Chapter 15: The Abyss Makes a Decision
The first rays of sunlight in the morning penetrated through the narrow iron window, and the narrow inch of light shone impartially between Li Bing's eyebrows.
He opened his eyes for a moment, and in a trance, he saw a figure walking along the water prison to him, and he wanted to look up again, but he was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.
The clothes on Li Bing's body have been completely shattered. The naked striped body, curled up in the water prison, half-leaned against one of the walls of the pool, his head hanging on the corner of the wall.
More than a dozen scars of various sizes on his body were still bleeding, and the entire pool had been dyed bright red.
The man next to him gradually approached the water prison, took off his cloak first, jumped into the pool, untied Li Bing's handcuffs and shackles, lifted his back and knees, put him on the shore, and climbed up again.
He didn't have time to deal with those wounds, so he just wrapped Li Bing in his cloak and hugged him into his arms.
Li Bing also felt the sonorous arm, and opened his eyes slightly for a moment. He tried to speak, but he was so weak that he took a long breath and closed his eyes again.
His lips were still slowly pursed, as if he were speaking.
The man who had fed him put him on the table, and his ear was close to his lips, so that he could barely hear clearly: "Linyuan! Don't ...... Don't go back...... I ...... I look like ......."
Li Bing wanted to continue, but he was too weak, his body was paralyzed, and he fell asleep.
Han Linyuan took a pulse, and after confirming that he was okay, he picked him up again and said in a low voice, "Okay! I'll take you away!"
I made a mistake for a while, and I never expected it to lead to this scene. Han Linyuan was both remorseful and worried in his heart, and secretly made up his mind: "It's my fault this time, and I made you fall to this point." If I had told you the method of scattered attacks earlier, we wouldn't have been where we are today.
I was worried all the time, but I missed the opportunity. No matter what, I'm going to heal you in the future......"
He kicked open the door of the cell, only to see that there was already another girl in a green shirt waiting at the door. She glanced at the unconscious Li Bing, and then looked at the blood stains overflowing from the cloak, her eyes were full of distress, and she hurriedly walked to the side of the carriage and lifted the curtain: "Come in! ”
...... A few hours ago......
Shangyuan Festival is one of the biggest festivals of the year for the people of the Central Plains, and the liveliness is comparable to Chinese New Year's Eve, far more than any other festival.
Since forty years ago, Chang'an City's "Taishang Xuanyuan Giant Lantern Disaster", the imperial court has been extremely strict with the annual lantern festival, coupled with the Anshi Rebellion, the treasury is empty, the Shangyuan Festival lantern will never be held by the imperial court since then, it has always been a non-governmental spontaneous organization, and the scale of the lantern festival is much smaller.
Today's saint "Li Yu", when he was still the prince, was also involved in the "Taishang Xuanyuan Giant Lantern Disaster" and almost lost the position of the prince. As a result, he was extremely disgusted with the construction of headlights, which cost people and money. This ceremony of the headlights of the Shangyuan Festival has been stopped for more than 30 years.
I am afraid that the saint is old, has changed his temperament, likes to be lively, or the Tang Dynasty has finally recovered slightly, in order to boost the morale of the people, the Shangyuan Festival Lantern Festival, which has been broken for more than 30 years, is finally re-organized by the imperial court this year.
Millions of people in Chang'an City gathered at the mouth of the West Market, looking at the ten-zhang high pearlescent Bodhisattva headlamp, how much there is new hope for the coming year.
This year's Shangyuan Festival finally reminded the old people of the upright and prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.
During the big festival, the people all went out to do activities, and all the departments of the court were busy with public security management, and they couldn't spare too many people to help King Xiang find someone for a while. Yongdatang is the same, although there are many people, but not only are they busy with trading during the Shangyuan Festival, but they also have to prepare for the annual "spring election", and they can't divide how many people there are.
What can be driven today, in addition to the personal soldiers of the palace, is the personal entourage of Li Bing's sworn brothers, these hundreds of people, said to be a lot less, but to put them in Chang'an City, a population of one million, 130,000 acres of land to find someone, is not much different from looking for a needle in a haystack.
King Xiang led the team and went around Chang'an City all night, but found nothing.
However, Han Linyuan and Ying Lan'er, who didn't know what method they used, actually found the bad guard who gave Li Bing the key to the dungeon yesterday.
"Brother Han, this is it, do you want me to open the door?"
Although Han Linyuan himself is a child of a family, he has a relationship with the three sects and nine streams, and in terms of connections, among the four young people in Chang'an, he is the most extensive.
The three of them stood in the doorway, and while they were talking, they only heard the screams and terrifying roars coming from the prison.
"Mother, who is this interrogating, this beating is too ruthless!" The bad guard muttered a few words, and reached out to grab the lock of the iron dungeon door, but was stopped by Han Linyuan:
"Brother, just give me the key. The people inside, you don't see it. ”
Han Linyuan was halfway through his speech, but Bad Wei was also a smart person, and he reacted so quickly, he realized at the moment: "That's good." Brother Han go in by yourself! Call me again if you have something. ”
He handed over the key with both hands, and said: "I am at home today, and I will accompany the child to see the headlight festival later, and this key is the last one." Brother Han ran out, but remember to return me. ”
"Definitely!" Han Linyuan returned the salute with a fist, and said, "Thank you!"
After the bad guard left, Yinglan'er listened to the terrifying howl inside, a little frightened, but looked through the small crack in the door - she could barely see a figure trapped in the water prison, and she couldn't stop going crazy.
She asked cautiously, "Do you want to go in?"
Han Linyuan's heart was uneasy: "What can you do if you go in now? Otherwise, wait here." ”
Ying Lan'er also felt so, and said: "Then you are guarding here, and I will inform the others." ”
"Okay!" Han Linyuan just responded, but he felt that it was inappropriate, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait!"
He turned around and told Yinglan'er: "Don't notify others to save you, just tell King Xiang alone, let him wear civilian clothes, and don't bring his entourage!"
"Why is that?"
"A group of people is too attention-grabbing. Han Linyuan looked at the houses around Qu Chifang: "If the news of Li Bing's madness spreads, it will cause a storm in the city, what can I do in the future?"
Ying Lan'er nodded immediately: "What you said makes sense, I understand." ”
She had just set off, but was stopped by Han Linyuan again: "Hey." Wait!"
"What?"
Han Linyuan listened to a scream in the prison, frowned, and waved his hand at her: "Forget it." Don't go to them. ”
He paused and explained, "Since Brother Bing avoids them, he just doesn't want his relatives to see him like this. Calling someone at this time will not help much, but will make them worry anyway. Don't go!"
Yinglan'er didn't think it was a good idea, and asked, "But...... In case Li Bing has a good job, more people will come, and someone will help. And...... Uncle Li, Xuewen, and Wei Ze are still worried!"
"Even if King Xiang comes, what can he do? He loves his son very much, and if he wants to forcibly subdue Brother Bing, the scene will be even more out of control. You and I are already heartbroken just by listening to this voice, and if they meet, what will happen, I don't know how big this matter will be. Since the boss has made his choice, I will respect his choice, and I will go inside to guard him. It's going to be fine!"
Han Linyuan took the key, unlocked it and entered the door.
Ying Lan'er stood at the door, hesitated, bit her lip, but followed in and locked the door again.
The monster in the pool, when it saw someone coming in, suddenly roared even more fiercely.
His muscles were bruised, his eyes were as red as blood, his clothes were tattered, and there were three black lines around his neck that extended to his face, and there was a cloud of black gas around him.
I don't know if Li Bing recognized Han Linyuan, he became even more excited, constantly trying to break free from the handcuffs and shackles, splashing high water, and the four huge iron chains were shaken and rattled.
He realized that he was restrained by the iron chain and could not move, no longer attached to the two people in front of him, and began to destroy the foundation of the iron chain.
Li Bingxian smashed it with his fist, but only two fists went down, and the finger bones that had been smashed were broken, and a shallow blood stain splashed on the shore. After that, he struck with his elbow, especially angry, and then bit it with his teeth, like a wild beast, trying to pull the whole chain off.
Whether it was the sound of iron chains or the sound of bones breaking, every bit of noise made Yinglan'er's heart tighten.
"I'll go find someone to help!" she looked at Han Linyuan, who was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the water prison with a dead face, and asked again.
"When things come to this point, who can help?" Han Linyuan looked at Li Bing, blew out the oil lamp, and the cell was pitch black again, with only a faint moonlight shining through the narrow window.
Even if he is distressed, he can ruthlessly let Li Bing vent it at the moment. As the saying goes, out of sight is pure.
"Fortunately, there is still an hour...... It's about to light up!" Han Linyuan said lightly: "You go and prepare a carriage, get some medicinal powder, and bring some more coils." ”
Ying Lan'er was stunned: "What are you going to do?"
"It can't be delayed any longer. The people in the palace can't believe it, and King Xiang can't do anything. When Brother Bing wakes up, I will take him away. Go to a place where you can really cure him!"
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I'm sorry for the August update.
I didn't write a few chapters for a whole month, and I was always determined to finish it quickly, but every time it was due to indecision, I was afraid that I wouldn't write well, and I would suffer from gains and losses, so I didn't write anything in the end.
To be honest, from the beginning to this chapter, the fifth volume has deviated a little from my outline, and I wanted to bury the thread at first, but I found that many people appeared too early. I realized that the spread was too open, a little difficult to collect, and it was almost out of my control.
The original plan, today's chapter should be very bold. But there were too many things added before, the process of finding Li Bing, and the process of demonization, because I had to introduce a new character, I abandoned it, so I could only change it to such a way.
Fortunately, after this chapter, it is back to the original plan of the outline. In September, I want to keep changing and come on!
Thank you "Xiaoying" for your support, I am really touched.