubine Rong and others. The purpose is to create chaos so that they can successfully attack Chu Lingfeng.
Thinking of this, Murong Ling'er did not dare to delay. She quickly took out paper and pen from her personal space, and with her extraordinary memory and superb calligraphy skills, she imitated the content of the letter in its entirety.
Then, she carefully put the real letter into the space and put the fake letter back in its place.
Then, she spent some time writing down the names of court officials who had colluded with the He family.
After doing all this, she put away her paper and pen with satisfaction and restored everything in the study to its original state. She checked every book and every corner very carefully to ensure that not a single clue was left.
She gently closed the secret door, pushed the bookshelf back into place, and then floated out of the window like a breeze in the dark night.
Standing in the shadows outside the study, Murong Ling'er looked up at the flickering lights in the warehouse deep within the He family mansion.
The warehouse had high walls and was heavily guarded. It must be filled with rare treasures looted by the He family. She felt an impulse and wanted to take advantage of the night to raid the He family's warehouse without anyone noticing and catch them off guard.
But on second thought, they will lead everyone to leave Longmen City tomorrow night. If they provoke the He family at this time, it will definitely cause an uproar.
The He family is very powerful. Once they target us, the evacuation plan tomorrow night will be extremely difficult and may even fail.
After careful consideration, Murong Ling'er suppressed her inner desire and decided to postpone the plan of emptying the warehouse.
She flashed and disappeared into the night of the He family mansion after a few jumps.
After speeding all the way, when Murong Ling'er returned to the inn, it was already late at night. The inn was silent, with only the lantern at the door swaying gently in the breeze, emitting a faint light.
The next morning, sunlight streamed into the inn's room through the cracks in the window.
Murong Ling'er got up early, washed up simply, and then woke up Qifeng and others.
They went around the city's market, buying a lot of things.
The streets were bustling with people coming and going. Murong Ling'er and the others were like ordinary travelers, picking out various daily necessities.
From thick clothes and durable tools to sufficient dry food and medicine, they bought almost everything they could use at the market.
After completing the purchase, Murong Ling'er took a few people out of the city and walked towards the original gathering place.
Along the way, they carried large and small bags, attracting the attention of passers-by.
When they finally arrived at the meeting place, they saw Lin Yu pacing anxiously from a distance.
"Miss Murong, you are finally back." Lin Yu walked up quickly with anticipation on his face.
Last night, he and Chen Shuo had a thorough discussion and finally agreed to set off tonight. To ensure that everything went smoothly, they needed to file the customs clearance documents with the government office in advance.
But no matter how long he waited, Murong Ling'er and the others still did not return. His anxiety was like an ant on a hot pan, burning more and more.
"Sister Murong, why did you buy so many things?"
Chu Yinyin came running over, and seeing them carrying a mountain of supplies, her eyes widened with curiosity. She reached out to help Murong Linger take the package from her hand and put it on the ground.
"Once we are on the island, it will be difficult to get out again, so we have to prepare everything as early as possible." Chifeng wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained while panting.
When everyone heard this, they nodded in understanding.
They were well aware of the harsh environment and scarcity of supplies on Donghai Island, and Murong Ling'er's consideration was indeed thoughtful.
It’s a pity that they don’t have the privileges that Murong Ling’er has in front of the officials, and they can’t prepare to go to the island as freely as her.
Murong Ling'er put down what she was holding, and the first thing she did was to check on Huo Jianjie's injuries.
Huo Jianjie was still lying in the carriage. Although his face was still a little pale, it was much better than before.
He saw Murong Ling'er coming over and forced a smile.
Murong Ling'er carefully examined his wounds and found that he had recovered quite well, so she felt relieved.
"Miss Murong..."
Seeing that Murong Ling'er had finished examining Huo Jianjie, Lin Yu hurried forward and told Murong Ling'er everything about the plan he had agreed upon with Chen Shuo last night. Although Murong Ling'er had already known about this last night, she still listened carefully at this moment, her expression calm, without the slightest panic.