Gantang Village also originally built a dungeon.

When the old man Ma walked over with me, he said as he walked, "This dungeon has not been used for decades. However, it is the ancestral hall of the Yan family that is guarded here, and the old man also knows that there will be no eternal peaceful days, and people like them will come to trouble sooner or later. ”

I didn't speak, just scratched the corners of my lips.

He walked to the front and opened an iron door, the squeak sounded, and there were a lot of echoes, I walked over to see, inside the iron door is a stone staircase, leading to the underground, the surrounding is already dark sky, only a lantern in the hand of the old man Ma emitted a faint light, illuminating the road in front of me.

The slate was very damp, and some corners were even covered with thick moss, and a few footprints were very obvious, apparently left by the time the people were brought in today.

It seems that it has really not been used.

The deeper you go, the more you can smell a damp, cold smell, and although it can be called cool in a place like summer in the summer, staying for a long time is another matter. When I had walked the last step of the stairs, I was completely plunged into darkness, and only when the old man raised the lantern in his hand above his head, I saw a long road in front of me, leading to the end, and on both sides were iron cages, as if they were about a wild beast.

I couldn't help but frown.

Actually, since it is a place where people are detained, it is naturally impossible for people to come in and enjoy the blessings, but it still makes me a little uncomfortable to see such an iron cage.

People, after all, are people, not beasts.

As if he saw my thoughts, Old Man Ma said faintly: "Here, there are no other places and tools that can lock people up." ”

"Hmm. ”

I didn't say anything, just nodded and walked inside after him.

Along the way, he passed through many empty cages, turned a corner, and walked to a cage, and the old man Ma said, "It's here." Talk to him, and I'll go to the door, and call me when I'm leaving. ”

I nodded, and he walked away with the lantern.

The surroundings were dark again, but it was not completely dark in front of them, because the only difference between this place and other cages was that there was a skylight above the head, although it was also blocked by a thick iron bar, but at this time the moon rose in the sky, and the faint moonlight shone down from the overhead.

However, apart from that light, the rest of the place is really completely out of reach.

What about Pei Yuan's cultivators?

I frowned slightly and stepped forward.

And at this moment, there was a very small sound from inside the cage, and a tall black shadow behind the pillar of light also took a step forward, just walking into the moonlight.

Immediately, there was a flash of light in front of my eyes.

Pei Yuanxiu, he is still dressed in white, even in such a place, it does not affect his cleanliness and purity at all, especially when he stands in the moonlight, the moonlight reflects a faint brilliance on his white shirt, as if his whole person is glowing.

I was stunned for a moment, and his dark pupils were already looking straight at me.

……

For a while, the two of them were relatively speechless.

I, of course, came here because I had something to say to him, but when I actually met, I forgot all the words that I had prepared, and just looking at him standing quietly in front of me like this, there was an indescribable, sour taste.

And he, though in prison, seems to be more comfortable than me.

I don't know how long he was silent, but he opened his mouth first: "You're here." ”

“…… Well. ”

"A little later than I thought. ”

“……”

"You can't make up your mind?"

“…… You, you know?"

I shuddered slightly, for his words, for the cold facts behind this sentence, he looked at me quietly, in the moonlight, even his eyelashes were slightly shining, that gaze seemed to be able to see through my whole person, see through.

The corners of his mouth hooked up a little shallow arc, and he said with a smile: "I know that the entire Xichuan people should want to kill me now." ”

“……”

But their wishes must be agreed by you. ”

“……”

"So—"

His eyelashes fluttered very lightly, and even a little light flashed in his dark pupils, and he looked at me, more calm than before, and even a little coldness in his calmness.

"Are you here to kill me?"

My heart sank.

After saying that, his eyes looked me up and down for a while, and I could not see the coldness or hostility, but I felt that he was unusually quiet, and after looking at me for a while, he said, "There is no poison, and there is a dagger." ”

“……”

"You...... Don't kill me?"

“……”

"Could it be that so many people have not been able to convince you?"

“……”

Although he is locked up here, he seems to know everything about the qiē outside, the people who will demand to kill him, and how they will persuade me.

My throat was slightly strained, and I was silent for a long time, and finally I said with difficulty, "I...... Haven't figured it out yet. ”

After saying this, I also felt a little in a trance, since I saw him in Xichuan, I have said this sentence more than once, knowing that hesitation will only lead to long dreams at night, and I also understand that every word those people said to me, let me make this decision for the overall situation, and even for me.

Even I understand that killing him is a hundred!

But......

Just when I was in a state of confusion, he smiled more indifferently: "If you haven't thought about it, it doesn't mean that others haven't thought it through." ”

Hearing that there was even a little smile and a little coldness in his words, I took a deep breath and raised my head to look at him: "Yuan Xiu." ”

"Hmm. ”

"I can not kill you. ”

“……”

"You know, even if everyone wants to kill you, I can not kill you. ”

“……”

"But—"

He looked at me, focused and quiet: "What do you want me to do?"

“……”

I was stunned for a moment, maybe I was still hesitating, but before I could speak, he had already chuckled and said, "You know, it's impossible." ”

"Why can't it?" I said, "You and him don't necessarily have to be dead or alive." ”

“……”

"When you were in Shengjing, you didn't go south, didn't you live so many years?"

“……”

"The world is so big, why do you have to want the capital? Jinluan Palace?

His eyes flickered for a moment, but this time, I didn't wait for him to speak, and said eagerly: "I know, you have been the prince for decades, and the country and the society are at your fingertips, but you have lost everything overnight, your status, status, power, and everything - that feeling may be really sad." I was a little anxious, and my voice trembled slightly, and I gasped slightly: "But, after you have experienced that qiē, aren't you still alive?"

“……”

"Is there anything more important than this?"

He looked at me motionlessly, and after listening to me say those words, he lowered his eyelids slightly, obscuring the glint in his eyes, and then, I heard his dry voice ringing in the cage—

"Light, your memory in Hongyan Building is too profound. ”

“……”

"So, it's more important for you to be alive than a lot of things. ”

“……”

"But for people like us, being alive is just the beginning. ”

“……”

He looked up at me: "We can't just live. ”

I trembled slightly: "So, I want you to live or die?"

He nodded heavily, "Yes." ”

I said, "That's—"

"Or, you kill me here, and it can be over in a single qiē, and it will be safer and better than any ending you expected. ”

When he said this, there was even a faint smile on his face: "Have you thought about it?"

“……”

"I thought about this ending. ”

“……”

"When I went south from Shengjing, when I conspired with Shen Gongjin's people, when I was in Jinling, when I built a naval camp defense, when I gave the order to let Gu Ping kill Yuanzhen......"

“……”

"When I decide, kill Liu Qinghan!"

I shuddered suddenly, as if a sudden gust of cold wind came from behind him, blowing cold all over my body, and at this moment, my eyes once again appeared in front of my eyes after the poisoning, the scene of pain and suffering.

My hand hanging at my side slowly tightened.

He looked at me and said more calmly: "In addition to the capital, the Jinluan Palace, and the dragon chair, I have also been waiting for this ending. ”

“……”

"No complaints, no regrets. ”

“……”

"Haven't you thought about this ending?"

“……”

"Didn't he, have he thought about it, when he was in pain, when he was on the verge of death?"

I clenched my fists, my fingertips aching in my palms, I took another deep breath, and said, "He, I didn't think about it." ”

“……”

"He just told me how to protect myself. ”

“……”

"He didn't embarrass me, so I didn't embarrass myself. ”

He was stunned for a moment.

And I looked up at him, my eyes were so sour that I felt like I was about to cry, and I choked up and said, "Yuan Xiu, you can not end up like this, you can choose something else." ”

“……”

"I beg you, will you give up?"

This time, Pei Yuanxiu was silent, compared to the indifference and calmness just now, the hanging needle lines that slowly appeared on his eyebrows finally made me understand that there was also a struggle and suffering in his heart.

I waited quietly for him.

I don't know how long it took for him to finally raise his head and look at me, and when he spoke, his voice was a little soft, even gentle: "I also ask you for one thing, you promise me." ”

"What's the matter?"

"If you want to kill me, you do it yourself. ”

“……”

"I don't want to die at the hands of someone else. ”

“……”

"I will not die at the hands of others. ”