I was a little puzzled and said, "Worms are afraid of fire?"

Su Qingyao nodded and said: "Cultivating worms is originally raised with several kinds of poison, one of which is highly poisonous is extracted from the ghost head grass in the Western Regions, the ghost head grass is extremely poisonous, but this grass is extremely flammable, but it can burn whenever it touches a little spark. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"I see. These worms are extremely powerful, and it may be difficult for three or four people to kill them, so to cultivate such a worm, I am afraid that there should be countless ghost head grasses needed, right?"

Su Qingyao smiled and said: "Worms are full of poison, in fact, there are not a lot of ghost head grasses needed to cultivate a worm, once you raise a live worm, anyone who is scratched or bitten to death by a worm will become a worm." Just like the prisoners you see, they are all bitten to death by the worm, which is why they become worms. ”

Su Qingyao deliberately raised his voice when he spoke, obviously to everyone around him, the meaning of the words was unknown, he was reminding everyone not to be hurt by worms.

I looked at the prison, and the iron door of the prison was already red, and the screams of the insects in it gradually became quieter, and the few worms that were still hitting the iron door at the door of the prison gradually stopped hitting the iron door. With such a big fire, even a tick insect can't bear it.

However, the poison in the body of the worm is really powerful, and the prisoner's body has been gnawed away, but it can still be transformed into a complete worm, which shows the domineering nature of its poison. It's not bad for Su Qingyao to do this, it's better to be careful.

The fire was so great that we stepped aside and looked silently at the state jail covered by the flames. The flames were like waves, wave after wave, and the raging appearance seemed to melt the whole prison. These worms were originally turned into humans, and they should have turned back into human form after being burned to death, but with such a big fire, even if those worms turned back into human form, they were only afraid that they would be burned into a ball of ashes, right?

"Your Excellency has arrived!"

I was thinking wildly when someone shouted outside the arch, and we all turned around, but we saw Lu Jingzhao walking in from outside the arch.

Guiyang supervised mining and metallurgy and coinage, and was the first state-level mining and metallurgical supervisor in the Great Song Dynasty. Its land Pingyang and other places originally belonged to the territory of Chenzhou, but because of its special geographical location, there are many copper mines, which were divided from Chenzhou by the imperial court, and became a state of its own in the first year of Taizu Qiande. Guiyang supervised the smelting of copper coins, and its geographical location can be imagined, and several nearby states were stationed with forbidden troops to guard, and Chenzhou was the closest to Guiyang Prison, so the imperial court allocated much more forbidden troops in Chenzhou than Yong, Heng and other states. However, these forbidden armies are not led by Lu Jingzhao, but by Shi Yisheng, the general of Chenzhou, who is the governor of Chenzhou, and can mobilize the troops stationed in Chenzhou, but he can't mobilize the forbidden army, after all, the forbidden army is directly under the imperial court, and Lu Jingzhao does not have that ability.

Chenzhou has a population of less than 20,000 households, and it originally belongs to Xiazhou, but Lu Jingzhao is very good at negotiating, although he can't mobilize the forbidden army, but he has a good relationship with Shi Yisheng. Shi Yisheng is the son of Shi Hai, the secretary of the military department, and is a son of a family, and it is Lu Jingzhao who has this relationship with him.

I don't know much about Lu Jingzhao, but his reputation is quite good, and I have only met him twice. Once was for him to find the Eight Treasures of exquisite coral, Lu Jingzhao specially invited me and Baili Tu to the Zhizhou Mansion for a banquet, and the other time was when the World Dart Bureau was opened, Lu Jingzhao came to the World Dart Bureau to congratulate me and Baili Tu. In the past year, although we have been in Chenzhou City with Lu Jingzhao, I have not seen him since the opening of the World Dart Bureau, so it can be said that Lu Jingzhao is a person who is in-depth and simple, and rarely appears in Chenzhou City.

Lu Jingzhao was not tall, with a noble body, a pair of bright eyes, and two military attachés behind him. We saluted him and said, "Meet Lord Lu." ”

Lu Jingzhao didn't wear an official uniform, his face was not shocked or angry, and he said, "Gu Darttou, those worms are all in the prison?"

I was a little stunned. It was only a few days before and after the incident of the worm, and I only knew that the name of these strange insects was called Worms underground, but I didn't expect Lu Jingzhao to know it, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he mentioned my name, which caught me off guard.

I said, "Exactly." ”

Lu Jingzhao's face sank, and he said: "Hmph, the witchcraft has actually spread to my Chenzhou City, if it weren't for Cheng Fuhai's confession, I'm afraid I wouldn't know that the state government prison has become a worm nest." Come on, put out the fire quickly. ”

Cheng Fuhai?

I was taken aback.

As soon as Lu Jingzhao finished speaking, the two military attachés behind him turned around and walked out of the arch. saw Su Qingyao take a step forward and said hurriedly: "My lord, don't do it." Those worms are being haunted by the fire, but I am afraid that there are still undead worms in the prison, and if those worms rush out, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles. ”

Lu Jingzhao glanced at Su Qingyao and said, "You are the Su Qingyao sent by Mr. Cheng who knows some witchcraft?"

Su Qingyao said: "It's exactly below." ”

Lu Jingzhao said with a smile: "This fire is so big, thinking that these worms have already been burned to ashes, even if there are still live mouths inside, with Gu Dart's skills, can those worms still be able to escape?"

I was a little flattered to be named by Lu Jingzhao again, but I was not happy at all. Snakeflies are extremely powerful, fast, and poisonous, so even if I can easily kill them, I can't guarantee that everyone else will be safe. If it is really as Su Qingyao said, a few surviving worms rushed out of the prison when the fire was extinguished, I don't know if we people will survive.

Su Qingyao was about to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Jingzhao waving his hand, and the two military attaches had already brought people to bring buckets, and they poured them towards the state government prison, the iron door of the prison was already burning red, and at this time, there were bursts of white smoke when they encountered the water.

At this moment, two soldiers approached carrying a headless corpse, and the two of them placed the headless corpse on the ground, which was the same prisoner I had beheaded earlier. He was a worm when I killed him before, but now he is dead and has changed back into a human body.

Lu Jingzhao looked at the corpse on the ground, frowned, and said, "Mr. Su, what's going on?"

Su Qingyao said: "Lord Hui, this person was bitten to death by a worm, and a person will become an insect only after being poisoned by a worm, but after a person dies, he will become a human." ”

Lu Jingzhao was puzzled: "Isn't there an antidote?"

Su Qingyao shook his head and said, "There is no antidote to this poison so far. ”

Lu Jingzhao was silent for a moment and said, "I hope Mr. Cheng can really find the antidote, otherwise if it is really as Mr. Cheng said, I am afraid that a disaster will happen in Chenzhou City." ”

I wondered in my heart that what the two of them said was a little inexplicable, and I didn't react for a while. I hadn't thought of an antidote, but now all these worms are in the prison, and even if the fire is extinguished, the prisoners who have become worms have been burned to ashes, and the cave under the prison has also been burned by me. So, where does this catastrophe begin?

Could it be that there are still worms in other parts of Chenzhou City?

Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a chill in my heart. If this worm really appeared endlessly in Chenzhou City, it would really be a disaster.

The fire burned until near dawn, and at the end of the day, the fire was finally extinguished.

A military attache ran over from the prison and said, "My lord, the fire in the prison has been extinguished. ”

Lu Jingzhao nodded and said, "Lead the way ahead, I'm going to go in and have a look." ”

After he finished speaking, he followed the military attache to the prison, and I paused, and followed Lu Jing to summon them to the prison together. In fact, there is nothing for me here, but I have Lu Jingzhao's appreciation, and I can't just leave like this, plus the burning of the prison can be regarded as having my share, so I can't say anything if I leave at this time.

Everything in the prison was as I had guessed, all the ordinary cages had been burned clean, and the smell of the prison was mixed with the smell of burnt wood being extinguished, and a pungent smell wafted from it.

The walls were blackened by fire, with many scratches remaining, and dozens of charred corpses were floating in a shallow layer of water on the ground.

At this time, an official ran over, clasped his fists at Lu Jingzhao and said, "My lord! ”

We were all taken aback, and Lu Jingzhao said in a deep voice: "Take me to see it!"

The official answered and led us towards the room, and when we got to the room, I realized that the hole in the official's mouth was the passage through which I had escaped.

Lu Jingzhao looked at the entrance of the cave, his face sank, and said, "Huang Zhutou, when will such a dark hole be dug here?"

Huang Zhutou's face was ugly, and he said, "This ......"

A trace of anger flashed on Lu Jingzhao's face, and he said, "Don't send someone down to take a look!"

I looked at Huang Zhutou, and his current appearance was really a bit foggy, as if he really didn't know that there was such a hole in the class room. I sighed and said, "Lord Lu, I know this passage, and I escaped from here." ”

They were all taken aback, and Lu Jingzhao was puzzled: "Gu Darttou, how did you escape from here?"

I immediately told me about the situation when I was taken underground, but I hid Huang Zhutou, if I told Huang Zhutou about poisoning me and taking me to the cave, although I am not sure that Lu Jingzhao will believe me, but Lu Jingzhao will never believe Huang Zhutou again. I don't know if Huang Zhutou has the head-lowering technique, so I don't dare to say it easily, if what Su Qingyao said is true, then what I said today will definitely make Huang Zhutou lose his errand.

After finishing speaking, Huang Zhutou glanced at me gratefully, and his face was even more ashamed. Lu Jingzhao groaned: "So this cave is the place where the three of them feed the worms?"

I said, "I don't know, but there are indeed seven worms locked up in this cave, and the young man in red behaves strangely, and nine times out of ten he is raising worms in the cave." ”

At this time, Su Qingyao said: "Lord Lu, in order to prevent the worms from escaping, it is better to send someone down to investigate." ”

Lu Jingzhao nodded and said, "What Mr. Su said is right, come here, bring a torch." ”

Then Lu Jingzhao looked at the black hole on the wall, snorted, and said, "Since you have come to my state office, don't think about going out from here." ”

I was a little surprised, and I couldn't help but glance at Lu Jingzhao a few more times, this civil official-born Zhizhou became stern, and there was some indescribable majesty on his body.

At this time, a soldier took a torch and came over, Huang Zhutou and a military attache took the torch, and lit a few strong soldiers, and the group entered the mouth of the cave.

I hesitated a little in my heart, and turned my head to look at Lu Jingzhao. He was looking at the black hole in the wall without saying a word, and when I turned my head to look at him, a smile appeared on his face and he nodded slightly.

I laughed bitterly in my heart, lowered my body, and burrowed into the black hole in the wall.

With the firelight, the passage was bright, but it was still dark in the depths. I didn't take a few steps, there was a sound of footsteps behind me, I turned my head to look, and saw Su Qingyao also following.

This passage is very wide, for three or four people to walk side by side, Su Qingyao walked to my side, and said with a smile: "Gu Darttou is affectionate and righteous, Su Mou is considered to have seen it, if you shake Huang Zhutou out, even if Lu Jingzhao is unwilling, in that case, he will order someone to take Huang Zhutou down." ”

I couldn't help laughing and said, "Senior Su has been raised." ”

Su Qingyao smiled and said, "However, even if Gu Dutou doesn't exonerate Huang Zhutou, I'm afraid that Lu Jingzhao won't reuse Huang Zhutou anymore." ”

I wondered and said, "Why?"

Su Qingyao shook his head and smiled, and said, "Gu Darttou, you also underestimate Lu Jingzhao." ”

I was taken aback and said, "Lu Jingzhao already knows?"

If Lu Jingzhao already knew what Huang Zhutou had done, even if Huang Zhutou was lowered by someone, with Lu Jingzhao's character, I am afraid he would no longer believe Huang Zhutou. In this way, when I told the truth of the matter, Lu Jingzhao didn't break me, nor did he break Huang Zhutou, but I was afraid that he no longer trusted me in his heart, right?

For some reason, I suddenly felt an indescribable bitter taste in my heart, and my heart was so cold.

I sighed secretly, maybe Lu Jingzhao had never believed me.

I don't know how long I walked, but it wasn't until there was a glimmer of light in front of me that my heart began to lift again. After walking for a long time, we came to this deep underground cave, and when I saw the situation in this cave, my heart completely cooled.

There was little change in the cave from when I left, and it was not burned to ashes by the fire as I had imagined. There was still black dog blood on the platform in the middle of the cave, and the desk next to the stone platform was not damaged at all, but the bottles and cans on the desk had disappeared. Disappeared along with the worms in the iron cage.

I looked down and saw a small patch of ash left behind by the burning of dead grass in the corner of the wall, and the dead grass around the ashes had been soaked with water. (To be continued.) )