Chapter 20: The Erosion of Power
The whole city was still floating under a cloud of rain, and the dense layers of gray clouds in the sky were constantly wriggling, like an upside-down whirlpool on the sea surface, and blue thunder was seen from time to time in the center of the vortex.
Thundered!
The next moment, a deafening thunderclap struck, and a thunderclap fell on an ancient tree outside the city.
In an instant, a raging fire broke out on the tree, and the fire was violent, burning the entire ancient tree like black charcoal, and then it was extinguished by the clouds and rain one after another, and wisps of white smoke rose from the black remnants.
The slowly rotating gray cloud vortex continued to press towards Yancheng below, making this piece of heaven and earth full of a sense of oppression.
In the underground underground dungeon in Yancheng, Zhao Yi's figure was imprisoned in one of them.
The wrists are securely locked with iron rings, and the two chains connected are embedded in the walls on either side.
The limbs below its knees were all submerged in a cloud of black water, and the skin below the surface had become pale and somewhat swollen due to the passage of time, and had festered in many places.
Looking at his upper body again, there was no intact skin, and there were traces of whipping everywhere, and his hair was scattered, and it was obvious that in these three days, he had suffered inhuman treatment.
From time to time, the screams of other prisoners could be heard in the silent water prison, which was terrifying and cold.
Bang la blah
At a certain moment, the sound of chains sounded at the gate of the water prison, and the door of the water prison was opened.
The voice of the cell boss and the forbidden son reached Zhao Yi's cell from afar, "Lord Li, please!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Zhao Yi's body trembled slightly, and there was a faint hint of fear in his eyes!
Then a group of people entered the water prison and walked down the aisles, flanked by cells where the prisoners were kept.
"My lord, I was wronged!"
"Let me out!"
"Wronged, I didn't kill anyone!"
The uneven cries of injustice sounded on both sides, and suddenly the cell boss shook the short whip in his hand and shouted: "If you make any more noise, you will have to eat my whip!"
In an instant, the entire water prison fell silent again, and the cell leader put away his whip with satisfaction, and said to Li Chuan: "My lord, go this way, slow down!"
Soon, the group came to Zhao Yi's cell.
"Open the door!"
Zhao Yi kept shrugging his head, until Li Chuan came closer, then he glanced up weakly, and continued to lower his head, not wanting to pay attention.
"Don't you have anything to tell me?", Li Chuan's voice was calm, as if he had met an old friend.
"It's still those words!"
His chapped lips moved slightly: "I want you to live forever in condemnation, and every time you dream back to midnight, you have to face the questioning of the dead!
"That's all, don't you ask, how do I do this?"
Li Chuan put his hands behind his back and said coldly: "Do you know why I insisted on becoming a brother of the opposite sex with you in the first place?
Seeing that Zhao Yi always kept his head down and ignored it, he said to himself: "Because from the moment I set foot on the battlefield, I knew that soldiers were the characters who died in the war. And if you enter the army under the guise of starting from the bottom, you will inevitably rise to a position that is beyond my reach in a short period of time. ”
"Just because you are the eldest son of the General's Mansion and the only heir of Zhao Tianyu, your background is so strong, it is only a matter of time before you become a left-wing general!"
"So, I took every opportunity to approach you, to curry favor with you, and even to take that stab for you when you were in danger. ”
Speaking of 'that knife', Zhao Yi's godless eyes finally revealed a trace of essence.
Why did Zhao Yi feel unbelievable about the discovery of the unit strategy and Li Chuan's betrayal of him before, right here.
At that time, the two armies were at war, and the two sides were inseparable.
Zhao Yi may be too young to be a little arrogant, and he opened the way for the whole army and entered the opponent's position alone.
His hands were invincible to four fists, and he was soon surrounded by the opponent's people. During the fight, a thief wanted to sneak attack Yu Zhao Yi from the rear, but Li Chuan, who arrived in time, forcibly blocked the knife with his back.
Zhao Yi was angry, and with one shot, he killed the sneak attacker, put the seriously injured Li Chuan on the saddle, and drove the horse out again. After that, get to know this 'good man'!
As everyone knows, it was the other party's deliberate arrangement, which really made him regret! But it doesn't matter...
This sentence is really good, I have successfully won your 'appreciation', and after the death of the old marshal, you sat in his position in only one year!"
"With a background, it's better than us ants! Fortunately, I caught up with your boat! Let me also sit on the title of a general!"
As he spoke, his brow furrowed deeply, and his face was mildly angry, "But why? Why? I'm still not satisfied? Can you tell me, why am I not satisfied?"
Li Chuan pressed his hands on Zhao Yi's shoulders and shook his scarred body frantically, "How many battles have been won without my advice, but why did you take the ultimate glory?"
His eyes were bloodshot and he roared hysterically, "They all see you as the god of war!
He patted his chest and exclaimed, "Just one of your henchmen, a 'trick' when necessary, why did you step on my head?
Li Chuan took a deep breath, "It's okay now! No one can step on my head!"
"All the glory in the future is mine!hahaha!"
After listening to Li Chuan's words, Zhao Yi said weakly: "You are crazy! You have been eroded by the desire for power. ”
"The safety of the entire Zhao Kingdom is in danger by your stupid behavior!"
"So what?", Li Chuan did not refute, and said with a look of enjoyment: "I relied on my own efforts to climb to your position, what's wrong with this? It's not like you! It's the identity behind you!!"
"I admit I didn't take your feelings into account!"
Zhao Yi swayed into a sluggish state, forcibly raised a bit of spirit, and said in an extremely weak tone: "Li Chuan! Listen! You still have one last chance! Don't be obsessed anymore!"
"Haha! Now that you're a prisoner, what qualifications do you have to teach me?"
Li Chuan leaned close to Zhao Yi's ear and said slowly: "Tell you a good news! The Holy Lord has revealed to the world that three o'clock in the afternoon today is the time of your death!"
"If you still have any small demands, say it, and Marshal Ben's mercy will be satisfied with you!"
This is a man who is deeply obsessed, and his heart has been completely eroded by the lust for power. Zhao Yi understood, so he stopped persuading.
It's like being locked up in a temple with no light, and there is a chance to open the door of the temple and see the first sun.
And he's in a dark world! No one can save him, not even himself!
After a long time, Zhao Yi finally spoke: "Give me a bowl of bar!"
"How can a bowl be enough! Come, go and get a jar of good water and wine for my sixth brother!"
It's just that the word 'sixth brother' is so harsh in Zhao Yi's ears!
In a few moments, a jar of wine was brought by the cell boss, "My lord, the wine you asked for has arrived." ”
He took the wine jar and smiled at Zhao Yi: "Seeing that your hands are inconvenient, let me feed you, big brother!"
"It's hard work!", Zhao Yi replied.
Li Chuan poured the wine into his mouth as soon as he lifted the wine jar, and Zhao Yi was poured so violently that he immediately coughed heavily, his body became weaker, and his spirit became more and more sluggish.
The other party saw that Zhao Yi turned his head and wasted his 'kindness', so he said to the person next to him: "You come to help my sixth brother, let him not waste such good wine!"
"No!", the man came straight behind Zhao Yi, grabbed Zhao Yi's messy hair and pulled it back, forcibly fixing his head in a backward position.
"Come, sixth brother, please continue to drink!", Li Chuan poured the entire jar of wine into his mouth again, and in the end, poured the wine directly from his head.
The drinks poured over the wounds on his body, causing a piercing pain. At this moment, he felt like he was being eaten by a swarm of ants. The body covered with whip marks twitched and trembled!
Even though the pain was unbearable, Zhao Yi still gritted his teeth loudly, and there were no words begging for mercy in his mouth.
There was a dull sound like the roar of a wild beast at the throat, and finally, under the wash of the drink, broke out laughing, "Cool!
Li Chuan's face changed for a while, and he said viciously: "Cool, give you a few whips!
Smack~smack~smack~
In the depths of the cell, the usual sounds sounded again, but there were no screams.
The other prisoners listened to the whipping sound and curled up in a corner like a chilling cicada, but they admired Zhao Yi's hardness!
In the 'Gao Yan Palace', Wan Qing and his four brothers were standing together, fiddling with some kind of formation on the ground.
"Did he get close to the water prison and have any contact with Zhao Yi?", Wan Qing suddenly said loudly.
When Tuoba Ying heard this, he naturally knew that the 'he' in the eldest brother's mouth was referring to Zhao Qian, so he replied, "No." ”
Then he asked the question in his heart, "Since we are already planning to do it with Zhao Qian, why don't we directly take Zhao Ling, or Zhao Yi, whom he cares about more, as a hostage?"
"It's better not to tear your face yet!"
Wan Qing put down a stone glowing with blue light in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "It is Zhao Ling who wants to kill Zhao Yi, and it is not us, even if he knows that it is us who are making ghosts behind, as long as I pretend to be stupid, he will have no excuse to attack directly!
"Besides, the last time I saw him, his aura was a little disordered, and his realm did not improve, so he must have failed in the retreat, and he couldn't fight him alone with the strength of the five of me?"
"The reason why we were chosen to kill Zhao Yi after we went in was to let Zhao Qian's servants stay outside to rescue Zhao Yi, so that his subordinates would not be able to help him. Even if something happens, it's not too late for me to threaten the two of them as hostages!"
Tuoba Ying looked abrupt, "I see!"
Just as the two of them wanted to say something again, a loud voice came from afar, "Everyone has been waiting for a long time, my Leng Qin is here!"
As soon as he was in the air a hundred meters away, he found the figure of the voice owner, and in the blink of an eye, the other party came to Wan Qing.
This speed made the five people secretly frightened, and their worries deepened a little more.
Zhao Qian saw that the five people were stunned in place, and couldn't help but say: "The people have arrived, why don't you start?"
Tuoba Ying glanced at Zhao Qian's back, and sure enough, he didn't follow others, and said secretly: "I was really guessed by the eldest brother!"
"Don't worry, let's start!"