The deafening sound of artillery fire in the sky gradually subsided, and the brief silence could not help but make people relax their minds for a while.

The soldier's voice came from above: "You guys go and have a look in the room, I think I heard someone talking just now." But after a while, there was a sound of rummaging through the cabinets, and the churning sound lasted for about a cup of tea, only to hear the soldier report: "Well, there is no one in it, only a crumpled quilt that has cooled and looks like this should be a bedroom."

"Have you knocked on the walls of your bedroom? Hou Ye Shi only instructed that this group of would-be robbers like rats like to make holes, and there is a mezzanine on the wall. The thick-sounding officer, known as the Chief, asked.

"Yes, the subordinates have checked, and there is no mezzanine."

At this time, I only heard a voice that had never spoken just now and said in a weird manner: "Hey, I said Lao Qi, can you go to the mezzanine in your house with this embryo beaten by the soil?" Let's hurry up and go to the next room, don't let Zhang Wu's gang find someone again and rob us of the credit. "This person can tell from the tone of his voice that he is a veteran oilman.

A muffled snort of displeasure came from Shi Chang's mouth, but he didn't answer again, and the sound of the door closing came. The voice was never heard again. The two waited patiently for a long time, and there was really no sound in the room, and the two rats began to talk again in the dark and narrow hole.

"What was the relic you just mentioned?" Zhi Ning is in prison at the moment, and she is not as quick as her tongue, and she no longer calls Shilu by name. Only whisper to you commensurately.

"You put your head down and crawl over to see." Listening to the tone, Shi Lu was a little worried after the search by the soldiers just now. He replied rather absent-mindedly.

Only then did Ning Shi hear Shen Shiyi's relics, and at this moment, he suddenly remembered that he had not taken care of asking him about his family history, and his heart was suddenly sad again. When I heard the teacher let me go forward, I couldn't care about my hands and feet being tied at this moment. It wriggled like a loach into the darkness. She half-crouched and crawled forward a few times, and the glimmer of light in front of her eyes was magnified a lot, and it turned out that the glimmer of light had left a gap in the wooden board used as a support. Xu Shilu used to steal the wood when he secretly built this cave, so he would make do, but at this moment, the other two could see a glimmer of light in the dim underground. However, at this time, the anxious Zhining didn't care to pay attention to where the gap led. Under her sadness, only seeing the relic could relieve the pain that suddenly flashed in her heart.

After moving a few more times, from the faint light, Shi Lu's shining eyes hiding in the corner could already be seen, and Zhi Ning was about to speak, Shi Lu had already handed something to her.

"Shhh This was taken out of the dead boy's arms. ”

Hey? Icy cold? Zhi Ning could see the object clearly in the faint light. Be...... A jade pendant? Zhi Ning looked at the jade pendant intently, and a faint sadness emerged from his heart, this is the eleventh jade pendant? It did seem familiar, but it was as if he had never heard him talk about it. Zhi Ning said secretly in his heart. His eyes looked straight at Shi Lu, and there was a jade pendant in his hand that he didn't know what was carved, and he was reluctant to leave for a moment.

In the distance, the shouting of soldiers was still faintly audible, but it was fading away. Shi Lu saw that Zhi Ning didn't speak, only looked at the jade pendant in a daze, in the end, Shi Lu was also young, and he didn't have time to take a closer look at this jade pendant when he got it just now. At this moment, seeing that Zhi Ning was fascinated, curiosity suddenly rose in his heart. Shi Lu, who was in the faint light, also glanced at this jade pendant curiously, but he couldn't help but shiver at this look. The jade pendant in his hand also shook a few times, and then was firmly held in his hand.

In the darkness, Shi Lu's breathing seemed to suddenly become short, but he asked Zhi Ning in a surprisingly gentle voice, "Little girl, your original surname is Zhu?" I didn't expect you to be royal,"

In the dark, Zhi Ning shook his head slightly, "My surname is Shen, not Zhu." ”

Shi Lu searched for the official surnamed Shen in his mind, but he couldn't think of anyone for a while, but he didn't give up, and then asked, "Then are there any palace people in your family who are waiting in the harem?" ”

"A year ago, I was so confused that I couldn't remember anything about my childhood. I don't know who else is left in the family, only sporadic memories can still be remembered. Zhi Ning didn't know why Shi Lu suddenly asked this, but looking at the way he looked at the jade pendant just now, it should have nothing to do with this jade pendant, but in order to find the origin of the jade pendant, Zhi Ning had to tell the truth.

When Shi Lu heard Zhi Ning's words, he was stunned, and only after a while did he mutter: "This carved dragon jade pendant is a pattern used by the royal family, if you are a common person, how can you have such a jade pendant, could it be that there are eunuchs in your family who stole it from the palace on duty?" ”

"The jade pendant of the carved dragon? Eunuch? Zhi Ning's heart sank when he heard this, and a trance scene suddenly emerged from his heart.

Two years ago. Zhi Ning was in a daze with a fever at that time, and in a trance, she seemed to see through the cracks when the Three Treasures Eunuch went to the West, and remembered that there was a person on the shore wearing the same emerald green jade pendant at that time. The man...... The man seems to be being held up? I should have seen his face, but I can't remember that face as if it had a shadow. By the way, what else do the people on the shore call him? A sharp headache came again, and Zhi Ning shook his head and stopped remembering.

Zhi Ning raised his head again, his eyes were facing the shining eyes of Shi Lu in the dark, and Zhi Ning, who was not used to this, was shocked again, and hurriedly dodged. This look in Shi Lu's eyes already knew what she remembered.

"Little girl, what did you just remember?" Shi Lu squinted and asked.

"I... I seem to have seen this jade pendant, it seems to be worn by some prince. Zhi Ning hesitated, but still said the memories just now. She was anxious to know who this person was, even if she was now asking Shi Li, whom she hated.

"Lord Wang? Could it be the King of Han? By the way, he is the emperor's favorite son, and he may have dropped it when he killed in the morning. Guo Ming muttered.

Zhi Ning, who had never seen the King of Han since he landed on the island, suddenly felt a sudden in his heart, yes, someone did call King Han at that time, wait, kill someone? Zhi Ning's heart instantly chilled.

"You just said killing? Was it King Han who killed Eleven? Zhi Ning's tone suddenly cooled down.

"When I arrived with your master today, the king of Han had already begun to kill people in a frenzy, and the guards in the palace did not dare to come forward, and then when he was crazy, he shouted that someone poured the night pot on him, and when we entered, all the people in the room had been killed by him." Guo Ming said.

"A night pot that wakes up at night? Just because of this, he killed dozens of people? Zhi Ning asked coldly. For a while, there was a hint of coolness in the warm hole.

"He is a royal celestial, his status is so noble, where has he been ......" For a while, he was as indifferent as a teacher, and he couldn't say the rest of the words.

"Aristocrats? Then he can treat human life like a mustard? Zhi Ning asked sharply, his voice high and high.

"Are you quieter, afraid that the soldiers around you won't be able to hear you?" Guo Ming replied in a low voice.

The atmosphere in the cave suddenly became tense. For a long time, the two looked at each other hatefully, but no one spoke again.

After about half of the incense pouring time, Zhi Ning asked again: "Shilu, have you found any other objects on Eleven?" ”

Guo Ming took a breath and said, "No, it's just that Mu Ling went to find this jade pendant, I'm afraid that there is a fire in the mansion at this time, and nothing will be burned." ”

"Fire, you ......" Zhining felt another pain in his heart. At this moment, he can't even help him with Eleven's body.

"In the end, I used to be a dignified guard, although I was calculated by Mu Shan and others before, but I can't be captured back and forth several times, I also have this minimum dignity, and the world will disappear with a fire and the person of Shilu." Shi Lu said sadly, and there was a bit of vicissitudes in his tone.

No more sound came from the darkness. Suddenly, there was a sad atmosphere, and neither of them could speak.

…………………………………………………………………

The light from the gap gradually dimmed, and it was about dusk. The ground gradually became lively, and there were constant cries and shouts, and the sound of thanksgiving was heard. The sound of horses' hooves came from afar.

After a few breaths, the high-pitched voice of the soldier came from the ground: Report to the Hou Ye, his subordinates have rescued more than 30 old and weak women and children from this area, according to their confessions, they are relatives of the original garrison soldiers on this island, and they have been imprisoned for three years.

I only heard a young man beside Liu Sheng whose eyes were a little red asking, "But who else have you found?" Have you found a young girl with aphasia? ”

The soldier glanced at the young man, clasped his fists and replied: "The girl didn't see it, but just found a prisoner in the water prison, according to which he confessed that he was Jia Huan, the prisoner of Chongming Island." ”

"Jia Huan? There was another Jia Huan, where did that person take Ben Hou to see. ”

"That person seems to have been imprisoned in the water prison for a long time, his legs are soaked and smelly, his subordinates have sent someone to clean it up for him, and he will be there immediately, there is a resting place in this room of the Hou Ye, and his subordinates will go to clean up for you, please go inside and rest for a while." The sergeant chief said with a smirk.

"That's it, pack up something, quickly go and give Ben Hou the lamp, Ben Hou wants to see who this Jia Huan is."

A sound of footsteps sounded, the house was suddenly brightly lit, in the gap that had been dark for a long time, the light that came through at this moment gave people a feeling that it was much brighter than the sunlight in the daytime, Zhi Ning, who had been sitting for a long time, heard the voice outside the house, looked out along the crack, and saw the direction of the door. It turned out that this gap was under the first table on the left side of the room.

At this time, Liu Sheng was already sitting on the main seat, and the young man who had just spoken was sitting under Liu Sheng at this time. Zhi Ning half-squatted and looked out, the anxious-looking young man was Yu Han who was saved by him before. This damn guy is there.

However, after a while, a middle-aged man who was wearing prison clothes but had been freshened up was brought into the house, and as soon as the person entered the room and saw Liu Sheng, he immediately knelt on the ground: Jia Huan, the prisoner of Chongming Island, visited Liu Hou. During his tenure, he did not investigate the fact that he was taken advantage of by the Japanese invaders. Please condemn the Hou Ye,

Liu Sheng on the seat saw that there were indeed prisoners, and his eyes lit up and said, "Jia Huan, you raise your head, Ben Hou wants to see your appearance." ”

The kneeling man in prison clothes seemed to be stunned when he heard this, and slowly raised his head at the moment. A familiar face appeared in front of several people.

"Kiyama? Why do you ......" Liu Sheng saw the appearance of the man and immediately stood up from his seat.

Zhining on the ground also saw the man's appearance at this moment, and she was almost surprised at this moment, but fortunately, the other people in the room were also extremely surprised at this moment. Only then did he not notice the sound of Zhi Ning's heavy breathing.

At this time, I only heard the man in prison clothes kneeling under his head and said: "Master Hou, Xia Guan is indeed the real Jia Huan, has Hou Ye seen someone who looks the same as Xia Guan before?" ”

"Indeed, get up and reply." Hearing what the man in prison clothes said, Liu Sheng returned to sit in the chair.

"Xie Hou Ye, the person with the same appearance as the lower official is the Mushan that Hou Ye Shicai said." The man got up and replied.

"Is there really two people in the world who look so alike?" Liu Sheng looked at the man suspiciously.

Seeing that the man seemed to be reminiscing, he sighed and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, this matter has to start from a few years ago, Xia Guan and Nai were appointed by His Majesty to guard the exiled prisoners on Chongming Island. This Chongming Island has been harassed by ronins on the island since the Hongwu period, and later the lower officials wrote to ask the imperial court to send troops to garrison, and the imperial court sent a lawyer to guard the town. The island has been quiet for half a year. Later, the ronins sent some dancing girls to guard the division, and we had some contact with them. Later, the ronins began to settle down in the bamboo forests on the island. Although we didn't like it, but the division guard spoke, and it was not easy for us to stop it, but fortunately, we were safe for a while. But one day, those ronins came to the mansion in the name of visiting, and the undercover agents who infiltrated the government soldiers actually collaborated with them to trap the subordinates and division garrisons in the mansion. Because most of the letters between the soldiers on the island and their families were written by the lower officials. They offered to write letters to the families of the soldiers on the island, inviting them all to the island, so that no one would know what was going on on the island. The lower officials naturally did not obey. Who knew that Na Mushan actually took out some of the letters sent by his subordinates to his home for the soldiers earlier, imitating the handwriting of the lower officials. And he even found someone to make an identical human skin mask according to the appearance of the lower officials. Since then, he has used the appearance of a subordinate official to go out to meet colleagues. Gradually, all the soldiers on our island were replaced by theirs......"

"It's a good move, Li Dai Taozhuang, Jia Sijiao, you are also smart, and you can raise tigers for trouble. The dignified court official was a prisoner for several years. If it weren't for the fact that Jinyi Wei found out that there were too many missing people over the years, I'm afraid you would have been a prisoner for many years. Liu Sheng shouted angrily.

The man who had just stood up hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed when he heard this, "Ask Liu Hou to give sin, ask Liu Hou to give sin."

"That's it, Ben Hou is just here to investigate this case on behalf of the Son of Heaven, you little official who is not sorry to die should leave it to the Criminal Department to convict. Benhou ......"

Report to the Hou Ye, the head of the guard of the King of Han has something important to ask to see.

An echo from outside interrupted Liu Sheng's words.

Let him in.

"Report to the Hou Ye, His Royal Highness has just been looking for a jade pendant in the ruins, but was attacked by Mushan, His Royal Highness the King of Han was fortunately not injured, and several people led by the thief Kou Mushan have been shot by His Royal Highness's musket team, His Royal Highness asked Hou Ye to go to the discussion quickly."

When Liu Sheng heard this, he stood up suddenly: "King Han is fine, where is he now?" ”

"His Highness has returned to the ship, His Highness asked his subordinates to return to you, Mushan has been killed, but..."

"But what?"

"But soon after his death, a face began to fall from his face, and Your Highness said that you may know what it is."

"There is such a thing, lead the way ahead, Ben Hou will go immediately."

There was a rush of footsteps as they walked out of the house. In an instant, the house was empty. Only Zhining, who heard the news just now, sat down on the ground in front of him. Although they have only been together for a year, Mushan is trying his best to teach her, even though he has other plans.

On this day, she lost her brother, even her master.

There seemed to be a knife in her heart that was slashing her heart and lungs one by one, and at this time she didn't even have a chance to take one last look at the master, and now she was still a prisoner of the master's order. Killing the younger brother's enemy, killing the teacher's enemy, is not far away, but he has no way to take revenge on them, and Zhining almost faints.

The bleak wind blew, leaving only a silent night that could no longer be silent.