About halfway through Xu's hour, Chai Yan and Yuan Yuan left West Street and returned to Huguangju.
At this time, the people in the police office next door were definitely off duty. Taking advantage of the darkness, Chai Yan and Yuan Yuan were ready to take action.
Yuan went back to the house and changed into night clothes. Chai Yan didn't have night clothes, so he changed into a set of darker clothes and covered his face with a cloth.
The two quietly came out from the back door and soon reached the northwest corner of the courtyard wall of the Jishi Yamen.
Chai Yan leaned his back against the courtyard wall, stepped on his horse, folded his hands together in a lifting posture, and said: "Come!"
Yuan Yuan nodded, walked a few steps away, then took a run-up, and stepped on Chai Yan's palm with one foot. Chai Yan immediately pushed up with force, and Yu Yuan easily climbed up to the courtyard wall that was more than ten feet high.
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Immediately afterwards, Yuan leaned down from the top of the wall, stretched out his hand and said, "I'll pull you!"
Chai Yan shook his head and said no, then stepped back some distance and took a run towards the courtyard wall. After raising his feet and kicking, he immediately jumped up high and firmly grasped the edge of the top of the courtyard wall with both hands.
Next, the two squatted on the wall and observed quietly for a while, and then jumped into the yard after making sure that no one was around.
Under the guidance of Shangguan Peining, Chai Yan led Yuan around two brightly lit rooms and quietly came to a courtyard with a large lock.
Yuan looked at the dark courtyard door and asked softly: "Where is this?"
"It should be a place where prisoners are imprisoned." Chai Yan whispered back.
When Yuan Yuan heard this, his expression became solemn. The next moment, Yuan Yuan put his ear against the courtyard door and listened carefully.
Chai Yan suddenly arched his eyebrows, obviously happy, and asked in a low voice: "Madam, what are you doing?"
"What else can we do? Listen to what's going on inside." Yuan Yuan said, leaning against the courtyard door without moving.
Chai Yan said: "Don't worry, madam, there is no one on duty inside."
"How do you know?" Yuan asked puzzledly.
Chai Yan pointed to the big lock on the door and said, "Because it's locked from the outside!"
Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that Chai Yan was right. If there is someone on duty inside, it should be locked from the inside. Only when the person has come out will it be locked from the outside.
"But what if..." Yuyuan was still worried.
Chai Yan immediately said: "I forgot to tell you, madam. When I went to buy food nearby at noon, I met Secretary Wang and his group here. I was sitting there and heard them discussing, saying that they would go to Fengxian after the break.
Lou, look at how quiet it is here, they must be enjoying themselves right now!"
Yuan nodded slightly and said to Chai Yan: "Then let's turn over..."
With that said, Yuan was ready to find a place where it was easy to climb over the wall and enter the courtyard.
Chai Yan immediately grabbed Yuan and said, "No need, I'll unlock it!"
After saying that, Chai Yan secretly said a few words to Shangguan Peining.
Then, as soon as Chai Yan touched the door lock with his hands, the door lock disappeared out of thin air without making even a sound.
Yuanyuan stood nearby and couldn't help being stunned, then frowned and whispered: "I finally understand, that's how you stole my baggage that time!"
"Hehe..." Chai Yan shrank his neck and became happy.
"You're still happy!" Yuyuan reached out and patted him.
Chai Yan suppressed his smile, then pushed the courtyard door gently, and it opened slowly with a low creaking sound.
"Come in, madam." Chai Yan controlled the opening and closing of the courtyard door to allow only one person to enter or exit.
Yuan didn't hesitate, and ducked into the courtyard in a flash, followed closely by Chai Yan. After entering, he carefully stuck his head out and looked around, and finally closed the courtyard door gently.
Chai Yan closed the courtyard door and turned around to see Yuan Yuan standing in the middle of the courtyard, raising his hands to cover his mouth and nose.
Chai Yan walked over and was about to speak when an unpleasant smell hit his nose. He couldn't help but frown and said, "It stinks!"
Shangguan Peining's voice suddenly sounded: "The smell of blood is very strong in the first room on the right!"
Chai Yan immediately said: "Madam, please look out for me and I'll go in and take a look!"
Before he finished speaking, Chai Yan walked to the first room on the right.
Yuan nodded and warned: "Be careful!"
"Yes!" Chai Yan responded, and Yuan stepped back and pressed against the courtyard door, always paying attention to what was going on outside.
As Chai Yan approached the house, he took out the fire breakers he had prepared before from his waist.
When he stood outside the door of the first room on the right, the light of Chai Yan's fire was already on, and a lock was hung on the door.
As before, Chai Yan touched the door lock and put it into the storage space, then gently pushed the door open.
As soon as the door opened, Chai Yan smelled a fishy smell.
Chai Yan covered his mouth and nose with one hand and held a fire stick in the other, and stepped into the room lightly.
With the help of the faint light from Huozhezi, Chai Yan took a few steps inside and soon found someone lying on the ground in front of him. He didn't know whether he was dead or alive.
Chai Yan asked Shangguan Peining in his heart: "Is this person dead?"
"Not yet, but it will be soon." Shangguan Peining replied.
Chai Yan suddenly remembered the letter that the prince read to him. It said that Mr. Gu was seriously injured, but not the one in front of him!
Thinking of this, Chai Yan became a little uneasy. He quickly approached and used a fire stick to shine on the man on the ground.
Through observation, Chai Yan determined that the man on the ground was a man. The tattered clothes could be vaguely discerned as civilian uniforms used by civil servants. There were blood marks everywhere on his body, and his face was covered by scattered hair. He looked very scary.
Chai Yan couldn't see the man's face, so he had to squat down and slowly reach forward, ready to brush his hair away.
When Shangguan Peining saw Chai Yan's hands shaking unconsciously, she sneered, "You coward! What's there to be afraid of when you're about to die?"
"Who said I'm scared?" Chai Yan said hard, but he still couldn't control his fear.
Next, Chai Yan bravely pushed back the man's hair, revealing his true appearance.
Chai Yan took the fire fold closer and took a photo, and instantly breathed a sigh of relief...
Fortunately, it’s not Mr. Gu!
The man lying on the ground must be over forty years old. He has been tortured to the point of becoming as thin as firewood. His face is covered with scars, some of which have turned into pus. As Shangguan Peining said, he only has one breath left.
The kind that I don’t know when I will die...
"Help...help..."
"Holy shit!"
Suddenly the man on the ground made a sound, which really startled Chai Yan, and Huo Zhezi almost lost his hand.
Chai Yanhuo Zhezi took a look and saw that the man was trying hard to look at him with his eyes and mouth wide open. One hand was still trying to lift up, but in the end he failed because his strength was too weak.
Chai Yan asked hurriedly: "Who are you?"
"I...I I am..."
The man tried his best to answer Chai Yan, but in the end he couldn't say another word. He tilted his head and died.