They follow the two servants as they lead them through the sparse kitchen, and into a pantry.
Wu Yun worries they're being led to a trap, but when Big Eyes, opens the pantry door he sees a stairway leading down.
"Min Guifen has a pattern," Wu Yun says, going down the stairs and remembering the secret passageway under the Qi estate's library.
This palace is far less complex. The stairs lead to a large stone chamber, with rough iron bar cells on each side.
Only one cell is occupied.
Lu Meng is sitting on the ground, leaning against a wall and clutching his middle.
Wu Yun runs towards him, and kneels of the floor, trying to see what condition he's in through the bars.
"Are you badly injured?"
Lu Meng lets out a dry chuckle. "You could say that. The bastard decided to try out all his weapons on me when he found out I was alive."
"How did you end up here?" Lan Tian asks.
