Chapter 251: There are more and more of these bastards

The chain moved slightly, but there was no response.

Qianhu tapped the table with his finger, and the jailer next to him immediately understood and shouted: "Let the water go!"

The water level rose visibly, from the woman's waist to her chest.

"Stop."

Qianhu stood up and looked down at her, saying in a gentle and persuasive tone: "Why do you have to do this? There has been no movement for so many days. It can be seen that the people behind you have already abandoned you. Why do you have to persist?"

The woman who was soaked in the water suddenly struggled violently, and soon, bloodstains appeared on the water surface.

But even so, the woman did not cry out in pain.

Qianhu's face darkened.

This woman was Lan Yan, who held Emperor Lu Daizong hostage in the hunting grounds that day. After entering the prison, she seemed to have become dumb and never spoke again.

No matter how much torture she was subjected to, she could only groan at most.

Days passed, and the emperor had asked him about the progress many times. His patience must have run out. If the stalemate continued...

Qianhu's eyes were full of annoyance.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Lan Yan was still silent as before, Qianhu's eyes darkened: "You have been soaking in it for so many days, I guess you are used to it, so let's try another way today."

He ordered in a cold voice: "Bring the person up."

Upon hearing this, the jailer hurriedly raised the iron chain and brought Lan Yan to the ground.

As soon as they came up, there was a foul smell.

Everyone held their breath unconsciously.

Lan Yan's legs had been eaten away to the point of white bones, and the skin on her arms was wrinkled from being soaked. She lay on the ground with her eyes closed, her face pale, like a corpse.

Qianhu frowned.

It was not that he was scared, but looking at her like this, if she continued to be tortured, if she couldn't hold on and died, he would not be able to explain to the emperor.

At this moment, a prison guard trotted over and whispered a few words to him.

Qianhu's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly ordered: "Take her in, watch her carefully, and apply some medicine. Don't let her die."

After speaking, he turned and walked out.

After leaving the house, the captain's face immediately showed a gentle and somewhat flattering smile, and he walked up to him quickly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince..."

Xiao Lingyu raised his hand and waved, indicating that he didn't need to say more: "When I was investigating the matter of Emperor Lu Daizong, I made some special discoveries. Perhaps, it is related to the matter that worries you, Captain."

In fact, when he was leaving the house, he remembered that Jiang Zhiyu had mentioned in the Shangshu Mansion that day that the woman seemed to be related to Song Shiwei. He had previously thought that Song Shiwei had asked her to frame Jiang Zhiyu, but from what he saw yesterday, Song Shiwei should not have this ability.

With this inference, his sixth brother is more suspicious.

But at that time, his sixth brother should still be a fool.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lingyu's eyes were deep.

Qianhu was slightly startled, and looked at Xiao Lingyu and asked tentatively: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is here in the Heavenly Prison, does the Emperor know?"

"Of course."

Xiao Lingyu looked at him firmly, without the slightest sign of guilt for lying.

Although Qianhu had doubts in his heart, seeing him like this, they gradually disappeared.

But——

"I don't know what Your Highness the Crown Prince meant by the thing that bothers me?"

Although he was only bothered by this one thing, it would be bad if Xiao Lingyu didn't make it clear and there was a misunderstanding.

Xiao Lingyu: "Of course it's the person imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison."

Qianhu: "There are so many people imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, and I am stupid. I don't know who Your Highness the Crown Prince is referring to."

Xiao Lingyu's lips curled slightly, and his eyes met Qianhu's. In a trance, there seemed to be the flash of swords and shadows.

The air seemed to stagnate, but the next second——

"Make way, make way, what are you doing here?"

A familiar voice came into his ears, and Xiao Lingyu could not hold back his smile. He turned around with a frown on his face——what he saw was Jiang Zhiyu's slightly irritated face.

[This crappy class is really getting more and more! ]

Xiao Lingyu: "..."

Qianhu was also stunned, "Miss Jiang?"

Jiang Zhiyu said without emotion: "He, is here to find Lan Yan, I, am also here to find Lan Yan, the three of us have the same goal, so, don't talk nonsense anymore, is the word Lan Yan a hot mouth? No matter what?!"

Jiang Zhiyu stared at the two people with a reproachful look.

Xiao Lingyu and Qianhu both lowered their heads.

She didn't want to talk at first, but she didn't know how this prison was designed. One road was designed like a secret passage, and there was no way for two people to walk side by side.

If she didn't speak, the two mystery tellers would be deadlocked for who knows how long.

The captain coughed lightly: "Miss Jiang, you are joking. Lan Yan is just in front. I will take you two there."

In the water prison, the jailer was holding a full plate of medicine with a tangled face.

In this case, how to apply the medicine? What if the person dies if it is not applied properly? Or should we just leave it like this and wait for the captain to come back and take it away?

After a while of hesitation, the last emotion finally prevailed. He held the medicine and pretended to open it, trying to "just" see him about to apply the medicine after the captain came in.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a slight creaking sound from the prison door. The jailer hurriedly poured the medicine on. Of course, most of them fell to the ground and then stood up.

The captain did not notice the jailer's guilty look and walked over with Jiang Zhiyu and Xiao Lingyu.

"Miss Jiang, this person cannot die yet. Do you have any medicine that can keep her alive?"

Jiang Zhiyu half-knelt to check, "It's okay for now. Are you afraid that she will die so you deliberately didn't destroy her martial arts? With her internal strength protecting her heart, she can at least hold on for another three months."

Lan Yan's fingers trembled slightly.

Captain: "!!!"

He frowned and looked at the person next to him: "You didn't destroy her martial arts that day?"

The jailer knelt on the ground, his voice panicked: "She's dead. It was Boss Song who killed her when she went to jail that day."

Boss Song was the jailer of the Heavenly Prison, Song You.

Before Qianhu took over, he had been the one who interrogated Lan Yan.

It was only when His Majesty saw that he had not figured out the case that he let Qianhu take over.

[No wonder, they are all Xiao Yanli's people. If they could figure out the case, it would be weird.]

When Xiao Lingyu heard the definite answer from her mouth at first glance, he was shocked for a moment.

So his sixth brother had been playing dumb from the beginning to the end. He had already reached into the Heavenly Prison, so you can imagine how scheming he was.

He also remembered the rumors circulating in Shengjing a few days ago about the second prince and the sixth prince fighting for one woman.

Would such a scheming person really be jealous of a woman?

"Bring Song You here." Qian Hu said coldly.

The jailer replied yes and ran out quickly.

Xiao Lingyu's eyes flashed with deep thought. After Jiang Zhiyu applied medicine to Lan Yan, he half-knelt down and opened his palm. In the center of his palm was a ring.

"Do you recognize this thing?"