The army drove out of the city, and Liu Wei left the barracks surrounded by Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and a team of Yu Linwei.

As soon as he came out of the tooth gate, before Liu Wei's war horse walked onto the street, a dragoon guard rode a horse, along the bluestone road, and rushed towards the military camp.

When Liu Wei approached, the dragoon guard turned over and jumped off his horse, knelt in front of Liu Bian's horse with his fists folded, looked up at Liu Wei and said: "Yesterday evening, General Zhao led us to capture more than a dozen assassins, and they have been put into prison, waiting for His Highness to be dropped!" ”

"More than a dozen?" Because he had been asleep since the afternoon of the previous day, he came to the barracks early in the morning, and what happened in the prison at night, Liu Wei did not know, after listening to the words of the dragoon, he was stunned for a moment, waved to the people behind him, and said to everyone: "And follow this king to the prison to take a look!" ”

Everyone responded in unison, followed Liu Wei, and rode towards the prison.

Not long after the departure of the main force of the Luoyang Army, the defense of the city has been handed over to the Jizhou Army of Toucheng. The number of this surrendered Jizhou army is not very large, only more than 1,000 people, while the number of Sanwei left in the city by the Luoyang army is close to 10,000.

The comparison of troops is so disparity, and the combat power of the three guards and the soldiers of Toucheng is also incomparable, and Liu Wei does not have too much worry about the Jizhou army of Toucheng.

Because the main force of the Luoyang army went out of the city, no one in the city dared to go out to watch in the market, and the whole city was like a dead city.

It is precisely because there are no pedestrians in the market that Liu Wei and others can travel much faster. The heavy horse's hooves stepped on the bluestone pavement, making a muffled sound of "yes". It didn't take long for Liu Wei and the others to cross several streets and reach the gate of the prison.

When Liu Wei led Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and a team of Yu Linwei through the street, in a private house on the side of the road, a purple-skinned man stood in the house with a slight bow. His forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, and although the weather was very cold, beads of sweat the size of beans still slid down his cheeks and onto his neck.

Sweat flowed along the neck into the collar, wet and cold, and the flow of sweat rubbed against the skin, making the purple-skinned man feel itchy and uncomfortable.

But he didn't dare to move more, and endured the coldness and itching caused by the sweat entering the collar, and bent down to face the window, as if he was afraid that if he moved too much, he might incur death.

By the window near the street, the man in his thirties had changed into a snow-white dark coat. Although the style of the deep coat is no different from the people's clothes, the clothing is made of fine silk.

The light shone through the window, directly on the man. The snow-white deep clothes he was wearing, under the sunlight, reflected the bright luster of the snow, which added a bit of nobility to him.

With his hands behind his back, looking out the window, the man in white always had a strange smile on the corner of his mouth, and after a long time, he said to the purple-faced man standing behind him in a tone without the slightest emotion: "Sixteen people went, one died, and fourteen were captured, but you returned alone......"

"General Mingjian!" Before the man in white finished speaking, the purple-faced man bent his legs, knelt on the ground with a "poof", bowed down, trembled all over, and said to the man in white: "The prison tower is completely unfortified, if there is no ambush inside, how could the Luoyang army be cautious?" The villain was also alert at the moment, and he fled quickly, so he was not captured......"

"You're a swordsman, too! Say the word 'escape', it is so calm! The man in white didn't look back, still maintaining a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to the purple-skinned man: "If it weren't for General Ben's early planning, I'm afraid that our whereabouts this time will be exposed in front of the King of Luoyang, ......."

At this point, the man in white let out a long sigh and was silent for a moment before he continued: "Even so, it is careless, this evening, I will leave the city, and we must not delay here!" ”

Kneeling on the ground, the purple-skinned man trembled slightly, and he didn't even dare to say a word.

Previously, the main force of the Luoyang Army was in the city, and the soldiers patrolling the market were the main force of the Luoyang Army. The three guards of the Luoyang Army, who were quite at ease with the main force, would not worry too much about the inspection of the city at that time.

But once the main force of the Luoyang Army goes out, the dragon cavalry, Yulin and Huben three guards in the city do not trust the Jizhou army of Toucheng very much, and they will definitely strengthen the inspection. At that time, not only will it be impossible to design the assassination of Liu Wei, but I am afraid that staying in the city for one more day will be more dangerous.

The purple-skinned man didn't say anything, the man in white faced the window, and he didn't say anything more, and the small room fell into a silence that was unbearable for ordinary people.

Surrounded by Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others, Liu Wei arrived at the door of the prison, turned over and jumped off the horse, and walked quickly towards the prison.

Guarding the prison was a group of dragoons who took over after the main force left. Before Liu Wei led the group to the prison door, the dragoon guards on the tower had already spotted them and sent a signal to the dragoons at the cell door below.

The dragoon guards guarding the door saw the signal and hurriedly opened the prison door. When the gate slowly opened, Liu Wei happened to arrive at the door, and without stopping, he went straight into the prison compound.

The so-called prison compound is actually an empty open space. There are no bluestone decorations on the ground, and there are no flowers and trees planted in the open space, so as long as someone walks into the open space, it will be unobstructed by the view of the guards on the tower.

Liu Wei entered the prison, and all the accompanying Yu Linwei stayed outside the prison door, lined up in two columns at the prison door, one by one pressing the hilt of the sword, and looking around vigilantly.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun followed Liu Wei and entered the prison. As soon as the servants stepped into the clearing, the dragoon officer in charge of the prison guard quickly greeted them.

When he arrived in front of Liu Bian, the dragoon guard officer bowed down with his fists and greeted Liu Bian.

Nodding to the officer, Liu Wei asked him, "Where is the assassin captured last night?" ”

"Your Highness......" mentioned the assassins captured the night before, the dragoon guard officer showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said to Liu Wei with some trepidation: "We have exhausted the torture, and these assassins still bite to death and refuse to tell the names and surnames of the people behind the scenes, only saying that they are originally rangers, hired by a purple-skinned man, to assassinate a prisoner, and I don't know that the prisoner is so important!" It doesn't seem like they're lying. I don't know if they are too backbone or really don't know, and they don't dare to decide, so I can only ask Your Highness to decide! ”

"Ranger?" Listening to the words of the dragoon guard, Liu Wei's brows furrowed slightly, and he groaned slightly, then waved his hand at the officer and said to him: "Let's take this king to take a look!" ”

"No!" The officer answered, stepped aside, clenched his fists, and waited until Liu Wei walked by, and then followed the position half a step behind on the side towards a row of houses.

Under the guidance of the officer, Liu Wei and the others walked to a hut made of bluestone at the corner of the clearing.

The hut was surrounded by many houses that were also made of bluestone, but much larger than this one, and guarded the most inconspicuous hut surrounded by the houses.

When he arrived at the door of the hut, the dragoon guard officer gently pushed the door open, stepped aside and stood aside, bowed slightly, and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness, please!" ”

Nodding to the dragoon officer, Liu Wei raised his feet and walked into the hut. Inside, he found that the interior of the hut had a bluestone staircase that ran from top to bottom to the basement.

The entrance to the staircase was still faintly lit, and I thought there should be a candle lit below.

Standing at the entrance of the stairs, Liu Wei glanced down, and then slowly descended to the basement along the stairs paved with bluestone. When he went down the stairs, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun glanced at each other, and then they both turned their heads to look at the dragoon guard officer standing on the side, and saw that the officer's face was as usual, and there was no abnormality, so the two followed Liu Wei down.

After descending the last staircase, Liu Wei found that the underground space suddenly opened up, and it was not as narrow as the space of the hut.

In this huge space, every four or five steps, a stout column is erected. Dozens of columns support the roof, ensuring that the underground prison will be used all year round without collapsing.

Except for the flat wall on the side of the staircase, the other three walls of the underground prison are made of thick wood to build cage-like cells.

Standing at the edge of the stairs, Liu Wei pressed the hilt of his sword with one hand, frowned slightly, and looked around the prison scene.

Most of the isolation cells were empty, only a little farther away, in the relatively dark cells, where people could be faintly seen.

In the hall of the cell, there is a long wooden table. This low table is different from the usual low table for eating, not only is it more than twice as long as the usual low table, the surface is not painted, and the wood texture is still faintly recognizable. Perhaps it is often used, and its skin is very shiny, and under the light of the candle, it glows with oily luster.

On the table, there is a clay pot filled with water. On the side of the clay pot, there are several short swords, rivets and other sharp objects.

Not far from this low table, three cross-shaped wooden shelves stand side by side. On the three wooden frames, there were also hooks made of metal with hemp rope to tie the end of the hook.

Since the prison was built underground, ventilation depended only on the wind pouring in from the hut, and the air inside the prison was unusually turbid, and in the turbid air, there was a strong smell of blood.

Liu Wei entered the prison, and several dragoon guards guarding the prisoners hurriedly stood up, stood side by side, maintained a fist-hugging and bowing posture, and greeted Liu Wei in unison: "Your Highness! ”

Nodding to the dragoons, Liu Wei asked them, "Where are the assassins captured yesterday?" ”

"Bring the Assassins out!" Before Liu Wei's words fell, the dragoon guard officers who followed him down the stairs hurriedly said to several dragoon guards standing in the prison: "Please ask Your Highness to interrogate in person!" ”

"No!" Several dragoon guards responded in unison, and quickly walked to the inner side of the cell, opened the cell doors one by one, and pulled the dozen or so assassins out of the cell one by one.

Although the candles were lit in the prison, the light was still a little dim after all, and when more than a dozen people were found out, Liu Wei could not see their faces clearly, but only saw that their bodies were paralyzed, and two of them were even brought out of the cell by the dragoon guards by the collar as if they were carrying something.

It wasn't until the dragoon guards drove the more than a dozen prisoners to a slightly brighter place that Liu Wei saw clearly that the dozen or so prisoners were all covered in blood, and they had already been tortured and looked like no human beings.