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This tunnel, originally used for smuggling, had numerous branches and entrances. Though called a tunnel, it was more like an underground labyrinth. The city council could not destroy it entirely, as doing so would trigger large-scale structural collapses. Instead, they blew up several key junctions to block the paths, which later made it possible for people to reopen parts of it.
However, some sections had collapsed completely. The so-called reopening merely created passages barely wide enough for a single person to squeeze through. Laying rails was impossible, and large-scale cargo transport was out of the question.
Thus, this goods-smuggling tunnel turned into a human-smuggling channel.
In the tavern’s cellar, there was an entrance leading into the tunnel.
As for how Qi Xuansu knew this, it was not because he had scanned the place with divine perception—it was simply the experience of someone accustomed to the martial world.
In Jianghu, there was a saying that, guilty or not, cart drivers, boatmen, innkeepers, bartenders, porters, and brokers deserved to be killed. That was because such people often had access to certain gray-market channels, as they encountered...
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