I turned to look at the other two comrades tied to the load-bearing pillar.
They are all in their early twenties. Sun Zuojun is in the room behind the second door.
I called out to Zhang Xuan to come over and untie Xiao Jiang, and ran quickly to the second door.
"Jiujiu! Come! Help!"
After entering the second door, I saw a dying middle-aged man tied to the wall. I screamed "Chujiu" at the top of my lungs.
The man's head was drooped, and his arms and legs were chained to the stone pillar.
What made me lose control of my emotions was that the man was naked, and an iron chain connected to a stone pillar passed through his collarbone. The two ends of the iron chain were locked together with an iron lock the size of a palm.
At this time, the huge iron chain stretched the iron chain straight, and the iron chain connected to the collarbone, and blood was slowly flowing out drop by drop.
My mind went back to watching "The Legend of White Snake" in the hotel the night before.
In order to give Xu Xian face, the White Snake claimed that all the dowries in her family were valuable treasures.
In fact, these valuable treasures were "borrowed" by Xiaoqing from the Grand Master's residence.
The four treasures of the Grand Master's Mansion were publicly unveiled, and the treasure-hunting guards of the Grand Master's Mansion followed closely.
Xu Xian was detained in the Grand Master's Mansion and was tortured. Bai Suzhen was dealing with Xiao Qing in order to expose the Grand Master's conspiracy.
An iron chain penetrated Xu Xian's collarbone, and his guards led him from Lin'an to Suzhou.
Xu Xian screamed repeatedly with every step he took, which was unbearable to watch.
When we saw this scene, Chujiu told us that this was actually a form of torture in ancient times.
It would be impossible for an ordinary person to walk like this for three days with an iron chain pierced through his collarbone, and he would die like this in an hour at most.
"Sun Zuojun, Sun Zuojun, can you hear me? Wake up, Sun Zuojun!"
I stood in front of Sun Zuojun, and everything in front of me made me unable to start. I shouted Sun Zuojun's name over and over again.
Chujiu, who heard my call, rushed in. Seeing Sun Zuojun's miserable condition, he cursed loudly, but also stood in front of Sun Zuojun without daring to make a move.
"Spicy hammer, these beasts, there are so many ways to seal the Tao, why do you have to use the most cruel one?"
Chujiu bent down, looked up at Sun Zuojun, who had his head drooped, and started calling his name.
After Zhang Xuan came in, her eyes were also full of anger, but she didn't make any sound. She stared at the iron chain on the stone pillar and frowned deeper and deeper.
All the iron chains are connected to the one on the clavicle, which means that no matter whether Sun Zuojun moves any part of his body, the iron chain will affect the wound on the clavicle.
"Chief Sun, Chief Sun."
Tears welled up in Zhang Xuan's eyes. Chujiu and I were equally worried. How did Sun Zuojun survive for more than half a month? How much willpower was needed to support this.
Chujiu put his hand under Sun Zuojun's nose, shook his head slightly, and his breath was so weak that it almost disappeared.
"Sun Zuojun, Sun Zuojun, wake up!"
I noticed that Sun Zuojun's ears twitched slightly and he started calling loudly.
"You, you are finally here. I, I thought I would never see my wife again."
Sun Zuojun still had his head drooped. He couldn't see our faces now, he just stared at our feet and rolled his eyes.
"Chief Sun, you must hold on, and I will help you open the chains."
Zhang Xuan signaled Chu Jiu to go out of the cellar and look for the keys to the iron lock on the four people who had fainted.
Chujiu ran out and greeted the people outside the door. It seemed that the other two people had already helped Xiao Jiang untie the ropes on his body.
"Don't worry, girl, I can't die yet, otherwise the big-assed wife at home will take advantage of others."
Sun Zuojun was breathing heavily, feeling like he had to exert all his strength for every word that came out of his mouth.
"Chief, please stop talking, conserve your strength, and just wait a little longer."
Three young soldiers outside the door ran in with support and weakly called Chief Sun.
Zhang Xuan ordered them not to speak and not to waste any more of the leader's energy.
When he returned on the ninth day of the new year, none of the four people outside found any keys, but he found a thin wire.
Zhang Xuan glanced at the iron wire, then at the iron lock, put the iron wire into his mouth and bit one end into an arc with his teeth.
"I need you to cooperate with me!"
Zhang Xuan pointed to the iron chain on Sun Zuojun's collarbone and asked each of us to grab a section and slowly lift it simultaneously under her command.
This process should not be too fast or too slow, and the wound on Sun Zuojun's collarbone must always be kept away from the wound.
In other words, it is necessary to open the iron lock and take off the iron chain binding his hands and feet from the stone pillar while ensuring that the iron chain on Sun Zuojun's clavicle remains motionless.
"Do you understand everything?"
Everyone nodded to express their understanding, and Zhang Xuan began to assign the chains that we were each responsible for holding.
Chujiu and I are responsible for this one on the clavicle.
Chujiu has a good foundation and is responsible for holding the upper part of the chain. No matter what happens, the chain must be stable and not shake at all.
Xiao Jiang was in charge of the iron chains that tied Sun Zuojun's legs behind the stone pillar, and the other two soldiers were in charge of the thicker iron chains that tied his arms above.
After the arrangements were made, we took our places respectively, holding the iron chain tightly with our fingers, for fear that it might shake and injure Sun Zuojun again.
"I'll count one, two, three, and let's raise five centimeters together to lift the iron lock off the ground."
As Zhang Xuan counted down, we worked together, and the chain was slowly pulled up a little.
There was nothing strange about Sun Zuojun in front of him. Zhang Xuan once again reminded Chujiu to hold on to the iron chain.
Zhang Xuan squatted on the ground, placed the chain with the iron lock on his knees, and began to use the wire to unlock it.
I still underestimated Bingwang. I thought it would take at least a few minutes to open the iron lock. It only took her more than ten seconds before the iron lock made a clicking sound.
Zhang Xuan handed one end of the chain to my hand, then picked up the other chain and walked it around behind the stone pillar.
"Xiaojiang, please don't move. My chain must pass under yours first."
Zhang Xuan directed Xiao Jiang, and the two coordinated perfectly.
Then the iron chain in Zhang Xuan's hand had to pass through the two iron chains that tied Sun Zuojun's arms before it could be wound out alone.
After successfully passing through the first iron chain, there is only one finger's distance between the second iron chain and the stone pillar.
Zhang Xuan had to pass through a small section first and grab it with the other one, and then slowly pull it out from the other end.
This process was extremely slow, and it took several minutes to complete more than half of it.
The young man holding the second chain, perhaps because of his physical weakness, had begun to tremble slightly in his arms.
The moment Zhang Xuan separated the iron chain connecting the clavicle behind the stone pillar, the young man's arm began to sink due to lack of physical strength.
"careful!"
If this iron chain sinks, it will definitely involve the iron chain connecting the collarbone at the other end of the stone pillar.
Xiao Jiang, who was squatting at the bottom of the stone pillar, suddenly hit his head against the stone pillar, just in time to catch the young man's sinking arm.