Chapter 227: Between Light and Dark

To say that Sima Hongyan's identity on the surface of Yanling is nothing special, after Nan Xunyan listened to Sima Hongyan's story, he didn't find anything special about Sima Hongyan's identity or experience, so the kidnapping and the purpose of putting her here are indeed a bit unbelievable and confusing.

Seeing Nan Xunyan's black jewel-like eyes looking at her, Sima Hongyan immediately guessed what she was thinking. So Sima Hongyan said: "You are a few years older than me, I will call you Sister Nan, I know that you have some doubts about my words, but none of my words are false, on the contrary, I have the same thoughts as you, and I am also anxious to know what the purpose of the person who arrested me is." ā€

Nan Xunyan retracted his gaze, looked at the flame in front of him, which was slightly higher than before, and said, "I have something else to ask you." Why do you hide so many gadgets on your body, and the way you hide them is so strange and ingenious, these are not ordinary people can come up with, so tell me who taught you? Besides, these gadgets of yours are all about coping with this situation, did you have expected this to happen? ā€

Sima Hongyan said: "No one really taught me these little ideas, I came up with them all by myself." And I didn't expect to find myself in today's situation, so I prepared lamp oil and fire phosphorus so that I didn't have the tools at hand in case I needed to set it on fire. Who would have thought that today would come in handy with this! ā€

Glancing at the lamp bowl, Sima Hongyan said again: "That wick is what I used as a fuse to start a fire, I can't take the tinder and go directly to light oil, right?" It would be a problem for me to burn myself, and having a long wick would help me light the fire, and it would delay my evacuation for a while. ā€

Nan Xunyan said with a smile: "Seeing that you are not very old, what do you think is just arson?" Although he said as if he was blaming Sima Hongyan, his expression did not mean to complain. It seems that Sima Hongyan's thoughts did not make Nan Xunyan feel disgusted.

Sima Hongyan also smiled: "The rivers and lakes are sinister, I always encounter inexplicable troubles in Yanling, even if I don't want to find trouble, the trouble will fall on my head strangely, so I must take some precautions, otherwise I will be calculated everywhere, and it is not enough for me to have a few lives!" ā€

This is indeed the case, and Nan Xunyan is also relieved. said to Sima Hongyan: "It seems that you are not having an easy time in Yanling, and everything that has a relationship with the royal family is troublesome and unlucky." ā€

Sima Hongyan heard some extraneous sounds when Sima Hongyan heard this, and she immediately asked, "What?" Sister Nan, have you ever encountered trouble with the royal family? ā€

Nan Xunyan's unintentional words were immediately discovered by Sima Hongyan, Nan Xunyan glanced at Sima Hongyan meaningfully, and said slowly: "Alas! That was a long time ago, so let's not talk about it! ā€

Knowing that Nan Xunyan couldn't speak freely about herself, Sima Hongyan didn't mind, and instead said: "Originally, I just wanted to live an honest and ordinary life, but because of that marriage contract, I couldn't avoid the entanglement of these royal children, and I also had a headache." ā€

Nan Xunyan said: "With your appearance and scheming, it is difficult to think that there is no trouble." ā€

Sima Hongyan suddenly thought of a question and asked, "Sister Nan, have you been locked up here all the time and no one cares?" ā€

Nan Xunyan shook his head and said, "No, every once in a while, someone will take me out and ask some questions that I can't answer." I've been here since I got here, and since I can't see the alternation of morning and evening, I can only guess that I'm asked once a month. I've been taken out twenty-six times so far, and that's just over two years. ā€

Sima Hongyan was about to ask what the question was, but when he thought about it, Nan Xunyan definitely didn't want to say, so he couldn't help but ask.

Nan Xunyan said again: "Look here, it's so dark that you can't see anything, and it's quiet and terrifying, except for the sound of delivering food once a day, there is no sound at all." ā€

Hearing this, Sima Hongyan looked up and asked, "When will they come to deliver food?" We suddenly have a light here, so they won't find out, right? ā€

Nan Xunyan said: "Wait a while, turn off the lights, I haven't seen the light for a long time, in fact, I really wish it could be lit for a while, but here it is actually no different whether the lights are lit or not, don't come back because this will cause you trouble." We can wait until we need to order it. ā€

Although he said that the lights would be extinguished after a while, as soon as Nan Xunyan said this, he pinched it with his hand and extinguished the faint firelight. The surroundings suddenly fell into darkness again, and Sima Hongyan felt that his eyes were like being blind again, and no matter how big he opened his eyes, he couldn't see anything in vain, and this feeling of being blind made people very uncomfortable.

After extinguishing the lights, Nan Xunyan said in the dark: "Rest for a while, your body is still very weak." ā€

Sima Hongyan replied, "Okay, I'll sleep for a while." Anyway, I don't know what time it is outside, so I sleep when I'm sleepy. After saying that, he found a corner and lay down, pillowed his head with his arms, and fell asleep in a short time.

Nan Xunyan's eyes can see at night, she watched Sima Hongyan lie down, watched her fall asleep, and didn't know what she was thinking in her heart.

This sleep was dark, Sima Hongyan woke up twice, every time he opened his eyes to see the darkness around him, he subconsciously thought that it was not yet dawn, so he turned over and went back to sleep. It wasn't until my head hurt from my sleep that I turned over and sat up.

The first thing she said after she got up was: "Sister Nan, are you still there?" ā€

From the other corner came a voice saying, "Where can I be if I'm not here?" ā€

Sima Hongyan rubbed his temples and yawned before saying, "Oh, I've slept for too long, my head hurts." But it's been a long time since I've slept so much, and I feel much better. Oh, by the way, Sister Nan, did they send food down? I—I'm hungry! ā€

There was a chuckle in the corner, and then he said: "You are really broad-hearted, you are full and sleep, and you have to eat when you wake up, you really don't worry at all?" The food is right in the middle of the dungeon, so you can go get it yourself. ā€

Sima Hongyan's eyes were completely dark at this time, how could he know where the center of the dungeon was. She reached out and groped around, trying to touch the wall to determine her position.

At this time, Nan Xunyan said: "You stand up and take four steps to your left front, and you are almost in the center." But be careful, don't step on what you eat. ā€

Sima Hongyan slowly walked a few steps to the left front according to the instructions, then squatted down and groped around, and sure enough, he touched something that looked like a paper bag. Sima Hongyan picked it up and opened it, touched it with his hand, and felt that it was a rice ball-like thing, so he held it in front of his face and sniffed it with his nose.

At this time, Nan Xunyan said again: "This is a rice ball made of brown rice, you don't need to smell it, it doesn't taste good!" ā€

Sima Hongyan pinched a small piece with his fingers and put it in his mouth and tasted it, it was not only rough but also a little sandwiched, but fortunately, he could still eat it.

After taking a bite, Sima Hongyan asked, "Huh?" Didn't they give water this time? ā€

Nan Xunyan said: "I was just about to tell you about this." The person above delivers a packet of brown rice balls and a bowl of water every time they deliver rice. But every time they deliver food, they ask for the bowl of water from the last time to be returned. There was a bowl here that had been turned into an oil lamp, so I dumped the bowl of water they sent down this time and returned the bowl. If we want to keep this oil lamp, we may have to run off the water, what should we do? ā€

Sima Hongyan chewed the unpalatable brown rice and said in his heart This is really a problem, it's better to eat less, it's really difficult to say that if you don't drink water all day. So he replied, "Let's think of a way, we can't do without lights, but we can't do without water." ā€

Forcibly swallowing the brown rice ball, Sima Hongyan already had a plan in her mind, she took off her shoes, held them in her hand and said, "Use this!" If you don't dislike it! ā€

I don't know how Nan Xunyan felt when she saw this shoe, anyway, she didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, she said, "It seems that this is the only way to do it." The tone was full of helplessness.

Sima Hongyan was amused by Nan Xunyan's tone, and after laughing twice, Sima Hongyan suddenly said, "Sister Nan, in fact, you haven't been in this black prison for long, right?" ā€