37 Escape from prison
The autumn breeze is clear, the autumn moon is bright,
The fallen leaves gather and disperse, and the jackdaws are frightened.
When do you know when you will see each other? It's hard to be embarrassed at this moment!
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Lan Meng looked at the bright moon outside the window, and at this moment her mood was just like what Li Bai's "Autumn Wind Words" described, more helpless than sad. The night is deep, and the earth is asleep. Except for the candlelight that was gently blown and swayed by the breeze, everything in the cell seemed so dead and deep.
"Dreams!"
Li Xuan came to the cell and called out to Lan Meng softly. Lan Meng heard Lixuan's voice and hurriedly came to the door of the prison, and responded softly: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
Li Xuan ordered his subordinates to open the cell door with a key, carried the dead body wearing Lan Meng's clothes inside, and then took Lan Meng's hand and left the prison.
The moment they walked out of the prison, with a gesture from Xuan, the prison immediately burst into flames, followed by heart-rending howls from the cell. Lan Meng suddenly woke up when he heard the miserable screams, and pulled Li Xuan's sleeve in a panic and asked anxiously: "Isn't it only my cell in that area that caught fire?" Why all-" Lan Meng was already choked up and speechless, and bean-sized tears fell down one by one. At that time, the reason why she agreed to set fire to Lixuan to save her was because she knew that the prison was divided according to the status level, and the cells in each district were separated by a relatively wide street, so even if there was a fire in her district, the other districts would be safe and sound. But she never expected that now Lixuan would set fire to the cells in other districts in order to save her.
Li Xuan gently wiped the tears on her face with her hand and said comfortingly: "For them, it is better for death to free their souls than the indefinite wait. Let's hurry up, reinforcements from the palace will be here soon. ”
Lan Meng looked sadly at the cell that burned because of her, and the soul that died in vain because of her. If she was given a chance to choose again, she would rather die alone than create such a situation.
For it was night, and the gates were closed. If they choose to go out of the city now, they will definitely attract the attention of others, so Li Xuan took her to the house of a large family with a white lantern hanging in front of the door, and it was obvious that the family was holding a funeral today. As soon as they came to the door, a middle-aged man with a bloated body and wearing a white filial piety robe opened the door and walked out, and saluted Lixuan respectfully: "Xiaomin knocks to see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
"No excuses, let's go in and talk about it!" Li Xuan said solemnly to the middle-aged man.
Lan Meng and the others followed the middle-aged man to the back room, and then he said a few words to Lixuan and left. Lan Meng came to the wooden table in the room, and saw the delicious meal prepared for her by the host's family, since she had no appetite at all, she sat in a daze.
Li Xuan discovered Lan Meng's abnormal behavior, presumably because of the incident in the prison just now, which hit her hard. Li Xuan sat opposite her silently, picked up a chicken leg with chopsticks and put it in her bowl, and said thoughtfully: "Eat a little, take care of your body, and you will have the strength to go out of the city tomorrow." ”
"Well, thank you!" Lan Meng smiled reluctantly and said, I don't know if she is tired or tired, she just wants to lie on the bed and sleep well.
Li Xuan looked at Lan Meng's hard-supporting body, and said distressedly: "Then you can rest first!" I'll come back tomorrow. ”
Li Xuan just wanted to leave, but Lan Meng stopped him and looked at him with pleading eyes: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, I want to go to a place before leaving the city, is it okay?" ”
When Lixuan heard Lan Meng call his name, his brows furrowed: "I hope you can call my Lixuan, not the prince!" Lixuan hoped that before he separated from her, he could hear her call her name, and although he couldn't be husband and wife, he still hoped that they could become friends.
Lan Meng was silent for a while, and then shouted out to leave Xuan. Li Xuan happily immediately agreed to Lan Meng's request, and took Lan Meng to the 'You Come' noodle shop with Lan Meng. Since it was late at night, the people in the store were resting. Lan Meng asked Lixuan to use light skills to take her to the backyard of the noodle shop, and she came to the door of Cheng Cai's room and clasped lightly: "Brother Cheng! ”
After a while, the door opened. Cheng Cai was taken aback when he saw Lan Meng, and asked in surprise, "Ziyi, why are you here at this time?" ”
Lan Meng turned to Lixuan and said, "I want to talk to him alone." After Lan Meng finished speaking, he left their side with interest.
"Brother Cheng, do you remember what I told you before? I'm here to say goodbye to you tonight. Lan Meng said to Cheng Cai.
"Ziyi, why did you decide so suddenly?" Cheng Cai looked at Lan Meng puzzled.
"There are some things that I can't say inconveniently, I came here to see you just to ask you for some silver taels as a coil." Lan Meng knew that time did not allow her to elaborate, so she could only go straight to the topic.
"Oh, wait a minute!" Cheng Cai walked into the room, and when he came out, he already had an extra wooden box in his hand. He handed the box to Lan Meng and said, "Since you said that to me last time, I have exchanged all the silver taels for silver tickets. There are tens of thousands of taels of silver tickets in the box, which should be enough for you to use as a coil. You didn't tell me why you were leaving, but I know you must have your own agenda. Also, no matter where you go, you will always be the owner of the noodle shop. ”
Cheng Cai's meal deeply touched Lan Meng, but she knew that she would never have a chance to return here after leaving tomorrow, so she said with tears in her eyes: "Thank you!" ”
"Meng'er, let's go quickly, if there is a fire in the cell, my father will definitely send someone to search the city, and we won't be able to leave then." Li Xuan came to Lan Meng's side and said in a voice that only they could hear.
"Brother Cheng, it's time for me to go, you have to take care!" Lan Meng reluctantly glanced at the noodle shop, and then left with Li Xuan in her arms and using light skills.
Cheng Cai looked at the departing Lan Meng, and a shining teardrop fell to the ground.
Lan Meng and they returned to the middle-aged man's house, and after Lan Meng said good night to Lixuan, he returned to the wing room with the wooden box, and Lixuan also left the mansion and ran towards the palace. Compared with the quiet streets of the capital, there is chaos in the prison at this moment.