Since Xu Mo's family is the richest man in Hejian Prefecture, the person who occupies his house will definitely not be just a small general. Maybe he was taken advantage of by that general when he first entered the city, but the Jin people's strong class system will not give him long-term benefits.
Enjoy such benefits.
In addition, there are not many generals in such a large right-wing army. To put it bluntly, they are worthless. How can there be so many people guarding them?
Xu Zizhen looked as far as he could. There were no less than fifty people standing around the building, almost all-round protection. Xu Zizhen's heart moved. Could it be that that bastard Wu Shu came to Hejian Mansion and lived here?
"Let's go over and have a look." Xu Zizhen decided to take a risk and see what happened.
Xu Mo was already ready to risk his life, nodded and said, "Okay." He walked around along a path that was almost unbearable to walk on.
But in the end, the two of them still couldn't get close. The building was too heavily guarded, with a torch lighting up every ten or so steps. Even if they took a few steps closer, they would be discovered immediately, let alone entering the building for inspection.
Xu Zizhen said bitterly in the secret: "Damn it, is it all in vain? I really don't believe it!"
You can't get close to the front of the small building, so go and have a look from the back. Usually the guards at the back door are relatively weak. I don't know what's going on here.
But when Xu Zizhen walked half a circle and reached the north side of the building, he was still disappointed, because there were no fewer guards here than on the other three sides, and because the moonlight was behind him, the torches here illuminated the area within a few dozen meters very brightly.
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Xu Zizhen finally gave up. He gestured to Xu Mo, gritted his teeth and turned to leave. But at this moment, he stopped, pulled Xu Mo down and asked, "Where is that place?"
Xu Mo looked in the direction he pointed, and saw an open space with a simple wooden house built in the center. There were not even trees planted around it, it was just such a bare area, but there were dozens of golden soldiers in this place.
Guarded, it is obvious that this place is no less important than the people in that building.
"Oh, that's the cellar where my medicine is stored, and the entrance is in that room."
Xu Zizhen raised his brows and subconsciously felt something strange. It was just a cellar for hiding medicine. Does it need so many people to guard it?
Xu Mo was not stupid either. He reacted as soon as the words came out of his mouth and lost his voice: "Did they lock people down here?"
"It's possible." Xu Zizhen only said these three words and remained silent. He just glanced around to see if there was a chance to get in and find out.
Just when he thought of this, he heard Xu Mo call him: "Brother, let's go down and take a look?"
Xu Zizhen said helplessly: "Didn't you see so many people? How to get down?"
Xu Mo chuckled: "My cellar is different from other people's. Don't you know that the place where medicinal materials are stored must be kept ventilated?"
Xu Zizhen immediately heard the meaning of his words, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Is there still a hole to get in?"
"Yes, and they may not find the opening." Xu Mo smiled proudly, "Brother, follow me."
Xu Zizhen followed Xu Mo to the southwest of the building. There was a wide pond. It was early winter. The pond was so clean that not even a single aquatic plant could be found. There was only a small artificial island in the middle of the pond, which was very small.
Moreover, only about a dozen trees were planted, and there was nothing else. It just looked like a layout for Feng Shui.
It was not close to the place where the golden men were guarding, but there was no one there. Xu Mo looked around cautiously, then came to the pond and gently slipped into the water.
Xu Zizhen understood that there must be something mysterious about that island. He didn't care about it at this time. He gritted his teeth and followed into the water. The cold and biting feeling almost made his calves cramp and his whole body trembled. But he still endured it and talked with Xu Zizhen.
Mo swam towards the island one after another.
Both of them tried their best not to make a sound. Fortunately, they arrived at the island not long after. Xu Mo was so cold that he couldn't speak. He forced his teeth to fight and got into the middle of several trees. He didn't know where he was.
Something was being done on the ground, and a bamboo grid more than ten feet square suddenly lifted up.
"Brother Xu, just... get down here, and I'll let you... watch."
Xu Zizhen was also very cold and went into the hole without saying a word. Xu Mo continued to cover the mesh and hid behind a tree to be on guard.
With a bang, Xu Zizhen fell onto a pile of messy debris. Fortunately, there was no hard object, but some stubbles hurt his butt. Xu Zizhen struggled to get up, and found that it was just a few brooms and a mop.
, and nothing could be seen in the darkness all around, only some light reflected vaguely in the distance.
Xu Zizhen secretly called it a fluke. He couldn't stand the cold just now and jumped down regardless. Fortunately, it was just some debris. If Jin Bing had piled some weapons here, he would probably have several more holes in his body.
He regained his composure and cautiously took a few steps, and found that in front of him was a long passage, less than a foot wide, with small doorless rooms on both sides, some of which were filled with large and small bags of things.
Smelling the aroma of medicine, it seemed that the Xu family's medicinal materials had not been evacuated by the Jin people.
The entire cellar was extremely quiet, and not a single human voice could be heard. Xu Zizhen sniffed, thinking that the Jin man was not stupid, no one could stand the smell in the cellar, and even if he wanted to imprison him, he would not accompany him down there.
That's good, it's more convenient for him.
As he was thinking about it, he started walking. There was a torch inserted far away in the cellar, and the light was very weak. But suddenly his eyes lit up, and he found that there was a cubicle not far ahead that was actually equipped with iron bars.
He glanced at it carefully, then crouched and walked over quickly, then came to the outside of the fence and looked inside.
boom!
A raging anger burst out from Xu Zizhen's heart.
As expected, there is someone locked up in this cell, and it is indeed Taoist Priest Xuanyi who is locked up. However, the current Taoist Priest Xuanyi is completely different from the indifferent Chuchen before. She is covered in blood, her hair is messed up, and her hands and feet are covered with blood.
He was shackled and lying paralyzed in the corner, motionless, and he didn't know if he was still alive.
At this moment, Taoist priest Xuanyi seemed to notice someone coming, moved slightly, raised his eyelids to look at the door, and asked weakly: "Who is it?"
Xu Zizhen suppressed his anger and grief and said in a trembling voice: "Taoist Priest, it's me."
Taoist priest Xuanyi's eyes suddenly lit up and she could see her face clearly in the darkness, but she could still hear the voice.
Xu Zizhen? It’s actually Xu Zizhen?
She couldn't believe it: "Zizhen? You...how did you come here?"
"I'm here to save you." Xu Zizhen didn't say much. He was afraid that if he continued to speak, he would rush out and kill all the Jin soldiers here. Even if he died here, he would have no worries.
As he said this, he pulled out the Tang Dao from his waist, touched the lock and was about to chop it off. With the sharpness of the Tang Dao, it would not be a problem to cut such a lock.
But Taoist Master Xuanyi said softly: "Zizhen, no! I can't leave."
Xu Zizhen's hand stopped in mid-air and asked in shock: "Why?"