Two jailers nearby came over, and one of them pulled Shen Shijiu up from the stone cage.
Half of Shen Shijiu's body was numb from the cold. He was pulled down all of a sudden and fell directly to the ground without being able to stand firmly.
It took him a long time to recover. He felt a little dizzy, and his injured arm was still aching slightly. It seemed that some blood flowed out when he exerted force just now.
Hu Lan squatted down in front of him and stroked the little guy's long hair.
"I know who your master is. He's the legendary ghost doctor, right? He has a good relationship with that old immortal?"
Hu Lan said, "Don't worry, as long as your master agrees to do me a favor, I won't make things difficult for you."
Hu Lan pinched Shen Shijiu's cheek, "This is not your true face, are you wearing a mask? I heard that the ghost doctor never shows his true face to others."
Shen Shijiu looked at the way Hu Lan was staring at him and shrank back in fear.
Hu Lan let go of his hand, stood up, and then walked out of the cell.
"Take him with you."
The two jailers nearby quickly and roughly pulled Shen Shijiu up from the ground, and hurriedly followed Hu Lan.
Shen Shijiu was forcibly dragged away. He felt very uncomfortable and felt that he had no strength at all. The pain in his lower abdomen began to surge up again.
At first he was able to grit his teeth and hold it in, but the more he walked, the more his stomach hurt. Finally, it hurt so much that he could hardly walk and he hunched over.
When the two jailers saw him like this, they were afraid that something might happen to him, so they quickly stopped Hu Lan.
"Chief, this man seems to be a little strange."
Hu Lan just looked back at Shen Shijiu but did not stop.
"Don't worry about him, just drag him away."
Shen Shijiu was dragged forward with big strides. His face turned pale and cold sweat broke out on his back. The cramps coming from deep inside his body made it almost impossible for him to stand. His legs trembled slightly out of control.
The further we walked, the darker it became. We reached the very end of the cell. It was pitch black inside, and there was a chill in the air.
I didn’t know where I walked into, but finally a ray of light appeared in front of my eyes, illuminating the surroundings.
Shen Shijiu's vision became blurry due to the pain. He slowly opened his eyes, looked up, and then his eyes suddenly widened.
This was a slightly larger cell with many torture instruments placed inside. Hanging on the rack in the middle was his master, Shen Huan.
Shen Huan was covered in blood and had fainted.
Hu Lan waved his hand, and the person next to him whipped Shen Huan.
Shen Huan moved, as if he had woken up.
Shen Shijiu's eyes suddenly became moist, "Master, Master, wake up, are you okay, Master?"
Shen Huan heard her little disciple's voice and raised her head with great effort. The mask on her face had fallen off at some point, revealing her real face. However, there were two deep wounds on her cheeks, and the blood had dried on half of her face.
"Little Disciple"
Tears welled up in Shen Shijiu's eyes and fell onto his robe like beads that had broken off the string.
"Master, how could they hit you?"
Shen Shijiu cried so hard that he couldn't speak. He watched Shen Huan suffer such torture and felt great hatred towards Hu Lan.
"Alright, alright, stop trying to show off your deep master-disciple relationship in front of me. I don't buy it."
Hu Lan walked out from the darkness. "How about it, Master Shen, have you made up your mind?"
Shen Huan raised his eyes, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Hu Lan said, "My idea has been made very clear. I just want Master Shen to help me develop a poison that can be dropped into the border of the Celestial Empire through the air, so that the Celestial Empire can also experience the feeling of being helpless, and then have to beg me, a foreigner, to treat them. Then I can take the opportunity to ask the Celestial Empire to cede half of their territory to me, a foreigner."
Before Hu Lan could finish her words, she was interrupted by Shen Huan.
"Don't even think about it! I won't agree to such a request. I only save people, never kill people."
Hu Lan smiled, "Really? Not killing people? Then why did those people who were infected with the plague become sicker and die one after another? And you still say it wasn't you who did it?"
"It's not me!" Shen Huan gritted his teeth with a weak breath, "It must be you who did something and used it to force the old patriarch to retreat."
Hu Lan shrugged nonchalantly, "So what if it's me? Go out and tell the world and see if anyone will believe you."
Hu Lan grabbed Shen Shijiu who was standing nearby and pushed him in front of Shen Huan.
"You are a stubborn person. You still refuse to give in even after all this. Then what about your little disciple? I think he is very fragile. Can he bear the punishment you have suffered? I will give you some time. You and your disciple can have a good chat. I hope to hear the answer I want later."
After saying that, Hu Lan and the two jailers retreated first, giving Shen Huan and Shen Shijiu some time alone.
Shen Shijiu was pushed hard just now and crashed into the wooden rack. It took him a long time to recover.
Shen Huan noticed that his face was not right and asked, "Disciple, how are you? Did they do anything to you? Where is Yue Nu? Is she not with you?"
Shen Shijiu held on to the frame to steady himself. His master had been badly injured and he didn't want to make his master worry about him. Even though he felt like dying from the pain, he still tried his best to act as if he wasn't in that much pain.
"Master, they didn't hit me, don't worry. Ah Yue, Ah Yue was taken away by several soldiers from the Celestial Empire."
Shen Huan thought about it and thought that they should be the people sent by Zhao Litang, but Zhao Litang didn't know that the two of them were there, so the order he gave was only to take Yue Nu away.
If they waited until Yue Nu returned to the military camp and told Zhao Litang that they were also in the foreign prison, and by the time Zhao Litang sent people to rescue them, it would probably be several days before they arrived. It would be another matter whether she and her little disciple would be alive by then.
Shen Huan now regretted very much that he should not have rashly brought his little disciple back just because of the old patriarch's letter.
In this turbulent period, not only is a war between the Celestial Empire and the barbarians imminent, but their small country sandwiched in between is also plagued by internal and external troubles and wars. Shen Huan has not been back for many years and did not expect that the civil strife among the foreign tribes has reached this point.
"Disciple, listen to me. It seems that Hu Lan wants to take advantage of this war to seize the territory of the Celestial Empire. We don't care how they fight each other, but if you ask me to develop poison to kill people, I will never do that. You understand Master, right?"
Shen Shijiuqiang supported himself, nodded gently, and said in a weak voice, "Master, I understand that Master is a doctor who only saves people, not kills.
people… "
Shen Huan said, "But if I don't agree to help Hu Lan, he will definitely not let me go. However, I will find a way to let you escape. There must be a way, there must be a way."
Shen Huan kept repeating it, but she couldn't think of any solution for a moment.
They were locked up in this dark cell, completely cut off from the outside world. They could not escape even if they had wings.
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought you back and involved you. If you hadn't followed me back and stayed with Pei Zheng, maybe nothing would have happened. Even if he had nothing, he wouldn't have let you get hurt. Maybe I should have believed him, but...
It was obvious that he was in danger at the time, and was seriously injured and unconscious, otherwise I wouldn't have to keep you by my side to feel at ease."
"Master..."
Shen Shijiu bit the tip of his tongue, tasted the blood, and finally stood up straight. He pressed his stomach hard with one hand to relieve the pain a little, and raised his other hand to gently wipe the blood off Shen Huan's face.
"I don't blame your master. He is the best master in the world. He always has been."
Shen Huan's eyes became warm at these words. He blinked twice and tears fell.
The cell door opened again and Hu Lan walked in.
"You're crying and holding your head? It seems that everything has been discussed. So when can we start the research and development, Master Shen?"
Before Shen Huan could answer, Shen Shijiu said, "My master won't help you. Just give up on this idea."
Hu Lan's expression suddenly changed, and he stared at Shen Shijiu fiercely, "Don't you dare say that again!"
Shen Shijiu's lips were already bloodless, but he said word by word, "Master, I would never do anything to harm others."
Hu Lan slapped Shen Shijiu in the face, knocking his body to the side and hitting the corner of the table.
"ah"
Shen Shijiu was hit in the stomach by the corner of the table. A heart-wrenching pain surged up in his heart and he fell to the ground all of a sudden, unable to move for a long time.
It hurt so much that even breathing made his whole body tremble, as if someone was grabbing his stomach and pulling it randomly, almost tearing Shen Shijiu apart.
The floor was cold. Shen Shijiu slowly curled up his body and took small, shallow breaths. His breath was so weak that it seemed as if he would disappear in the next second.
"Chief, he is bleeding, a lot of blood"
A jailer pointed at Shen Shijiu.
Shen Huan was startled, and hurried to look at his little disciple who was half-lying on the ground. He could only see through the faint light that there was a large area of bright red blood on the ground, and the little man's clothes were stained blood red.
"Disciple! Quick, call Lang! Help him up from the ground! The ground is too cold, his body can't stand it! Hurry!"
Shen Huan shouted loudly, but no one present moved. They just looked at the little man lying in a pool of blood with indifference.
Shen Huan's tears kept flowing. "Please, please save him quickly. If he keeps bleeding like this, he won't be able to hold on. I beg you, he didn't do anything. He is innocent. Chief, please save him."
Hu Lan just smiled and said, "Now you know to call me clan leader? Unfortunately, it's too late. I can only kindly send him back to his original cell, but whether he can survive is none of my business. I just pushed him lightly, and he didn't stand firmly and bumped into me. Besides, he lost so much blood, who knows if he has any problem?"
The two jailers pulled the little man up from the ground and dragged him back to his original cell.
A long bloodstain was left on the floor.