When Xiao Qin brought Hai Rui back to the High Priest's Cave, Hai Rui looked at the environment around the cave and spoke coldly.

"Although I haven't been to the Great Toast Mansion, if I want to come to the Great Toast, I won't live in a cave, this is not a place for people to live." Xiao Qin sneered: "Daming scholars have a hard mouth, I know." I just don't know, if the bones are as hard as the mouth! Hai Rui said indifferently: "I don't know others, the official's mouth is not hard, just in terms of etiquette." Hard bones, but there are still a few more. Xiao Qin took Hai Rui to the largest cave and saw the high priest sitting on the stage.

The high priest's skirt was not sewn up, and when he saw the squirming snakes on the high priest's legs, Hai Rui was stunned for a moment and lowered his head.

Xiao Qin was very surprised, and the high priest was very proud: "Xiao Qin, I heard from the person who went with you, this person has been at odds with you along the way, and he is very tough. I still think I am a character, it turns out that it is just to see that you are not strong enough. I've always said that if you want to succeed, you still have to be domineering, and your smile is only useful for little girls......"

"A woman's family, with her thighs exposed, what a physique! Don't look at indecent things, what does it have to do with whether you are domineering or not! The High Priestess almost bit her tongue, and she looked at her legs in disbelief, and then at Hai Rui's head, which was still lowered.

"Can't you see that my legs are made of wood and covered with snakes?" Hai Rui sneered: "It doesn't matter what you are, are you legs?" Even if it's just two pieces of wood, it's attached to your body, it's your legs! This is the rule, it is the etiquette! If your legs are fake, you can leak them out, and if the rest of your legs are fake, can't you just expose them at will? Hai Jui spoke so solemnly and imposingly that the high priest involuntarily covered his legs with his skirt, and then he realized, why should I listen to the nonsense of a prisoner?

"Xiao Qin, did you make it clear to him? Will he be willing? Xiao Qin shook her head: "To make it clear, he said that he had three refusals." "The high priest was stunned for a moment, and if he refused, he would not speak, and he would not like to make up three for three, do all the scholars like to make up three so much?

"Which three refuse?"

"First, he asked us to tell us what he wanted him to do, and if he couldn't make sense, he wouldn't." The high priest was speechless: We are going to use you to frame the court, what is the reason for this, pedantic!

"Second, he asked us to say the benefits of doing this to the court and the people of the world, and if we couldn't say it, he wouldn't." The high priest continued to be speechless: This will definitely not be good for the imperial court, let alone the people of the world, only good for me and Xiao Qin.

"Third, even if we find a reason for the first two, as long as this matter is fake, that is to say, unless the imperial court really wants to issue an order to exterminate Miao Jiang, he will not do it." The high priest stood up suddenly: "He's playing tricks on you, are you a fool?" And listen to him talk so much nonsense! Xiao Qin smiled bitterly: "At first, I was furious, thinking that he was playing tricks on me, but later I found out that he was very serious, not like a fake." You know, I've always been very accurate in seeing people. I feel that if the imperial court really issued an order, even if he knew that this matter was wrong, as long as it was true, he would really say it to the people of Miaojiang! The high priest snorted: "Don't talk nonsense, Hai Rui, I have no reason to tell you, this matter is not good for the people of the world, and it is false." If you don't say it, I'll kill you! Because the hem of the skirt was hidden, Hai Rui raised his head, and his face was as cold as that of the high priest, and more stubborn.

"What joy is the husband's life, and what is the fear of death?" The high priest glanced at Xiao Qin, Xiao Qin nodded, signaling that this guy was not a mouthful, and he should be telling the truth.

The high priest thought for a moment and smiled coldly: "I've seen those who aren't afraid of death." But death is not the most terrible thing. Have you ever heard of the edict? Hai Rui nodded: "I have long wanted to go in and have a look, but unfortunately the official is small, and several times he has written to the court to malpractice, he was intercepted by the magistrate of the county and failed to make the trip." This time, the high priest and Xiao Qin glanced at each other, both shocked, hearing this, did he want to go to prison without success?

What the fuck are there such people? The high priest glanced at Xiao Qin and motioned for Xiao Qin to steady, we can win. Then the two walked to the side and whispered a countermeasure.

The high priest's method was simple and crude: "With a poison ivy whip, give him a few lashes first, and see if he is the same as he seems." Xiao Qin shook her head: "Let's rely on him to read the false holy decree in front of everyone." If he has blue skin and swollen face, and his body is covered in bruises, anyone will know that it is fake and forced! Don't worry, I tried to crush one of his toes with the Bliss Divine Skill, and the ten fingers were connected to the heart, and the pain was so severe that I couldn't see it from the outside when I put on my shoes. The high priest nodded: "Pinch slowly, little by little, the broken bones are not very painful, and the rubbing after the shattering is the most painful." Xiao Qin smiled and walked to Hai Rui's side: "Hai Rui, I advise you again, it's best to promise us, not only will I leave you with dignity, if you don't dare to go back, I also promise to let you live more comfortably in Miaojiang than in the Central Plains!" Hai Rui said coldly: "Where you have peace of mind, that is, your hometown!" I can live comfortably anywhere! Xiao Qin sighed, grabbed Hai Rui's ankle, and lifted Hai Rui's head down in Hai Rui's surprised gaze.

Hai Rui knew that he was powerless, so he simply gave up resisting and closed his eyes to avoid accidentally seeing things that he shouldn't see.

There was a sharp pain in the little toe, first a sharp pain, then a little relief, and then suddenly, a more intense pain hit.

The shattered bones were like countless knives, cutting flesh and tendons under the rubbing of Xiao Qin's fingers, and the severe pain made Hai Rui almost faint, but then the next wave of sharp pain made him awake again.

I don't know how long it took, Hai Rui was thrown on the ground, Xiao Qin smiled and looked at the cold sweat on his face, and said lightly.

"Hai Rui, this is just a small test, do you want to reconsider." Hai Rui staggered to his feet, not very steady because of the sharp pain in his little toes, but still carefully dusted the dirt off the placket of his clothes.

"If you have a knife, why try it small, although it is good to try it big." Xiao Qin's smiling expression froze slightly, and she stretched out a hand and pressed it on the acupuncture points of Hai Rui's vest, and in the blink of an eye, an internal force scurried between the various meridians.

This pain is different from the pain of flesh and blood just now. Hai Rui's internal organs were as if they were being fried in boiling oil, and there was no electricity at that time, so Hai Rui didn't understand that this feeling was actually similar to being electrified.

Hai Rui fell to the ground, his whole body spasmed, tears and snot flowed wildly, he gritted his teeth and said nothing. Because the teeth were clenched too tightly, the blood from the gums ran down the gaps between the teeth and filled the mouth.

After a while, Xiao Qin let go of her hand, gasped for a few breaths of exhaustion, and watched Hai Rui struggle on the ground.

"Hai Rui, how do you feel, this trick, I have only used it on the sect members who have made a big mistake and want to keep it for more. No one who has tasted it dares to make a mistake again. Hai Rui fluttered on the ground for a long time before he staggered to his feet, wiped the tears and snot from his face, and dusted the dirt off his clothes—and found that he was no longer clean, so he gave up.

"Insect carving skills, but that's it." Xiao Qin was furious, raised her hand, thought about it, put it down again, and turned her head to look at the high priest, meaning I can't do anything for the time being, it's your turn.

The high priest chuckled: "If you don't damage your appearance, compared to Gu art, the two times of the edict are still too rough." She stepped forward, pinched Hai Rui's face, fed a pill into Hai Rui's mouth, and then let go of her hand and looked at Xiao Qin with a smile.

A moment later, Hai Rui fell to the ground, rolling back and forth, and Xiao Qin looked at him worriedly.

"Don't kill him, it's useless for us to kill him, it's useful for him to be alive!" The high priest sneered, "Don't worry, these Gu worms are extremely subtle, and they can't actually do much harm to people, but they like to drill into people's meridians." In fact, compared to human flesh and blood, the pain that directly acts on the meridians is the ultimate pain. The study of the edict is how to find the most dense location of the meridians. But my Gu worm directly stimulates the meridians, you say, which one hurts more? Xiao Qin didn't know, and she didn't want to know.

Hai Jui had passed out and woken up many times on the ground, and he rolled and writhed, but he still refused to make a sound.

As time passed, the expression on the high priest's face became more and more ugly, and finally, Hai Rui stopped rolling, and his whole body was like he had been fished out of water, and his sweat was all over the ground.

Xiao Qin raised her eyebrows and looked at the high priest. The high priest gritted his teeth and said, "The Gu worm is dead. This kind of Gu itself doesn't live long, not to mention that no one has carried it for so long. It seems that even if you give him another pill, it makes no difference. Hai Rui struggled for a long time this time before he slowly stood up, leaning against the stone wall, unable to even dust off his clothes, opening his mouth full of blood, and his voice hoarse.

"Since you said that the edict is not as good as your means, it seems that the edict is not so terrible, and you still have to go to it in the future." Xiao Qin frowned and looked at the high priest: "It seems that you can only rely on your heart Gu." How long does it take you to refine your Heart Gu? The high priest said coldly, "It will take at least a year to refine another pair." I have one on me, though. Xiao Qin remembered the last time she met the high priest, and couldn't help but smile.

"I forgot about that. As long as the Gu master has a heart Gu on his body, he can control the old and weak without being in pairs. However, that kind of control is very short, and it is easy to be interrupted, and it is difficult for him to recite the decree in its entirety without showing his feet. The high priest said proudly: "Qinggu, how can they be compared to me, Hai Rui has no power to restrain the chicken, and I should have no problem controlling him for a stick of incense." It's just that this method is too blood-consuming, and I don't want to use it until it is absolutely necessary. If you're not at ease, just give it a try. The High Priest walked to a position three paces away from Hai Rui and stood still, his eyes turning red.

Hai Rui's mind suddenly emptied, but then he regained consciousness, found that his mouth was open, and he didn't know what to say, so he quickly gritted his teeth.

The high priest was stunned for a moment, and he refused to believe that he urged the power of the heart Gu again, Hai Rui could feel that his consciousness was gradually blurring this time, he gritted his teeth, and suddenly sneered.

"Pretending to be a ghost! Since you are pretending to be a ghost, I will also ask God to exorcise ghosts! After saying that, the high priest really felt that his heart Gu power was being strongly resisted, as if he was competing with a peerless master.

But the other party is obviously just a middle-aged and elderly scholar with no internal strength! Could he really be able to ask God?

Xiao Qin frowned: "What kind of god did you invite?" Didn't you Central Plains people ask God to set up an altar? Who did you learn from, Xiao Feng? The High Priest roared, urging the power of the Heart Gu with all his might, and a huge force was like a stormy wave, instantly submerging Hai Rui.

Hai Rui's heart was beating wildly, his vision was blurry, he knew he couldn't hold it anymore, and roared.

"Student Hai Rui, respectfully invite Wengong Song Rui! Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds. The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun star. It is said that it is Haoran, and it is full of gloom. With each reciting a word, Hai Rui's consciousness became clearer, his body straightened and straightened, and the high priest's expression became more and more hideous.

"The imperial road should be cleared, and the Ming Court will be contained and studied. When the poor festival is seen, one by one! With a pop, the high priest spurted out a mouthful of blood, took a few steps back, and sat directly on the stone chair, looking at Hai Rui in anger and horror.

Hai Rui leaned against the stone wall, his mouth was full of blood, laughing, Xiao Qin stepped forward, knocked him unconscious with one palm, and threw him into a small cave.

Then he turned his head and looked at the high priest with a wry smile, and the two looked at each other, neither of them having anything to say. What about the ease of doing so?

How easy is it to say yes? How did you come across such a strange thing? If you knew this, it would be better to leave Hu Zongxian, maybe there would be a greater chance!

What's the most painful? It's that everything is going well, and when I am one step away from success, I suddenly find that the small square package in my hand is actually filled with gloves for eating crayfish!

Looking at the high priest's furious expression, Xiao Qin was very worried that she would kill Hai Rui in a fit of rage, so she expressed relief.

"Cousin, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, we don't have to fight for a while, I think he has just been arrested, and his momentum is still strong, and he may be ...... after two days."

"Dead!" Xiao Qin was stunned: "What is dead?" The high priest had palpitations: "My heart Gu is dead!" I almost couldn't control it just now, so I had to kill it to prevent a backlash. I've been raising this heart Gu for many years, and I've never had this kind of thing, this person is really a monster! Xiao Qin frowned, the High Priest's heart Gu originally had other uses, and now he could only adjust the plan.

But that's not important, it's what happens now.

"I heard that this Hai Rui is a filial son, and he doesn't have a son. I can find a Han man who is doing business in Miaojiang and meet his mother. The high priest frowned and said, "Speaking of which, there is something I haven't asked you yet." Why didn't you kill those scholars and soldiers, and let them report to the General Military Palace? If we want to start an incident, shouldn't we catch the court off guard? Then the court should get the news as late as possible! Xiao Qin sighed: "If we can delay until the summer to launch an attack and control the Great Tusi Mansion, then of course it will be so." But this time the operation in the capital failed, the White Lotus Sect existed in name only, if you don't start as soon as possible, I'm afraid that there will be many dreams at night, so I can only act in advance. But at this time, although he controlled the Great Tusi Mansion, it was still half a year before the arrival of the Great Famine. Although the court is corrupt, there is no shortage of capable people. If others don't say it, just say that my brother Feng, no matter how I cover up the news, I'm afraid that the changes in Miao Jiang will eventually be discovered by him. Take Hai Rui as an example, he refuses to stay in the Imperial History Mansion, running around all day long, what news can't be heard? Even if we don't arrest him, he will soon know that something is wrong with the Great Tusi Mansion! Now that we have arrested him, even if we kill all his retinue and scholars, and by the time we go back to get the silver at the end of the month, no one will go back, will the general soldier not be suspicious? As long as the general army sends people into Miaojiang to investigate, the paper will not be able to contain the fire after all. Rather than this, it is better to let the court know that Miao Jiang is going to rebel and see how the court reacts. If the imperial court is provoked and directly sends troops to encircle and suppress it, then we won't even need Hai Rui! Miao Jiang is naturally controlled by us! Even if the imperial court did not send troops to encircle and suppress it, and did not pay attention to Hai Rui, its attention must have been attracted to Miao Jiang. We also have to find a way to set fire to the grain depots in various places and destroy the spring and autumn harvests, the more attention the imperial court puts in Miaojiang, the less attention it will pay in other places, and the easier it will be for us to succeed! The high priest was silent, and it took a long time to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and stand up.

"The plan is good, after the fiasco, you can quickly clean up the mess and adjust the plan, you are really the most outstanding talent of the Xiao family for so many years. I am seriously injured today and need to be carefully recuperated, you just have to let it go, whether the Xiao family can successfully return to the country or not, may just look at it once! "Three days later, patrol the Imperial Mansion.

Hai Rui's lady was simmering the cabbage and tofu in the pot while crying silently. The chief soldier Chen Tianyu didn't dare to hide the news for a long time, so after thinking about it, he still came to the door in person and informed the old lady that Hai Rui was arrested and might be forced to rebel.

At that time, Hai Rui's wife fainted, and the old lady was quite calm, but she just glanced at her little granddaughter and sighed.

"The general will inevitably die on the battlefield, he should know what kind of place this place is when he becomes the imperial history of Miaojiang, but it's a pity that he is ashamed of his ancestors." Chen Tianyu was stunned, and it took a long time to comfort the old lady: "If you want to come to Lord Hai, you will also raise it, so you don't have to worry too much about this problem, please ask Mrs. Hai to raise another one, and then follow the incense." The old lady glanced at him: "Hai Rui, who was conceived and gave birth to in October, why did Lord Chen say this?" Chen Tianyu was stunned, and said after a long time: "I look at the old lady's performance, it really doesn't look like the biological mother of Lord Hai......" He suddenly thought of a question again: "Old lady, even if you are willing to be Lord Hai, in case Lord Hai is forced to do something rebellious, you have to connect the whole family!" The old lady shook her head: "This Lord Chen doesn't have to worry, Hai Rui is just dead, and he will not do anything to betray the court and insult his ancestors." "Chen Tianyu said in his heart that you are really confident, you don't know the methods of the people in Miao Jiangzhong!

I had to say a few words of relief and went back to the house to prepare for the patrol of soldiers and horses. After a while, there was a knock on the door.

After the servant had spoken, he ran back to the old lady.

"It's a Han man from the other side of the Miao Jiang Wall, doing business there, and the Da Tusi Mansion gave him money and asked him to come to the old lady to get a letter." Hai Rui's lady immediately threw down the cabbage and tofu in the pot and ran over: "What letter?" What letter? The servant glanced at the old lady, then at the lady, hesitated and refused to speak, and the old lady said lightly: "It doesn't hurt to say it directly." ”

"Someone said that I heard that Lord Hai is a filial son, and he hasn't ...... until now I don't have a son yet. Ask the old lady to persuade him, but if you say a few words, you will let it out. Hai Rui's face was flushed, tears fell again, and the old lady glanced at her, obviously very dissatisfied with her.

"Bring pen and paper." A day later, Xiao Qin received a handwritten letter from Hai Rui's mother, he opened it and looked at it, his face was pale, and he tore it apart directly.

"It's not a family, it's not a door!" Scraps of paper scattered in the wind, the words on them are faintly legible.

"Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds ......"