Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 213 - 110: Carefree Martial House, Evil She Xiang, Yan Mu’s Letter, Emperor’s Regret
Cyan Pool County Prison.
The cold brick walls, the forest’s harsh chill, blood vaguely visible in the crevices.
In the brazier, red flames surged, and several branding irons were carelessly placed inside, their blood already turned black by the high temperature.
The firelight, as the sole light source in this cell, scattered out, casting a shadow onto the wall not far away.
And the owner of this shadow was a bloodied and barely alive "skinny bamboo stick" hanging in midair.
The blood in his hair strands hadn’t dripped down, only because it had already congealed.
The "skinny bamboo stick" had hair matted together, forming a dirty red-black color, and behind that hair was a young face with closed eyes.
Splash!!!
A bucket of cold water was poured onto his face. The "skinny bamboo stick" slowly opened his eyes, his gaze gradually gaining strength, staring fiercely like a leopard at the official in front of him.
"Oh, this kid still has some strength." The official who poured the water couldn’t help but laugh, drew the knife at his waist, and lightly slapped his cheek, saying, "Speak! Who instructed you to kill Master Ma?"
This "skinny bamboo stick" was precisely the young man who had previously grabbed iron sheets, climbed walls, and charged gates to save people.
"Xu Sheng, speak honestly.
"Who abducted the maid from Master Ma’s house?" Another official asked coldly.
Only now did the young man named Xu Sheng slightly raise his head and hoarsely ask, "She... was... abducted?"
"Yes, a gray-clad man. Speak! Who is the gray-clad man?"
Asked the official.
The reason for his interrogation here was an order from above.
It wasn’t out of fear of offending the wrong person, after all, what kind of people could these little beggar-like bastards know?
Above, and Master Ma’s side just wanted to understand what kind of group these little beggars were, who the gray-clad man was, so they could catch them all, avenging their wrath.
But Xu Sheng, hearing this, laughed hoarsely, then lowered his head and stared, speaking hoarsely with pauses, "The fortune teller said, my Xu family will produce a great person.
My sister has been extraordinary since childhood, I knew... this fate was upon her.
Sure enough, sure enough, someone saved him.
You can’t afford to offend that person, because this is Celestial Intent, it’s Celestial Intent!!"
He let out a mad laugh.
But in fact, that fortune teller was just someone who would say nice things for a living, knowing nothing, a fake whom Xu Sheng’s parents saw through long ago, yet Xu Sheng always remembered.
As for "offend that person" such words, it was his cleverness, scaring these people, misleading them. The more these people were scared, the less they dared to investigate further, the safer his sister would be.
But the officials weren’t easily scared, hearing this boy’s words, they burst into laughter, then shook a whip again, fiercely lashing out, striking Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng’s form was like a broken sackcloth, shivering with each lash, but he didn’t cry out in pain, just stared unblinkingly at the officials.
His gaze made the official uncomfortable, wanting to draw the knife to blind this kid in one eye, but suddenly, a voice came from outside the prison door.
"Stop interrogating, stop interrogating, Master Ma’s house has sent fine wine, if you’re late, you won’t get to drink it."
The official temporarily lowered his knife, shouting, "Unless it’s Hengwu Restaurant’s wine, it’s all bland bird droppings!"
The official outside the door replied, "Hey, you hit the mark, it’s Hengwu Restaurant’s Spring Brew this year!"
"What brew?"
"Spring Brew, even better than Spring Water Brew!"
"Alright, alright, I’m coming." The official rejoiced, abandoning the tools, running outside.
Currently, Hengwu Restaurant’s wine is famous in the vicinity, especially since Hengwu Restaurant is run by Blood Saber Ancestor’s wife, adding extra prestige.
Who is Blood Saber Ancestor?
Even Cyan Pool County has heard of it.
Not to mention, Blood Saber Ancestor’s senior, Mr. Mu, single-handedly went to Qiutang County, directly killed Zhao Xiantong, and subdued the Ancient Elephant General behind him, which was enough to make people in both counties understand who is the emperor of this place.
That’s one point.
Secondly, Hengwu Restaurant’s wine is indeed delicious.
Thirdly, hard to buy, can’t get it.
Thus, upon hearing about "Spring Brew," the official immediately abandoned everything and ran out.
Xu Sheng lowered his head, hanging in midair, listening to the clinking of glasses and laughter outside the cell, his eyes staring blankly at the space in front of him, then painfully closing them again.
It’s unclear how long it had been, or what had happened, the drinking noises outside the cell suddenly calmed down.
A short moment later, there was complete silence, utterly without sound.
Xu Sheng opened his eyes in surprise, slightly turned his head.
He heard footsteps, slow and steady, walking from the gloomy corridor, a kind of unfathomable calmness in those steps. Following, the firelight revealed a tall figure wrapped in a gray cloak, wearing a wooden mask.
That figure came to the door, took out a key, unlocked the iron chain, with a "creak," the door opened, and entered to untie Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng "thudded" as he fell down, but was directly caught by the figure, and slung over their shoulder.
"Thank... you..." Xu Sheng didn’t know who the person was, only hoarsely said two words.
"Won’t ask who I am?" said the gray-cloak person with a hint of laughter.
Xu Sheng hoarsely said, "We... should leave here first?"
"Why? You see me charming the officers, unlocking with a key, looking down on me?" The grey-cloak person laughed.
Xu Sheng froze, hurriedly said, no.
