C47 Rescue

"How is he? He didn't die, right?"

"Without your highness' word, this little one will not dare to use any heavy punishment. This person has been awake the entire time, and just won't speak."

"Bring This King to take a look." This was the voice that she was familiar with.

The expression on Yun Shu's face could not help but freeze. She only knew that the Emperor of the Great Liang, Xiao Chen, had a twin brother, Xiao Heng. It was said that he was a leisurely prince who only cared about playing around, and he shouldn't be this person from the Jia manor, right? However, the Xiao and the Dazhuang royal names sounded the same, so it was very possible that they were …

Thinking of this, her emotions became complicated. When she no longer heard the conversation and footsteps, she slightly raised her head and looked into the wall. Seeing that there was no one else in the courtyard, she whispered to the two of them to go inside.

Jiang Enjun said, "Head Officer Yin, could the person they were talking about just now be the general …"

"I'll follow him and take a look. You guys search the rest of the Jia Residence. Be careful, don't get discovered." After giving out her orders, she headed in the direction that the passerby had disappeared in.

Shaw... No, Xiao Heng and the others finally stopped behind a rock garden. Standing next to him, wearing armor and holding onto a scabbard, was a man who pressed a button on the wall in front of them. With a "boom," the walls parted to either side, revealing a stone staircase that seemed to lead underground.

The Qin Province was the first to walk into the secret passageway. Soon after, Xiao Heng went down as well, followed by the armored man with the sabre who opened the secret passageway. The remaining seven to eight guards stood guard at the entrance.

It was not a big problem to lure the guards away or knock them out. However, if she did so now, it would be like alerting a snake on the grass. It would also cause inconvenience to Jiang Nenjun and Wang Kuo who were searching other parts of the Jia Residence.

Just as Yunshu decided to wait for Xiao Heng and the rest to leave before she went down to investigate what was going on, several hidden weapons landed on the people guarding the entrance to the tunnel. Soon after, a black figure jumped down from the roof where she was hiding and walked directly into the passageway.

She immediately took out a plain handkerchief and covered her face with it. She tied a knot at the back of her head, picked up the swords belonging to the guards, and ran inside.

Even if he didn't want to startle the snake, he was already startled. He might as well go and investigate, since there was someone at the front to help open a path.

It was only when she got to the bottom that she realized the underground was a prison cell, but that it was rarely used, because many of the doors were covered in dust and cobwebs.

As she walked forward, the sounds of swords clashing became more ear-piercing. Soon, she had nowhere to go.

Looking at the people fighting in front of her, she couldn't help but furrow her brows. These ten prison wardens weren't too fair of an intruder …

She had been hesitating on whether she should help him when a sword stabbed from her left. Seeing that it was about to come into contact with her neck, she quickly turned around and pulled out the sword in her hand to block that person's attack.

This kind of close-combat was clearly not her strong point. Very quickly, she was forced into a corner with nowhere to run.

Fortunately, his opponent's next stab was blocked by a sword that was still dripping with blood. Immediately after, the black-clothed person swiftly moved in front of Yun Shu, and stabbed his sword into the stomach of the only prison guard who had not fallen to the ground. Following that, the sound of his body hitting the ground rang out.

The black-clothed man casually wiped the blood on his sword with the corner of his shirt. He glanced at her before lowering his voice, "Don't give me any trouble." With that, he continued to walk deeper into the dungeon.

Yun Shu hurried to catch up, but since the black clothed person was looking at her with a cold gaze, she did not dare to get too close to him.

After walking for an unknown amount of time with the black clothed man, the familiar voice sounded once more, "City Lord Jia, you know This King has always disliked meddling in these matters. If not for His Majesty using Xiaobao's rations as a threat, This King would not have bothered to come here and discuss this matter with you. If This King were to ask you, you can answer it properly.

"Your Royal Highness, if I was afraid of losing my life, I wouldn't have risked being convicted of treason to send General Pei letters and military talismans." The voice was a little old, but it also carried a bit of determination. Yun Shu stuck her head out a little to find out that the other person was indeed of an older age, her hands were tied to the cross with a bit of loose skin, and a few strands of white hair, along with her lowered head, stuck messily to the side of her face, adding to the sorry state of this helpless prisoner.

It looks like Jia Daoping is not as faking his loyalty as they had speculated.

"Fine, since City Lord Jia won't listen to this king's kind words of advice, then the only thing we can do is to suffer a physical pain. Let's fight and don't kill him." With that, Xiao Heng retreated to a nearby chair and sat down.

The guard who had received the order took a pair of straws and walked over. He untied the ropes from Jia Daoping's wrists, and Jia Daoping immediately fell to the damp and cold ground like a puppet whose strings had been cut.

Xiao Heng clicked his tongue. He kicked the head that was lying not far in front of him, "City Lord Jia's body is so weak. You did not treat City Lord Jia unfairly, right? "No wonder Castellan Jia is unwilling to discuss some matters with This King …" The low voice was filled with a frightening coldness.

The jailer immediately knelt on the ground and could not help but tremble, "Your Highness, please spare my life! I've given him every meal, and he's the one who refuses to eat. It's none of my business. "

Xiao Heng narrowed his eyes and glanced at the timid jailer. "Get up. This king is just sighing with emotion. Let's see how frightened you are."

With that, he looked at Jia Daoping, "City Lord Jia, take care. I have yet to ask you about anything that I want to know. Even if City Lord Jia wishes to die, it is not time yet. "

"I am not sorry for my death, but I'm afraid that His Majesty and His Royal Highness have forgotten the matter of the late emperor's promise to me and the commoners in the city twenty years ago."

Hearing him mention Emperor Xian, Xiao Heng's brows creased into a small hill. He gritted his teeth and said, "It is because Your Majesty still remembers that matter that he sent this prince here. The late emperor was too benevolent, and it indirectly led to the situation where the Great Liang was being robbed of several cities by the Yan Kingdom. If the great beam continued to rule the country with righteousness, then even more cowardly and incompetent people would be raised! "I shall see how long it will take for Castellan Jia to reveal Pei Hongqing's whereabouts."

The next moment, the pancake had wrapped itself around Jia Daoping's fingers, and the gap between the sticks became smaller and smaller. Seeing those fingers being pinched so tightly, Jia Daoping felt as if they were about to break at any moment.

But Jia Daoping suddenly started laughing loudly, "Your Highness …. His Majesty and I were wrong... Emperor Xian … He won't be able to close his eyes in peace! Dazhuang Royal Family... A man who breaks his word to the angry people... Your Highness believes that... The girder still exists... "How many years …"

Yun Zhui watched from behind the wall, burning with anxiety. If not for the fact that there was a black clothed person blocking her way, she would have charged out to save him, regardless of her own ability in close combat.

At first, she thought this black-clothed man was here to save Jia Daoping, and she also considered that when he was here, she should help him escape in the chaos. But now that she had been tormented to such a state, and she hadn't even seen the black-clothed man make a move, she suddenly didn't know what to do, so she could only quietly watch.

The scalding red-hot soldering iron was repeatedly pressed onto the chest of the dying Jia Daoping. Xiao Huan impatiently looked at the few pieces of flesh and blood on his body, then waved at the prison warden: "Enough, stop for now." After he finished speaking, he got up and took out a porcelain bottle from his waist. He then squatted down in front of Jia Daoping and poured out a bottle. Then, he stretched out his hand to pinch the mouth of the person lying on the ground like a dead fish.

However, just at this moment, another black figure flashed past Yun Shu and the black clothed man, and quickly supported Jia Daoping to the side. The black clothed man also immediately followed, using the sword in his hand to block the people from the Qin Province, to stall for time for the black figure who had just came in to save Jia Daoping.

Seeing that the man in black was gradually losing, Yun Zhui looked somewhat anxiously at the sword in her hand. She was just about to pull it out when she saw a set of bows and arrows hanging on the wall nearby. She immediately rejoiced and took out three arrows from her quiver, nocked them, and shot them at the jailers who were attacking the man in black.

Three arrows struck right at the three jailers, but at the same time, it also attracted the attention of Xiao Heng and the others.

The usual phrase "first to capture the thief, first to capture the king" flashed through Yun Shu's mind. She immediately aimed the arrow in her hand at Xiao Heng and shot it.

"Be careful, Your Highness!" Qin Zhou, who was attacking the black-clothed man, turned his head and saw the arrow shooting towards Xiao Heng. He immediately dashed over and chopped the arrow in half with his sword.

However, when he turned around to look for the man in black and the person who had shot the arrow, there were only the injured guards, the frightened Xiao Heng, and himself left in the dungeon.