Chapter 51 You should be thankful that I'm a stalker. Debts are easy to repay, favors...

Yu Yao/Text

From the surface, the area where the succubus live hasn't changed much. The more obvious change is that there are many more soldiers on the streets, each of them armed with guns and patrolling everywhere.

Xi Che guessed that these people were out to catch Zhan Yujin, otherwise he wouldn't have to hide in the carriage with Zhan Yujin, sneaking around and not daring to get close.

Xi Che followed Zhan Yujin to the place where Yuan Ting was imprisoned. According to the other party's description, this was the most strict prison of the succubus clan. He tried many ways, but it was impossible to get in. Xi Che was dumbfounded when he stared at the "strict" prison. He was not frightened by the soldiers guarding outside, but was shocked by the atmosphere emanating from the building. This prison actually gave off a faint aura of a barrier, and this barrier was not a low-level barrier. Based on his senses alone, it was impossible to pass through the barrier without being noticed.

It's over. He had boasted to Zhan Yujin before that he could definitely sneak in and meet Yuan Ting, but he was useless.

Baihu, who had been resting with his eyes closed in his sea of ​​consciousness, suddenly woke up and warned Xi Che: "You can't go in."

Xi Che frowned and deliberately asked: "Why, what do you feel?"

Baihu was silent for a moment, and only said: "I can't explain it, but I feel very bad here."

- Yes, it was this feeling, I couldn't feel anything, but I felt very bad, why on earth...

There was another person who had the same feeling as them, that was Chu Yan. He also felt that the barrier set up outside the prison in front of him was extraordinary, but not as exaggerated as Xi Che's feeling. Perhaps it was because his power was still at its peak, so he didn't feel afraid. He just felt it was weird. If the power here was so strong, why did it give people a sense of secrecy? Who could do this?

Chu Yan now just felt lucky. If he hadn't come down with them, Asa would definitely have been in danger.

However, Xi Che was not a reckless person. Knowing that the other party was stronger than himself, he would not rush in forcefully. Now, rather than rescuing Yuan Ting, he wanted to know who had created such a barrier. So after taking a look at the building from a distance, Xi Che retracted his head and whispered to Zhan Yujin, "You can't get in by forcing your way in. There's a barrier here, which is far beyond my magical power."

Zhan Yujin's face showed obvious disappointment, and Xi Che was also unhappy. He had always been able to help those he wanted to help, but this was the first time he encountered a situation where he wanted to help someone but returned empty-handed.

They wanted to say something else when they suddenly heard a series of tinkling sounds coming from outside. Before Xi Che could react, Zhan Yujin had already lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out. He immediately retracted his hand and pointed at the back of the carriage and said hurriedly: "Get out quickly!"

"What?"

"Get down!"

Zhan Yujin didn't explain to him, but reached out and pushed Xi Che hard, pushing him down from the carriage. Xi Che flipped out from the curtain of the carriage.

In order to hide, they parked the carriage next to a bunch of messy bushes, so Xi Che did not get hurt from the fall, but fell into the bushes. Just as he was struggling to climb out of the bushes, he saw a group of soldiers coming over, then they quickly lifted the curtain of the carriage and dragged Zhan Yujin out of the carriage.

Xi Che stopped moving immediately. Only then did he understand that Zhan Yujin had sensed that someone was coming to arrest him, so he pushed him down, so that at least one person could be saved.

"Major General Zhan, the Prime Minister has been looking for you for many days, come with us."

One of the soldiers said with a smile, "Originally, if you left the capital and never came back, the Prime Minister would not have bothered with you. Who knew you would come back to die."

Zhan Yujin sneered, "Rong Jiudao, that bastard, shall not die well!"

Then a loud noise came from outside, and Zhan Yujin was captured.

Xi Che then realized that Zhan Yujin's situation was not as easy as he said. He must be wanted by Rong Jiudao. He thought that if he were in Zhan Yujin's situation, he would not tell others the truth directly, because if he did, no one would join him to save Yuan Ting. This would explain why Zhan Yujin believed in himself without knowing his own strength. This is totally a conscription of able-bodied men. Looking for helpers, whoever can be grabbed will be the best.

But he himself knew that the situation was critical, so why did he come here in a carriage? Wouldn't it be a smaller target if they use both legs? Xi Che thought for a long time and suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, this carriage was prepared for Yuan Ting in prison. If Yuan Ting could really be rescued, he would probably have been severely punished or unable to walk, and he would really need a carriage to take him back.

But no matter what the reason, he still saved himself at the critical moment.

Xi Che watched him being taken away and sighed in his heart: "It seems I have to take a risk."

Baihu disagreed: "You'd better not go in. We don't know how strong the other party is. It's just a waste of time if you go."

"If it was Yuan Ting alone, I wouldn't care about his life or death, but Zhan Yujin just did me a favor, I can't just watch him get arrested in vain. Otherwise, how can people say that debts are easy to repay but favors are hard to repay..." "

Those people wanted to arrest him anyway. If they didn't push you out, you would be arrested with him."

Xi Che knew that Baihu was just comforting himself. A disloyal person could always find an excuse to be disloyal. Unfortunately, he, Xi Che, was not a disloyal person. So he didn't bother to talk to him anymore and stood up to chase in the direction where Zhan Yujin left. However, before he could take a few steps, his right hand was suddenly grabbed and then pulled back hard. Xi Che reflexively bent his arm and attacked the onlooker with his elbow, but was easily blocked by the onlooker's palm. Then he was pulled back and into someone's arms.

Xi Che was very shocked - his current posture was like someone being held from behind, which made him feel too insecure and he was simply at the mercy of others.

However, after seeing who the person was, he calmed down again, from being shocked to being speechless: "It's you?"

The person who came was Chu Qi... Why was it him again? This person is haunting us!

"How could you..."

Xi Che came to his senses and suddenly stared at him with wide eyes: "You followed me?!"

Chu Yan looked down at Xi Che expressionlessly and asked instead of answering: "What do you want to do?"

Xi Che struggled to break free from his restraints and took a step back: "It has nothing to do with you. I didn't realize that you are a stalker." He

probably followed him since he contacted Zhan Yujin in the small dark room of Yujing College, otherwise he would not have followed him here.

"You should be thankful that I'm a stalker."

Xi Che wanted to roll his eyes: "Do you want to listen to what you're saying?"

Over such a long time, Chu Yan had actually developed a thick skin, and just said what he wanted to say: "Do you want to save people by yourself?"

Xi Che raised his eyebrows slightly: "So what."

Chu Yan glanced in the direction of the prison and said calmly: "You can't get in alone."

——In fact, he guessed it without asking. With Asa’s character, he would definitely not let someone be taken away from him.

Xi Che was about to get angry when his sore spot was hit, but then he changed his mind and thought, isn’t the person in front of him a helper with powerful magical powers? He has not forgotten the huge thunder tribulation that day. Since it didn't kill him, he must have become even more powerful. Xi Che hesitated for a moment, his expression eased a little, and his tone softened: "Do you want to help me?"

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and rarely joked: "You are so cunning. You obviously want me to help, but you are so nonchalant and wait for me to take the initiative to ask?"

Xi Che suddenly felt uncomfortable. This was what he meant, but he was not used to asking people for help - especially the person in front of him, who obviously had other intentions towards him. As the saying goes, it is easy to pay off a debt but hard to repay a favor. When someone helps you without any bottom line and does not ask for anything in return, it means that this person is very troublesome.

But he had to admit that Chu Qi was a very powerful and rare helper for him at the moment, and it would be very foolish to reject him out of stubbornness.

So Xi Che still gritted his teeth and said: "Then will you help or not? If not..."

"Help, of course I will. If you didn't want to help, you wouldn't show up."

Chu Yan interrupted Xi Che bluntly and stretched out his hand to him: "Let's go, I'll take you in."

Xi Che stared at his hand for a long time: "What, what do you mean."

Chu Yan said helplessly: "There is a barrier here, hold my hand and I will take you in. Otherwise, it will be difficult not to be noticed by them."

"..."

Xi Che stared at his hand for a long time, but this hand still didn't stretch out, but Baihu laughed in his consciousness: "Hurry up and agree to it, as if you have other good ideas."

"...So annoying! Go to sleep!"

Xi Che was struggling in his mind, and finally put his hand on Chu Yan's hand. The latter curled the corners of his lips imperceptibly, held Xi Che's hand tightly, and then pinched the invisibility technique and walked towards the prison.

This barrier is indeed powerful, but it is only powerful for Xi Che at present. A god of Chu Yan's level cannot be bound by this barrier at all. Moreover, the power of this barrier seems to have some similarities with his power.

Despite Chu Yan's assurance, Xi Che still subconsciously held his breath nervously when passing through the prison entrance. It was not until the two of them broke through the barrier and swaggered through the corridor full of soldiers that Xi Che breathed a sigh of relief. He subconsciously looked at Chu Yan beside him, and muttered to himself - this old monster is really unfathomable.

"The person you are looking for is over there. Are you going to save him now?"

Hearing the sudden reminder from the person next to him, Xi Che looked in the direction he was looking and found that Zhan Yujin was being dragged by two soldiers towards a dark passage. In such a short period of time, they seemed to have tortured Zhan Yujin. His clothes were beaten to pieces, covered in blood and torn into tatters. Xi Che suddenly became very angry. He stared at the direction of Zhan Yujin and took a few deep breaths. Finally, he said calmly: "You go find Zhan Yujin. I'll look around in this prison and find another person."

Chu Yan strongly disagreed: "Who are you going to find? Let's go together."

"The person I'm looking for is called Yuan Ting. You haven't seen him and don't know what he looks like. I have to take him out, otherwise, Zhan Yujin will come back."

Chu Yan thought to himself, why should I care about other people's life or death, I came in to save you: "Then let's go find Yuan Ting together, and then go save Zhan Yujin."

Xi Che glanced at him: "How can that be, don't you see that they have beaten him like that in such a short time? If we go later, he will be beaten to death. By then, we will have to rescue a corpse? Don't worry, I'm just afraid of the barrier outside. After watching for a long time, the people in the prison are all ordinary succubi. My magic power is more than enough to make me invisible in front of them."

Chu Yan looked ahead expressionlessly: "Then go find Zhan Yujin first, and then find Yuan Ting."

"Are you stupid? We are here to rescue people! Walking around in the enemy prison with a prisoner who was beaten half to death, isn't that courting death?! Okay, stop talking, just do as I say and split up! In an hour, regardless of whether we have rescued anyone or not, meet here."

Chu Yan wanted to say something else, but Xi Che had already let go of his hand and was about to run to another passage in the prison.

"Wait a moment."

Chu Yan knew Asa's temper. He was very stubborn and no one could convince him of his decision. He took out a dagger from his arms and handed it to Xi Che - this was a magic weapon he brought with him when he came to the mortal world. It was better than nothing for him to defend himself.

"Then use this to protect yourself. If you can't find it, don't try to be brave. Come back quickly."

Xi Che held the dagger and looked at him deeply: "Got it."

The place where Yuan Ting was imprisoned was not difficult to find, but when he saw Yuan Ting again, Xi Che almost didn't dare to recognize him. He remembered that when he first met Yuan Ting, he felt that this man was full of vigor and vitality, like a sharp sword, so unruly that people disliked him. I didn't expect that when I saw him again, he had become so miserable. He had obviously been tortured, his hair was disheveled, and only his eyes still had a wicked gleam in them. There was a poem written in blood on the wall behind him. Xi Che stared at the wall, his heart suddenly filled with resentment.

Xi Che had no special feelings for the Yuan court, but he was deeply moved when he saw this scene. For the first time, he felt that he might not understand Yuan Ting, and his understanding of him was subjective and one-sided...

"Who is it?"

"General Yuan, it's me, I'm here to save you."

Xi Che squatted across the iron bars of the prison. Yuan Ting stared at him and squinted his eyes, as if he finally recognized him: "Is... it you? You're not dead?"

Xi Che smiled: "Thanks to you, you are alive and well, otherwise I can't come to save you."

Yuan Ting showed a little smile on his face: "I was right about you, but it's a pity that I couldn't make good use of you as a weapon and make more contributions to my clan."

"You're still thinking about using me... Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, I'll get you out now."

Yuan Ting watched Xi Che stand up, and was about to cast a spell to open the door of the cell, but raised his hand to stop him: "I won't go out, you go."

"What?! You... why are you doing this?!"

Yuan Ting took a deep breath: "Do you think Rong Jiudao would be so confident in leaving me here? If I leave, the 50,000 soldiers under my command will be killed by him the next day."

Xi Che was puzzled: "Why? How did you know?"

"This matter is very complicated and cannot be explained to you. You just need to know that Rong Jiudao used evil magic to control our people. That's enough."

When Xi Che heard this, he suddenly realized something - doesn't this make sense? He felt strange when Zhan Yujin told him that the members of the Military Control Party turned against their side in the middle of a battle. Yuan Ting directly said that their people were controlled by evil magic, so he must have his reasons.

Xi Che asked hurriedly, "What kind of evil magic?"

Yuan Ting shook his head, "I only know that there is a master beside Rong Jiudao. Originally, the entire military party rebelled, and I thought it was because of me... But among the three armies, there should be people who believe in me. Later, when I saw their appearance, it was obvious that their souls were controlled. I have only seen that man once. He was applying facial masks and his face was blue... like a dead person. I couldn't tell whether he was a human or a demon. Anyway, it was very strange."

Xi Che got goosebumps when he heard this. He came to investigate Rong Jiudao, but he didn't expect Rong Jiudao to have so many secrets. At first, he thought that Rong Jiudao had used his magic weapon to do something shameful. How could there be a master behind Rong Jiudao? Damn it, why didn’t he know there were so many masters when he was alive in his previous life.

Xi Che still remembered that he came in to save him: "Forget it, don't worry about it! Come with me quickly, and we'll talk about other things after we go out!"

Yuan Ting smiled and shook his head: "No, I won't leave. If I leave, the military-controlled party will have no future."

"You...!"

Yuan Ting said again: "But since you are here, I can't let you make a trip in vain. Do you have a knife with you?"

Xi Che hesitated and took out the knife that Chu Yan gave him: "I have it..."

Yuan Ting suddenly moved, he actually crawled to the prison door on his knees. Only then did Xi Che see clearly that Yuan Ting's legs, from the knees down... there was nothing. How could Rong Jiudao be so cruel as to saw off his leg? ! Xi Che was shocked by what he saw. The knife in his hand had been taken by Yuan Ting. The other party gently took off the scabbard, stared at the knife and smiled: "Good knife, good knife, it shines with cold light."

"General Yuan..."

"I don't want to be beheaded in public, and hanging myself is not my style. Just use this knife."

After Yuan Ting finished speaking, he stabbed the knife into his throat. Xi Che didn't even have time to stop him. He felt a stream of hot blood spurting on his face, and the man in the cell fell straight down. Xi Che opened his eyes wide and reached out to grab Yuan Ting, but he only grasped a handful of hot blood. He saw Yuan Ting lying there, staring at the moon outside the window, and seemed to say something.

What is he talking about?

He seemed to be saying, I have lived my life with integrity and loyalty, and I have done my best.

Who is he talking to? Xi Che didn't know, but in any case, it should not be directed at the young lord who was going to chop off his head.

Is it the previous emperor he was loyal to?

Xi Che escaped from the prison alone in a panic. Chu Yan was already waiting there, carrying Zhan Yujin on his back. Seeing Xi Che covered in blood and with a look of loss and panic on his face, Chu Yan nervously asked him if he was injured. Xi Che shook his head: "It's not my blood, let's leave here quickly."

Xi Che couldn't tell what it felt like, but it was not a good feeling anyway.

After the two of them took Zhan Yujin out of the cell, they found a store to stay temporarily. Zhan Yujin's injuries were not serious - at least not as serious as Yuan Ting. After feeding him a few glasses of water, he woke up. He seemed to have had a nightmare. He saw Xi Che clearly in front of him. After several attempts, he asked in a trembling voice, "Where is Ating?"

Xi Che sighed deeply and told Zhan Yujin what happened in the prison: "General Yuan has suffered a lot of torture... I guess he doesn't want to live in such a cowardly way."

Zhan Yujin seemed to have lost all his strength. He stared into the distance in silence for a long time before asking, "Did he leave any words?"

"I have been innocent and loyal all my life. I have tried my best."

Zhan Yujin's eyes immediately had tears in their eyes: "I knew... He is not a man who can't stand torture. It's because Rong Jiudao, that bastard, slandered Ating for committing to another clan in front of the three armies that he wanted to die to prove his will. I know... I know, no one in the world is more innocent than him!"

Xi Che understood immediately. He and Chu Yan looked at each other, and there were some ups and downs in the other's eyes, which had been calm all the time. The Military Control Party has always advocated that succubi strengthen themselves through force. As the leader of the Military Control Party, how could Yuan Ting possibly commit himself to anyone, unless he... unless he was framed.

"General Zhan, what exactly happened?"

Zhan Yujin was silent for a while, perhaps considering that Xi Che was the one who saved him, he decided to tell the truth. After Rong Jiudao captured Yuan Ting, he used some despicable method to force him into arousal, and then recorded the video and played it in front of their army. A succubus is still a succubus after all, and it is very easy to make her enter estrus. The Yuan court’s forces in the army collapsed in an instant.

No wonder he wanted to commit suicide. He was such a tough guy that he could survive even if his legs were cut off, but he really couldn't bear such a stigma.

Xi Che thought of the blood poem written on the wall by Yuan Ting and felt very sad. He really didn't have any special feelings for Yuan Ting personally, but there were some people in the world who were heartbroken enough just by hearing about his deeds. What's more, Xi Che himself is a man of righteousness and chivalry...

"General Yuan...he also left a poem."

Zhan Yujin looked over. Xi Che hesitated for a moment, but still recited: "How can a sword be delicate? Loyalty and sincerity cannot withstand slander. My blood can be given to the earth, and the bright moon knows my purity and turbidity."

After hearing this, Zhan Yujin suddenly opened his eyes wide and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"General Zhan!"

Zhan Yujin covered his mouth and coughed for a long time, then waved his hands at them with forbearance: "I'm fine, I want some peace and quiet, can you guys go out first?"

Xi Che and Chu Yan looked at each other, and neither of them knew what to say, so they could only leave the room. But the door was closed, and before they had walked far, they heard a muffled scream coming from Zhan Yujin's room.

"A Ting!! I know you! I know!"

Xi Che suddenly heard this cry like crying blood, and was so stimulated that he took two steps back. His face suddenly turned stern, and he turned around and ran out of the inn. Chu Yan hurriedly chased after him: "Where are you going?"

Xi Che didn't even turn his head: "Go find Rong Jiudao! I'm going to kill him!"