With the silver taels he had saved since leaving the palace, plus 2,200 taels of two hundred-year-old ginsengs, Fang Ling finally gathered three thousand taels of snowflake silver, and all this was just to meet the female assassin.

After handing over the three thousand taels of silver to Dong Canghai and letting him clean up the various checkpoints of the prison, in the dead of night and day, Fang Ling and Dong Canghai finally went to Dongshan, where the prison was located.

The Heavenly Prison, which means the prison of the Son of Heaven, is ordered to detain important criminals in the name of the Son of Heaven, many of whom are imperial ministers and ministers, and the guards are not inferior to the inner palace.

The guards of the inner palace are generally the elite soldiers and strong generals in the Royal Forest Army, and once there is a disturbance, they can get the support of the outer palace garrison, but it is not only the guards who are firmly entrenched.

Dongshan is one of the five mountains of the Imperial Palace, and the entrance to the prison is at its feet. The prison is to dig up the Dongshan mountain, the inside goes straight down hundreds of meters, and then the surrounding is built with several meters thick boulders, pouring and solidifying, which can be described as an iron wall.

It's like an iron bucket, with three layers inside and three layers outside, and the place is small, so it's more difficult to mix it up than to climb to the sky, let alone want to get out after entering.

The guards are the elite soldiers drawn by the Criminal Department, and the only key that can get through here is a large pile of silver.

Under the moonlight, the entrance of the heavenly prison at the foot of the East Mountain is like a monster with a bloody mouth open, which makes people feel suffocated, and a building is built along the mountain on both sides of the entrance, although there are no people in sight, but Fang Ling clearly feels that countless pairs of eyes are staring at him.

Only then did Fang Ling understand, no wonder he needed three thousand taels of silver to make a point, so many pairs of eyes were open, even if it was five taels, it would cost several hundred taels, not to mention, there were nine layers in this prison.

Leading the way for Fang Ling and the others was a middle-aged man named Ma Chaoge. This person is the deputy general in charge of the power of the prison, although he is only a deputy general, but because he is exquisite, has various connections, and can eat and drink spicy food with him, so he naturally has a lot of henchmen.

With such a network, it is possible to avoid the main general and bring people in. Dong Canghai naturally did not reveal Fang Ling's identity, and Ma Chaoge naturally did not ask, how many secrets are hidden in and outside this palace, and it is a good thing to ask less.

Under the leadership of Ma Chaoge, the two walked down the prison layer by layer along the passage.

The nine-layer prison, the more you go down, the more important the prisoners are held, and the guards are naturally strict, and each layer has a guard guard on the road that must be passed, monitoring every move inside.

The vision in the prison was very dim, only a few torches were inserted in the spiral staircase, the light was bright and dim, and the yin qi came from the ground, which looked eerie and terrifying, and from time to time there was the sound of ghosts crying and howling.

Rao is Fang Ling thinks he is bold, and sometimes he is frightened by this voice.

I don't know how long I walked, but the spiral staircase finally came to an end, and there was only an arc-shaped passage ahead, which was the ninth floor.

The cold air under the ground was like an ice cellar, and compared to the sound of the ghost crying on the previous floors, there was no sound at all, but it was even more terrifying.

Ma Chaoge couldn't help but shudder, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Canghai, if it weren't for your three thousand taels of silver, I wouldn't want to come to this floor even if I was killed, so you can go and see for yourself, in the ninth cell, I will wait for you here, but the time has to hurry." With that, he handed over the key.

Dong Canghai nodded and walked in with Fang Ling.

Each cell on this level is different, some are full of water, some are full of thorns, and there are countless bones inside, everything looks eerie, like Senluo hell.

Dong Canghai said as he walked: "There is a rule in this prison, called that the corpse does not leave the prison, and all those who die in the prison will only be cleaned up to the mass grave at the end of every five years, so if they live in the middle of five years, they will live with many corpses." ”

"That's weird. Fang Ling said.

Dong Canghai said: "Of course, otherwise, how can you make those people obedient." ”

As he spoke, he had already come to the ninth cell, and suddenly a strange breath of cold and heat hit, Fang Ling looked inside, only to see that there was a pool of water inside, the water was pale and exuded an extremely cold aura, and he felt a biting chill before he walked in.

However, the stones on the walls of the cell were hot like flames, making people in extreme cold and heat, and in the innermost part of the cell, a woman sat cross-legged.

The woman wore a long white dress, but it was stained with a large pool of dried blood, which looked shocking, and two long chains that hung firmly on the wall were wrapped around her body.

Half of her body was in the water, her lowered head was covered by her long hanging hair, and she couldn't see her face clearly, let alone how old she was.

"Your Highness, let me go in. At the bottom of this pond there is a mother of ice from the Tianshan Mountains, which is cold and biting every year, and the stones on the stone wall are the igneous rocks that are quarried to the Altai Mountains, which are hot all year round, and even those who practice martial arts may not be able to stand it. Dong Canghai said.

"No need, I'll go myself. Fang Ling said, instructing Dong Canghai to open the cell door.

Dong Canghai also knew Fang Ling's character, and knew that once he made a decision, it would be difficult to change, although he was worried, he had to do it honestly.

As soon as Fang Ling stepped into the pool, he suddenly felt as cold as a knife, but the sun fire in his body suddenly jumped up, offsetting part of the cold, Rao is so, and he also knows that his teeth are a little shaky.

At the same time, the heat on the head came from top to bottom, as if from an iceberg to a volcano all of a sudden, which was really uncomfortable.

"Your Highness, are you alright?" Dong Canghai said worriedly.

"It's fine. Fang Ling shook his head and took a deep breath, no matter how bad the situation was, he walked forward step by step, with each step, the water in the pool moved, and the bones in the pool came over automatically.

The corpses had decomposed into bones, and the grim white brakes on the bones were terrifying.

Fang Ling pushed away the floating bones and walked to the end of the cell step by step, Dong Canghai looked nervously, and if there was any accident, he would rush over to save people.

Getting closer, Fang Ling couldn't help but sigh lightly, no matter who it was, being locked up here was indeed torture, he calmed down and asked, "Are you still alive?"

The woman still hung her head, as if she didn't even have any breath, let alone raised her head in response.

Dong Canghai sighed: "Your Highness, it's been a year, she hasn't eaten or drunk, even ordinary people can't stand it." ”

Fang Ling didn't respond, just took out the dagger and put it in front of her.

As soon as the dagger came out, it seemed to be stimulated by the surrounding temperature, emitting inch by inch light, and the woman's hanging head gradually rose.

Although her long hair covered most of her face, and she couldn't see her clearly, her dark eyes were as beautiful as jewels. At this time, there was a strange light in these beautiful eyes, she glanced at Fang Ling, and suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed Fang Ling's hand.

"Your Highness......" Dong Canghai was taken aback, and hurriedly rushed in.

Although Fang Ling was also taken aback, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't come in, you wait outside." ”

"But......" Dong Canghai was so anxious that he stomped his feet, this woman didn't eat for a year and was still alive, what kind of monster is this?

The woman grabbed Fang Ling's hand, but her thin fingers were as hard as steel, and Fang Ling was also scratched painfully, she didn't expect this woman to have so much strength.

The woman moved her lips, as if she had struggled to speak for a year, and opened her mouth a second time before she said, "He called you...... Your Highness?"

Although the woman had some difficulty speaking, her voice was very good, like a hollow valley ghost, Fang Ling nodded honestly and said: "Yes, in terms of identity, I do have the blood of Emperor Chu in my body. ”

The woman remembered something, looked at Fang Ling seriously, and said: "I remember, Emperor Chu does have two sons, and I have seen that prince, so you should be his eldest son." ”

"Exactly, so the girl doesn't have to worry, I didn't have any ill intentions when I came to see you, and I wouldn't hand over this dagger to the Zhenguo Heavenly Master. Fang Ling said.

The woman's hand moved quickly and pressed on Fang Ling's vein, her fingers pressed slightly on it, and her pupils suddenly dilated: "You...... Got a dagger?"

Fang Ling nodded, it seems that this woman must know that the dagger can give people immortal arts.

The woman sneered, let go of her hand, and said, "It seems that you were not sent by her, otherwise you would not have used the dagger." ”

"What does this mean?" Fang Ling listened a little confused.

The woman didn't explain, but said lightly: "I understand, you came to me to want to know what this dagger is?"

"Yes. "Fang Ling is colorful.

The woman said: "Then you have found the right person, I am the only one in the world who really knows the secret of this dagger." However, I am ready to take this secret to the grave. ”

"What?" Fang Ling was taken aback.

The woman sneered and said, "Of course, there is another option, that is, I can get out of the prison alive." But I think that Your Royal Highness, the Great Prince, you probably don't have this ability. ”

Fang Ling frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "It is true that it is more difficult to rescue you from the heavenly prison than to ascend to the sky, but if you promise me that you will tell me the secret of the dagger, then I will definitely do my best to rescue you!"

The woman looked at him more and said, "Okay, I'll promise you." As long as you get me out, I'll tell you the secret of the dagger!"