Tai Hao was locked up in a dark room, feeling hopeless and helpless, physically and mentally exhausted.

At this time, a younger soldier sneaked into the dark room and whispered to Taihao: "I know you have been wronged......"

"You know?" Taihao's brows raised slightly, he felt hope, as if he saw the light. "Then tell me what happened."

The little soldier mysteriously looked in all directions, making sure no other soldiers were listening to their conversation nearby. Then he whispered to Tai Hao: "When I passed by the study in the early hours of this morning, I heard the conversation between the master and the housekeeper, and the housekeeper seemed to be looking for some cheats, and then I heard the master say a sentence, 'I won't give you the cheats, you have been hiding by my side for so many years, I didn't expect you to be so vicious.'" And the butler said, 'If you don't hand over the cheats, just wait for death, and you are no match for me now.'" After saying that, I heard a fight start inside, and after a long while, I finally heard the butler's words again, "You can't perform "Idle Cat Listening to the Sea" now, it seems that except for "Idle Cat Listening to the Sea", you are really vulnerable, say quickly, where is the cheat?" If you don't say it, then die! After another fight, I heard the sound of things turning inside. ”

The little soldier suddenly stopped talking about this, Taihao looked at him and asked, "And then?" ”

The little soldier continued: "Then I saw the butler come out of the study, disheveled, and then I saw you enter the study. ”

Taihao twisted his body and said, "Can you untie the rope on my body first?" ”

The little soldier said: "Don't dare, if the housekeeper knows, he will kill me." ”

Taihao asked, "Then why did you tell me this?" ”

The little soldier said: "I want to leave here, I know you are from the Eastern Empire, can you let me follow you to the Eastern Empire?" ”

Tai Hao said: "Now it seems that there is nothing I can do, I am still tied up here, how can you let me take you to the Eastern Empire?" ”

The little soldier said, "Then if I let you go, will you guarantee my safety?" ”

Taihao said: "As long as I can live, I can take you away from here." ”

The little soldier thought about it for a while, but finally decided to believe Taihao and untie his ropes. Tai Hao stood up, moved his hands, and restored some blood circulation.

The little soldier went out to take a look first, but there were no soldiers guarding the door outside, so he led Taihao to sneak away from the dark room. The little soldier led Tai Hao into an empty house and closed the door.

The little soldier said, "There will be no other soldiers in the castle here, you can hide here for a while." ”

Taihao looked at the little soldier and said with a smile: "Little brother, thank you for saving me." Dare to ask what the little brother should be called? ”

The little soldier was a little surprised at first that Tai Hao would take the initiative to ask his name, but quickly replied: "My name is Luo Xiu, and I am just an ordinary soldier. ”

Tai Hao nodded, and then asked, "Why do you want me to take you to the Eastern Empire?" ”

Luo Xiu replied: "I was originally a citizen of the Eastern Empire, I was born there, and later followed my grandfather and grandmother to Pibo City to do business, and settled here, but my grandfather and grandmother were killed by bandits from the Eastern Empire, and I was also captured in this city. I want to return to the Eastern Empire and find those bandits to avenge my grandfather and aunt. ”

Tai Hao listened quietly, his eyes flashing with deep thought, and he asked thoughtfully, "How are you so sure that those bandits who killed your grandfather and aunt are from the Eastern Empire?" ”

Luo Xiu continued to reply: "I also heard from those adults that they are the 'Four Great Ghosts' and 'Four Little Ghosts' of the Eastern Empire in the rivers and lakes. ”

Hearing the names of the "Four Great Ghosts" and the "Four Little Ghosts", Tai Hao nodded slightly, and Tai Hao had fought with the eight bandits on the rivers and lakes. But Taihao didn't understand why they would kill the defenseless civilians. So, Taihao asked: "I have fought with the 'four ghosts' and the 'four little ghosts', they have their own purposes, your grandfather and aunt are all businessmen, and there is no interest entanglement with the 'four ghosts' and the 'four little ghosts', why do they want to kill your grandfather and aunt?" ”

Luo Xiu gritted his teeth and said, "I was still young at the time, and I don't know why they killed my grandfather and aunt......"

Taihao listened quietly, feeling infinite regret and pain in his heart. He knew that this young Luo Xiu had already endured too much pressure and trouble. So, he sighed deeply and said, "Luo Xiu, you don't have to be sad. I'll take you out of here and find out the 'Four Devils' and 'Four Little Ghosts' for you, so that the murderers can get the punishment they deserve. ”

Luo Xiu listened to Taihao's words, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.

Taihao looked at him and continued, "It's just...... Their martial arts are extremely high, and you probably won't be his match......"

When Lohue heard this, he fell silent. Over the years, because of martial arts, he felt powerless in his heart and felt that the road ahead was long. But at this time, Taihao's words also rekindled a glimmer of hope for him. He said coldly: "If you can't beat them, you have to fight, you must not admit it because you can't beat them, I will definitely avenge my grandfather and aunt's revenge!" ”

Taihao nodded, he looked at Luo Xiu's expression, and suddenly remembered that he had faced a more difficult situation than this. So he continued: "But you don't have to worry, I have a plan to help you defeat them. ”

"What's the plan?" Lohue asked.

Tai Hao smiled mysteriously and said, "This is a secret plan, and we must wait until we leave here to tell you." Now, we have to get out of here. And if you want to leave here, you must first find out the cause of the death of the seventh uncle, let me ask you, what is the origin of the housekeeper here? ”

Before Luo Xiu could speak, he heard a commotion outside. Luo Xiu said: "Could it be that I released you and was discovered?" I'll go out and have a look first, you hide here first, don't go out. ”

Taihao nodded and watched Luo Xiu hurriedly walk out the door. Listening to the louder and louder voices outside, he began to get a little scared. I don't know what will happen, and because Taihao has been locked in the dark room just now, he doesn't know what the attitude of the outside is towards the murder.

As the minutes passed, Taihao's heart began to slowly become anxious. He thought of many possibilities, but there really wasn't anything else to do but wait for him. At this time, hearing the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer outside the door, Taihao's heart rose to his throat. The door was pushed open, and Lohue walked in, sweating profusely.

"The official messenger is here, he has just finished examining the body, and he is searching room by room." Luo Xiu said breathlessly.

Tai Hao said: "I can't wait here, I want to go out and have a look, we already know that the murderer is the housekeeper Jacob Jidan, I want to go and expose him to the officials." ”

Luo Xiu said: "No, you can't go out now, the housekeeper has already determined that you are the murderer, if you go out so rashly, he will definitely try to stop you." We must first find another way out and find a way to avoid the search of officials. ”

Taihao nodded, knowing in his heart that Luo Xiu was reasonable. So they began to carefully search the room, looking for possible escapes. At this time, Taihao discovered a secret passage that led to the courtyard of the castle.

They quickly walked through the passage and came to the courtyard. But when he encountered several soldiers patrolling, Taihao hid in the shadows, took the opportunity to punch a soldier unconscious, and took off the soldier's uniform and put it on himself. He and Lohue are pretending to patrol the courtyard, trying to take the opportunity to escape from the courtyard.

But at this time, Jacob hurried to the courtyard and asked the soldiers patrolling the courtyard in a loud voice, "Have you seen that boy from the Eastern Empire who has run away?" ”

Taihao hurriedly hid behind several soldiers, for fear of being discovered by Jacob. Several soldiers shook their heads and replied, "I didn't see ......"

Jacob commanded the soldiers, "You are all keeping an eye on it, and the boy will not be able to escape from here." He pointed to Tai Hao and Luo Xiu, who were huddled behind several soldiers, and continued: "You two follow me into the castle to search, it is enough to have a few of them in the courtyard. Go to the castle and do a good search, make sure to find that kid. ”

Hearing that the two of them were going back to the castle, Taihao and Luo Xiu instantly broke out in a cold sweat. Taihao didn't know how strong Jacob was in force, so he didn't dare to fight him rashly.

Taihao and Luo Xiu nodded tacitly, and pretended to calmly follow Jacob Cidan into the castle. They mingled among the soldiers, cautiously looking around, trying to find an opportunity to escape.

Gradually, they discovered that there were many hidden corners in the castle. It seems that this castle is not so easy to search.

Tai Hao and Luo Xiu deliberately passed by the study, several officials were guarding Yi Si's body, and a servant was recording on the table. Taihao wanted to go into the study to check it out, but was stopped by an official.

The official said, "You can't enter this place yet, you can search another room!" ”

Tai Hao said in a low voice: "I just want to know how my master died?" ”

The official said, "You have to ask the servant to know." ”

Tai Hao was just about to ask the man who was recording Yi Si's death outside the door, but an official walked up, he turned a blind eye to Tai Hao, Luo Xiu and the two officials at the door, it seemed that it should be a chief. I heard him ask the servant, "Did you find anything?" ”

The servant responded: "After my examination, I found that he died very strangely, although he had many injuries on his body, but it was not the real cause of death, the real cause of death was poisoning. ”

When Taihao heard this, he was shocked. Wasn't the real murderer Jacob? Who was so vicious that he poisoned the Seventh Uncle.

I heard the chief continue to ask him, "Can you tell what kind of poison it is?" ”

He replied: "This is the strange part, judging from the autopsy, it is not a common poison, and it is suspected that this poison is not produced in Tibet." Moreover, the poison has been in the body for several years and is a chronic poison. It can also be seen from the broken teapot that there is some red powder left on the bottom of the teapot, and it smells pungent bitter, which is supposed to be the residue left by the poison. ”

When Tai Hao and Luo Xiu heard this, they became even more anxious. They must find the real killer as soon as possible. But how?