Yan Ruyu didn't hesitate and slashed at the stone statue opposite. This time, it wasn't just the arm that was chopped off, but it was severed from the waist.

With a "boom", the stone statue shattered and its upper body collapsed.

Yan Ruyu didn't even blink, and continued to swing her sword, one after another, cutting down all the stone statues that came to stop her.

Originally there was still some distance between her and Huo Changhe, but now they were slashing all the way, and soon they were reunited.

"Don't worry, there are no people in these stone statues, they are just stones. The blood is just some red liquid, not blood."

Yan Ruyu quickly explained, and Huo Changhe breathed a sigh of relief and no longer had any worries.

"You haven't, right? Are you injured?"

"No, don't worry, let's go, let's fight out together!"

The two of them fought side by side, heading towards the opposite side.

When Yan Ruyu looked up again, Taoist Master Shi Ling on the opposite side had disappeared. He didn't know where he had gone. Looking back again, Magistrate Cao, who was originally waiting at the same place, was also missing.

As expected, Yan Ruyu didn't pay much attention to it, and concentrated on breaking into the formation with Huo Changhe. Within a moment, most of these stone statues were chopped off.

Huo Changhe chuckled and said, "Yu'er, it seems that these stone statues are much inferior to the Bronze Man Formation you mentioned."

Yan Ruyu shook the knife in her hand: "If they only have this ability, then I really look down on them."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard something turning under the ground, which turned from small to loud.

Without any time to say anything else, Huo Changhe grabbed Yan Ruyu's waist and jumped into the air on the broken stone statue.

In the secret cell, Li Jingyao was thinking with his eyes closed when he suddenly heard the secret door being opened and someone striding in. It was the man who delivered medicine to the two Taoist priests before, and there seemed to be another one following him.

Li Jingyao raised his eyes, passed the medicine delivery person in front, and looked at the one behind him.

The man was in his forties, of medium build, slightly chubby, with bronze skin and big round eyes. He walked slowly but with great momentum, far beyond the comparison of the person delivering medicine in front of him.

When Li Jingyao saw him, his mind felt like it was struck by lightning, and he finally understood why he heard a familiar voice just now.

Presumably it was this person who was outside the secret door just now.

Li Jingyao couldn't help but stand up and walked to the railing.

The medicine delivery man looked at him: "Hey, I knew I was here to pick you up, so you stood up on your own?"

Li Jingyao glanced at him.

The medicine delivery person said: "Your husband is here to see you. Doesn't this mean that you and your wife must meet?"

Li Jingyao's eyes narrowed, is King Zhennan coming?

It turned out that these people wanted to use him as a hostage to blackmail Huo Changhe.

However, at this time, Li Jingyao's heart was full of anger and he no longer wanted to care about cynicism.

He ignored the medicine delivery man and looked at the middle-aged man behind him again.

He raised his fingers at the man.

The medicine delivery person was stunned, and the middle-aged man was also stunned, but out of curiosity, he still came forward.

After all, he was facing a weak woman, and she was separated by an iron railing.

"What's the matter with me?"

Li Jingyao said nothing and looked at him through the railing.

As long as Li Jingyao reaches out, the railing can be broken again and he can choke the man's neck.

The three railings were broken long ago, but they only look like they were intact.

Li Jingyao's anger rushed to the top of his head, and his remaining reason could hardly resist the clamoring emotion: choke him, choke him to death! Bai Youliang, you ungrateful bitch!

Just when he was about to lose his patience, the old Taoist priest quickly said: "This lady has a throat problem and can't speak."

Bai Youliang felt that the woman's eyes were a bit too sharp, and she seemed familiar. When the old Taoist priest spoke, he interrupted his train of thought.

"Don't waste time, get her out."

The medicine delivery man opened the door and said to Li Jingyao: "Let's go! Hurry up, don't you want to see your husband?"

Li Jingyao looked back at the old Taoist priest. The old Taoist master and apprentice quickly waved to him and told him to leave quickly without delay.

Li Jingyao's throat rolled and he turned around and walked out.

The medicine delivery person was behind and Bai Youliang was in front, sandwiching Li Jingyao in the middle.

Li Jingyao followed him out of the secret door, and when he got outside, he discovered that this was a mountain forest, with a courtyard wall a few meters away, and there was a lot of noise in the courtyard wall.

It seemed like someone was fighting, but it wasn't all fighting between people. There was also the sound of breaking stones from time to time.

Walk outside the courtyard wall and pass through the corner gate. Instead of going inside, there are steps going up to the right.

Go up the steps to a two-story attic.

There was a Taoist priest standing in the attic, wearing a Taoist robe and a dust whisk. He was many times more imposing than the old Taoist master and apprentice who were in the secret cell just now.

The attic was sealed on all sides, with no windows except for the door we just entered, like a wooden cage.

The Taoist Master turned his head when he heard the sound, glanced at Li Jingyao, and then pressed a button somewhere on the wall.

There was a "crash" and the light brightened.

The wooden attic is folded around to become a pavilion.

Li Jingyao looked down from a high position and saw a formation below. The stone statues were incomplete and rotten into pieces, and a few intact ones were also swaying around.

The entire formation is like a big mouth that opens and closes suddenly. I don't know when one part will open, revealing the sharp blade underneath. I don't know where it will close again. If the legs and feet are pinched, it will be pinched off.

The two people in the formation were Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu.

What they can draw on at this time are the few stone statues that have not fallen down.

Li Jingyao narrowed his eyes slightly and clenched his fist slightly.

The Taoist priest raised his voice and said: "Prison Governor Sun! Look who this is?"

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe looked back and saw that the Taoist priest who had been missing just now suddenly appeared in the pavilion, and they didn't know when the pavilion appeared.

Behind the Taoist priest, there were three people standing. The one in the middle was Li Jingyao.

Huo Changhe asked: "What do you want to do?"

The Taoist priest chuckled: "I just want to negotiate a deal with you."

"What conditions?"

"I know that you value your wife. Presumably, your wife's life is more important to you than anything else, right?"

"What exactly do you want to say? Let's get straight to the point!"

"Okay," the Taoist priest nodded and turned around to signal Bai Youliang to push Li Jingyao over.

"Sir, my wife is here, unharmed. I can deliver her to you safely, or I can turn off the formation and let you leave safely."

Huo Changhe raised his eyebrows: "But what?"

"Yes, but," the Taoist Master said with admiration, "Sir, you are indeed smart, but you can leave and go back to Lincheng, and don't interfere with the affairs of Luojiazhuang anymore."

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu looked at each other: "What do you mean by this?"

The Taoist Master smiled slightly, as if he was in control: "Sir, you don't say secret words in front of Mingren. You and I are not having a fair conversation now. Do you still want to cover it up?"

"How come this officer and you are not having a fair conversation?"

"My lord, my lady is in my hands. Why, do you think you are qualified to negotiate terms with me?"

Huo Changhe's face darkened: "Did you know that I came here for Luojiazhuang? How did you know? Did that Li Zheng tell you?"

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