Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng were dressed in prison uniforms and shared a cell. Ye Suifeng, as always, sat in the corner of the wall and didn't say a word, while Fang Xu was different from usual, Fang Xu, who should have been endless, was now sitting on the ground against the wall like Ye Suifeng, without saying a word.

Ye Suifeng was the first to break the silence: "You say...... Can we get out alive?" Fang Xu shook his head, "Alas!" Ye Suifeng let out a long sigh and said in a low voice: "I haven't taken revenge yet...... Fang Xu glanced at him helplessly, sighed softly, leaned his head against the wall, and closed his eyes to rest.

On the other side, Chu Yunling rode a horse to the location of the capital, the bluestone wall mahogany door, although the specifications are not as good as the county yamen, but "although the sparrow is small, the five organs are complete", although the place is not large, but its internal facilities are readily available.

The two guards in front of the door saw Chu Yunling and saluted with their hands crossed, and one of the guards asked, "I don't know what Miss Chu is here?" "I'm looking for you Zhao Zhukuai!" Most of the gang of fast catchers who came to Dingzhou at the beginning were yellow-haired catchers who had just stepped into the rivers and lakes, and their leader was a catcher who had been in the rivers and lakes for six years. Time has passed, and the original young boys have grown into a smart and capable catcher, and the leading catcher has already had some gray hair on his head.

The guards did not stop Chu Yunling, and Chu Yunling walked directly to the office hall. There was only one person in the hall, pacing back and forth in front of the table. Compared with the other catchers he had seen along the way, this man was older, with a black face, a thin body, a little silver in his black hair, and his cloth clothes were shabby, and if you saw this person on the street, you would definitely think that he was a beggar.

Chu Yunling saluted and asked, "Dare to ask you if you are Zhao Ting's catch?" The man was stunned at first when he heard the voice, then stopped, looked at Chu Yunling, and said, "Who are you?" "I am Chu Yunling who lives near the river. Chu Yunling replied. Zhao Yan lowered his head and thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "I know you, your uncle is not that Dali Sizhi." Chu Yunling smiled: "It turns out that Zhao Zhu knows me!"

Zhao Yan stroked his beard, squinted his eyes, and said, "I've heard of you for a long time, but now what are you looking for me?" Chu Yunling said: "It's not a secret, Zhao Zhukuai's people arrested my friend yesterday." "Yesterday?" Zhao Yan thought for a moment and said, "There were only two prisoners yesterday. Chu Yunling said: "It's those two." Zhao Yan frowned and said, "Do you know who those two are?" Chu Yunling replied: "Of course I know!"

Zhao Yan said: "Then you dare to say that they are your friends? You go, I'll treat you as if you haven't been here!" Chu Yunling said: "Zhao Zhu is about to release people?" Zhao Yan didn't speak, Chu Yunling continued: "Then can I say a few words to them?" "No!" Zhao Yan said: "They are capital criminals, and they have plagued Dingzhou for so many years, it's time to stop! In order to prevent them from escaping again, no one is allowed to contact them before they are executed." Chu Yunling said: "Then ......" Zhao Yan slapped the table, interrupted Chu Yunling, and scolded: "If you still insist on not leaving, don't blame me for being rude!"

Inside the cell. Ye Suifeng got up and walked to Fang Xu's side and said, "Do you know who those attacked the Xue family?" Fang Xu shook his head slightly and said, "I can't guess." Ye Suifeng said: "They won't be the same gang as the gang that attacked our Ye family, right?" Fang Xu didn't speak, and Ye Suifeng didn't speak anymore.

Chu Yunling, who was driven back, did not return to the house, and went to the Yao Inn instead. In the Yao Wei Inn, Shopkeeper Meng saw Chu Yunling with a calm face, and said with a smile: "Miss Chu's complexion today is not as good as before, isn't there something troublesome?" Chu Yunling sighed and said, "Everything is troublesome, I came to find Xue Yuyu, where is she?"

Chu Yunling walked upstairs quickly and found Xue Yuyu's room. Gently knocked on the door, but no one responded for a long time, Chu Yunling was about to leave, but when she turned around, she saw Xue Yuyu running upstairs panting. "Chu ...... Miss Chu....... Why are you here?" Xue Yuyu covered his chest with his hands, panting heavily, his face was much paler than a few days ago, and his body looked very weak. Chu Yunling frowned slightly, with a worried expression, and said, "Come by and see you, what are you...... What are you doing?" Xue Yuyu said, "I'll go outside and get some silver taels, maybe I can save them." Chu Yunling said, "How much money did you get?" Xue Yuyu took out the small cloth bag on his body, opened the cloth bag, and poured out many copper coins, counting them to a penny. "No! that's all!" Xue Yuyu handed it to Chu Yunling. Chu Yunling said: "So much?" Xue Yuyu was a little happy and said, "Is it a lot?" Chu Yunling said: "In some places, it takes almost a month to get three pennies, and it only took how long did you get a penny." Xue Yuyu smiled with satisfaction and said, "Maybe there won't be such good luck in the future, by the way!" What happened to them?" Chu Yunling smiled bitterly: "Let's go first!"

In the cell, Fang Xu suddenly said: "Since King Qin ordered the search for the elixir of immortality, the strange abilities in the world have gradually risen, calling for wind and rain, channeling spirits and summoning ghosts, alchemy and medicine, stargazing and fortune-telling, etc., people like them are called Fangshi, and the abilities they master are also collectively called Fangshu. "Fang Shi?Fang Shu?" Ye Suifeng was confused, and said, "How could you suddenly say this?" Fang Xu continued: "At that time, because of the emperor's order, the status of Fang Shi increased greatly, the local overlord did not dare to provoke, thieves made a detour, and even some people knelt down to pray for peace when they saw Fang Shi. ”

"Is there really a magic technique?" Ye Suifeng asked with a look of surprise. Fang Xu said: "I don't know, but in that situation at that time, there might as well be some people who seek glory, many incompetent people have gone to become alchemists, but there are very few capable alchemists, in that era of alchemists, some capable alchemists gathered together in order to refine the true elixir of immortality, and founded' 'Empty Dust Sect', which means to break away from the mortal dust and be close to the immortals, they will work together to help the emperor find the elixir of immortality and prolong their life forever, and they have also gained the trust of the emperor because of the emperor's search for a single refining medicine, settled in Xianyang, and obtained a lot of benefits. ”

"Within a few days after the establishment of the 'Empty Dust Sect', the monks from all over the world gathered in Xianyang, and in just a few days, the number of the 'Empty Dust Sect' increased from a dozen to more than a hundred. Fang Xu took a deep breath and continued: "However, because he couldn't ask for immortal medicine, the Fang Shi Lu Sheng and others who went into the sea to seek medicine for the King of Qin fled, and the King of Qin was furious, and he became angry with all the beings, and put more than 460 people such as Confucian scholars and Fang Shi in Xianyang, so that the world knew about it, and there were many people from the 'Empty Dust Sect'. ”

"However, a small number of people from the 'Empty Dust Sect' learned the news that the King of Qin was going to kill them in advance, so they immediately left Xianyang and ran to various places. Overnight, the number of Fang Shi was greatly reduced, and their status also fell from being revered as an immortal to being hunted down by officers and soldiers. Since then, there have been few rumors of the 'Empty Dust Sect' on the rivers and lakes. ”

"However, the 'Empty Dust Sect' has not disappeared, and those alchemists who escaped continue to establish the 'Immortal Sect' in various places, but there are basically no people, the most is only a few dozen, and the least is even less than ten. It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that the status of the Fang Shi gradually improved, and the 'Empty Dust Sect' also re-emerged at that time. ”

In the Yao Wei Inn, Chu Yunling told Xue Mayyu about the situation of Ye Suifeng and Fang Xu one by one, and after Xue Mayyu heard this, her originally haggard face was a little more flustered, and said, "That's ...... Aren't they going to wait for death?" "Perhaps...... There's no need to wait at all. Chu Yunling said. Hearing this, Xue Yuyu's body trembled slightly, and after a while, bean-sized tears fell down her cheeks.

Chu Yunling wiped Xue Yuyu's tears and said, "Don't cry first...... Let's go and ask Shopkeeper Meng, he may have a way!" Xue Yuyu stopped crying, looked at Chu Yunling viciously, and said, "But he sent Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng to the prison." Chu Yunling smiled and said, "Maybe...... He also has any troubles, Shopkeeper Meng is very prestigious on our side, good people, righteous spirit, and many friends, he will definitely have a way!"

"Hmph! If you want to find it, go yourself. Xue Liyu said. Chu Yunling said: "Mayfly Yu, now that Fang Xu and Ye Suifeng are locked up in the prison, they may be executed at any time, at this time, their lives are more important than hatred, besides, if Shopkeeper Meng really wants to send them to the prison, then why should you be left? Maybe he also has his own troubles!"

Xue Yuyu thought for a moment, sighed, and said, "Okay, I'll go with you." Xue Yuyu got up, took out the flute on her body, and put it on the table, Chu Yunling saw the flute, and asked, "You still have such a beautiful flute!" Xue Yuyu replied: "It's Ye Suifeng, let's go!" When Chu Yunling got up to leave, she deliberately glanced at the flute and saw the "Jiuyi Xiaoxiang" on the flute.

Chu Yunling and Shopkeeper Meng talked about today's events, Shopkeeper Meng just smiled and said, "Even Miss Chu can't do anything, what role can the old man do?" Xue Yuyu stared at Shopkeeper Meng coldly and said, "Don't forget that you sent them in." Shopkeeper Meng said: "You little doll is really ridiculous, I sent them in for their good, the three of you are not strong, if you are hunted down by the government......" Shopkeeper Meng squinted his eyes and smiled: "That feeling, it's more uncomfortable than death!"

"You idiot (the 'idiot' in the Tang Dynasty is not a pervert who harasses women, but refers to this person who is stupid)" Xue Yuyu wanted to hit the shopkeeper Meng, but was stopped by Chu Yunling: "Mayhem, don't be impulsive, shopkeeper Meng, you really have no choice?" The shopkeeper Meng smiled and said: "The old man is weak, and he really can't help Miss Chu and Miss Xue." ”

In the cell, Fang Xu was still talking: "In the Western Han Dynasty, Fang Shi rose again, and the 'Empty Dust Sect' in various places gradually grew, until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a person who gathered the 'Immortal Sect' from all over the country again, and that person was Li Shaojun. "Who is Li Shaojun?" Ye Suifeng had never heard of this person. Fang Xu said: "Li Shaojun is a scholar of the Han Dynasty, and he is also the most favored scholar of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it is said that he once met An Qisheng. And he also proposed in a letter that the 'Empty Dust Sect' in various places should be gathered together and the 'Empty Dust Sect' should be re-established, so as to gather the strength of the scholars to ensure that the country has a good weather and a good harvest. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty agreed, the number was very small, and after half a month, there were only more than 100 people. ”

Seeing this, Li Shaojun informed the people: Civilians can also join the 'Empty Dust Sect' and learn immortal arts, but only men who have performed the crown ceremony (adulthood) can join, and they also need to present a certain amount of gold and silver treasures before joining. This was a good thing for the wealthy at that time, and in a few days, the number of 'Empty Dust Sect' monks directly increased from more than 100 to several hundred, and at the peak there were nearly 1,000 people, and the 'Empty Dust Sect' during the Qin Dynasty was not as good as this. Li Shaojun also ordered the 'Empty Dust Sect' to be dispersed in various places, and left a chief sect in Chang'an and Luoyang. ”

After Chu Yunling returned to her house, she took out the yellow paper and ink pen, wrote something on the paper, whistled softly after writing, and after a while, a pigeon flew in from the window, Chu Yunling tied the paper to the pigeon's leg, slowly walked to the window, and let the pigeon go. Looking at the pigeons flying away, Chu Yunling, who was originally worried, showed a relieved smile on her face, and said softly: "Come quickly!"