The three of them have experienced many absurd things, but the fact that they were arrested by the guards and imprisoned as soon as they stepped into the country was the most absurd thing in recent times.
Their weapons and all their luggage were taken away, not even Liu Shenghan's pen was spared. This means that they are now empty, and the enchantment weapons that have been captured have also been confiscated. This is a big deal.
But why did Xiangji Kingdom treat them like this? This is too sudden.
"This is the king's order." The guards just said.
The three were even imprisoned in different cells to prevent them from gathering together to whisper and discuss how to escape. As for more detailed reasons, Liu Shenghan only asked this answer:
"You failed to complete the mission of the leader, and also injured the queen of the ally. What crime should you do?"
So Liu Shenghan asked again, what did he say about hurting the queen? The elder brother kept a straight face and said nothing. I'm afraid Ge Shenguo made some excuse to make them all think that the queen was not "dead" but just "injured", and the reason for the injury was caused by Bai Ya and the others - even though this was simply made up out of thin air. A messenger must have informed the God of Fragrance Gandharva before they returned to Xiangji Kingdom. Needless to say, it was he who borrowed the help of the monarch to find reasons to arrest them all. Who could be so fast?
In fact, even if they escaped, they had no idea what to say when they saw the God of Fragrance. The mission is indeed not completed, they all know it. After all, the body was not brought back, the relics that could prove it were not brought back, and the badge given to the Queen Mother as a souvenir was also lost. Even if the Gandharva doesn't care, and the Queen and Queen Mother don't care, the Imperial Master will not let them off.
What to do next?
Liu Shenghan fell into thinking. According to Bai Ya and Jun Aoyan's temperament, they can get out even with brute force. But where are they being held? It should be not far away from me, but I haven't heard any movement yet, which means they haven't taken action yet. Also, there are so many guards here, and if they make any noise, they will be suppressed. Bai Ya will not act rashly until he is sure that other people are safe.
There's no telling when people will be sent for interrogation. Are they planning to lock them up until death? When handing out food to the prisoners, the guards deliberately skipped her. It seems that at this rate, they will starve to death in a few days. Liu Shenghan was at a loss until late at night. At this time, another prisoner next to the prison suddenly spoke to her. To be honest, this man was so inconspicuous that the guard who delivered the meal accidentally ignored him, and it was only because he made a sudden noise that he was given a bowl of gruel. The porridge looked and smelled like swill. Liu Shenghan always felt that if he drank it, he would die faster, so he didn't speak with the inmate. But he really had no sense of existence. When he settled in the corner to drink porridge, Liu Shenghan forgot about him in the blink of an eye.
"Why were you locked up?" he asked.
He is Liu Shenghan's only prison cellmate. She seemed to be in the far corner of the prison, leaning against the wall on the other side. On this side, there was originally a whole earth wall separating it, but due to disrepair, less than half of the bricks and earth blocks here fell off. Instead of rebuilding the wall, they erected three iron railings as repairs. The railings were newer than the ones in front and didn't have much rust.
The inmate squeezed his body to the railing at the base of the wall and asked Liu Shenghan. In the faint moonlight, he looked like a slovenly and downtrodden man, but in prison, the prisoners almost all looked the same. There are still shackles on his feet, but not on his hands, but there are signs of being strangled, so they must have been removed recently. He was wearing a tattered gray prison uniform. He had a sallow complexion and thin muscles, but his eyes were long and slender. They were not "rat eyes", but they seemed to have a strange aura hidden in them.
"The moment I walked into the city gate, I was arrested." Liu Shenghan said, but he was not honest enough.
"If you just say that, I don't believe it. But you are still wearing your own clothes, white and clean, and you don't look like you have been beaten. When you came in, you must have received a 'killing stick' 'Bar?"
"The killing stick?" She thought for a moment, "Is it the beating that will demoralize someone after being imprisoned?"
"Yes, don't you know that?"
"No."
"It's really weird. The treatment is good. I haven't seen this kind of thing in several years." The inmate raised his eyebrows and showed a strange look in his eyes. "You must have committed something else and you don't dare to tell me! Or you are There is a background! But looking at your clothes...you don’t look like a local? Where did you get the new goods? Jiutian Kingdom has not been open to outside navigation for many years. How did you come here?"
Liu Shenghan smiled and thought he was an interesting person and quite smart. She did not answer the man's question, but asked him:
"I see you are very weird. How did you end up in jail?"
"Girl, you have good eyesight." The prison inmate gave a thumbs up through the railing. "I have sharp eyes and a quick mouth. People in the world say I have clairvoyance and an ear for the wind. As for me, I just knew something I shouldn't know. Before I could go out and yell, I Got caught.”
"Whose business has such great influence?"
Liu Shenghan didn't ask him what was going on. She knew that this kind of person likes to sell things off. If you follow his words, you will follow his way. But you did the opposite and asked him what he thought you wouldn't ask, so you would tell the truth.
"The power behind that man is the king!"
"Well, although it is reasonable, there are probably only a few people with the monarch as their direct background."
"Girl, do you know medicine? You smell of herbs, which is too strong."
Liu Shenghan was slightly startled. She knew that she must have the smell of herbs, but she usually used different smells to neutralize it. Although there is no smell at all, there are only a few people who can smell it. She didn't expect this person to have such a sharp nose, and she didn't expect that this person really didn't follow the routine at all and suddenly went off the rails. So she nodded:
"Understand a little bit."
"Then you must know that dead people can be used as medicine?" Hot Book
"Well, that's true."
"I... saw them using dead people to make medicine!"
"Although this can be said to be a crooked way, but... no one cares about it? If this industry is not regulated by the above, there will be many ways."
"Who dares to go against the people of Xiangyin Sect!"
"...Xiangyin Cult?"
Liu Shenghan realized that this person had misunderstood. In fact, it is not the monarch who is behind the Xiangyin Sect, but the monarch who listens to the Xiangyin Sect's command. However, she did not correct him, but planned to continue listening to him.
"The Xiangyin Cult uses corpses to make medicine... it sounds like something they can do. But, aren't you a cultist?"
"I don't believe it." He waved his hand, "Young master, I don't believe anyone! All these ghosts and ghosts want to make money from people! The monarch is colluding with them, and somehow there are so many corpses of unknown origin that can be used. I My parents caused miserable harm to them with that illusion. I hate them all my life! My grandfather's grave was dug up by them, and my aunt's girl who just died was not spared. They want any corpse! If they are believers, they will fool them and they will die. You should make contributions and repay kindness; if you are not a believer, your words will be nicer than your singing. According to their method, the body and soul of the dead will be sent to heaven. Bah! If you ask me, after death, people should be buried in the ground."
It seems that he is also a miserable person. Liu Shenghan sighed and then asked:
"You went against the Xiangyin Sect, but you didn't die miserably in prison, and you're still alive and well."
"That's because I was lucky. A few years ago, they arrested me and beat me very hard. Judging from the attitude, they planned to beat me to death. However, on the occasion of the birthday of the mother of the country, the whole world celebrated it, and the king gave me a general amnesty, so they spared us the death penalty. . I pretended to be crazy and stupid for several years, so I didn’t let that old guy trick me to death. In the past few years, he must have been too busy to deal with these prisoners, so I can take a breather. "
"...It's actually like this." Sheng Han frowned, "But this is nothing new. Why did they want to kill you? Is it something out of a molehill?"
"Not only do they squeeze out the last bit of value from the dead, they also catch - sharks!"
"Serman?"
Liu Shenghan's expression of surprise was not exaggerated. It’s not that I’m unfamiliar with the word, but I find it incredible. But in this case, the sharks are certainly not unreasonable to be wary of humans.
"Originally, I estimated that they wanted the sharks to cry and turn their tears into beads, or to make them weave and work for nothing. However, the sharks died very quickly when they were out of the sea." The inmate shook his head as he spoke. , said clearly, "So they captured the sharks, skinned and deboned them, and used them all as medicine! They refined the fat into oil and made everlasting lamps. Hey, did you know that people in the palace and people from the Xiangyin Sect would use shark oil to make The candles are mixed with the candles made of dead man’s oil, do you know why?”
"I really don't know that."
"The Mermaid oil lamp has always been bright, but the pure oil lamp is very bright, blindingly bright. And the raw materials are limited, so they mix human oil into it to make the light softer, and the amount is large. Only human oil can do it, not any other animal No oil extracted from plants can be blended with human fat."
"I see……"
"Hey, I've said so much, but you still haven't told me how you got in?"
"Well... I did not commit anything worthy of beheading like you in Xiangji Kingdom, but -"
Liu Shenghan rolled his eyes and was about to say something when his dark eyes suddenly brightened. The jailer came to them with a lamp and banged on the iron bars.
"What's the fuss about? Be quiet! If you yell again, pull them all out - ugh!"
The lights in front of them suddenly flashed strongly, and the two people in the prison stayed where they were. Someone suddenly hit the jailer with a knife from behind, and he immediately collapsed silently. The murderer quickly lifted up his body, and a third hand appeared above the lantern to catch it so as not to smash it to the ground and cause a fire. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that there was someone standing next to the murderer, a woman.
Neither of them got their weapons, nor the packages. It seems that this time they just relied on their sheer strength and used a low-key and silent method. Although I don't know where their things are, they need to get out of here first before they have time to talk about anything else.
It all happened so fast that the spectators didn't even react. Bai Ya threw the unconscious jailer aside. Jun Aoyan held the lamp and grabbed the iron railing with his other hand. Bai Ya clapped his hands gently and grabbed a railing next to him. The two of them worked hard at the same time, and a big gap was opened in the cell.
Under the shocked expression of the inmate, Liu Shenghan stood up, dusted himself off, and walked out calmly. Before leaving, Liu Shenghan turned around and glanced at the prisoner who was grinning from ear to ear.
"Stop dawdling." Bai Ya yelled.
Liu Shenghan raised the corners of her lips, and the light overflowed from behind her.
"But we're about to do something worthy of beheading."
