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() Chu Huan cheered up, and said: "Old man, could it be that what I said is the language of your ghosts?"

He Xigu frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said: "It seems to be, and it seems... It seems not."

"How do you say that?" Chu Huan was taken aback.

He Xigu said: "I understand a little bit of Dake's words just now, it is indeed our Guifang's language, but there are some things I don't understand, but it may not be our Guifang's language."

Chu Huan frowned, and He Xigu said: "Dake mentioned the soul and changes in his words, but he couldn't understand the whole sentence."

Chu Huan's originally excited mood was suddenly a little disappointed, but He Xigu said: "However, judging from the pronunciation, those are also the pronunciation of our ghost dialect. It's just that we have lived in the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and our ancestors have already switched to Chinese for communication. , so many people from Guifang can’t even speak Guifang at all.” Suddenly, he thought of something, and said: “By the way, we have an old man in Daqimeng. dialect."

"You mean, someone in Da Qi Meng understands what I just said?" Chu Huan raised hope.

He Xigu nodded and said: "Although we have forgotten many things about Gui Fang, we still continue Gui Fang's Heavenly Sacrifice. The elder Gui who presides over the Heavenly Sacrifice is the most knowledgeable person in the clan, and he is also a rare Jing The person who understands the dialect of ghosts, the old man I am talking about is the elder ghost of our ghost dialect, I believe he must understand what you just said."

Chu Huan nodded slightly, frowned slightly and said, "Since he is Gui Lao, he must be someone with a high status in your clan. Will he explain this sentence for me?"

He Xigu said with a smile: "Don't worry Dake, you are the Dake of our Gui Fang people, as long as you can meet Gui Lao, and I will come forward, he will definitely help you."

Hearing this, Chu Huan suddenly realized something. Seeing that the necklace on He Xigu's neck was full of wood carvings, he was about to ask. At this moment, he heard footsteps, and two black-clothed jailers appeared in front of the prison door. They were all sabers, and one of them held a short stick in his hand. He looked at the gate and said, "You, and you, come out!"

He first pointed at Chu Huan with a stick, and then pointed at Sun Zikong next to him. Chu Huan had already got up, but He Xigu also got up, and said solemnly: "They didn't violate the king's law, why did they also be arrested in prison?" ?”

The jailer didn't pay any attention at all. One of them opened the cell door, pouted his mouth, and motioned for Chu Huan and the two to come out. Se, with a slight smile, signaled He Xigu not to worry, and the two locked the cell door again, pushing and shoving Chu Huan and the other behind.

Chu Huan and Sun Zikong walked along the path of the cell, looking at the two sides from time to time. The prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is really not small, and there are many cells, but in the large prison, many cells are empty and there is no one there. inside.

After walking for a while, they saw a wooden door in front of them. Two guards pushed Chu Huan into the wooden door, but they saw that there was a torture room inside.

Seeing the instruments of torture inside, Sun Zikong was a little flustered. Seeing Chu Huan calm and composed, he thought in his heart that Chu Huan was an imperial envoy. As long as he revealed his identity, he might scare the jailer to death, so he calmed down.

When Chu Huan entered the torture room, he immediately saw a jailer in black sitting behind a large table. Behind the jailer, two sturdy guards with swords stood on the left and right, with ferocious faces and round eyes. Chu Huan and his grandson After Kong came in, these people looked like cats seeing a mouse, their eyes became fierce.

"This officer is the prison chief here." The prison chief sitting behind the table had a seyin-cold face, but now he smiled, "I heard that the two of you intend to rebel, is there such a thing?"

Chu Huan was expressionless, and said indifferently: "I don't know where the crime of treason came from? We were walking on the street and were forcibly arrested by you in broad daylight. I really don't know where the crime is."

The cell boss smiled and said: "Don't worry, things can always be explained clearly. We have always been careful with the ghosts, and you will suffer some grievances when you are with the ghosts." After a pause, he looked at Chu Huan After talking to grandson Kong, he said: "Don't be afraid, it's just a routine, and I will let you out after going through the motions. By the way, you don't seem to be from Anyi, where did you come from?"

Chu Huan was also happy: "Xishan Road."

"Oh?" The jailer nodded slightly, "Xishan Road is adjacent to our Anyi Road. When you come to Anyi, are you doing business or what?"

When Chu Huan saw the prison boss's friendly face, he felt that this person had other thoughts, and said with a faint smile, "It's not that I came to Anyi on purpose, I have a friend who has been away from home for many years and has not heard from him, so our brother came out to go around Let him go."

"Can you find it?"

"Not yet." Chu Huan shook his head, "Great Qin is thousands of miles away, and we don't know where he is, so we can only look around."

The smile on the prisoner's face grew stronger, "So, none of your family members know that you are in Taiyuan Mansion?"

Chu Huan shook his head.

Sun Zikong was a little surprised, not knowing why Chu Huan deceived the gang of jailers.

The jailer got up, walked to Chu Huan, turned around, and finally said: "Where is your family's exact location? Now that you are in the big prison, even if you are let go, it is not a matter of two or three days. Just send a message. Why don’t you send someone to tell your family members so they don’t worry.”

Chu Huan shook his head and smiled: "That's not necessary. To tell you the truth, when we came out, we told our family that we might not be able to go back for a year or so. Since your lord said that you can go out in three to five days, there is no need to send Someone to tell them so that the family members don’t worry.”

The head of the cell nodded slightly, sighed: "He is a person who knows the importance." Then he sighed: "Yes, since you have come out to find your friend's whereabouts, you should look for someone well. Why are you entangled with the ghost?"

"Responding to my lord's words, we are actually not familiar with the ghost people." Chu Huan shook his head and said, "We just met each other once. I saw them dressed strangely, and I was curious. I also wanted to ask them for some news. Maybe they met Even my friends don’t know.”

The jailer smiled and said: "Are you really not familiar with the ghosts?"

"It's really unfamiliar."

The jailer smiled and said: "Since you are not familiar with it, it doesn't matter. I will wrong you for a few days first, and stay in this big prison for two days. You don't have to worry. After two days, you will have nothing to worry about." Hurt and get out of here." He ordered his subordinates: "Take them back first."

Only then did the two jailers step forward and take Chu Huan and them away.

When Chu Huan and the others left, a small door opened next to the interrogation room, and the fat, white Yang Tou came out slowly, still holding the black cat in his arms.

"Boss, according to your order, the interrogation has already been done." The jailer moved closer to Yang Tou, "Do you think these two people can make it?"

Yang Tou looked at the back of Chu Huan and the two of them leaving through the gap of the unclosed door, and then swayed his body and sat down on the chair, and said softly: "The things should be done properly, do you think what these two people said is correct?" flaw?"

"Boss, you don't need to worry so much." The cell leader whispered: "I don't think they will lie, and if you listen to their voices, they are indeed not from our Taiyuan Mansion."

Yang Tou squinted his small eyes, pondered for a moment, finally stood up and said: "Since that's the case, I'll go and tell my lord. If my lord agrees, I will send them out together tonight."

……

When Chu Huan returned to the prison, He Xigu felt relieved. After asking a few questions, he was relieved when he knew that nothing was wrong.

In the big prison, I don't know the time, and I don't know how long it has been. The jailer lit a torch and came over, carrying a rice bucket to distribute food to the prisoners. The prison food is naturally not good, and half of it is as hard as a rock. Steamed buns, plus half a bowl of rice porridge with clear water but no rice grains, He Xigu had something on his mind, lost his appetite, and couldn't eat it, but Chu Huan didn't seem to dislike it.After eating the steamed buns and rice porridge, seeing that He Xigu was silent and worried, he couldn't help asking: "Old man, what do you seem to be worried about?"

He Xigu smiled wryly and said: "Dake, if the news about my being imprisoned in the prison is spread and my people know about it, I'm afraid... I'm afraid something big will happen."

Chu Huan wondered, "Why did the old man say that?"

He Xigu shook his head, but stopped talking.

Seeing that He Xigu didn't say anything, Chu Huan didn't ask any questions. He Xigu was silent for a moment, and then sighed: "Dake, you are kind to me, and you were taken into prison this time because of us. , I... Hey, I'm telling you the truth...!" He moved closer to Chu Huan's ear, and said in a low voice, "There are cave masters in the sixteen caves of Daqimeng Mountain. In fact, the sixteen caves are the remaining ten caves. There are six surnames in Guifang, and there is a common leader in Sixteen Caves, who is called the ghost master!"

"Ghost Lord?" Chu Huan frowned, and suddenly understood, "Could it be...!"

"That's right." He Xigu knew that Chu Huan had already understood, "I am the ghost master of Shiliu Cave of Guifang."

Chu Huan had vaguely guessed that He Xigu had a high status among the ghost people, but he didn't expect that the old man was suddenly the leader of the ghost people. Chu Huan was a little surprised when He Xigu said it himself.

"We sent people to negotiate several times, but they all returned without success." The ghost master He Xigu said slowly: "At the beginning, I personally negotiated the deal with Huang Zhigui, but now that Huang Zhigui has left, the Department of Housekeeping will not give us food. I can only come here in person.”

"The big event that the ghost master mentioned just now refers to...!"

"I'm worried that if the people in my clan know that I've been arrested and sent to the Prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, they will be taken advantage of." He Xigu looked solemn, "Dake, to tell you the truth, before I came to Taiyuan Fucheng, someone forwarded me We Da Qimeng Mountain."

"People from the Huang family?" Chu Huan asked immediately.

He Xigu was startled, looked at Chu Huan in surprise, and finally nodded and said, "Dake guessed right. In fact, Huang Zhigui went to Daqimeng Mountain to find me not long ago."

Chu Huan frowned, he seemed to understand something, "The ghost master means that Huang Zhigui went to Daqimeng to find the ghost...to form an alliance?"

He was already taking care of He Xigu's face, he didn't talk about rebellion, he only talked about forming an alliance.

He Xigu nodded and said solemnly: "I have three thousand warriors who are brave and good at fighting. The Huang family conspired to turn these three thousand warriors into knives in their hands."