Dream Maker [Rebirth]

Well ladder?

It dawned on Lu Ci that he had seen this kind of mechanism in a book before, and it was created by craftsmen among the people. It was originally for the convenience of digging wells, so it was called a well ladder.Later, many wealthy businessmen saw the novelty, so they often asked craftsmen to erect this object in their homes as a passage connecting the upper and lower floors of the house.

This mechanism is not a rare thing, so Lu Ci would not be flustered when he was in it, but he couldn't help but be a little surprised, because he had never expected that in addition to the several layers of prison cells on the outer ring, there would be another inside the rocky mountain. There are things.

The well ladder descended slowly, rubbing against the rock wall and making a rumbling sound, and the surroundings were dark, as if they were going to the underworld.

I don't know how deep it has fallen, and finally a light flashed before my eyes, and there was a muffled knocking sound at the bottom of the staircase pavilion, and it stopped firmly on a square stone platform of the same size.

There is a short downward step on each side of the stone platform, leading to four corridors. On both sides of the corridor, there is a brazier hanging on the rock wall every ten feet or so, and there are many guards below it.

These four corridors looked exactly the same, almost no difference could be found, but the two jailers beside Lu Ci did not hesitate to lead him back down the stairs, and walked towards the corridor directly behind.

Lu Ci originally thought that he could go straight along the corridor to the end, but unexpectedly, there were two forks at the end of the corridor. Choose one to walk in, walk again, and divide again. The whole underground is like a huge maze, and the two jailers obviously He was quite familiar with this "maze", and he didn't hesitate at all when he reached the fork.

There was a fist-sized stone plate on the side wall of the door, and a circle of glyphs was engraved on it. The jailer raised his hand and turned it a few times. There was a rumbling sound, and the stone door was lifted upwards in response.

Inside the door is a round stone room, with several guards standing along the side, and a long mahogany table is placed directly opposite. The criminal file is full.

In front of the stone trough full of walls, there was a man wearing a wide-sleeved toga, holding a file and flipping through it. Hearing the movement behind him, he turned around. He looked about forty years old, with sharp eyes and no anger.

"Your Majesty, the prisoner Song Zhong is here!" the jailer reported.

The man raised his hand to signal them to retreat, and the jailer retreated in response, and the stone gate was lowered again behind him, isolating the stone room from the outside world.

Lu Ci didn't know the identity of this person, but after hearing that the jailer called him a judge just now, he could probably guess that this person was the presiding judge of the third trial.

Holding the dossier in his hand, the judge walked slowly towards the long mahogany case, flipped through it and said casually: "I heard from the people in the first two trials that you are a tough guy?"

Lu Ci stood still and did not answer, but the other party didn't take it seriously, opened his clothes and sat down, put the file on the case, raised his head and said: "It's true, if you can survive the third trial and still not open your mouth, Which one is not tough?"

This sentence sounded like a sentence of emotion, but it was full of sarcasm. Lu Ci listened silently, still stuck in place like a wooden stake.

The judge raised his hand at him, and pointed to the middle of the stone room, signaling him to stand over.

Lu Ci looked there, and found two concentric circles chiseled out on the ground. The small inner circle was about the size of a washbasin, while the large outer circle could accommodate dozens of people to stand at the same time.

These two circles are very weird, and the rock is earthy yellow, which is in sharp contrast with the whole rock mountain and the black rock in this stone chamber.

The place the judge pointed at was the center of the concentric circles. Although Lu Ci didn't know where it was, he dragged the chain and took a few steps forward to stand in the small circle.

Seeing that he was so obedient, the judge seemed very satisfied, and an inexplicable smile appeared on his face, and he said gently, "In my opinion, you don't look like that vicious person, why don't you tell the truth about the case?" Come on, if there is any grievance in it, I will make a statement for you, how about it?"

How could Lu Ci not understand his intentions, no matter how nicely he said it, it was nothing more than trying to induce a confession, but he really didn't know anything about what the original owner did, and now he was being questioned again and again, it was not good to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and said truthfully :"I do not remember."

The judge has seen many prisoners of all kinds over the years, and he has never heard such an excuse, but it is the first time he has encountered such a sloppy and perfunctory excuse. , sneered and said: "Looks like another person who toasts and doesn't eat fine wine."

After that, he raised his eyes and looked aside, and Lu Ci followed his gaze, only to notice that there was a hourglass in the corner of the stone room, and the floating arrow in the water rose slowly, and the top of the floating arrow was shaped like a blade, and above the "blade" A very thin silk thread is stretched horizontally, and the two ends are connected into the stone wall.

At this time, the hourglass was almost full, and the floating arrow standing on the water was only a hair away from the silk thread.

The judge said quietly: "It's almost there."

As soon as the voice fell, a drop of water fell, and the floating arrow rose sharply by a point and would touch the silk thread. The "blade" in front of his head trembled, and the silk thread broke and bounced away, followed by a booming sound from far to near, and Luci's feet trembled suddenly stand up.

Lu Ci looked down in surprise, and saw that the outer ring of the concentric circle was neatly divided into eight petals like a crack, slowly tilted up from the inside to the outside, like a yellow lotus flower that is about to bloom, and the flower under his feet The inner circle is like a flower heart, standing still.

When the Huangyan "Lotus" bloomed halfway, Lu Ci could vaguely see a large piece of scarlet under the cover of the "petals", like a pool of surging blood, and he finally saw the pool clearly after the stone slab was completely lifted. The true appearance of the things-those surging things are not bloody water, but bloody poisonous snakes that are entangled with each other and wriggling slowly!

In the Heiyan Pool, the pool full of red snakes seems to have just been awakened from sleep, twisting and twisting restlessly, the probe "hissing" and spitting out letters, and the gaps that are occasionally exposed are full of white bones, almost covering the entire bottom of the pool .

A few red snakes near the edge seemed to want to swim up the pool wall, but when they touched the Huangyan "petals" surrounding the pool, they suddenly shrank back into the pool as if they were being scalded, and the snake at Luci's feet There is also a piece of space around the "Flower Heart" of Huangyan, and the snakes dare not approach it as if they are afraid of this stone pillar.

Seeing this situation, Lu Ci suddenly understood what this Huangyan was - this is realgar rock, which has the effect of repelling snakes, and snakes may not be able to avoid it.

Thinking of this, Lu Ci couldn't help being a little puzzled. He naturally understood that the purpose of the snake pool was to threaten and deter people from confessing, but since this is the case, there is still such a "plum blossom pile" in the center of the snake pool for the prisoners to stand on. , is it unnecessary?

"Still can't remember anything?" The judge teased his remarks just now, then leaned forward slightly, and smiled meaningfully, "I advise you to remember well, after all—your time is running out."

Before Lu Ci had time to think about the meaning of his words, he suddenly felt the stone pillar under his feet tremble slightly, and then he noticed that the stone pillar began to slowly descend, as if it was about to sink to the bottom of the pool.

It turned out to be the case.

Lu Ci's heart sank, he was still questioning the purpose of this "plum blossom pile" just now, and now he fully understands that the installation of this realgar rock stone pillar here is definitely not superfluous, it is like a kind of slowness, which makes people helpless. Seeing myself falling into desperation bit by bit is more frightening than throwing people directly into the snake pool.

As soon as the stone pillar trembled, all the snakes turned their heads and looked over vigilantly. As the stone pillar sank slowly, they flocked from all corners to the center as if they had been summoned by something, and crowded around the stone pillar. Hold your head up and spit out the letter, like a very hungry beast, ready to go!

The "knocking" sound made by the friction between the stone pillars and the grooves at the bottom of the pool should have been inaudible, but it was so clear at this time, accompanied by the hissing sound of the snakes spitting out letters, it was creepy.

Luci silently looked at the group of snakes gathered around the stone pillar with fierce eyes, silently felt the sinking of the stone pillar, suddenly remembered what the boy in the cell said, raised his head and said: "Wait, let me tell you! "

The judge seemed to have expected this to happen, bent his lips and smiled triumphantly, stretched out his hand to the side and gently twisted a stone protruding from the ground, stopping the downward trend of the "Plum Blossom Pile", and said: "It would be better if this were done earlier. Why do you have to see the coffin and not cry? Tell me, make it clear earlier and go back sooner, and I will report to you sooner.”

Lu Ci actually has nothing to explain, but the matter has come to this point and he has to make it up now: "I killed the man, and I killed him to... rob money."

The judge frowned and reminded impatiently: "Time, place, weapon, how did you kill him?"

Lu Ci didn't even know who Song Zhong had killed, so how could he know these details? Hearing this, he glanced at the case, raised his chin and said, "Shouldn't it all be written in these files?"

The judge was almost laughed angrily: "Are you teaching me how to do things? Are you going to judge me or shall I judge you?"

Lu Ci said helplessly: "What I mean is, as long as it is written in the file, I will admit everything, and I will confess whatever crime you convict me. Isn't that all right?"

"What are you going to do?!" The judge said, "You think I'm trying to trick you into beating you up? Song Zhong, I advise you not to play any tricks! If you want to say it, tell the truth, otherwise don't blame the judge for not giving you the answer." Chance!"

Lu Ci originally thought that the judge just wanted a signed painting to be a good deal. Unexpectedly, he went online like this. He really had no countermeasures for a while. After a long while, he had to discuss: "I really don't remember the process. Why don't you show me the dossier, and I'll recall it from memory?"

When the judge heard that he was being played, he sneered and nodded angrily, "Yes, Song Zhong, are you playing tricks on me? If you have the guts, don't beg for mercy later!"

Saying that, he stopped talking nonsense to Lu Ci, and stretched out his hand to twist the protruding stone back hard. Lu Ci suddenly felt his feet tremble, and the stone pillar sank again!

Luci knew that there was no room for change this time, so he could only feel the downward trend of the stone pillars under his feet silently, and looked at the snakes around him, but unexpectedly, he didn't feel much fear, and there was only a little bit of God's will. —It seems that this inexplicable "borrowed" body still has to be returned after all.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, this smile didn't matter, but it surprised the judge.

Of all the prisoners who have been interrogated before, which one is not frightened at this point?But Song Zhong in front of him hadn't shown a trace of timidity since just now, and now he actually laughed out loud, this...is he delirious from fright?Or does this person really not know what it means to be afraid?

Seeing that the stone pillar was about to sink to the bottom, Lu Ci resigned himself to his fate and closed his eyes.

With a crisp "click", the stone pillar was completely embedded in the bottom of the pool, and a group of snakes swarmed like lightning, scrambling to coil up from his legs!

The clothes on this body were originally damaged due to the torture, and there were almost a few pieces of rags hanging over the wounds all over the place. At this moment, a group of snakes were tangling wildly, and the rough snake skin was scraping Lu Ci's exposed skin fiercely. , The newly scabbed wounds were scraped off without exception, and the blood oozed out and stinged unbearably.

Lu Ci gritted his teeth tightly to endure the severe pain, and only hoped that the group of snakes would give him a good time, don't delay the torture.

In a short while, a snake coiled around his neck along his back. Lu Ci raised his head and waited for the fatal blow, but the sharp fangs were delayed.

He frowned slightly, couldn't help but opened his eyes in doubt, and saw the snake's head hanging a few inches in front of his eyes, and the snake letter he spit out could almost touch the tip of his nose, and a pair of golden snake eyes were staring at him intently. Stare at him.

It's okay if he didn't open his eyes, but when he opened his eyes and looked at the snake, the snake suddenly seemed to be stimulated by something, its vertical pupils shrank suddenly, and it opened its mouth suddenly, with sharp fangs coming straight towards its face !