The ghost in the secret room of the Zhou Mansion was dressed in a black robe, and only two bloodthirsty eyes were exposed under the ink-black mask.

He stretched out his hand that looked like dead wood and gently swiped through the various torture instruments hanging on the wall.

Every instrument of torture glowed with a terrifying cold glow in the dim candlelight.

Finally his hand rested on a carving knife.

He removed the carving knife from the wall and walked with heavy steps to the stone door behind him.

Beyond the stone gate is a dark corridor.

After about a hundred paces, another stone door appeared.

The sub-ghost stretched out three fingers to cover the round hole on the stone door, and the fingers pressed slightly, and the stone door made a dull sound and slowly opened.

In the darkness, a woman with teeth and claws pounced on the ghost.

The iron shoes on her feet made a popping sound against the ground, and her ankles were tied to heavy chains, and she tripped over the chains and fell to the ground after taking a few steps.

The sub-ghost indifferently took out a fire fold and lit the candle hanging on the stone wall.

Light dispelled the darkness.

This chamber was larger than the one from the previous one, with a blood-stained wooden plank in the corner of the wall, in addition to the bed and table.

The woman who fell to the ground failed to adjust to the light for a moment, and raised her hand to cover her eyes.

The woman's face was covered with wounds from the knife, and she could no longer see what it was, and her exposed arms were covered with bruises and wounds. Wherever the eye can see, there is no good place.

But she was dressed very brightly, and she didn't look like a person who had been imprisoned at all.

The sub-ghost crouched down and reached out to caress the blood-stained face.

said softly: "Zhilan, my husband has come to see you." ”

Zhou Zhilan opened her resentful eyes, and the hand she raised just now slapped the ghost fiercely.

"Get out!"

This slap directly slapped away the mask of the sub-ghost, revealing the true face of the sub-ghost's mask.

And this person is not someone else, it is the history of Bozhou Thorn, Meng Huai!

Meng Huai was slapped by Zhou Zhilan, but he was not angry or annoyed, but turned his head and looked at Zhou Zhilan with affection.

"Ten years ago, in the broken temple on the mountain, you beat me like this."

On that day ten years ago, Zhou Zhilan was defiled in a ruined temple. Every time she thought about it, her heart ached like a thousand arrows.

That unbearable night, she will never forget in her life.

Zhou Zhilan spat at Meng Huai with angry eyes, "It's been ten years, and you still make me so disgusting!" ”

When she said this, she instantly angered Meng Huai.

He reached out and pinched Zhou Zhilan's cheek, and roared at her, "I'm disgusting! If it weren't for me, would you be alive until now! Zhou Zhilan, why do you just refuse to obey me? I dressed you well and ate well, but you are so indifferent to me! ”

Zhou Zhilan stared at the crazy man in front of her, and there was nothing but hatred in her heart.

Her entire family died at the hands of this man, and she was imprisoned by him for another ten years.

She had spent the best of her youth in the abuse and torture of this old man, and how could she have love for him?

"Yu Xianliang, you killed my whole family, this hatred is not shared! Don't be delusional that I will obey you, you are not worthy! ”

Meng Huai laughed angrily, "Hahaha, good! Since you refuse to live a good life with me, then I will carve my mark on your forehead, even if you die and turn into white bones, I want you to be my person for the rest of your life! ”

As he spoke, he grabbed Zhou Zhilan's head and dragged her to the side of the plank.

Roughly shackled her hands and feet, he pulled the knife from his bosom and held it above her eyes.

Zhou Zhilan swallowed her saliva with difficulty, and her body couldn't stop shaking.

The carving knife in front of her was like a soul hook knife from hell, she didn't know how much torture she had suffered over the years, and now whenever she saw something sharp, she would be frightened and weak

She struggled with all her might, but to no avail.

Zhou Zhilan's voice trembled slightly and asked, "Yu Xianliang, what do you want to let me go!" ”

Meng Huai's originally honest face suddenly became hideous and terrifying, and he roared angrily: "Your father and those two dog officials have ever let those scholars go!" Have you spared the lives of more than a dozen members of my Yu family! If I hadn't escaped by going out to study back then, even I would be a lonely ghost now! ”

He took out the prepared silk cloth and stuffed it into Zhou Zhilan's mouth.

Then he raised the carving knife and stabbed it at Zhou Zhilan's forehead.

Heart-rending whimpering sounds echoed through the chamber, blood streaming down his forehead.

Meng Huai gritted his back molars, and his expression was distorted and his name was engraved on Zhou Zhilan's forehead one by one.

"From the time I knew how those scholars and more than a dozen members of my Yu family died tragically, I understood a truth. Only with supremacy can you control the life and death of others. Zhilan, I did it, I did it! Hahaha......"

In Meng Huai's hideous laughter, Zhou Zhilan fainted in pain.

When she woke up again, her forehead had been medicated and bandaged.

In the past ten years, every time Meng Huai abused her, he would drug her so that she would not die so easily.

The Chamber of Secrets is dark again.

Zhou Zhilan knew that he was gone.

She lay back on the bed limply, wrapped her naked body tightly in the quilt, and began to cry bitterly.

After torturing Zhou Zhilan, Meng Huai pretended to be casual and returned to the Assassin's Mansion from the secret passage.

What he didn't know was that Fu Xuanlin, who was supposed to be dead, now knew his true identity.

And they are plotting how to bring him to justice.

In the Changshi Mansion, Du Cai looked at the rice paper with the word "Meng Huai" written on it in his hand in disbelief.

But the upper part and the right half of these two characters are written in cinnabar ink, so you can clearly see the two characters of Ziqi hidden in the word Meng Huai.

"This, Meng Huai turned out to be a ghost?"

"Not bad. This king now orders you to tell Baili about this, and ask him to send a small team of men to Shenzhou to investigate Meng Huai's life. Remember, act in secret. ”

"Yes, the next official will go."

Du Cai put down the rice paper and left in a hurry.

That night, a small group of people took advantage of the dark wind to leave Bozhou.

Less than half a month later, the small team retrieved the collected evidence.

On the second day after getting the evidence, Fu Xuanlin learned that Zigui had an account book that recorded his greed for money and food hidden in the Zhou Mansion, so he ordered Baili to steal this account book.

When the ghost found out that the ledger had been stolen, he was furious and called Du Cai to the Zhou Mansion.

In the study of the Zhou Mansion, the ghost wore a mask and turned his back to the trembling Du Cai, playing with a repeater in his hand.

"I'll just ask you one last time, where is the ledger?"

Du Cai knelt on the ground and shook his head, "I really don't know." ”

If it was before, his soft bones would definitely not admit themselves.

But Fu Xuanlin had warned him as early as after stealing the account book, if he dared to say that he missed half a word, he would bear the consequences.

The sub-ghost turned around sharply and raised his crossbow to aim at Du Cai's head.

The power of the crossbow is so great that this arrow will surely kill you on the spot.

"Do you think I'm blind! During this time, you have been in frequent contact with Bailimo, and you dare to say that the loss of the ledger is not because you sent a message to Bailimo! ”

Although he already knew that Meng Huai was under this mask, Du Cai was still afraid of this black robe and black mask.

On one side is the prince and the deposed envoy, and on the other side is a ghost who kills people without blinking.

No matter which side he can't afford to offend, but what the wind is in, he is still very clear.

Du Cai swallowed his saliva and shook his head again and again.

"I'm also for us, Baili Mo has been worried about the death of His Royal Highness King Ling, if you don't coax him, he will definitely suspect us."

"So, you're thoughtful?"

The sub-ghost snorted coldly and put down the repeater.

Now Baili Mo is staring closely, if Du Cai dies, there will inevitably be another trouble.

Besides, this Du Cai has always been the most boneless, and he doesn't dare to collude with Bailimo.

Thinking of this, the sub-ghost glanced at Du Cai and said to him, "Useless things!" Get lost! ”

"Yes."

Du Cai got up from the ground with difficulty, and his legs were numb and staggered out of the study.

He returned to the Changshi Mansion and came to the secret room in shock.

"Your Highness is not good, the ghost has already suspected the head of the lower official, and he almost took the life of the lower official."

Fu Xuanlin closed the account, raised his head and said calmly: "You go and tell Baili to let him gather all the officials in Bozhou early tomorrow morning, and this king will reveal the true face of the ghost in public." ”

As soon as he heard this, Du Cai was relieved.

He worked really hard as a spy, and now he finally has hope.

The next day, according to Fu Xuanlin's instructions, Bailimo invited all the officials to the state government office.

There are six counties under Bozhou, and the six counties are narrow, and it takes less than half a day to reach this place.

When the officials of a state gather together, something great will happen.

Many people slowly gathered outside the door.

The officials looked at each other, not knowing what Bailimo's move meant.

Gradually, some people became impatient and wanted to leave the place on the grounds that there were many important things.

But there are soldiers guarding outside the government office, and don't say that if you let them out, even if you let a mosquito in, it will be considered a dereliction of duty.

It was noon and the last official arrived.

Baili Mo stood up at this time and said to everyone: "On the orders of His Royal Highness King Ling, except for the county order of Liaocheng County, the chief book of Duancheng County, the doctor of economics in Bozhou, and the judicial army, all the other officials will be dismissed from their official positions and postponed for trial!" ”

Everyone present was stunned.

The officials immediately couldn't sit still, this official did a good job, how could he suddenly be dismissed.

Meng Huai, who was sitting at the front, furrowed his brows.

For a while, the entire government office was in a lot of noise, and they all asked Bai Limo why they dismissed their officials.

"You are just a soldier in the prince's palace, what qualifications do you have to remove officials?"

"Don't say it's you, even if King Ling is still alive, he doesn't have this right."

"Tell me, why should you dismiss the official?"

The officials are gossiping, and they must give them an explanation.

The people outside the door also talked and pointed.

Suddenly, a high-pitched shout overpowered all the clamour.

"His Royal Highness King Ling has arrived!"