Wei Zhi was stunned by the imperial edict and his mind shut down!
until!
Gu Lan easily passed through the crowd, came to him, and thrust the imperial edict into his hand: "Brother Wei, I'm here to interrogate the prisoner. Take me inside to take a look."
Only then did Wei Zhi react!
He stared at the imperial edict in his hand, picked it up hurriedly, swallowed hard, looked at Gu Lan's eyes, shocked and disbelieving!
"Brother Gu, you, you are the imperial envoy?!"
"Replacement guaranteed."
Gu Lan smiled helplessly.
He didn't want to either. After the interrogation, he had to go back to the imperial city, which would cause a lot of trouble and delay his time with his wife...
But he had no choice but to be relied upon by that clamping queen, who would not give up until he was squeezed dry!
The excitement about the battle in Langzhou City should have subsided, and he will move back after the new year... Gu Lan thought to himself, just give up on the tribute examination or something like that!
Anyway, if it is really my sister-in-law who is helping me through the back door.
A level like the Tribute Examination was beyond her reach.
Wei Zhi calmed down.
Many elderly people nearby also saw the imperial edict in Gu Lan's hand and rushed over to them crying and shouting!
"Master Imperial Envoy! You have to help us. Our daughter has been missing for several days. How can her body hold up!"
"If my girl can't come back, I won't have anything to live for!"
"Master Imperial Envoy, you must help us find it. We kowtow to you!"
"..."
The girls have been missing for several days and were kidnapped by thieves. They know in their hearts that their chances of survival are slim!
Under extreme worry and anger, they were inevitably very excited!
Several elderly people really wanted to come over and pull Gu Lan's clothes and kneel down to kowtow to him!
Wei Zhi quickly took Gu Lan to Xuantiansi.
Let the subordinates stop the old people for the time being.
...
Inside the Xuantian Temple, after passing through the entrance of the hall, the two came to the dungeon with high iron bars.
I can no longer hear the anxious cries outside.
Wei Zhi was relieved.
Gu Lan frowned: "The matter is far more serious than imagined... Are all the girls who were kidnapped dead, and you have blocked the news, or have they really not been found?"
"Brother Gu, we really haven't found it!"
Wei Zhi knew that he had misunderstood, and smiled bitterly: "Although the possibility of being killed is extremely high, His Majesty did not let us deceive or block the news..."
"Now that the news has spread, if the interrogation does not reveal the reason, His Majesty will issue an edict to accuse himself, and we will also be dismissed!"
"Um."
Gu Lan nodded slightly.
The current situation is indeed not optimistic. That is because the enemy is evil and cunning!
The imperial court also had its faults, but when facing a powerful enemy, the Habayashi Guards, whose average cultivation level was only at the Acquired Heaven Realm... would inevitably make omissions.
but.
This way of dealing with it made Gu Lan feel that Empress Dajing was quite humane!
If it were another emperor, would he admit his mistake and save others?
Absolutely impossible!
Lying to deceive the people is the worst!
Even in history, there were many cases where the emperor got angry when he made a mistake and sent troops to suppress those poor people, only to have this kind of thing exposed!
It would be better if the Empress didn't exploit me... Gu Lan breathed a long sigh of relief and said calmly: "Take me to see the criminal, and tell me the situation by the way."
"Okay!" Wei Zhi nodded.
Since Gu Lan was sent as an imperial envoy, he must be capable. He would not have any jealousy and immediately told Gu Lan everything he knew.
"The prisoner is very afraid of death, especially since he knows that he is the only person in the court who can open up a breakthrough for the forces behind the scenes, so the news is very strong!"
"He wants to use that only piece of news to exchange for a chance of survival?" Gu Lan asked.
King-level cultivation already has the ability to self-destruct.
If he didn't want to survive, he could have killed a few of Xuantiansi's arresters together!
"um, yes!"
Wei Zhi glanced at Gu Lan approvingly, and spoke in a deep voice while walking down the dark and damp dungeon steps.
"This person's cultivation level is not low, and his body is very resistant to beatings. He can eat soft things but not hard things..."
"But we really don't want to feed this beast that harms good families!"
"But if he doesn't speak tonight, due to the situation, we can only promise him something to tempt him to speak..."
Wei Zhi clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth!
He hated this kind of scumbag, but those poor old people outside were eager to know the result, so they made him in a dilemma!
"Even if you give him soft food, what he said may not be true..." Gu Lan said lightly.
There are countless sects in the world who practice the evil furnace cauldron technique.
Why would the prisoner tell the truth, causing the sect behind him to hate the traitor and increasing the risk of assassinating him later?
Wei Zhi was stunned and shook his head helplessly!
"That's true! However, there is no other way. Now it is difficult for him to speak. The authenticity of the news can only be verified later."
"Too much trouble!"
Gu Lan stopped. In the dungeon in front of him was a scarred King Realm evil cultivator. He must have been the prisoner.
Gu Lan glanced at the criminal, and the corners of his handsome face turned up, revealing a harmless smile.
"Brother Wei, please go outside and block it for a while. Don't worry about me... Come down after a stick of incense and you will know the result."
"Brother Gu, are you serious?!"
Wei Zhi leaned back, his eyes filled with doubts!
After a moment, he nodded slowly and murmured.
"It seems that Brother Gu was appointed as the imperial envoy with some means... That's right. Your Majesty has so much trust in Jie Yuan. How can he be so smart?"
Wei Zhi subconsciously felt that Gu Lan might be trying to use some subtle and tactful means to make people repent and speak out.
Gu Lan smiled and said nothing, making no comment.
Attack the heart?
I do, but for this kind of scum, there is absolutely no need!
As Wei Zhi left, the iron door creaked with a heart-wrenching sound, and the dungeon became dark again.
Gu Lan walked towards the cell.
"A scholar, you want to get secrets from me? Haha, you seem to think too highly of yourself..."
The prisoner was tied to an iron frame.
Seeing Gu Lan's blue scholar's shirt, he sneered with disdain!
He glanced around with gloomy eyes, and even felt a little impatient in his heart... Wei Zhi was gone, and the guards were weak. If he took the opportunity to break away from the chains and kidnap the scholar, would he have a chance to escape? !
At this time!
Gu Lan raised his eyes, as deep as ink, and his clear voice echoed in the musty cell: "I heard, do you want soft food or hard food?"
The prisoner looked at him and smiled: "Yes! Are you sent by the imperial court to negotiate with me? Let me tell you, I only have one request. Prepare me some silver before you release me. Oh yes! And there is healing. Medicine, your torture these days..."
As he spoke, his words stopped abruptly.
Because in Gu Lan's eyes, a strange luster condensed, and a little lasing directly invaded his fragile sea of consciousness!
Immortal magic·soul searching!
The prisoner groaned, his face dull.
The soul subconsciously resists!
However, the difference between the king realm and the emperor realm cannot be described as cloud and mud!
Gu Lan didn't care about his resistance at all, just let his soul float out of his body, and watched helplessly as he read his memory!
"After the Soul Searching Technique, you may become demented and numb, but this is too cheap for you. I will personally help you repair your five senses, so that you can... live a long life in this cell!"
Gu Lan said coldly.
I used the Soul Searching Technique to read this scumbag's memory bit by bit, and the evil deeds he had done in his life were also clearly visible!
When he saw that he was helping the evil cultivator in Mobei named Huanxi Immortal Palace to kidnap young girls, causing countless families to be separated from each other, a burst of anger came from people's hearts!
The murderous intention of the Emperor Realm almost condensed into substance in the cell, making the prisoner's soul tremble in the void!
"No! What kind of sorcery is this? Don't look at it. It's my memory. How could you see it!?"
The prisoner's soul was imprisoned in place, his eyes were horrified, and his body was covered in chaff!
His voice was sharp, and as he watched Gu Lan read the memory in an orderly manner, there was fear from the depths of his soul in his eyes!
Gu Lan knew the secret he relied on to negotiate!
He no longer has any leverage to survive!
And according to what Gu Lan said, he wouldn't be allowed to die so easily. In a cell... life would be worse than death! !
"Stop looking, I said it all! I'm willing to say anything! Just let me go...just let me die happily. I have no other requirements!"
The prisoners’ souls beg for mercy!
Unfortunately, Gu Lan ignored him.
At this time, the prisoner had no stupid idea of trying to hold Gu Lan hostage. He was in the king realm and had general perception.
There is no one in the cell at this moment, Gu Lan’s cultivation level is no longer concealed!
The feeling it gave him was even more heart-warming than the pressure of the great palace lord in the Immortal Palace, not to mention that their Immortal Palace... was not a local force in this world!
In front of Gu Lan.
He didn't even have a chance to commit suicide, so he could only beg to die like this!
Gu Lan turned a deaf ear and his eyes were clear.
These sinful memories can easily affect people's minds. If they are ordinary monks, they are likely to be contaminated by this so-called picture of life in the fairy palace and fall into evil ways!
And Gu Lan's immortal Buddha heart played a huge role at this moment!
The sacred Buddha light shines everywhere, exquisite and clear.
Let his spiritual platform be clear, and just quietly observe the Huanxi Immortal Palace located in a corner of the hinterland of Mobei, and write down the useful information in this prisoner's memory.
a long time.
Gu Lan saw the scene after the prisoner followed Elder Sun to the capital!
"The purpose of coming here is to collect enough Yin source, and then the elders will return to the palace to feed it back to the three palace masters..."
When Gu Lan saw the appearance of Elder Sun in the picture, he felt a chill in his heart, thinking that those three palace masters were really cruel!
Subsequently.
Gu Lan's eyes suddenly lit up!
He saw the final destination of those women in that hellish mansion!
"He actually didn't kill them, but hid them in a cellar outside the city... Did he want to take them with him when he returned to Mobei..."
Gu Lan narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling relieved in his heart.
Fortunately, we came to search for souls today, otherwise most of these poor girls in the cellar would not be able to survive the night!
However!
Before Gu Lan could rejoice for a long time, he saw a scene that made his heart sink, and his brows suddenly furrowed!
"Tonight I will go to Dongzhi Street to find Lin Tan'er. You stay at home and look after the house. Don't let these girls run away!"
"Yes, elder!"
"..."
This old devil is looking for Tan'er! ?
But Tan'er didn't see anything that day, or maybe she encountered something and didn't tell herself? With her cultivation at the peak of the King Realm, she would definitely not be a match for this old devil if he met him! No, no, if the old devil succeeds, how can he die...
Gu Lan was thinking wildly, feeling that something was missing!
The aura around him was frantic with his thoughts, and the terrifying coercion of the Imperial Realm permeated the entire dungeon!
Gu Lan was very worried about something happening to Lin Tan'er, and with her temperament, it was easy for her to remain silent afterwards!
After being together for so long, although she is a maid, she is also one of his family members, not to mention... He also promised Lin Lu to take good care of her!
The prisoner's soul groaned, his bones instantly cracked and deformed, and black blood poured out all over the ground!
The entire Xuantian Division was trembling!
The jailer outside didn't know where the aura came from. He was afraid that something might happen to the imperial envoy inside, so he quickly wanted to open the door and take a look.
But the iron door seems to be welded shut!
No matter how hard you try, you can't open it!
The two jailers panicked!
"You continue to guard here, I'll call Mr. Wei!"
"Okay! Go quickly!"
...
In the dungeon!
Under the power that almost crushed him, the criminal's eyes were frightened, and he used all his strength to make a "ho ho" sound in his throat.
Gu Lan woke up immediately.
Waved with one hand!
The soul's neck was held in his hand, and he could cut it off at any time, as if he was holding a little chicken!
Gu Lan's eyes were cold and stern, and he asked in a low voice: "Did Elder Sun of yours return to your house that day? Did he succeed?"
The soul roughly knows where Gu Lan's anger comes from!
He glanced at his memory screen and said tremblingly: "This...Lin Tan'er must not have been touched by Elder Sun!"
"Because Elder Sun, Elder Sun, he was killed within less than a stick of incense after leaving the house. Officers and soldiers came to the house to ransack the house... In such a short time, he just went to Dongzhi Street!"
The memory of the soul is right in front of you.
Gu Lan was stunned for a moment and looked back at that time again. What he said was indeed the truth!
"Since he didn't succeed, how did he die... What happened to the old devil on the way to Dongzhi Street?"
Gu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, murmured in confusion, and finally let go of his palms.
The soul knelt on the ground and gasped desperately!
He had just experienced what it felt like to walk through the gates of hell!
"It's better to be alive, even in a cell..." The prisoner rolled his eyes, twitched the corners of his mouth crazily, and finally passed out in front of Gu Lan!
Gu Lan glanced at him and shook his head.
With a slip of his finger, he moved his mud-like soul back into his body.
...
At the same time, outside the dungeon door.
Wei Zhi hurried over, his face even more impatient than before!
"Gu... The Imperial Envoy is still inside? No matter how you look at the cell, you can't even see the door! If something happens to the Imperial Envoy inside, you won't even have your head!"
Wei Zhi glared with bloodshot eyes and yelled at the two jailers!
He was really worried about Gu Lan's safety!
I regretted very much why I listened to Gu Lan and went up there. He was a helpless scholar and would be plotted by that evil cultivator if he was not careful. How could he leave him alone down there? Damn it. !
The two jailers felt extremely guilty and did not dare to refute. They could only pray in their hearts that nothing would happen to Gu Lan!
"You all get out of the way, and I'll try to see if I can cut through the black iron gate and rescue Brother Gu!"
Thinking of the shocking news just now!
Wei Zhi still couldn't wait any longer. He pulled out the thick waist knife with both hands and gasped heavily. He gathered all his strength against the thick iron fence...
