There is a secret passage in the imperial city that connects to Beishan. The entrance of the secret passage is just behind the rockery in the goldfish pond in the southwest corner of the Royal Garden. According to what Xiao Xihong said on the way here, this secret passage was secretly built by the Chenlin royal family more than a hundred years ago.

, before the Beining Dynasty, only the emperors of the past dynasties and their most trusted one or several chief guards knew about it. During the Taiye Zichen Incident, the prince who competed with Mu Zhiren for the throne tried to escape from here after being defeated.

But in the end he was caught up and killed in the secret passage.

"Because there are two gates in the secret passage, two special keys are needed to open them respectively," said Xiao Xihong, who jumped on the rockery to explore the secret door mechanism of the tunnel.

Yu Shiqi asked: "Do you have both keys in your hand?"

"No, they are not here with me."

"Then do you have a way to get out of here?"

At this time, Xiao Xihong seemed to have found the mechanism. The rockery mountain slowly rotated, revealing a cave entrance that was only half a person's height and had to bend down to enter. He held on to the rocks of the rockery and stretched out his hand to Mu Xianyan who was standing by the goldfish pond: "

The key is with the princess."

Yu Shiqi breathed a sigh of relief and wondered in his mind if he could stop speaking half of his words. It was really annoying at this time.

Mu Xianyan took Xiao Xihong's hand and jumped to the rockery, and then stayed outside to wait at Xiao Xihong's instruction. Xiao Xihong signaled Yu Qi with her eyes: "You come first."

Yu Shiqi did not refuse, because if he and Xiao Xihong were to change places, he would not worry about going down first and leaving the princess outside with an outsider.

There was not much free space on that rockery, but this was nothing to Yu Shiqi. He jumped over on his toes and ducked into the tunnel entrance without hesitation.

It was pitch dark inside, and Yu Shiqi heard Xiao Xihong say to him from behind: "It's a landslide. Just hold on to the wall and slide down slowly. Wait until you get to the bottom."

Yu Shiqi had already noticed the slope under his feet. As he started to slide down, he replied to Xiao Xihong: "I always feel like you have become a different person after you picked up the princess."

After reaching the bottom, he walked a few steps forward to make room. Yu Shiqi waited for a moment and heard Xiao Xihong and Mu Xianyan sliding down together.

"You said I have changed, what has changed?" Xiao Xihong asked.

"It seems that I have become more mature and stable." Yu Shiqi held his chin in thought.

Xiao Xihong rolled her eyes secretly and said nothing, leading Mu Xianyan forward along the secret passage.

The entrance to this secret passage is short, but the interior is quite wide. It can accommodate at least two nine-foot tall men standing side by side. Although there are no lights underneath, there are special stones that emit light green fluorescence embedded in the wall every four or five steps.

, with the help of this weak light, I can barely see the way ahead.

Xiao Xihong walked in the front holding a spear. Mu Xianyan kept gently pulling Xiao Xihong's clothes with her left hand. Occasionally, she turned back and glanced at Yu Shiqi, who was silently following behind. The three of them walked in the secret passage and soon arrived.

In front of the first gate.

Mu Xianyan took out a key and handed it to Xiao Xihong, who quickly opened the gate and led them through.

"Since the key is in the hands of the princess, at least you don't have to worry about being attacked in the secret passage, right?" Yu Shiqi asked.

"It's hard to say." Xiao Xihong shrugged, "Who knows if there is really only one key?"

"Who else knows about this secret passage besides you?"

Xiao Xihong looked back at him with a meaningful look, and said through her teeth: "My former subordinate."

"Then it's no problem. Your subordinates should be fighting with the imperial army outside the imperial city now..."

Xiao Xihong suddenly raised her hand to signal Yu Shiqi to stop speaking, and then made a gesture of listening attentively.

Yu Shiqi frowned in confusion, realizing that there might be something going on ahead, but he couldn't notice anything unusual for the moment.

Xiao Xihong cautiously pushed Mu Xianyan towards him: "Keep an eye on her for me."

Seeing that Mu Xianyan's eyes were worried as she was being pushed over, Yu Shiqi pressed the hilt of his sword to stop her behind him: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will protect you."

Mu Xianyan didn't seem to accept his sympathy, and shouted to Xiao Xihong who was walking forward with a gun: "Brother Xiao, be careful!"

Yu Shiqi stared at Xiao Xihong's back, two balls of red flame suddenly lit up in his eyes, and the sound of sharp arrows whizzing through the wind came.

The spear in Xiao Xihong's hand quickly struck left and right, knocking two fire arrows to the ground.

A burst of mocking laughter came from the front: "As expected of Commander Xiao, the gun is still so fast."

"It's your own fault. You shouldn't have fired rockets in the first place." Xiao Xihong said coldly.

"We are all working together, so we can't send you off to see the King of Hell without even saying hello." The other party threw a lit torch on the ground, and the burning fire illuminated the dark armor.

Xiao Xihong made eye contact with the two men in Forbidden Army uniforms, gritted her teeth and said, "Cheng Xiu and Wei Changqing, it turns out you two are scum."

The weapons used by those two people were the same as Xiao Xihong's, both were spears with spears as long as daggers. Yu Shiqi's heart moved, thinking of the strange look on Xiao Xihong's face when he said that Xiao Xihong's subordinates were all fighting outside the imperial city.

He immediately guessed that the two people blocking the road in front were probably Xiao Xihong's former subordinates.

"Xiao Xihong, now that you are a traitor with serious crimes, how dare you call us scum?" Wei Changqing snorted coldly, "Be obedient and hand over the princess without any effort!"

"Just the two of you?" Xiao Xihong muttered contemptuously, "You don't even think about how much you weigh, do you think you can block my gun just by wearing the skin of a Yulin Imperial Guard?"

Cheng Xiu took a step forward: "You'll know after you try it!"

Before he finished speaking, two spears shot out at the same time, stabbing Xiao Xihong on the left and right respectively. Yu Shiqi wanted to lead Mu Xianyan to retreat a little to give Xiao Xihong room to maneuver, but the little princess stubbornly stood there with her fists clenched.

On the ground, a pair of bright eyes stared straight ahead.

He sighed, thinking that the relationship between master and servant might not be as simple as he thought. Come to think of it, how could a master call his guard "brother" so affectionately?

"Your Highness, please step back a little while I go up to help Commander Xiao, okay?" Yu Shiqi bent over to discuss with her.

After hearing this, Mu Xianyan's little face suddenly showed a tangled look. It could be seen that she wanted Yu Shiqi to help, but she didn't want to hide behind, so she was hesitant.

"No need for your help, take care of the princess!" Xiao Xihong ordered sternly.

This guy is really arrogant... Yu Shiqi shook his head helplessly. Then he thought about Xiao Xihong's reason for not letting him come forward. After all, now he is one-on-one and never loses, and his spear skills are superb and steady.

He could withstand the attack of the two people on the opposite side, and the environment of the secret passage determined the natural advantages of weapons like spears. It was really difficult for him to cooperate with his sword.

What's more... Yu Shiqi's ears twitched slightly, and he suddenly turned his head and looked back. He saw that bricks and stones from several walls along the way were scattered on the ground, and holes appeared one after another on the wall.

Soldiers with guns appeared from the holes in the wall one by one, blocking their retreat.

Yu Shiqi drew his sword in his hand and pushed the surprised Mu Xianyan behind him. At the same time, he said to Xiao Xihong: "There is a wolf in front of you and a tiger in the back. You really know how to choose your path..."

"There are a lot of people at the back, right? If you can't do it, just say so and let's change!" Xiao Xihong growled.

"No need to change. General Xiao, just hold on to the front." Yu Shiqi smiled, "I think there may not be only two people in the front."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Xihong deflected Wei Changqing's flat stab with a spear. When the spear in his hand fell back, he cleverly suppressed the tip of Cheng Xiu's spear, and then used the second step of force as fast as lightning to lift the tip of the spear towards Cheng Xiu's wrist.

This elusive spear technique was the master of his Xiao family's ancestral Jiaoya Golden Spear Skill. Just as he was about to destroy Cheng Xiu's right hand that was holding the front of the gun barrel, the wall beside Xiao Xihong suddenly cracked with a loud bang, and a splash of

Bricks and stones fell on him, and a strong figure jumped out from the crack and hugged him around the waist.

Xiao Xihong was lifted up by the waist, and the gun attack failed. Wei Changqing and Cheng Xiu laughed heartily, regrouped and stabbed Xiao Xihong with both spears, whose feet were off the ground and unable to dodge.

"Xiao Xihong!"
Chapter completed!