monopolize my master

27

The dead man in black held Ling Xiao hostage and forced the government soldiers to make way.He took the horse from the servant and jumped up, holding Ling Xiao's dagger without any slack.

"Lord Lingyun, I advise you not to waste your efforts." The dead soldier jumped on the back of the horse and laughed, "I know you set up an ambush with archers in the grass to save your brother. You are still dead Take care of yourself, let me take less pain now, and I will take care of your poor brother a bit more after I return to the headquarters, you can decide for yourself how this deal is."

"Damn it, have you been seen through?" Ling Yun clenched his fists and cursed in a low voice.

"Tell them to retreat." The man in black sneered.

"Come out." Ling Yun hesitated, and finally ordered in a low voice.

Ling Xiao has not recovered from his serious injuries, and he is about to be taken to the enemy's headquarters again... Ling Yun is anxious and angry, but there is nothing he can do.He could only watch helplessly as the man in black laughed wildly and walked away, taking Ling Xiao with him.

"My lord...what should we do now...retreat?"

A guard asked Ling Yun timidly.

"Retreat?" Ling Yun sneered, "Go and lead the dog for me."

"Leading the dog? Could it be possible that Sir's dog can recognize Master Ling Xiao's scent?" the guard asked in a low voice.

"Ling Xiao won't be caught so easily. I know him." Ling Yun sneered, "Ling Xiao has always loved fragrance, and there are many dogs in Jinping's mansion that can recognize scents. Let the dogs follow the scent and they will surely find Ling Xiao trail."

"I understand. Let's go now." The guard hurriedly followed Ling Yun's instructions.

"The magistrate, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will leave it to you to take care of him." Ling Yun placed the unconscious Su Huang in the hands of the magistrate, "Strengthen the patrols in the mansion, and we must save him. We must not let the thieves take advantage of it again."

"The lower officials know the seriousness of the matter." Prefect Jinping nodded and said, "Lord Ling must be careful when tracking the bandits."

"Thank you for your concern." Before he finished speaking, the guards brought the dog over.Ling Yun led dozens of government soldiers to rush in the direction of the hounds, and quickly disappeared into the depths of the night.

next day

"Hey, get up."

A bucket of cold water was poured on Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao shivered from the cold, and his consciousness immediately became sober.

"Just wake up, the boss has repeatedly told you not to let you die." The soldier seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, pointing to the corner and said, "The food is there. Also, the boss asked me to warn you, since you are here, Don't try your best to escape. Otherwise, you will anger the boss, and the only thing waiting for you is death."

"Big Master?" Ling Xiao touched the back of his painful neck, "Who are you big masters?"

The soldier ignored Ling Xiao's question and let out a bang.The iron door was slammed shut.Ling Xiao sighed faintly, picked up the food in the corner, hesitated, and ate it.

This is the lair of the rebels.

Ling Xiao couldn't remember how he was brought back by the dead man in black.When sharing a ride with the dead man, Ling Xiao tried to secretly leave some traces along the way, but the dead man noticed.Afterwards, he was beaten unconscious by the dead soldiers, and went all the way to this unknown place.

"Damn it." Ling Xiao scolded in a low voice, "These thieves are so vigilant, what should we do if this continues?"

A gust of cold wind blew through the small window of the woodshed, making Ling Xiao shiver with cold.The wound on the body was stimulated by the cold water, and the pain became more severe.Ling Xiao searched around the woodshed for a bandage that could stop the bleeding, but found nothing.He had no choice but to lie on the hay, looking at the light coming from the small window, and let out a long sigh.

"What a good sigh. It's a bad thing to hear."

A low whining sound came from the room.Ling Xiao didn't expect someone, and rolled down from the haystack in shock.

"Who is there?"

Ling Xiao's voice trembled a little.

"I'm such a big living person, you didn't see it?" A muffled groan came from the haystack in the southwest corner, "Hurry up and help remove the haystack on my body, I'm about to stink to death."

Ling Xiao hurriedly ran to the corner and removed the stacks of firewood piled up there.Only then did he discover that behind the densely packed haystacks there was actually a young man who looked like a scholar imprisoned.He sat in the corner and looked at Ling Xiao angrily, as if blaming him for why he only discovered himself now.Perhaps it was due to staying under the haystack for a long time, but the scholar was disheveled, and his lower limbs were already a little bloated due to long-term sitting, making it difficult to move.The white robe on his body was so dirty that he couldn't see the color, and his body was covered with grass clippings. It was dirty and smelly, as if he had been locked up here for a long time.

Seeing him like this, Ling Xiao couldn't help frowning.

"What are you raising your eyebrows for?" The scholar said angrily, "You know martial arts, help me untie the acupoints on my body. Those goddamn bastards have trapped me here for almost a month."

"I'm sorry." Ling Xiao hurriedly unblocked the acupoints for him.With Ling Xiao's support, the scholar barely got up and walked around, but he couldn't walk a few steps before falling heavily to the ground.

"It seems that it will take some time to recover." The scholar said angrily, "But boy, thank you very much. After I go out, I will definitely repay you."

"How to get out?" Ling Xiao smiled, "By the way, why are you here?"

"Don't mention it." The scholar sneered, "All this is not a good thing that the dog emperor did."

"Hey, be careful with your words." Hearing this, Ling Xiao hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "Walls have ears. Are you afraid that others will charge you with disrespect if they hear your words?"

"Disrespectful?" The scholar sneered, "Looking at your words and deeds, you look like those lackeys in the court. Aren't you a "warrior" selected by those people?"

"What are you talking about?" Ling Xiao was at a loss, "What fighter? What was selected? I have no idea."

"It turned out that a fool came in." The scholar rolled his eyes, "Well, for the sake of saving the young master, I will reluctantly analyze it for you. Tell me how you were arrested came here?"

"That would be a long story." Ling Xiao sighed, telling the whole story.It's just that he omitted what happened between himself and Su Huang in the palace and Su Huang's rescue.

"Oh, that's how it is." The scholar stroked the hard and short stubble on his chin, and said thoughtfully, "So he didn't imprison you as a failed soldier... If that's the case, you can only ask yourself Blessed."

"What do you mean? You have been talking about "soldiers" just now." Ling Xiaonahan, "Tell me everything you know."

"It's a dying person, it's okay to tell you, it's better than dying for no reason." The scholar glanced at him with a hint of sympathy, "Do you know who is the most powerful person in the imperial court besides the emperor? "

"...I don't know much about court affairs." Ling Xiao smiled, "Apart from the emperor, isn't the prime minister the one with the greatest power?"

"You're so stupid." The scholar slammed Ling Xiao's head hard, "You've been in the palace for so long, haven't you even heard of Xuanji Pavilion?"

"Xuanji Pavilion?" Ling Xiao was full of doubts, "I have never heard of it. A friend of mine has been an official in the court for several years, and I have never heard him mention this institution."

"It seems that the rank of your friend's official is not high." The scholar immediately whispered, "Xuanji Pavilion is an extremely secret existence of Dayin, and only the officials above the third rank in the court can know its existence. , The Xuanji Pavilion was originally built by people from the rivers and lakes to assist the emperor in handling some difficult cases that were difficult for the government to intervene. Later, the new emperor ascended the throne, changed the Xuanji Pavilion, and transformed the Xuanji Pavilion into the emperor's private assassination agency. The scale of the Xuanji Pavilion gradually expanded Get up. As for its job--it is to eradicate dissidents for the emperor himself."

"But, that's not right---" Ling Xiao was thoughtful, "Those people I met in Jinping threatened to rebel..."

"I'm also wondering about this. But the person who brought you here is undoubtedly the dead man of Xuanji Pavilion." The scholar thought thoughtfully, "The person you said wants to drive you all to death in the prison is indeed It is the style of Xuanji Pavilion."

"Wait." Ling Xiao couldn't help interrupting the scholar, "Why are you so sure that the person who took me away was the person from Xuanji Pavilion?"

A mocking sneer curled up on the corner of the scholar's lips.

"Because this is the headquarters of the Xuanji Pavilion to screen out the dead." The scholar sneered, "You also said just now that you have participated in the martial arts tournament."

"That's right. Does this have anything to do with Xuanji Pavilion?" Ling Xiao asked.

"The martial arts tournament itself is a Shura field." The scholar said coldly, "No, it's not a Shura field. It's the place where the emperor selects Shura."

"Every year, the winners of the martial arts competition will have the opportunity to directly face the saints and enter the palace test, right? However, most of these knights who entered the palace test were lured into the Xuanji Pavilion by threats, and a few refused to obey, just like me—" the scholar With a wry smile, "It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. Back then, I was also one of the contestants who didn't know the inside story. I finally won the competition with my life and spent money to pay for the trip to Beijing and enter the palace. In the end, because I didn't want to join forces with them, I ended up in the end. It looks like this now."

"Is that so... That letter was just a cover-up. If the investigation is clear, I will go back to Donghui to make a decision... The emperor wants to trap me in Jinping City as much as possible." Ling Xiao muttered to himself, his fists clenched tightly Together, "In this way, everything makes sense. The emperor wants to get rid of me. All the people I met about rebellion after I left the palace were a farce directed and performed by him. But he spent so much time What is the motive? A mere third-rank Tai Tuo is worth his troubles? Wouldn’t it be easier to just charge him with death?”

"It's really strange." The scholar patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Fortunately, I'm here to take care of you. When I was first caught here, I was tortured by those people in every possible way. Later they locked me in acupuncture points Here, I am provided with three meals a day, teaching me that I cannot die from a hunger strike. During this period of time, life is really worse than death. We are now two people. Together, the hope of escaping will always be great some."

"You're right." Ling Xiao frowned, "If the emperor really set his sights on me, he would never let go of my elder brother who is an official in the court and my parents and relatives who are in business. I must find a way to escape Go. You must not implicate your family because of me."

"Then what are you going to do?" the scholar asked, "Although I am imprisoned here, I still hear some information every day. The guards here are heavily guarded, and it is basically impossible to escape... "

"Escape?" Ling Xiao sneered, "What are you doing when you escape? We have to get out of this firewood room alive and aboveboard."

A terrifying murderous intent burst out of Ling Xiao's eyes.The scholar was taken aback, and then looked at Ling Xiao firmly, his eyes full of conviction.

"That's right, Ling Xiao, the future is long."