Chapter 210: A Fork in the Road in Prison
Di Renjie followed behind Lin, and after only two steps, he saw a path. When he stepped briskly on the path, he felt that it was dark in front of him, and he could not see anything. There was a cold wind whirring in his ears, and only the sound of ticking water was faintly heard, Di Renjie frowned uncomfortably.
"Adults be careful of the steps, there is a secluded pool below, and if you fall down, you will be eaten by Lingmang." Lin confessed expressionlessly.
Lin swiped a match in his hand and lit the lantern he was carrying. Although the lantern was lit, the light like a candle flame was still faint and abnormal. But it was precisely this bright star that shocked the surrounding stone walls with bursts of frightened screams, which sounded very terrifying.
Di Renjie frowned when he saw the faint figure on the stone wall. In the final analysis, this old general Su was just a person who was implicated by Su Lie and was imprisoned, and he was still an important minister. Even if you go to prison, you shouldn't be locked up in such a hellish place.
And as far as he knew, it was the deepest part of the prison. The prisoners should be extremely important criminals, why was General Su directly locked up here?
Di Renjie felt that he, a big living person, was very uncomfortable staying here. Not to mention the old General Su, an old man. I was afraid that he was already frightened here, Di Renjie's face was solemn, and he couldn't figure out what the empress meant.
"Your Excellency, please come here." Lin whispered. He took a step forward to the stone path, and the whole person fell down with a thud.
Di Renjie hurriedly stretched out his head to take a look, only to find that the road in front of him was broken, presenting an insurmountable fracture, and a flat boat was parked under the fracture. And Lin is now standing in the boat with a lantern. Di Renjie took a deep breath, looked at the bow of the boat, and flew down. As soon as his toes touched the boat, the boat swayed from side to side and began to move slowly.
Di Renjie only then realized that the water under the boat was fast, which happened to be the opposite direction of the boat. In other words, the boat is going against the current, but the boat is as smooth as land. And Di Renjie knew that he didn't exert his strength, could it be Lin? He stared at the back of Lin's head, guessing to himself.
"Adult, it's not the ability of the villain, it's the mechanism at the bottom of this lake." Lin seemed to have guessed something, and whispered without looking back.
Di Renjie smiled dumbly, he didn't expect that his mind would be seen through by a jailer. He looked at the boat under his feet again, the material looked like a hundred-year-old tree, but the surroundings were as smooth as tung oil, and there was a sound of rustling under the boat, but he couldn't hear what it really was.
The silence around and the cold water made people feel furious, and Di Renjie naturally felt uncomfortable.
"Lin, how long have you been here?" Di Renjie asked. He was obviously not a chattering person, but he was starting to make small talk at the moment. He didn't know if he wanted to get to know the jailer in front of him, or if he wanted to ease his anxiety about this ghost place through chatting.
"Back to my lord, I've been here since I was a child, probably seventeen or eighteen years." Lin spoke with a very relaxed feeling. He shook the lantern in his hand, and saw the boat spin around and slowly lean towards the shore on the left side of the darkness.
Lin's nimble foot stepped on the flat boat and flew into the air, and his other foot kicked down the stone wall and jumped up. Like a nimble monkey, he flew to the shore as fast as he could.
"Then you never got out of prison?" Di Renjie followed Lin closely, stepped on the flat boat on his tiptoes, and flew towards the dark shore. When I saw him leave the boat with his front feet, he heard a grunt, and the boat sank into the lake under his feet, and disappeared without a trace.
After Di Renjie stopped on the shore, he looked at the black and boundless lake, and felt that his body was cold, this place was indeed very weird. He frowned, if Lin didn't lead the way, he would definitely not be able to find the cell where General Su was held.
"If you go back to the adult, the little one doesn't think there is any difference between this prison and the outside." Lin turned his face and glanced at Di Renjie with empty eyes. After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued to lead the way silently.
"This... How can this make no difference? The mountains and rivers outside are beautiful, the sea and the blue sky are beautiful, and the place is dark and cold. Di Renjie felt that there was a world of difference between this outside and in prison, and Lin actually felt that there was no difference, and it was amazing.
"The blue sea... Blue sky? Isn't it beautiful? Lin muttered expressionlessly.
"The mountains and rivers are beautiful, the scenery of all things, and nature is beautiful." Di Renjie replied with a serious face.
"It's a pity that the little ones can't see it." Lin's pale face showed a hint of sadness.
"When you don't do this anymore in the future, you will be able to see it when you go out." Di Renjie thought that Lin was lamenting that he had never gone out to see the outside world, so he smiled and was relieved.
"Adults, little ones have been blind since childhood. Even if you go out in the future, the beauty of all things in this world has long been lost to the small ones. Lin suddenly stopped. There was not a trace of color in his empty eyes, and he was dumbfounded.
When Di Renjie heard this, the smile on his face froze. Wait, Lin says he's blind? He had never realized it before, not even now! If it weren't for Lin himself, he wouldn't have thought that Lin was blind!
Ming Minglin is still constantly reminding him to pay attention to his feet, and he is still leading the way for him, and now Lin actually tells himself that Lin is blind. Di Renjie had an indescribable feeling, if Lin couldn't see it, then why did he still carry a lantern?
"I know what the adults are wondering about?" Lin shook the paper lantern in his hand bloodlessly.
"The little ones are just lighting the way for the adults. The cell room is slippery, the adult status is noble, and it is not good to fall. Lin said in a low and serious voice.
Di Renjie didn't know what to say, he only felt that although Lin looked like a seeping face. But I didn't expect Lin to be a careful and considerate person.
"Thank you, since it's for me to light the way, I'll carry the lantern myself." Di Renjie felt that he couldn't let the blind man carry the lantern to find his way while he enjoyed it.
"Well, that's a good job." Lin politely raised his hand and handed the lantern to Di Renjie's eyes, and Di Renjie just raised his hand slightly to catch the lantern. Di Renjie was very curious about how Lin did it and behaved so naturally. It seems that it is invisible, and it has no effect on Lin's life in the slightest.
After Lin handed the lantern to Di Renjie, he walked forward dozens of meters. The road ahead split into two forks, and Lin stood at the fork in the road, hesitating, as if he didn't know whether to go left or right.
"Lin, is there something wrong?" Di Renjie lifted the lantern in his hand and shone it at the fork in the road. The two paths at the fork in the road are almost indistinguishable, and there is no difference with the naked eye.
"Don't tell the adults, the little ones are rarely here. Extremely important and secret prisoners are held here, and without the empress's secret order, the small ones dare not come here without permission. So..."Lin naturally couldn't remember which side was General Su.