The two kicked off the ground and soon reached the end of the corridor.
The end here was a stone wall, but a careful look revealed it was already very thin.
Bai Junjun peered into the holes left from before and saw that the large machine inside the room was still operating, with numerous documents flying about in this box.
Once they confirmed no one was around, Bai Junjun took out Vermilion Demon, ready to break a large thief’s hole in this spot.
Fortunately, since the melted wall had become extremely thin, a single slash of Vermilion Demon opened the round stone cover with ease.
Li Wenli used Wind Blade to catch the stone cover, and the two quickly slipped into the secret chamber; then, they promptly returned the stone cover to its place and used their Special Ability to secure it.
If you didn’t look closely, how could you tell that someone had made a large cut here?
Upon landing, Bai Junjun immediately began to study the giant wooden stakes.
It didn’t seem so from above, but from the ground, the stakes appeared incredibly tall, like the Sky-supporting Pillars of legend, soaring into the sky.
On the wooden pillar were many small drawers, each with a thin nylon string pulled taut from it.
Additionally, various names were affixed to these boxes.
Upon closer examination, Bai Junjun saw the names of most of the important figures from the Imperial Capital.
There were those still alive, and some long since passed, including the former owner’s father among them.
Seeing that familiar name, Bai Junjun tugged at Li Wenli’s sleeve.
Li Wenli understood the young mistress’s meaning and flew straight to the Patriarch of the Bai Family’s drawer to pull out the scroll.
After landing, Bai Junjun swiftly unrolled the main scroll.
Patriarch of the Bai Family: Born in XX year, died in XXX year.
Cause of death: The Former Emperor discovered his frequent correspondence with Prince Heqing, who was plotting rebellion. Caught in the act, he was driven to death inside the palace.
As Bai Junjun read the information, she couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth, "It seems this so-called intelligence organization’s information isn’t very accurate after all."
While saying this, Li Wenli found many letters inside the drawer, all correspondence between the Patriarch of the Bai Family and Prince Heqing, mostly literati’s admiration for each other, without discussion of politics or other matters.
Certainly, Prince Heqing had been framed back then, and the Patriarch of the Bai Family had been dragged down with him.
However, Prince Xuanhe framed Prince Heqing, but it’s not necessarily him who framed the Patriarch of the Bai Family.
It seems it was his political enemies who did so, those people never anticipated that things would spiral out of control later on, as no one expected the Former Emperor’s sudden death.
"Speaking of which, it’s odd that the letters of the Patriarch of the Bai Family are stored here?"
As an observer, Li Wenli asked the key question.
Bai Junjun paused, then upon taking another careful look at the pillar, enlightenment seemed to dawn on her.
She seemed to faintly guess who that Caped Old Man might be.
After all, only that person would have had access to those letters back in the day.
The two replaced everything as it was and silently walked towards the exit.
But as they reached the doorway, they suddenly felt a huge spatial fluctuation.
The two paused, quickly grabbing each other’s hands.
Just as their hands touched, they felt a lightness beneath their feet.
Then, they found themselves in a pitch-black place.
So dark, one could not see their hands in front of their faces, as if in a deep abyss.
Li Wenli unconsciously ignited a flame in his palm, and finally, everything around became visible.
They saw many cabinets here, with shelves in disarray, empty and desolate.
Seeing this, Bai Junjun and Li Wenli couldn’t help but be shocked—could this be the legendary Underground Palace?