The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 260 Face to Face

After Number Four locked Wu Chengyu in the dungeon, he turned and left. Inside the dungeon were only Wu Chengyu and the child, but there were four guards outside the dungeon at the same time.

After entering the dungeon, Wu Chengyu was also put in shackles, but these shackles could not restrain him at all. He could easily remove the shackles by using his bone-shrinking technique.

He carefully examined the layout of the dungeon. The walls and floor were made of thick granite. There were no windows, but the side facing inwards was made of iron bars, which were cast from iron rods as thick as a child's arm and could be considered unbreakable.

Wu Chengyu looked at the child, who was still curled up in the corner with his head down, only occasionally sobbing.

He stopped paying attention and closed his eyes to meditate and regulate his breathing.

After about an hour, it should have been completely dark outside. There were only a few torches in the dungeon, making the light even dimmer.

Finally, he heard the footsteps of Number Four again. He walked to the cell door, looked at Wu Chengyu, and said with a sneer.

"You're quite obedient. The leader is back and wants to see you now. Behave yourself, or I'll skin you alive."

Wu Chengyu remained expressionless and too lazy to speak. He was pulled out of the dungeon by Number Four and walked several hundred steps to a courtyard.

"Reporting to the leader, that fellow from the Quanzhen Sect has been brought here."

“Bring him in.”

Wu Chengyu followed Number Four into the main hall of the courtyard and finally met Heishi Lie Liangping.

The Jin Dynasty's top spy chief was dressed in a brocade robe, his face was pale and cold, his eyes were narrow and upturned, and he looked at Wu Chengyu like a venomous snake.

"Is this the person who went to the oil shop to make contact? He looks quite ordinary."

"Reporting to the chief, it is indeed this person. Moreover, he offered no resistance when we captured him, saying he wanted to exchange a secret for something. However, I suspect he has ulterior motives."

"Oh, then I'll see what surprises this guy has in store for me. So what if he has ulterior motives? He's in my hands now, he can't cause any trouble."

Number Four, you can go down now. Consider this your redemption. However, that bandit leader is still missing. Your merits and demerits don't cancel each other out. Now get to him and go find him!

Upon hearing this, Number Four broke out in a cold sweat, quickly bowed, and left the house without looking back.

For those engaged in espionage, the most desirable thing is betrayal by their adversaries. This often means the exposure of many secrets, and it also means that they can gain more benefits from these secrets.

Of course, Number Four is right; Wu Chengyu might have ulterior motives, but he's not afraid. In his view, Wu Chengyu is already in shackles—steel shackles—and can no longer threaten anyone.

Ryohei Heishi was born into a noble family and had only practiced a little martial arts since childhood. He became the head of the secret service not only because of his high birth, but also because of his ruthless mind and skill in management. He could not truly understand what a real master of martial arts represented.

Moreover, Lei Datou's face is too deceptive, appearing dejected and pathetic, making people instinctively ignore the threat he poses, just like the real Lei Datou in later generations, who was actually over 180cm tall, but no one would think he was very tall just by watching movies and TV shows.

From the first glance, Ryohei Heisei felt that Wu Chengyu was not a martial arts master and could be easily manipulated.

"Judging from your appearance, you're just an ordinary street thug, a nobody. Tell me, how did you get Ma Yu's token, and how did you get involved with the Quanzhen Sect?" Wu Chengyu ignored him, looking around the main room. There were more than a dozen guards outside the main room, and inside, besides He Shi Lie Liangping and the number four who had just left, there were the two bodyguards behind the head of the secret service.

When Heshi Lie Liangping saw that Wu Chengyu didn't speak, he suddenly became interested. The more carefully he looked at Wu Chengyu's face, the more interested he became.

In the past, he suffered repeated setbacks. His secret plan to infiltrate the Quanzhen Sect to learn martial arts was exposed, his ambush of Qiu Chuji failed, his hard-won plan to infiltrate the rebel army went bankrupt, and even the hidden agents he had prepared for several years, those swift bandits, were all killed before they could be sent out.

Furthermore, he had been trying to collaborate with Qiu Qianren for the past few days, but Qiu Qianren kept refusing, and he still had to keep praising Qiu Qianren, this so-called top master.

In short, the more he suppressed his anger these past few days, the more it felt like it was about to explode. Even though he frequently beat and scolded his subordinates, he still couldn't vent his frustration.

But for some reason, seeing Lei Datou's face made him feel like he was the perfect target for venting his anger. This sense of humiliation gave him a kind of pleasure in being able to bully him at will.

Suddenly, Ryohei Heisei let out a burst of somewhat hysterical yet joyful laughter.

"You said you had a secret to tell me and wanted to exchange something with me, but suddenly I'm not interested in your secret anymore."

Right now, all I can think about is how to torture you to death. It's strange, but it seems like it's quite a happy thing to personally cut cuts into your body with a knife.

How could someone like you exist? Don't worry, I don't want you to die. I feel like I can play with you for a long time.

As for your secret, you'll tell me on your own when the time comes.

When Wu Chengyu saw Heshi Lie Liangping's somewhat distorted face, he was first surprised, and then seemed to understand something. How could Big Head Brother's face have such an effect?

"Tell me, how should I begin?" he asked, reaching out to grab Wu Chengyu's throat.

"Tell me, how should I begin?" This question wasn't repeated; it appeared almost simultaneously with Ryohei Heishi's voice.

All that Heishi Ryohei knew was that he had just finished speaking, and before his words had even faded, a voice almost identical to his own, saying the same thing, rang in his ears.

The voice was high-pitched and hoarse, three degrees higher than the average person's, slightly harsh, slightly effeminate, somewhat cynical, and like a venomous snake's hiss. It was like an echo, and he couldn't even tell who said it.

At the same time, he felt his hands sink, and before he could even look down, he saw a pair of shackles neatly handcuffed to his hands.

Only then did he realize what had happened. He tried to shout for help, but found that he couldn't move or speak at all. At the same time, his two bodyguards fell to the ground. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that they were completely lifeless.

Perhaps it was the sound of something heavy hitting the ground coming from inside that alerted the guards outside, and someone called out from outside the door, "Sir, is something wrong?"

A glimmer of hope immediately appeared in Heishi Lie Liangping's eyes as he waited for the guards outside to come in and rescue him. Just then, he heard Wu Chengyu open his mouth and speak in the exact same voice and tone as him.

"It's nothing, just playing with this prisoner for a bit. I have important matters to discuss now. All of you guards, get back at least five zhang away, and no one is allowed to approach this area. Anyone who disobeys will be executed."

"Tell me, what secrets do you have to tell me, and what do you want to exchange for? As long as what you say satisfies me, we can talk."

(End of this chapter)