The eldest grandson Mingwei, who returned to the military formation, came down and came straight to Xuanyuan Ding and the eldest grandson Mingyue.

"How?" Eldest Sun Mingyue asked.

"I haven't seen Xie Yuan, and it seems that Chen Zhi is in charge of Heyuan Mansion now." The eldest grandson Mingwei said with a somewhat solemn expression.

The eldest grandson Mingyue frowned, if it was Chen Zhi who was in charge of Heyuan Mansion now, then the difficulty of attacking the city would increase a lot.

"Zhai Yin, you call the people in the city to find out what happened!" Xuanyuan Ding said to Zhai Yin on the side.

Some people in Heyuan Mansion, they all know very well that Chen Zhi is one of the few brave and resourceful generals in Heyuan Mansion, but he is just a general in charge of 2,000 cavalry, and he can't play much role, but if the 20,000 soldiers of Heyuan Mansion obey his command, then it will not be so easy to attack the city.

Zhai Yin left in response, and the eldest grandson Mingwei looked at the eldest grandson Mingyue who was in deep thought, and said with a sad face: "Mingyue, I think we should cut through the mess quickly, and if it drags on like this, it is not a long-term solution." Moreover, our grain and grass will not last long. If you can't break through Heyuan Mansion in half a month, the grain and grass will be unsustainable! ”

"Don't worry, it's not us who are in a hurry now. If we are in a hurry, then we will be led by the nose by Chen Zhi. The eldest grandson Mingyue replied.

"Young Patriarch, are we still going to throw stones into the city now?" At this time, Xuanyuan Wushuang, who was in charge of throwing stones, asked.

"Stop throwing stones." They were now throwing stones from a distance, and they didn't do much damage, and if they wanted to have mass destruction against Heyuan Mansion, they would have to move the catapult closer, but then they would be within range of the archers on the city wall.

It used to be harassment, but now that Chen is in charge of defense, harassment is obviously no longer effective.

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"What would Xu Changsha do if he was here?" The eldest grandson Mingyue thought to herself.

"Yawn!" Xu Xiang, who was far away in Ningdu, yawned in his sleep, not only woke up himself, but even Jiang Shenyu woke up.

"Changsha, I said it all, I don't need you to accompany me, you see that you are cold, right?" Jiang Shenyu looked at Xu Xiang leaning on the bed rail, with an apologetic look on his face.

"It's okay, it's okay!" With a smile on his face, Xu Xiang put the quilt that had slipped off on his shoulder again, "I'm not worried that you are hungry and thirsty in the middle of the night!" ”

From the day he came back, after everything was taken care of, he never left Jiang Shenyu's bedside.

Jiang Shenyu was injured and pregnant, he was very worried, and it was useless for anyone to persuade him.

"Why don't you come to bed and lie down for a while? Warm. Jiang Shenyu said.

"No, I'll just rest here. It's late at night, so get some rest! ”

With a happy smile on the corner of Jiang Shenyu's mouth, he nodded and slowly closed his eyes.

Xu Xiang was just about to change into a comfortable position and continue to sleep. Suddenly he heard a cough outside the house, and he saw a figure outside the house by the candlelight, put the quilt aside, and got up.

"Changsha, where are you going?" Although his movement was small, Jiang Shenyu still noticed it.

"I'll go out and I'll be right back." Xu Xiang smiled slightly.

Walking out of the house, there was someone waiting for him outside the house, it was Si Chen, the palace marshal of the Earth Dragon Division.

"Ahem!" Xu Xiang cleared his throat and asked in a low voice, "It's so late, what are you looking for me?" ”

"Commander, find Ma Shouxin." Si Chen lowered his voice and said.

A sharp light flashed in Xu Xiang's eyes, and he asked indifferently, "Where is it?" ”

"In Qinglong City, Chen's Mansion."

"You wait for me a moment." Xu Xiang said, turning around and going back to the room.

Then he walked to the side room, woke Jing'er up, and asked her to take care of Jiang Shenyu.

The time has come to three o'clock, and it will be dawn in just over an hour.

On the streets of Qinglong City, two black shadows carried a sack, riding the night, running quickly on the roof.

The speed of these two black shadows was very fast, and finally they came to an ordinary square wooden house on South Street in Qinglong City.

They jumped from the roof of the house, landed at the door of the hut, and knocked softly.

The door opened, and the two men walked in carrying the sack.

After entering the main hall, he saw a man with a serious face sitting on the main seat, a woman in a black suit on his left, and a man in iron armor on his right.

They threw the sack to the ground, and with a muffled "thump" followed by a scream, they untied the sack.

"Lord Qiqi Palace, the person has been brought!" The two men in black knelt down and said respectfully to the armored man on the right.

"Let's go down!" The armored man waved his hand, and they bowed and exited the main hall.

When the rope of the sack is untied, a head emerges from the mouth of the sack.

The man inside the sack had disheveled hair, a thief's eyebrow, and a small goatee. He was wearing thin underwear, and he was caught in bed just now.

He looked at the surrounding situation and scolded: "Ouch, who dares to sneak attack Lao Tzu!" ”

He took a closer look at his surroundings and saw the three men in the main hall.

With a look of doubt on his face, he finally locked his eyes on the man who was seated.

When he saw the man seated, he was startled at first, then rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then retreated in fright, but because his body was still in the sack, he tripped as soon as he stood up.

"What are you running, Master Ma?" The seated man asked with a smirk.

This man is Xu Xiang, he had told Liu Qishan of the Xinghuo Hidden Guard before, asking Ma Shouxin to come to see him before noon that day, but Ma Shouxin did not come.

Xu Xiang also told Huo Lingzhuo that if Ma Shou couldn't keep his faith after noon, he would let the people of the Earth Dragon Division escort him over.

However, at noon, Ma Shouxin suddenly disappeared.

So, in the past few days, Xu Xiang asked Si Chen to look for Ma Shouxin's whereabouts, until he finally found it tonight.

How could he let go of the person who hurt Jiang Shenyu, so he couldn't wait at all, and immediately came to him to settle the score.

Ma Shouxin knew that he had been arrested, so there must be no possibility of escape.

So he got up from the sack, knelt down towards Xu Xiang and said, "The ministers and horses keep their faith to meet His Royal Highness the Second Prince." ”

"Get up." Xu Xiang said lightly, "Ma Shouxin, we haven't seen each other for many years." ”

"Yes, yes, I didn't expect to meet Your Highness today! God is pitiful, the minister must tell the king the news, and the king will be very happy to know that His Highness is still alive. Ma Shouxin pretended to be happy, but his expression was very embarrassed.

"My patience is limited. I don't want to go around in circles with a little person like you, so you can tell the truth, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin. ”

Although he had already learned from Huo Lingzhuo about Ma Shouxin's purpose for coming to Ningdu, he still wanted to hear Ma Shouxin say it himself.

Ma Shouxin pretended to be puzzled, "I don't know what His Highness wants the minister to say?" I don't know anything! ”

"Si Chen, I'll leave it to you." Xu Xiang didn't have much patience, glanced at Si Chen, and said lightly.

"Yes!" Si Chen responded and slowly walked towards Ma Shouxin.

Ma Shouxin looked at the imposing Si Chen, he was very worried in his heart, and said nervously, "You...... What are you doing? ”

"What? Since you don't want to say it, then I'll help you. Si Chen walked over, grabbed his right hand, and squeezed it hard, only to hear the sound of bones shattering.

"Ahh It hurts, it hurts! Ma Shouxin screamed, just now his right palm was pinched by Si Chen, and the palm bone was pinched, which made him feel painful.

"To say or not to say?" Si Chen said fiercely.

"What do you want me to say? I don't know anything! Ma Shouxin said bitterly, "Your Highness, I am the most trusted person around the king, you treat me like this, are you not afraid of hurting your brother's feelings?" ”

"Brotherly feelings?" Xu Xiang smiled coldly, "Do you think my brother Wang will affect our brother's feelings for a dog like you?" ”

"Your Highness, what is the difference between you doing this and beating you into a trick? I really don't know what you're trying to ask! To this day, Ma Shouxin still refuses to say.

Xu Xiang glanced at the eldest grandson Mingling, who lowered his head and approached, and Xu Xiang whispered a few words in her ear.

The eldest grandson, Mingling, nodded and left the room.

"Si Chen, your trick is useless. Why don't you let me show you both hands? Xu Xiang said with interest.

"Okay." Si Chen threw Ma Shouxin's hand, and the latter held his palm in pain, almost rolling on the ground in pain.

Looking at the upward arc of the corners of Xu Xiang's mouth, Ma Shouxin's face was like paper, he didn't know what method Xu Xiang planned to use against himself, and he was extremely frightened in his heart.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do, you can't do this to me!" He said in great horror, knowing that he had fallen into Xu Xiang's hands, it would definitely not end well.

But he was unwilling, because he had always held a grudge against Xu Xiang, when he learned that Xu Xiang was in Ningdu, he offered this plan to Xu Hong, the king of Chu. So Xu Hong secretly sent him to Ningdu, but after arriving in Ningdu, he learned that Xu Xiang had left Ningdu.

Later, Ningdu was in turmoil, and Xu Xiang had no news of coming back, he thought that it would be useful to take Xu Xiang's family into his own hands, and it would be useful to see Xu Xiang in the future.

However, he didn't expect Xu Xiang to come back quietly, so he asked Liu Qishan to secretly add musk to Jiang Shenyu's fetal pills. But I never expected to be recognized, and my identity was also recognized, and now it has fallen into the hands of Xu Xiang.

In his eyes, Xu Xiang has always been just a waste prince who can't do anything, but he didn't expect it to become so unfathomable in a few years in the East China Sea.

"Shall I do this to you? So what do you think I should do to you? Xu Xiang sneered, "Eat and drink to serve you?" ”

As she was talking, the eldest grandson Mingling walked in with a bucket of water, she put the water aside, and then took out a few pieces of white silk cloth and put them on the table, "Young master, I brought something." ”

"Well, tie him to a stool!" Xu Xiang said lightly.

Everyone, including Ma Shouxin, looked puzzled, what was he doing here?

Si Chen tied Ma Shouxin to the stool, Xu Xiang picked up the white silk cloth on the table, and slowly approached his side.

He played with the silk cloth in his hand and said leisurely, "Maybe you don't know what I'm going to do to you." ”

"Well, I'll explain it to you." Xu Xiang said slowly, "First of all, I tied you up because I was afraid that you would struggle." ”

"Then, ah, I'll spread this silk cloth over your face, and I promise I won't miss a spot."

"When the silk cloth is spread, I will pour a ladle of water on your face, so that the silk cloth will stick to your face. At this point, you may find it difficult to breathe, after all, these pores of the silk cloth are blocked by water. Xu Xiang walked slowly around him with a silk cloth.

"Then, I would spread another layer of silk cloth and pour another ladle of water so that the second piece of silk cloth would suck the first one tightly. At this point, you will feel that it is more difficult to breathe. Still, it doesn't matter, you can't die yet. You can even scold at you! ”

"When I spread the eighth piece of silk cloth, the layers of cloth mixed with the water, making it harder and harder for you to breathe, and you couldn't breathe no matter how hard you tried. By this point, tsk...... Your voice is covered with silk cloth. ”

Xu Xiang patted him lightly on the shoulder, "I remember that the person who has held on to me for the longest time seems to be eighteen yuan." I don't know how many blocks you can hold onto. ”

Ma Shouxin was shocked, this method of extorting confessions was unheard of by him, but he didn't feel that it was terrible. Compared to the physical injury, this method is simply too pediatric.

"Come on, I'm optimistic about you!" A ghostly smile appeared at the corner of Xu Xiang's mouth, and he placed the first piece of silk cloth on his face.

"Whew!" Although Ma Shouxin was tied, his mouth and nose could still be used, and there was no water on the silk cloth, so it was easy for him to blow it away.

Xu Xiang bent down and picked up the fallen silk cloth, "Eh, Master Ma, it's boring for you to do this." What are you doing blowing away! ”

After speaking, Xu Xiang violently covered his face with the silk cloth again, and quickly poured a scoop of water before he could blow it away.

The wet silk cloth was not so easy to blow away, which made Ma Shouxin a little helpless, but he could still see the demonic smile on the corner of Xu Xiang's mouth through the silk cloth.

Soon, the silk cloth was folded up piece by piece, and Ma Shouxin felt that he really couldn't breathe, struggling, and looked very painful.

Xu Xiang leaned into his ear and whispered, "Don't worry, it's only the fifth piece, and the excitement is still to come!" ”

As Xu Xiang kept adding cloth and watering, Ma Shouxin's breathing became heavier and heavier, and he needed a lot of effort to breathe air.

"Hold on, this is the thirteenth! You're about to break someone's record!"

Si Chen and Shangguan Mingling looked at Xu Xiang's operation like this, and felt a little incredible.

And Ma Shouxin's painful appearance made them a little impressed by Xu Xiang's trick to extract a confession.

"Hmm!" Ma Shouxin struggled, as if he wanted to say something, but the wet cloth was so thick that he couldn't say it at all.

"You want to talk? Don't worry, how about waiting until you break the record? ”

"Hmm," Ma Shouxin shook his head frantically.

Xu Xiang turned a blind eye and continued to add cloth, and when the fourteenth silk cloth was added, Ma Shouxin could no longer breathe a little air and was in a state of suffocation.

"Young master, he doesn't seem to be able to do it anymore!" The eldest grandson Mingling frowned and said.

"Eh, Master Ma is the one who wants to break the record, how can you say that he can't do it!" Xu Xiang put the fifteenth piece of silk cloth on it, scooped up a scoop of water and splashed it on it.

Normal people can hold their breath for about a minute, but if they suffocate for a minute, they won't die, so Xu Xiang is not worried at all.

"Hmm!" Ma Shouxin's voice was like a mosquito, and he was extremely afraid in his heart, would he die just like this?

Xu Xiang pinched the time and said in his ear, "How about it, Master Ma, can you still hold on, my sixteenth piece is about to be put up!" ”

Although Ma Shouxin couldn't breathe, his ears could still hear it, and he hurriedly shook his head frantically.

"Are you willing to say that?" Xu Xiang asked.

"Hmm!" Ma Shouxin nodded.

Xu Xiang smiled at the corner of his mouth and ripped off the silk cloth on his face.

"Whew!" The cloth on his face was taken away, and Ma Shouxin breathed in fresh air at once, and hurriedly gasped for breath.

"Tsk, it's a pity, it's a pity! Master Ma, you still haven't been able to break the record! Xu Xiang looked regretful and shook his head, but in Ma Shouxin's eyes, this is simply a demon!

At this time, he fully believed that the current Xu Xiang was no longer the fragile Second Prince His Royal Highness he knew, but more like a demon who killed people without blinking!

"Huhu......" Ma Shouxin kept breathing air, and after gasping for a long time, his face calmed down.

"Say it." Xu Xiang sat back down.

"That's right, I was ordered by the king to come to Ningdu with the Xinghuo Hidden Guard, just to welcome His Highness back to Chu State."

"And then?"

"That's all. Your Highness...... It is too much to indiscriminately treat his subordinates with such a poisonous hand. ”

Xu Xiang didn't laugh angrily, "It seems that Master Ma has not learned enough lessons, so let's change the way we play." ”

"Your Highness, what your majesty said is true! Please ......"

Xu Xiang didn't pay attention to him at all, and said to himself, "I just happened to have some mice at home." I've been hungry for days, and this man will eat anything if he's hungry. Mouse, I guess it's about the same! Mingling, you can go back and catch them later! ”

"Yes, young master!"

Xu Xiang continued, "I'll wait and strip your clothes first." Oh, Mingling, you're a girl, remember to stay out of the way. ”

"Then I'll cut through your skin, coat it with all sorts of fragrant food, and shut you in a closed wooden barrel with only your head exposed."

"When you're almost dry, put the rats in the barrel and let them play with you for a night, and then you should be able to tell the truth, right?"

"Hey, I don't want to be so cruel, it's mainly because you ...... Ma-sama"

"I say! I say! Your Highness, I say! Ma Shouxin's scalp tingled just by hearing this, and he said in a trembling voice.

He couldn't imagine what would happen if he was kept in a closed barrel with these hungry rats for one night, and the last trace of luck in his heart was gone.