Chapter 107: Wash away evil with blood

"It was the junior who was reckless!" Chen Guanlou hurriedly apologized, putting on a low posture. "Please, old man, point out a way, how should we find people."

After speaking, Chen Guanlou handed over an envelope. Inside was the 100-tael silver note he had prepared in advance, still a silver note from the Sitong Bank.

Speaking of this matter, it is also annoying. Not only was he pressured by the Sitong Bank, but he also had to continue to use the Sitong Bank's silver notes. Everyone in the market recognizes the Sitong Bank's silver notes; other banks' silver notes are not as easy to use as Sitong's. The gap is not in credibility, but in the circulation rate and exchange rate.

The maid took the envelope, without needing to look, skillfully pinched it, and knew how many silver notes were in the envelope. Next, the maid put the envelope into the drawer.

Seeing the maid accept the envelope, Chen Guanlou breathed a sigh of relief. Before coming, he was still worried that the other party would think the money was too little. Now it seems that he thought too much. One hundred taels, buying a piece of news at this price, has far exceeded the market price. Just because he was anxious to find someone, he naturally couldn't haggle over money. He couldn't delay the business because of a little money.

There are plenty of opportunities to make money. No matter how much money there is, it is not as important as people.

The old manager, however, drank tea and said slowly: "The Taizu of the previous dynasty was a contractor who built houses. It happened that the world was in chaos, and he took a group of brothers to rise in the chaos. After twenty years, he finally established the Great Xia Dynasty. This capital city was built under the personal supervision of the Taizu of the previous dynasty, and it is said that he participated in the design of the entire city. This includes the design of the capital city's underground world. The dynasty changed, but the underground world has not changed for hundreds of years."

"Is the old man talking about the underground sewage pipes?"

Chen Guanlou lived in the capital, and what he admired most was the underground sewage pipes of the capital, which were built too far ahead of their time. The capital has never had internal flooding because of the advanced sewage pipes.

The old manager laughed. "The underground world of the capital is more than just sewage pipes. That is only a small part. When the Taizu of the previous dynasty designed and built the capital, he built the underground as a fortress. When this old man worked in the palace, I was fortunate enough to have seen the design drawings of the previous dynasty, plus I lived below when I was a child. It can be said that no one knows the underground world better than this old man."

"Does the old man mean that those outsiders are hiding in the underground world?"

"This is inevitable. A group of outsiders running to the capital to do business, no inn or house is as safe as the underground world, and it is convenient to escape. According to this old man's understanding, during this period of time, the children lost in the capital are not just one or two."

"The capital is so big, and the underground world is so complex, please ask the old man to give a clear path, where should we start looking for people?"

The old manager waved his hand, and one of the maids took a scroll from the antique shelf and placed it on the desktop, slowly spreading it out.

It was actually a simplified underground world pipeline network.

Chen Guanlou stared at the scroll, trying to remember the trends of various lines on it.

The old manager randomly drew a circle on the scroll with his hand. "They can't escape this range. Leaving this range is equivalent to overstepping boundaries, and they will inevitably be jointly cleaned up by the local flower-snatchers in the capital. Remember these two roads; these are the places they must pass to escape. If you can find people before they leave the city, there is hope to save the children back. Once they leave the city, it will be difficult to find people again. You still have two hours, hurry up and find people."

As soon as the voice fell, the old manager drank tea to see off the guests.

Chen Guanlou and Lu Datou left the gambling house.

He said to Lu Datou: "Thanks to Datou brother for your help today, please call the prison guard brothers in the Heavenly Prison to guard a few intersections."

"What about you?"

"I have to go to the underground world to meet those human traffickers."

"You go alone? That won't work. Those human traffickers will kill people if they are forced."

"Rest assured, I won't have anything to do."

Lu Datou still wanted to persuade, but looking at Chen Guanlou's determined eyes, the words reached his mouth and he swallowed them back. He didn't know what life-saving skills Chen Guanlou had, nor did he know what level of martial arts he had practiced. Just because of his eyes, he felt power, powerful self-confidence. It seemed that no difficulty could stump Chen Guanlou. Even those insane human traffickers couldn't stop his footsteps.

He could only nod and act accordingly.

"Don't try to be brave, saving your life is the most important thing. As long as the person is still there, there is always a time to find them back."

"Rest assured, I have a sense of proportion."

After speaking, Chen Guanlou walked into the darkness and disappeared from Lu Datou's sight.

Inner city river bridge hole.

Chen Guanlou changed his appearance and became a rough middle-aged man. According to the drawing, he found one of the entrances to the underground world under the bridge hole.

The entrance was not big, bent over to enter, but there was a different world inside.

After many forks, he could see traces of human life. There were quite a few people living in the underground world. This was a world he had never touched before, stepping into it for the first time, but he was anxious.

A group of half-grown children hid in a cave, and when they saw him, they all ran away in a swarm, in all directions. These children can be called the aborigines of the underground world, just like loaches, familiar with the road, and running fast.

Chen Guanlou took a fancy to one of them and chased after him, finally catching a half-grown boy. "Where are they?"

The half-grown boy had a dirty face, only a pair of eyes were dark and bright.

"My child was kidnapped, where is that group of outsiders? Tell me, this money is yours."

Chen Guanlou took out a silver horn, secretly regretting, coming in a hurry, didn't bring food. In the underground world, food should be more useful than money.

The half-grown boy showed hesitation. Obviously greedy for the silver horn in Chen Guanlou's hand, but worried that there was fraud in it, and didn't reach out for a long time.

Chen Guanlou said: "I just want to find my child back, a girl, three and a half years old, wearing a green dress, embroidered with peonies with silk thread. Have you seen her?"

The half-grown boy slowly raised his hand and pointed to the front left.

"Are they hiding inside?"

The half-grown boy nodded.

Chen Guanlou decisively gave him the silver horn and turned to walk to the front left.

"There is a big guy over there, very fierce." The half-grown boy suddenly opened his mouth and said.

Chen Guanlou looked back at him. "Thanks! After finding my child, I will treat you to dinner."

Following the direction pointed by the half-grown boy, he walked all the way, having already entered the depths of the underground world. The road was accessible in all directions, vertically and horizontally. This was smashing open the underground rock layer and opening up a fortress-like underground world, which was extremely shocking.

Heard the sound of talking.

Chen Guanlou followed the sound.

"Uncle, this batch of goods must be sold as soon as possible."

A very young voice, even called immature.

"Young Master, rest assured, I have already arranged it properly, and there will be no mistakes."

"I naturally believe in Uncle's ability to handle things. Father asked you to take me to the capital, just because he believed that with your help, this trip would certainly go smoothly."

"Young Master is over-praising. Who?"

Big knife out, the blade arrived.

The most primitive evil of mankind must be washed away with blood! ===== CHAPTER 108 =====