Xiao Yuanche returned with Guo Baiyi and Xu Wenruo.
There is a tacit understanding that neither Guo Baiyi nor Xu Wenruo left. They knew that Xiao Yuanche would definitely have instructions next.
Now is the critical moment.
Although Dong Si and his friends were already aware of their plans, it was still difficult to determine when they would act.
After all, Dong Si was the head of a dynasty, and he was also the chariot and cavalry general of the Jin Dynasty.
Coupled with the captain Shesheng, the general and the doctor Zhongsan in the court, this force cannot be underestimated.
What's more, there are Shaliang Ma Xunzhang, former general Liu Xuanhan, and Bohai Marquis General Shen Jizhou outside to help.
Xiao Yuanche and the others couldn't help but discuss it carefully. If there was a slight mistake, it might end up being a completely different story.
Although Xiao Yuanche had the upper hand and knew their plot, as long as there was not a 100% chance of winning, Xiao Yuanche's character still had to be treated with caution.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to remain invincible for so many years.
It's late at night and it's getting colder.
Even if there is a charcoal brazier, the fire in the basin is still strong.
Guo Baiyi still couldn't bear it, his face turned pale and he coughed from time to time.
Xiao Yuanche looked at Guo Baiyi with concern and said, "Su Ling has already laid out the general plan. Why don't Baiyi go back first?"
Guo Baiyi hurriedly waved his hands, coughed for a while and then said: "This is a serious matter. Even if Baiyi goes back, he is really worried. There is hot tea. Baiyi can take a sip and it will warm him up."
Xiao Yuanche nodded and hurriedly asked people to serve hot tea. Xiao Yuanche and the other three drank.
Guo Baiyi's complexion improved slightly.
Xiao Yuanche recalled what happened in Su Ling's bad hall, as well as Su Ling's words and deeds. He was stunned for a while and asked: "Su Ling, what do you think?"
Xu Wenruo nodded and said: "Every step of the plan is planned with careful thinking. It can be of great use."
Guo Baiyi also had a look on his face, and suddenly bowed to Xiao Yuanche and said: "Brother, I have something to say, please listen carefully."
He did not call Xiao Yuanche his lord, but he called him eldest brother with personal emotion.
Xiao Yuanche was shocked and said with a solemn expression: "If Baiyi has anything to say, just say it!"
Guo Baiyi said: "When Baiyi was young, he did many ridiculous things. He was nostalgic for the romantic field. In his spare time, he even fought with eagles and dogs. He just wanted to spend his life in this absurd way! Without him, in this troubled world, Baiyi would have nothing but cannibalism. He is passionate, but he has nowhere to show it! The eldest brother does not regard his younger brother as despicable, and he even disdains to criticize his unkind words. He has a sharp eye and distinguishes his younger brother among all living beings. Every time I think about it, I am grateful for the kindness of my elder brother's knowledge, and I dare not to die in return for my elder brother's understanding. Just in case!"
When he said this, Guo Baiyi coughed again and again, and his shoulders were shaking a little.
Xiao Yuanche's heart surged, and he quickly held Guo Baiyi's hand.
Between the tentacles, the hands are cold.
There was no warmth at all.
Xiao Yuanche said in a trembling voice: "Why does Baiyi need to talk about such old events? I also know what my brother has in mind, so we should go together."
Guo Baiyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "People say that I, Guo Baiyi, am a womanizer, and my personal ethics are even worse. Only brother understands me. How painful would it be if I lived too soberly in this world? I can only get drunk on my body. , I am stupid, my heart is in chaos every day, only then can I feel a little happy!"
When Guo Baiyi said this, there were already tears in his eyes.
He breathed low for a while, and then said again: "The wine penetrates the intestines, and the sex scratches the bones! Now I only have a tattered skin. It's just that my brother's great work has not been completed. I just held my breath and worked hard by my brother's side. I have been plotting for nearly ten years, but now I feel that my body is not as good as before. I am afraid that the end is approaching!"
When Xiao Yuanche heard this, he felt sad in his heart. He shook Guo Baiyi's hand hard and said, "Why do you talk like this? It's just a minor illness, how can it get to that point? There are famous doctors here. If they don't help, there are ...and Su Ling, even if Su Ling can't do it, he still has his master Zhang Shennong, so I'll go and invite him in person! I don't want to lose my energy first!"
Guo Baiyi slowly shook his head and said: "I have actually wanted to say this for a long time. I am just afraid that my eldest brother will think of me and worry about me. I am the only one who knows my body best. Although I will not die immediately, I am afraid that I will suffer. It only takes two years for the grain to be ripe! However, Baiyi has been letting loose a lot in this life, and death will be inevitable, so why should he be afraid? However, every time I think about it, if I go, there will be no more ignorant people standing alone next to me, which will be very desolate. My heart is full of sorrow and grief! Now, I can finally feel at ease!"
Xiao Yuanche suddenly trembled and said: "Baiyi! Baiyi! Brother, I can't live without you!"
Guo Baiyi said slowly: "Knowing your ruler and your ministers well is what I have longed for in my life. Now, I am willing to die immediately! Today I have even found a talent who will succeed me after my death! What a relief! What a relief!"
Xiao Yuanche said in a trembling voice: "Baiyi...you are irreplaceable in my heart!"
Guo Baiyi suddenly stood up tremblingly and said loudly: "Brother, I can't repay the love you have for me. Today, I will make it clear. If one day I leave you, Su Ling will do my best to take my place! Brother, I will definitely do it." Listen to it, believe in it, and let it go! Just like a brother and a younger brother working together!"
After saying this, Guo Baiyi suddenly fell to the ground, his shoulders trembling and his eyes filled with tears.
Xiao Yuanche was heartbroken when he heard this. He quickly helped Guo Baiyi up and said earnestly: "Baiyi, brother, I have written it down. No matter what, I will recruit Su Ling to use him!"
Xu Wenruo was also touched by Guo Baiyi's words, with tears in his eyes. He couldn't tell whether he was sighing or sad.
Xiao Yuanche turned around and shouted loudly outside the house: "Beat the drum, gather the generals!"
...
The next day.
The cold wind seems to be stronger and colder than yesterday.
The weather in Longtai is cold and humid, which makes people feel even more uncomfortable.
As the business in the hall was not very good, Su Ling simply wrapped herself up tightly and returned to the inner room, holding the charcoal brazier without letting go.
Despite this, I still couldn't stop coughing and had a lot of runny nose and tears.
Could it be that I really have been tricked?
You fairy is so stupid - Fushenzi! Where have you been these past few days! If you really want to blow the lamp and pull out the wax, who should I look for to get the elixir in a month?
One day passed, and the whole Longtai was still safe and sound.
Su Ling secretly thought about it. It seemed that Dong Si and Xiao Yuanche chose to stand still.
It's just that the wind and rain are coming sooner or later.
As soon as it got dark, someone came to the back door.
Du Heng opened the door and saw Boning standing there in official uniform with a thin sword hanging from his waist.
Su Ling hurriedly walked over and said hello.
Boning seemed to deliberately keep a distance from Su Ling, and said with a faint smile, not too close but not too far away: "Master Su, the Shadow Division dungeon is ready. If nothing happens to you, how about Boning accompany him?"
Su Ling nodded, put on a mink fur collared cloak, hid a dagger at his waist, and then went with Boning.
As soon as I walked outside, I saw a small sedan with four people wearing similar clothes to Boning standing guard.
Bonin said calmly: "Master Su, there is no need to be suspicious. These four are brothers of the Shadow Division. The Shadow Division is a secret place after all. I can only feel wronged to Mr. Su."
As he spoke, a piece of black linen appeared in his hand.
Su Ling was startled for a moment, then nodded and said: "Business matters! Your permission, Mr. Boning!"
Boning then nodded, walked to Su Ling in person, and covered Su Ling's eyes with the black linen cloth. Then he said loudly: "Help Mr. Su onto the sedan chair."
With the support of four shadow men, Su Ling got into the sedan and sat down.
Suddenly, I felt my body lift up. There was another sound of footsteps. I thought it was the sedan that had moved.
Boning turned around, mounted his horse, and shouted softly: "Let's go!"
Su Ling was sitting in the sedan, and her eyes were completely dark.
To be honest, he really didn't like the feeling of being blindfolded.
He always felt that he was being restrained by others and that his fate was in the hands of others.
The sedan chair creaked softly, mixed with the very slight sound of footsteps and horse hooves. Su Ling expected that the road they were walking on was extremely remote, otherwise it would be impossible for him not to hear other sounds besides this.
I don't know how long he walked like this. Su Ling's eyesight went dark, and sometimes he felt his body tilting suddenly from left to right, and then straightened up again.
Like a lonely boat in the sea, swaying unsteadily.
I guess it was because I took countless forks in the road.
The cold wind blew in through the gap in the sedan curtain. The more Su Ling sat, the more chilly he felt. He couldn't help but rub his hands.
The cold wind whistled in my ears, but there was no other sound.
It seems like this road is long and has no end.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Su Ling felt her body falling slightly, and then heard a creak, and dust fell from the sedan chair.
After a moment, Su Ling's eyes lit up, and the light shone on him, making Su Ling feel as if his eyes were burning.
He closed his eyes for a while, then slowly opened them.
But he saw Boning holding the black linen in his hand and looking at him with a faint smile.
When Boning saw him open his eyes, he said: "Master Su, we are here."
Su Ling opened his eyes and looked, but made a strange sound.
I don't know which restaurant's main hall this is. Although the main hall is not big, it is also very well decorated, with murals on the counter and a red wax copper table.
There are more than ten tables, chairs and benches arranged. There are also more than ten jars of unopened old wine on the counter.
This is obviously a restaurant.
Su Ling said in confusion: "Master Boning, do you want to invite Su to dinner first?"
Boning laughed and said, "This is a trick to deceive others. Mr. Su, don't be suspicious, just follow me."
Su Ling followed Boning, and the four people from the Shadow Division also followed.
But Boning came to the counter, stretched out his two hands to hold an old wine pot on the counter, and exerted a little force.
Only a squeaking sound was heard.
The counter suddenly opened slowly to both sides.
In front of Su Ling's eyes, a dark, bottomless hole came into view.
Boning pointed at the big dark cave and said, "Go down from here and you will reach the underground prison of the Shadow Department."
Su Ling was wondering how to get down, when he saw Boning saying to the four people: "Flying Lots!"
Someone had already handed me something.
Su Ling took a closer look and saw that it was a small bird with a sharp beak.
The little bird should be made of special wood. The bird's eyes are slightly closed, and its two lifelike wings are lying on the body. The feathers are finely carved on it.
But Boning gently moved Xiaoque's left leg a few times.
The bird's eyes, which were originally slightly closed, suddenly opened, as if they were suddenly alive.
Bonin held the little bird in his palm and sent it towards the dark hole.
The bird's wings, which were originally lying on its body, suddenly fluttered, hovered above the black hole, and swooped down towards the black hole.
Su Ling praised: "What a clever idea!"
Boning smiled lightly and said: "Sikong has a craftsman named Ma Jun who always likes to tinker with small things. This little bird is his trick. It is as big as a twelve-turn water truck for watering field stalks, and it is the best among farm tools.
What a sharp weapon!”
Not long after, I suddenly heard a series of squeaking sounds, and even the sound of chains colliding, coming from far to near from the ground, and from top to bottom.
Finally, as the sound became louder and louder, a wooden platform appeared in Su Ling's eyes. The wooden platform rose straight up from below, just level with the entrance of the cave.
Then there was a clang, the sound dissipated, and the wooden platform stopped firmly at the entrance of the cave.
The wooden platform is not big and can accommodate two people.
Boning stepped up first and said, "Mr. Su, come with me. These four brothers, please sit down."
I go to...the elevator?
Su Ling stood up with interest.
Just as they stood still, the creaking sound started again, carrying Su Ling and Boning slowly downward.
The wooden platform fell slowly and slowly, and the light around Su Ling became darker and darker.
I don't know how long he had been there, but Su Ling's eyes were already dark. When he looked up, he saw that there was an unknown amount of feet above his head. There was only a place as big as a palm, and there was a faint light.
Come to think of it, that's the entrance to the cave.
After falling for a while, Su Ling suddenly felt light coming from under his feet. After a while, everything in front of his eyes lit up.
The wooden platform clanked and fell onto the dust.
Su Ling and Boning then stepped down.
But I saw a stone door suddenly opened, with two copper beast lanterns on both sides of the stone door, and the flames danced.
There are also lights on and off inside the stone gate.
There were two Shadow Masters standing in front of the door, with swords hanging from their waists.
By the light, Su Ling looked toward the stone gate and saw a pair of couplets on both sides of the stone gate, which were written with a graceful and powerful pen:
It is easy to forget small grudges and small grudges when you are behind bars, and it is difficult to escape severe punishments and severe punishments while wearing shackles.
Across the middle of the stone gate, there are three big characters: Shadow Prison
When the four Shadow Division jailers saw Boning and Su Ling coming, they hurriedly raised their hands and saluted.
Boning waved his hand lightly and said, "Are you ready?"
The four jailers nodded hurriedly and said: "Everything is ready. Xuan Chan has already been brought out, but I will wait for you to go."
Boning nodded and walked in first. Su Ling followed closely.
The deep prison is truly terrifying.
Although there were lights flickering everywhere, the lights were dim and eerie.
Not far from both sides of Su Ling, there are various prisons. The prison doors are made of thick and solid wood, and weeds and filth are everywhere inside.
There were even bloodstains all over the eyes, and huge rats squeaking and scurrying around, jumping out from time to time, grinning, as if they were not very afraid of people.
The stench was unpleasant, and Su Ling hurriedly covered her mouth and nose.
This Shadow Prison is even more cruel and harsh than the Nanzhang Prison.
Su Ling walked all the way, following Boning. Where the fire was extinguished, there were withered prisoners, bruised and wailing prisoners, speechless and in a coma, screaming for injustice and looking like crazy people. Looking at it, it was like a forest palace.
Hall, hell.
There was no expression on Boning's face at all, and he seemed to be walking ahead as usual.
After walking for a while, Su Ling became much closer to him because she was looking around.
Bonin turned around and smiled: "Master Su, don't sympathize with these people. None of the people caught here by the Shadow Division are unjust!"
After saying this, he added: "There is still some distance between us and Xuan Chan here. Let's speed up our pace."
Su Ling nodded silently, and the two of them quickened their steps.
After passing through a stone arch, Su Ling discovered that he was actually on a cliff. Looking down, he could see that there was no height below. There was only a man-made stone step on one side of the cliff. One step
First-order downward extension.
Su Ling looked around and saw that the stone steps stretched continuously, sometimes winding and turning, and there was no end in sight.
Boning first walked down the stone steps to the bottom of the cliff.
Su Ling followed closely behind.
At first, the stone steps were polished very smooth and were four feet square, just enough for one person to walk on them.
But the further down you go, the rougher the stone steps become, until in the end, there are no stone steps at all, just large stones that have been moved there casually.
After walking for a long time, Su Ling suddenly felt that her eyes were bright.
This light is as strong as daylight.
Su Ling looked forward and couldn't help but feel a little shocked.
In front is a large circular platform.
There is actually a clear spring on both sides of the platform. The water is so clear that the bottom cannot be seen.
There are two white marble stone fences surrounding it. Every few steps, there are lion heads carved on them, which are exquisite, majestic and lifelike.
A white jade stone path extends from the center of the platform, passing through the clear spring and paving straight in front of Su Ling and Boning.
There is also a dragon head sticking out from each of the four main positions in the east, west, south and north.
The dragon's eyes are dazzling, and the dragon's beard is flamboyant.
From the wide-open mouths of the four dragon heads, four lines of water spurted out, making a gurgling sound.
It looks like four dragons holding the moon.
Su Ling saw at a glance that a large white jade pillar dozens of feet high stood in the middle of the platform.
Dragon scales and dragon armor are carved on the white pillars.
At the top of the white pillar is the head of the prison dragon god Bian.
The carving is three-quarters deep into the wood, as if it were a living thing.
And there is a person tied to this big pillar.
This man's hair was in a messy bun, and the few curled locks of hair were even more stained.
He was wearing a Taoist robe. The Taoist robe must have been whipped with a whip. It was torn in many places, one by one. Every crack was bloody and stained with blood.
Boning smiled faintly and said, "Please, Mr. Su!"
Su Ling calmed down and walked onto the white jade stone road. He was still a few feet away from the giant pillar and stopped.
He stared at the person tied to it and called out in a deep voice: "Xuan Chan?"
He called out, but the person bound on the big pillar did not move at all. His head was hanging down, his face was covered by messy hair, as if he had not heard anything, as if he was dead.
Su Ling could only frown, and called out three times in a slightly louder voice.
Only then did Xuan Chan slowly raise his head, his eyes full of bewilderment. His eyes were scattered and muddy.
When Su Ling saw that it was indeed Xuan Chan, he said calmly: "I came to see you?"
Xuan Chan was stunned for a moment, and then a look of arrogance appeared on his face. He stared at Su Ling and said, "Who are you? Dare to disturb this Supreme Immortal Master's seclusion and practice? Are you not afraid of my Immortal Master's wrath and summoning the Nine Heavens Thunder and Fire?"
, can’t I burn you?”
Su Ling was startled, this person was probably crazy.
Boning walked over slowly and scolded in a low voice: "Xuan Chan, I advise you to be more honest. Whatever Mr. Su asks you, just say it, so as not to hurt your skin!"
Xuan Chan raised his face, raised his neck, and shouted loudly: "You little devils! You don't know whether to live or die! How dare you hit me? I am an immortal, you can't hit me! Haha, I can't hit you!"
"
Boning raised his eyebrows, suddenly picked up the whip dipped in water next to him, raised his hand and whipped Xuan Chan hard.
After a few slaps of the whip, Xuan Chan's body was already covered in wounds, but with this whip, the skin and flesh were even more torn and bloody.
Xuan Chan screamed at first, shouting crazily: "It's itchy! Aha! It's itchy! Harder! Harder! Immortal! Haha, can you hit me? I can't...
..”
After being whipped a few times, I guess the pain was too much, so my voice suddenly dropped, and at the end there was blood dripping from the corner of my mouth, and my voice was as quiet as a gossamer.
Su Lingyi frowned and said: "Master Boning, this is the only one alive. If you take me with you again, you won't be able to ask anything else!"
Boning then stopped and said with a wry smile: "Master Su doesn't know something. I've asked him no less than ten times since we caught him here, and every time he behaves like this, as if he's crazy, talking all over the place! I'm afraid.
Young Master, you came here today in vain!"
Su Ling sighed, took two more steps forward, and whispered to Xuan Chan: "Xuan Chan, do you see who I am?"
Xuan Chan gasped in a low voice, slowly raised his head, and narrowed his scattered eyes a few times. Suddenly he was surprised, his body twisted, and there was a hint of joy on his face.
Su Ling felt solemn in his heart, thinking that he was remembering something, and hurriedly said: "Did you remember who I am?"
Xuan Chan's face was filled with a silly smile, his eyes rolled twice, and he shouted crazily again: "Little frog... you are a little frog... quack quack! little frog!"
Su Ling choked and almost picked up the whip.
You are the little frog! Your whole family is all little frogs!
Su Ling shook his head and said to Boning: "This man seems to be really stupid!"
Boning nodded and said: "It's such a late night, Mr. Su's trip is in vain. Mr. Su, please come here!"
Su Ling turned around, and Boning winked at the four people behind him. The four people then moved forward and approached Xuan Chan, looking to tie Xuan Chan off the pillar and take him to another place.
But he never expected that for some reason, Xuan Chan suddenly had a violent look in his eyes. He suddenly opened his big mouth, said "Hey-", and bit the ear of the shadow jailer closest to him fiercely.
.
He was impartial and just bit the jailer's ear.
After he bit it, he didn't let go, and the blood came out. In an instant, it dripped out along the jailer's cheek and between Xuan Chan's teeth.
"Ah -" the jailer screamed, and the heartbreaking pain almost made him faint. He hammered Xuan Chan's head hard with one hand and pried his mouth hard with the other hand.
When the three people nearby saw this, they shouted loudly: "Madman! Let go! Let go quickly!"
No matter how hard Xuan Chan was willing to let him go, he bit the man's ear desperately, his teeth were like iron pliers and he would not let go no matter what.
Seeing that their companions were in trouble, the three men all picked up their whips, filled their chests with anger, and whipped Xuan Chan, who had lost his life.
But Xuan Chan didn't even hum, but suddenly made a strong effort.
I just heard a "stab--" sound.
The man's ear was forcibly ripped off by Xuan Chan's mouth.
The man screamed, covered the bitten place where the blood spurted out, and rolled all over the ground.
After a while, the pain passed away.
Without any hesitation, Xuan Chan opened his mouth and swallowed the bloody ear alive.
The crunching sound of chewing kept coming, which was eerie.
Boning turned his head and saw this, his eyes filled with anger, he flew up and kicked Xuan Chan hard in the chest.
Xuan Chan spurted blood from the corner of his mouth and hit the big pillar heavily.
His body suddenly couldn't straighten up and became hunched over.
With a sound of "Wow--", the ears covered with bloody foam and chewed into rotten flesh were spat out from his mouth.
Su Ling couldn't bear to look anymore, shook her head, sighed, turned around and walked forward.
Just took two steps.
Xuan Chan suddenly became quiet, his voice was weak, and he murmured intermittently: "Snow fills the world... Chengtian Shunyi... Cleansed by thunder and fire... Great Virtue Flying Immortal.
.....The Great Virtue Flying Immortal!"
Su Ling's walking body suddenly stopped in place.
Suddenly his breathing became heavier, he turned around suddenly and strode towards Xuan Chan.
Boning was afraid that Xuan Chan would become violent again, so he hurriedly said: "Mr. Su, be careful. He has said this so many times. I think it is just crazy talk, nothing unusual..."
Su Ling ignored everything and came to Xuan Chan in the blink of an eye, grabbed him by the collar and said coldly: "Xuan Chan! What did you just say! Say it again! Say it again!"
Su Ling's eyes were like lightning as he stared at Xuan Chan, as if he wanted to see through his soul.
Xuan Chan raised his head and murmured with distracted eyes: "The world is filled with snow... Chengtian Shunyi... Cleansed by thunder and fire... Great Virtue Flying Immortal...
..."
He babbled like this for a while, then lowered his head and became silent again.
Su Ling held Xuan Chan's hand on the collar and slowly let go.
He turned his head with a serious expression.
Let the jailers drag Xuan Chan down.
Su Ling was like falling into the clouds and mist, but her mouth was just like Xuan Chan, slowly murmuring and repeating those words.
"The world is filled with snow... Chengtian Shunyi... Cleansed by thunder and fire... Great Virtue Flying Immortal..."