Chapter 359 Ambush on all sides
"The so-called Zhongyuan Qi means that you use your body as a container, and you can use your mind to absorb and accumulate the energy that exists in the void of the universe in your body, in short, you can absorb energy from the natural world anytime and anywhere, this time you understand? Do you know why the flames just now can't be extinguished with a quilt, tell you that those flames are not ordinary flames, but the energy that you have absorbed into the outside world during meditation, so that the clumsy fire and true qi in your body have been sublimated, and then the energy of the illusion blade and the clumsy fire concentration qi mass that you subconsciously shoot out from the palm of your hand has increased rapidly, and the illusion blade has been transformed into a yang fire that can burn everything, and Er Gou is even more amazing, what is ejected from his palm is no longer a clumsy fire and qi mass, but ......" Uncle Li approached Yang Yi and Wei Ergou, lowered his voice, and said word by word: "A pillar of fire like a fire dragon, so the fire in Ergou's house is obviously bigger than Xiao Yi's house, this is the reason, silly boy, you two have developed, and the improvement of your skills is not a half-cut, but a thousand miles a day, advancing by leaps and bounds, you know?" ”
After listening to Uncle Li's words, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou realized that the fugue in the afternoon had really made the two of them really reborn and different from ordinary people, and they were naturally very happy in their hearts. Seeing the two of them like this, Uncle Li instructed; The two second-hand apprentices whose mouths are as loose as the waistbands of cotton trousers, don't talk to Liu Ruoxue and Zhongli Yiyi about this matter first, as for the reason, I'll tell them both later.
"Uncle, do you not believe Xue'er, or do you have doubts about Zhongli Yiyi?" Yang Yi was keenly aware that Li Shu'er seemed to be wary of Zhongli Yiyi, and the person was rescued by himself, so he asked bluntly.
"You fucking think too much, and my uncle can also see that you two deflated calves have ill intentions towards those two flower-like girls, and when you see Tianjie's eyebrows, I'm blind! But the war is coming, and Uncle doesn't want those two girls to worry about you, because, recently, Uncle is going to take you to the prison of the government to have a look again, and you can understand whether there is an eye in the haunted house, understand? Uncle Li smiled, and then said the plan he had been thinking about for a long time.
As soon as they heard that they were going to go to Nafu Ya Prison again, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou were also a little excited in their hearts, after all, they were in a hurry there last time, and there were still many mysteries unsolved, if they could go back this time, they would definitely gain something.
Thinking of this, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou looked at Uncle Li eagerly, and their eyes already said everything.
Just when Li Shu'er made up his mind to go to the prison, the Taiping army, which had been calm outside the city for a few days, seemed to be intent on assisting, and suddenly began to attack frantically.
Uncle Li asked Zhang Xiwang to go out to investigate, and after learning that Shen Ruchao and Dechengjun led troops to supervise the battle in the city, they discussed it with Yang Yi and Wei Ergou, and decided to take advantage of the dark moon and high wind to do it at night, so as to hide their tracks and reduce trouble.
It was day and night, after eating, Uncle Li sent Liu Ruoxue and Zhongli Yiyi back early on the grounds of sleepiness, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou also pretended to leave, and after Liu Ruoxue and Zhongli Yiyi's house was lit up, the two of them quietly slipped into Uncle Li's house like thieves.
Li Shu'er is really a talent, I don't know where to turn out three night clothes, ask Yang Yi and Wei Ergou to change into them, and change into a night clothes himself, the three of them stand together, with Li Shu'er's pair of thief eyes that can't hide the cunning atmosphere, how do you look like a lawless person who went out to post a small advertisement at night.
"Temperament, pay attention to temperament, uncle, can't you look at people generously and openly, oh go, this look is going to be beaten, haha" Wei Ergou looked at Uncle Li, who was already short in stature, and then put on a tight night suit, looking like a loose egg, and joked.
"You're fucking big or small, if you don't have an urgent task tonight, take care of your flesh!" Li Shu'er glared at Wei Ergou, and then tied the inseparable wine gourd firmly around his waist, and then carried some drawn runic paper, copper coins and swords, incense candles, ink cartridges and other items in his arms, and then he glanced out, and saw that Liu Ruoxue, Zhongli Yiyi and Zhang Xiwang's family were all gossiping with candles in their own houses, waving their hands at Yang Yi and Wei Ergou, and the three of them quietly blended into the thick ink night.
Walking in the dense alley like a spider's web, listening to the rumbling sound of cannons in the distance, Yang Yi looked at Uncle Li and asked puzzledly: "Why does this Taiping army still like to fight at night, it doesn't cost wax, they are below, and the defenders of Cangzhou City above can see them clearly, doesn't this understand that they are dying?" ”
"The Taiping army is lone and deep, and they are in a quick battle, they are blocked here by the defenders of Cangzhou City, presumably Hong Xiuquan, who is far away in Nanjing, is afraid that they will be surrounded and annihilated by the Qing army, and the messenger urges them to march quickly, this Lin Fengxiang will be so crazy to attack the city, but this is good, the palace must be empty in the garrison, let's just go all the way to the prison unhindered to investigate, hehe" Li Shu'er can always see the stitches, maybe he chose to go to the prison tonight, that is, he calculated that all the soldiers of the government went to the city to participate in the war, It is not known whether he will wait for the opportunity to move.
After walking for nearly an hour, Li Shu'er and the three of them walked out of the slum controlled by the gang and hid at the mouth of the alley, and they saw that there were few people on the street; The teahouse on the street was pitch black, and there was no light at all.
Uncle Li They are very familiar with Cangzhou City, sticking to the wall, the three of them can walk to the mansion with their eyes closed, and in a moment, they have already come to the vicinity of the mansion, the main door of the mansion is open, and there are a few weak old officials who are in and out in a panic, it seems that they are pouring things like this, and there is no one else.
Li Shu'er, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou took advantage of the shadow formed by the wall and quickly ran over from the front of the government, those officials didn't notice that someone passed in front of them at all, even if they did, those officials would probably pretend to turn a blind eye, so as not to get into trouble, in the troubled times, dying someone is like sprinkling salt grains into the snow, no one will notice, they don't want to be on the street without knowing it.
After the palace, the front is the government prison, there is no snow in Cangzhou City these days, there are still dark gunpowder burning traces and messy footprints on the snow in front of the prison, the gate of the prison has passed the last fierce battle, one of them has been crooked, the cold wind blows, the wooden door makes a babbling sound like a hundred ghosts wailing, and it becomes more and more harsh in the night.
Uncle Li was so experienced that he did not rush in, but carefully observed the surroundings, and from time to time his eyes looked into the black rumbling inside the prison door, as if he wanted to see through whether there was danger inside.
After waiting for a long time, when Yang Yi and Wei Ergou were a little impatient, Uncle Li finally opened up and said: "It seems that there is no ambush, why don't you go in?" ”
"Aren't you talking nonsense, what are we doing all the way here, of course we have to go in." Wei Ergou looked at Uncle Li, who had been holding back such an unnutritious sentence for a long time, and was really in tears.
Uncle Li bared his teeth and smiled, and was the first to walk towards the prison gate, Yang Yi was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he hurriedly rushed into the prison gate before him.
Fortunately, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou remembered the structural layout of the prison, and they could barely open their eyes at night, so they went into the torture room to find a candle to light up the prison, only to see that the prison was still the scene after the fierce battle that day, the walls were broken, and the bricks and tiles were everywhere, but the bodies of those prisoners who died in vain were missing, presumably cleaned up by Decheng or other officials, so as not to rot the corpses, and the smell would spread to the government offices just a few miles away.
Uncle Li looked at the direction of the prison, and then took out the iron ruler called the dragon ruler from his bosom and wiped it; Hold the end of the handle of the dragon ruler with one hand, and hold it with the other hand so that the section of the hand holding the dragon ruler should be in a vertical state, and the other section should be in a horizontal state, and concentrate on the tip of the dragon ruler, and the dragon ruler will be affected by the aura of the earth, and swing from side to side.
In the middle of the sound, Uncle Li put away the iron ruler and sighed: "As expected, the day when this prison was built should be October, take the image of pure yin of the kun hexagram, and there is a straight corridor in the middle of this prison, the so-called straight road and one gun, that is, there is a straight corridor opposite the door of the house, so it is a gunshot." Also, the main entrance of this prison is like a devouring tiger's mouth, this is the opening of the door, so the place of the yin is supplemented by the three evils, whoever enters here, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out alive, the feng shui layout of this prison is extremely vicious, it is definitely not that Shen Ruchao can understand the mystery, there must be a master behind the back......"
"By the way, where is the haunted house, take the teacher to take a look." Uncle Li looked at Yang Yi and Wei Ergou and ordered.
Yang Yi and Wei Ergou looked at the haunted house on the right, the door no longer existed, and a cool mist kept coming out of it, so they stretched out their hands and said, "That's it." ”
Uncle Li put away the ruler, opened the wine gourd, sprayed a sip of wine on the black veil on his face, and then covered the black veil on his face, for fear of inhaling the evil qi, and saw that Yang Yi and Wei Ergou were treacherous and slippery, and they were indeed far from this kind of experience in the rivers and lakes.
When Uncle Li entered the haunted house, he saw that the house was foggy and the air smelled very musty, he sniffled, his face changed, and he looked at the ground, and saw that there was a round hole in the ground that was one step wide, and it was dark inside, and I don't know how deep.
Uncle Li knelt in front of the entrance of the cave, bent down to look into the cave, listened for a while, and suddenly got up and said: "It's not good, we have a plan, this hole is not the eye of the earth, but a ghost gate leading to the underworld, go quickly, I am afraid that something will happen if it is late......"
Just as Li Shu'er took Yang Yi and Wei Ergou to walk out, the originally dark prison was suddenly brightly lit, with blazing torches on both walls, and at the door, dozens of strangely dressed and hideous-looking men stood there, blocking Li Shu'er and their only way out.