prison song

【Ladder City】

Qin Huaizhen looked at the boy in front of him with a smile. It had been a long time since he had seen him, and he had grown a little taller. The thick cotton coat had been replaced by a light sleeve shirt.

The immature face became sharper, the outline became more angular, and the eyes no longer avoided people's gaze when they came up.

Now he has become very confident. The boy who saved him in the cold cave and tried to kill him has grown up a lot.

There was a faceless woman in a white dress standing on the top stone ladder, she seemed to be a little surprised when she saw the boy, and hurriedly retreated.

"Do you know Qin Huaizhen?" Chu Yuechen couldn't help asking.

"Of course we know each other. We are very familiar." Qin Huaizhen walked up the stairs and stood shoulder to shoulder with the boy. He was indeed much taller. Maybe after a while, he would surpass himself.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

The boy smiled and said that he opened the corners of his mouth, two pear dimples appeared on both sides of his face, and the color of his skin deepened, changing from the paleness in the ice cave to a healthy wheat color.

"Why did you come out?" Qin Huaizhen asked.

"Thanks to you, I was able to do some work with those older men, and I was able to travel far away, but this time I was unlucky, there was a bad wind at sea, the boat capsized, and I came here when I woke up."

While talking, the boy threw away the emaciated girl in his hands, took out a gold-studded handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped his hands as if nothing had happened.

"What did you just throw?" Qin Huaizhen looked at the boy's hand.

"I don't know either. I was looking around just now, but I didn't expect to be attacked by this ghost. Fortunately, I reacted quickly." The boy explained with a smile, but suddenly thought of something, and said to Qin Huaizhen.

"It's your first time here too, right?" The boy cast his eyes on Chu Yuechen who put Yan Qing on the ground.

"Do you know him?" Qin Huaizhen asked suddenly, he observed the boy's passing gaze, and asked this sentence almost before the boy retracted.

"I don't know." The boy had an innocent expression on his face.

"You said you scouted around, have you ever been there?" Qin Huaizhen immediately changed the subject.

"I just walked around, the door is locked, the windows are covered, I can't see anything."

"Take me to have a look." Qin Huaizhen said.

"Are you alone?" the boy asked.

"Don't worry, that stupid big man can move his back, he will follow." Qin Huaizhen bypassed the boy and walked forward. His hair was almost dry, but the corners were still a little wet, exuding a faint bamboo fragrance .

"Who are you calling stupid?" Chu Yuechen called from behind.

"Whoever agrees is talking." Qin Huaizhen replied unhurriedly.

The group of people continued to walk like this, saying that they saw the outer hall above at a glance, but in fact there was still a long way to go, and there were fewer and fewer dead branches around, only some bare tombstones stood there, all of which were invisible. He understood the words, but this guy Yan Qing fainted.

Is there a Gu technique in this world?It's really inexplicable.Qin Huaizhen walked while thinking.

A group of them walked on the stone steps, and the surrounding scenery gradually came into view.

There are many abandoned houses, with the rotten corpses of creepers still stuck to them, the damp and missing walls are crumbling, the cobwebs are soaked in water and covered with dust and shake with the wind, and the decayed wooden pillars are dripping with muddy dewdrops.

These houses are like a group of people who have been driven away from the plague and gathered together.

There were ulcerated and pustules all over their bodies, and the scabs on their shoulders were constantly spreading and growing, probably too itchy, they tore them off with their hard yellow and black nails, leaving these incomplete wall.

Their eyes kept looking at each other, wanting to see other worlds, but because their bodies couldn't get rid of the status quo, they could only watch helplessly until the muscles and eyeballs all protruded, and the corners of the eyes were dried red blood oil.

From the side of the stone steps, there are all these houses, they stand there quietly, silent, the only thing is the sound of the wind stirring the air, which is their last whimper, long and most immortal.

Qin Huaizhen looked over there, and there was a gray sky at the bottom of the alley. He suddenly had a very strange idea, what would happen if someone stood in the middle of these houses and stared at him?Looking at himself with ragged clothes and wounds all over his body.

Qin Huaizhen put away this bizarre idea, turned his gaze back, and now it has been nearly a stick of incense, and their current position is in the middle of the stone steps, and crows and sparrows are still hovering over the black imperial palace in the distance.

"It's almost here, are you okay..." the boy suddenly turned his head and asked.

"I...I'm a bit out of control..." Chu Yuechen said first.

"This guy is so heavy..." Chu Yuechen's voice was a little hoarse, and his face was wrinkled. He completely lost his handsome and straight appearance before. Now he looks like an old man in sixties splashing ink on his head, which is very funny.

"I didn't ask..." the boy said.

"Is it coming soon?" Qin Huaizhen asked.

"Not far, almost there." The boy turned his head and said.

Chu Yuechen's legs trembled a little, but seeing that they had no intention of stopping at all, he sighed and said, "By the way, what's your name?"

"Young master, are you out of your mind? You don't even recognize me?" Qin Huaizhen, who was walking in front of Chu Yuechen, pointed to himself.

"Who asked you! I think you are crazy, right? I'm asking about the one in front of you." Chu Yuechen said while panting, looking very embarrassed.

Qin Huaizhen shrugged and deliberately walked to the side.

"My name is He Qi." The boy did not turn around, but continued to walk forward.

Seeing that he had no intention of continuing the conversation, Chu Yuechen stopped talking and walked away with his head buried.

I don't know how long it took, Chu Yuechen felt that his feet had lost all feeling, but the occasional numbness and tingling made him grin his teeth crookedly.

The person on the back seemed to be asleep, breathing very lightly, with his head resting on his shoulders.

Chu Yuechen didn't want to save him at all, thinking that he would lose his temper just after being stepped on by him.

Forget it, Qin Huaizhen must have his own plans, Chu Yuechen raised his head and looked at Qin Huaizhen, in fact, he didn't have a good time, Chu Yuechen clearly saw the beads of sweat dripping down his chin.

Although it is cloudy, the heat has not subsided. This is probably the most annoying place in summer.

Finally came up.

The three of them stood at the top of the stone steps, and when they got closer, they realized that the place seemed to be much larger than what they had seen before. The large object made of black bricks and tiles was like the residence of ghosts and ghosts, like the accumulated resentment for several years.

Qin Huaizhen looked back, and saw that the river below was endless, and there were old houses one after another standing next to it, all deserted, like a once prosperous dead city.

"I tried, but the door won't open." He Qi said.

"You can't." Qin Huaizhen walked towards the gate area, which was already covered with cobwebs and exuded a disgusting smell of dust and decay.

Qin Huaizhen took Yan Qing's sword and cut the spider web from top to bottom. He saw an iron bar horizontally in the middle of the door. He pushed it against it with the sword, lifted it up and threw it away, and then opened the door.

The smell hit his face just now, Qin Huaizhen covered his mouth and nose, his arm touched his face, it felt very hot, maybe he was really going to be burned, go out quickly.

"Okay, I'm sure I saw you right." He Qi said suddenly.

"You don't need to look at it, and..." Qin Huaizhen walked over, patted his head and smiled.

"Your respectful speech will be lost, I will be sad." Qin Huaizhen walked forward after speaking, Chu Yuechen stared at He Qi, and then followed.

Only He Qi was left standing outside the door.

The interior is very different. For Qin Huaizhen who lived in Chu State, these are completely dazzling and unheard of.

When you walk in, there is a huge portrait. I have seen a similar one. A woman is sitting in the painting. Her expression is very lifelike. It can be said that she is a living person. She is wearing a white skirt and holding Holding an umbrella and sticking it to the ground, it should be a royal nobleman in this dress.

Her face is different from that of people from the Central Plains, with a pair of blue eyes that are erratic. She is sitting on a stool inlaid with gemstones. The scene is not green trees and flowers, but a sealed room, with scissors on display beside her.

On both sides of the portrait are two staircases, leading to the two sides respectively.

As soon as Chu Yuechen put Yan Qing next to him, he heard Qin Huaizhen say to him: "Silly, do you want to be lazy?"

"I'm so tired..." Chu Yuechen didn't reply, and slumped on the ground.

Qin Huaizhen turned around again, and said to He Qi outside the door, "Aren't you coming in?"

"I remember the last time..." He Qigang wanted to speak.

"You looked at me like that, and then turned around and made money from me." Qin Huaizhen said first.

"So it's the same this time." He Qi took a step back.

"Do you think it can be the same?" Qin Huaizhen said immediately.

He Qi stood there and looked at Qin Huaizhen. It was very dark inside, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

"Countless bounties are much more interesting than your threats." He Qi laughed, and the door started to close inward by itself.

"Chu Yuechen, how long are you going to pretend?" Qin Huaizhen said suddenly.

Before Qin Huaizhen finished speaking, Chu Yuechen pulled open his collar and pulled the iron chain out, and after Chu Yuechen slammed it hard, the iron chain locked He Qi's neck as if he had entered his soul. , He Qi fell to the ground and got stuck in the middle of the door that was about to close, his veins were popping out, obviously he hadn't reacted yet.

Qin Huaizhen walked over unhurriedly and said, "That's fine, lock you here, and when the road is wrong and we want to go out later, you can also be a Carmen here.

"Are you curious why this stupid big man next to me, who has been on his back for so long, still captures you like a normal person?" Qin Huaizhen poked He Qi's face with his sword.

He Qi couldn't turn his eyes, and obviously heard his heavy breathing.

"Don't be angry, what if you squeeze the door open later and you escape? Am I going to arrest you again?"

"You!" He Qi roared.

"If I caught you back, it's not the case. I'm very likely to use this sword to cut your face little by little..."

Qin Huaizhen looked down at He Qi, let out an intriguing laugh, rubbed the dagger on He Qi's face, accidentally poked an inconspicuous hole in his face with too much force, blood dripped down down.

"Oh, I told you not to move around, how could I hurt you?" Qin Huaizhen smiled with his face propped up.

"Okay, just stay here obediently, I'll go over there first." Qin Huaizhen stood up and walked inside.

"Don't you care about him?" Chu Yuechen said.

"He dare not run." Qin Huaizhen said.

After hearing this, Chu Yuechen tied the chain to the handrail of the stairs some distance away, carried Yan Qing on his back and followed Qin Huaizhen to walk inside.

As they walked up the stairs, most of the gold paint on the handrails was peeling off. No one had been here for a long time.

Walking up to the top, there are different portraits on the wall, but they have long been blurred by the wind erosion over the years, vines are swaying on the wall covering, and brightly colored toadstools grow in the corners.

"Qin Huaizhen, I really can't do it..." said Chu Yuechen from behind.

"Hey, you didn't say that when you hugged your family Li Gui." Qin Huaizhen snorted.

"Is it better that Li Guihe is lighter than him? And when did you see me hugging him?" Chu Yuechen retorted.

Qin Huaizhen stopped in his tracks, curled his lips and said, "How about taking a break?"

"Well, can't you just throw him away?" Chu Yuechen put his hands on his hips.

"No."

Qin Huaizhen continued to walk forward, there was some light on the ground, extending to the corner, it seemed that there should be living people around.

"Let's go." After Qin Huaizhen finished speaking, she walked forward quickly.

The yellow candlelight became brighter, the wooden boards on the ground creaked, and stone statues began to be placed on both sides of the wall. Every ten feet wide, there was a woman holding a skirt and closing her eyes. Even the wrinkles on the clothes are meticulous.

Finally arrived at the light source, the candlelight illuminated the surroundings, the first thing that came into view was the square long boxes, which filled the whole house, exactly ten of them, and there were red soft pillows inside.

Qin Huaizhen looked up, and at the top of the wall was a stone cave nearly three feet high and wide, filled with candlesticks. The candlesticks were different from what Qin Huaizhen had seen before, but a pillar with many candles in full bloom. It should look like made of iron.

"Could it be put there on purpose?" Chu Yuechen asked.

"Yes." Qin Huaizhen nodded in response.

"I'll go up and have a look, you just stay here with him." Chu Yuechen said.

"Wait." Qin Huaizhen suddenly lowered his tone.

"Be quiet, the boards outside are rattling."

"someone is coming."

【Ancheng·Golden Thread Lane】

Zheng Yue is wearing a water skirt today, and the color gradually deepens until the sleeve edge. There are not many women of the same age in Ancheng who dress like her. Of course, one of the reasons is that the skirt is exquisitely made, rendered in place, and the price is naturally mentioned. Out of reach of the public.

She was obviously in a good mood today, holding a red brocade box in her hand, with the words Yungaozhai marked on the top of the box.It's a box of bean cakes.

She went straight to the entrance of Golden Thread Lane. It was morning, and there were not many people, some of them were stupid men who were drunk and swaying in the middle of the night, most of them were snoring on the table, because they were regular customers, and the bustard was not easy to catch up , I have no choice but to go.

Zheng Yue naturally greeted the madam who was sitting on the porch, and the madam understood and pushed the checkpoint, which was the switch to open the door of Xu Qian's room.

"Thank you!" Zheng Yue smiled and waved to the bustard, then turned and walked up.

The old bustard smiled knowingly while sitting on the stool, and couldn't help but sigh that she was so capable as a top card, and she directly treated this stubborn young lady who was one of the best in Ancheng, and handled it submissively.

"Hey hey, little girl, it would be nice to play with me for a while." At some point, the man on the table stood up, drooling from the corner of his mouth, and narrowed his eyes to look at Zheng Yue.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Yue turned around with a smile, sat on the man's lap, lifted his chin and said, "Master, do you only like me?"

"Yes, yes, yes! That's not right!" The man who originally only wanted to tease the little lady, once tasted the sweetness, became even more out of control. He opened his hand and wanted to pull Zheng Yue's belt.

"Swipe!" With a sound, a dart landed on the man's palm, and the man's face flushed red and his eyes widened.

"Ah!!!" The man made a miserable sound like killing a pig.

Zheng Yue stood up and said mockingly when he left, "You don't even look at what you are."

The old bustard swallowed her saliva, and looked at several men standing on the roof outside the door, all of them were strong, looking at this side motionlessly.

The first sentence Zheng Yue opened the door was: "I'm here, are you hungry, please eat bean cake!"

Pulling back the gauze curtain, I found Xu Qian was sitting by the window, holding a pipe in his hand, with a few wisps of smoke slipping out of his mouth, looking sideways out of the window.

"Why are you doing this too? It's so irritating." Zheng Yue opened the brocade box, revealing bean cakes of various shapes, which greatly increased the appetite.

"If you don't like it, then don't do it." Xu Qian put down the pipe, jumped to the ground, walked to the table, and saw Dou Cake's eyes sparkle.

"Do you like it? I bought it on purpose."

"Zheng Yue, you are so kind to me." Xu Qian smiled and picked up a piece of bean cake.

After hearing this, Zheng Yue blushed, bit her lips and said, "It's nothing, it's a small matter."

"I want to take you somewhere."

"Where to?"

"A place that only belongs to the two of us." Xu Qian said with a smile, took a bite, and said.

"Really delicious."

Zheng Yue was still reminiscing about the last sentence, and suddenly realized, she smiled and said, "Okay, you like it, I will bring more next time."