sbdcsierra Chapter 195 Meeting Again
Chapter 195 Meeting Again
Realizing something, Rong Su immediately raised his head and looked towards the iron cage, then said to the person inside, "Senior, please come a little closer to me, then touch the ground here with your hand, and then knock on it. Do you hear a hollow sound?"
As he finished speaking, the sound of chains moving came from inside the iron cage.
The sound moved closer to her. After a while, the man said in surprise: "There is a hollow area here."
Hearing that he had found it, Rong Su curled her lips in surprise, and then said to him, "Senior, do you have any extra wooden strips? Give them to me, I'll try to pry them open."
The man seemed to hesitate: "Are you sure?"
Rong Su understood that it was impossible for one person to find a way out for the time being, so it would be better to rescue the people first. With more people trying to find a solution, they might be able to find a way out faster.
"Senior, I'm sure."
The other party seemed to see Rong Su's insistence and did not hesitate any longer. He pinched the wooden stick between his fingers and passed it through the gap.
After taking the wooden stick, Rong Su began to feel the abnormality on the ground with her hands, searching along the edge.
I found a very thin gap and first stuck the torch in the gap of the iron cage. Because it was tied with a cloth strip, the width was just right for it to be stuck.
After fixing the torch, Rong Su could free his hands to pry the ground.
Holding the wooden stick and looking at the head of the stick, Rong Su placed it in front of her knees and slammed it hard, breaking the stick into two pieces, with one piece having a sharper edge.
Then she took the wooden stick and started prying.
She thought she could pry it open, but she found that her palms began to sting and bleed, and the ground still didn't react at all. The wooden strips were rubbed by the floor and began to break.
The person in the iron cage seemed to have anticipated the outcome and said in a heavy voice, "You can't pry it open with just one stick."
The other party is right. Unless we have an iron weapon, maybe we can do it.
Rong Su gripped the wooden stick tightly. Because he was in a heavy mood, he didn't even notice that his palms were covered in blood from being squeezed by the stick.
I can't give up like this, Rong Su stood up and looked for a way out again.
"Senior, I will definitely find a way out, and I will definitely come back to save you later!"
Rong Su spoke in a firm tone, then bent down to take out the torch stuck in the gap and walked to the place where he had just found the way.
This time, we didn't miss any place and searched very carefully.
Just when she was worried, she suddenly heard the sound of stones moving.
Rong Su quickly looked around, found a darker place to hide in, and blew out the torch in his hand.
The rumbling sound of stones moving.
After a while, someone walked out from where she had just stood. It turned out that there was a mechanism on the left side of the concave area that could be used for entry and exit. The mechanism was embedded in the stone wall, no wonder it could not be found.
The man walked in carrying a wooden box, wearing a mask and dressed like a servant.
The servant walked to the right side of the iron cage and stomped on the ground lightly a few times. Then a stone slab moved away from the ground. Then the servant squatted down, took out the key, and opened the iron lock on the stone slab.
Upon seeing this, Rong Su walked over without the servant knowing. A silver needle flew out of her hand and instantly pierced into the back of the servant's neck.
After a while, the servant fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
Rong Su hurried over, bent down and moved the man away from the stone slab, and took the key from him. He looked inside with the help of the oil lamp brought in by the servant, and saw a passage that led to the iron cage.
Without much hesitation, she hurried in. Sure enough, after walking down, she could see stairs that could lead up. Walking up the stairs, she saw a stone slab with a padlock on it.
Rong Su took out the key from the servant, opened the lock, pushed the stone slab open with force, and went upstairs in a short while.
After going up, I used an oil lamp to illuminate the surroundings. It was a hundred times darker inside the iron cage than outside, and I couldn't see my hand in front of me.
If it weren't for the oil lamp, she probably wouldn't dare to move a step.
Looking around, I soon saw a figure lying motionless on the ground.
Rong Su hurried over and squatted down to take a look. It was an elderly man wearing a dirty dark brown robe, but the material of the robe was of high quality. This man did not look like an ordinary person.
The man looked disheveled, but even in his unconscious sleeping position he maintained a state of alertness and a certain elegance.
Rong Su didn't spend too much time thinking. She quickly helped the man up, walked out of the iron cage through the passage, and then took another look at the servant who had fainted on the ground.
He first put the man aside, then walked up to the servant and pulled off his belt.
The servant was tied to the side of the iron cage and tied into a knot.
He glanced at the wooden box beside him, brought it to the servant, and whispered, "You should also experience the feeling of being locked up."
Then Rong Su turned around, helped the man up, and walked towards the recessed place. This time, she knew where the mechanism was, so she didn't need to spend time looking for it. She opened the very secret door in one go.
After taking the man out, she came to the secret passage she had walked through before. It was still very dark around, but at least it was brighter than where the iron cage was placed.
After coming out, Rong Su remembered that she had met Shen Peiqing here before, but now she didn’t know where she was, so it might not be easy to find Shen Peiqing.
"Now is not the time to think too much. We have to find a way out quickly." Rong Su glanced at the man she was supporting. His weathered and dark face was pale and colorless. He looked very weak. She had just secretly taken his pulse.
Why does this man fall into coma at regular times? It’s because he has been poisoned.
Although the poison did not kill him immediately, it was slowly consuming his lifespan.
He walked slowly along the secret passage with the man, being alert to the possibility of encountering Shen Fengyu and others and keeping his ears open, while at the same time he had to speed up his pace to find a way out.
Just as Rong Su and his men reached the end of the secret passage, they suddenly heard footsteps coming from the other side of the secret passage.
She immediately became nervous and tense, and took her people to find a place to hide.
Fortunately, there are many uneven places in the secret passage, and the uneven places are particularly dark. As long as you hide in them, you will not be discovered unless you get close.
After hiding inside, the footsteps were heard nearby, and then the angry complaints of two guards were heard.
"Where on earth is that slut hiding? Is she really a rat?"
"When I find her, I'm going to teach her a lesson. I've been searching for her all this time without even having dinner!"
The two men walked nearby, cursing at each other.
After listening to the conversation between the two, Rong Su narrowed her eyes slightly, probably because she realized that they were talking about her.
She hid the man in the dark, then she slowly walked out of the darkness holding the silver needle, sneering and saying, "Let me see who will show whom what they are capable of."
The two guards were startled when they suddenly heard the sound. They turned around and saw Rong Su. When they saw that it was a woman, they immediately realized that it was the person they were looking for.
In an instant, the two men showed fierce expressions and their hands began to grip the hilts of their swords.
But Rong Su didn't take them seriously at all. He curled his lips and sneered, and two silver needles flew towards them.
The two reacted quickly and drew their swords to block, but the next second they saw Rong Su throwing a bottle of powder at them.
They didn't even have time to cover their mouths, and they fell to the ground one after another with their eyes wide open in disbelief.
Seeing that the two people had fallen to the ground due to the Chinese medicine, a cold light flashed in Rong Su's eyes. He walked over, bent down, picked up the silver needle from the ground and put it away.
Suddenly, there was another very light sound of footsteps. She immediately sounded the alarm and got up to hide in the dark.
He still held the silver needle in his hand and stared at the place where the footsteps came from. If it was Shen Fengyu and others, Rong Su would not show mercy.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and my heart couldn't help but start to beat faster and faster.
Seeing a figure walking out from the corner, Rong Su narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Seeing that it was a man's figure, she was about to throw a silver needle at him, but the next second, in the dim firelight, she saw clearly that the man was Shen Peiqing.
Rong Su hurriedly retracted the silver needle, but accidentally got pricked in the finger by the needle tip. Blood instantly flowed out of the finger and a stinging pain came over her.
Shen Peiqing came over after hearing the noise, but found two unconscious guards lying on the ground. He was slightly surprised. When he looked up, he felt a murderous aura. He used his lightness skills to flash and slipped into the darkness.
He reached out and grabbed the person in the dark, but heard a soft, muffled sound of pain.
And the voice sounded very familiar. Shen Peiqing was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes and took a closer look, and found that it was Rong Su who had been missing for a long time!
"Xiao Su. Are you okay?" Shen Peiqing nervously grabbed her shoulders and looked her up and down.
Seeing him so excited, Rong Su felt a little at a loss. She silently hid her hands behind her back, shook her head, and said, "It's okay."
Hearing her say that everything was fine, Shen Peiqing's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally relaxed a little. His face was filled with distress and self-blame. "If I had caught you faster, you wouldn't have fallen into that trap. How did you get out? I've been trying to find the entrance to the trap, but I searched for a full hour and couldn't find it. Finally, I discovered that the trap seemed to have another entrance, so I tried another way."
Seeing Shen Peiqing's concern and worry for her, Rong Su felt a warm feeling in her heart. She suppressed the emotion in her eyes and said, "Now that I'm out, it's okay. Oh, by the way, I also found a senior in there."
After she finished speaking, she turned and looked at the unconscious figure hiding in the dark, leaning against the wall.
When Shen Peiqing heard this, he frowned slightly and murmured softly: "Senior?"
He walked closer, squatted down, and reached out to lift the man's hair that was covering his forehead. When he looked closely, he saw that the man seemed to be frozen there, and even his hands were shaking slightly.
Noticing something strange about Shen Peiqing, Rong Su approached and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Shen Peiqing's voice was low and trembling, unable to conceal the excitement in his tone: "This is, this is my father."
After hearing this, Rong Su looked at the fainted man in shock. She never expected that this man would be the lord of Beizhou, Shen Peiqing's father!
[Successfully rescued the Emperor of Beizhou from the iron cage. Reader upgraded to level 10, currently level 35]
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Unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence, Shen Peiqing's father was rescued.
Rong Su was a little surprised, but the most unexpected thing was that Shen Xuan was actually locked in an iron cage. However, she had never received any information about the disappearance of the Emperor of Beizhou. Hadn't Shen Xuan been recuperating in the Beizhou Palace?
Shen Peiqing seemed to sense Rong Su's inner thoughts. With a hint of resentment and sadness in his eyes, he suppressed his voice and said angrily, "Shen Fengyu is a ruthless fellow. He actually dared to imprison my father and even had someone disguise himself as my father. He claimed to be recuperating in the palace and refused to see any ministers!"
After hearing this, Rong Su suddenly understood: "So, you came here to find the Emperor of Beizhou?"
Shen Peiqing nodded heavily.
"During the battle against the Northern Continent Army, I ran into my former mentor, General Gao, and learned some information about my father from him. Also, I sneaked into the palace a few days ago to investigate, and the guards were getting tighter and tighter. After some investigation, I discovered that my father had been replaced in the palace."
After hearing what Shen Peiqing said, Rong Su thought of something and said, "The Crown Prince of Beizhou is Shen Fengyu now, so you suspect him."
Shen Peiqing's eyes became as dark and deep as the night, and he clenched his fists. Rong Su could feel the coldness and anger emanating from him.
"That's right. It's just as I expected. His ambition is obvious, and now he even disregards family ties."
Rong Su could understand Shen Peiqing's anger. Being hurt again and again by someone you trusted was a thousand times more painful than being tortured to death with a knife.
She looked at Shen Peiqing and asked, "There was news on the battlefield that you were injured and missing. What's going on?"
Shen Peiqing turned to look at her, his eyes like a deep valley, flowing with a soft light. His tone was light, but with a hint of unspeakable expectation.
"Do you care about me?"
These words were like a stone dropped gently into the calm lake of her heart, causing ripples.
In the past, Rong Su would never care so much about a man. Even if she did care, she would not admit it because she did not like to be tied down, nor did she want to be tied down.
But she didn't know when it started, but this man in front of her, who was as cold as the night, was like a silent breeze, penetrating into her heart little by little, stirring her heart.
Rong Su was about to speak but was interrupted.
Suddenly Shen Xuan showed signs of waking up and kept coughing.
"Father!"
Shen Peiqing looked at Shen Xuan nervously.
Seeing this, Rong Su's expression became serious: "We must leave this place quickly. The King of Beizhou is very weak and needs to be treated with medicine in time."
Shen Peiqing also understood this. He bent down and helped Shen Xuan up, then said to her, "I've seen this place before. It's an underground maze. There are many passages leading in all directions, but I've found a place that might have a way out."
"Okay. Let's go." Rong Su believed in Shen Peiqing's judgment.
Shen Peiqing looked at Rong Su with a deep gaze, and then helped Shen Xuan find the way, and from time to time he would turn around to look at Rong Su, as if to prevent her from getting lost.
But when they walked for a while, they suddenly heard footsteps in front of them, followed by a cold and angry voice.
"Burn them all! I don't believe they are not afraid of fire!"
This is Shen Fengyu's voice.
Hearing this, Rong Su and Shen Peiqing looked at each other. It was obvious that the situation was becoming more urgent.