"[Twelve Dragons Binding], this is the place where the prince is imprisoned."
The next night, Celius put on a dark cloak and prepared one for Alayah and Lied.
I don't know what material the cloak is made of. In the dark environment, it can almost completely cover people's whereabouts. Lide feels that every place has its own treasure. It's no wonder that Xiqin's dark organization is also very powerful.
As Ridd and Alayah put on their cloaks, Celius said simply:
"[隶] means prison, [twelve] means that the prison itself can hold up to twelve prisoners at the same time, and [立龙] means that even if the real dragon is here, it will be firmly trapped. That is The secret prison built underground in Yuanyang City, the large prison that has been guarded by the West Qin territory for generations, and those who have the ability to enter there are vicious human thugs."
Lide continued:
"But now it is used to imprison your own son of Xiqin."
Celius pulled the brim of his cloak and replied:
"The twelve dragon-binding prisons are divided into six heavens and six earths. The prince is imprisoned in Room No. 1 in Tianzi... let's go."
The streets are still empty, as if the people of West Qin always go to bed early at night. Lide asked Celius this question casually, and Celius replied that he couldn't remember when the people in West Qin became more and more silent. They left early and came in late, barely interacted with each other, and went to bed early at night.
Occasionally, someone would go missing, or someone would die inexplicably, but these were all overshadowed by the reputation of the world's number one territory. It's as if the sky is clear and the sun is just right, everyone is bathed in the sun's brilliance, and no one cares about a small dark cloud above their heads. Many people would even say that this is a manifestation of self-discipline, because there was a curfew in the laws of the early Western Qin Dynasty. Although it has been abolished now, perhaps the people are still implementing it spontaneously.
Lide thought of the drunkard who died in Bieyun Town, and thought of the rich young man who fled in a hurry.
The eyes of the people in Yuanyang City are wrong...
This is the last clue he got. When actually getting along, Lide felt that whether it was the owner of the weapon shop, Qi Zheng, the tax collector, or Celius in front of him, they all looked quite normal. For a while Lide couldn't make any further judgments, he could only hope that Ying Bai would know something.
The route leading to the Twelve Dragon Barriers was very complicated. Lied followed Celius around several turns. Celius walked to a seemingly ordinary house and opened the lock with a key. Then he stopped in front of a well in the yard, beckoned Lid and Alaya to go over, and pointed down the well.
Lide let out his breath and checked the situation down the well, only to find that there was no water in the well, and the space at the bottom of the well was extraordinarily spacious.
"It's here."
Celius lowered his voice and said:
"Hold your breath and concentrate. When I don't give a signal, don't open your mouth."
Lied and Alaya nodded. Celius picked up the water ladle on the side, and knocked on the side of the well once long, then short, and then long, a total of four times. After a while, there was a sound of bells ringing down the well, and then someone at the bottom of the well said:
"Moonless night."
Celius replied briefly:
"Earth-born flowers."
The signal was correct, and there was a sound of rolling wheels, and a large wooden barrel was slowly shaken up. Celius, Alayah, and Lied sat in, and the barrel slowly went down again. The underground is obviously much darker than the ground, only a few torches were lit on both sides of the passage, and a few guards with cold faces stood beside the barrel, with their hands on their swords, and said to Celius:
"Why are you here?"
Celius replied:
"By the order of the lord, the prisoner in Room 4 of Tianzi, Diao Qiu, is to be interrogated."
The guard seemed to be familiar with this, so he didn't ask any more questions, but made way out of the way, and said in his mouth:
"Take the adults there."
Two guards in the middle rank of Jiuzhong stepped forward from the crowd and led Celius, Lied, and Alaya to the Tianzihao prison. Li De restrained his breath, but his eyes turned quickly. The underground roads extend in all directions, like a maze, and if there is a slight mistake, he may be trapped. However, Lid's sense of direction and memory are excellent, and this little problem can't help him.
The first principle of saving lives is to determine the escape route and not put yourself in it.
Just now Celius deliberately did not report Ying Bai's name in order to make the guards relax their vigilance. But even so, the guards did not let Celius act alone, and still sent two people to monitor. This shows that they are not at ease with Celius, and it also shows that here, preventing prisoners from escaping is more important than keeping information secret.
The second principle of saving lives is not to arouse the suspicion of the guards before saving lives.
The two guards walked one after the other, sandwiching Celius, Lied and Alaya in between. Celius glanced at Lid, and signaled that Lid could only do this, and the rest depended on them. Lide nodded slightly, stopped talking, and only touched the engraving on his arm lightly.
"That's right here, sir, if you have anything to ask, please ask quickly."
The guard pointed to the gate of the prison. Lide noticed that the prison here was not the same as the iron fence in his impression, it was more like a confinement room. The door here is a thickened forged steel door, with only a small window on it. A lazy female voice came from the other side of the window, with an indescribable charm:
"It's so late, don't let the concubine take a good rest? What kind of work is there today, leather whips, candles or spikes? Young people are really energetic, and the concubine can't bear it anymore."
Celius glanced at Lid again, and then said to the people in the window:
"Diaoqiu, the Anbu organization reported to me the day before yesterday that they found news about your sister. She promised to hand over the Qingfengmingyuezhan that you stole back then in exchange for your life..."
Lide looked at the two guards, paying attention to their expressions, and the moment they looked away, he raised his hand suddenly.
Like a gust of white wind, the little ghost instantly brought the two of them into a dream. The two people stood and did not fall down, but their eyes were dull and their bodies were motionless.
The speed was so fast that the woman locked in the cell didn't even notice, and the other party tried to hide her nervousness with a smile:
"She is much smarter than me, so she won't be caught by you...huh?"
While she was talking, Lide had already stepped forward, rummaged through the guards, and got a bunch of keys. Lid showed the keys to Celius, and after closing his eyes and pondering for a while, Celius clicked on the simplest one inside. Li De directly tore off the key and took it with him, and threw the rest into Diao Qiu's cell through the window.
Then Lide began to observe the surrounding situation, and prepared to go to Room No. 1 in Tianzi.
Before leaving, a grateful voice came from Room No. 4:
"...Brother on which road outside, can you give me your name?"
Lide looked at Celius, and after he nodded, he said to the woman he had never met before:
"Yunyang white horse."
There was a chuckle from Room 4:
"I thought I was here to save myself... It seems that I am being sentimental. But I have written down this favor. If I can get out from here, other people in this prison will also be grateful to you."
Lid replied briefly:
"No. It is your ability to get out from here."
After speaking, he took Alaya and sneaked with Celius to the direction of Tianzi No. 1 Prison.
This is the only purpose of his trip.