A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 394 Seeking Death
When the housekeeper of the mansion came with people from the dungeon to report that someone had broken into the dungeon of the mansion and killed Xiong Yi, Chen Xun was immediately shocked.

There are three powerful men in the Qi realm guarding the dungeon, and there are bunkers like a forest, powerful bows and crossbows!
Who could have broken in and killed Xiong Yi?
At that time, Chen Xun was discussing with Yang Ji and Li Hong how to set up light and dark defenses for the execution ground of Shen Yanliu after daybreak. When the three heard the news, they immediately interrupted their discussion and rushed to the dungeon together.

In the gray sky, torches had been lit in various places in the dungeon. The flames were burning, illuminating the inside and outside of the dungeon as bright as day.

Chen Xun looked at Xiong Yi's headless bloody corpse with a gloomy face.

Li Hong pulled out the scimitar stuck in the ground, frowned slightly in the light of the fire, looked at Chen Xun and said, "It's a flying knife skill! It blew the head off with one blow. The person who did it must be at least at the second level of the True Qi Realm."

Hearing this, the two men in plain clothes standing not far away trembled and looked at each other. These two people were the other two Qi Realm masters who were in charge of the dungeon.

They were all at the first level of the True Qi Realm. Since the other party was able to kill Xiong Yi silently, they could also kill them if they took action!
In the light of the fire, Chen Xun's face looked extremely ugly.

The two men stood there in silence. They had been following Chen Xun for many years, so they could naturally feel Chen Xun's rage at this moment.

Chen Xun turned his head to look at the two of them. The muscles on his face twitched and he almost cursed out the word "waste".

Chen Xun suppressed the anger in his heart, took a deep breath, and glanced at the cell behind him. In the shadow of the slanting firelight, he saw a man in prison clothes, covered in blood, lying on a pile of hay.

Chen Xun said coldly: "Open the cell door!"

The man who was playing mahjong at the entrance of the bunker immediately took out a bunch of keys from his waist, grabbed a key, opened the fist-sized copper lock on the prison door, removed the iron chain, and pushed open the prison door.

Chen Xun walked in slowly.

When Li Hong saw Chen Xun walk into the dungeon, he immediately took a torch from a soldier not far away and followed him in.

With the help of the bright red firelight, Chen Xun looked at "Shen Yanliu" lying on the straw pile. He saw that his hair was disheveled and he was unconscious with his eyes closed.

The two people guarding the dungeon had just reported to Chen Xun that all the prisoners in this area had been drugged.

Chen Xun leaned forward and bent down, lifting up Shen Yanliu's messy hair. In the light of the fire, he could see the face clearly.

His heart suddenly relaxed. Although someone had broken into the dungeon, fortunately the most important criminal in this case had not been kidnapped.

It seems that the prison robber was coming for Tang Wanhong.

Chen Xun looked at the blood-stained body of "Shen Yanliu" and his eyes moved slightly. He suddenly reached out and pinched several joints of his ankles and elbows.

The familiar bone-distorting technique and strength made him even more certain.

Chen Xun strode out of the cell, glanced around, and said coldly: "Where is Tang Wanhong's cell? Take me to see it!"

The thin, horse-faced man immediately led Chen Xun to Tang Wanhong's cell.

The other person took the key and locked the door of Shen Yanliu's cell again.

Chen Xun walked to Tang Wanhong's cell and saw that the door was open. The iron chain and the opened copper lock were hanging on a beam of the wooden fence.

Chen Xun glanced at the opened copper lock and asked, "Was this prison door opened by the jailbreakers? Or was it you who opened it?"

"My Lord, we found that there was no prisoner in the cell, so we opened it and went in to check." The man holding a bunch of keys had walked over and immediately answered.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xun walked into the cell without saying anything.

Li Hong followed in still holding the torch.

The two men stood at the door and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

Chen Xun looked at the hole in the middle of the cell and suddenly felt as if he had eaten a fly. He never thought that the impregnable dungeon in the city that he had built with his own hands would be broken into in this way one day.

Chen Xun stood beside the hole for a while, then slowly walked to the wooden fence of the cell again. Standing there, he looked at Xiong Yi not far away. He realized that the angle to shoot the flying knife from here was very tricky.

Li Hong was standing behind him. Looking at where Chen Xun was standing, he understood what he was thinking.

Li Hong said: "The cell door is closed. The prison robber may have made his move from here!"

"It should be." Chen Xun's voice was low. "It's just that the angle is a bit tricky!"

Li Hong said: "It shows that the man's flying knife skills are quite amazing!"

Chen Xun turned his head and looked at him, saying, "Among the martial arts masters in the nearby prefectures and counties, is there anyone who is good at flying knife skills?"

"There are quite a few people who are good at flying knives. But the only one who has reached the second level of the True Qi Realm and was able to blow Xiong Yi's head off with one blow is probably Mr. Guo Er from a few years ago."

"Guo Er?" Chen Xun hesitated for a moment and said, "This man has been in seclusion for about ten years, right?"

"Eleven years!" Li Hong said with certainty.

Chen Xun glanced at him again and asked, "Why? Do you have a connection with this person?"

Li Hong smiled slightly and said, "We did have some acquaintance in the past, but we can't be considered friends."

Chen Xun nodded and said, "Ask someone to check whether this Guo Er has any favors with Tang Wanhong." After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "Since you knew him in your early years, have you heard that he has the ability to dig tunnels?"

"I've never heard of that." Li Hong hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe there were two people who broke into the prison."

Chen Xun's eyes flashed when he heard this. He turned around and slowly walked to the hole in the middle of the cell again. Suddenly he looked outside the cell and asked, "Where was this hole dug from?"

"It was from a long-abandoned house not far from the dungeon. My men have already surrounded the house, and the officers are checking the residents around it. Has anyone seen any unusual people or heard any unusual noises in the past few days?"

Chen Xun nodded and glanced at the person outside the door indifferently.

He stood there for a while, then sighed softly and walked out of the cell.

At this time, the flames from the torches outside were still roaring, but the sky was already bright. Chen Xun glanced at Shen Yanliu's cell not far away, turned his head and glanced at Li Hong, and said, "In three hours, it will be the time for the execution at noon. You will personally guard Shen Yanliu here, and don't make any more mistakes."

"Don't worry, Lord!" Li Hong responded with a fist salute behind Chen Xun.

Li Hong is a strong man at the second level of the True Qi Realm, and it was already bright in the sky. Chen Xun expected that there would be no more accidents here.

Although the dungeon was broken into by a prisoner, fortunately, the most important criminal, Shen Yanliu, was not in any danger.

Chen Xun felt scared when he thought about it. If Shen Yanliu was kidnapped, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain? You have to know that Shen Yanliu is not clean, and he is not that clean either. However, he did it on purpose and took the initiative.

Fortunately, those people who broke into the prison were obviously targeting Tang Wanhong.

Before, when he was personally setting up the scheme for Tang Wanhong, he had investigated this person.

Tang Wanhong was originally an antique dealer, but because of his shrewdness and sophistication, he was chosen by Shen Yanliu.

The two have been friends for twenty or thirty years, and Tang Wanhong has long become Shen Yanliu's most important confidant.

This person mingled in the underworld and the people he made friends with were all kinds of people. After following Shen Yanliu, he ran around for Shen Yanliu and his social circle was so wide that it was hard for ordinary people to imagine.

Among these people, there might be some brave and righteous people who knew that he was in such a disaster and tried to rescue him. As for killing Xiong Yi, it was probably because the movement on their side alarmed Xiong Yi who was not far away.

The position where Xiong Yi was located was originally specially arranged by him to guard Shen Yanliu.

As for Shen Yanliu, after this case, the two have become enemies. He and Tang Wanhong are almost enemies. Since those people are saving Tang Wanhong, why would they care about Shen Yanliu?

On his way back to the government office in the city, Chen Xun was no longer so anxious.

Tang Wanhong was actually a dispensable character in this case. He was arrested in order to expose Shen Yanliu. Now that Shen Yanliu had been arrested, his value had been fully utilized.

Having said that, since this is a major prison break case after all, he will still investigate it with all his strength. However, that will have to wait until he executes Shen Yanliu at noon today.

If he doesn't kill this man, he will never be able to get rid of the burden in his heart.

At first, when he heard that the dungeon in the city had been robbed, he thought that something had happened to Shen Yanliu, so on the way to the dungeon, he asked Li Hong about Shen Mizhi's news.

Li Hong said that he had just received a message from there not long ago that Shen Mizhi had left the border post station after yesterday evening. If you count the itinerary, the earliest she could arrive in Ruyang City would be this morning.

In a wild forest twenty miles away from Tongbai County!

In the desolate wild forest, where few people go, a horse-drawn carriage rumbled by and soon stopped outside a dilapidated temple.

Ximen Kankan let out a sigh and pulled the reins.

The carriage shook, waking up Duan Rong who had fallen asleep.

Duan Rong stood up, pulled the curtain of the carriage, and looked at the familiar dilapidated temple in the desolate forest in front of him. It was the place where the escorts stayed in previous years.

He got off the car carrying Shen Yanliu, walked into the dilapidated temple, and laid her flat on a pile of hay in the corner.

At this time, Ximen Kankan tied up the carriage and walked in, looking intently at Shen Yanliu.

Shen Yanliu was covered in blood, his face was pale, and there was a small blood scab on the right cheek.

It had been dark before, and Ximen Kankan had never seen Shen Yanliu. He just heard Duan Rong say that he had rescued the person. When he took a look at his surroundings, he saw that it was indeed Shen Yanliu lying there. He was immediately convinced.

That’s the city dungeon!

Moreover, how important is this prefecture's censor? !

Duan Rong turned his head and saw Ximen Kankan looking at him in astonishment. He smiled and said, "How is it? Is your admiration for me like a torrent of water?"

Ximen Kankan heard this, his shocked expression instantly turned into a playful smile, and he said with a chuckle: "Yes! I am your admiration, just like a big pee that has been held back all night, and it is about to splash on your face!"

After Ximen Kankan finished speaking, he immediately hid at the temple gate, fearing that Duan Rong would take the opportunity to kick him in the butt.

Duan Rong just glanced at him. He didn't have the time to play around with Ximen Kankan.

He flipped his hand and took out a pill, which was left by Shen Ping. Duan Rong decided to give one to Shen Yanliu. Shen Yanliu was covered in wounds and his dantian was destroyed. He was seriously injured. He had gone through so much trouble to get him out of the dungeon. If he died again, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

Then, Duan Rong gathered his spiritual consciousness and penetrated all the bones and joints on Shen Yanliu's body. He suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched various parts of Shen Yanliu's body.

He was resetting Shen Yanliu's dislocated bones.

There was a crackling sound among the bones all over his body, and Shen Yanliu was obviously in great pain, and he groaned.

The pill he had just swallowed had a detoxifying effect, and coupled with the severe pain in his body at the moment, Shen Yanliu woke up slowly.

His head felt dizzy at first, and then he looked at Duan Rong beside him and the surrounding environment.

Shen Yanliu's eyes suddenly focused and he immediately looked around. He saw Ximen Kankan standing at the temple gate, and this dilapidated temple, and through the temple gate he also saw the wild forest outside.

This is obviously not the city dungeon.

"Where is this?" Shen Yanliu's throat was dry and hoarse, he looked at Duan Rong and asked.

Duan Rong said: "This is a dilapidated temple on the outskirts of Tongbai County."

Shen Yanliu's eyes moved. Tongbai County was already some distance away from Ruyang Prefecture. "You saved me?"

"Ah."

"Did Mizhi ask you to save me?"

"Yes!"

Shen Yanliu said coldly: "Send me back!"

Duan Rong was slightly stunned. He and Ximen Kankan looked at each other, wondering what Shen Yanliu was doing. This person was a little too ungrateful. Someone rescued you, but you didn't even say thank you, and you said you wanted to go back.

Ximen Kankan said: "You will die if you go back!"

Shen Yanliu said: "I am already a useless person, it is not a pity for me to die! This will implicate Mi Zhi and you too! It is not worth it!"

Duan Rong said: "Since I saved you, I won't leave any evidence for them to pursue."

Shen Yanliu's eyes flickered.

It's not that he didn't believe Duan Rong, but he really couldn't figure out what Duan Rong meant by not leaving any evidence for them to pursue.
He was the provincial prosecutor of a prefecture and a wanted criminal personally tried by the prefecture lord. Now that he has escaped from the dungeon, how could he not let them pursue him?
Shen Yanliu shook his head and said, "As long as I am alive, Chen Xun will not let Mizhi go!"

"Send me back, otherwise I will die here!" Shen Yanliu said as he struggled to get up.

The bones and joints all over his body were broken. The pain made him sweat profusely and gasp for air, but he still struggled to move towards the big pillar over there.

Duan Rong looked at Shen Yanliu's fierce desire to die, and his heart moved slightly.

He knew that he was afraid of getting Shen Mizhi into trouble. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs!
He suddenly flicked his sleeves, and a ball of strong sleeping drug was sprinkled on Shen Yanliu's face. Shen Yanliu was already breathing heavily, and a lot of the drug powder was inhaled by him. He suddenly felt dizzy, his eyes went black, and he fainted.

Duan Rong helped Shen Yanliu lie down on the haystack again. He turned his head to look at Ximen Kankan and said, "Keep an eye on him. If he wakes up again, persuade him and tell him that Shen Mizhi will come to see him soon."

Ximen Kankan looked troubled and said, "I can't handle him at all!"

"If you can't handle it, just knock him out!"

Duan Rong said this and walked out of the door. As he left, he threw a black porcelain bottle at Ximen Kankan's feet.

When Ximen Kankan saw the porcelain bottle, his eyes immediately lit up with joy, because that was obviously the drug that Duan Rong had used to make Shen Yanliu unconscious just now.

Duan Rong did not expect Shen Yanliu to be so violent. If he had known, he would not have woken him up. Shen Ping's pills have a detoxifying effect, and the strong drug would probably not last long.

What a headache!
(End of this chapter)