The scene inside the hut was something Li Ke had never imagined, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as a hell on earth, only to see about 20 women on the first floor, disheveled, covered in wounds, no need to guess to know that the women here have been tortured in every way. It is said that there are some captive women, unwilling to submit, the owner of the flower house has a whole set of dehumanizing ways to treat, at first is fasting, then beating, all kinds of torture tools to serve, if you can still insist, this is finally the physical and mental double torture, to put it bluntly, it has become the five or six people at the door just now under the crotch plaything, suffered all kinds of humiliation, some women still have the desire to survive, then finally chose to compromise, and some chaste women at this time chose suicide, these things have become accustomed to this industry.

Li Ke looked at the more than twenty women in front of him, some of them had haggard faces, some were almost obsessed, and some were still sleepless, obviously they had been in this hell on earth for a while. There is a strong smell of mildew in the house, which should be caused by the lack of sunlight in this house. At this time, Li Ke had mixed feelings in his heart, he turned his head to look at Shen Sanye, the friendship in his heart for Shen Sanye seemed to have disappeared at this moment, he had only heard about the matter of Hualou before, and he didn't care much about it, but at this moment he clearly saw it in his eyes, and it was right in front of him, his resentment couldn't help but burst out from his heart, his friends who had always been did the same, and he didn't fall behind at all.

Li Ke couldn't wait to draw the long sword behind him at this time, kill the person in charge of guarding here, and rescue these poor women, Li Ke clenched his fists, and strongly suppressed the anger in his heart, but in the end, reason defeated impulse, what he saw today was nothing more than the tip of the iceberg of this trip, now the women of Wanhualou and Qianfan Pavilion have not experienced this, and he can't save them for a while, for now he can only investigate the case first, and when the case progresses, he will try to rescue.

Li Ke suppressed his anger and asked contemptuously, "Third Master Shen, are these people?" At this time, Li Ke was already a stranger to Shen Sanye in his heart, and he secretly made up his mind that after this incident, he would never mess with this person again, and from now on, the world will be separated.

Shen Sanye replied: "These are the women of my dynasty, the women of the outer domain are on the second floor, and there are more than ten of them, so they are controlled separately for the convenience of care." With that, he led Li Ke up to the second floor.

The woman on the second floor is not much better than the first floor, and at first glance she has suffered a lot of torture, and at this time she has been destroyed, like a walking corpse. Li Ke traveled around all the year round and knew Khitan language, so he asked in Khitan: "Is Princess Azina of Khitan here?" A few times, no one was silent. Could it be that the miscalculation is that the princess is not here? Li Ke secretly thought in his heart, it seems that he can only look elsewhere.

Li Ke turned to Shen Sanye and said, "No one answers, maybe it's not here, let's go." When Shen Sanye heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately the princess was not here, otherwise he would have fallen into a catastrophe.

Li Ke was just about to turn around and go downstairs, his eyes were attracted by a woman in the corner, since Li Ke went up to the second floor, this woman seemed to have been staring at Li Ke tightly, Li Ke seemed to want to speak and stop when he asked, at this moment Seeing that Li Ke was leaving, the woman almost wanted to get up, but finally stopped. Li Ke's natural ability to predict told him at this moment that there must be something wrong with this woman, so he turned around and came to this woman's side, squatted down, and said in Khitan language: "Do you know Princess Azina? I'm here to save her. ”

The woman looked at Li Ke for a while, maybe she didn't think Li Ke was like a bad person, maybe she was attracted by Li Ke's righteousness, no matter what, anyway, at this moment she chose to trust Li Ke, she tentatively whispered in Khitan language: "I know where she is?" Save me! ”

Li Ke was slightly happy in his heart, it seemed that he had found the right person, so he whispered: "Is she here?" The woman shook her head.

Li Ke thought that this woman must have been tortured before, and this place must make her feel frightened, and it would be difficult for her to ask anything, so he got up and pointed to the woman and asked Shen Sanye, "Where did this woman come from?" ”

Shen Sanye was shocked, could it be that this is a princess? His heart rose to his throat, and he hurriedly came to the woman to look at him, until he saw the woman clearly and whispered to Li Ke: "This woman is special, I don't know where she came from?" ”

When Li Ke heard him say this, his heart suddenly burned with anger, and his anger finally couldn't be controlled, so he grabbed Shen Sanye's clothes and shouted, "What do you mean I don't know where it comes from?" As Shen Sanye's two entourages on the second floor saw this scene, they hurriedly stepped forward to capture Li Ke, who knew that Li Ke just jumped up in the air and swept it, and kicked the two to the ground, no longer moving, and seemed to faint, Shen Sanye saw this, and immediately said: "Li... Brother Li is angry, this woman really doesn't know where she came from, you listen... Listen to me slowly. ”

"Speak quickly!" Li Ke shouted loudly, the anger in his eyes almost burning out.

Shen Sanye hurriedly said: "In the night a few days ago, Wanhualou was about to close, a carriage suddenly drove to the door of Wanhualou, dropped a cloth bag, and galloped away. I saw that I was a servant without a master, and ... ”

Li Ke said angrily: "So you treat this woman like this? Do you see the carriage coming? ”

Shen Sanye said: "This is also the rule of this industry, and I didn't think much about it at the time. The carriage ... I didn't see it clearly, but it seems to be used by the eunuchs. Could it be that this woman is... It's a male... Princess? ”

Li Ke did not answer Shen Sanye directly, and continued to say angrily: "I Li Mou has been chivalrous and righteous all his life, and I am a friend of you for a long time, but I don't know that you actually do such a thing, because I have eyes and no beads, and I don't know you!" Today I met it, there is a woman in this building, you must be released within tomorrow, if there is a violation, Li will come to destroy you Wanhualou and Qianfan Pavilion the day after tomorrow, you can hear clearly? ”

Shen Sanye said with an embarrassed face: "Li... Brother Li, this is not in accordance with the rules, is it? ”

Li Ke took out the long sword behind him in response, put it on Shen Sanye's neck, and said loudly: "I Li doesn't know the rules, only morality, or you ask Li about the long sword in his hand!" ”

Shen Sanye knew Li Ke's temperament very well, and he knew how his martial arts were, if there was any more argument, he would probably be unable to escape death tonight, so he sighed and said, "I will do it tomorrow!" ”

Li Ke heard Shen Sanye say this, so he waved his long sword, cut off a piece of his robe, and said: "I cut off my robe with you today, and I have nothing to do with it from now on. I will take this girl away today, and I will never regret what I promised you, and if I find the princess, I will never let you get into trouble again. If anyone blames these women today, they can all be blamed on Li, and Li should bear it! I have finished my words, you are good at doing it yourself! ”

After that, Li Ke helped the woman up, and left the small building angrily, Shen Sanye and the entourage at the door did not dare to stop him, before going out, Li Ke looked back at the woman in the building, and his heart was suddenly desolate, the dignified imperial capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there was such a thing, why didn't he be sad!

At this time, the wind was cold, and the woman's clothes were torn, Li Ke immediately took off his robe and draped it on the woman, and then rode his horse and led the woman all the way to Shanglinfang. A moment later, Li Ke came to a secluded place, which is close to the Luoshui River, there is a large bamboo forest, Li Ke got off the horse, took the woman to the depths of the bamboo forest, and after a while, he saw a lit second-floor thatched house, although the thatched house is not big, but the layout has another charm, Li Ke stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, after a while, the door was opened, the door was opened by a man in white, the age is similar to Li Ke, burly, the face is good, the air is lofty, he saw Li Ke, just wanted to speak, but from behind him drilled out a three-year-old child, Shouted: "Father, you are finally back!" I've learned all the swordsmanship that my master taught me today. It turned out to be Xiao Taibai, and as he spoke, he pointed to the man in white who opened the door with his little hand.

Even though Li Ke was angry tonight, when he saw Xiao Taibai, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, leaned over and hugged Xiao Taibai, and said, "Isn't Dad back?" He turned to the man in white again and said, "Brother Pei, this day is disturbing, Li doesn't know how to thank you!" ”

The man in white laughed and said, "Brother Li, you and I have been friends for many years, don't you still need to worry about trivial things, isn't this too much to look down on me Pei Yan?" ”

This white-clothed man hidden in the bamboo forest is Pei Yan, the top master of the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Taibai's teaching master since childhood, known as the sword saint, and the name of Li Ke's sword god is listed in the world. (Later generations said that the Tang Dynasty has three uniques, Li Bai's poems, Zhang Xu's cursive, and Pei Yan's sword dance, of course, this is a later story)

Pei Yan saw that there was a woman behind Li Ke, and he didn't ask much, so he hurriedly led the two into the house, Li Ke's wife had prepared a meal for him, and the original Li Ke's family escaped from the Liang Wangfu and came to Pei Yan non-stop, taking refuge here.

This Pei Yan was also a general at first, but he was tired of officialdom, so he resigned and hid in this bamboo forest, Li Ke had competed with Pei Yan countless times in the past ten years, but he did not win or lose, Pei Yan was a straightforward person, so the two admired each other, had a very good personal relationship, and could be described as confidants. Li Ke came to Luoyang to avoid trouble this time, he wanted to find Pei Yan first, but he didn't want to cause trouble for Pei Yan, so he found Xue Liang, but with the development of things, the only person who Li Ke could really trust in his heart at this time was Pei Yan, so he temporarily avoided here.

If the woman found this time was brought directly to Long'an Division, he was afraid that he would be frightened, so on the way back, Li Ke made up his mind and brought it back to his wife for temporary care, after all, it is easier for women to get close to each other. Li Ke and the woman had some food together, but the woman remained silent the whole time, apparently severely frightened, and Li Ke's wife took her into the inner room to freshen up.

Pei Yan looked at the woman and said to Li Ke, "This should be a clue." Li Ke nodded.

Pei Yan continued: "Brother Li is in danger this time, if you don't dislike it, I want to help you. ”

Li Ke shook his head and said: "Brother Pei, don't hide it, this case is indeed strange and dangerous, Li knows that Brother Pei is unwilling to involve officialdom, and Li is even more unwilling to let Brother Pei sacrifice his life to take risks!" But Brother Pei, please rest assured, the brotherhood between you and me, as long as there is a need, Li will never keep silent, and I hope that Brother Pei will help at that time. ”

Pei Yan listened, nodded, and said, "Brother Li has a heart!" Brother Li's wife and children live here with me, although Brother Li can rest assured, Pei will ensure that the two of them are safe! ”

Li Ke got up and bowed his hand, gave a deep salute, and said, "Thank you for your great kindness!" ”

While the two were talking, Li Ke's wife walked into the main hall with the freshened woman.