Become a cat [Zhan Zhao]

The general didn't like him.

This was the first thought that Zhan Zhao couldn't help thinking when he saw the general, it almost made him laugh out loud.

In the place where the tavern should have been, he followed the fat and thick woman for a distance in the dark—to be precise, the length is about the same as walking through the gate of the Kaifeng government office. Yamen, study, garden, backyard, all the way to the back door of the mansion.In fact, this section of the road is not short, even if you walk quickly, it will almost take the time for a cup of tea.

Then light suddenly appeared, not the light blue light that appeared behind the thick clouds when the sky was about to break, but a dark red light like a faint flame.

"Is it getting hotter here?" Zhan Zhao asked the woman leading the way in the semi-darkness. He could barely see her back, but he could follow her closely with his keen sense.Although the road under their feet was rough and bumpy, Zhan Zhao could feel that they were going down.It's just that he didn't ask this point out.

A woman's voice came from the front: "Yes. It will be hotter in a while."

Zhan Zhao nodded.At the same time, he found that the surrounding area was obviously brighter.The dark red light with temperature illuminates the black rocks under the feet, beside the head, and above the head, and illuminates the woman leading the way in front.Zhan Zhao was a little surprised to see that the woman was wearing white clothes, but in the dark before, he couldn't catch anything white at all.

It was as if he had really become blind.However, Zhan Zhao knew that the darkness alone could not make him blind.

"You'd better think about how to speak when you see the general. I think if the general is in a good mood, you have a better chance of surviving." The woman spoke again after another period of silence.

Zhan Zhao guessed that they were coming soon, because the surrounding area was getting hotter, and he seemed to hear the sound of scorching flames flowing and churning from the depths of the ground.

And the scene around them is like something that Zhan Zhao heard in a ghost story when he was a child. The hideous and sharp stones are all over the ground, rock walls and cave ceilings.They seem to have been spiraling down some kind of arc, although there are no obvious stairs, but Zhan Zhao still has the feeling that they are constantly climbing down the long inverted tower.

Eighteen layers of hell.This place really looks like eighteen layers of hell, if you add evil ghosts and Hades.

After turning around this thought, Zhan Zhao followed the woman down to the last floor, and then he saw the general and the steaming flame behind him.

It’s just that at the very beginning, Zhan Zhao’s attention was almost all on the general:

—The general is a woman.

——This woman looks exactly like Dong Wu-jun.

"Qingjiu didn't come back." This was the general's first sentence, and the person he spoke to was obviously not Zhan Zhao.Her eyes, which seemed to be dyed red by the flames behind her, stared at the woman in white, and there was a serious expression on her pale face.

The woman in white immediately lowered her head: "My subordinates saw that Lord Qingjiu has controlled the key." She shrugged her shoulders slightly as she spoke, as if she couldn't help but wanted to look at Zhan Zhao, but she tried her best to hold back.

key?

The general snorted coldly, her originally serious expression became more serious, and she said, "Baiyao, go and bring the key back."

The woman in white immediately took orders, turned around and left.It's just that before she left, she couldn't help but glance at Zhan Zhao, that look seemed to say: You're really unlucky, you're doomed.

Zhan Zhao almost burst out laughing.

However, the general closed his eyes, did not look at the uninvited guest not far away, and did not say anything to drive him away.She was sitting in a large, uncomfortable-looking chair, which was placed on the edge of the junction between the black rocky ground and the abyss where the dark red flames rose high, so that she did not look like she was sitting on a chair. , as if sitting on a flame.

Zhan Zhao turned his gaze away, and found that there was nothing else worth noting here.Although the unchanging black rocks were strangely shaped and hideous, Zhan Zhao was sure that those rocks would not suddenly come alive and bite him.The only danger here may be the tumbling flames, and perhaps the general who is snuggling against the flames.

A long time passed, and the general still had his eyes closed.She was as still as a statue.At this time, no one would confuse her with Dongwu Jun, who was as lively as a bird in spring compared to her.

Zhan Zhao waited patiently, he didn't want to speak to break the well-timed silence, and he didn't want to speak to the general in front of him.He came here to look for Alan, but Alan wasn't here—had an accident?Qingjiu, who might be his older brother who had been dead for more than ten years, failed to bring Alan to the general.

And the keys.

Zhan Zhao recalled carefully, he remembered Han Shi's nonsense about "key", "nightmare", "dove" and so on.Chen Yin also mentioned the key before he died, and went to the tower to find the key.

And the general seemed to be looking for the key too.

Is the key with A Lan?This thought arose in Zhan Zhao's mind, and it quickly took root: Mr. Dong Wu once gave A Lan a gift, and Han Shi once said that his key already had an owner, so Zhan Zhao certainly would not forget that it was there. A Lan once disappeared for a period of time, after which she fell into a coma for a long time.

The key is with Alan.They came looking for the key, and the general was waiting for the key to come to her.Chen Yin had a key on him, but someone took it away—is it Qingjiu?Did the general order Qingjiu to kill Chenyin and take the key?

For some reason, Zhan Zhao doesn’t really believe that Qingjiu kills people. He doesn’t remember the days when he lived with Qingjiu, but he still feels that Qingjiu won’t really kill his beloved brother’s best friend.

This thought also made Zhan Zhao laugh.

The woman in white suddenly appeared behind them, and said breathlessly: "The scout sent a message that there are guests coming in the tower. Those guests took away the keys, and Lord Qingjiu went after them."

"I'll let you go and bring the key back." The general's voice was very calm, but Baiyao knew that maybe after saying these words, she would die at the hands of the general—or it can't be called "death", after all, one person cannot die twice .

In the dead silence, Bai Yao's voice seemed to be squeezed out from his throat in fragments: "This is the order of Lord Qingjiu, he, he is worried that the guests will return to the tower and disturb the general..."

"I don't know when you listened to Qingjiu." The general said calmly, with her two hands resting on the wide armrests of the chair, her eyes blazing with flames calmly stared at Baiyao.

Bai Yao's heart was ashamed, she stopped talking.

Then the general seemed to tilt his head slightly, as if trying to move his neck.Following her movement, Zhan Zhao clearly heard the sound of Bai Yao's neck breaking.Then Baiyao fell down like a rag doll, transforming from a corpse into a pile of dead bones at a terrifying speed.

Then the general stood up.She finally began to look at Zhan Zhao with those eyes, and there was still no other expression on her serious face, as if she was not at all surprised that Qing Jiu's younger brother who was still alive came to the tower.

Zhan Zhao didn't retreat or step forward, he just stood still and watched the general.The other party didn't look like he had just executed one of his old subordinates. Now Zhan Zhao felt that the woman in white was right in saying at least one sentence - if the general is in a good mood, the chance of surviving is higher.

Obviously, the general is in a bad mood right now, very bad.

The flame rose rapidly, as if to cater to Zhan Zhao's thoughts.The tongue of fire licked the general's tall bristling hair, but it couldn't hurt her at all.

At least Alan is not here now.

"You are Qingjiu's younger brother." The general said briefly, "I allow you to leave him a last word or two."

Zhan Zhao laughed, and he really only said two words: "Chen Yin was not killed by you." and "I know who wants to grab the key."

The general stretched out his hand suddenly, and made a strangling gesture across the distant space, as if he wanted to strangle Zhan Zhao directly.And what was almost creepy was that Zhan Zhao really felt a cold hand strangling his throat.

However, the expression on his face did not change at all.

"I know who wants to grab the key." The general said flatly, "Wait until you remind me, it will be too late."

But Zhan Zhao said: "This time it's not just the guy you jokingly call 'Dove' who wants a piece of the pie."

The general's expression twisted for a moment, and she twitched the corners of her mouth strangely: "That's not a joke. When that guy called the wind and rain, your ancestors were still drinking blood."

"That was then, times have changed now, haven't they?" Zhan Zhao looked at the general.

There seemed to be a slight smile in the general's eyes, but she had already forgotten how to smile.After a while, she finally put her arm down and said, "Tell me what you know."

"That's it?" Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows.

The general asked lightly, "Do you want to die?"

"Of course not, I'm still living happily." Zhan Zhao replied, and before the general could speak - there was no doubt that she was going to say "If you don't want to die, do it quickly" - he said, "It's just better than living alone. , I hope that the girl who came with me can also live well."

The general stared at him deeply, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Qingjiu has many advantages over you, but what I like the most, do you know what it is?"

Zhan Zhao has no intention of answering this question.And the general is still able to say to himself: "He will never lose his head for any woman. You know, I planned to spare your life, which means you should thank God for the rest of your life. But you To actually give up this opportunity for a woman is enough to show how stupid you are."

"It's enough to show how confused you are." Zhan Zhao's tone was almost as calm as the general's.

The general raised his arm again.

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Because you will never know who Ah Lan is staying with now."