"By the way, have you found out how they escaped in Xing'an?" Zheng Quqi asked.

"Because we were afraid that they would suspect that we had arranged for the people to be stalked at far away, we only saw that they had knocked out the guards and escaped, but we did not see how they escaped from the prison." Wei Yao said.

"It's weird, how do they open the cell door and the shackles on their hands and feet?" Wang Zebang is strange.

The door of the cell is locked, and the heavy iron shackles can not be broken by breaking or tearing, even if the martial arts master is, he must use some sharp iron tools to cut it, but in the dungeon, there is no such instrument, and before they enter the dungeon, they also go through strict body search procedures, and there is no entrainment of private goods.

Besides, it takes plenty of time to break through the shackles of so many people, but if a sharp weapon is lost in the dungeon, it won't go unnoticed for so long.

"Let's go to the dungeon."

Zheng Quqi also couldn't figure this out.

I went down to the dungeon, and now the dungeon is empty, and there is still a bad smell in it, with a comprehensive smell of musty, sweat, blood and all kinds of excrement, which makes people stay away.

Zheng Quqi's face was not unusual, she held an oil lamp in front of the cell door to observe.

She first checked the lock of the cell door, which was tied together with a thick iron chain, and then fastened the lock.

This is a common lock, which consists of a lock and a metal ring, the metal ring is put on the doorknob, and then the lock is inserted into the ring, and the lock cylinder is twisted, and the lock can be opened.

The structure of the ring lock is simple and easy to operate, of course, if you understand the construction principle of this lock, it is very simple to open and do not need to rely on the key.

She picked up the lock and looked carefully inside the lock cylinder with the firelight, and immediately understood.

Wang Zebang and Wei Yao waited quietly beside them, and when they saw that Mrs. seemed to be touching the doorway, they surrounded them.

Zheng Quqi said: "This lock cylinder is not broken, and there is no trace of violent demolition on the outside, but there are traces of excessive friction on the edge, just like finding an unworthy key, and constantly running in repeatedly to find its tricks, I guess, one of them must be an expert in theft, and it was really premeditated."

"Madame still understands this?" They were amazed to hear it...

"The people who do our business are related to wheels, bows, bows, craftsmen, cars, and catalpa, as well as ironwork, masonry, masonry, etc., so it's not surprising that they know a little." Zheng Quqi said.

After she finally figured out what Xing'an and their group relied on to get rid of the shackles, she went separately with Wang Zebang and Wei Yao, they went to other cells to check the situation, and she walked alone to the cell where Xing'an was held before.

There was always a strange feeling in her, as if she knew what he was going to leave for her.

He lured her over every day with a question, and today ......

She walked around the cell, and then as if she had stepped on something as hard as her feet, Zheng Quqi lowered her head.

When I cut open the straw and picked it up, I saw that it was a piece of silver?

Really, and this good thing?

She placed the silver in the palm of her hand, her fingertips gently rubbed the rough lines on the surface of the silver, she brought the light closer, and then saw a strange symbol on the silver, and two small words "Goodbye".

She was stunned for a moment, then clutched the silver tightly in her palm.

"Ma'am, did you find anything?" From the other side, Wang Zebang and Wei Yao also rushed over one after another.

Zheng Quqi shook his head: "Go back."

——

That night, Zheng Quqi put on a dark pattern water blue cloak and came to the water prison alone.

This water prison, since its construction, has only detained one person - Qiu.

"Madame, stop."

A nearby guard stepped out of the shadows and stopped her.

Zheng Quqi pulled down the hat on her head, and she looked at them, "I ask you, do you think I am the general's wife?"

They

They looked at each other, and then bowed their heads and clenched their fists: "Please forgive Madame."

"If you admit it, get out of the way."

For a period of time, the deeds of the lady and the soldiers who did what she did in the camp have heard about it, and this is also the information that Wang Zebang and Wei Yao deliberately revealed to them.

They clearly knew how much Madame had paid for them, and they also knew that she was worthy of their respect.

This time, she showed the majesty of the general's wife, and if they swept her face again, it would be really disrespectful.

So, they had to step back.

Zheng Quqi walked down the stone steps, and occasionally could hear the sound of "ticking" water on the stone wall, and the closer she got to the water prison, the colder it became, and it was even colder than the dungeon.

Most of the streams in Mingfu County have long since dried up, and the water prison was originally an underground tributary of the river, but now that the upstream has dried up, this tributary will naturally be broken.

The prison was so dark that it was so stingy that it would not let the light of the fire shine into the coldest and quietest corners, and the prisoners were put into a pool four feet deep, which was now dry, and only an uneven dry pool remained.

"Who is it?"

Something moved in the deepest shadow of the footsteps crushing the stones, followed by the clatter of the iron ropes dragging on the ground.

Zheng Quqi clenched his collar and didn't speak for a while.

"Speak!"

He suddenly said in a hoarse voice.

"Autumn."

She finally spoke up.

She thought he couldn't tell who she was, but she didn't expect that he knew her with just one word.

"Ruler?"

He slowly crawled out of the corner of the water dungeon, in a strange and difficult posture.

She remembered that his hands and feet had been broken by Yu Wensheng, and he hadn't been raised yet?

"Cho, do you hate me?"

She asked suddenly.

He stagnated in vain.

Half a day.

He asked in a low voice in a trembling voice, "Ruler, do you hate me?"

Zheng Quqi said, "I asked this question first."

"However, if you hate me, you should hate me first." Cho didn't move, perhaps he had reached the farthest distance he was allowed to move, and the iron rope held him firmly there.

"I didn't know before, it turns out that people have hatred for someone who wants to kill themselves, and I didn't know what hatred is, but now I seem to understand."

In the empty cavern, any slight sound would be amplified, even if he was whispering, but she could hear it clearly.

"Qiu, my feelings for you, I hate you too deeply, I don't hate you too shallowly, you took my life once, I am now picking up this life, I am not so big-hearted, I can write off the past, I didn't care about it before, just because I was not qualified to care, I knew how many catties and taels I had."

"Then seeing me like this, do you have no hatred?" He asked calmly.

Zheng Quqi squatted down by the dry pool, she actually couldn't see his face and expression clearly, firstly because the light in the water dungeon was indeed too dim, and secondly, because he was now disheveled and untrimmed, like a blurred black shadow.

"I came here to see how miserable you are, the matter between you and me, I can't make a word or two clear, I know that you didn't kill me for personal grudges, just to obey the orders of the Mo family, but Qiu, you are a human being, not a tool, you should learn to grow up, and you should learn how to think independently."

Qiu was silent for a while before he said, "You came to me for other things."

"It seems that during this period of time, you have indeed thought a lot, and you know how to hear and know the meaning." She said.

Qiu said again, "It's Yu Wensheng who has an accident, otherwise he wouldn't have let you come to see me."

Zheng Quqi was noncommittal about the temptation in his words, and only said, "Qiu, do you recognize this symbol?

？ I have an impression, but I can't remember where I've seen it."

She stretched out a symbol out of paper, then wrapped a stone and threw it to Cho.

Qiu had been in the dark for more than half a year, and he had already become accustomed to the darkness, and he could see the figure with a little faint light, so he flickered around and looked at it, then closed his eyes: "...... I know."

"Then will you tell me?"

"Can I make a request?"

Zheng Quqi nodded: "Of course you can, I can't be the master except for letting you go and contacting the Mo family."

"Can't you be the master? Aren't you Yu Wensheng's wife?" He suddenly cooled down.

Zheng Quqi didn't expect him to be locked up here, and he also knew about it.

If that's all he wants, there's no need to talk about it.

"If you don't want to help, forget it."

She stood up, only to hear his slightly panicked cry, "Don't go—"

Zheng Quqi stood there motionless, waiting for him to continue.

Sure enough, he stopped taking Joe and said directly, "I want a lamp, I want a lamp that never goes out day and night."

A light that never goes out day and night?

It's not difficult.

As long as the lamp oil is sufficient, the wick will naturally burn forever.

Zheng Quqi didn't expect his request to be so simple, so simple...... Her conscience was pricked: "...... Okay."

Calling the guards and having them bring the candles, she realized how bad his condition was when the surrounding environment of the dungeon was illuminated by the light.

It is estimated that he has not been cleaned for more than half a year, and the person has been locked up and unable to spread his limbs, his hair is messy and knotted, his clothes are dirty and torn, and even the fabric cannot distinguish the background color, and he looks no better than a beggar.

She frowned slightly: "Have you cured your hands and feet?"

"Do you think Yu Wensheng will be kind enough to treat me?" He asked rhetorically.

She knew that he had resentment in his heart, he used to talk little, but people were simple and stubborn, a tendon to the end, even killing people was just a simple action behavior, he was thinking with his left brain, and there was no sense of color.

But now he's changed.

After being tortured and locked up for more than half a year, he finally gave birth to emotions and thoughts that he had never had before.

This is also a good thing, she used to think that he was like a tool, without ego, always knowing how to do what he is told, but now he is like a person.

She returned to the point and asked, "What is it?"

Qiu raised her dark eyes, staring at the woman in front of her quietly and for a moment, she was white, fat, and better-looking.

"This is the private seal of the Mo family, and it can only be found in the upper echelons of the Mo family."

When Zheng Quqi heard this, he didn't seem surprised.

"The people of the Mo family are here again."

She laughed.

The laughter was very abrupt.

Autumn asked, "What are you thinking?"

"You know, the Mo family and my Zheng family's enmity."

"Yes."

"Now that they see that Yu Wensheng is gone, they have made a comeback, but this time, I won't give them another chance to kill them, if they dare to hurt my family again, I can turn the Mo family upside down, and the chickens and dogs will be restless."

Her tone was calm, but her words were extremely serious, as if she had engraved them in her heart and would put them into action.

"Ruler, you can't fight the Mo family."

When Zheng Quqi heard this, her eyes as faint as snow and cold looked at Shangqiu, and she said softly, "You want me to sit and wait to die? If it was me in the past, I might have tried to find a way to calm things down, but not now. It's not that I don't let go of the Mo family, but the people of the Mo family have always refused to let us go."

Zheng Quqi went to ask Princess Sheng'an that day.

At that time, Yuan Chuhua said something that she was very concerned about but was interrupted by her brother, although she didn't ask at the time, she secretly wrote down that she wanted to find out what was going on.

One open

Shiyuan Chuhua refused to say, but she was exchanged for a condition by Zheng Quqi, and she was willing to open her mouth to tell the truth.

It turned out that on the day when she went to find her eldest brother and younger sister, but was slandered as a road bandit by the city guard, Brother Sang and they met someone from the Mo family, if it wasn't for Princess Sheng'an arriving in time, he and his younger sister might have been taken away.

And the younger sister's illness, according to Princess Sheng An, is not like an ordinary illness, she has encountered too many treacherous things in the harem, according to her experience, it seems to have been poisoned by a chronic poison.

But she doesn't know exactly what kind of poison it is.

Mohism...... Chronic poison ...... Needless to say, Zheng Quqi had already guessed who would be so frustrated as to poison a child who was only a few years old.

It turned out that not only was she threatened by the Mo family and forced to do things for them, but even her family had never had a good time, they hid from each other, considered each other, and were afraid that each other would worry, but in the end, no one escaped.

Qiu saw that Zheng Quqi's face showed a ruthlessness that he had never seen before, she was like she had been forced to the edge of a cliff and had to hold a sharp weapon to defend herself and the person behind her to the death.

Qiu lowered his eyes: "This is Gan Xin's private seal, he is a crazy knife of the Mo family, a knife skill, he is not very good at woodwork, but he is fascinated by carpentry work, so he joined the Mo family, every time he goes to a new place, he will often mix in the major workshops, watch and learn other people's works."

Zheng Quqi looked at Qiu in surprise.

He actually told all the truth of the Mo family, inside and out.

She understood that he was trying to help her.

"Thanks."

When she got up and was about to leave, she heard Qiu Dao: "Ruler, you, you come to see me more, and I will tell you more about the Mo family."

Zheng Quqi was stunned, and she couldn't help reminding: "Although I don't know what your identity is in the Mo family, it's definitely not simple, if you are close to me, you are betraying the Mo family."

Qiu's lips suddenly pursed into a stiff arc, and he didn't say anything for a while.

Not long after Zheng Quqi left, someone sent a set of bedding and wound medicine, they naturally didn't wait to see Qiu, just threw things next to him at will, completed the task and left.

Qiu Jiu stared at these things in distraction for a long time, and then moved his body, he held the quilt in his mouth, pulled the things over with great effort, and then smoothed it out little by little, and lay the person in it, and the long-lost warmth wrapped him in one fell swoop.

「…… Ruler, the Mo family is dirty now."

But you don't have to worry too much, I'll go back and give you a clean Mo family...... I don't want to be your enemy anymore, I want to be with you like before, I follow you, you look back and smile at me.