C21

The room was dark, and it was hard for his eyes to get used to the bright sunlight when he came out. Luo Yi used the back of his hand to cover his eyes for a good while before he slowly lowered his hands.

Liu Liangyun was not affected in the slightest. Seeing her actions, he did not forget to step forward to pay attention to her and was politely avoided by Luo Yi.

Liu Yin did not seem to care about these things. Seeing the two of them come out, she did not question them about what they were discussing in the secret room, and was not curious about what Liu Liangyun had said before he left, he just continued to remind him. "I told Helian Rong that I will send you out of the Northern Tribes in three days.

So Luo Yi didn't understand, why did he purposely leave these words for Liu Yin? Was it just to show that he cared about her?

Furthermore, ever since she found out that something had happened to Xu Heng, aside from the time her heart had violently dropped a little when she first received Liu Yin's sachet, she had not had any other extreme reactions at all. She had even calmly accepted this reality — — Until she had heard Liu Yin's words.

However, it was just for a moment. His heart sank suddenly, but his instinct for survival quickly pulled it back. Therefore, she pursed her lips and stayed silent for a long time. When she opened her mouth, the corners of her lips slightly lifted up. "Thank you."

The reason that Liu Yin begged Helian Rong to bring Luo Yi out of the general's manor was to use the excuse of "Take your sister back to the grave while the Incorruptible Medical Seat is not here". Coincidentally, because of the important matters that the Innocent Medical Seat had left this time, it would not be able to return for a short period of time, so the matter of sending Luo Yi away was not as urgent as it was before.

Luo Yi nodded to show that sshe remembered. Then, he saw Liu Yin's serious face reminded him once again, "So no matter what you and Liu Liangyun are planning, or how much your progress has been, you must leave after three days."

"Got it."

Luo Yi, disguised as a maid, followed behind Liu Liangyun as she took out a few tokens from his bosom. The tokens were obtained from Zheng Jungfu in the early hours of the morning, and she said that she had an important case of a prisoner locked in the prison of the Northern Tribes, so he wanted to personally interrogate him.

Zheng Jun's face was still in a bad condition, he had not been able to borrow money from the imperial court in recent days, so naturally, he was not willing to accompany Liu Liangyun on this trip. Therefore, he directly handed the token to Zheng Jun, saying that he could bring up any prisoners he wanted to interrogate.

Liu Liangyun took the token and thanked me politely. He said that he would return it as soon as possible. Then Zheng Jun raised his hand and pushed him on the shoulder, "Lord Liu, there is no need to be polite with me."

Therefore, Liu Liangyun took the token and walked deep into the cell.

The more they stayed behind, the more guilty they were, and the more they detested Liu Liangyun, who was an important official of the court. Liu Liangyun had been scolded harshly by the criminals on both sides on his way here, but he just pretended to be deaf and kept walking, looking straight ahead, until he finally stopped in front of a cell at the very end of the road.

The prisoners in this cell weren't some evil and diabolical people. On the contrary, the people inside seemed to be more subservient. They were all hiding in the corner and couldn't stop trembling when they heard the sound of footsteps. They all tried to squeeze into the corner even more.

Liu Liangyun turned around and smiled apologetically at the jailer who had been following them. "Sorry for the trouble. I have a few things I would like to ask him in private."

"This …" The prison warden tilted his head to look at the man in the corner. "I'm afraid the rules don't match …"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Liangyun gave Luo Yi a look. Luo Yi understood and took out a bag of silver from her bosom and handed it over to the jailer. She smiled at the same time: "Young brother, our master only has two questions, it's a secret, so it's not appropriate for outsiders to be present.

This was the first time that she had done such a thing, but she acted as if she was extremely talented. As she spoke, she did not forget to look at the prison warden with eyes full of innocence, "I guarantee that this matter will not reach the fourth person's ears. We will also properly look after this person and definitely will not make a mistake."

"In that case …" The jailer who was leading the way hesitated as he felt the heavy bag in his hands, and when he saw the harmless look in Luo Yi's eyes, he immediately lost all three of his soul and could only nod his head in agreement, "Then, all of you go as fast as possible, I'll wait outside. If there's anything you need to tell me, it'll be fine."

"Thank you very much." Luo Yi replied with a smile on her face.

After the jailer left, Liu Liangyun waved at Luo Yi again, saying, "You don't have to stay here, you just have to wait over there."

Liu Liangyun pointed to the front.

The cell they were in was indeed the one at the end of the road, but they had not reached the end of the road. They turned right at an intersection not far ahead and entered a separate cell.

Xu Heng was locked up there.

Liu Liangyun's words seemed to say that he wanted her to stand guard at the intersection, but in reality, he was telling her that he was standing guard right there. He would notify her of any movements outside, so if there was anything he wanted to say to Xu Heng, he could be at ease.

Luo Yi lifted her head to look at Liu Liangyun, and this time, she thanked him without any other feelings.

Xu Heng thought that he had been tortured, and the prison clothes on his body were all tattered. Some parts of his body were even covered with blood, and his long hair was scattered all over his face, making him look like he had shed a layer of skin.

When Luo Yi went over, he was still lying on the ground and had not woken up. Luo Yi held onto the fence and shouted her name a few times, but only then did she see that he still had some traces of waking up.

"Mm …"

Xu Heng seemed to finally be woken up a little by her cries, and a small groan came out of his throat. After that, he opened his eyes slightly and looked in her direction, and upon seeing who was coming, he smiled, "You're here …"

He supported himself on the ground with one hand and bent one leg at the same time, waiting for his upper body to completely leave the ground before obediently raising his other leg. It was clearly a very simple series of actions, but it was actually made very difficult by him. Luo Yi's heart skipped a beat, and she waited until Xu Heng limped in front of her before opening his mouth wide: "What's wrong with your leg?"

Her voice was trembling uncontrollably, the hand that was placed on the wooden railing was tight, even the veins on the back of her hand could be seen.

"Nothing …" Xu Heng comforted her, but his injured legs were still unable to take on his body. Therefore, just by walking from the prison to the door, his legs were already uncontrollably trembling, but he was afraid of scaring Luo Yi, so he pretended to be indifferent and slid down the wall with his back facing the door: "They were afraid that I would run away, so they injured my legs."

"But it doesn't matter. I'll be fine after two days."

He smiled at Luo Yi, but seeing that she was still standing there like a fool, he reached out to tug on the corner of her clothes, "Aren't you tired of standing?"

"..." "Tired." Luo Yi didn't even know how she said this word in a steady voice. Sensing that Xu Heng's actions of tugging at the corner of her clothes, he was even able to smile at him, and then, he obediently sat on the ground.

"Where's Liu Liangyun?"

"Outside," Luo Yi said as she pulled out the ointment she had brought before the event started. She then pulled out one of Xu Heng's arm through a crack in the railing and carefully smeared some of the ointment on the wound.

The densely packed wounds looked like they had been whipped. Luo Yi's eyes stung from head to toe, but she persisted on looking at them from start to finish: "Such a good medicine."

She was still in the mood to tease him. "It's all because of you."

"So what? I'll return it to you later."

Xu Heng went along with what she said, his lips now had more blood red than before.

Not only that,'s entire body became much more energetic due to the coolness of the ointment being applied to his wound. He smiled as he pulled his arm out of Luo Yi's hand and inserted his finger into the wound as well. Then, he gently scratched on her palm.

The itchy feeling from his palm made Luo Yi instinctively retract his hands, but after walking halfway through his movements, he forcefully held back. He allowed Xu Heng to randomly draw on her palm without a destination, and at the same time lowered his voice and laughed: "Only after breaking your leg do I know how much pain you had while twisting your leg, and it's hard for you to not make a sound."

Luo Yi choked for a second, she lowered her head and stared at both of their hands, and then replied with a low voice: "How can a sprained ankle be compared to a broken leg, have you gone stupid from the pain?"

She was clearly fine everywhere, but her voice sounded even more mute than Xu Heng's, like a dry desert, as if she would vomit blood in the next second due to being unable to withstand the scorching sun.

For some reason, Xu Heng suddenly laughed, and used his other hand to stroke her hair in praise: "Well done."

He said, "Fortunately, you didn't really fall down last time in the garden. Otherwise, even if you broke your leg, I'm afraid it would still hurt a lot."

"You're the fool …" Luo Yi retorted: "Is it worth it?"

"..." My father only had one son. "

In short, Luo Yi was not willing to raise her head to look at Xu Heng at all, and was also not very sensitive to the flow of time. She could only make Xu Heng's voice the only thing she believed in in in this kind of dim and quiet environment, hoping that he would open her mouth to save herself while praying that it would be best for him to never speak again.

However, how difficult was this request? Xu Heng could not help but laugh, but he did not stop himself from laughing: "When I was young, my body was weak, and when I was in school, I was always bullied by the kids in the academy. But the matter of children cannot involve adults, so I kept it a secret from my father, telling him that I was having a good time in the academy. But how can a child fool an adult? "

Seemingly speaking too much in one breath, Xu Heng paused here for two seconds and took in a deep breath before continuing, "In order to make those people not dare to bully me again, father specifically found an expert to perform at the entrance of the academy — At that time, there was always a ferocious dog tied to the hundred-year old tree outside the academy. I heard that it was raised by a teacher, and people who came to and fro were afraid of it, but the person my father invited, easily cut its throat with a dagger."

"Blood was all over the ground. It almost dyed the roots red. The person that my father invited gave that dagger to me right in front of everyone."

"No one dared to bully me after that. They were afraid of the dagger in my hand, just like the man who did it at the time. "

Xu Heng's finger continued to randomly draw on Luo Yi's palm for no reason: "But then I lost that dagger … "Actually, it's not really a loss …"

He added, "My father hid it. He said that daggers were a sharp weapon that could wound people, and they would not hurt themselves if they were left in my hands, so he kept them for me. "But weapons …"

Only by holding it in his hand could he have a defensive effect.

"I know." Luo Yi replied. Who would've thought that just as she finished her sentence, a short laugh rang in her ears. "What do you know …?"

Then, without waiting for her response, Xu Heng took out a purse from his bosom and placed it in her hands.

The embroidered mandarin duck looked like two wild chickens, but it was exactly such a worthless thing, yet Luo Yi actually didn't dare to easily pick it up, as if it was tainted with the poison of the Body Refining Bone, and the person in front of her had not only turned a blind eye to the poison, she was even risking his life to tempt her to have a taste.

He said that I had spent a lot of effort to steal it back and leave it behind, so Luo Yi …

The Snake King spat out its bright red tongue, luring humans to work hard for it. "Next time, you can try fighting for it."

Luo Yi, "..."

She had originally already calmed down to the point of being clear of six, yet with just a single sentence from Xu Heng, she was easily pulled back into the mortal world.

It was only at this moment that she started to feel the pain coming from her chest. It densely covered her heart, as if someone was trying to grind her bones and swallow them together with her blood.

Before they left, Liu Liangyun asked them what they had said inside. Luo Yi thought about the last part of Xu Heng's words, "Don't believe anyone", which he had whispered in her ear, and said indifferently: "It's just the embarrassing incident of when he was bullied when he was young."

While they were talking, two more guards passed by them.

The guards stopped to salute Liu Liangyun, who waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to be overly courteous. The two men then got up and continued their patrol.

Their heads were whispering to each other, but it was unknown what was going on. Luo Yi listened for a bit, but he vaguely heard what they were saying …

"These past two days have been really eventful. Not to mention capturing one who attacked the Royal Tomb at night, even the one who tried to ambush our master a few days ago was captured as well."

"Is that so?" The other put his ear closer.

He was not interested in who had attacked the Royal Tomb in the night. He only kept asking who was so bold as to dare to lay his hands on the president of the Ministry of Justice.

"Our master is famous for taking revenge!"

"Yeah!" The person who had spoken earlier carefully scanned his surroundings. After confirming that there were no outsiders, he continued, "I heard that both his legs were broken."