C72 Deal

When Yunshu woke up, she felt an obvious bump. Her hands were tied behind her back and the rope was tied to her wrist.

When Xiangqiao saw that she had woken up, she picked up a piece of rice cake and placed it by her mouth.

Although she was indeed a little hungry, when she thought about how Yang Siyuan had been beaten up by the group of people that Xiao Heng had brought before he fainted, she did not have the mood to eat. " Where's Yang Siyuan?"

She glanced at Qiao Qiao angrily and continued to put the pastries close to her mouth. "Miss, don't worry. His Royal Highness won't let him die. If Miss doesn't eat, I'll put it down. Don't call me hungry in a while. I'm not someone who is willing to serve."

After getting the answer she wanted, Yunshu bit down on the pastry.

After walking for a few days and nights, she only knew that she had stayed in the carriage for a very, very long time. As for the food, it was the coachman who bought it and fed it to her. However, it was unknown whether it was because she was too lazy to reach out her hand or because she was afraid that she would be fed too much. It was convenient for her to have the strength to escape, so she only fed her a few mouthfuls each time before she minded her own business and ate.

As a captive, Yunshu completely did not have any room for herself to get more food. Furthermore, other than listening to Xiao Heng's words, Xiangqiao would not eat either soft or hard. She even thought that if Xiao Heng had not said earlier that he would "bring her back to the Imperial Residence properly," Xiangqiao might not even be bothered to feed her a few mouthfuls - just by looking at her cold face on the way, she could tell.

The mental and physical torment that she had suffered at the same time finally disappeared when she arrived at the Imperial Residence of Heng - because she was locked in the room that she had previously stayed in. There were also a few guards that she had never seen before guarding outside the doors and windows. Chao Qiao no longer appeared in front of her eyes. Instead, she found a random maidservant to deliver food to her.

Like this, another seven days passed, and Xiao Heng returned. As for how she knew... the maids who were cleaning the yard outside were whispering to each other, screaming as they threw down their brooms and ran out. She immediately understood what was going on.

She felt that these little maidservants were too deeply blinded by Xiao Heng's face of disaster. They actually didn't realize that the person she had admired for a long time was actually a despicable person. She shook her head with some grief and continued to read the miscellaneous books that she hadn't finished reading.

However, it did not take long before she felt tired from reading. Just as she was about to lie down on the bed for a while, she heard the sound of the door opening.

But it was only mealtime now. Could it be that Xiao Heng had come?

When she saw the person who had appeared in the crack in the door, Yunshu sighed with emotion. She had a jinx.

She turned around and walked over, asking him rudely, "Where's Yang Siyuan?"

Xiao Heng unhurriedly sat behind the table and poured himself a cup of hot tea. The corners of his mouth curled into a gentle smile. "In the dungeon, do you want to go and see him?"

Yunshu sneered and sat opposite him. "If I help you finish that matter, will you let me and Yang Siyuan leave?"

Xiao Heng lightly laughed and drank a mouthful of tea before saying, "Miss Yun, if you can satisfy This King, of course I can let you leave. On the contrary, this king can't guarantee whether the people in the dungeon will still be alive to see the light of day. "

Yun Zhu's hand, which was placed under the table, clenched tightly as she swallowed her saliva. "Tell me, what do you need me to do? Even though I don't think I will be of much use. "

"Although Jiang Tong has lost the trust of His Majesty, the intrinsic power in the court still hasn't changed much. This makes This King very angry."

Yunshu didn't like him saying irrelevant things to her, so she asked again, "What does this have to do with what you want me to do?"

"Do you want to know what he used to pin down the officials of his faction?" Xiao Heng smiled mysteriously, seemingly urging her to ask him. However, she did not do as he wished. She just stared coldly at him without saying a word.

Xiao Heng asked for trouble. He took another sip of tea before saying, "It is said that the Prime Minister Estate has a Netherworld Register that contains detailed information about those ministers. There are those who accept bribes, and there are also those who find someone to replace them after committing a crime. I hope that you can sneak into the Prime Minister Estate and find that dossier and bring it to me. "

It sounds like there's a huge risk. Yunshu couldn't help but frown. "How can I sneak in? And isn't the Miss Zi Yun in your residence Jiang Tong's people? Perhaps Jiang Tong already knew what the person you brought back looked like."

"Don't worry. Ever since you came here, the letters Zi Yun sent to Jiang Tong have been blocked by this king's people. He didn't even know that there was an additional person in King Heng's Imperial Residence."

"Then how am I going to sneak into the Prime Minister Estate?"

"According to this king's informants, the old madam of the Prime Minister Estate will go to the Myriad Buddha Temple to pay her respects three days later. When the time comes, I will give Miss Yun some men. Miss Yun only needs to pretend to be surrounded by bandits. The kind-hearted old madam will definitely save you. As for how to make the old madam keep you here, that will depend on your abilities. "

" What if I can't get the madame to keep me here? "

"Then Miss Yun can only think of a way to climb over the wall and enter the Prime Minister's Estate at night, and take a greater risk to find me."

Yun Zhu:... "" She had thought that Xiao Heng would have a better alternative plan, so she counted it as an additional question.

"I'll go take a look at Brother Yang."

"Alright, This King will bring you there."

The entrance to the dungeon was in Xiao Heng's study. She thought that Xiao Heng would let Qin Zhou cover her eyes before bringing her here. She did not expect that not only did he not care about her along the way. Furthermore, after entering the study, he even turned on the mechanism in front of her. It was as if he was not afraid that she would rescue him after knowing where the mechanism was.

However, after the secret door in the study opened, she immediately understood why Xiao Heng didn't avoid it. Because there was still a door a hundred steps behind the door, and between the two doors was a bottomless pit. Furthermore, the door opposite was embedded in the stone wall diagonally below, and there were two people standing guard on both sides. Xiao Heng took a round jade pendant from his waist and placed it in a groove on the wall beside him. Immediately, a rumbling sound came from under the huge pit, and stone pillars rose up one after another, forming a flight of stairs.

It was just that this flight of stairs was much more dangerous than ordinary flight of stairs. If one were to be slightly careless, falling down might cause one's bones to shatter into pieces.

Only after walking closer did one discover that there were two round holes on the door, but they were far above a person's head. There were three grooves under the round hole, and the one in the middle was round. The holes on both sides were irregular, and it was hard to tell what shape they were. Wait. When Xiao Heng walked in front of them, the two people who were originally guarding the door each took out half a jade pendant. Together with the jade pendant that Xiao Heng had taken out earlier, they placed it in the three grooves on the door and turned it into a matching angle.

However, the door to the dungeon did not open by itself. Instead, the two guards pushed it open with all their might.

Upon seeing this, Yunshu immediately gave up on the idea of rushing into the dungeon to save the person. Even if she had the chance to steal the round jade pendant from Xiao Heng, she could not snatch the jade pendants from the two guards here - this one meter wide foothold was completely unsuitable for fighting. She felt that the possibility of her being smashed to death by these two people in a huge pit was even higher. Moreover, even if she had obtained the jade pendant, it was impossible for her to push open this door... She had to admit that... This was the victory of the clumsy heavy prison door.

The lighting in the dungeon was completely dependent on the oil lamps on both sides, and the air flow was probably based on the round hole on the door.

But because there was no other hole behind the door that allowed air to enter and exit, Yunshu felt that the air inhaled into her body was somewhat dirty, but fortunately, there were not many people locked up here. Along the way, she only saw seven or eight people.

Yang Siyuan was locked inside a very large room. When Yun Zhu followed Xiao Heng and Qin Zhou to arrive, he was leaning against the brick wall with his eyes closed to rest. But perhaps because his sensitive ears heard familiar footsteps, Yun Zhu grabbed the thick wooden railing and wanted to see more clearly. Her tightly shut eyes opened.

"Miss, are you alright?" Yang Siyuan got up and walked over quickly.

Yunshu shook her head. Once he walked closer, the wound behind her torn clothes became even more obvious. She couldn't help but blame herself. Her eyes also darkened a bit. "It's all my fault for dragging you down. I'm sorry..."

"Miss, don't say that. I did it on my own accord."

Yun Zhu looked at him gratefully and guiltily before turning to look at Xiao Heng. "The environment here is too poor. You have to let him find another place to recover."

Xiao Heng saw that she was still willing to bargain with him for Yang Siyuan's sake despite being at the mercy of others. He could not help but find it funny. His expression became a little ugly. "Why are you recuperating? Could it be that Miss Yun is still dreaming of him being able to bring you out of here once he recovers?"

Yunshu shook her head. "No. I just felt that helping you do such a dangerous thing in exchange for a person covered in injuries was too much of a bargain."

Xiao Heng's expression was still cold. "This king being able to guarantee that he is still alive is already the greatest concession. You have no choice."

Seeing that he was so iron-hearted, Yunshu could only take a step back. "Then at least call a doctor to take a look at him or give him medicine."

Xiao Heng silently sized up Yang Siyuan a few times before turning to Qin Zhou. "Give him some medicine to treat external injuries." After saying that, he took the lead to walk out.

Once Xiao Heng left, Qin Zhou, who had just thrown a few porcelain bottles into the cell, turned his head to look at Yunshu, as if urging her to leave as well.

"Brother Yang, I'll save you as soon as possible."

However, Yang Siyuan was still worried about her. "Miss, no matter what, you have to protect yourself."

Yunshu nodded. "I will." Only then did she turn around and walk out.

If she couldn't even protect herself, how could she save Yang Siyuan? The matter of sneaking into the Prime Minister Estate to steal the Netherworld Register, no matter how difficult it was, she had to do it.

Three days later, at the foot of the Thousand Buddhist Temple in the outskirts, Yunshu had hidden in the forest beside the road that Xiao Heng had sent her since noon, waiting for the old madam to pass by.

But today, the cold wind sounded and the sky was gloomy. It was obviously not a good weather to stay outside. Yun Zhu sneezed not long after.

"Miss Yun, why don't you go to the carriage and wait? When we see a large group of people coming down from the mountain, we'll call you over."

"It's fine. I'm afraid I won't be able to get into the act in a while, and I'll be exposed." Yunshu thought for a while and then said, "Oh right, let's practice close combat?"

After hearing her suggestion, the five of them looked at each other for a while. No one agreed first. Thus, Yunshu continued, "If you run in front of that old madam, you won't be sweating at all. Wouldn't that be very suspicious? No matter how you look at it, you don't look like someone who ran and chased all the way, right? "

After hearing her say this, they began to engage in close combat from one point to the other. The last person left naturally could only partner with Yunshu.

However, this warrior was clearly a little shy, even though he was very big. He raised his hand and scratched the back of his head a few times, but did not dare to come forward. In the end, Yunshu felt that the surrounding air was too cold. She really could not take it anymore, so she took out the dagger that Xiao Heng had given her to protect herself and walked forward first. "Please advise."

In the end, the warrior only lowered the hand that was scratching the back of his head, and the expression on his face was still that of a difficult situation. "Miss Yun, look at me, I'm a rough person. If I hurt you... Also, as a lady, it's not good for you to fight with us old men, right?"

Yun Zhu did not expect him to be worried about this and could not help but laugh. "I'm about to enter the dragon's den and tiger's den. Learn some close combat tactics from a few big brothers. At least I can protect myself at the critical moment. How can I have so much leeway to worry about?"

After the warrior heard her words, the embarrassment on his face gradually disappeared. "Then I'll be offending you."

The close combat ended when they saw a large group of people coming down from the mountain. Everyone was covered in sweat. Yunshu had also learned several techniques from them. One of them was a counteroffensive move when she was being restrained from behind - if she had known this move before. When she was outside Qu An City, she would not have been so easily captured by Xiangqiao, thus implicating Yang Siyuan.