Chapter 25: A Bold Decision

After the two of them left the prison, they did not leave in a hurry, but hid in a large hall outside the prison, from where they could easily see the scene outside the prison.

After waiting for about half an hour, Fang Ling saw a four-golden-armored guard carrying a sedan chair coming, and he knew that the Heavenly Master of Zhenguo had arrived.

Whether it is the Zhenguo Heavenly Master or the Zhentian Tower, it is a mystery to most people in the imperial city, but it is well known that the people who guard the Zhentian Tower are the elites selected by the Chu Emperor himself among the imperial guards, and these people are wearing a bright gold armor, which is very conspicuous.

The officials at all levels of the prison had already come outside, and when the sedan chair stopped, they lowered their heads one by one, not daring to raise their heads. Everyone knows that the Heavenly Master of Zhenguo is a master of immortal arts, and even the Emperor of Chu has to be respectful when he sees it, let alone a courtier?

Fang Ling originally wanted to see what this Zhenguo Heavenly Master looked like, but what disappointed him was that the Zhenguo Heavenly Master was wearing a black robe, from head to toe, only two eyes were exposed, and he couldn't see clearly at all, but he walked as if he was floating on the ground, looking completely weird.

However, Rao is like this, and the generals of the Heavenly Prison are also extremely respectful, after all, how can anyone in the world dare to pretend to be the Heavenly Master of Zhenguo? That is a great crime of the Nine Clans, not to mention, these gold-armored guards are a powerful god, and they are also very popular characters in the palace, and no one can pretend to be them.

Time passed slowly, and Fang Ling couldn't help but be a little faintly worried, if the female assassin's fake death hadn't been hidden from the Zhenguo Heavenly Master, then the matter would be serious, and it might even involve himself.

However, this is no longer the time to fear for one's own safety, and it is already an impossible way to turn back, both for herself and for the female assassin.

But fortunately, after waiting for a while, the black-robed Zhenguo Heavenly Master walked out of the entrance of the prison, sat in a sedan chair and left without saying a word.

Fang Ling also settled down, and went to the mass grave with Dong Canghai.

The mass grave is the place where the corpses are thrown after the establishment of the prison, in fact, it is a sinkhole behind the East Mountain, which is also called the mass grave, which means that the sinkhole is deep and large, and it is not satisfied with the tens of thousands of people who throw it in.

In fact, the number of people who can be imprisoned in the prison is very small compared to the prison of the Criminal Department, and only a few dozen corpses are cleared out every five years.

Although the sinkhole is not far from the outside of the palace, after all, it is still in the palace, and some people have also talked about the yin qi here is too heavy and not auspicious enough, but according to the words of Emperor Chu, these people are too resentful after death, and they are afraid that they will turn into ghosts and chaos elsewhere, so they can only be suppressed by the dragon qi of the imperial city, so that they will suffer here forever, which is also a deterrent to those who rebel.

The guards guarding the mass grave are all characters at the bottom of the box in the criminal department, either offending their bosses, or making mistakes, in short, a group of veterans who have no future at all, compared to the oil and water in the prison, it seems to be much more bitter here, and the only oil and water that can be caught is that someone is willing to pay a high price for the corpse.

However, there are only a few people who dare to buy corpses, after all, it is not easy to buy corpses and transport them out of the palace, so the income is naturally much less.

When I came to the place at the foot of the sinkhole, five or six guards were guarding the place in front of the mountain road, chatting with the back of the mountain one by one, looking bored.

Dong Canghai called Lao Wang on the side, a guard in his forties immediately turned his head, and as soon as he saw Dong Canghai, he immediately hurried over, glanced at Fang Ling, and said with a smile on his face: "Yo, Deputy Commander Dong, you come to pull." ”

Dong Canghai asked: "Lao Wang, there is nothing wrong with the good things you said last time, right?"

Lao Wang hurriedly patted his chest and said: "Deputy Commander Dong, don't worry, we haven't done this kind of thing once or twice, let's take the incident of Wei Shiguan copying and beheading the whole house the year before last, the bodies of more than a dozen people in a family were all made out with our help, and there has not been a single rumor until now." ”

Dong Canghai nodded and said, "It's not that I don't believe in your ability, Lao Wang, but I'm afraid that your subordinates will leak their mouths." ”

Lao Wang said with a smile: "Deputy Commander Dong, don't worry, this place is no better than the prison, and there are only a dozen people guarding this mass grave, my Lao Wang has been here for more than ten years, and he knows the root of these people. ”

Dong Canghai glanced at Fang Ling, and Fang Ling took out a silver ticket of three hundred taels from his arms and handed it over.

Lao Wang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly took it, stuffed it into his arms, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you, Childe, then the corpse you want ......"

"We don't know exactly what happened to the body, so I'm afraid we'll have to see it to recognize it. Fang Ling said ambiguously.

Lao Wang nodded understandingly, and said with some indignation: "Yes, the people over there in the prison are all raised by some grandchildren, and all criminal laws are used, even if they come out, they are not human, so let's take you up the mountain first." ”

When they came to the foot of the mountain, several guards obviously knew Dong Canghai and greeted each other, and then Fang Ling and the others followed Lao Wang up the stone ladder and came to the halfway up the mountainside.

I saw that there was a diamond-shaped pit on the mountainside, the mouth of the pit was obliquely opened on the stone wall of the mountainside, and the outside was made of a wooden cover, and a tiger's head lock was placed on it, which was impermeable.

"This is a mass grave?" Fang Ling was a little surprised, he thought that this mass grave was a bit large, but he didn't expect that the entrance was only the size of a person.

Lao Wang smiled: "Son, don't look at this small entrance, this is unfathomable, since the establishment of our country, I don't know how many bones have been buried in this pit, but standing here and looking inside, hey, the darkness can't see the bottom." ”

Fang Ling was surprised when he heard this: "Then how can you get that corpse out later?"

Lao Wang smiled, pointed to a bend in front of the mountainside, and said, "Wait a while, you will hide behind that big stone, and once you can distinguish the person, throw a small stone over, and we will move the corpse to you and not throw it down." ”

"Is this method safe?" Dong Canghai asked more.

Lao Wang said confidently: "Deputy Commander Dong, don't worry, these days the prison guards think that the smell of corpses here is too strong, and they refuse to let them stay for a while." ”

As he was talking, there was a crisp sound of the handle of the knife hitting the rock, and Lao Wang hurriedly said: "Hide the two of you first, they are coming." ”

Fang Ling and Dong Canghai stood behind the rocks, originally at midnight at this time, the light was unclear, and the two of them were hiding here but also hidden.

It didn't take long for Lao Wang to pick up a torch and walk up, stick the torch above the door of the mass grave, and several of his subordinates carried up the corpses one by one with the people from the prison.

Because the open space in front of the sinkhole is quite large, it is not a problem to put down a dozen bodies in a row.

Lao Wang took out the key and said with a smile while unlocking the lock: "Let's go to the corner and rest first, as soon as this door is opened, the smell of corpses is very strong." ”

The guards hurriedly covered their noses and walked away, staying far away from the corner and chatting.

As soon as Lao Wang opened the pit door, a strong smell of corpses suddenly poured out inside, Fang Ling couldn't help but cover his nose, cover his sleeves and breathe slowly, until he felt a feeling of nausea.

Fang Ling then knew why those prison guards were far away, although the prison was gloomy and terrifying, but because of the cold, the corpses rarely emitted a foul smell, but the smell of corpses here was like soaking in water, which was unbearable.

Lao Wang and the others were used to it, so they only frowned slightly, and then began to throw the corpse, every time they lifted the corpse, they would face it towards Fang Ling and the others, and then throw it down.

Each time, the guards of the heavenly prison carried more than a dozen corpses up, and then they were thrown in by Lao Wang and others, and when it was the turn of the third group, the figure of the female assassin was finally revealed.

Fang Ling hurriedly threw a small stone over, the old dynasty glanced outside, and saw that the guards of the heavenly prison didn't pay attention to this side, while holding the corpse and trotting a few steps, hiding it beside the two, and then went over and continued to throw the corpse.

After all the other corpses had been thrown, the guard took a cursory look around, and saw that Lao Wang had locked the pit door before leaving.

Soon after, Lao Wang returned and told the two to leave carefully.

Because they had to leave with the corpse, the two of them were extra careful, but fortunately, Dong Canghai knew the time of the forbidden army's patrols and the roads in the palace well, and the two easily avoided the patrol team again and again, and walked through the remote palace road to the Binghua Palace.

When he came to a garden path, Dong Canghai asked Fang Ling to wait here for a while, and then walked to the front to inquire about the situation.

As soon as Dong Canghai left, Fang Ling glanced towards the garden, ready to find a place to hide, at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared from the side of the corridor, Fang Ling was secretly taken aback, just because this person was none other than Jia's father-in-law Jia De!

Judd was not alone, and he was followed by two little eunuchs.

And Fang Ling is too late to hide at this time, if he is alone, there may be an explanation, but now that he is holding the female assassin in his hand, Judd only needs to shout here, and the matter will be completely exposed.

In just an instant, Fang Ling made a bold decision!