Chapter 249: Ancient Qiang Prisoners? Night Visit to Ba County Prison
That night, several people avoided being seen and heard and met in the courtyard. Li Fu, Wen Ziduan and others were going to search Zhao Kuangguo's study, while He Zhaojun and Long Feibai were going to visit the prison at night. She wanted to find an opportunity to release all the innocent ancient Qiang people who were captured.
Let's talk about two things separately. Without mentioning how Li and Wen knocked out the guards and broke into the study, let's just say that He Zhaojun and Long Feibai took the opportunity to treat several seriously ill prisoners and came to the prison openly to observe the terrain.
Among the five flags, the Houtu flag has already made preparations. Some of them will find an opportunity to replace several core figures who can deliver messages and return to Guqiang to seek reinforcements.
At night, while the jailer was fast asleep, and with the cover of the ancient Qiang prisoners, they worked together to pry open the bluestone on the ground to serve as the opening for a tunnel. They then coordinated with their brothers who were digging holes outside, leaving a passage large enough for everyone to escape safely.
The jailer yawned, but his attitude was very fawning. He heard that the great wizard Long had brewed a bowl of medicine that had an extremely foul smell, but it was effective immediately and the symptoms of Prefect Zhao had improved a lot.
The local tyrants held him in high esteem, and naturally their subordinates followed suit. Furthermore, it was rumored that Long Xiannan was extremely skilled in the art of poisoning Miao people. If they displeased him, they would likely die without a burial place. Therefore, they all treated him with extreme caution.
"Lord Long, there is no point in saving these death row prisoners. After all, they will be taken out and executed tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. They are all remnants of the ancient Qiang rebellion. It is a waste of food to keep them alive." The jailer led the way in front, and his words and deeds were to persuade the few people not to go any further.
Long Feibai shook his head with an air of superiority: "No, no, I don't want to save their lives, but I want to use these death row prisoners to test the medicine."
The jailer looked at all the Gu Qiang captives, all in shackles, and saw no chance of struggle, so he felt relieved. With so many people locked up in one cell, it was bound to be dirty, messy, and smelly. He covered his nose and refused to stay any longer.
"Lord Long, please do as you please. I'll go down first." He took a few steps back, but was afraid that he was not far enough, so he stood at the corner outside.
When the ancient Qiang captives heard that Long Xiannan was here to experiment on them, they were all terrified. Many men spontaneously knelt and crawled forward, shielding the elderly, weak and children behind them.
"Bah! Damn you charlatan! Zhao Kuangguo is a man of few lives and atrocities. He was originally poisoned by the Qilan secret technique and deserved death, yet you cured him of the poison! Now you want to kill my compatriots, but you have to step over my corpse first!"
The young and strong man who was in the lead stood up and started cursing at Long Feibai with a strange accent.
Unexpectedly, Long Feibai's expression remained unchanged. He lifted up the man's shackles and tapped his shoulder. The man could only scream and could not move.
"Hurry up, be careful not to be exposed." Long Feibai glanced at He Zhaojun.
He Zhaojun nodded, and several of her followers began to take off their outer garments. She squatted down and spoke to an ordinary old man who was protected in the middle of the crowd: "Old man, are you the leader?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on the faces of all the ancient Qiang prisoners changed. It was obvious that this old man was one of the people they were willing to protect with their lives.
"I'm a spy sent by the imperial court. I heard Zhao Kuangguo mention you, but I can't reveal my identity. This is the only way I can rescue a few of you first and find the ancient Qiang leader Yubita to report the news and ask for help."
He Zhaojun's words were convincing, but it was clear that they still wore a look of disbelief. The old man snorted, "Don't try to flatter me. If you let us go, you can follow the clues and find the Qiang base camp, right?"
Seeing that they didn't believe her, He Zhaojun became anxious. She finally took out a jade pendant from her bosom and handed it to the old man: "Old man, take a closer look, what is this?"
The old man used the candlelight to see that it was a white jade pendant with a dragon pattern and the word "Ziduan" engraved on the back.
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