Jiujiang Mansion underground secret room.

At the third watch, the iron door suddenly rang, and several torches came in, and the soldiers guarding the secret room dodged to the side, illuminating the faces of the two protectors of the Demon Sect.

The underground chamber is dark, but it still has a little warmth in the middle of this snowy night.

However, this warmth was quickly swallowed up by the soaring murderous aura.

The chamber was lit with dim oil lamps.

After the person's gaze adjusts, he can see clearly, and the innermost part is locked with an iron chain.

This man was dressed in a white pattern on a black background, and only then could he see that he was a monk, with hair as fluffy as a beggar, and an iron chain the thickness of a duck's egg passed through his shoulders, and the sides of the iron ropes were nailed to the wall.

Despite this, he was still afraid that he would be dishonest, and he still had iron chains on his feet.

The soldiers guarding the secret room only knew that this was not an ordinary criminal, but a prisoner of the imperial court, that is, the so-called death row prisoner.

It can be dragged out and beheaded at any time.

Of course, these people didn't dare to ask more, and took care of the three meals of this death row inmate every day.

No one knew that he was the first Taoist of the famous Dragon and Tiger Mountain, Ziyang Zhenren.

In terms of martial arts cultivation, he is also a master of the 4th layer of the Gang Qi Realm.

Once upon a time, this Taoist was also infinitely beautiful, more popular than the two saints of Maoshan, and was worshiped as a god by Ma Shiying, Wu Shenzuo, and Menggeng.

But now, he was locked in this underground chamber with a pipa bone and iron locks, as if he had been sent to the 18th floor of hell.

Every day, the scraps are cold, and they live a life that is not as good as pigs and dogs.

Ziyang Zhenren spends his days here like a year, in fact, he has only been locked up there for a month, but his temper has long been exhausted.

He didn't know how he got to this underground secret room?

He only remembered that he had a falling out with Wu Shen and Zuo Mengeng, and he forced them to surrender to Chongzhen and admit their guilt, willing to gamble and lose. Otherwise, he will use force to subjugate all these untrustworthy villains, and even slaughter them.

But he returned to his lodgings, drank only two sips of tea, and fell unconscious.

When he woke up, he was in unbearable pain, and an iron chain was worn from his left shoulder to his right shoulder, and there were heavy iron ropes under his feet.

In an instant, he understood, this must be Wu Shen and Zuo Menggeng's people secretly poisoning him, these despicable and shameless people, poor Dao is going to kill you!

Ziyang Zhenren scolded and was furious.

He tossed wildly in this secret room, but although his martial arts cultivation was extremely high and he had spells, he was pierced with a pipa bone.

Finally he was tired from tossing, his throat was dumb, his body was scarred, and he fainted in pain again.

When he woke up again, he was already unkempt as a beggar, and he had not eaten or drunk for three days.

At this time, Wu Shen, Master Hami and Zen Master came in to persuade him, persuading him to change his mind and deal with Daming Chongzhen with them.

Another day passed, Zuo Mengeng personally came to persuade him, Ziyang Zhenren still scolded more than once, and scolded Zuo Mengeng for a bloody squirt, Wu Shen wanted to kill Ziyang Zhenren on the spot, but was stopped by Zuo Mengeng.

It's not that Zuo Mengeng is kind-hearted and reluctant to kill Ziyang Zhenren, but he is worried that killing Ziyang Zhenren will cause the concerns of Maoshan Ersheng and others, and their practice of crossing the river and demolishing bridges to unload grinding and killing donkeys is really outrageous.

Since then, no one has come to persuade Ziyang Zhenren.

In order to save his life, the scraps in the ground were cold, and Ziyang Zhenren ate a few bites indiscriminately, and then he stopped talking, his eyes glazed.

It seems that he is going to die here in this life, but he is still a dishonest person in front of Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty, which he cannot tolerate.

Even if he dies, he must prove his innocence in front of the Ming Emperor, he is not a villain who goes back on his word.

In the battle of Yuwangtai in Hanyang Peak of Lushan, he lost, and he had to bow to Chongzhen and confess his guilt according to the agreement between the two parties.

He does what he says, his head can be broken, his blood can be shed, but his oath cannot be broken, and the promises he makes,

There is no change in the truth, this is the bottom line that he has been sticking to for decades.

It is also the only motivation for him to live.

At this moment, the cell door slammed, and through the scattered hair, he could see a few vague figures standing in the doorway, and he held his breath.

In an instant, he saw clearly, in addition to a few familiar jailers, there were two faces looking at him with the gaze of a gloomy owl, one was a Tuotou monk, the other was wearing a black hat, both of them were carrying swords, and they were all dressed as Mingjiao disciples, which he could see at a glance.

People from the Demon Cult?

It seems that he is going to kill himself.

This must have been arranged by Wu Shen, Zuo Mengeng and others, who did not hesitate to collude with the demon cultists, and also claimed to be a famous and decent family, under the banner of the Southern Ming Dynasty, in the name of Kuang Fu Daming, in fact, they were all chaotic ministers and thieves.

Ziyang Zhenren instantly understood, and he also saw that the martial arts cultivation of these two Demon Sect disciples was not low, one was a 5th layer master of the True Qi Realm, and the other was an innate 7th layer cultivation.

Either of these two would have taken his life with ease.

It's a pity that he has now become a waste.

Although Ziyang Zhenren understands it in his heart, he can only wait for death here.

"Your Excellency is Ziyang Zhenren." Sheng Tian Dao.

"Who are you from the Demon Cult, you dog thief?" Ziyang Zhenren did not answer positively.

Sheng Tian sneered: "Death is coming, and his mouth is still so hard. Okay, let you be a clear ghost, below is the protector of the Ming Sect under the Heavenly Master, and the people in the rivers and lakes call it the Qingfeng Ghost Sword Shengtian."

Sheng Tian said and pointed to the hump-headed monk next to him, "This one is the Master Baboon, the protector of the Hebei rudder of the Ming Sect, someone wants your head, and the two of us are here to do this."

Ziyang Zhenren scolded: "You dogs, thieves, snakes and rats are in a nest, you go back on your word, fall into the well, and you can't die well."

"Now it's you who die, but the poor monk doesn't understand, Your Excellency is a helper invited by the young marshal, and he is here to deal with Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, why do you have to surrender to the faint monarch after Lushan, isn't this looking for death?" Baboons on humanity.

"You dog thief will never understand, I, Ziyang Zhenren, am above board, how can I be in the company of you despicable villains, only blame the poor Dao for being blind to the dog thief!" Ziyang Zhenren scolded endlessly.

"Stop talking nonsense with him, do it!" Sheng Tian was also scolded in a hurry, and as soon as the sword moved, he screamed behind him.

Sheng Tian and the Baboon Master looked back in amazement, and the soldiers and jailers who came with them all fell in a pool of blood.

There were two figures standing at the door, dressed in night clothes and light veils, each with an embroidered spring knife in their hands, standing at the door and glaring at them angrily.

Sheng Tian and the Baboon Master instantly recognized that these were two of the three thorns they had tried to catch on the roof but had not caught just now.

Xingshi mobilized the crowd to look for a long time, and it turned out that the two of them really hid here, causing the two of them to be embarrassed.

The two Demon Sect Protectors were furious, and at this time, they didn't care about Ziyang Zhenren, and came to the two masked people......

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen