As night fell, all the prosperity returned to calm; Dongfang Xuxiao carefully confirmed that after everyone went to bed, Fang walked into the main house quietly on cat steps.
Afraid of causing unnecessary danger, Dongfang Xuxiao did not light the fire. Instead, he touched under the Five Tigers picture according to what he had written during the day. He gently opened the Five Tigers picture and pressed the round button on the wall with his fingertips.
Following a slight sound, Dongfang Xuxiao carefully observed the movements around him.
After a long while, he saw nothing strange. Then he calmed down and walked toward the secret door.
Along the long and winding steps, Dongfang Xuxiao walked to the underground cell.
Upon entering, one sees darkness and silence.
Dongfang Xuxiao didn't know the structure of the underground cell and where the guards were located, so he didn't dare to light the fire rashly.
My hands groped the wall and I moved forward slowly.
Listen carefully to the movement around you.
In the darkness, Dongfang Xuxiao didn't know how long he had been walking, but he just kept moving forward.
Because he had an intuition in his heart that the place where Hong Ling was imprisoned must be guarded by guards; where there were guards, there must be light.
With this belief, Dongfang Xuxiao continued to grope in the darkness.
After about a moment, Dongfang Xuxiao could vaguely see the beating torches in front of him. He felt happy and his steps involuntarily moved even more slowly.
"I haven't been on night duty for a long time; I feel a little uncomfortable when I come to watch all of a sudden!" The guard on the right couldn't help but yawn as he spoke.
"Who says otherwise!" The guard on the left rubbed his scarlet eyes: "No one has been detained in recent years, and we have all become lazy!"
"It's unlucky for us. Among so many people, we were chosen just the two!" The guard on the right couldn't help complaining; he hoped in his heart that a bed would appear in front of him at this moment.
The guard on the left reached out and patted the guard on the right on the shoulder; he smiled and said, "Accept your fate!"
"There's nothing we can do if we don't accept our fate!" The guard on the right curled his lips and muttered in a low voice.
When Dongfang Xuxiao gradually approached, he could clearly hear the conversation between the two guards.
"There must be a button here to notify the outside world. We must find a way to knock them down first to prevent them from tipping off the outside world..." Dongfang Xuxiao frowned slightly: "...Then how can we knock them down without them knowing it?"
Well...' My thoughts were spinning rapidly, thinking of countermeasures.
Dongfang Xuxiao, who was standing upright, suddenly bent down, picked up a stone from the ground, and hit it towards the opposite corridor.
"Who?" The guard on the left looked around vigilantly, looking for anyone suspicious.
The guard on the right glanced around casually: "Where is there anyone? Maybe it's a rat!"
"No! You should be more cautious!" The guard on the left picked up the torch and tried to take a step forward.
"What are you doing?" the guard on the right asked.
"I'll go take a look, you stay here and watch!" After saying that, he walked towards the direction of the source of the sound.
"You are really sensitive..." The guard on the right sneered and shook his head: "...This dungeon has been under construction for a long time. What's new about a few mice occasionally popping up? If you are as cautious as you, you will be busy tonight.
Already..."
The guard on the left acted as if he had not heard anything and did not change his mind at all, continuing to move towards the place where the noise had just been made.
Dongfang Xuxiao dodged first and reached the spot where the stone fell; he hid his body in the corner of the cell.
The guard on the left held his torch high and carefully looked around in the corridor, but found nothing out of the ordinary.
"Is it really a mouse?" He frowned slightly and muttered in a low voice.
I walked around the corridor again, and after making sure there was no one there, I turned around and walked back.
Dongfang Xuxiao's eyelids suddenly narrowed, and he took action as fast as lightning, covering the man's lips; before he could react, he pointed at his sleeping point.
The guard on the left rolled his eyes and slowly softened.
Dongfang Xuxiao took off the torch in his hand and dragged his body into the dark...
After a while, Dongfang Xuxiao struck at the guard's clothes; with his head lowered, he slowly walked towards the guard on the right.
"What took you so long? I thought you were eaten by a mouse!" the guard on the right joked.
"..." Dongfang Xuxiao's posture did not change, and he still lowered his head and moved forward.
"What? He's mute!" The guard on the right raised his eyebrows and stepped forward to nudge Dongfang Xuxiao.
Dongfang Xuxiao slowly raised his cheek and raised the corners of his lips slightly.
"Who are you……"
"Don't make a sound!" As he spoke, a sharp blade was pressed against the guard's neck on the right side.
"..." The guard on the right swallowed secretly. He still doesn't understand how this person appeared.
Dongfang Xuxiao raised his chin slightly and stared at the cell where he was guarding: "Is there a woman imprisoned in it?"
The guard on the right's eyes fluttered around and suddenly shouted: "Come..."
With a muffled sound of 'bang', the guard on the right rolled his eyes and fainted to the ground.
Dongfang Xuxiao retracted his palm, bent down and rummaged up and down his body.
In the end, he lived up to his expectations and found the key in his arms.
Dongfang Xuxiao didn't dare to delay for a moment, picked up the key and quickly opened the cell door.
Holding a torch high and entering the cell, you will see a bloody sight.
His hands and feet were tied with red silk, his head was bowed, and his hair covered his entire face; his clothes were torn in all directions, revealing his torn skin.
Dongfang Xuxiao never expected that just one day could torture someone to this point.
My feet felt like lead; every step I took felt very heavy.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry..." Dongfang Xuxiao's emotions were extremely complicated, and he slowly squatted down in front of Hong Ling: "...I'm sorry..."
"..." Hong Ling lowered her head and didn't respond at all.
Sensing something strange about Hong Ling, Dongfang Xuxiao hurriedly reached out and lifted up her dark hair.
What you can see is a ferocious whip mark.
Dongfang Xuxiao's fingertips trembled slightly, and he slowly covered Hong Ling's cheek: "...I'm sorry! I'm sorry..." At this moment, besides these three words, Dongfang Xuxiao didn't know what else he could say!
The hot touch finally made Dongfang Xuxiao recover from his guilt.
"You have a high fever now. Let me take you out of this hellish place first!" As he spoke, he quickly untied Hong Ling's body.
The restraints were released, and Hong Ling's body fell softly to one side.
Dongfang Xuxiao, with quick eyes and quick hands, took Hong Ling into his arms.
The moment she was picked up by Dongfang Xuxiao, Hong Ling closed her eyelids tightly and opened them slightly; but because she had been asleep for too long, she was unable to identify the person in front of her.
"You, who are you?"
After hearing Hong Ling's Qiruyousi words, Dongfang Xuxiao felt slightly comforted in his heart: "It's me - Dongfang Xuxiao!"
Hong Ling's chest kept rising and falling, and she struggled to spit out four words: "Yin, soul, not, disperse!" Then she rolled her eyes and fell into darkness again.
Dongfang Xuxiao smiled bitterly: "It seems that you really hate me more than usual!" He hugged Hong Ling and strode out of the cell.
Before passing by the guard on the right, Dongfang Xuxiao carefully tapped his sleeping hole.
"A few hours are enough for us to find a safe place to stay!" Looking at the unconscious man in his arms, Dongfang Xuxiao quickly left the underground cell along the way he came.