(7)
The only small window that let in the sunlight was open above her head. When Bai Feng had nothing to do, she looked up at the few beams of sunlight that were flatly divided by the iron window panes. It was obvious that it couldn't shine on her, but she could still feel its warmth. .
After waking up, the sweat quickly soaked the clothes that had just dried. The annoying smell of mosquitoes and rotten grass permeated the surroundings, as if it could swallow up a person's will at any time.
"Ha." He smiled, without complaining, just yelled: "Bring water!"
"Hey, here you go." The jailer had never served a prisoner in his custody so willingly.
He was a little unfamiliar and had to go to the wrong place twice before finding the water tank.
After walking back and forth, the jailer was sweating profusely, but he still decided to give the water to Bai Feng first, and then come back to drink enough. In fact, he had no need to do so, but a voice in his heart told him: If I could talk to the man in prison, there would be nothing more important than this.
"Here comes the water, General Bai Feng!" He watched the other party drink it all in one gulp, feeling endless satisfaction in his heart: "I heard that the Prime Minister has returned to the palace for interrogation in response to the imperial edict. This guy has always been nepotistic, and there are many upright officials. All good officials have suffered a lot, and it is all thanks to General Bai Feng that Mei Lin is in ruins."
He suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, so abruptly that even Bai Feng didn't react.
"To be honest, I was serving in the Shangshu Province, but because a nobleman's son, one of Prime Minister Mei Lin's, bought an official position, they arbitrarily gave me the charge of 'absent from duty' without permission, and then demoted me to Dali Temple as a post. I am a little pawn. I have always been grudged against you, and I just hate that I have no way to serve my country! If General Bai Feng is willing to help the villain, and the villain is willing to lend a helping hand to the general, I vow to eradicate the eunuchs."
When Bai Feng heard his grievances, he was equally indignant. He immediately sighed and said helplessly: "This time I risked my life to deal with the eunuchs. I have already committed a crime. I cannot stay in the palace. Unfortunately, I can't help you, brother."
"By the way, what's your eldest brother's name?" Bai Feng said. Just as the jailer was about to answer, Prince Gao Yang arrived unannounced as a third person.
"General Bai Feng, I have prepared some fine wine for you."
The soldier stood for a moment between the prince and Bai Feng with a blank look on his face, then he brought the wine glass before he realized it, and finally left first.
The two drank three glasses of wine across the cell, and neither of them had anything to say.
Gao Yang narrowed his eyes and looked at Bai Feng carefully, and said jokingly: "General, is he looking good lately?"
"Thank you for your highness's appreciation."
The prince continued: "Many people who were wrongfully imprisoned were afraid of damaging their reputation, so they did not think about food and drink, and were full of melancholy. Most of them did not look like human beings when they finally came out. You don't care much?"
"I am a wanderer with a home all over the world. What does the so-called reputation have to do with me? I can't stay in this place anymore. I will just leave."
The prince's eyes were full of admiration, and he added: "Since the general is so open-minded, I have something to say directly - your wife, the witch Murong Yan, has been taken back to the palace by the Taiping Taoists."
"What?!" Bai Feng was so angry that he vomited blood and his body twitched.
"Open the cell door quickly!" the prince said.
The jailer's hands were shaking with anxiety. He took the wrong key several times and opened the door with difficulty.
"General Bai Feng, are you okay?" The prince looked at Bai Feng's face, which was livid, and then calmly explained: "After Mei Xiangguo returned to the palace, the heavy responsibility of finding the witch fell entirely on the Taiping Taoists... Sima Tu He advised his father to round up all the pregnant women in Jinyang, claiming that doing so would definitely make the witch appear. The result was just as he expected."
Bai Feng was so angry that he was trembling all over. After thinking for a long time, he didn't know how to answer. He could only curse secretly: "Abominable evil!"
Prince Gao Yang was unhappy: "Any official who does this kind of thing would be infamy for eternity, but our Taiping Taoists want to become immortals. Which mortal has the ability to criticize an immortal harshly? What's more, my father approves of Sima Tu's work very much." Everything you do.”
"I failed." Bai Feng said.
"Why did General Bai Feng say that?" Gao Yang asked: "This time you successfully held the imperial contest, rescued the queen from the sea of fire, and exposed the affair between General Huangfu and Mei Xiangguo. You are both emotional and reasonable. You have all made great contributions! I am here to tell you that my father has decided to pardon you, but you can no longer stay in the palace because the position of 'General of the Central Guard' has also been abolished. My father feels that the old system should be restored and new talents should be appointed. For the sake of safety, General Bai Feng, you will be sent to the Gao family army as a supervisor."
"What, you're still not satisfied?" Seeing that Bai Feng didn't feel any joy, Gao Yang continued to ask: "What else are you asking for? Even if you ask for it, I will do my best if I can do it."
Bai Feng said: "Your Highness, I have a sister who was kidnapped by Taiping Taoists. Bai Feng sincerely hopes that Your Highness can help me rescue her..."
The prince agreed, and early the next morning, all the city guards and Dali Temple patrolmen, led by the prince Gao Yang, went to Qingyue Hall on Taiping Road to call the door.
"Who is in charge? Someone reported that Qingyuetang secretly imprisoned innocent people. Is this true? You don't know about the recent missing persons case, right?" Chi Zhen, the head catcher of Dali Temple, asked sternly, and all the Taiping said No one answered the disciples.
At this time, Li Keyong brought people from elsewhere to confront Yuchi Zhen and said, "The Taoist temple is a place of Qing cultivation. Why do you come here so rashly?"
"My people have been captured by you, why can't I come and ask for his return?" Prince Gao Yang appeared from among the guards, and the Taiping Taoists immediately lowered their spirits and bowed their hands in greeting.
Gao Yang took the opportunity to ask the guards to capture Li Keyong and others and remove their weapons.
"Go in and search!" Yuchizhen took the lead and pushed away all the Taoists who blocked him.
Qingyue Hall has a clear view. There are only three large and small rooms. The largest hall is separated into several spaces by screens. There are many acupuncture puppets with acupuncture points marked on them. There are also disciples who are naked inside the screens and practice with each other. Needle technique.
In the center is an alchemy furnace, gilded in color and with a strong fire.
Yu Chizhen followed the prince closely and found a bookshelf. Gao Yang discovered a clue. There was a rotatable mechanism on the wall behind the bookshelf.
"It's open!" Yu Chizhen stepped forward to open the mechanism, and a new entrance suddenly appeared on the ground.
The prince responded loudly, and everyone was on tenterhooks as they cautiously walked into the secret passage. Soon, the sight before them was enough to make them unforgettable for the rest of their lives.
"Are those human hands and feet?"
"What does it smell like? It's so strange."
"Look, there's someone there!"
The air inside is extremely dry, and it's not hot at all. This is really hard to understand in the hot summer season.
The little man, who was as delicate as a doll, suddenly started to speak: "How did you get in!"
"Don't move, we have been ordered to investigate the case of missing persons. If you dare to act rashly, you will be going against the imperial court!" Yuchizhen stepped forward and pushed him away, and found that there was indeed a living person trapped in the secret room: "Your Highness, he is here. "
The prince did not answer, but a man wearing neither official uniform nor Taoist robe suddenly appeared in the crowd. He was dressed in common people's clothes. He silently walked to Yuchi Zhen and said, "Thank you, Inspector Yuchi."
Then the young man took the key and opened the cell door. The girl in the prison was dying, her hands and feet were so thin that only skin and bones were left. Her only consciousness was on the three copper plates protected by her hands.
"Sworn brother..." She cried with joy.
Bai Feng picked her up expressionlessly and silently took away one of the coins, which was painfully depressing.
——Too light, just like when they first met, I'm afraid they haven't even drank water these days.
"I'll take you home."
In full view of everyone, Bai Feng took Yu Ke back.
The Taiping Taoists still don't know what happened, but Gao Yang's anger has not stopped.
"Take everything here back and destroy it together! Such evil things are so dehumanizing!" After speaking, the prince left with a puff of his sleeves.
Seeing the boxes containing human organs being transported away one by one, Tian Xuanzi became furious and injured several police officers with his powerful claw skills: "How dare you try to touch my things again!"
The veins on her forehead were bloodshot and her eyes were blazing, which was completely inconsistent with her petite body.
"Uncle Master!" Li Keyong came over to persuade: "Let's just forget about this matter. His Highness the Prince is also acting under orders."
"These boxes are my life's work. If you take them away, you will take away my life!" After saying that, Tianxuanzi pretended to attack the patrolman again, but Li Keyong picked him up like a child: "Uncle Master, This is the order of the Heavenly Master, let’s go!”
"Let me go! I told you to let go!"
The short limbs struggled hard, but to no avail.
The Taiping Taoists retreated outside Qingyue Hall until everyone in Dali Temple successfully completed their work.
