Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 215: Dark Channel
Yan Ci Wan and Xiao Wang quickly left the guest room and closed the door.

Inside the yard, the shopkeeper and his wife were so frightened when they saw them suddenly run out that they turned around and ran away.

But before he ran far, Yan Ciwan caught up with him.

She punched each of them, knocking them to the ground, and then said to Xiao Wang.

"I'll stay here, you go call someone over."

From what he has seen so far, this should be the base where Xie Li meets his accomplices. Yan Ci Wan is not sure how many bases like this there are, nor does he know how many people are hiding behind them. To be on the safe side, it would be best to go and get some help.

Xiao Wang took out a lock like a magician, locked the door of the guest room from the outside, and then threw the key to Yan Ciwan.

"You must be careful here alone. I will be back soon."

"Ah."

Yan Ci Wan watched Xiao Wang leave. Behind him, there was a sound of banging on the door, accompanied by shouts of thanks.

"Open the door! Ning Ci, open the door for me!"

Yan Ciwan gently shook the key in his hand and asked slowly, "Since you know Nie Xiayun, how come you don't know my real name?"

Xie Li finally realized what was happening: "So you made up a fake name to deceive me. Who are you?"

Yan Ciwan said, "I thought your partner told you everything, but now it seems that you know very little. You treated him as a partner and tried your best to help him, but he was wary of you. I feel so sad for you."

Xie Li gritted his teeth and said, "Stop stirring up trouble here. I won't fall for your tricks! If you have the guts, open the door and let's fight face to face!"

Yan Ciwan chuckled: "Sorry, I'm a girl, I don't have any guts."

"..."

After a brief silence, the door was slammed.

Even though he couldn't see what was going on inside the room through the door, Yan Ciwan could imagine how angry Xie Li was at the moment.

After a while, the sound of knocking on the door gradually weakened and the room became very quiet.

Yan Ciwan put his ear to the door and listened carefully, but could not hear any sound.

She had a bad feeling in her heart. Could it be that they had already run away?
But there was only one door in the guest room, and no other exits. How could they possibly get out? !
Yan Ciwan was hesitating whether to open the door and take a look right now, when he heard a burst of hurried footsteps.

She looked up and saw that it was Xiao Wang who had returned, followed by Si Buping, and many inner guards and palace soldiers.

Si Buping asked, "Where is Xie Liren?"

"It should still be in here." Yan Ciwan pointed to the guest room behind him.

Si Buping raised his eyebrows slightly: "Should?"

Yan Ciwan didn't explain much. She used the key to unlock the door, pushed open the door, and thick smoke poured out of the house.

When the smoke cleared, everyone could see the situation inside the house clearly.

The room was completely empty; Xie Li and others who were supposed to be inside were nowhere to be seen.

Yan Ciwan's guess came true. She looked at her boss with a suspicious look. Knowing what he wanted to ask, she took the initiative to explain: "I have been guarding here just now. The door is locked and the windows are closed. Unless they can dig a hole in the ground, they can't get out."

Xiao Wang speculated: "Is there a secret passage in this room? Just like the one in the rouge shop." Si Buping immediately ordered: "Search!"

The guards spread out and began to search every corner of the house inch by inch.

Fu Bai suddenly shouted, "There's a secret door here!"

Everyone gathered around and saw that the bed board had been lifted up, revealing a secret door with a green dragon carved on it. The door was locked from the inside and could not be opened.

Xiao Wang said: "The secret door found in the Rouge Shop also has the same blue dragon engraved on it."

Yan Ciwan immediately went to see Si Buping and asked, "Is the secret door in the Rouge Shop open?"

"The soldiers have already forcibly removed the secret door and found a secret canal, but it was blocked by rocks. Now the soldiers are still clearing the rocks. I don't know when they can clear all the rocks."

This result was within the expectations of Yan Ciwan and Xiao Wang, so they were not too disappointed.

Yan Ciwan urged, "Xie Li and the others just ran away. They probably haven't had time to block the secret channel yet. We should not miss this opportunity. Take down the secret door now."

Si Buping ordered people to tear down the door.

The secret guards and palace soldiers all took action and were busy.

Yan Ci Wan and Xiao Wang stood by and couldn't help much, so they went to wait in the yard outside.

The shopkeeper and his wife had woken up. Their hands were tied behind their backs, and they were kneeling on the ground with their heads drooped.

Yan Ciwan walked up to them and asked, "Do you know where the secret door in the guest room leads to?"

The shopkeeper's wife was very surprised: "What secret door? Isn't there only one door in the guest room?"

The shopkeeper echoed, "Yes, we have never seen any secret door."

Xiao Wang was sharp-eyed and attentive, and he could see at a glance that the shopkeeper was guilty. It was obvious that the man was lying.

Xiao Wang said slowly, "Xie Li is a fugitive wanted by the government. He escaped through the secret passage in the guest room. This guest room is your territory. You and your wife cannot be unaware of the secret passage. If you can tell us everything truthfully, we will plead with the Grand Chamber Leader on your behalf and ask him to spare your lives. If you resist to the end, then we will have no choice but to let the inner guards take you away."

Yan Ciwan cooperated and said, "I heard that the methods used by the Internal Guards to torture and extract confessions are varied, and all prisoners who fall into their hands die miserably. Especially their chief ministers, they are best at skinning people. When the time comes, I will skin you two alive, and then make human skin drums and beat them for you to hear every day."

Si Buping, who just walked out of the guest room and heard this, said: "..."

He slowly narrowed his eyes, thinking how brave she was to spread rumors about him in front of him.

The shopkeeper and his wife were so frightened that they turned pale and knelt on the ground trembling.

They had heard rumors about the Grand Lord before. There were many versions of the rumors, but no matter which version, the Grand Lord was always cruel, bloodthirsty, and would kill without blinking an eye.

Yan Ciwan squatted on the ground, deliberately lowered his voice, and asked mysteriously: "Have you ever heard the sound of a human skin drum? I heard that the sound of a drum made of each piece of human skin is different. When they are struck, will the sound be like this? Dong, Dong, Dong!"

"Stop talking!" The shopkeeper's wife couldn't stand it anymore and screamed. "I really don't know anything. We are just doing the work for money. Please spare us!"

The shopkeeper was trembling all over but said nothing.

Xiao Wang said: "It has come to this, you still refuse to tell the truth?"

"Since their bones are so hard, why not break them inch by inch and see how long they can remain hard?"

Yan Ci Wan and Xiao Wang looked in the direction of the voice and saw Si Buping standing not far away, looking at them quietly. It seemed that he had been standing there for a while.