The Rebirth of an Orphan

Mrs. Qian looked at Deng Xiao and said, "Master Deng, Madam Hua has planted a spy next to my old man, and he hasn't moved for many years. Last night, she ordered Second Master Gu Xing to use this spy to capture the old man and take him to the underground palace. I'm afraid he's in danger now. Everything I said is true. Please save my life, Master Deng. Thank you!"

Deng Xiao's heart beat violently. He didn't expect that Madam Hua and Gu Yayu could do such evil things for fame, wealth and their own status. Brother Gu was already dead, and he couldn't watch Old Man Gu die at the hands of these bitches again.

"Shu'er, take good care of Mrs. Qian. I have to go there quickly."

Zhao Chishu was so shocked when she heard this secret that she broke out in a cold sweat. In just half a year, she had witnessed so much evil, and her heart became even heavier.

So she took Sister Qian back to the Deng family without delay and handed her over to her mother-in-law, Mrs. Deng, who had some influence in the underworld. She then sent Sister Qian away overnight.

Deng Xiao led a team of people and traveled for nearly two hours before finally arriving at the Gu family's ancestral tomb. Near the Gu family's ancestral tomb was the mysterious underground palace.

Gu Lun brought Deng Xiao here before going on the expedition. He completely trusted Deng Xiao and asked Deng Xiao to take the military books and weapons away from the underground palace.

However, Deng Xiao had been to the main gate of the Gu family's underground palace, but did not find any secret passage. When Deng Xiao and his men were searching outside the mountain, suddenly there were bursts of loud noises from the west side of the mountain, and then half of the mountain collapsed, and dust instantly filled the entire mountain.

Deng Xiao hurriedly led his men to the direction following the sound, and saw several people in black suits running out like crazy from the dust. They were quickly arrested by Deng Xiao and his men.

"I ask you, who is your master? Where did you take Mr. Gu? What happened here?" Deng Xiao already had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Those people were also scared silly, and quickly begged for mercy, "It was all done by that bastard Gu Xing. He took us to take old man Gu to a blood sacrifice. The old man has bled out and I'm afraid he can't survive. But the blood sacrifice is a lie. After the blood sacrifice, the underground palace collapsed and Gu Xing was smashed into a meat pie. The people who went in first were also crushed to death. We are the ones guarding outside. Master Deng, please spare us, please spare us."

Deng Xiao ordered his men to take these people away first so that they could serve as witnesses. He then led his men in through the half-collapsed entrance.

The entrance looks small from the outside, but the space inside is actually very large. The long stone corridor is filled with dust. After walking for a while, the space becomes wider and finally we arrive in front of a stone door.

Deng Xiao led his men through the stone gate, but was suddenly shocked. Inside the stone gate was a stone chamber. The space was not large, but it was weird everywhere.

The statues standing in the four corners looked like ghosts from hell. The square human-shaped white pool was overflowing with blood, and the body of Mr. Gu was lying face up in the blood in the pool, which was a terrifying sight.

Deng Xiao felt a buzzing in his head, and he slowly walked forward to confirm that the person soaking in the pool of blood was Mr. Gu.

He knelt beside Old Man Gu, tears instantly welling up in his eyes. He never expected that such a powerful old general who had defeated so many powerful enemies with a single blow of his sword would end up like this. It was so miserable that he truly died with his eyes open.

Deng Xiao kowtowed three times to the old man and said in a hoarse voice: "Someone, take the old man's body out."

"Young Master, there are people ahead." A personal soldier who was exploring the way ahead walked towards Deng Xiao.

Deng Xiao led his men towards the door on the other side of the blood pool, and then saw that the door was full of quicksand, blocking the entire passage.

So they cleared a barely passable path through the quicksand and continued to move forward. Along the way, they saw more and more corpses that had died in strange shapes, and it was truly thrilling and terrifying everywhere.

There was no way out when they reached the end, and the people walking in front cried out in surprise. Deng Xiao quickly walked over and saw that the door in front was blocked by a pile of black corpses. The corpse on the top was Gu Xing, the second young master of the Gu family and the stepson of Mrs. Hua, and the murderer of the old man.

A hint of coldness appeared at the corner of Deng Xiao's lips. As the saying goes, there is no time for retribution. Gu Xing had just killed the old man, and he probably didn't expect that he would meet with an accident soon.

It seems that the only entrance to the Gu family's underground palace is the main gate that can be entered and exited with the Xuantie Token. The other evil ways will open up the connection and destroy the underground palace.

"Come here, dig out Gu Xing's body and take it away. We can't stay here for long, leave immediately."

Deng Xiao originally didn't want to collect Gu Xing's body, but now that Mr. Gu was killed by Madam Hua, Gu Xing is an important witness. After rescuing Zhao Xihua from the Presidential Palace, he will have to get the money back for Gu Lun.

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The night was getting darker and darker. Although it was spring, the evening breeze was still chilly, making people feel extremely cold.

The Rain Viewing Terrace stands at the westernmost end of the back garden, very close to the Queen Mother's palace. The Queen Mother saw that the feng shui here was good, so she converted it into a Buddhist temple and made it her private property. Most people dare not set foot here.

Zhao Xihua was locked in a secret room here. The door and windows of the room were sealed with iron bars. There was also a suite outside, which was also tightly locked with a large iron door. Outside was a hundred-foot high platform.

The only passage was also guarded by guards, making it impossible to escape. This was a cell that no one could break out of, but the only difference in this cell was that it was relatively clean.

There was a bed, a table, two chairs and a shelf with books and pens, and it was very clean.

The simple meal on the table was basically untouched. Zhao Xihua sat on the bed with her knees hugged. She moved her body and felt terrible pain all over. Subconsciously, she looked at her arms, which were covered with scars, alternating between blue and red.

In addition, the invisible back was pierced with inch-long needles densely into the skin and flesh. The pain was even more unbearable, but Zhao Xihua had to endure it.

The Queen Mother was really not polite to her. She used all those despicable torture methods on her one by one. Every day she was imprisoned here, the punishment was different each time.

Zhao Xihua knew that the only thing Queen Mother Wang wanted was Gu Lun's Xuantie Order. Everyone thought that Gu Lun gave the Xuantie Order to her. Even though they later knew that Gu Lun had taken the Xuantie Order away, they still kept torturing Zhao Xihua.

The Queen Mother took out all her hatred for Gu Lun and the Ninth Prince on Zhao Xihua, but after each torture she did not just kill her but instead invited doctors to heal her wounds.