Qingfeng immediately turned around and saw an old man standing outside the courtyard, wearing a straw hat on his head and a hoe on his shoulder, Ou looked at them angrily.

The old man of Tianji turned around and stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Sour Xiucai, it's me!"

When the old man saw him, he immediately softened his face and turned his anger into a smile, "Dead old man, it's you, why are you here?" Come in and sit. With that, he walked in and ushered the three of them into the room and sat down.

The old man took off the hat he was wearing on his head, walked to the table and poured a few cups of tea, put them in front of the old man, looked at him and asked, "Say, what is the matter with me?" But I know that you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace. ”

The old man of Tianji smiled, took out the jade pendant in his arms, and put it in front of him, "Sour Xiucai, this is what you gave me when you and I were separated, do you remember what you said at that time?" ”

The old man picked up the jade pendant and suddenly smiled, "I thought I would never see this jade pendant in my life, but I didn't expect you to bring it anyway." After speaking, he looked at the old man of Tianji and smiled, "I naturally remember the promise I made back then, whenever you come to me with this jade pendant in the future, I will grant you a request." ”

The old man of Tianji nodded, "If it weren't for the urgency, I wouldn't have looked for you, there is really no way." After speaking, he told Shen Qian again about being trapped in the deep forest.

The old man nodded, "Okay, I'll go with you, I don't owe you any more favors when this is over, and I'm comfortable." ”

The old man of Tianji sighed, "I know that you quit the rivers and lakes more than ten years ago, and no longer pay attention to the affairs of the rivers and lakes, this time I have to let you go out of the mountain, and afterwards you continue to live your life as a farmer, and I will go back to my mountains to live in seclusion." ”

"Haha, don't talk about this yet, your apprentice is still trapped there, let's hurry over."

Qingfeng and Chen Jingfeng glanced at each other, both of them were a little puzzled, what is the identity of this old man?

The four of them didn't stay any longer, and immediately set off to go to the mountains and forests where Shen Qian was trapped, and at this time, Shen Qian was being whipped, Dongfang Shuo didn't pay attention to Shen Qian anymore, which gave Ye Chunqiu a chance, after going through the water prison, Ye Chunqiu ordered someone to take him out, and let people pick up the whip and whip him.

tortured him like this for a whole day, he still didn't speak, and Ye Chunqiu couldn't stay in the dark room all the time, just when someone came to report that Dongfang Shuo was looking for him to discuss things, so Ye Chunqiu left.

At this time, it was getting late, Ye Chunqiu hurriedly walked away, and did not notice Meng Xiaoran in the distance, she was collecting medicine in the back mountain, and walked away unconsciously, but she didn't expect to see Ye Chunqiu walking out of a cave just now, she immediately hid behind a tree, and held her breath until he walked away.

Meng Xiaoran thought about it, but still walked towards the cave, and as soon as he got close to the cave, he heard a short shout, "What person?!" ”

The next moment, two black-clothed men fell from the sky and blocked in front of Meng Xiaoran, "Girl, please go back!" ”

Meng Xiaoran turned around and was about to leave, but for some reason she had an inexplicable curiosity about the cave in her heart, she turned around again and said to the two people: "I am a friend of your master, I don't know if I can be accommodating, I just want to go in and have a look."

The two looked at each other, and finally shook their heads, "No, the girl still don't embarrass us, if the girl can ask for the master's consent, the subordinates will naturally let it go, but at this time, it is not possible." ”

Meng Xiaoran sighed secretly in her heart, and then turned to leave, she had discovered many secret things these days, and there were more and more secrets in this paradise in Dongfang Shuo.

She knew that she shouldn't have explored, he was the crown prince of the previous dynasty, and there would naturally be many things to do on the way to revenge, she shook her head and shook off the complexity in her mind, walked back to the place where she was just now, picked up the bamboo basket on the ground and walked back.

Dongfang Shuo didn't know that Ye Chunqiu quietly went to the dark room to torture Shen Qian on this day, and today he sent someone to the Shen family money village in Yunzhou to get 200,000 taels of silver tickets, with this silver, their plan will be much smoother.

When Ye Chunqiu came, he saw Dongfang Shuo's happy face, and when he saw him come in, he immediately put down the pen in his hand, stood up and said to him with a smile: "Uncle Ye, I received a letter from Yu Jingcheng today, and Dongfang Yi's old thing's health is getting worse and worse."

Ye Chunqiu was naturally very happy when he heard this, "Really? ”

"Well, the news came from the spies in the palace, it is true, it is said that it was a chronic poison by the Seventh Prince Dongfang."

Ye Chunqiu laughed a few times when he heard this, "Hahaha, great, that dog thief also has today!" was poisoned by his own flesh and blood, I really want to see his face when he learned the truth before he died. ”

Dongfang Shuo also smiled, and picked up a stack of silver tickets on the table, "I sent someone to the Shen family money village to get it today, Uncle Ye, you sent someone to send it everywhere, let people take the silver money to fight some good weapons, and then quietly buy some war horses and grain." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it!" Ye Chunqiu took the silver ticket and walked out, Dongfang Shuo saw him leave, sighed softly, there was an indescribable relief on his face, maybe they would be able to succeed soon, then he could take Meng Xiaoran back to Yujing City openly, and no longer have to hide in the mountains like now.

Thinking of this, he suddenly wanted to see Meng Xiaoran and wanted to share the joy in his heart with her, so he hurriedly left the study and walked towards Meng Xiaoran.

When Dongfang Shuo came, Meng Xiaoran had just come back, and after washing, Zidai brought food over, and was about to eat, when he heard Zidai's voice ringing outside the door, "The master is here." ”

She was happy in her heart for a moment, Dongfang Shuo pushed the door in and smiled at her, "Eating?" ”

Meng Xiaoran nodded, "What about you?" Have you had a meal? ”

Dongfang Shuo shook his head, walked to the table and sat down with a smile, "Since I met it, then I'll eat it at your place." ”

Zidai has long been very discerning, and went to add a pair of dishes and chopsticks, Meng Xiaoran's dinner every day is four meat and two vegetables, plus a soup, she can't finish it every day, she always feels that it is a waste, and the two of them eat just right today, so there is no need to add more dishes.

The two seemed to have not eaten together like this for a long time, Dongfang Shuo picked up some dishes for her from time to time, he was in a good mood, and couldn't help but eat an extra bowl of rice.

Meng Xiaoran looked at him with a smile in his eyebrows, and for a moment there was an illusion of going back to the past, that time she was waiting for him at the Shuanglang Bridge, and the two went to the Kyoto Restaurant to eat, everything seemed to be yesterday, but in a flash, everything was already a thing.

After the meal, Zidai packed up her things and brought a pot of hot tea, Meng Xiaoran saw Dongfang Shuo's relaxed expression, so she asked, "I see that you are very happy today, is there anything good?"

Dongfang Shuo held her hand and said with a smile: "Ran'er, maybe we can leave here soon."

Meng Xiaoran was a little surprised, and after a while, his face was full of surprise, "Really? Can we leave? ”

Dongfang Shuo looked at her face that lit up instantly, and felt a little guilty in his heart, he brought her here out of selfishness, but she was afraid that she was really depressed.

Thinking of this, the guilt in his heart was even worse, he took her into his arms, sighed and said, "Ran'er, I know that you are not happy to stay here now, you wait patiently, soon, soon we will be able to leave."

Meng Xiaoran felt a little lost in his heart, listening to Dongfang Shuo's tone, it was just an expected thing, he had heard such words countless times, and his heart gradually became numb.

Ye Chunqiu had been busy all day, and he finally had a free day on the evening of this day, and he remembered Shen Qian who was locked up in the dark room, so he took advantage of the night to go out again.

Ye Fanghua saw her father go out at this hour, she couldn't help but be suspicious, so she quietly followed, she knew that her father's martial arts were very high, and she didn't dare to follow too closely, so she could only follow from a distance, and finally watched her father enter the cave, she secretly said in her heart: Could it be that my father has any secrets there?

With this in mind, she made up her mind to go and find out, but it was obviously not a good time, she could only wait for tomorrow, so she quietly left.

Ye Chunqiu didn't torture Shen Qian again this time, because he thought of a better way to torture Shen Qian, he asked people to open the cell door and walked in, lifted Shen Qian's hanging head with one hand, and then stuffed a pill into his mouth, gently pressed his throat, and saw him swallow it to confirm that he swallowed the pill before letting go.

Ye Chunqiu laughed, "Shen Gongzi, enjoy this Seven Worms and Seven Herbs Pill well, it will definitely make you taste the taste of life worse than death!" Hahaha......"

Shen Qian, who fainted to death, didn't know that he had been poisoned, and in the early morning of the second day, a sharp pain woke him up, as if he had been eaten by thousands of insects and ants, and his heart was piercing.

He clenched his teeth to prevent himself from making a sound, but in a moment, his lips were soaked with sweat and had been bitten by him, and his lips turned purple, which made people know that he was highly poisoned.

About two quarters of an hour later, Shen Qian opened his eyes, the sharp pain had disappeared, it was only two quarters of an hour, but he felt as if a life had passed, he understood that he had been poisoned, except that the person did not think about it.

At the same time, Ye Fanghua followed the route she wrote down last night and found the back mountain here, today her father went out to run errands, she watched him leave and found here, just to see what he was hiding in this cave.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the cave, just like yesterday, two secret guards descended from the sky and blocked Ye Fanghua's way, "Miss Fanghua, you can't trespass here, please go back!" ”

Ye Fanghua's eyes rolled quickly, and then he smiled and said, "My father asked me to come, he went out to do business today, so he asked me to come over and have a look."

The two glanced at each other, a little hesitant, they couldn't judge the truth of Ye Fanghua's words, and then Ye Fanghua took out a waist card in his hand, "This is my father's token, you see." ”

The two secret guards took the token and looked at it, it was indeed Ye Chunqiu's token, Ye Fanghua was secretly happy in his heart, and said: "Look, I didn't lie to you, let me go in, if you delay my father's business, you won't be able to eat and go around!"

"Miss Fanghua, please!" The two secret guards handed back the token to make way out, Ye Fanghua pursed her lips and smiled proudly, and in this way she successfully entered the cave and was led into the dark room that she had never set foot in.

Ye Fanghua grew up here since she was a child, but she never knew that there was such a place, and she couldn't help but look at it with wide eyes, it seems that her father didn't come here to meet any woman privately, it turned out to be to see the people imprisoned here.