Chapter Ninety-Nine, Framed
Zhao Yimeng distorted the facts, but the words were half-truths and half-truths, Luo Tian was sure that she didn't follow secretly, let alone saw Luo Tian rescue the old witch, but what she said was actually true.
"Luo Tian, now that the evidence is ironclad, do you still want to deny it?" Zhao He asked loudly.
Luo Tian sneered: "This woman is a retainer of your Zhao family, maybe she is still your Zhao He's concubine, can what she said count?"
"You kid is so clever that you dare to deny it in the face of ironclad evidence. "Zhao He is bent on curing Luo Tian's sin.
At this moment, the sixth prince Ji Yuan stood up and said: "Now the truth is unknown, even if Luo Tian is a major suspect, but based on your family's words, it is too unobjective." ”
Zhao He glanced at Ji Yuan, although he was arrogant, this kid didn't dare to demonstrate to the six princes, and immediately said: "Then according to the meaning of His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, how can it be regarded as objective and fair?"
Ji Yuan was about to speak, but Zhao Qi, who was in a high position in the center, smiled and said: "Young man, don't be too angry, since His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince and my eldest son have different opinions, it is better to do this, first imprison Luo Tian, I will send someone to continue the investigation, sooner or later he will be returned a fair one." ”
The old turtle spoke, Ji Yuan could only frown and stop speaking, and glanced at Luo Angel, Luo Tian nodded slightly and said: "That's okay, but this is the first time in my life that I live in a cell, you have to get it clean, you can't eat and drink well, and my friend has nothing to do with this matter, he was sleeping in the house when the incident happened, you don't need to touch him." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards next to him tied up Luo Tian and escorted him down, and Yin Jiu survived because of Luo Tian's protection.
The underground cell of Beita Mountain does not see the light of day and is bitterly cold.
Luo Tian and Xiao Hei were locked in together, and there was only a tattered quilt in the dirty dungeon, however, this tattered quilt could not withstand the cold around them at all.
The Beita Mountain Dungeon is one of the dungeons with the highest mortality rate in the entire Yunshan Kingdom, and the reason for this is that the environment here is too harsh.
Many people freeze to death every year, followed by starvation, not because the jailers don't give them anything to eat, but because it's so cold that even if a piece of meat is brought in, it will be frozen into ice in a few moments, and the prisoners can't gnaw a little shredded meat for more than ten minutes.
In addition, there are many prisoners who have been tortured to death and committed suicide, and because of the high mortality rate, there are vacant places in the cells of Beita Mountain all year round, and the prisoners who are sent in are basically one person in a single room.
Luo Tianzheng was meditating cross-legged, and now that he couldn't get out, he could only cultivate with peace of mind.
After meditating for a while, I suddenly heard a very slight voice from the side.
"Hey, hey, can you hear me?"
The voice woke Luo Tian from his meditation.
"Who's calling me?" asked Luo Tian.
"It's me, you're next door, and you're leaning against the wall to hear me. ”
Luo Tian followed the voice and leaned over, and sure enough, it was a movement from the cell next door, and the person who spoke sounded very young.
"You've just been locked in, what's your name?" asked the other man.
"My name is Luo Tian, what about you?"
"My name is Yan Taichong, but the people call me Big Worm because I am timid, hehe. The man next door said with a smile.
"Clansmen, are you a barbarian?" Luo Tian asked.
"Sort of, but my people don't like me very much, so they didn't save me last time they came to save people, hehe. ”
Yan Taichong likes to giggle when he speaks, and listening to the voice gives Luo Tian a silly feeling.
"Why don't I like you, I heard that the barbarians are very united. Luo Tian asked.
"I can only be regarded as half a barbarian, hehe, because my father is a barbarian, but my mother is an ordinary person, so after I was born, the people didn't like me, saying that I was not a real barbarian, and I was born timid, and I couldn't hunt or anything, so I didn't like me even more. Yan Taichong opened his mouth to answer, as if he was a little happy because he had been locked up for too long and had finally found someone to talk to.
"Why were you caught here?" asked Luo Tian.
"It's not because of anything, every year the clan will hand over some barbarians to the Zhao family, and the clan will choose some old, weak, sick and disabled or unpopular like me, the purpose of us being handed over is to make merits for the Zhao family, hehe. He smirked as he spoke.
"You mean, every year the Zhao family will manage the barbarian clan to ask for heads?
"Yes, it's not just about the merits, the nobles and retainers of Beita Mountain like to watch some programs, that is, let our barbarians fight on the stage, and the last survivors have the opportunity to challenge the eldest son of the Zhao family, of course, we barbarians are not powerful, and after killing each other, we have no strength, and it is easy to be killed by the eldest son of the Zhao family, he is happy with this, and the nobles and retainers of Beita Mountain will cheer. Yan Taichong smirked again after speaking.
"You were also arrested and ready to die, why are you still laughing?" Luo Tian asked strangely.
"I've been locked up for more than half a year, and the same people who were imprisoned have all died, I counted the days, and I'm going to be soon, but my mother said that if something happens, you have to laugh more, and it's over with a smile and a smile, I think I'm going to die anyway, why don't you laugh for a while, hehe......"
Strange values are something that Luo Tian can't understand, but what he said has some truth, he has fun in suffering, and he has to smile in the face of life and death.
"However, it is not necessary to die, I heard that as long as you can defeat the eldest prince of the Zhao family in the competition, you will be free, maybe with the favor of the gods, I can defeat him?" Yan Taichong said with a smile.
Luo Tian's heart moved, and he asked, "Are you very powerful?"
The next door shouted, "No, I've never cultivated." ”
"Then where do you get your confidence?" Luo Tian said with a roll of his eyes.
"My mother said that you have to be confident, if you don't be confident, you will lose half of it, hehe. "He's like a good baby, or rather a doll that hasn't grown up.
"Did your mother tell you that blind confidence leads to destruction?" Luo Tian asked with a chuckle.
"Not really, my mom is right anyway, haha. ”
Luo Tian shook his head helplessly, no longer talking, but continued to meditate and cultivate.
Yan Taichong was such a strange person, he would sing songs from time to time, and then he would say thank you to the jailer who brought the food, and after knowing that Luo Tian would be able to escape, he would not ask Luo Tian if he could take him out, but asked him if he could help thaw and thaw the frozen pieces of meat.
Although Luo Tian was annoyed enough by him, he gradually understood his life experience.
Yan Taichong is a hybrid of barbarians and humans, but mixed-race children are not allowed, so his mother can only secretly raise him, but unfortunately when Yan Taichong was eight years old, his mother died because of excessive fatigue and did not eat for several days, Yan Taichong was also found out of the identity of the mixed-race child, but for the sake of his young age, he was exiled from the town.
Speaking of fate, he walked on the ice field for three days, and when he was about to starve to death, he was discovered by a barbarian and brought back to the clan, at first the barbarian thought he was a lost clan, but then gradually found out that he was a half-breed, so he also began to alienate him.
In addition, Yan Taichong doesn't like to kill, so hunting is definitely not good, is it better for a mixed-race child who can't hunt?
He has lived to this day under the bullying of his clansmen, but maybe it is congenital deficiency, although his intelligence is not low, but the whole person is always stupid, especially laughing and optimistic, always mentioning what his mother said.
But the good times didn't last long, and in the end he was treated as an object of death and handed over to the Zhao family's private soldiers.
After a few days of detention, Luo Tian made friends with this innocent and optimistic boy, who said that he was born with great strength and did a lot of work for the clan, but the clan still didn't like him.
"Brother Luo Tian, you said that if I survive and gain freedom, where can I go in the future?" Yan Taichong asked.
Luo Tian sighed, his chances of surviving were very small, he had been a friend for a few days, Luo Tian didn't want to ruin his interest, so he said: "If you survive, you can follow me, follow me to Dawang City, where there is good food and drink, and you will follow me in the future." ”
"Really, I've got a lot of food, and you're afraid you won't be able to feed me. ”
"Don't worry, you can eat enough, and no one will force you to work and hunt. ”
"Okay, Brother Luo Tian is the best, haha......"
Yan Taichong next door clapped his hands and cheered excitedly like a child, calling Luo Tian one big brother after another.
When Luo Tianzheng shook his head with a smile, a group of jailers walked in and took the lead in shouting, "It's your turn today, take him out." ”
As he spoke, the jailer opened the door of the cell next door, and after a while, he pulled Yan Taichong out of the cell.