The protagonists in the book all resent me for breaking

Jiang Xian followed Ah Piao all the way carefully avoiding the inspections of various guards, until he walked to a remote corner of the garden, where there was a group of rockery.

It's really strange that there are rockeries in such a place where few people come.

A Piao walked around a stone palace lantern next to the rockery for a few times.

According to the usual routine, there must be some kind of secret passage behind these abrupt rockeries, and that palace lantern is the organ that opens the secret passage.

The palace lantern is in the shape of a small pavilion supported by a lotus base, and the candles inside are burning orange light, which looks warm and cozy.

Jiang Xian walked over and hugged the palace lantern, shaking, pulling and twisting, but the palace lantern didn't move at all, and there was no response from the rockery.

The green face was sweating profusely: "Do you think this is a joystick?"

Oh shit, a ghost also knows about game joysticks!

Jiang Xian said: "According to the routine, shouldn't the organ that opens the secret passage be on this palace lantern?"

Qingmian was speechless: "Then you haven't responded after shaking for a long time, shouldn't you feel if there are any mysterious protrusions on it?"

"That's right." Jiang Xian slapped his forehead, and began to grope at the bottom of the lotus seat, and soon found that one of the petals was movable.

Jiang Xian pressed down the petals, and there was a small sound of stones rubbing against the ground from behind the rockery. Jiang Xian and Qingmian looked at each other and smiled - found it!

A Piao floated towards the back of the rockery again, Jiang Xian thought for a while, took out the candlestick from the palace lantern, and followed.

Behind the rockery is a hole that is as wide as a person. It is dark inside, like the mouth of an animal. Through the night, you can only see a small part of the stairs leading down behind it, like a long tongue curled up in the mouth of an animal. palpitating.

Ah Piao floated in from the entrance of the cave, and in the pure black environment, he could see his white body glowing slightly, a hazy lump, Jiang Xian felt that it was like a jellyfish in the deep sea, but it was not so scary up.

But if he really wants to step in, Jiang Xian is still a little hesitant. If this is really the place where Pei Yi is detained, no matter how hidden it is, Guo Chunhan will not be so relieved that he will not send anyone to guard it, right?

But I've just been figuring it out here for a long time, if someone was really guarding nearby, they would have come to stop me a long time ago.

Could it be a trap deliberately set by Guo Chunhan?

"Go down." Seeing his hesitation, Qing Mian probably guessed what he was thinking, so he said, "Pei Yi is inside, and there are no ambushes or traps."

Hearing what Qingmian said, Jiang Xian nodded and walked in holding the candlestick.

You can't see your fingers in the secret passage, and the stairs are a bit steep. The small candlestick can only illuminate a small area. It can be seen that the secret passage is not high. The difference between the top of Jiang Xian's head and the top of the secret passage is less than ten centimeters. If it is Pei Yi , I'm afraid I have to keep my head down.

The secret passage leads to the ground, it is a little damp, and some moss has grown faintly on some places on the surrounding bluestone slabs.

Ah Piao's shadow was always not far in front of him, like a road sign. Although there was only a narrow staircase, there was light ahead, which always made people feel a lot more relaxed.

After walking for a while, Ah Piao's downward posture began to move flat, and Jiang Xian knew that he had reached the bottom.

After turning a corner, the light of the candle flame finally revealed at the corner ahead.

The sound of Jiang Xian's footsteps resounded in the dim corridor, which was especially clear against the silence.

"Chuyun?" Pei Yi's voice came from behind the corner.

"Pei Yi!" Jiang Xian couldn't hold back his excitement anymore, and started running along the corridor.

Running through the corridor in two or three steps, Jiang Xian finally saw Pei Yi in the secret room at the end.

The corridor is in the middle of the secret room, a table and a bench are placed on the left half, and a dim oil lamp is placed on the table.

There was a torture rack against the wall, and there were various torture tools beside the wall, such as leather whips, tiger stools, soldering irons, and many other things that he couldn't name. It was like a small torture room.

The other half was a row of tight iron fences, Pei Yi was locked inside at this time, the A Piao who led him the way and the other A Piao in the secret room obediently stood by the wall.

When Jiang Xian saw those gloomy and cold utensils, his heart sank as if a big rock was hung on it. The candlestick in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, and the candle was broken into two pieces and extinguished.

"Pei Yi, are you alright?! Did they torture you?" Jiang Xian threw himself on the fence. The iron bars on the fence were as thick as two fingers and densely packed. The cold metal feel made Jiang Xian's hairs stand on end.

"No." Pei Yi smiled softly, covering his hand holding the fence with both hands: "I'm fine."

Jiang Xian grabbed the railing and shook it, then ran to the small door on the side, grabbed the chain that was wrapped around the door and was locked by a big iron lock and pulled it hard a few times: "Where is the key? Where is the key? I let you out."

"The key was probably taken away by the guard." Pei Yi followed him to the iron gate: "I can't go out yet. If I really want to leave, these railings won't hold me back."

"Why can't you come out?" Jiang Xian almost shouted.

"Do you want me to run away with you just like this?" Pei Yi said, "Are you just letting go of the affairs of Yushu Kingdom?"

Jiang Xian: "..."

Pei Yi is right, he is the prince of Yushu now, if he didn't know anything before, he could just leave, but now that he knows everything, how can he escape without pressure?

Jiang Xianhong looked him up and down with the faint light, but found no trace of torture, then reached in and touched his face, and he was relieved after confirming that he had not been abused.

The dungeon was damp and musty, and there wasn't even a place to sit down, just a pile of straw in the corner.

As a prince, Pei Yi grew up with rich clothes and fine food offerings even if Emperor Dongyun didn't want to see him. How has he ever received such treatment?

At the beginning, he should have followed him regardless of anything, if it wasn't for him, how could he have suffered this crime!

Jiang Xian scolded himself again in his heart, his nasal cavity was sore, and he felt like he was going to cry in the next second.

Pei Yi quickly grabbed his hand and raised it to his lips to kiss him: "Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, it's just locked up temporarily, they dare not and can't do anything to me, the most important thing now is to think Find a way to solve the crisis in Yushu Kingdom, so that we can leave together in peace, right? If you really feel sorry for me, then kiss me, if you kiss me, I will not be afraid even if I go up the mountain of swords and down the frying pan."

Jiang Xian was amused, sniffled, hummed, followed Pei Yi's example and kissed him on his fingertips, and then said, "I didn't see any guards around when I came here, so I thought it was a trap." Woolen cloth."

Pei Yi slightly hooked the corners of his lips, and gave a ruffian smile: "Of course there were in the beginning, and they wanted to torture me, but one or two looked strong and strong, and they were not as courageous as you, and they all ran away after a little scare. gone."

Jiang Xian suddenly remembered how embarrassing he was when he first arrived at Chuyun, and his mood suddenly became mixed, so he hurriedly changed the subject: "I probably know what's going on."

So he told Pei Yi all about Guo Chunhan's attempt to usurp the throne, killing the crown prince and Dongyun's proton, and causing Emperor Yushu to lose consciousness. After reaching this point, why don't you just find a chance to get rid of me and let me go back to Yushu?"

Pei Yi said: "Actually, this question is very simple. In my opinion, he is afraid that usurping the throne rashly will cause dissatisfaction in the court, so he keeps you. You also said before that he is your teacher, and you trust him and respect him. It's also easier to manipulate, if I'm right, he wants to push you to the throne and make you a puppet emperor at his mercy."

Pei Yi didn't know that Zhong Chuyun and Guo Chunhan planned to use Dongyun's proton to kill the prince before, but he could guess the essence of the matter. He thought that Guo Chunhan had already planned this way when he proposed this plan.

The prince, especially Dongyun Proton, is really innocent. Thinking of this, Jiang Xian felt a little more guilty towards Pei Yi, and murmured, "I'm sorry about the proton matter."

Pei Yi reached out and rubbed the top of his head: "It's not your fault, I'm sorry for always talking, Pei Qian was born with low intelligence, compared to me who can ward off ghosts, he was often bullied since he was a child, even if he died, the palace Those people might not shed a single tear for him, instead of living in a daze, it would be better to die and reincarnate earlier..."

"Ants are greedy for life." Jiang Xian sighed: "As expected, 'the most ruthless emperor's family'."

"Okay, don't be sad." Pei Yi said: "If you really want to help him, then hurry up and let that old man Guo Chunhan go down and apologize to them."

Jiang Xian nodded, and said again: "But now the entire Yushu Kingdom is under his control, what can I do by myself?"

"Of course there is a way." Pei Yi smiled: "When you go back today, you will continue to pretend that you don't understand anything and listen to Guo Chunhan in everything, and then find time every day to visit those court ministers and speak well for Guo Chunhan."

"What?!" Jiang Xian frowned: "That old fox treats you like this, I can't wait to give him two knives now, and you want me to say good things to those ministers?"

Pei Yi scratched his nose with his hand: "If you don't do this, how will you know who dislikes him and can be used by you?"

"You mean..." Jiang Xian suddenly realized, and grinned, if it wasn't for the railings blocking him, he really wanted to rush up and give Pei Yi a bear hug: "My dear, you are so smart!"

Pei Yi also laughed along with him: "Of course."

After a while, he said, "You've been here for a long time, go back tonight first, be careful, as for me, you don't have to worry." Pei Yi said, looking at the two Ah Piao standing by the wall: "Although I can't leave here, I won't let the people who make me feel uncomfortable live comfortably."

This is the rhythm of things!Jiang Xian sighed.

The foreheads of the two were pressed against each other. After a while, he reluctantly picked up the candlesticks that had fallen on the floor, relit the candles, and left the secret room.