"This …" Shangguan Feipeng hesitated.
"What, you don't trust Big Brother?" Yan Li stared at him with a burning gaze.
"That's not it." Shangguan Feipeng shook his head, then glanced at Liumu Bingjian. "This is related to the Cao Gang's secrets. Big Brother is one of us, so it's fine for him to go in and take a look, but unrelated people can't."
Yan Li nodded readily, then said to Liumu Bingjian, "You stay here."
Shangguan Feipeng then summoned a servant, "Take my Big Brother to the water dungeon."
The environment of the water dungeon couldn't be measured with common sense, and normal people wouldn't like it. For example, Shangguan Feipeng had a servant lead the way, so it was clear that he was also very repulsed, let alone the people who were hung here.
The damp tunnel was filled with the rotten smell of dead rats, and the soles of their shoes were wet after a few steps, soaking into their feet, immediately giving them a sticky feeling.
"Is anyone there … Hey …"
The servant carried a lantern and arrived in front of a cell. Before opening the door, he heard Gu Haiyuan's weak voice.
"Open the door." Yan Li couldn't help but laugh.
The servant opened the door.
Yan Li said again, "Wait for me outside."
The servant said, "Young Master, do you want to leave the lantern?"
"Give it to me." Yan Li took the lantern from the servant and carried it inside. There was a flight of stairs every two steps, and a few steps down were pitch-black water, with all kinds of floating insect corpses and wriggling maggots.
The lantern shone a little ahead, and they saw a pair of hands chained to an iron shelf. Looking further down, they saw the owner of the hands in an iron basket, which was only slightly soaked in water, not even reaching his ankles.
It seemed that Shangguan Feipeng had a good sense of propriety.
With this rotten water, an ordinary person would rot after soaking in it for a night.
Gu Haiyuan saw someone come in, and he didn't care who it was, as if grasping at straws. "Save me, save me, I'm going to die, I'm really going to die …"
Yan Li's heart was filled with mischief. He laughed and said, "Hey, old man, I heard you're quite unyielding. You'd rather be locked up here than serve the Cao Gang?"
Gu Haiyuan's eyes widened as he stared at the newcomer. "Who, who are you?"
Yan Li said arrogantly, "You don't need to know who this young master is, hurry up and say that you want to work for the Cao Gang, and I'll let you go!"
Gu Haiyuan put on a long face. "I, I …"
When his eyes inadvertently swept across Yan Li's face, his expression suddenly changed, and he became righteous. "A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated. Just give up."
"Are you serious?" Yan Li narrowed his eyes.
"Since ancient times, there have always been death warriors. How can a whole body break my heart!" Gu Haiyuan looked like he was facing death with equanimity. He looked very tragic.
"I'll fulfill your wish." Yan Li turned around and left after he finished speaking.
Gu Haiyuan was startled. He didn't expect that Yan Li would leave just like that. He immediately panicked and wailed, "Don't, don't, Great Master Yan, don't go! I'm your most, most, most beloved Old Father Gu …"
Yan Li stopped walking. He turned halfway around and glanced at Gu Haiyuan. "How did you know it was me?"
"Come back first, I'll tell you once you come back …" Gu Haiyuan began to plead.
Yan Li slowly turned around.
"Thousand Thread Mask, ah, Thousand Thread Mask. In this world, only I can see through its flaws!" Gu Haiyuan said.
"You even recognized this." Yan Li curled his lips. "What bad luck!"
"Save me, Great Master Yan. You won't leave me in the lurch, will you …" Gu Haiyuan scowled miserably.
Yan Li calmly put down the lantern. "Saving you is naturally no problem, but how will you repay me? I'm a person who sets a clear price. It's easy to negotiate. "
"You've taken so many of my good things," Gu Haiyuan said indignantly. "Is it too much to ask for you to save me once?"
"This is the water prison of the Caobang shipyard." Yan Li sneered. "You can't possibly think that I'm so omnipotent that I can save you just because I say so, right?"
"Just tell me what you want!"
"Just tell me what you have."
"You've already taken all my good things. What else can I have?"
"Then I'm leaving."
"Hey, don't don't don't. I remember now, I remember now. I know a secret, a damned secret …"
"What secret?"
Gu Haiyuan said with a pained heart, "You've lucked out. With this secret, you can go to Buluo City and exchange it for unimaginable benefits."
"Oh?" Yan Li said.
"You already know about Yan Sheng," Gu Haiyuan said.
"Of course I do," Yan Li said.
In order to emphasize the importance of what he was going to say next, Gu Haiyuan deliberately lowered his voice and said, "But you don't know that there's a huge conspiracy behind this."
"It's about the Witch God's Treasure Mirror, is it?" Yan Li laughed.
"How did you know?" Gu Haiyuan was stunned.
"Old man, your information is too outdated." Yan Li picked his ear and said, "Who in the pugilistic world doesn't know that the Witch God's Treasure Mirror is with me, Gu Guanlan!"
Gu Haiyuan seemed to have thought of something. His eyes widened and he said, "It can't be. So you're the scapegoat."
"Nonsense!" Yan Li said angrily. "If it weren't for my luck and intelligence, I would've been cut into pieces long ago!"
Gu Haiyuan exclaimed, "Then don't tell me you already know about Gong Wanlin's identity?"
"You know?" Yan Li paused and pricked up his ears.
Gu Haiyuan was instantly relieved. He smiled and said, "Even an idiot knows the value of this secret. I'll tell you if you save me first."
Yan Li said lightly, "Even if you don't tell me, I'll know who it is."
"Don't try to trick me." Gu Haiyuan sneered. "I've already experienced your slyness. Don't think that it'll work every time."
Yan Li only mouthed a few words.
Gu Haiyuan's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He said in a daze, "How did you know? How did you know …"
"I'm also curious. How did you know?" Yan Li said.
"How could I not know!" Gu Haiyuan suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "I was the one who made his demon snake skin. I didn't expect that he would betray me before I could betray him!"
"You also changed your appearance?" Yan Li said.
"That's right." Gu Haiyuan said regretfully, "This thing is against the heavens. If he hadn't knelt in front of my door and begged for two days, I wouldn't have agreed …"
Yan Li came to a realization. "So you were captured because of him."
Gu Haiyuan begged, "No matter what, save me first. I'll repay you in the future. I just hope that you don't let me stay in this godforsaken place!"
"Don't worry. I have a plan. Not only can it save you, it can also help you take revenge," Yan Li said.
Gu Haiyuan said, "What is it?"
Yan Li's lips curled up slightly. Then, he said this and that.
Gu Haiyuan nodded as he listened. His eyes gradually changed. Like a mouse in the night, they shone brightly.
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