Tick.

Tick.

Water droplets continued to drip down the cracks in the roof and hit the ground in front of Wei Lai. The water blooms like a lotus flower, and withers away like an epiphany.

In the dark and dreary space, only a candle was lit on a wooden table in the distance, and a pot-bellied man was sitting drinking wine and eating peanuts, drowsy.

Wei Lai raised his head to look at his side, and the woman in orange was sitting cross-legged in the corner, her expression calm, but her hands and wrists were locked by two black metal rings.

It is called the Prison Dragon Lock, and it is a torture device prepared for monks who have cultivated below the Four Realms, which can lock the qi in the prisoner's body, making it difficult for him to activate the power in his body.

Wei Lai couldn't help frowning.

"Don't worry, they're not going to die. But before Wei could say anything, the voice of the orange-clothed woman had already sounded.

Wei Lai couldn't understand why she had reached the point of being reduced to a prisoner, but the woman was still so calm. But Wei Lai also knew that if it weren't for protecting them, it would not be impossible to escape with Ah Cheng's cultivation.

"Actually, you don't have to, if it falls into their hands, I can probably guess what will happen to us. If you escape, you may have a chance to save Wupan City. ”

Ah Cheng's closed eyes suddenly opened at that moment, and even in this dark dungeon, those eyes still flashed with bright light.

"The purpose of besieging Qingyan is to lure us into the bait, if I escape, how can Jin Liushan be at ease, they will use more people's lives as a threat to let me appear, I don't care about them, but if he threatens you with these things, you will tell them the secret of Guan Shanqi. Then I won't gain more than I gain. ”

"I'll stay in this prison with you, and whether they break their word or not, the worst outcome will be to kill you and let me go. It's the safest choice for me. Ah Cheng said slowly, even at this time, this woman still maintained a sense that Wei Lai could not understand.

And this kind of sanity often carries the cold that rejects people thousands of miles away.

The goodwill and guilt that rose in Wei Lai's heart because of Ah Cheng's sacrifice of his life to protect him dissipated a little at this time, and Wei Lai couldn't be as rational as Ah Cheng after all. He shook his head with a wry smile and tried to end the conversation.

There was silence in the dungeon of Wupan City.

But after dozens of breaths, Ah Cheng suddenly asked, "Do you regret it?"

Wei Lai was stunned, shook his head and said, "All my regrets have been used up six years ago. ”

Wei Lai's answer made Ah Cheng silent for a moment, and then she spoke again: "Did you hear the scolding outside the prison door just now?

Wei Lai felt that the Ah Cheng in front of him at this moment seemed to be a little different from the woman in his impression, at least the Ah Cheng he saw before should not be a woman with so many problems.

"Whether it's Lu Guanshan, your father Wei Shou, or Yan Ting, Shuangbi are all people who are expected to open that door. I wonder why it ended up being like this for the sake of such a small city, with only 4,000 households. Ah Cheng didn't feel Wei Lai's abnormality, her brows furrowed slightly and continued to ask. "But they don't seem to appreciate it, but they invite the culprit to the high platform and worship it as a god, I heard that the incense in the temple of the Wupan Dragon King has been quite prosperous in recent years. ”

In this case, if it were someone else who talked about it in front of Wei Lai's eyes, even if Wei Lai didn't get angry, I'm afraid he would have to treat him coldly. But Ah Cheng is an exception, and in the experience of several conversations, Wei Lai probably also saw that this girl who is extremely talented in cultivation is not satisfactory in terms of human sophistication.

Wei Lai shook his head again and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, I don't understand why they did this. ”

Wei Lai's answer made Ah Cheng's brows furrow slightly, but before she could continue, Wei Lai's voice sounded again.

"But I remember my dad once told me that we can see things that others can't see, and a lot of times it's not because of how smart we are. It's that everyone is in a different position, what they see, and what they've experienced. It's like being in a high mountain, the people on the mountain always see more than the people at the bottom of the mountain, and the person at the bottom of the mountain is smart, and he will never know what the scenery is like at the top of the mountain until he has been to the mountain. ”

"Most of them, not bad, not stupid, just don't understand, that's all. ”

"My father also said that from Ningzhou to the entire north, the biggest problem has never been how mediocre the emperor is, nor how warlike the dynasty is. But the one who stands tall will always know only to laugh at the people below, but no one has ever thought of reaching out and pulling the people below......"

Ah Cheng was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face seemed to be a little sluggish at that moment.

Bang dang!

But before Wei came to see what was on the woman's face, there was a soft sound in the direction of the cell door.

Sitting at the wooden table of the cell, a cell leader who was napping stood up and trotted to the door of the cell, where several armorers in silver armor stepped in, ignoring the cell leader's nod and bow, and looked arrogant. I saw that they dragged a few figures to the cell where Wei Lai and Ah Cheng were, and the first soldier led by him glanced at Wei Lai and the two with a sneer, and then the soldiers behind him opened the door of their heads and threw those figures into the cell, but it was Aunt Zhang's mother and daughter who were dragged to the parade, as well as the green cow.

The size of the green bull was huge, and it took eight Cangyu guards to work together to stuff it into the cell, and the already small cell suddenly became a little crowded.

Wei Lai's brows furrowed deeply, staring at the green cow in front of him, it was still in a coma, and there were bloody wounds everywhere on its body, but fortunately, most of them had scabbed, but this could not save its life, Wei Lai could clearly feel that the breath of the green cow was weakening one breath at a time.

After an afternoon of marching, Aunt Zhang, the woman, had already fallen into a coma again in fright, but Liu Qingyan, although her clothes were stained everywhere and her eyes were red and swollen, she was still quite conscious, and after being thrown into the cell, she hurriedly stepped forward and tried to hold those armor soldiers, shouting loudly: "Save it and my mother!"

"Please, save them!"

"They're going to die!"

But those Cang Yuwei would not pay attention to her distress, and after locking the prison door, they swaggered away.

Liu Qingyan was young after all, she was obviously panicked, and she could only look at Wei Lai and Ah Cheng, who were in the same room, she threw herself into Wei Lai's arms with a crying voice, and choked up and said: "Brother Ah Lai, I'm not a monster, I'm really not a monster." I haven't done anything bad either, why ......"

Wei Lai didn't know how to comfort the girl in front of him, he could only reach out and pat the girl's back, and said softly: "It's okay, don't cry first, let's take a look at your mother and ...... And your grandfather. ”

Liu Qingyan immediately stopped crying when she heard this, she looked up at Wei Lai, and asked with an eager gaze, "Can Brother Alai save them?"

Wei Lai smiled bitterly, but he couldn't answer this question, but said, "Let's take a look first." ”

Liu Qingyan in a panic couldn't hear the difference, she was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, but this appearance was so sensible that it made people feel a little distressed.

Wei Lai didn't know how to use medicine, but it wasn't difficult to perceive the physical condition of others through qi. He first walked in front of the woman, stretched out his hand and pressed it on her vein, and felt it carefully, Liu Qingyan on the side stared at Wei Lai with a nervous expression. After a while, Wei Lai opened his eyes, and Liu Qingyan hurriedly asked, "Brother Alai, how is my mother?"

Wei Lai smiled: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I'm frightened, let her rest for a while." ”

Saying this, Wei Lai paused again, reached out and took off his shirt, covering the woman's body.

At this time, Wei Lai's upper body was only wearing a single shirt, and the thing hanging on his neck shook, making Ah Cheng's eyes light up in the eyes of Ah Cheng, who had been staring at the situation here.

Wei Lai was unconscious, and came to Qingniu with Liu Qingyan, the girl's eyes were expectant, but Wei Lai was silent. After thinking about it, he squatted down, put his hand on the neck of the green ox, and closed his eyes. It took a long while to open her eyes, and the girl looked at him nervously.

The smile on Wei Lai's face was a little far-fetched, but he said in his mouth: "I was injured, but it is not an ordinary green cow, as long as we can escape within half a month, it will be saved." ”

Liu Qingyan was stunned, and then drooped his head.

"Qingyan. But Wei Lai's voice sounded at that time, and his tone was a little serious.

The girl looked up, but saw Wei Lai say with a straight face: "It's not dead, we're still alive, your mother and your grandfather need your help to escape now, if you give up on them, it's really hopeless, do you understand?"

Such words were too complicated for a girl who had just turned twelve, and the girl's eyes with horns on her head were full of confusion, and she asked, "Then what should I do now?"

Wei Lai looked at her embarrassed description and red and swollen eyes, and said with a smile: "At least you have to rest and sleep first, so that we can have the strength to do it." ”

"Really?" the girl asked again.

"Hmm. Wei Lai nodded heavily, "Brother Wei Lai won't lie to you." ”

The girl was a little distressed: "But, my mother is like my grandmother, I can't sleep......"

"Then force yourself to sleep. Wei Lai said with a straight face.

......

After about half an hour, Liu Qingyan finally fell asleep under Wei Lai's comfort, and Wei Lai, who had done this, breathed a long sigh of relief, stood up and walked to Ah Cheng's side, and sat down.

Ah Cheng, who had never participated or spoken, glanced at the boy beside him and said, "It's that Jiang Shen, right?"

"Hmm. Wei Lai nodded, put his right hand on his chest and touched the hanging Buddha bone relic.

Ah Cheng glanced at the thing lightly, then looked at the girl on the other side who had fallen into a dream and asked, "Why did you lie to her?"

"The breath in her mother's body is disordered, and whether she can wake up or not is two words...... The cow ...... Well, that Jiang Shen even hurt the inner house, it is already a thin day, seven days long, three days short, and there is no medicine for the medicine. ”

Wei Lai looked ahead with empty eyes and muttered to himself: "People must always have hope in order to have the strength to live." ”

Ah Cheng was stunned again, but at this time, the hand holding the Buddha bone relic suddenly forced, took the thing off his neck, and handed it to Ah Cheng.

"I wanted them to live, and I saved them. ”

"It's yours. ”