"Not very likely. That eunuch I deliver meals to has probably been locked up here for decades. Who would still remember him?" Liu Dacheng said with a wry smile. "Anyway, I once asked an old eunuch who had been here for over ten years. When he arrived, this eunuch was already imprisoned here. Perhaps Eunuch Gou has some connection to him and is looking after him in private. Otherwise, he must have some purpose."
"I see. Which eunuch is he, exactly? Take me to see him. You've made me rather curious," Huang Xiao said.
"I don't know his name. Everyone calls him Eunuch Qiu. If you want to see him, come with me. He's so old that I'm afraid he won't last much longer," Liu Dacheng said with a sigh.
Huang Xiao nodded and followed Liu Dacheng into the prison.
"Here?" Huang Xiao watched in surprise as Liu Dacheng pressed a spot on the wall at the end of a prison corridor. A gray brick sank into the wall, and then a series of clicks sounded beside their feet. The floor slowly rose, revealing a stone stairway beneath it.
"You've only just arrived, so I suppose you didn't know?" Seeing Huang Xiao's expression, Liu Dacheng understood what he was thinking and asked with a smile.
"I really didn't. None of them mentioned it to me, either. I never imagined there was a hidden chamber here," Huang Xiao said with a sigh.
"It isn't really much of a hidden chamber or a secret anymore. Everyone here knows about it. You're only unaware because you arrived a few days ago," Liu Dacheng said. "Still, I imagine this underground chamber must originally have been built for secrecy."
Huang Xiao nodded, then entered the underground chamber with Liu Dacheng.
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