outside the imperial city

69 The Long Night

"Master Xie, what are you going to do?" Sun Jing handed Xie Ce the paper that recorded Yao Fanglan's words.

After reading it, Xie Ce asked, "What do you think?"

Sun Jingdao: "Although the authenticity is open to question, I think that all civil and military officials and the people of the world have the right to know. It will take at least a few months to fully investigate these seven matters. These are sued to the world. Just need to write clearly that they have not been found out."

Xie Ce was also shocked.The current direction of the matter is in the plan of him and Yao Fanglan, but Yao Fanglan has never mentioned these things to him.

He tentatively asked, "Sun Jing, are you against the Queen?"

Sun Jing didn't waver in the slightest: "All I care about is the truth. Before I knew this, I didn't oppose or support it. But now, I'm extremely opposed."

Xie Ce said: "It's really rare, do you believe these groundless words?"

"These words seem unfounded," Sun Jingdao said, "but in fact, each of them contains evidence, although it is not direct evidence. And I have heard a lot of rumors about Yao Zanglan. It's like cheating. The most important thing is that this matter is of great importance, and it is better to believe it than to believe it."

Xie Ce sighed: "If you really want to tell the world about this, you have to make sure that he and I live until tomorrow morning, and you have to make sure that morning morning is normal. What can you do?"

He has been thinking about this question since he separated from Yao Fanglan, but he didn't get a satisfactory answer.Although I also contacted several officials of the Li Wang Party, it was not an insurance policy after all.

Sun Jing smiled: "If your lord is worrying about this matter, I have a way to solve it. Thanks to Mr. Yao, I have brought many ordinary people."

Yao Fanglan took a few steps back, keeping a distance from Liu Hongyun as much as possible.He moved his hand, and there was a thin wire hidden between his fingers.The shackles must be undone as soon as possible.

"What's the matter?" Liu Hongyun raised her hair that covered half of her face, "Young Master Yao, didn't you say you wanted to spend the spring night with me?"

Yao Fanglan groped for a long time, and finally found the keyhole on the surface of the handcuffs.He said calmly, "I'm a good man. There's nothing I can do. After all, I have a family. But you..."

Although Liu Hongyun quickly put her hair back, Yao Fanglan could still see clearly.The originally beautiful half of the face was burned by something, leaving a large red mark.

"'That adult' has treated you like this, and you still help her? Besides, didn't King Jinyuan stab you in the chest that day?"

"Unfortunately, it was off by a few inches, and that lord saved me." Liu Hongyun waved his hand, and the long whip came in from between the iron rods, hitting Yao Zanglan.

Yao Fanglan jumped to the side, dodged the attack, and kept trying to pry the lock with the wire in his hand.He smiled and said: "Miss Liu, I really didn't know you would use this kind of murder weapon... Liu?"

Liu Hongyun withdrew her long whip: "Did you just find out? What I said that day was half true and half false. That adult saved me and existed like a god. However, who is she and what does she look like? But I know it. Because, the current empress is my own sister!"

Yao Zanglan undid the handcuffs, jumped to the side, dodged another attack from her, and then bent down, trying to untie the shackles.But Liu Hongyun sensed his intention, and the speed of retracting and releasing the long whip was much faster, and Yao Fanglan had no time to unlock it.

Liu Hongyun bent down, put her fingers to the waist of the yamen servant, and pulled out a bunch of keys: "The Liu family was originally a rich family, but when I was six years old, the family was ruined. My sister was sold to the Zhang family as a servant, and I was sold to the Zhang family. To the brothel. Do you know how much we hate?"

"Hate our parents, hate the person who bought us," she tried the keys one by one, Yao Zanglan kept turning the wire, "hate this world!"

She opened the door, threw the key on the ground, and walked in.Yao Fanglan threw the shackles aside, took a deep breath to calm herself down.

In order not to arouse Sun Jing's suspicion, he did not bring a bow and arrow today.Most of the long whip has medicine used by Mrs. Wang, so it must not be injured by that whip.They could only hide until Sun Jing brought Xie Ce over, provided they were all still alive.The main problem now is how to bypass Liu Hongyun and get out without running too far.

"Is it really okay for you to do this?" Yao Fanglan said, "I have already told Mrs. Sun that if I die suddenly in prison, I can be sure that those things were really done by the queen."

"Hmph," Liu Hongyun sneered, "he must be alive. Besides, who would be so stupid to kill you and leave the body here? Then he will think that you want to slander the empress , Seeing that things are not as you wish, you killed the jailer and fled in fear of crime? My sister wants the Holy Pill, forgot?"

She approached Yao Fanglan step by step, and the latter was staring at the cell door, waiting for the opportunity to run out.

"Master Sun is not so easy to deceive."

"You don't need to fool Mr. Sun," Liu Hongyun swung his whip, "you just need to fool the common people."

This is really his carelessness.Yao Fanglan dodged the long whip, full of self-blame.Liu Hongyun's technique of dancing the long whip is already perfect, it seems that there are no dead ends in her body.Apart from--

Yao Fanglan took a run-up, and when he was almost in front of Liu Hongyun, he jumped up with both feet, trying to take advantage of Liu Hongyun's surprise and jump over from above.Unexpectedly, Liu Hongyun shot out suddenly, grabbed his feet and pulled him down, Yao Fanglan's body shook, and he fell to the ground from a height of one person.

The moment her back hit the ground, Yao Zanglan adjusted her posture to reduce the damage, but she still coughed up a big mouthful of blood.Naturally, Liu Hongyun would not miss this opportunity, and immediately dropped the whip, Yao Fanglan rolled up and rolled outside the prison door.

"Hahaha, look at you like this," Liu Hongyun said with a sinister smile, "I really want everyone to come and see, especially that King Jinyuan. See if he will go crazy, or will he go crazy?"

"Is it you who are crazy?" Yao Fanglan wiped her mouth, "Damn, you are really strong."

Isn't the internal organs damaged by the shock?Yao Fanglan stood up with difficulty, and staggered towards the door of the dungeon.The long whip was thrown, and Yao Fanglan leaned over, turned to escape deeper into the dungeon.

Always feel strange.If it was really sent by the queen to kidnap him, there should be no need to be cruel to him?Wouldn't it be good to just grab it?Moreover, she didn't directly kill the servants, why?

So, could it be that the queen didn't grasp the situation immediately, and Liu Hongyun acted without authorization?

It's not impossible, after all, Liu Hongyun came too fast.And, in her case, it looked like she wanted revenge on them.

Yao Zanglan hid in a corner and shouted to the outside: "You are making your own decisions. If Liu Wanwan finds out, what will she say about you?"

This dungeon is only used to temporarily hold prisoners, and only the first few rooms are closed.Going deep, there was no one there, and there was an echo in the emptiness, which made Liu Hongyun unable to accurately locate Yao Fanglan.

She dragged her long whip to look around: "As expected of Yao Zanglan, I am indeed making my own decisions. So, I will definitely not miss. If you miss again," she stretched out her hand to hold the burned half of her face, "If you miss again, my sister will put I totally gave up."

It turns out that he wanted to take credit for solving me first.Yao Fanglan took out two pills from his sleeve and held them tightly in his palm.

Footsteps approached.Liu Hongyun seemed to have noticed that he was here, the sound of the whip falling to the ground, and Yao Fanglan threw the pill towards Liu Hongyun.Seeing an unknown object, Liu Hongyun subconsciously smashed the two pills with a whip.

The one in front released a lot of smoke and dust as soon as it was broken; the one in the back exploded at the same time as it cracked.The blasting wind blew the smoke into Liu Hongyun's eyes, she covered her eyes in pain, and the whip hit the back indiscriminately.

Yao Fanglan waited for the whip to reach the front before running towards the dungeon door.The yamen servant was still lying there, holding his breath.Yao Zanglan raised his arm and pulled him up from the ground: "Let's go to a safe place first, and I'll heal your wounds."

Liu Hongyun's howling sound was getting closer and closer, Yao Fanglan supported the yamen servant, and walked towards the door with difficulty.

"Let me go, the two of you can't escape." The yamen servant said, "That woman has gone crazy."

"Yeah, crazy." Yao Fanglan quickened his pace as much as possible.The stairs are narrow, and if you encounter a whip here, you cannot avoid it.We must hurry up, hurry up to the top.

With a sudden force, Yao Fanglan pushed the injured yamen servant to the ground, and then climbed on the ground of the entrance, ready to go up.The long whip came to him, as if it had gained its own mind, it flexibly wrapped around his leg, and he only felt a strong force pulling him down.

Could it really be folded here?

Yao Fanglan gritted her teeth and propped herself up, finally seeing the scene on the ground.The yamen servants who remained were basically lying here, each of them had bloody scars hanging on their fronts, and they were motionless, probably dead.

"You," Yao Fanglan felt unspeakable anger for a long time, "unforgivable."

He let go of his hands, curled his body upwards, avoided the steps, and was carried down by the whip and gravity.Liu Hongyun didn't expect him to let go suddenly, and couldn't react for a while.Yao Zanglan raised her other unfettered foot, kicked her heavily in the face, and knocked her to the ground.

The long whip wrapped around his leg fell to the ground, and Yao Fanglan turned back and entered the aisle.Although I really want to kick her a few more times, it's not a good time to be in a fight, the most important thing is to save my life.

"Don't even think about it!" Liu Hongyun got up, picked up the long whip on the ground and waved wildly, "I can't fail again!"

Why hasn't Sun Jing Xie Ce come over yet?Did an accident really happen?Yao Zanglan panicked, lost her sanity a lot, subconsciously grabbed the oncoming long whip, and stopped the attack of the whip with her hands.

The whip left a scar in Yao Fanglan's hand, Yao Fanglan kept pulling, and snatched the whole whip away.

It's still hurt, now I can only pray that the whip doesn't have the magic bullet that can force out the holy pill.Yao Fanglan glanced at the bloodstains on his hands, and ran out of the dungeon.

Sun Jing and Xie Ce have arrived.

"Yao Fanglan," Sun Jing was inspecting the wounds of his subordinates, "Did you kill these people?" He seemed to be angry, but his tone was extremely calm.

"What? Are you kidding? Why should I kill them?"

Sun Jing raised his chin at him, Yao Fanglan looked down and saw that his hand was still wrapped with a long whip, and his heart suddenly became uncertain.

He threw the long whip to the ground, and said resignedly: "There is another person in the dungeon, and she is the real murderer. However, it is very likely that she has committed suicide."

Sun Jing signaled the yamen guard behind him to check in the dungeon, and stood up: "If she is already dead, how can we confirm that what you said is true? What if she is your accomplice?"

Yao Fanglan sneered: "Do you think if the murderer was really me, I would have been caught so easily by you?"

Sun Jing walked up to Yao Fanglan himself, and handcuffed and fettered him again: "What if you deliberately stayed at the scene because you wanted us to think so?"

The yamen servant quickly came up from the dungeon, still holding Liu Hongyun's body in his arms.The dagger stabbed straight into the chest, killing him on the spot.

Yao Fanglan frowned, thinking to herself, Liu Hongyun really achieved his goal by mistake.

Sun Jing turned around and said to the people around him: "The established plan will not change. The Empress will definitely give you an explanation tomorrow morning. We will investigate this murder case later. Someone, take Yao Zanglan under arrest."

The two passed each other, and Sun Jing said in a low voice, "Yao Fanglan, I'm very disappointed in you."