Chapter 134: I Want to See You Again (1)

Zhou Xiaoxiao woke up from her dream.

Ever since she transmigrated back, she always slept until the morning.

She never communicated with Xingzhi within her dreams.

At one point, Zhou Xiaoxiao thought that she was unable to do so anymore.

Who knew that during her dream, whilst in a daze, she arrived at a gloomy and dark prison.

The prison was full of contaminated and dirty water.

Xingzhi stood on the water, tied to the pillar.

Xingzhi was crying.

Zhou Xiaoxiao felt a burst of anger.

She rolled out of bed and dressed up.

She walked over to Yu Xingyong and Cheng Shizhao’s doors, knocking.

The three sat together and listened to her report.

Cheng Shizhao shockingly asked, “You’re saying that you saw Xingzhi being locked up in a water prison? How could you see that?”

“Mnn, I can’t explain it right now, but I’m sure that he is locked in a water prison. The water prison should be underground and one could see a window at the tip, revealing shapes of fake boulders.”

“You don’t need to ask anymore.” Yu Xingyong lifted his hand and said, “The fifth brother had already said that our sister-in-law is different from ordinary people. I believe in his words.”

Cheng Shizhao glanced at Zhou Xiaoxiao’s completely different face.

He thought that since she could revive and appear in front of them with a completely different identity, finding out where Xingzhi was locked at was a piece of cake.

No wonder the Princess Royal said that she wasn’t from this world.

He suddenly felt his hair standing up straight.

He didn’t dare to overthink.

Cheng Shizhao took out a simple map of the building, unfolding and laying it out on the table.

“Xingzhi must be locked in this general’s residence. The merchant, Luo Tong, had drawn this map according to his memory, so it is a rough sketch. However, this residence occupies a lot of area and the map is overly simple. We can’t tell where the water prison is at all. Therefore, we need to investigate before coming up with a plan.”

The three surrounded the map and pondered over the possible places.

Ever since they reunited at the scene of the fire, the three led carefully selected elites and they disguised themselves to cautiously follow the traces that Yu Xingzhi left, arriving at Shanxi Taiyuan.

The enemies were vigilant and strictly guarded the place. Not only didn’t they find a good opportunity to save Xingzhi, but they almost lost their clues a few times.

Up until they arrived at Taiyuan and came to Yelu Xiuge’s base camp.

Yelu Xiuge and the rest stopped and locked Xingzhi in the general’s residence. It was then that they found a breakthrough.

The breakthrough came from a merchant named Luo Tong.

This person traveled back and forth between the Jin and Liao regions for fur business.

He had a wife whose name was Lin Qiushui.

Due to some opportunities, they pleased one of Yelu Xiuge’s concubines. They would bring exquisite fabrics and elegant playthings for the concubines and young misses in the residence from time to time.

By the time Cheng Shizhao and the rest left the capital, just in case, he asked Cheng Shiqi to get a list of merchants, especially the Han Chinese merchants that frequently came to Qidan.

When they arrived at Taiyuan, Yu Xingyong had someone find Luo Tong. Under intimidation and bribery, he had him work for him.

“Is Luo Tong reliable?” Zhou Xiaoxiao asked.

Cheng Shizhao narrowed his eyes and fisted his hands. “He lives near the capital. I already sent people to capture his parents and children. I’m not worried that he’d do anything out of hand.”

Yu Xingyong added, “Merchants care about profit. I promised him that as long as he helped us, I’ll purchase the rough lumber military supplies from him first. As long as he wasn’t dumb, he’d work for us.”