Feast of Rebirth

"Over there." The jailer pointed to the depths of the corridor, "No. [-] on the right, go and see for yourself."

"Thank you." Hu Yan nodded, and was about to leave with the food box, when the jailer stopped him with his hand: "Food box, open it for me to see."

He almost turned the food box upside down before the jailer let Hu Yan in.The prison environment of the Ministry of Justice is not good, but this area is unexpectedly clean. It seems that it has been cleaned in a hurry, and there is still a strong smell of sulfur in the air.

Cell No. [-] accommodated five people.At a glance, Hu Yan saw Yun Congfeng sitting in a corner, with his legs tied to wooden planks, leaning against the wall and dozing off, nodding his head.There were still a few lying crowded together on the bed, snoring loudly.

"Yun Congfeng." Hu Yan called out in a low voice, calling once and calling a second time if there was no response, Yun Cong woke up in a daze after getting a little more limelight.Looking up, Hu Yan quickly knocked on the prison fence: "I'm here to see you."

"Ah!" Yun Congfeng subconsciously wanted to stand up, but just as he raised half of his buttocks, he sat back down heavily, patted his thigh, and smiled wryly.

"How did you get hurt?" Hu Yan squatted down, opened the food box, and took out plum wine, crispy pancakes, and peanut jerky with frost. With a snap of his fingers, the plate fell down to Yun Congfeng's feet , Yun Congfeng bent down with difficulty, took a sip of plum wine, and sighed long: "Spell backfires."

The mudra of the Shanrenjiao is a damage transfer spell, which transfers the damage from the frontal impact to the feet. Therefore, most of the second-class Qingping envoys who were impacted were injured in the front, but he fell into the ground.According to Quan Hongfang, he looked like a green onion planted in the ground, half of his body was buried in the soil, and it took a lot of effort for the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to dig him out.

Although the front side was not injured, his leg was unlucky and the bone was severely fractured. He could not walk normally for at least three days.

The plum wine that Hu Yan brought had a very strong and pure aroma. After sniffing it again and again, Yun Congfeng felt refreshed, and threw another peanut into his mouth: "Why are you here?"

"The news spread widely. It is said that all the second-class Qingping envoys brought up this time have been arrested? Is it fake?"

"Yeah." Yun Congfeng took another piece of shortbread, "How could they all be arrested, interrogated, and they will come out in a few days. You don't have to worry, if you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door."

"What about your legs?"

"Ah? This, it's nothing serious. If you really want to walk by yourself, you can do it. It will hurt at most. Hmm... What's wrong with you?"

Hu Yan's expression was very complicated, the light came from behind him, half-bright and half-dark, his expression was unpredictable.It made Yun Congfeng unable to see through, and at the same time, it was a little more complicated.

"You are too unlucky to encounter such a thing." Hu Yan lowered his hands, "I don't even know what to say about you."

Yun Congfeng ate the crispy pancake, and smiled foolishly: "It's really fine, I'll be out in a few days."

"Then... you can eat some more."

Yun Congfeng took the wine and ate two pieces of dried meat.The person on the bed groaned, turned over, opened his eyes, and burst out laughing: "Brother Yun, you still eat alone."

"Aren't you asleep, and I'm afraid you'll lose your temper." Yun Congfeng bowed his waist, "Here, here you are."

Zhao Chengan beamed and smiled: "Thank you." He looked up and saw Hu Yan: "Is this your friend?"

"……Um."

Hu Yan looked indifferent: "Hurry up and eat, the plate must be taken away."

The two hurriedly stuffed food into their mouths and stuffed it into their pockets. After cleaning it up, they pushed back the plate. With a move from Hu Yanxiu, the plate fell into the food box and left.

The sound of footsteps gradually receded, causing a faint echo in the empty and silent prison.For some reason, Yun Congfeng felt that he had heard this voice somewhere before, just like the echo.

"Hey." Zhao Chengan leaned over, "Your friend feels unusual, who is it?"

Yun Congfeng came back to his senses: "He is a demon, he accompanied me to the capital."

Zhao Chengan became interested: "Accompany you to the capital?"

Yun Congfeng lied: "We knew each other a long time ago, I was going to study in the capital, and he wanted to open a shop in another place, so he dropped by."

"Oh." Zhao Chengan lost interest all of a sudden, and asked about his physical condition: "How are your legs?"

"good."

"I don't know what happened to Ambassador Lai now." Zhao Chengan sighed, worried.Up to now, the Qingping envoys who came in have been interrogated one by one, and the rest is a long tormented wait and no news.Occasionally, people who came to visit the prison were ignorant of the progress of the case, and people were inevitably panicked.

"Lai envoys are more dangerous than good." Yun Congfeng took a bite of the pancake, "Right now we can only hope that Qingping Division will find out the reason as soon as possible and return our innocence."

"How long will it take..." Zhao Chengan patted his thigh with sadness on his face.

The rest of the people woke up one after another without speaking.Yun Congfeng chewed peanuts silently, loosening his muscles and bones from time to time, moving his knees. After eating the peanuts, he chewed half a piece of pork jerky, but felt too full, so he stopped, not knowing what to do.

Dead silence, long waiting, long torment.There were several crisp sounds, which were the unlocking of the prison door chains. The crowd became agitated, and rushed to look at the other end of the corridor, feeling disappointed: it was the jailer who delivered the porridge, and it turned out that it was lunch time in the afternoon.

The porridge is very thin, one small bowl per person.Yun Congfeng drank one sip at a time, and hurried footsteps sounded outside again, rushing towards this side in a mighty way, everyone regained their spirits, got up and looked at the corridor: they really came here !Suddenly there was a commotion.

The costumes of the people who walked over were quite different from those of the prison guards, but Yun Congfeng had just entered the officialdom, and he still couldn't recognize the official uniforms.I only heard him say succinctly: "You can go."

There was an uproar. "Is the case solved?" "Who is the murderer?" "Yes, who is it?"

The person who came had a cold expression: "Why do you ask so many questions, let's go out first and then talk."

The prison doors were locked one by one, and the Qingping envoys were led out of the eerie prison by the jailers, to the periphery of the prison, returned the property confiscated before, and took off their prison uniforms.Looking at the slowly setting sun outside the window, Yun Congfeng felt a little dazed.

"Brother Yun." Zhao Chengan came over, "Does your leg matter? How about I take you back to the official residence?"

Yun Congfeng came back to his senses, and smiled: "Thank you, I won't be resting in the official residence today, just take me to the gate, I'll take a carriage, I have something to do."

Zhao Chengan wondered: "It's getting so late, where are you going? Besides, don't you want to go back early to find out the news?"

"It's not that I won't come back." Yun Congfeng kicked his legs, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Yun Congfeng wants to go back to Rujia Inn.

It was hard to wait for the car in the evening, and it was hard to wait for one. When Yun Congfeng said that he was going to the suburbs, he suddenly became unhappy.Yun Congfeng talked about it, and the driver only reluctantly agreed after raising the fare twice.

"Brother Yun, you went so far, can you come back to work tomorrow?"

Yun Congfeng climbed onto the car seat, sat down firmly, and said with a smile, "If you can't come back, you can ask for a leave of absence for me, and say that I'm going to live in the hospital."

"Fine……"

Yun Congfeng closed the car door and waved: "Go back early and have a good rest!"

The coachman yelled, raised his whip, and walked away.

The coachman hurried and hurried, and finally got out of the city before the city gate was closed.It didn't take long for the sky to completely darken. Yun Congfeng cut out a small moon to illuminate the paper, and pointed out where the coachman should go.The coachman was driving the car, muttering resentment in his mouth, Yun Congfeng promised to cover him with food and lodging for one night before telling him to shut up.

After chatting for a long time, I saw the vague silhouette of the small building of the Rujia Inn in the dark, and two green lights at the door, flickering.

The coachman drove slower and slower, turned his head and looked strange: "Are you sure?"

Yun Congfeng carefully looked at the two green lights, but he still couldn't figure out what kind of lights they were, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. This light, this building, and this field are so resembling scenes from ghost novels.But his face was still calm and composed: "I didn't admit my mistake, you can go forward with confidence. I am a member of Qingping Division, will I harm you?"

The coachman grumbled, raised his whip and continued to move forward, but the speed became slow.Yun Congfeng was anxious, and stared at the two lights with wide eyes for a long time, then suddenly laughed: "It's fireflies."

"What?"

"There are fireflies in the lampshade." Yun Congfeng couldn't help laughing, it seemed that he was the only one who could do such a thing, and it scared the outsiders enough.

When the mystery was solved, the coachman relaxed and accelerated to the entrance of the inn. There were bursts of loud and lively mahjong guessing sounds from inside, and the lights of two fireflies danced like silver sand stirred in the water.

"Spent the night, is Xiaoer here?!"

The door creaked open, and Chi Nu came out. He seemed to have grown taller and fatter, with a ruddy face.He skillfully led the horse to a big tree beside him, and tied the rope: "One bed is fifty yuan, and the horse feed is extra, isn't it too early?"

Yun Congfeng opened the door and leaned out half of his body: "Where's Hu Yan?"

Chi Nu heard the voice familiar, raised his head, was stunned, and said for a while: "The boss went to rest in the morning."

Yun Congfeng groaned, and struggled to get down with both hands on the sides of the car door, leaning on crutches: "I've paid for his rent, and tomorrow's premature money."

Chi Nu took a step back and frowned: "What's going on with you?"

"Hu Yan didn't tell you? Ah, a small injury, it will be fine in a few days. I'll come back and have a look."

Chi Nu went upstairs with half help, and lived in the original room.The mattresses were all newly laid, the windows were bright and clean, and Chi Nu lit the oil lamp, then closed the door and went out.

Yun Congfeng sat in front of the desk, feeling indescribably at ease, as if he had returned home.

It's just that there are no books on the desk, and there are no books to read.He washed up early and lay down to sleep.

Go to bed early and wake up early, and when you wake up the next day, it is still daylight.He limped out the door and went downstairs, went to the well and washed his face with a bucket of cold water. When he bowed down, something hit his back, and he rolled to the ground.

He turned his head and saw that it was a glowing red fruit.

Hu Yan sat on the roof tiles, dangling his legs: "What are you doing back here?"

"I'll come back and take a look..." Yun Congfeng paused, "Come back and take a look, the official residence is a bit empty."

"Not used to it?" Hu Yan whistled, with a playful expression on his face.

"Forget it." Yun Congfeng admitted frankly, "I don't know many people, and it's too quiet." The neighbors are very busy during the day, and they usually sleep when they come back.

"Then, do you want to come back to live?"