Liu Zhan said calmly, "I sent secret guards to check before and knew that there is a dungeon in He Mansion."
"What about this passage?" Qiao Qixin asked curiously.
Liu Zhan looked at Qiao Qixin and nodded slightly, "You don't want to know."
Qiao Qixin was even more curious, "Just tell me. How will you know if I want to know if you don't finish talking?"
she urged.
Liu Zhan looked at her quietly, "This passage was dug by the people who were imprisoned in the dungeon by City Lord He, but it was not dug through."
"I sent people to dig through the last section. We are the first users of this passage." Liu Zhan said calmly.
Qiao Qixin was shocked, "In that case, this passage has been dug for a long time. Didn't City Lord He notice it?"
"City Lord He is inexplicably confident in his dungeon and never sends anyone to inspect it." Liu Zhan shrugged.
"Then are we coming out of He's house now?" Qiao Qixin asked.
The two of them were now in a forest, with no buildings around them.
Liu Zhan shook his head, "This is just the garden of He Mansion. There is still a way to go out."
Qiao Qixin was shocked, and then quickly urged, "Then let's go quickly! Didn't City Lord He say he would come back after a cup of tea? Then he would definitely find out that we ran away!"
"Why are you so panicked? With me here, can you still be arrested?" Liu Zhan said, standing up from the ground.
Qiao Qixin glared at Liu Zhan, "How dare you say that! We were both tricked during the day!"
"That was my intention. City Master He has cleaned up his hands and feet and can't find any fault. If you want to get rid of him, you can only give him peace of mind."
"The failure to kill the successor of the Minister of Dali was enough to severely injure him."
Liu Zhan lowered his eyes and said.
"I know, I know! So can we withdraw? The time for a cup of tea has passed!" Qiao Qixin said anxiously.
Liu Zhan glanced at her, then took her hand and ran in one direction.
——
Inside the dungeon
"Little friend, have you thought about it?" City Master He held a lantern in one hand and twirled Buddhist beads in the other, his eyes narrowed and a very evil smile.
He came to the cage where Liu Zhan was imprisoned.
The cell door was wide open and there was no one inside.
City Lord He quickly looked aside and saw that the painter imprisoned next to him was also missing.
Ran?!
City Lord He was shocked.
Impossible! This dungeon is closed, there is absolutely no way they can escape!
He must still be in prison!
City Lord He trotted out of the dungeon, and then came several servants who had signed death contracts, ordering them to go down to the dungeon to search.
He is not stupid, he knows that Liu Xiaozi is highly skilled in martial arts and will not take his own life for a joke.
The servants searched the dungeon for a long time, but found no living people, but saw a few corpses.
"Master, there is no one else here underground." A servant lowered his head and said tremblingly.
"What!" City Lord He was furious, "Keep looking! Then send a few people to search the house for me! Those two people must be found! Otherwise I will kill you all!"
"Yes! Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, let's do it now!" The servant's voice was frightened and he was trembling.
The order to find someone came through the mansion. For a moment, all the servants stopped what they were doing, holding lanterns and looking for someone they had never seen before.
"Liu Zhan! City Lord He has sent someone to look for us!" Qiao Qixin turned around and saw the dense lights and said quickly.
"It's okay, I'll be out soon." Liu Zhan comforted him.
Sure enough, after dozens of steps, a high wall appeared in front of them.
"This is the outer wall of He Mansion, hug me." Liu Zhan raised his hand and hugged Qiao Qixin's waist.
Qiao Qixin was already being pinched, but now there was someone chasing her, so she let go even more.
She used her hands and feet to hang on Liu Zhan like a koala.
Liu Zhan glanced at her and said nothing.
He tiptoed and took Qiao Qixin into the air.
But in the blink of an eye, the two of them landed on the outer wall of He Mansion.
"It's so high, much higher than the one in Li's house." Qiao Qixin was a little afraid of heights and couldn't help but grab Liu Zhan's collar.
It seems to be midnight now, and the streets are deserted.
Liu Zhan hugged Qiao Qixin and flew down the wall.
The landing was so light that there was almost no sound, only dust rippling around.
"Let's go." Liu Zhan said.
Qiao Qixin ran behind Liu Zhan as fast as she could.
Liu Zhan seemed to be very familiar with Suiluo City. He took Qiao Qixin and turned left and right in the city, and soon came to the city wall.
"Why is it so high? You still have to take me with you. Can you really go up there?" Qiao Qixin looked up at the city wall in front of her and asked worriedly.
"Who said I was going to climb over the city wall?" Liu Zhan said, bending down and pushing hard at a part of the city wall.
"Wow--"
A hole for one person to drill out appeared at the foot of the city wall.
Qiao Qixin was silent for a moment, "...you sent someone to dig this out too?"
"No, this was dug by the children in the city." Liu Zhan said, "They dug a hole here just for fun."
Liu Zhan bent down and got out first.
"No problem, come out." Liu Zhan said to Qiao Qixin across a city wall.
Qiao Qixin also bent down and got out of the hole.
Liu Zhan did not rush to take Qiao Qixin away, but squatted down and filled the hole back with the bricks.
"Don't you just leave?" Qiao Qixin was a little confused.
"This hole must be repaired," Liu Zhan said. "City Lord He may not be dismissed soon. If he discovers this hole, he will return and be angry with the children who dug the hole."
Qiao Qixin nodded thoughtfully, and then praised, "I didn't expect you to have a conscience."
Liu Zhan:……
I always feel like I’ve been scolded…
After repairing the hole under the city wall, Liu Zhan led Qiao Qixin towards the capital.
After running for about the time it took to touch a stick of incense, Qiao Qixin couldn't hold on any longer and almost fell to the ground.
"Are you going to die?" Liu Zhan ran back to Qiao Qixin.
"I can't run anymore," Qiao Qixin gasped and waved her hands, "I feel like my throat is bleeding."
Liu Zhan hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll carry you."
"Varied……"
Before she could react, Qiao Qixin felt herself being picked up in the air and thrown on her back.
"I'm very stable, you don't have to worry." Liu Zhan put Qiao Qixin on his back.
Qiao Qixin lay on Liu Zhan's back in a daze.
"I ran away."
After saying that, Liu Zhan started running.
Even with Qiao Qixin on his back, his speed did not slow down and even accelerated a bit.
It was as if he was running slowly just to wait for Qiao Qixin so that she could catch up.
Realizing this, Qiao Qixin silently frowned.
But I have to say that Liu Zhan is indeed very stable.
Qiao Qixin was now on his back, feeling no bumps at all, only the whistling wind in her ears.
Moreover, the wind was not harsh at all, and it felt a bit tingling and comfortable when it blew on my face.
Qiao Qixin narrowed her eyes.
The pain in her throat had improved a lot, and she was even interested in looking back to see if City Lord He's people had caught up.
"Don't move." Liu Zhan said.
If Qiao Qixin makes any movement on his back, it will shift his center of gravity.
After Qiao Qixin heard this, she lay obediently on his back and stopped moving.
Liu Zhan carried her on his back and ran all the way back to the capital.
When he put Qiao Qixin down, Liu Zhan didn't even take a breath.
It has to be said that this man's physical strength and endurance are a mystery.
Liu Zhan showed his identity card to the guard guarding the city, and the guard quickly let the two people in.
"You go back to Fusheng Inn to rest, and leave the rest to me," Liu Zhan said.
[Issue a task based on the current situation of the host: Participate in the case of Suiluo City Lord]
[Task Level: Intermediate]
[Reward: Hezhi (writing brush)]
[Remarks: Using this pen to paint can improve the painter's painting skills by 30%]
30%
Qiao Qixin was moved.
She thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Can I come with you?"
"What?" Liu Zhan said.
"I want to watch this case from the sidelines. I won't cause trouble." Qiao Qixin sincerely requested.
Liu Zhan hesitated and said, "You just went through it with me. This case is not interesting."
"I know, I'll just take a look and I won't cause any trouble." Qiao Qixin put her hands together and begged.
"...Okay." Liu Zhan said softly, "Then you come back to Dali Temple with me. I need to inform Master about this."
"Okay!" Qiao Qixin said excitedly.
She followed Liu Zhan back to Dali Temple as she wished.
"It's so late, is the Dali Temple Minister still here?" Qiao Qixin asked curiously.
"My master stays in Dali Temple day and night." Liu Zhan explained, "Master has no family, so he never returns to his own home because he thinks it is unpopular."
Qiao Qixin nodded.
Unexpectedly, the Minister of Dali Temple is still an empty nester.
she thought.
Under the leadership of Liu Zhan, the two came to the door of a bright room.
"Master, I'm coming in."
Before anyone inside could respond, Liu Zhan opened the door and entered.
Polite, but not much.
Kun Bai, who was sleeping soundly while lying on a chair covered with a quilt, heard the noise and raised his head in a daze.
When he saw it was Liu Zhan, he raised his head and fell down again.
"You bastard, you are so rude... you disturb your master's sleep... and you are not afraid of making thunder and yawning -" Kun Bai stretched his waist and said.
"Master, your disciple almost died in He's house just now." Liu Zhan said.
"Oh? Aren't you doing well?" Kun Bai covered himself with a quilt and showed no intention of getting up.
"It was not because I was afraid that you would be sad, so I tried my best to escape." Liu Zhan calmly sat down on another chair.
Qiao Qixin silently watched the master and apprentice bickering with each other.
"Oh, then I'll feel really bad because no one will collect the body for me," Kun Bai said.
Liu Zhan coughed twice.
"Do you have a cold? You are so weak. Your body and bones are not as strong as an old man like me."
Liu Zhan:……
He coughed twice more.
Kun Bai raised his head and saw Qiao Qixin standing at the door.
"Grandpa Kun——"
Before I finished saying hello, I heard a crackling sound.
In an instant, Kun Bai sat on the chair and restored his reliable, majestic and peaceful image in front of others.
"Miss Qiao, why are you here?" Kun Bai put his hands on the table and said with a smile.
Qiao Qixin opened her mouth, but before she could answer, Liu Zhan said first, "You sent Sui Luocheng to support me, have you forgotten?"
Kun Bai pondered for a moment - he couldn't remember.
Liu Zhan was not surprised, "Anyway, she and I were thrown into the dungeon by City Lord He and escaped together, so we came to see you together."
Kun Bai was silent.
After a long while, he said, "I wonder when Miss Qiao came?"
"She will come as soon as I come." Liu Zhan said first again.
Kun Bai was silent again.
Then he looked at Liu Zhan and said, "Tell me what you experienced in Suiluo City."
"No, Master, don't I have a cold? I'm weak and can't speak -"