Wudang

Chapter 54

"I originally planned to use them to persuade Wen Tianxiang, alas~~" Ahema sighed.

Wen Tianxiang's wife and daughter were rescued, which he did not expect.

Because the court got the news that the rebels wanted to save Wen Tianxiang, so the main focus was on the Tianlao.

In their view, the rebels should save Wen Tianxiang, and everything else is secondary.

It never occurred to the imperial court that the rebels would divide their troops into two groups to rescue Wen Tianxiang's relatives.

Zhang Junbao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Using relatives as a threat is a common method of persuasion.

And the effect is very good, very few people can pass the level of relatives.

Fortunately, Fang Yilian and the others rescued him, otherwise, wouldn't Prime Minister Wen be in a dilemma?
Although he didn't think Prime Minister Wen would succumb to this, it was always good to be rescued. A hero's relatives shouldn't suffer such inhuman torture.

"That's really a pity." Zhang Junbao followed Ahema's intention.

At least he now has to stand in Ahmad's shoes.

"Fortunately, I asked Wen Tianxiang's daughter to write a letter a few days ago. I haven't had time to send it to Wen Tianxiang, but now I can use it." Ahema said with a smile, "Anyway, Wen Tianxiang didn't know about it, and even his wife and daughter I don't know where it is. Today I asked Daoist Zhang to come over, and we went to meet Wen Tianxiang together, and hoped that he would not be so stubborn."

Zhang Junbao's heart sank, it must be a letter of persuasion written by the imperial court.

"If Prime Minister Wen agrees to surrender because of this, how can he not see his wife and daughter afterwards?" Zhang Junbao asked.

He didn't want Wen Tianxiang to see this letter, because his wife and daughter had already been rescued, and this letter meant nothing to him.

But the problem is that Wen Tianxiang doesn't know about it.

And now I can't tell him about it.

When I met Prime Minister Wen alone, I secretly revealed it?

Zhang Junbao felt that this was the only way to go, but before he revealed the news to Prime Minister Wen, he must have felt extremely painful inside without knowing it.

"I can't control that much, let's persuade first, and the rest will be a matter of the future." Ahema smiled, "As long as Wen Tianxiang is willing, high-ranking officials and rich salary, glory and wealth are at your fingertips, and wives and concubines are gone. Yes, it can also be regenerated."

"That's right." Zhang Junbao agreed.

"To be honest, although I hope to be able to persuade Wen Tianxiang, I also hope to use Wen Tianxiang to attract those rebels. I feel happy watching them die like moths to a flame." Ahema said, "I have a hunch that these guys They won't give up, as long as Wen Tianxiang is still in the court's hands, they won't give up on the rescue."

Zhang Junbao nodded, he recognized this.

Fang Yilian and the others will not give up saving Prime Minister Wen once they fail.

If I come again next time, I am afraid that more troops and strength will be used.

If the intelligence information is intercepted by the court again, the strength of the Anti-Yuan Rebel Army will be severely damaged.

Even if the court did not get the news in advance, given the court's attention to Wen Tianxiang, the anti-Yuan righteous people would also suffer heavy losses.

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Junbao became more determined in his plan to take advantage of the good opportunity of Ahema's assassination to save people.

If I miss this time, I don't know how many more people will die, and they may not be able to succeed.

"It's getting late, it's time to go to the prison." Ahema got up.

Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi followed Ahema, thinking they were going out directly, but Ahema took him to his study.

"Take the key." Ahema explained with a smile, and then entered the study.

Zhang Junbao and Miao Daoyi didn't go in, they were waiting at the door, accompanied by Ahema's big housekeeper.

After a while, Ahema came out of the study, holding an extra black key in his hand.

"Zhang Daochang, when you go to the sky prison alone in the future, you need to come to me to get the key, otherwise you will not be able to enter the cell. If I am not here, you can find him." Ahema pointed to his housekeeper and said.

"Do you still need the key?" Zhang Junbao was a little puzzled.

The person who opened the prison door last time was the person from the sky prison. How could the key be in the hands of Ahema?
Could it be that in order to prevent Wen Tianxiang from being rescued, the custody of the key is not in the hands of the prison officials?
"The token that the prime minister gave me last time?" Zhang Junbao asked.

"Yes, I almost forgot to mention this." Ahema replied, "The token can only let you enter the sky prison, but it cannot enter Wen Tianxiang's cell."

Zhang Junbao was speechless, what's the use of the token?

Or give yourself the key again.

But this is just thinking about it, it is impossible for Ahema to let go completely.

Ahema noticed Zhang Junbao's puzzled look, and couldn't help but smiled slightly: "Go to the prison and you will understand."

Ahema said so, but Zhang Junbao didn't ask any more questions.

When he came to the prison, Miao Daoyi was also waiting outside.

"En?" Zhang Junbao was a little surprised, because he found that the official who came out of the prison this time turned out to be the servant of the Ministry of Punishment.

This is the second-in-command of the criminal department, it wasn't him last time.

Ahema introduced Zhang Junbao briefly, and Zhang Junbao knew that the other party was still the right servant.

In the Yuan Dynasty, "right" was respected, because the right servant was above the left servant and was the real second in command.

According to Ahema, if he wanted to enter Wen Tianxiang's cell in the future, he would have to find Bo Zheng, the right servant.

Before Zhang Junbao could ask his doubts, Zhu He was called over by Ahema.

"In this way, everyone is here." Ahema glanced at Zhang Junbao.

The doubts in Zhang Junbao's heart became even worse.

Ahema laughed and said, "Daozhang Zhang, don't worry, you will know after entering."

Zhang Junbao was speechless for a while, Ahhema was still trying to keep it to himself.

Accompanied by Bo Zheng, the servant on the right, Zhang Junbao didn't feel anything.

After all, Ahema is the prime minister. Since Bo Zheng is in the prison, it is only natural that he should accompany him.

And what happened to this red crane?

Just because he came from the palace, representing Kublai Khan?
But when he went to see Prime Minister Wen last time, Zhu He didn't follow him at all. This time, it was Ahema who specifically called him over, obviously wanting to go with him.

With countless thoughts and thoughts in his mind, Zhang Junbao shook his head secretly.

What's the hurry, I'll go in right away, and I'll know when the time comes.

Entering the cell where Prime Minister Wen was imprisoned, there was a labyrinth-like corridor inside. Although the cells on both sides were of different sizes, each place looked similar, and it was difficult to tell the exact location of oneself in it.

This time Zhang Junbao carefully memorized the walking route in his heart.

But the next route confuses him.

It was definitely not the last route. This time, a secret door was even opened on the wall of a prison cell, and several people entered again.

"Here we are." Ahma said.

Looking at the cell in front of him, Zhang Junbao was stunned: "Prime Minister, it wasn't here last time, was it? Could it be that the cell was changed?"

The last prison wall was made of blue bricks, and only the gate was made of iron.

But here, the walls of the cell were dark brown, obviously made of iron, not to mention the gate, it was not the same place.

Because they knew that Fang Yilian and the others were coming to save Wen Tianxiang, they moved Wen Tianxiang here?
Zhang Junbao thinks this should be the reason.

"It was here." Ahma replied.

These words made Zhang Junbao feel baffled, do you think he is an idiot?

Could it be that I still can't tell the difference from the place last time?
Zhang Junbao frowned, walked over and touched the wall, his hands were cold, his face changed slightly, this is not ordinary iron.

"This is Xuan Tie." Seeing Zhang Junbao's surprised look, Zhu He couldn't help whispering from the side.

Zhang Junbao's eyes widened. He was just guessing in his heart just now, but he didn't expect it to be true.

Black iron, a rare treasure in the world, when casting a weapon, adding a little bit can increase the strength of the weapon by several grades.

Those so-called magical weapons, precious knives and swords are almost all fused with black iron.

It can be said that black iron is more precious than gold.

And here, a cell compartment was made of black iron, two feet long, one foot wide, and one foot less high. The thickness of the wall is not obvious, and it must not be too thin. Such a volume is too extravagant.

If it is used to make weapons, I don't know how many swords and swords can be made.

"The cell is made of black iron as a whole. It is seven inches thick and almost impossible to break open. The door of the cell is specially made. It is indestructible with thousands of years of black iron mixed inside." Ahema laughed. Is there a keyhole?"

Zhang Junbao nodded.

He saw it just now, but didn't pay much attention.

Hearing Ahema's mention now, my heart was shocked, and I couldn't help blurting out: "Could it be that three keys are needed to open it?"

Having said that, Zhang Junbao looked at Bo Zheng and Zhu He again.

Seeing that Zhang Junbao realized it, Ahema said, "That's right, it takes three black iron keys to open it, and there are only three keys. I have one here."

Seeing that Ahema took out the key, Bo Zheng and Zhu He also took out a key from their pockets.

"Prime Minister, what about last time?" A thought flashed in Zhang Junbao's mind, how could there be such trouble last time?

Unexpectedly, after what happened last night, the court raised the level of vigilance against Prime Minister Wen by several levels.

"Let's go in and talk." Ahema first inserted his key into the keyhole in the middle, then twisted it to the left, and heard a click.

At the bottom of Bo Zheng and at the top of Zhu He, both of them turned the key to the left, making a clicking sound.

"Zhang Daochang, the warrant I gave you allows you to come in here, but you can only speak through the black iron gate." Ahema said again.

Only then did Zhang Junbao understand what Ahema said earlier.

Although Ahema asked himself to come here on his behalf to persuade Prime Minister Wen every day, but not every time he could let himself enter the cell, most of the time he persuaded him through the black iron gate.

It's troublesome, I can't get in close contact with Prime Minister Wen, and it's hard to communicate with many things.

Zhang Junbao's eyes turned for a while on the three keys inserted on the black iron door, and then quickly looked away.

Ahema beckoned the guards to step forward and opened the heavy black iron gate.

"Daozhang Zhang, follow me in."

Zhang Junbao couldn't help but glanced at Bo Zheng and Zhu He, seeing that they didn't go in.

"Zhang Daoist, please." Bo Zheng said with a smile.

Zhang Junbao didn't hesitate any longer, and followed Ahema into the cell.

The layout of the cell was no different from what I saw last time, it was equally simple.

There was a person sitting cross-legged and eyes closed on the bed, needless to say it was Wen Tianxiang.

"Prime Minister Wen, I'm here to see you again." Ahema said with a smile.

Wen Tianxiang opened his eyes.

Seeing the other party's eyes, Zhang Junbao's heart skipped a beat.

"It's not the same person." Zhang Junbao was sure that the Wen Tianxiang in front of him was different from the one he saw last time.

Although the two wore the same clothes and looked very similar, it could be said that they were almost indistinguishable, but under careful observation, there was still a big difference in the temperament of the two.

The person sitting here in front of him, although calm, has a kind of immovable aura, especially his eyes, which are not angry but majestic.

This is what the one I saw earlier didn't have.

Thinking about it now, the previous one obviously lacked a bit of the spirit of being a superior.

When I first met the last one, I didn't feel this way.

Originally, it was the first time I saw Prime Minister Wen, so I didn't suspect anything.

Now there is a comparison with the one in front of me, and the contrast between the two is obvious.

(End of this chapter)