When Xu Zhilan left Jin Prince's Mansion, she did not go back directly. On the contrary, she only went to the suburbs of the city.
When they arrived at a luxurious Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, Xu Zhilan only asked the driver to stop the carriage here.
Then she hurried to the village.
Several strong servants were guarding the entrance of Zhuangzi. As soon as they saw her coming, those servants immediately blocked Xu Zhilan's path with their sticks.
"Who are you? Do you have an invitation document?" the servant asked.
Xu Zhilan said calmly, "Tell your master that Xu Zhilan came to see him."
Hearing Xu Zhilan's words, the guards only responded with a yes, and then said, "You wait here, we will go in and report to the master."
Xu Zhilan nodded.
Seeing one of the guards turn around and walk into the palace, Xu Zhilan was waiting at the door.
In the main hall of Zhuangzi, Mr. Xuanyi had just picked up the tea cup in his hand. Unexpectedly, the servant immediately came to Mr. Xuanyi.
"Master, a woman named Xu Zhilan is here to see you."
Hearing this, Mr. Xuanyi immediately frowned and said to himself, "Why is she here?"
However, Mr. Xuanyi still said, "Since she is here, let her come in."
After receiving Master Xuanyi's instructions, the servant immediately invited Xu Zhilan into the main hall.
After arriving at the main hall, Mr. Xuanyi just looked at Xu Zhilan and said, "Princess Liang, why do you have to come here in person? Aren't you afraid of being followed? Didn't I say that flying pigeons can pass messages on weekdays?"
However, after hearing Young Master Xuanyi's words, Xu Zhilan's face was full of indifference.
"What am I afraid of? Aren't the young masters afraid that I will be exposed? Why should I be afraid that they will also find out about the young master?" Xu Zhilan obviously minded what the secret guard said, so at this moment she just argued with each other.
After hearing Xu Zhilan's words, Master Xuanyi's face darkened.
"If I am involved, you will definitely end up a thousand times worse than what you might encounter." Master Xuanyi threatened.
Xu Zhilan just chuckled, "Aren't I kidding? Don't worry! Young Master, I was already seen by people when I came to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing. No one is watching, so why should Young Master care so much."
"A joke? I didn't take it as a joke!" Master Xuanyi said unkindly.
Hearing this, Xu Zhilan smiled nonchalantly, "Okay, okay, okay, I won't joke anymore."
"Let's get down to business."
Mr. Xuanyi nodded and said, "You tell me?"
Xu Zhilan only responded lightly, and then whispered, "Didn't you ask me to find out if the person locked up in the water prison of Prince Jin's Mansion is one of my people?"
Hearing Xu Zhilan's words, Mr. Xuanyi nodded, "I asked you to inquire about this matter. What? There is already a result?"
Xu Zhilan said, "Yes, there are already results."
After hearing this, Mr. Xuanyi turned to look at Xu Zhilan and said, "What's the result?"
"The people in the water prison are indeed my people. Fortunately, they haven't confessed yet. You must help me deal with them quickly." Xu Zhilan said forcefully.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Xuanyi did not immediately agree to Xu Zhilan. On the contrary, he only stared at Xu Zhilan with an unconvincing look, "Are you sure that is really your person?"
"Of course I'm sure! What I saw with my own eyes can be fake!" Xu Zhilan immediately added.
Hearing this, Mr. Xuanyi only glanced at Xu Zhilan again. "Saw it with your own eyes? How did you do it?"
After hearing the other party asking so many questions but not agreeing to help, Xu Zhilan suddenly became a little rude.
"If you don't want to help, then don't help!"
"I didn't say I wouldn't help, but I had to ask carefully. I don't want to lose my wife and lose my troops."
Hearing what the other party said, Xu Zhilan felt slightly unhappy, but she still took the initiative to say, "Of course I used my connections in Prince Jin's Mansion to sneak in and see it."
She didn't tell the truth. In fact, she went there openly.
The man only said, "You are quite efficient."
Naturally, Xu Zhilan would not think that he was praising herself, so Xu Zhilan only said:
"No matter how efficient I am, I can't be more efficient than you. If you want to help, just help. If you don't want to help me, I'll just leave. Anyway, it's just blaming me for everything."
Mr. Xuanyi chuckled lightly, "Why is Princess Liang so angry? How could we not help you? Why don't you show us the detailed painting of the water prison? In this way, we won't go into trouble." After arriving at Prince Jin's Mansion, we have to search everywhere for the specific location of the water prison."
After hearing what the other party said, Xu Zhilan nodded cooperatively, "Okay! Bring me the pen and ink."
When Master Xuanyi heard this, he only winked at the people around him, and soon someone brought the pen and ink over.
Xu Zhilan then casually drew a rough topographic map of Prince Jin's Mansion on the white rice paper.
Seeing the general topographic map, Mr. Xuanyi was almost certain that Xu Zhilan had really been to the Jin Palace, and the dungeon she marked was behind the rockery in the palace garden.
After Xu Zhilan finished drawing the topography, she put the drawing on the table to dry. Seeing that the ink on the dried drawing no longer condensed, she just handed the drawing to Master Xuanyi.
Mr. Xuanyi looked at the drawings with a dull look on his face.
Xu Zhilan just asked, "Human, will you help me deal with it?"
Mr. Xuanyi nodded, "Okay!"
After receiving a positive answer, Xu Zhilan left the house on the outskirts of Beijing.
It's night, and the night is as dark as ink.
The man in black just watched quietly as Prince Jin's Mansion fell into darkness. He used the night cover to patrol the route where he could avoid the secret guards of Prince Jin's Mansion and headed towards the palace garden.
Perhaps it was because he had been very successful in checking out the locations before, but he managed to escape most of the hidden guards today.
And when he found the back garden and the rockery on the map, he ducked behind the rockery, but before he could reach the dungeon gate.
There seemed to be a pair of hands in the hole, just attacking his chest.
After feeling a burst of pain, the man immediately realized that he had been attacked by a sneak attack, so he immediately wanted to escape out of the cave. However, before he could escape far, he saw that the door of the cave was also in front of him. Blocking a secret guard, wouldn't it be like trying to catch a turtle in a jar?
When the secret guard saw that he wanted to escape, he kicked him back into the cave. At the same time, the other secret guard only held his arm and dragged him into the dungeon.
"Young man! You keep running away!" The secret guard behind him smiled unceremoniously.
The secret guard in front of the cave was just familiar with all the possible suicide methods for the secret guard who broke into Prince Jin's Mansion that night.
Only then did the secret guard realize that he had fallen into a trap, but he didn't know whether Xu Zhilan was cooperating with them to lure the snake out of the hole, or whether she had already surrendered to the enemy.
But even if he knew the reason, he wouldn't be able to send the information back.
He was disarmed and was soon carried into the dungeon. In the dungeon, a burly, middle-aged man who looked full of energy was standing in the execution room.
The secret guard didn't react at all when he saw the torture instruments placed all over the wall. After all, he had developed pain tolerance before becoming a secret guard, and his tolerance was the best, so he simply couldn't. I never thought I would be released.
But when the middle-aged man turned around, the originally resolute secret guard immediately opened his eyes in shock.
When Zhou Yingqi turned around and saw the secret guard, his eyes seemed a little surprised. ..
He looked at the man with a gloomy expression and only called the secret guard's name.
The secret guard, who was stared at, lost his voice after a long time and said, "Master, why are you here?"
When the middle-aged man heard this, he only said with a hateful attitude, "Of course I'm waiting for you."
The secret guard whispered, "Master knew I was coming?"
Zhou Yingqi heard this and said in a low voice, "If I had known it was you, I wouldn't be here today. I just didn't expect that my once most proud disciple would actually become someone's dead soldier."
The secret guard thought for a while and felt that what the other party said made sense. Moreover, after hearing what his former master said, the secret guard felt even more guilty.
Then the old man said softly, "Don't worry, I won't torture you. After all, you are the disciple I trained with my own hands. If you are ruined like this, I will never be able to torture you."
It must be heartbreaking. "
Hearing this, the secret guard only lowered his head in shame. He was not afraid of suffering or pain in his life. But the only thing he fears is that his master will be disappointed in him.
But now he not only saw his master, but also stood on the opposite side of him. Whenever he thought of this, he felt a sense of guilt rising in his heart.
In the manor on the outskirts of Beijing, Mr. Xuanyi only waited until daylight came out but did not wait for the secret guards he sent out to return.
Sure enough, he shouldn't trust Xu Zhilan. Xu Zhilan can even fold in his own people, and it is naturally possible for other people's people to be folded in. After all, waste snacks are not uncommon.
Anyway, he didn't expect anything from Xu Zhilan.
Because of this, he only deliberately left one hand among them.
For example, in today's operation, he did not send a large number of secret guards to come forward. Instead, he asked a secret guard he trusted the most to go first to inquire about the situation.
He thought that the secret guard was trained according to the standards of a dead soldier. He not only distributed poison to him, but also trained him to be unafraid of death. In this way, no matter what happened, he should not betray himself.
However, what he didn't know was that this time the other side did not use conventional methods to deal with the guard. They used gentle methods.
Moreover, the secret guard really had a soft-spoken temper, so under Zhou Yingqi's interrogation, the secret guard quickly confessed his master. In addition, he only confessed a few other things. information.
Zhou Yingqi had some pity for his former protégé, so after asking for the other party's information, he passed the news to King Jin.
When night falls, some people are already asleep, while others are still writing furiously in front of the case.
After Zhou Yingqi knocked on the door of the study room, Zhao Yanzhen only said coldly, "The door is unlocked. You can open it yourself and come in."
