As soon as Jinyou and his companions returned home, they saw Xiaoqueer rushing into the study in a hurry.

"Prince! This is bad! Something terrible is happening!"

Xiao Que'er swallowed hard and spoke out loudly.

"Our men immediately sealed the city gates and searched every alley, but the wet nurse and the Sixth Prince seemed to have vanished into thin air. I also went to the wet nurse's old house, but it was already deserted. I asked the guard at the city gate and showed him the wet nurse's portrait. The guard said he saw a woman who looked like the woman in the portrait carrying a small coffin back to her hometown for a funeral. The guard didn't open the coffin because he was not sure if the person in the coffin was the Sixth Prince! But the guard also said that the woman's words and actions did not seem like those of an ordinary person. He kept a close eye on her and made a general note of her behavior."

"He said the woman was heading east, heading straight for Mount Mang in the east. I've already sent people after her, but it's curfew now. I wonder what the Crown Prince means. Does he plan to leave the city himself or wait for news in the palace?"

After Xiao Que'er finished speaking, she took a long breath, took the glass of water that Wen Yan had just poured, and drank it all in one gulp.

Jinyou had already stood up at this time, "Of course I will leave the city myself!"

His feelings towards Xiao Yunzhen were extremely complicated. Xiao Yunzhen was not important, but he could not die.

Jin You didn't care too much whether he knew everything about his past life or was the heir to the royal family chosen by He Qianzhao.

But... there was one thing he couldn't forget.

What he cares about is the arranged marriage mentioned by Xiao Yunzhen and Xiao Yunzhen's death in the previous life...

It was as if he had made some kind of decision. Even though he knew that what happened in his previous life was not something he could decide in this life, he still wanted to prove that these things would not happen.

Is it a shame? Not really.

But when Jinyou heard Xiao Yunzhen happily recount this matter, he still felt uneasy.

Therefore, Xiao Yunzhen cannot die, which is the basis for him to prove that all this does not exist at all.

"But, Prince, we can't take anyone out of the palace during the curfew. Most of the secret guards are still in the capital. If it's just the few of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to cross Mangshan."

The reason why Mangshan is called Mangshan is naturally because there are pythons there.

It is said that there is a python god on the top of Mang Mountain, and the python's body is nine feet long. Officials nearby once tried to send people up the mountain to get rid of the python, but they failed after several searches. However, the chickens and ducks in the homes of nearby villagers always disappeared inexplicably.

But there was no sign of anyone.

Later, the villagers came to believe that there was a python god on Mang Mountain, and those chickens and ducks were sent to the python god as tributes to bless the nearby villagers with safety and health.

Later, it gradually developed into a forbidden area where outsiders were not allowed to enter Mangshan, and no one went in or out.

Jinyou knew Xiaoqueer's worries.

She was afraid that the legend would come true, that there was a nine-zhang-long python on the Python Mountain, and that it would no longer be something that a few people could defeat.

Jinyou thought for a moment and said, "No problem, let's go through the underground tunnel."

Xiao Que'er slapped his forehead and shouted, "That's right, look at my brain, I forgot there was a tunnel!"

It’s no wonder that Xiao Que’er forgot that there was a backup tunnel in the mansion leading to the outside of the city.

However, this tunnel was built not long ago, and was left by He Qianzhao for people in the mansion to escape.

However, before the tunnel could achieve its true purpose, Jinyou and his group used it to sneak through the curfew.

The tunnel is not wide and can only accommodate one person.

Jinyou and his group of more than ten people, wearing night clothes, quickly passed through the tunnel.

Yingyi was in the lead, Jinyou and Xiaoqueer were in the team, protected by everyone.

The tunnel was very long and dark, and the only way to see the way ahead was by relying on the three torches held by the crowd.

After an unknown amount of time, Yingyi suddenly stopped.

"Sir, it's over."

"There are traps around the walls, look for them."

Yingyi stretched out his hand and knocked on the walls, only to hear a crisp sound that was different from the muffled sound of the walls.

With a click, the wall flipped and opened sideways.

It's a secret door.

Behind the secret door are stairs leading upwards. You can go out by climbing up the stairs.

"Found it!" Ying squeezed over, holding a torch and looking around, then shouted to Jinyou, "Prince, there's light!"

The presence of light means you can go out.

Jinyou said: "Okay! Be careful, let's go out!"

Yingyi was leading the charge. Upon hearing Jinyou's words, he took the lead and rushed up the stairs in one step. He reached the top of the stairs in two steps and pushed the secret door, but it didn't budge.

"How is it?" Xiao Que'er also rushed forward and stood on the steps below Ying Yi, looking up and asking him, "Can you push it open?"

Yingyi shook his head, "It seems to be sealed up there."

The secret door is actually a large and heavy bluestone slab that ordinary people cannot open.

But Ying Yi was a martial artist, and to be on the safe side, he used some internal force when pushing the secret door, but the secret door remained motionless, which was very unreasonable!

Ying Yi turned around and looked at You Jinyou for instructions, "Your Highness, I don't know if it's been sealed off, but I can't push the secret door open by myself. Unless I use my inner strength to blast it open, the place is narrow. If the secret door is blown open, the debris will fly everywhere, which is very dangerous. Your Highness, please step back!"

Jinyou nodded: "That's fine, just be careful!"

After saying that, Jinyou retreated three feet.

The other secret guards came forward and stood beside Yingyi and Xiaoqueer, making the already narrow steps even more crowded.

Ying Yi said: "Everyone use your inner strength to blow open the secret door!"

Following Ying Yi's command, several people acted at the same time. There was a loud bang, and gravel flew everywhere.

Jinyou still hid closer, causing the gravel to fly past his cheek, leaving a bloody mark on his cheek and taking away a clump of his hair.

The broken hair fell lightly to the ground and was then covered by dust.

Xiao Que'er came to Jinyou with a dusty face and held up a torch for Jinyou to see.

"Look, my lord, it looks like scales."

Jinyou looked in the direction that Xiaoque pointed, and saw silver light shining under the moonlight, reflecting rays of light on the hard scales.

Xiao Que'er said, "Sir, this is most likely the python! Perhaps the python legend is true, and there really is a python god on this Python Mountain!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Jin You scolded. "The current emperor doesn't believe in ghosts and gods. Not to mention that there are no ghosts and gods in this world, just think about how this animal can become a spirit? The people are ignorant, one thing, but how can you believe that a python is called a python god? It's just a python. Avoid it if you can. If you really can't avoid it, then fight to the death! What's there to be afraid of?"

These words were not only recognized by Xiao Que'er, but also by Ying Yi's first-class secret guards.

Ying nodded and said, "Your Highness is right. It's just a python. There are so many of us. Why should we be afraid of a python?"

As Ying Yi finished speaking, a silver light flashed above the tunnel, slowly flowing under the moonlight.

It turned out that at the moment the bluestone slab exploded, the flying debris hit the python, causing it to wake up. It was also stimulated and attracted by the smell of blood on Jinyou's cheek, causing it to twist its body restlessly and look around for the source of the smell.

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