Chapter 399: Underground Yellow Spring
Chapter 399: Underground Yellow Spring
The carriage stopped at the side door of the Wei Wangfu in the night, and the weathered coachman jumped out of the carriage and knocked on the door.
Li Tai was wearing a clean gray robe, his black hair was not crowned, and he was only tied up at the back of his neck, and the master and servant entered the side door and walked in without saying a word.
All the way around the forest courtyard into the comb pavilion where he stayed, only Li Tai and Ah Sheng were left to go together, and when they entered the room, there was already prepared hot water, Li Tai went around the back of the screen, untied the leather belt around his waist with one hand, and asked:
"Is there something going on in Beijing these days?"
Ah Sheng put the snow-white silk shirt on the screen, bowed his head and said: "It's not a big deal, master, you have been on the road for so long, let's rest well after bathing." ”
"Hmm."
Half an hour later, when he heard that there was no movement inside, he knew that he was asleep, and was about to go back to his room to rest, but saw a figure running into the courtyard in a hurry.
"Steward Li, I heard that the master is back, this is a secret letter that the general received, it seems that there is something urgent that the master needs to see."
Ah Sheng took the folded note handed over by the person, there are many spies in the Wei Palace, and there are some unknown methods of transmitting messages, sometimes it may be under an old tree in the Eastern Metropolis, and sometimes it may be in the brick crack of an old wall. In some special news channels, someone will go to search for it every other hour, and then hand it back to the palace for reference.
Ah Sheng only looked at the faint red mark on the note, and knew who sent it, and after frowning, he opened the note in three or two clicks, only to see a line of small characters written on it:
"Visiting the prison at night, the meaning of which is unknown."
These eight words can't be seen in the eyes of outsiders, but Ah Sheng is very clear, his brows tightened again, and after a little thought, he waved his hand to let the person leave, and said:
"The master has already slept, you go back first."
As soon as he finished speaking, a slightly hoarse voice came from the quiet room:
"What?"
"It's not a big deal."
"Show me the king."
Ah Sheng pinched the note in his hand, after hesitating, he pushed the door into the house, walked to the bed through the screen, handed the note over, the gauze light in front of the bed was not extinguished, Li Tai read the note, recognized the handwriting, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and then said coldly:
"I'm not here for a few days, what happened, why did she visit the prison of the Ministry of Punishment at night."
The one who sent the secret letter was Ziyan, who was hidden and protected by the Yu Yu he arranged.
Ah Sheng saw that he couldn't hide it, so he honestly confessed the truth, "Lu Gongzi killed the eldest grandson, the criminal department has closed the case, and he will be beheaded on East Third Street at noon tomorrow." ”
The room was silent for a moment, Li Tai put the note in the palm of his hand, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and said, "Change clothes." ”
"Master," Ah Sheng hurriedly persuaded: "Listen to the words of his subordinates, this matter has been decided, it is really inconvenient for you to interfere, I think Miss Lu is just unwilling, I want to see him one last time, not to mention whether she can enter the heavily guarded cell, even if she enters, Ziyan will also protect her, and there is no doubt that she will retreat." ”
Li Tai calmly stretched out his hand to remove Ah Sheng, who was blocking him, and walked to the screen to take off the hanging clothes, "If you bring another person out, then there will be no return." ”
Ah Sheng was stunned for a moment, and said with a face full of disbelief: "You, you mean that she plans to rob the prison?" No, Miss Lu, she is not a stupid person, how could she do such a stupid thing ...... such a brainless thing.
Li Tai narrowed his eyes and put on without saying a word. I'm afraid that no one knows as well as him that her unruly temperament can do anything once it concerns her three relatives who are more important than her life.
When he first saw her three years ago, she almost died at the foot of the galloping carriage in order to ask him for help to protect her mother, and after three years she met him again in the Hibiscus Garden, and she mistook him for a brother in the same color clothes, blocked a dagger for him, and went to half his life.
Now that Lu Zhi is awaiting execution, she is visiting the prison of the Ministry of Punishment at night in this situation, and the Jedi has only one purpose.
"You conceal the affairs of this king without authorization, and then you will count it later," Li Tai tied his belt and said in a low voice: "Quickly go and call the backyard Miao Ge to prepare, and only choose four people who are good at light merit to walk with this king." ”
At night, the guards in the prison of the Criminal Department change more frequently than during the day, from the guards in front of the main gate to the guards between the prisons where different prisoners are held, and the guards will change every two hours, that is to say, the guards are changed three times, but even if it is so tight, there are times when it is lax.
When it was almost ugly, in a secluded alley, two figures, one tall and one short, stood against the wall.
"Out of this alley, is the west wall of the prison, after a while, the guards patrol back and forth every half a cup of tea, the wall is three feet high, straight, I can do light work, borrow a rope to take you in, the end of the high wall is the west prison, because the prisoners are not to be criminalized, so the guard is relatively lax."
"I tell you again, when the time is ugly, the jailers in the prison will gather in the open space between the east and west cells to change the guard, and I will take you into the southwest from the southwest, and before they change the guard, we will have a quarter of an hour to go to the heavy prison, and during this time, we must find out where the cell where Lu Zhi is being held. Remember, when you find someone, you have at most a quarter of an hour to speak to him, because the guards will return to patrol after the change of guard, and if an intruder is spotted, the scattered jailers in the cell will quickly gather together, and then we will not be able to fly in the face of more than two hundred armed guards. ”
After listening to the masked man's advice, Yu Yu nodded seriously. In this cold and windy winter night, in order to move conveniently, the two of them wore thin black clothes, and their hair was tightly tied into a knot with a belt, and the one on the body of the widow was returned to Chang'an in the evening to wait for the night to come, I don't know where he found it, the trousers and cuffs were tightly tied with cotton ropes, and the cowhide boots were firmly wrapped around their feet, and they were not afraid of dragging them down when they moved.
The masked man looked at the black prison in the distance, turned his head to Yi Yu and said, "If you run later, you have to follow me, you can't stay three steps away from me, you know?" ”
"Well, don't worry, I'm running fast." The tip of her nose was a little red, and the two hands behind her back touched the two palm-sized small pouches hanging under the hem of her waist, knowing what would happen soon, her heartbeat couldn't help but start to intensify, it was late at night, she took the soul suppression pill for the two of them, so not only was she not sleepy, but her brain was a little tight.
After the ugly hour, when Yu Yu and the masked man sneaked into the prison of the Criminal Department by taking advantage of the change of guards, the cell where Lu Zhi was held was a different scene.
After Chu Buliu heard Lu Zhi's frank words, the whole person stood on the spot, as if he had been killed by someone and remained motionless, Lu Zhi looked at her with complicated eyes, and was about to open her mouth again to provoke her to leave, but she was caught by her around her, and grabbed it as fast as lightning, followed by a long series of somewhat poignant laughter, she was not afraid to attract people at all, her red lips were against the back of his neck, and the laughter was mixed with broken words.
"You know, from the first time I saw you, I knew that we were the same people, with the same bitter hatred, the same obsessions, and after being bullied, we had to live, endure the loneliness and loneliness that no one knew...... It's been three years...... In the end, I chose you, but you betrayed me... Ha... Hahaha"
"No, you're wrong, there is no betrayal or not between us." A relationship that ended without a problem before it began, how can it be counted as who will betray whom, not to mention, she is already obsessed with a demon when she looks at it now.
It's not just love, obsession.
Chu Buliu couldn't listen to him anymore at this moment, her eyes were red, she clasped his throat with one hand, and wrapped her other hand around his waist, relying on her tall stature and practicing martial arts since childhood, she could push him forward.
"Zhi'er... Don't be afraid, I won't let you leave me, let's go together and go to Huainan......"
Lu Zhi sighed bitterly in his heart, but he didn't struggle at all, his face tightened, and he was carried out of the cell by her, just now her loud laughter had attracted the attention of the people who were ambushed around, and as soon as the two of them were about to go out, the left and right cells were opened, and no less than eight people in the short robes of the jailers, but wearing black masks, stood in front of the two of them, and the man with a touch of gold embroidered on the mask whispered through the fabric:
"Chu doesn't stay, you betray your lord and betray your righteousness, and frame your colleagues, let people go quickly, we may leave you alive and hand it over to the emperor for disposal, if not, you should be punished here"
"You little insects, dare to talk to me in this tone" Dressed in a light black veil, Chu Buliu, who had a ghostly face in the gloom, squinted his eyes, let go of the hand on Lu Zhi's waist, flicked his long sleeves, and made a sound in the air, and he actually shook out a slender chain, and without saying anything, he preemptively threw it out, and the chain seemed to be stretched, and it was quickly pumped between the two of them on the left side.
Knowing that it was powerful, the two of them dodged half a beat slower, blood splattered out on the spot, one was killed on the spot, and the other quickly retreated while holding his neck.
However, there were six people left, but they didn't dare to step forward, although Chu Buliu was a little confused at the moment, but he was still smart, and he could see through at a glance that these people first provoked her with words, that is, they were afraid of the people she was holding hostage, thinking that they were instructed in advance and must not be hurt.
In this way, she was even more unguarded, and after clasping Lu Zhi's throat, she was close to his ear, and said in a voice that several other people could hear:
"Zhi'er, my sister won't leave you behind, if you can't fight the enemy, I will kill you, underground Huangquan, you also need to accompany your sister."
Hearing this, several special jailers wore masks and couldn't see their expressions clearly, but it was clear from their guarded movements, Chu Buliu guessed correctly, she coerced Lu Zhi, and they couldn't let go of their hands and feet.
In this way, Chu Buliu threatened Lu Zhi, broke through the gap of the jailer he had just killed, and walked forward reflexively all the way, and actually retreated safely to the door of this dungeon.
(There will be more later)
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