"Stop! Who are you?" Jian Yi was stopped right at the entrance of the dungeon. The two guards outside had never seen Jian Yi before. He was completely different from the usual food deliverer.
"I'm here to deliver food." Jian Yi cleared his throat to make his voice sound rougher.
"Food deliverer? Why have I never seen you before?" One guard checked the food box in Jian Yi's hand and found nothing wrong, but the man in front of him was a complete stranger.
"I'm the cook in charge of the fire. The regular food deliverer has a bad stomach. Since he couldn't find anyone else, he asked me to do it." Jian Yi had anticipated this situation and thus came up with this pre - prepared explanation.
The two guards didn't suspect him after hearing this. After all, they had diarrhea at noon too. They even suspected that someone was deliberately targeting them. Now it seemed that there was a problem with the food.
"Alright, go in." The guard waved his hand and let Jian Yi in.
Just as Jian Yi was relieved and walked in, he was called back by the two guards.
"Wait!"
Jian Yi's body stiffened for a moment, then he slowly turned around. "What else do you two big brothers need?"
"Tell them to be more careful when cooking in the future. If this happens again, we won't let them off easily." Just thinking about how weak they had been from diarrhea at noon made them angry.
"Yes, yes, yes. Don't worry, big brothers. I'll definitely pass on the message." Jian Yi bowed and scraped his way in. At the corner, he wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, glanced at the dagger tied around his waist, adjusted his clothes, and then continued to deliver the food.
Jian Yi distributed the food to the prisoners in the dungeon one by one. From time to time, he would look at the people in the cells, but he didn't see his master.
How could this be? He was almost at the end of the dungeon, but still no sign of him.
"Hey, big brother. I'd like to ask you something." As he said this, Jian Yi scooped two more spoonfuls of meat for the prisoner.
"Go ahead. Since you're so sensible." The prisoner looked at the meat in his bowl and happily talked to Jian Yi. This new food deliverer was quite observant.
"Big brother, are all the prisoners here? I'm new here today and not very clear." Jian Yi was sure that his master wasn't here.
The prisoner looked at Jian Yi and then around before whispering, "There's a special prisoner who's not locked up with us. He's in a water dungeon."
The prisoner could see the torture instruments taken out of the water dungeon every day. Each one was stained with blood. It seemed that the person locked up inside was an important figure.
"I see. I don't need to deliver food to the people in the water dungeon. Big brother, you can have all the food in this box." Jian Yi gave all the food in the box to the prisoner and then left.
His master was in the water dungeon.
It seemed that their plan needed to be adjusted a bit. The explosives they had prepared to rescue his master were a bit insufficient.
However, if his master was in the water dungeon, it could reduce the damage and prevent him from being hurt by the high - temperature of the explosives.
"The plan for tonight needs some changes. Master is locked up in the water dungeon." Jian Yi told the information he had gathered after meeting with the others.
"Are you sure?" If he was in the water dungeon, the explosives prepared to rescue Tuluhao Jia would be insufficient.
"I'm sure. All the other prisoners are locked up in one place. Since master isn't with them, he must be in the water dungeon." There was no other place in the grassland to detain prisoners.
"Alright. The change to the plan isn't significant. It's just about the distribution of the explosives." Hong Yi redistributed the explosives. The amount for blowing up the Tule troops remained the same. Anyway, he was determined to blow up the Tule troops.
"Tuluhao Jia, weren't you so proud before? Why don't you show your pride now?" A man in armor whipped Tuluhao Jia fiercely.
Tuluhao Jia was already beaten beyond recognition, but he didn't plead for mercy. Instead, he endured silently. He had gotten used to this kind of whipping in the past few days.
The Grassland King deliberately found someone who had always been at odds with Tuluhao Jia to guard him in order to torture him, just to let him know that without the Grassland King, he was nothing.
But the Grassland King was wrong. Tuluhao Jia would rather die than be controlled by him again. He just regretted that he wouldn't be able to see her before he died.
But it was worth it. He thought that the gift he had given her should have left a place for him in her heart. He hoped that she could live a good life with Jing Xunchi.
"Speak! Plead for mercy! Maybe I'll spare you if I'm in a good mood." Shu Yi was even more annoyed seeing Tuluhao Jia like this. He had always acted high - and - mighty. Why? They were both adopted by the King, but why did Tuluhao Jia gain the King's approval!
"Do you know what you look like? … Like a jealous woman! Oh, no, even more jealous than a jealous woman! Hahaha..." Tuluhao Jia looked at Shu Yi mockingly.
What was so good about being valued by the Grassland King? There was no freedom, no independent thinking, and nothing one could do. One just had to follow orders all day long. It was just a shiny appearance.
What stupid people!
Shu Yi was provoked by Tuluhao Jia's words. He didn't envy Tuluhao Jia at all. He would soon gain the King's approval, and it was time for Tuluhao Jia to make way for him.
"Humph! Today I'll let you taste my power!" Shu Yi put down the whip in his hand, scooped up a ladle of pepper water from the basin beside him, and poured it on Tuluhao Jia's wounds.
Tuluhao Jia gritted his teeth to stop himself from crying out, but his head was covered in sweat from the pain.
"How does it feel? Isn't it wonderful? Hahaha..." Shu Yi felt extremely satisfied seeing Tuluhao Jia's veins bulging from the pain.
Half an hour later, Shu Yi came out of the water dungeon with no expression on his face. The people outside had no idea what he had done inside.
In the evening, Shu Yi happily asked someone to bring up some strong liquor and even found two women to accompany him. Soon, they were all drunk.
Jian Yi waited until there were few people left in the grassland tribe before leading Hong Yi and the others quietly in.
"We'll act separately. I'll go find master, and you guys go distract them." Jian Yi still thought the method from the day was too noisy, so they discussed it again.
They wouldn't use the explosives on Tuluhao Jia's side for now. They would use them after getting the person out. Moreover, Jian Yi hadn't informed Tuluhao Jia. He had planned to go to the water dungeon during the day, but the prisoner had quietly told him that there was someone inside and they had just gone in.