Then he pushed open the door and walked out.
The cool evening breeze blowing on your face is particularly refreshing.
Cai Zhao's door was still closed, and he wanted to sleep soundly.
Chang Ning wanted to see the girl's sleeping face before leaving, but he saw Fei Cui standing in front of Cai Zhao's door with his sword pressed on as cold as ice.
Furong smiled apologetically: "The young lady hasn't woken up yet. Well... um, sir, you'd better wait for her..."
Chang Ning was not angry. The two maids were loyal and reliable, which was Cai Zhao's blessing.
He said warmly: "Just open the window and ask me to take a look."
This was okay, so Fleur gently opened the window halfway.
The girl in the green gauze tent slept soundly, breathing evenly, her cheeks flushed, like a porcelain doll.
Chang Ning looked at it for a while and smiled unconsciously.
"I'll come as soon as I go. You take good care of Zhaozhao." He said.
Then he lifted up his long sleeves and disappeared into the gray twilight like the wind.
The wind was cold and the dew was wet, but as long as he thought of the girl sleeping peacefully, he felt indescribably warm in his heart.
Since Cai Pingchun disappeared in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, the girl has not had a good rest. After returning to Qingjingzhai last night, they went back to their houses to rest. He woke up in the middle of the night and saw a dim light on in the room opposite, and a slender little girl walking around in the room.
It's so pitiful that she fell into the trap so easily when she met an unreliable master, leaving her now helpless.
At dawn today, Cai Zhao hurriedly went to Fan Xing's house.
Fan Xing's family was really confused. They only remembered that they were talking to Manager Chen yesterday, and suddenly they didn't know anything. When he woke up, he found himself in an alley in the town. Senior brother Zhuang Shu shouted at the top of his voice and almost deafened him.
Fan Xingjia touched his head and hissed lightly.
He felt that he must have been transported down the mountain in a box, otherwise there would not be several bumps on his head.
He originally wanted to go to Steward Chen to find out what happened, but Zhuang Shu found Steward Chen's body in a ravine early in the morning. It was said that he fell down after drinking - but Steward Chen was not a greedy drinker.
An atmosphere of worry and irritability enveloped the Qingque Sect. Under the order of 'Qi Yunke', dozens of strange masters with gloomy expressions entered the cliffs of thousands of mountains and rivers. The disciples felt that inexplicable danger was approaching.
Lei Xiuming and Li Wenxun felt something was wrong, and wanted to talk to Qi Yunke, but were blocked. Outside the ward, they looked at Qi Yunke's main courtyard, which was heavily guarded by strangers, and then thought about Chuitianwu, which was also guarded by Guangtianmen guards like an iron wall. , they both felt shuddering at the same time, so they had to go back and tell their disciples to close their doors tightly.
Jiuli Mountain no longer has the joy and laughter of the past.
Cai Zhao stopped Fan Xing's family who was going to the medicine house to find medicine, and asked Qingque Sect if there was a prison cell.
Fan Xingjia said yes, of course. Our Qingque Sect governs the sect according to law, how can we not have prison cells? Dry prison, water prison, ordinary prison, all available. Not only did he tell Cai Zhao where the cell was, he also took her to see it himself——
The dry prison business is the most prosperous. Squatting there were two thieves, seven or eight street gangsters who bullied the market, and a wretched man who was no better than an animal. He sold his infant son after getting drunk and wanted to insult his wife and sister who came to visit his sister.
What Master Li means is that after being castrated, he will be sent to do hard labor, which is simple and neat.
Master Lei means to be his medicine man, don't waste it.
The two are still negotiating.
The water prison is located in a cave under a water stream. It is damp, cold, and dark. No matter how strong a person is, he will become useless after soaking here for half a year. It is said that many prisoners of the devil's sect could not survive here.
After Qi Yunke took over, the world was calm and the water prison became idle.
There are usually five or six sect disciples who have violated the sect rules in the ordinary prison. It seems that they are drunkenly fighting and blackmailing their fellow disciples. The flowers are similar year after year, which is not unusual at all.
——The enthusiastic Fan Shaoxia explained so eloquently that his head no longer hurt.
Cai Zhao actually knew that Mr. Qian couldn't be put in a cell like that, and the other man wasn't out of his mind, but he still couldn't restrain his disappointment. After much deliberation, she felt that the most likely one was Muwei Palace. When she was about to explore it at all costs, she was stopped by Chang Ning.
"Muwei Palace is too big. There are three front halls, three back halls, as well as auxiliary halls and guest rooms. The few manpower brought by the counterfeiters can't guard it." Chang Ning said, "Unless they put people in the sect master's residence In the main courtyard."
He smiled sarcastically, "It's too risky to be locked up with people from the Qianmian Sect. People named Qian must be locked up somewhere else."
Cai Zhao's eyelids turned faintly blue, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Anyway, the person must be in the sect. I will find him even if the land is turned over!"
"How can you dig up the land in broad daylight?" Chang Ning put his hand on the girl's shoulder and said warmly, "You go and rest first, and at night, I will accompany you to dig up every courtyard."
Cai Zhao thought about it, and besides, she was too tired, so she went back to the house to rest as she was told.
When I woke up, it was completely dark.
The door opened with a creak, and a young man in a wide-sleeved robe came holding a lamp. In the dim light, his tall and slender figure looked like a clear and elegant mountain peak on a yellow scroll.
Cai Zhao sat on the bedside and looked at him for a while, "...there are two less sores on your face."
"Yeah, it's probably going to be better soon." Chang Ning put the lampstand on the table and didn't care.
Cai Zhao lowered his head and rubbed his eyes.
She thought that he must be very good-looking, majestic and handsome. Unfortunately, she may not be able to see it.
Chang Ning sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the girl's plush head and soft cheeks with marks, and affection overflowed in his chest.
"Get up and wash up. After eating, we'll set off." He knew what the girl was most concerned about.
Sure enough, Cai Zhao immediately raised his head and grabbed his sleeve: "Do you know where to look?"
Chang Ning said easily: "I went out to explore just now, it should be right there."
Cai Zhao was happy when she suddenly felt wet and cold in her palms. She opened her palms and took a look, only to realize that the wet ones were Chang Ning's sleeves. She understood after thinking about it and apologized, "...Is there a lot of dew outside?"
Chang Ning's smile grew wider, "It's very humid and very cold in the mountains tonight. Please wear more clothes later."
Cai Zhao turned his face and hummed after a moment.
…
There was total darkness between heaven and earth.
There was no light from the stars and the moon, and large dark clouds piled up together. The howling mountain wind blew the trees and grass to the left and right, making it difficult for people to stand. The top of the sky peak was covered with darkness, as if it was about to devour people.
"That's it." Chang Ning pointed to an extremely ordinary courtyard ahead.
Qingque Sect occupies a large area, with dozens of courtyards scattered throughout. Chang Ning is referring to a house for storing sundries - it is near the back mountain, desolate and remote, and blocked by dense woods. Few people can think of this place.
However, Cai Zhao had already seen a dozen figures faintly visible in the weeds half a man tall in front of them, moving slowly in the dark night without stars and moon, quietly guarding the house, looking like ghosts.
But such a dark night also gave Chang and Cai convenience.
They approached silently, and when they encountered a man in black walking back and forth, they would dodge if they could. If they couldn't, they would knock him down and place them gently in the grass, and then sneak into the house through the side window.
This is a large house with two entrances, front and rear, and at least seven or eight rooms on the left and right. Each room is filled with all kinds of sundries - Chang Ning led Cai Zhao and walked in the dark to the second to last big room.
"It should be here." He said softly.
Cai Zhao took out the luminous pearl wrapped in gauze and looked at the whole room with the faint light——
They entered the house from the south. The east wall was piled high with tables, chairs and benches covered with cobwebs; the west wall was empty; the north wall was stacked with several huge boxes.
Cai Zhao checked it carefully, and finally walked straight to the north wall, pointed to the largest box, and said: "There is a mechanism here."
Chang Ning: "How do you know?"
Cai Zhao sighed: "Actually, my grandfather was good at machine formations. Unfortunately, his parents said it was a crooked way, so my grandfather had to go to the martial arts world to practice secretly." - Then he met Cai Zhao's grandmother who was devoted to Buddhism.
Chang Ning smiled softly.
Cai Zhao handed him the Night Pearl, then fumbled around on several boxes, and suddenly heard her say: "Yes, here it is."
Chang Ning squinted and saw that one of the boxes was firmly nailed to the ground.
He wanted to move the box, but Cai Zhao stopped him.
Cai Zhao stared intently at the huge black iron lock on the box. The surrounding equipment was covered with dust. However, although the color of the lock was dim, its tentacles were very smooth.
"Someone touches it often." Chang Ning said lightly.
Cai Zhao took off one earring, straightened the thin silver hook, and carefully explored the grooves of the lock. After a moment, a smile appeared on her face, "Okay."
In the darkness, there was only a soft snap. Cai Zhao pressed one of the grooves of the huge lock, and then the entire lock slowly opened, revealing a drawstring handle behind it.
Chang and Cai looked at each other. They both wanted to pull the handle, but they were worried that if they pulled it, the noise would attract the man in black outside the house.
At this time, there was a deafening roar outside. The two of them were stunned, and then they reacted with joy - it was really going to rain tonight!
Chang Ning held the handle of the drawstring tightly, and sure enough, soon there was another loud thunder. Chang Ning pulled the handle as fast as lightning - only to hear a rattling sound, another box slowly moved away, revealing a hole in the ground. , below is a deep staircase, obviously leading to somewhere underground.
Chang Ning couldn't help laughing and said softly: "The Fan Xing family is right. The Qingque Sect does have all kinds of cells. No, there are even dungeons."
Cai Zhao smiled and hit him lightly, then jumped into the hole.
Chang Ning followed.
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Chapter 40
The dark cave was like an abyss leading to hell. The luminous pearl in the girl's hand could only illuminate three steps in front of her, but she walked without hesitation. Chang Ning looked at the faint light in front of him and was slightly frightened.
The dark gray stone steps went down ten steps, turned around, then went down ten steps, then turned the corner, and there appeared a dark stone chamber, seven to eight feet wide, and a person and a half tall.
Apart from a table, a bench, a bed, and two large and three small black iron shelves on the stone wall for storing miscellaneous items, there was nothing else in the room.
There was a lamp like a bean on the table, and it was dark and cold.
It had only been a day since we last met. Young Master Qian seemed to have lost five kilograms and aged three years. His luxurious robes were rumpled, his hair had not been combed or his face had not been washed. He was sitting on a stone bed covered with straw with one leg crossed and without any posture at all. The other leg hung down, with the iron rope still tied at the ankle, and one end was submerged into the stone wall. Next to him was a coarse porcelain bowl with two cold steamed buns in it, one of which took a few bites.
When Master Qian heard the footsteps, he jumped up, raised his chest high, and said proudly: "You don't have to bring food. I said I won't eat, so I won't eat. Feeding these rough and cold things to dogs is too disgusting... Who are you?" He saw two strangers.
Cai Zhao took Ye Mingzhu into his arms and said, "The person who protects your two feet."
Mr. Qian's eyes widened and he pointed at Cai Zhao: "You, you..."
Then she pointed to the tall young man behind her, "And you, that day...were you two?!" He was already proficient in the art of body-changing, and he knew the shape of the human body's flesh and bones best, and he would react immediately as soon as he was reminded.
Knowing that it was these two people, he suddenly became angry and cursed: "You guys still have the nerve to come here! I used to live a comfortable life of good food and drink, but it was all because of you two that interfered with me, and I was imprisoned like this. In the place!”
Chang Ning said coldly: "Pigs also eat and drink well and live a comfortable life, but once they raise enough pounds, they will be killed immediately. They are counting on your ability to change your body now. When will someone else learn your skills? , how much better do you think you are than a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered?"
Mr. Qian trembled and looked frightened: "He, they said, I have worked too hard. After waiting for a while, they will find me two filial disciples..."
