There was a roar under the pouring rain, and a groove more than ten feet deep suddenly sank in the alleyway on the side of the black government office. The blue bricks turned up the soil and exposed it, revealing the black bricks and stones below.
Qiu Tianhe, who was petting the cat in the yard next to him, was so startled that a carp jumped up and he looked around blankly.
The police chief Bo who stayed behind in the yamen rushed out of the yamen in unison, making a lot of noise:
"what happened?"
"Someone robbed the prison..."
Dong dong dong——
The sound of war drums rang from the top of the five-story Mingyu Tower, reaching far away in Yunnan City. Police officers patrolling each block quickly rushed towards the Mingyu Tower.
And in the dungeon, huge vibrations were heard, and noises suddenly sounded from dozens of cells on the first floor. The sound of dragging chains and exclamations made the silent dungeon boil instantly:
"What's wrong?!"
"The earth dragon turned over?"
"Let us out quickly, it's going to collapse..."
Boom boom——
After shouting a few times, a heavy sealing stone fell on the door of the cell.
There are also countless arrow holes in the cell walls and corridors.
Click, click, click...
There was silence in the dungeon for a moment.
On the second floor of the dungeon, the reaction was much smaller. After all, there were only less than ten people living there.
In the cell in the center, the Wang brothers, who were sleeping against the wall, were awakened by a huge vibration.
Wang Er stood up dragging the heavy iron chain, feeling the ground shaking, and his eyes were blank:
"The ground seems to have collapsed. What's going on?"
Wang Chengjing was more skilled in martial arts. After feeling it for a while, he stuck to the floor and listened:
"There is the sound of a hoe digging into the wall, and someone is robbing the prison!"
Wang Er really didn’t expect that he would encounter such a beautiful thing on his second day in prison!
But before he had time to ponder fishing in troubled waters, he suddenly discovered that a huge black stone had moved out from the wellhead above, blocking the only exit, completely turning the stone chamber into a hollow square box.
Several small holes that were originally located on the top of the stone chamber made a "呲呲~~" sound and spewed out a large amount of black mist.
"Hey?! Hey hey hey!!..."
When Wang Er saw the poisonous smoke pressing down from above, his face turned pale with shock and he leaned against the wall with a horrified look in his eyes:
"Is this cartilage incense?"
The stone room was not big, and it was covered with chains, so there was no place to hide.
Wang Chengjing originally thought it was the smoke of anesthetizing prisoners, but he didn't want to resist, but when he sniffed, the pungent and pungent smell entered his nose. He was so shocked that his face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly lay down on the ground:
"It's Poison Dragon Miasma! Get down quickly and don't move!"
When Wang Er heard these words, his face turned pale on the spot - Poisonous Dragon Miasma is extremely poisonous. If it touches the flesh, it will cut off the hands, cut off the legs. If it hits the torso, no matter how high the martial arts is, it can only resist a few hours and a few seconds.
If you don't understand the difference between heaven and earth, you will die. Because you are too ruthless, the pharmacist was directly recruited by the imperial court, and it is regarded as the government's unique secret medicine.
Seeing the poisonous smoke slowly coming down from above, Wang Er knew that this was the "dead-hand system" used by the Hei Yamen to prevent serious criminals from escaping from prison on the second floor. He was preparing to eliminate all the serious criminals on the second floor indiscriminately, and immediately shouted:
"Prison head! Cell head! I didn't escape from prison, I was wrongly accused..."
Wang Chengjing lay on the ground and whispered:
"You can't hear it from outside. Don't move. The faster the energy and blood leave, the faster you will die. There is a miracle doctor in the capital. The people who robbed the prison have been eliminated. Maybe we can be rescued..."
Wang Er's eyes were horrified and he hurriedly shut up. When he noticed the constant knocking sounds from below, he couldn't help but curse:
"Can you please hurry up with your fucking calamity? Don't harm innocent people..."
Wang Chengjing actually wanted to scold him. After all, if it were the rich and powerful villain next door, he might be able to resist the poisoning for a long time.
The combined combined strength of his two brothers is equivalent to that of Xu Bailin, barely qualified to live on the second floor of the dungeon.
But the opponent can fight together, and the poisoning is obviously not something that the two of them can fight together. Yesterday, he suffered serious internal injuries. If he soaked in the poison bath here, he would be dead in half an hour at most.
Wang Chengjing realized something was wrong and shouted:
"Sir! My brothers can't bear it! We won't run away...Sir!..."
No response...
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At the same time, there are three floors underground.
Compared with the dim second floor, the third underground floor is much more spacious. It can be regarded as a hall, surrounded by bookshelves, with a tea table and desk in the middle. Behind the mahogany partition, there is a bed for sleeping. Except for the fact that there are no windows, everything else is the same.
There is no difference between ordinary living rooms.
A sealing stone fell on the first floor, poisonous gas was sprayed directly on the second floor, but there was no movement on the third floor.
After all, those imprisoned here are not vicious gangsters, but old servants who have been dedicated to the Dongfang clan for a decade.
Although Eunuch Cao was not loyal to the empress, he was indeed the most loyal person to the Dongfang clan.
Anyone in the world can kill Eunuch Cao, but the empress cannot. Since the founding of the Wei Dynasty, Jiazi has dedicated his life and selflessly to this day, making it known to the world that Eunuch Cao is the most trustworthy and loyal servant of the royal family. His influence is enough to interfere with the court, but
He has never crossed the line once, he is just an unknown servant around the emperor. Whoever inherits the throne according to the patriarchal law will be meticulously supported. Killing the empress when she ascends to the throne is equivalent to publicly admitting that she was unfairly appointed to the throne.
Therefore, Eunuch Cao still holds the position of eunuch in charge to this day, and claims to the outside world that he is retiring in the capital at an advanced age.
An oil lamp was lit on the desk in the large room. A sullen old eunuch sat cross-legged in front of the desk, wearing the red robe of a eunuch in charge of etiquette.
Growing up in Miyagi, I have paid attention to etiquette my whole life. Even in prison, my red robe is still neat and wrinkle-free, and even my white hair is combed meticulously.
Eunuch Cao had practiced the Zhuyan Tu. He originally remained youthful and could not tell his age, but after his energy dissipated and he had not seen the light of day for ten years, wrinkles still appeared at the corners of his eyes. He looked like a thin old man in his sixties.
Ding-ding-ding-ding——
The sound of shattering stones came from under the wooden floor. A pickaxe quickly came out, and then the floor was opened with a punch.
Boom——
Eunuch Cao's robe was blown by the air waves, but he didn't react at all. He just turned the page of the book slowly.
"Adoptive father?"
Cao Aning crawled out of the cave and saw the old eunuch sitting behind the desk. He almost cried with joy. He ran to him and knelt on the floor directly, saying urgently:
"Father, leave quickly. I dug out the ground and had people restrain the court's masters in the west of the city. Even Ye Jingtang, who knows everything about things, was pulled away by my conspiracy. Now I can leave without any hindrance..."
Cao Aning's eyes were filled with excitement. After all, it was easy to deceive King Wu, but it was very difficult to deceive the omnipresent and omniscient King of Hell.
If it hadn't been for his original plan, just to save Zhima, he would just throw a watermelon at the court, so that the court would have to choose the less important and focus on dealing with King Wu. With the intensity of the pursuit that would kill Ye Jingtang, the prison robbery would not have been possible.
Eunuch Cao closed the book, raised his eyes, and looked at the excited young man kneeling in front of him:
"A Ning... I haven't seen you for ten years, and you have grown up. Is it King Liang or King Yan who asked you to save our family?"
Cao Aning saw Eunuch Cao's old face, almost unrecognizable, and was slightly stunned. Then he took a medicine box from the hands of his subordinates who came out from behind, walked to him on his knees, and put it on the table:
"It's a member of the Green Bandit, who calls himself Yan Bugui, and helped me find the path. This is the secret medicine the Green Bandit obtained from the Medical Saint of Beiliang, which can help my adoptive father open up some of his Qi veins..."
Eunuch Cao sighed: "After ten years of separation, you have learned to lie to your adoptive father. Where are you going to take your adoptive father when he leaves the capital?"
Cao Aning opened the medicine box and revealed the pill inside:
"My adoptive father taught me since I was a child to protect the royal family of the Wei Dynasty. The eldest princess usurped the throne and ascended the throne, which is not in line with the ancestral etiquette. The throne will inevitably fall into the hands of a foreigner in the future. I have been working in secret for the past ten years. Among the kings, King Yan is the most powerful and has high morals and prestige.
This throne should be inherited by King Yan..."
"That's why King Yan asked you to come."
Eunuch Cao did not look at the medicine box, but said seriously:
"The adoptive father is the steward, and he is in charge of the daily affairs of the Dongfang family. Whoever is the head of the family, the adoptive father will obey the arrangements of that person. When outsiders try to take over the family business, the adoptive father has to take care of it. But when several sons fight for the family property, the steward does not
Qualification question.
"Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, is born as a daughter. She forged the last emperor's will and united with her relatives to seize power, which was unfair to the country. She will give birth to an heir to inherit the throne in the future, which is even more unconventional. Therefore, the servant of the adoptive father must be persuaded and stopped.
"The emperor's eldest son was deposed by the courtiers, and the courtiers appointed a new king. It was a state matter. It was up to the courtiers to decide who should be brought to the capital to succeed him. The adoptive father was a palace man and had no right to interfere, let alone interfere with the choice of the new king.
Do you understand the meaning?"
Cao Aning blinked: "But now that the eldest princess has ascended the throne, the emperor will definitely change hands in the future. As retainers, we will take necessary measures when necessary. To support King Yan in ascending the throne, if the emperor is still in the hands of the Dongfang family, if
When the empress cuts off the military power of the kings and completely monopolizes the power, we and other retainers will be unable to save themselves. How can we have the face to meet the late emperor and Taizu..."
Eunuch Cao shook his head: "Do you really think that the King of Yan asked you to pick up my foster father to go to Yanzhou? My foster father is just a martial artist. No matter how talented he is, he cannot be as high as Fengguan City. No matter how rich his background is, he cannot be as rich as a Buddhist and Taoist family.
The leader of the army. King Yan has thousands of troops, but he lacks a bodyguard like his adoptive father?"
"Everyone knows that the adoptive father is loyal to the royal family. The adoptive father stands on the side of King Yan. All he needs to say is, 'The late emperor felt that the eldest son of the emperor was incompetent and had the intention of letting King Yan succeed to the throne.' Then there is a basis for King Yan's succession.
…”
"The late emperor never said this, he only said, 'It's a pity that Yuhu is not a man.'"
Eunuch Cao looked at Cao Aning and sighed:
"Furthermore, do you think who becomes the emperor depends on the wishes of the late emperor? The eldest princess can come up with a will out of thin air, but King Yan lacks a word from our old eunuch?"
Cao Aning blinked: "The Green Bandit has so many plans, and the purpose is really to let the child rescue the adoptive father..."
"In all the dynasties, there has never been a palm eunuch who defected to another place, was born in the imperial city, and died in the imperial city. All the kings know this."
Eunuch Cao looked at Cao Aning: "The eldest princess is not the new king chosen by the courtiers or even the clan. They know that as soon as the adoptive father leaves this cell, he will return to the palace and continue to persuade the eldest princess to return to power or die in the palace.
"Their purpose was just to use the adoptive father as a test stone to find out the depth of the eldest princess's guard. You were deceived by them."
Cao Aning knelt on the ground and thought for a while:
"No matter what they mean, my child has already made things this far. Just don't follow their wishes. Let's hide in the market after we go out. We will wait for the coup in the capital that day and a new king of the Dongfang family will show up. We will come back to help the new king.
Jun..."
Eunuch Cao shook his head: "My adoptive father is the eunuch in charge of the ceremony. The eldest princess has not abolished my adoptive father's official position. How can my adoptive father abscond in fear of crime? If I can't persuade the eldest princess, I can't restore the inheritance of the imperial line. My adoptive father
Just like our ancestors, die in front of the palace gate."
"My foster father lost ten years ago, and now he will die in vain if he enters the palace..."
"If you die, you will die. The eldest princess's position is unfair, but her talent is unparalleled in ancient and modern times. She will definitely become a hero and usher in a prosperous age for the Wei Dynasty that has never been seen in ancient and modern times."
Eunuch Cao picked up the elixir on the table and threw it into his mouth:
"The foster father is a domestic servant. He cannot go against the late emperor's will and be loyal to the eldest princess, but he cannot stop the eldest princess. He is a useless old loser and should have died ten years ago.
"The eldest princess is a descendant of the Dongfang family after all. Even if the Wei Dynasty changes its surname in the future, half of the Dongfang family blood will still flow. After reaching Jiuquan, the adoptive father will still have half the face to meet the late emperor and Taizu."
Hearing this, Cao Aning said anxiously: "My child has done everything he can to reach this point. He will never have another chance. Those who achieve great things should know how to be patient. In case the eldest princess makes the world angry and the people are angry, the courtiers are ready to support a new king, and the adoptive father will give her full prosperity."
Appearing in a beautiful posture can always make the eldest princess abdicate more easily..."
Eunuch Cao shook his head: "You don't understand how powerful the eldest princess is. The only possibility for the eldest princess to abdicate is that her martial arts practice goes to a dead end and she dies young. If the eldest princess doesn't die, she can rely on her talent and control of military power.
, no one in the world can challenge her throne. As for the warrior, in front of a hundred thousand cavalry, Fengguan City is nothing, so what is a foster father?"
Cao Aning opened his mouth, but had nothing to say.
Eunuch Cao raised his hand slightly: "Let's go. My foster father is a domestic servant. He is useless and doesn't want to leave his homeland, so he can only be buried here."
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At the same time, above the dungeon.
Countless black police officers were standing at the entrance of the dungeon with swords in hand. Because no superiors who could fight were present, although there was no chaos, no one dared to enter the dungeon where the situation was unknown without permission. They were just discussing:
"What should we do? The mechanism seems to have activated itself. If we delay for a while, everyone on the second floor will die..."
"I won't die so soon. I've already sent for Dr. Wang. It should be no problem to save him..."
"I don't even know the situation in the dungeon, how dare I ask Divine Doctor Wang to come here. The lives of those few people are not as valuable as one finger of Divine Doctor Wang..."
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During the low-pitched discussion, the sound of footsteps sounded from the side of the Yamen.
Several detectives looked back and saw Qiu Tianhe emerging from the corridor carrying a rice pail and looking around.
Because of the sentence "I won't stab you to death with my stick at the back door", the policeman Xiao Wang, who was respectfully called the "back door gun" by his colleagues, was shocked when he saw this and quickly ran to stop him:
"Xia Qiu, please go back to the house quickly. If you are standing here now, the brothers are nervous. You may be accidentally killed by the adults."
Qiu Tianhe knew that someone was robbing the prison, so he came over to take a look. When he saw everyone standing outside the tunnel, he frowned and said:
"Someone is robbing the prison below, but you don't care?"
Xiao Wang waved his hands and said: "The dungeon is designed by skilled craftsmen with countless efforts. The first floor is sealed with stone. If you dare to touch the cell door, thousands of arrows will be fired in the cell. The second floor is sealed with black stone, which sprays poisonous dragon miasma. The faster you move, you will die."
The faster you go, you'll be dead before you even get out of the capital."
Qiu Tianhe looked surprised: "Is there still such a configuration in the dungeon?"
Xiao Wang smiled and said: "Qiu Daxia has only been here for less than a year. He has never experienced a prison robbery by thieves, so he doesn't know. This is the most protected prison in Wei Dynasty. It is a problem if there are no protective measures. If anyone inside dares to escape, let them escape.
, just look for the corpse tomorrow; just wait and let Dr. Wang detoxify it later."
Qiu Tianhe felt that this design was really inhumane, but anyone who could enter the second floor of the dungeon must be punished by death. It was no wonder that the court was not looking at others. After thinking about it, he sighed:
"Fortunately, I came out quickly... No, Room No. 2 is my former residence. The two newcomers inside have serious injuries and their martial arts are average. Are you sure they can withstand this service?"
When Xiao Wang heard this, his expression changed and he patted his forehead:
"It's over, forget about these two. Yesterday, I heard that the two kings of Yanzhou killed His Highness. The crime was so heinous that the prison chief was afraid of something going wrong, so he locked him up in the safest cell. Now that there is trouble, the two kings of Yanzhou are afraid that he will have to bear it.
Can’t stop…”
Qiu Tianhe felt that it was unrealistic to ask the police to risk their lives to save the prisoners on death row, so he sighed after thinking about it:
"Last night, I brought them a meal and gave them an extra spoonful. It was considered a full meal before I died..."
While he was talking, a white shadow passed through the rain curtain silently and landed in front of the dungeon.
Upon seeing this, the police officers at the scene stood up straight and faced the dark dungeon entrance with solemn expressions.
Qiu Tianhe raised his eyes and greeted:
"Sister Meng, it's been a long time since we last met."
Baifa Diting is more than ten years older than Qiu Tianhe. When Man Dawei hunted down Qiu Tianhe to rescue the imperial concubine, she was still a charming goddess in white, and was walked around by Qiu Tianhe. The relationship between them was not very friendly.
The white-haired Di Ting ignored Qiu Tianhe and just stood in front of the dungeon with a stern face, dragging his white hair down to the floor, looking into the depths of the entrance.
Qiu Tianhe came up with a rice pail and asked:
"Is Cao Qiansui locked up on this third level? It's been a while, so he probably ran away long ago."
Bai-haired Tingting frowned and said, "It's best to run away. If you don't run away, it will be difficult to be kind today."
Qiu Tianhe knew what the inner sect god Cao Qiansui's status was, so he asked:
"Didn't you give Cao Qiansui dozens of golden needles?"
"With the three diagrams of muscles, bones and skin in my body, the golden needle cannot penetrate it, and it cannot seal it once it is penetrated. I can only rely on the secret medicine prepared by Doctor Wang to disperse the energy and reduce food to weaken the physical strength. The traitor has created such a big battle, maybe there is a solution."
medicine."
Qiu Tianhe nodded and looked around:
"Qin Wenli, Chen Miao, Tu Jiuji and the others can't come over? If Sister Meng can stop them all by herself, I guess Cao Qiansui won't even pay attention to you."
Baifa Di heard: "The thieves chose the right time. Half of the people are not here, and there is something wrong in the west of the city. We have to deal with that side first."
Qiu Tianhe frowned. Seeing that the court seemed to have insufficient manpower, he thought of his pending trial and indefinite grounding and hesitated for a moment:
"Cao Qiansui must be trying to recover his skills. If you don't stop him now, he will regain his full power later. I guess no one in the capital can stop him. Sister Meng, why don't you pull out my golden needle and return the knife to me, and I will help you stop Cao Qiansui.
Chitose, if you have committed a crime and made a meritorious service, you will give me a free life afterwards?"
?
The police officer from the Hei Yamen next to him turned his cheek when he heard these words, feeling that Qiu Tianhe was a bit outrageous.
After all, no matter how fierce Eunuch Cao is, he is still a person who has been locked up for ten years for San Gong. He is incomparable to his peak period. Moreover, when he came out, he showed that he would not run away. It would only take a lot of time to slowly scrape him back after being locked up.
And Qiu Tianhe has been eating and drinking outside for months, and has become fat. As soon as he pulls out the golden needle and grabs the Tianhe knife, he may not have a chance of winning when he rushes to the palace. If he runs away with all his strength, who is going to stop him?
Qiu Tianhe felt everyone's speechlessness and said helplessly:
"I, Qiu Tianhe, have been wandering around for thirty years, and I still have the reputation of being a knight. Now I have finally cleared my name with Ye Boy, and I have a chance to walk around the world in an upright manner. However, I turned around and ran away, causing Ye Boy to take the blame for me. Do you think I
Can Qiu Tianhe do such a stupid thing?"
After thinking about it for a while, everyone felt that the only case Qiu Tianhe had committed in his life was to break into the marriage team for a friend, ruining half of his life. Although he had a close relationship with the Pingtian Sect, the reason was that the Pingtian Sect had a crush on him.
Saving grace, in essence, he is still a wanderer who values love and justice.
Meng Jiao thought for a moment and said, "If you go all out, I will ask the Holy One for permission on this matter. Even if the Holy One refuses, he will grant you status and let you enjoy half your life in the capital."
Qiu Tianhe only had Daokui in his heart, and he didn't care about fame and fortune, but no matter how he didn't care, being able to eat well, drink well, and live well was more comfortable than delivering food in an alley, so he immediately put down his food bucket:
"Okay. If I can only get back to the top this time in my life, and my opponent is Cao Qiansui, my life in the world will not be in vain... But if I am beaten to death, the court still has to arrange for Dr. Wang to save me, but I can't treat Qiu as a consumable.
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"Don't worry, the court will not treat you badly if the Night Terror Hall is here."
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Nearly 6,000 words or 2!
I’m really sorry that I’m going to finish this plot so slowly. I’ll try to finish it all in one go tomorrow…