Chapter 209: Escape from the Tiger's Mouth
Lao Dao found that the three of them were all looking at him, so he smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, you are my most precious medicine primer." As he spoke, he entered the secret room. Tarhan said angrily: "Old man, we have no grudge against you in the past, so why do you do this to us? If you let us go, I am willing to give you all the money and possessions I bring with me, and I will not hold you accountable for what happened today. ”
Lao Dao smiled obscenely: "Hehe, I also want to let you go, but my pill has recently reached a critical moment in practice, and I am missing one or two strong medicine primers, who knows that God will send you here, hehehe." The old man's mouth full of big yellow teeth looked very hideous and terrifying in the dim light, and Puri said loudly: "Old man, what do you want to do, tell you that I am the lord of Shanshan country, don't you come nonsense." Hearing this, Lao Dao laughed even more terrifyingly and said: "Hey, hey, the more noble the better, and the Dan that is practiced can be effective." Unlike the minion just now, there is no essence at all. ”
Tarhan was shocked when he heard this, and said, "What happened to you with firewood? Lao Dao turned his face to look at him and said helplessly: "I originally thought that among the few of you, he has a strong mouth, and the Dan he practiced should be the best, but unfortunately I miscalculated by nagging me, and it is better to use him as a medicine primer than to use a Han person." "Only then did Tarhan know that what people were rumored to be true, this madman used the human body for alchemy, but didn't he use the dead body for alchemy, why did he still use the living now, this is too fucking terrifying.
Lao Dao was still babbling in his mouth and said: "Alas, this can't work, you can't do it either, just staring at Pu Li Yan as he spoke, Pu Li felt uncomfortable when he looked at him, and then threatened: "Old man, don't come nonsense, I am the lord of the country, and there are many master assassins under me." Lao Dao looked at him with a smile and said to himself: "This physique looks good, and the spirit is also there, it is estimated that it can be done." As he spoke, he found a cart from the corner of the wall, and then used his rocker arm to put the door panel of Pu Li Yan down on the cart.
Frightened by him, Pricy begged for mercy, "Old man, let me go, I can give you all my treasures." Talha, help me plead, help, Talhan! At this moment, Lao Dao only cared about his own mouth and muttered quietly, like a neurotic patient, regardless of the fact that he put Puri on the cart and pushed it out, Puri cried hysterically for Talhan to save him, and the whole secret room was filled with his terrified screams.
At this time, Talhan just wanted to save his strength to find a chance for himself to escape, Pri was bound to die, and the waste of physical strength in the dungeon at this time was meaningless, he was such a practical person, otherwise he would not have become the most business-savvy lord in the Turkic royal court. Protecting oneself and ensuring that one's own interests are maximized is his way of life.
After a while, a scream seemed to sound from a long distance, followed by a deathly silence, and Tarhan did not speak, his mind tried to think about the cause and effect of the whole thing, and spun rapidly to figure out how to escape from here. Thinking about it, he felt very tired, maybe the effect of the sweat medicine had not yet passed, so he fell asleep. When he woke up again, he didn't know how long he had been asleep, and he saw that Xinu on the side was gone, and it was very dark all around.
After a while, when Tarhan was in a daze and half asleep, someone opened the door of the secret room, and then the dim and yellowed candle light came on, and the old and terrifying face appeared in front of him, and his mouth was still babbling something. Talhan was also a little flustered at the moment, so he asked, "What do you want to do?" Don't come nonsense, I'm the High Priest's man! As soon as this remark came out, the old way was stunned.
Originally, Talhan said this because he was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he said it casually when the situation was critical, but he suddenly found that Lao Dao was looking at him seriously and asked, "Are you a member of the Wutong God Sect?" What do you have to do with the High Priest? What are you doing here? Seeing her appearance, Talhan felt as if he still had a glimmer of life, so he hurriedly said: "I am the first Dharma Throne disciple under the high priest, and this time I came to the Han people's territory to help him find a scripture that has been lost for many years, do you know our high priest?" ”
Lao Dao seemed to want to get up and have a lot of things, and said in his mouth: "It's gone, it's gone, it's gone." Seeing that he was a little chattering, Tarhan said anxiously: "If you know our high priest, old man, please let me go quickly, we are about a family." Lao Dao suddenly took a sip and said: "I, who is a family with you, Dao Ye and my generation are several times higher than you." As he spoke, he was about to untie the rope on his body, when suddenly there was a noisy sound of footsteps on the other side of the tunnel, and someone spoke: "Be careful, that old thief is very sharp." ”
Lao Dao seemed to know that someone had broken in, so he hurriedly wanted to run to the door to close the door, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he only heard a few swishing sounds of metal hitting the wall. Talhan's heart was also nervous at this time, he didn't know whether the person who came was friend or foe, and what he was most afraid of was that he had just come out of the tiger's mouth and was like a wolf's den.
The first to come in was the soldier of Chang'an Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, only to see his figure flash in, carefully observing the old road and surroundings on the ground, only then did he find Talhan tied to the door panel, so the second person also came into the secret room, more and more officials sent soldiers in, Talhan felt that he was saved, and hurriedly said: "Help me, I was almost killed by him,"
The officers and soldiers stepped forward to free him from the door, but Tarhan did not know how long he had been imprisoned, and he was so hungry and weak that he struggled to get up from the door, but he could not muster his strength. Two officers and men stepped forward, one left and one right, and dragged him out in the middle. Tarhan only felt that the light on the other side of the secret passage was getting brighter and brighter, and the exit was getting closer and closer, and he was already hungry and thirsty.
Coming to the familiar front yard of the Taoist temple, Tarhan found that he had been dragged into the secret underground passage by Lao Dao for three days. Nor did these officers and soldiers come to his rescue. I saw an old man in an official uniform covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, looking at him with disgust and asking, "That's it?" The officer and soldier replied, "If you go back to the master, we will find him alive alone." This is the backyard and a few more soldiers came out, and the leader stepped forward and saluted and said, "Master, we found a Dan furnace at the other end of the secret room, which is full of burnt human bones and these pills. As he spoke, he held a box full of black pills.
The old man craned his neck to glance at the box, and then said with disgust: "This madman has indeed killed many people. Then he looked at the dying Tarhan and said, "This person will be brought back first, he may have something to do with this incident." You send a few people to guard the scene here, and everyone else will withdraw. The soldier who was holding the medicine box just now nodded in agreement.
When Talhan entered the cell camp of Chang'an Mansion, he learned that on the night of their arrival, something big happened in Chang'an City: Wei Shouding died. And he was assassinated in an alley near his home. There was no murder weapon left on the body, but an iron dart was left on the ground next to the corpse, and the dart head could be made by the Ganzhou Mansion, could this be done by Yuwendao's people?
The officials who came to inspect felt that the matter was very important, and hurriedly reported it to the house, and the house reported to the Dali Temple, and the Dali Temple also felt that the matter was too big, and hurriedly reported it to Yuwen Liu and Yuwen Hu, so the whole city knew the news that Wei Shouding was assassinated, and for a time the city was full of golden armor, and there were all the officers and soldiers of the Fifty Soldiers and Horses who patrolled around in groups of three or five.
Yuwen Hu was shocked and frightened, shocked that this was someone who was framing his younger brother and wanted to provoke contradictions within the Western Wei regime, which was obviously hurting himself. What I am afraid of is that if there are big officials assassinated in Chang'an City, it means that the city is already very unsafe. He was in deep danger, and he couldn't leave Xianyang Palace at will. But the most heartwarming thing for Yuwen Hu is far from over.
Wei Shouding died at the scene no matter how the scene left behind is Yuwen Dao's murder weapon, so the Wei family went to Dali Temple, asking for a strict investigation of the murderer, Yuwen Hu had no choice but to order them to investigate the whole city thoroughly, so the government posted a notice around the election, asking the residents in Chang'an City to provide clues, so someone reported to the governor of Chang'an Mansion, saying that the day before, a few Fanbang people in strange clothes sneaked into a broken Taoist temple in Nanshi, and never came out. This man originally wanted to cheat some bounty, but he accidentally rescued Talhan.
Talhan, who learned the cause and effect, secretly thanked the person who reported him in his heart, without him, he would really die in the hands of Lao Dao, but now that he is in prison, he doesn't know how to get out, especially his appearance as a Fanbang person is very eye-catching in this prison camp full of Han people, and he can't keep a low profile. At this time, an official from the prison camp said that the official was going to interrogate him.
Talhan was arrested in the lobby, on which sat an official master, a master on the side, and the officials on both sides held killing sticks, and shouted with fierce faces: "Might~Wu~!" Tarhan didn't know their rules, and was led to the hall and stood there stunned. The official master above slapped the wood in surprise and said loudly: "Oh, who is standing down, you dare to despise this official?" Why don't you kneel when you see this official? ”
The official behind him kicked Tarhan hard in the leg and stomach, and as soon as he arrived, he fell to his knees with a thud of pain. The official sitting above asked with a very fierce look: "Who is below to quickly report the name and place of origin?" Talhan's mind was spinning fast at this time, and he said in his heart that he should have been here and not be recognized, otherwise he would have been locked up in the prison of the imperial city, and it would be impossible for him to be brought up to the court for questioning, so he pretended to be afraid and said: "If you go back to the master, the little one is a merchant from Che Chi Kingdom, who came to Chang'an to sell some spices, and bought some porcelain and silk by the way." ”
The old man looked into his eyes and asked, "Then how did you end up being tied up in the secret room of the broken Taoist temple?" To be honest, otherwise the lord will tighten the skin on your body for you! Tarhan began to make up the story, only to hear him say: "Master, the little wronged, the villain and his companions want to find a better cloth shop and porcelain shop in the south of the city to buy, the **** is in the middle, the weather is hot, the small few passing by the Taoist temple feel dry mouth, so they went in to beg for tea to drink, who knows that the old thief is not well-intentioned, greedy for our property, so he put sweat medicine in the tea to put us down, my three companions were killed by him." After speaking, he pretended to be sad and cried.
This is the old man whispered a few words to the master next to him, the master quickly whispered a few words in his ear, the master turned his head again, patted the shocked wood, and said loudly: "Come on, bring me the evidence." At this moment, a man from outside the courtyard walked in with a furoshiki in his hand, and when Tarhan saw the furoshiki, he knew that it was the luggage they had carried with them that had been taken away by the old way.
I saw the man walk to the front of the hall and open the baggage, and in addition to some miscellaneous bits and pieces, there were some silver tickets. It seems that it is indeed a thing used by merchants, and the most peculiar thing is that there is a steel seal made of tiger teeth in it, and the official master picked up the tiger tooth steel seal and asked: "Let me ask you, what is this?" Tarhan exploded as soon as he saw his head thump, and it was over. (To be continued.) )