Chapter 608 - 393: Seeking Death

When the housekeeper of the mansion came with the people from the dungeon to report that someone had broken into the Prefecture City’s dungeon and even killed Xiong Yi, Chen Xun was immediately aghast.

The dungeon had three experts of the True Qi Realm guarding it, and it was fortified like a forest with strong bows and hard crossbows!

Who could have broken in and also killed Xiong Yi?

At that time, Chen Xun was discussing with Yang Ji and Li Hong how to conduct both overt and covert defenses for the execution ground of Shen Yanliu after dawn. When the three of them heard this news, they immediately interrupted their discussion and rushed to the dungeon together.

In the gloomy twilight, torches had already been lit in various parts of the dungeon, the flames blazing brightly, illuminating the inside and outside of the dungeon as if it were daylight.

Chen Xun looked grimly at Xiong Yi’s headless bloody corpse.

Li Hong drew out the Willow Leaf Saber embedded in the ground under the torchlight, slightly frowned, and looked at Chen Xun: "It’s the Flying Knife Skill! A single knife to the head, the person who struck, I’m afraid is at least at the True Qi Realm Second Level."

Upon hearing this, the two people standing not far away, dressed in plain clothes, both trembled and exchanged a glance. These two were the other two True Qi Realm experts guarding the dungeon.

They were both at the True Qi Realm First Level. Since the other party could silently kill Xiong Yi, they could also kill them if they acted!

Under the torchlight, Chen Xun’s face looked extremely unsightly.

The two stood as quiet as cicadas in winter, having followed Chen Xun for many years, they could naturally sense his current great fury.

Chen Xun turned his head to glance at the two, a muscle on his face twitched, and he almost cursed out the words "useless trash".

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Chen Xun took a slight breath and glanced at the cell behind him, seeing in the shadow cast by the torchlight, a person in prison garb, covered in blood, lying on a haystack.

Chen Xun coldly said: "Open the cell door!"

The person playing mahjong at the bunker entrance immediately felt around his waist for a set of keys, picked one and opened the copper lock on the cell door, removed the iron chains, and pushed open the cell door.

Chen Xun stepped in slowly.

Seeing Chen Xun walk into the dungeon, Li Hong immediately took a torch from a soldier not far away and followed him in.

Under the bright red torchlight, Chen Xun scrutinized "Shen Yanliu" lying on the straw pile, seeing his hair disheveled and eyes tightly closed, passed out.

The two guarding the dungeon had already reported to Chen Xun earlier that all the prisoners in this area had been drugged with a potent poison.

Chen Xun bent down, lifted Shen Yanliu’s disheveled hair, and under the torchlight, he saw the face clearly.

His heart instantly eased. Although someone had broken into the dungeon, thankfully, the most crucial prisoner of the case had not been taken.

It seemed that the person who broke into the prison was after Tang Wanhong.

Looking at "Shen Yanliu’s" blood-stained body, Chen Xun’s eyes flickered slightly. He suddenly extended his hand to pinch the ankle and elbow joints of the person.

The familiar bone-setting technique and force made him certain beyond doubt.

Chen Xun strode out of the cell, his gaze sweeping around, coldly saying: "Where is Tang Wanhong’s cell? Take me to see it!"

The tall, thin man with a horse face immediately led Chen Xun towards Tang Wanhong’s cell.

The other person took the key and locked the cell door of Shen Yanliu again.

When Chen Xun arrived at Tang Wanhong’s cell, he saw that the cell door was already open, the iron chain and opened copper lock hanging on a crossbeam of the wooden fence.

Glancing at the opened copper lock, Chen Xun asked: "Was this cell door opened by the person who broke into the prison, or by you?"

"Reporting to the Mansion Master, we found the prisoner missing and opened it to check inside," replied the person with the set of keys who had now walked over.

Hearing this, Chen Xun said nothing and walked into the cell.

Li Hong still holding the torch followed him in.

The two men standing at the doorway both wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

Seeing the pit in the center of the cell, Chen Xun felt as if he had swallowed a fly. He had never expected that the supposedly impregnable dungeon of the Prefecture City he had crafted could be breached in such a manner.

Chen Xun stood by the pit for a while, then slowly walked to the cell’s wooden fence, stood there, and looked toward Xiong Yi’s location in the distance, realizing that shooting a flying saber from there had a very tricky angle.

Li Hong stood right behind him, seeing where Chen Xun stood, and understood what he was thinking.

Li Hong said: "The cell door was closed. The person who broke into the prison probably took action from this position!"

"It seems so." Chen Xun’s voice was low. "The angle was just a bit tricky!"

Li Hong added: "It shows that the person’s Flying Knife Skill Heart Sutra is quite extraordinary!"

Chen Xun turned his head to look at him, and asked: "Among the martial skill experts in the nearby prefectures and counties, is anyone skilled in flying knife techniques?"

"There are indeed a few skilled in the flying knife technique. However, those who have reached the True Qi Realm Second Level, and can kill Xiong Yi with one knife to the head, are probably only Mr. Guo Er of some years ago."

"Guo Er?" Chen Xun mused, "Hasn’t this person retired for about ten years?"

"Eleven years!" Li Hong said confidently.

Chen Xun glanced at him again, asking: "Why? Do you have previous dealings with this person?"

Li Hong smiled slightly, saying: "In past years, we had some acquaintance but nothing that could be called friendship."

Chen Xun nodded and said: "Have someone investigate whether this Guo Er had any dealings with Tang Wanhong." After saying this, he paused and continued, "Since you knew him early on, have you ever heard of him having the ability to build tunnels?"