Chapter 82: The Dungeon
At night, Fang Jinyi couldn't sleep steadily, always feeling like something was going to happen, and the uneasiness in her heart woke her up from her dream.
After sitting on the bed for a while, Fang Jinyi got up to drink water, and faintly heard a gentle footsteps, she listened vigilantly, but the footsteps disappeared immediately.
Fang Jinyi thought that she was too nervous, which caused her to have auditory hallucinations, but she didn't care, it was pitch black outside, Fang Jinyi turned around and walked back to the back room.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
There was a sudden knock on the door, Fang Jinyi was stunned for a moment, and asked vigilantly, "Who is it?" ”
"Miss, it's me."
Fang Jinyi heard that it was Sheng Sheng's voice, so she immediately went to open the door, and when she opened the door, she saw Sheng Sheng's somewhat flustered face, and Su Muqiu with a heavy face standing beside her.
"What's wrong?"
"There's a fire in the backyard." Sheng Sheng said simply, looking at Fang Jinyi's eyes a little strange.
Fang Jinyi was stunned for a moment, looked at Sheng Sheng and asked, "What are you talking about...... There? ”
Seeing Sheng Sheng nodding, Fang Jinyi immediately went out and walked to the backyard, Su Muqiu followed, and Sheng Sheng went back to the house to get a dress for Fang Jinyi.
Before reaching the backyard, Fang Jinyi saw the light of the fire, which gathered around the backyard towards the center, and in the center was the entrance to the dungeon.
It couldn't have been such a coincidence, and Fang Jinyi's instincts told her that this fire must have been deliberately planted by someone, and that the target was the dungeon.
It stands to reason that Shengyue Yuan was originally Siyousi, and Siyousi is such a secret place, except for the royal family of Dongli Kingdom, no one else will know.
Therefore, the mastermind behind the fire is likely to be the royal family of Dongli Kingdom.
But not necessarily, Siyousi has existed for so many years, and no one will be suspicious, but I don't know what their original intention was to set the fire?
Who are you trying to kill? Or do you want to ...... Who to save?
Fang Jinyi couldn't sit still any longer, she quickly walked to the backyard, in case the eldest brother was really locked inside, then did the person who set this fire come at him?
And when Su Muqiu saw Fang Jinyi walking to the backyard in a hurry, she immediately followed her closely, this fire came strangely, I don't know what its purpose is?
The people were fighting the fire, including the soldiers who were guarding outside, and they all rushed in to put out the fire, and some of them gathered around the backyard.
Fang Jinyi and the others watched the fire get bigger, and the people went in and out to put out the fire, and Sheng Sheng rushed to help Fang Jinyi put on his coat.
"Miss, this fire must have been deliberately set by someone, I don't know what his intentions are, Miss, you must be careful."
Sheng Sheng looked around vigilantly, and suddenly a figure appeared on the roof, and Sheng Sheng stood behind Fang Jinyi and watched the figure.
"What's wrong?"
Fang Jinyi sensed that something was wrong, turned to look at Sheng Sheng, and saw Sheng Sheng looking at the figure on the roof with a serious face, and said, "Miss, someone is coming." ”
Fang Jinyi and Su Muqiu followed Sheng Sheng's line of sight, and just happened to see the figure jumping off the roof.
"That's ......" Fang Jinyi turned his head to look at Su Muqiu, Su Muqiu's face was very ugly, Fang Jinyi pulled his arm and said, "Go quickly, there is Shengsheng here, I'm fine." ”
Su Muqiu looked at Fang Jinyi, then looked at Sheng Sheng and said, "Be careful." ”
Sheng Sheng nodded, "Young Master Su is also careful." ”
The courtyard where the figure fell just now is the courtyard where Su Zixu lives, that person will not appear there for no reason, and now that the matter in the south has not been resolved, no one knows whether the person who appeared there just now will cause harm to Su Zixu.
"Miss, the fire is a little smaller over there."
Sheng Sheng pointed to the side, although the fire in other places was still very strong, the fire in that place was basically extinguished.
Fang Jinyi hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go in from there and take a look, the place where the fire started is here, it must have something to do with the dungeon." ”
The two dodged their subordinates and sneaked in from a small place where the fire was small, Fang Jinyi and Sheng Sheng were next to each other, Fang Jinyi was injured, if she encountered danger, she might not be able to deal with it alone.
Coming to the center of the backyard, Fang Jinyi first glanced at the rockery, and then looked at the entrance of the dungeon, which was no different as usual.
Sheng Sheng walked to the rockery and stopped, while Fang Jinyi walked to the entrance of the dungeon, and as soon as he walked over, he heard Sheng Sheng say: "Miss, there seems to be something wrong with the rockery here." ”
"What's wrong?" Fang Jinyi asked back, and just as he took a step forward, the entrance to the dungeon suddenly opened, and a swarthy appearance appeared next to Fang Jinyi's feet.
Sheng Sheng heard the movement and immediately walked over, the two looked at the entrance of the dungeon, and after glancing at each other, Fang Jinyi took the lead and Sheng Sheng followed closely.
This is the second time Fang Jinyi has come to this place, and it feels the same as before, cold, damp, and dark.
The two groped their way forward, and the further they went, the more Fang Jinyi felt that something was wrong, as if there was a wind blowing on his face, which he hadn't done last time.
The uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense, and Fang Jinyi quickened her pace, and soon came to the place where Sheng Sheng was held last time.
The door of the cell was open, and the guards were nowhere to be seen, Sheng Sheng took the torch on the wall and walked into the cell, and Fang Jinyi also took the lamp on the table and walked into the other cell.
The last time I came to the dungeon, this cell was filled with a man who couldn't see clearly between men and women, and now it's empty.
Fang Jinyi searched carefully in the cell, and finally found a piece of jade in the grass pile in the corner of the wall, a black jade, so that Fang Jinyi almost didn't see it just now.
Fang Jinyi doesn't know much about jade, and he has never seen a jade like this that is completely black, but looking at the luster of this jade, it must be worth a lot.
"Miss."
Sheng Sheng's voice sounded, Fang Jinyi walked out with the jade, and Sheng Sheng was squatting on the ground of the cell, as if he had found something.
Fang Jinyi walked over and squatted down next to Shengsheng, moved the lamp in his hand, and saw a few words engraved on the ground, exactly the same words.
Sheng.
Sheng? Fang Jinyi looked at Sheng Sheng, Sheng Sheng frowned and shook his head, Fang Jinyi looked down at the words again, and suddenly realized.
The word 'sheng' is not the sheng of sheng, but ...... Du Mo.
"Anything else you've discovered?" Fang Jinyi stood up suddenly, and searched the cell with some eagerness.
Sheng Sheng shook his head, looked at Fang Jinyi, who had his back to her, and said, "I have searched carefully, and there is no trace of anything other than this discovery." ”
Fang Jinyi looked back at the words on the ground, frowned, looked up at Sheng Sheng, and asked, "Do you know the exit?" ”
Sheng Sheng shook his head, and the two of them walked out of the cell, Sheng Sheng picked up a sword in the ground, and then continued to walk forward with Fang Jinyi.
After walking forward for a while, Fang Jinyi found that there were not only the two cells just now, but also four other cells, and unexpectedly, there were still people inside.
The door of the cell was closed, and Sheng Sheng went back to the place just now to look around, but did not find the cell door key, and then walked back and took off the hairpin on his head.
Sheng Sheng took a hairpin and opened the lock on the cell door, and Fang Jinyi immediately walked in, Sheng Sheng took a sword to protect her.
The man was lying on the ground, as if he heard the sound, slowly got up from the ground, looked at the two people who suddenly appeared in front of him, and shrank back in some fear.
Fang Jinyi looked at him carefully, this was a man about fifty years old, with a full beard, sloppy up and down, but there was no trace of scars on his body.
Sheng Sheng approached the man with his sword, the man showed a frightened expression, Fang Jinyi squatted down to look at him, and asked, "Who are you?" ”
The man tilted his head to look at Fang Jinyi, then shook his head and pointed to his mouth, Fang Jinyi looked at him suspiciously, only to see the man open his mouth.
Fang Jinyi was slightly stunned, looked up at Sheng Sheng, Sheng Sheng nodded to her, the man had his tongue cut out, and he couldn't speak.
"Can you write?" Fang Jinyi asked, and after seeing the man nodding, he found a thin branch and handed it to him, and then asked, "What's it called?" ”
The man looked at Fang Jinyi, hesitated, and wrote his name. Fang Jinyi glanced at the words on the ground, and then asked, "Who locked you up here?" ”
The man suddenly stopped moving, he looked at Fang Jinyi and shook his head violently, and threw the thin branch aside.
Fang Jinyi looked at the man's appearance, knowing that he was frightened, and he definitely couldn't ask anything, so he got up and left with Shengsheng.
"Lock the door."
Sheng Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then according to Fang Jinyi's instructions, he locked the door of the cell again.
Fang Jinyi did this to be on the safe side, she didn't know who this person was, and for what reason she was locked up here, so naturally she couldn't let him go recklessly.
The two walked to the cell next to them, Sheng Sheng opened the cell door with a hairpin, and Fang Jinyi went in to interrogate, but to no avail.
Three of the four cells were held with three people cut out their tongues and their names but not who had them locked up here.
Do they not know who they are being held here, or do they dare not say who that person is?
Fang Jinyi didn't waste any more time and continued to walk forward, and Sheng Sheng next to her followed her thoughtfully.
"Miss, that person just now is called Zhao Qiao."
Fang Jinyi stopped, turned to look at Sheng Sheng, and saw Sheng Sheng's face ugly: "The first person is called Qian Haotian, and he is the father of the former queen." The second person is called Liu Yuan, who is the uncle of the third prince. The person just now is called Zhao Qiao, and he is the younger brother of Uncle Guo. ”
At first, Fang Jinyi didn't understand what it meant, but after thinking about it, these three people are all relatives of the emperor, and the people who have the ability to keep them all here, except for the first emperor, there is only Liyang.
"Shengsheng, do you think they know Siyousi?" Fang Jinyi asked suddenly, she didn't know what the reason was, so she felt that the whole thing was related to Siyousi.
Sheng Sheng pondered for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "It stands to reason that Si Yousi is such an obscure thing, they are just relatives of the emperor, and they should not know." ”
"But since the past few years, the royal strife has been increasing day by day, and if someone hears a little gossip, it is not impossible to find Siyuji."
Fang Jinyi frowned, it seemed that this whole thing was getting more and more complicated.