Chapter 44: Appearing
East Capital, West City, Yichangfang, Chu State Heavenly Prison, Haizheng
Gao Qing and the others came to the last cell of the Jiazi prison, only to see that the internal organs of the prison were in disarray, and the stench was even stronger than when they first entered, which was disgusting.
Inside, there was a man who was chained tightly to a cross wooden frame, his white prison clothes soaked in blood and dirt, and he should have been severely tortured before, and his body was scarred by many lashes and iron scars, and his black hair was scattered, and his head was so weakly lowered that his face could not be seen at all.
"Qin Tian! An adult has come to see you! β
Yuan Shicheng shouted at him as he opened the cell door, and Gao Qing and the others followed him, and also entered the cell, facing the prisoner named Qin Tian.
Hearing this, Qin Tian slowly raised his head, his face was dirty, and he couldn't distinguish his appearance, so the whites of his eyes became extraordinarily obvious.
"Are you coming, sending me on the roadΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·
His tone of voice was very weak and intermittent, which reminded Gao Qing that he had joined the army on an expedition to the small country of Namutu in the Western Regions a few years ago, and when he passed through the Sahama Desert, he met a traveler on the road who had fallen into the yellow sand and had not eaten or drunk for several days. Qin Tian's current state was exactly the same as that person.
"It's not time for you to die." Wang Ting showed his previous majesty and replied lightly.
Gao Qing circled Qin Tian, and sure enough, as Ge Guyue said, the other party's Qi Sea and Destiny Gate Acupoint were pierced by a silver iron needle three inches long and as thick as the tip of a brush, sealing the operation of his internal force and true qi, Qin Tian had lost his threat at this time, and he was no different from ordinary people.
"The four of you go out first, I have something to say to him." Gao Qing glanced at Wang Ting and said.
Wang Ting and the other four people understood, so they silently withdrew from the cell, walked out of a dozen steps, and avoided from a distance.
"You are Qin Tian?" Gao Qing said knowingly, because he really didn't know how to open a conversation with a death row prisoner who had never known him.
Qin Tian closed his eyes and did not answer.
Gao Qing said again: "I really don't know that you are a blessing for several lifetimes, but you have been favored by our Si Cheng, to tell you the truth, I am here to take you out, and you will be able to get out of this place tonight, and even ghosts don't want to stay." You have to thank us Si Cheng for all this. β
Qin Tian was still silent when he heard this.
Gao Qing was not annoyed when he saw this, as if he expected it, he lowered his body, leaned into Qin Tian's ear and whispered two words: "Shen Feng." β
When Qin Tian heard this, he suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes swept away the previous decadence, and became full of energy, his whole body trembled with excitement, he said with his white lips and in a still weak voice: "I'll go with you." β
Dongdu Dongshi Yihefang Haizheng
Tonight, the night market in Yihefang changed from its usual deserted to the streets, and the streets began to become bustling and lively.
On weekdays, because this is the residence of many high-ranking officials of the imperial court, the surrounding people are too noisy, and they will inevitably attract the reprimands of the servants of the official residence, saying that they disturb the rest of the officials, and if they insult and use foul language, they will greet each other with fists and kicks and sticks.
Therefore, the surrounding shops can only stall during the day, and they don't dare to let the little two who run the hall come to the door of the store and solicit customers, so they simply close the store door at night and sleep early.
However, today is different, because it is the queen's birthday, according to the rules of the imperial court, all places should celebrate together, and it should be as lively as a festival, so these shops are all decorated with lights, selling some festive gadgets, as well as pastries and fructose, and there are also street performers, performing fire-breathing, chest crushing boulders and the like. Other stalls, restaurants, and restaurants also began to shout hard, taking advantage of today to make more money. For this reason, many people bring their children to visit the different markets from the past.
Guo Ting dressed as a merchant and sat on a food stall, eating pancakes and pouring a mouthful of mutton soup.
The owner of this food stall is also one of the guards, and he came here early to ambush him, and Guo Ting was ordered by Xiao Chongguang to come here to meet him.
"Little pillar, how many people have you ambushed here?" Before Guo Ting could swallow the food in his mouth, he asked, and the words he said became a little slurred.
Li Gaozhu, who pretended to be the boss, is a young man who is about twenty-five years old, and has been in Tiwei Mansion for almost five years, although he is not very old, but he can also be called an "old man" in Tiwei, over the years, he has handled a lot of large and small cases with the two health chiefs, and he was originally a white and clean young man, who has become a little vicissitudes of life, and his personality has become a lot more stable.
When Li Gaozhu heard this, his expression was obviously a little nervous, he looked around, and then raised his finger to Guo Ting and put it to his mouth, made a silent gesture, frowned and whispered: "Brother Guo, can you be quieter when you speak?" Don't ask so blatantly, for fear that others won't know that we are on business? β
Guo Ting knew that he had lost his words, he swallowed the food in his mouth in one gulp, scratched his head apologetically and whispered, "I'm sorry, isn't this the first time I've done this?" I used to work in the public house, even if I waited for the rabbit, I was dressed in head-catching clothes, and in addition, I have been back to the rivers and lakes for a long time, and I am very used to it. Hey, little pillar, you haven't answered my question yet. β
Although Li Gaozhu was full of impatience, he was also very restrained and did not show it, his eyes looked at the street, and his mouth said: "I have no right to tell you about this, Xiao Tou said, the fewer people who know, the better." Also, Brother Guo, don't call me Xiaozhu, it sounds like a eunuch. β
Guo Ting said with a smile: "That's what my hometown is called, besides, calling you Gao Zhu feels like calling another person." β
Li Gaozhu pulled the corners of his mouth, and said straight in his heart, this Guo Ting is really familiar, and he didn't come long to get close to himself, the small pillar is long, the small pillar is short, and sending such a rough man is simply a troublemaker, at most the martial arts are a little higher.
"Get out of the way! Guard Patrol. β
At this moment, a group of men dressed in guard clothes appeared in the street, and the leader was shouting for the people to give way, and they looked in both directions from time to time, and glanced at everyone around them, and although their faces were full of seriousness, they could not hide the tiredness that often appeared.
They were the officers of the Jingzhao Mansion who had already disguised themselves as guards.
Not long ago, they received an order from the Tiwei Mansion to divide their men and inspect the various markets, so Hao Ran arranged the people into a team of five and scattered the patrols.
"When we're on patrol, we're not that powerless."
Li Gaozhu said secretly in his heart, shook his head, wiped the table with no guests with a handkerchief, and said that now there is only Guo Ting as the guest in his stall.
"Whew!"
At this moment, in the crowded sea of people, I don't know who put a ringing arrow into the sky, Li Gaozhu looked up, and said secretly, it is not good, this is not the radiation of the Tiwei Mansion, it must be the thief's order to start acting!
Guo Ting also stood up with a "pout", put down the pancakes and mutton soup in his hand, and stared at the direction of the arrow.
The patrolling "guards" were also taken aback, and they were really about to turn back, when suddenly, a group of black-clad and masked people, armed with relatively thin sharp knives, flew down from the roofs of houses on both sides of the street and killed them!
Where have these fake guards and real messengers seen this battle, they were surrounded by the enemy in an instant, and they still don't know how they appeared, they are so confused that they forgot to draw their knives on the spot, and they saw the group of masked people rushing with knives.
"Boom!"
Just when they thought they were going to die, three white rays of light suddenly shot out from the crowd, hitting the throats of the three assassins, who fell to the ground in response, and immediately lost their breath.
The remaining six Assassins were horrified, and when they paused, they looked at their dead companions, only to see that they were actually carrying a serpentine dart.
When the surrounding people saw that someone was dead, they were all frightened and screamed, and immediately scattered in a hurry, and those who opened shops on the street didn't even bother to collect things, so they went directly into the shop and closed the door.
The Assassins looked angrily in the direction where the darts were fired, and saw a flower seller slowly walking out, and it was obvious that he had placed the darts just now.
People in Tiwei Mansion know, this person is called Yan Lingfeng, although he is not more than eighteen years old, but he is a master of darts, when Xiao Chongguang went out to investigate the case, he passed by a village, and saw fourteen-year-old Yan Lingfeng shoot down two turtledoves with a stone, secretly surprised, and later learned that his father died early, and there was only one mother who had been bedridden for many years at home. Because the family was poor, they couldn't afford to buy medicine, so they could only hunt birds and sell them in the city to exchange for medicine money and treat their mothers.
Xiao Chongguang took the condition that he would send someone to take care of and treat his mother, recruited the young Yan Lingfeng into the Tiwei Mansion as an exception, and let him apprentice to Nie Yuntian, a master of "Feiyan" who is famous for his darts, as a teacher, he became Nie Yuntian's proud disciple with his extraordinary talent, and he originally waited for him to return to the Tiwei Mansion after he was twenty years old, but this time in order to solve the case, he temporarily came back in advance, as a practical combat trial for many years of martial arts training.
Seeing that it was a white-faced and delicate boy, the assassins were even more furious, and immediately shifted their targets and attacked Yan Lingfeng.
Yan Lingfeng was not in a hurry, and sent out two swallow-tailed darts from his sleeve, hitting the shoulder blades and ribs of two of them.
The other Assassins saw it, but they couldn't do it so much, if they stopped in this situation, they would definitely die, and only by shortening the distance between them and the dart shooter could they use their advantage.
At that moment, eight more young men rushed out of the scattered crowd, armed with swords to face the Assassins, and the two of them engaged in a hand-to-hand battle on the street.