Cheng Zijun was violently pushed into the prison by the jailer, and after hearing the sound of the lock, he slowly looked back at the chain on the iron prison.

There was a foul smell in the prison, and in this smell he could smell a cold chill. He rubbed his hands together and sat down in a clean place. Carefully pulled out the annatto from the placket.

He had read about annatto in an ancient book.

It is said that the annatto fruit is also known as the devil's eye fruit, the fruit is round, the skin is purple-red, and the taste is sweet and sour, which can greatly increase people's appetite. Taking this fruit can make people less sick, prolong life, and make people feel full, and they will not feel hungry if they don't eat for more than a month.

Before he met the strange old man, his greatest wish was to find enough rouge. As long as you have those annatto, it is like having the greatest wealth in the world. Think about it, he only needs to give each of his subordinates one fruit every month to save more than half a month's food ration, how much silver must be saved. Think about it again, if he gets the opportunity to present this magical fruit to the emperor, how much food will he have to save for the imperial court? He may be able to get an official position with rouge fruit, and from then on embark on the road of soaring life.

But Gillian refused to tell him where the rouge fruit in her hand came from, and he could only abandon her when he was forced to be angry and embarrassed.

When I think of Gillian, I think of the bamboo forest in the middle of the night. It was the place where he had a tryst with Gillian and the last place he sent Gillian away. has a beginning and an end, and he can be regarded as worthy of her.

He carefully pinched the annatto as if he were holding the most precious treasure in the world. After carefully studying it for a long time, he reluctantly brought it to his mouth and took a bite gently.

The sweet and sour taste spread from the mouth to the heart and lungs, and the taste was as sweet as the day he first met Gillian. He closed his eyes and savored the delicious taste of the annatto while reminiscing about the bits and pieces of getting along with Gillian. He thought that if he hadn't known that Gillian had this magical fruit in her hands, he and Gillian might have been getting along forever. After all, it is still rare for a girl who is so obedient and devoted to him.

The rouge fruit was gnawed until only the last hard core remained. Cheng Zijun wanted to spit out the hard core to the ground, but the moment he opened his mouth, he suddenly tightened the corners of his mouth. He wondered if it would be a bit of a tyrannical thing to spit out the kernel like this. As he thought this, he swallowed the hard core of the cochetto into his throat. It didn't feel comfortable that his trachea was open, and he sat on the ground until his hands and feet were cold, and then he let out a long breath and coughed dryly on the ground.

As his coughing grew more intense, a white mist rose around the cell. He struggled to get up and stumbled through the cell, and he walked out of the small cage to climb the mountain. When the white fog dissipated, he realized that he had really appeared in the mountains and forests, and there was a house made of bamboo in front of him.

He hesitated to walk over, reached out and knocked lightly on the bamboo door, and then endured the discomfort in his throat and asked, "Excuse me, is anyone at home?" ”

First, a hand as white as jade stretched out from the crack in the bamboo door, and then a familiar beautiful face. She was dressed in bamboo-green clothes, her black hair was like a waterfall, and she also wore a hairpin made of bamboo pinned to her hair.

"Zijun, are you here?"

"Gillian?" Cheng Zijun looked at Chen Ajiao who appeared behind the bamboo gate in a daze.

"Surprising, isn't it? I'm not dead. Gillian smiled: "You forget, I also have cochineal, and I also ate cochineal." ”

"You-"

"Do you want to ask me if I hate you, if I hate you?" Gillian opened all the bamboo doors: "You are so stupid, how can I hate you and resent you?" The reason why I didn't tell you the origin of the annatto is because I was afraid, afraid that after you got the annatto, you would ignore me and not see me. After all, I'm just an orphan girl, and I can't compare to what Miss Shen wants or has. ”

"Fool, how could you think that? If I think she's good, how can I be with you? What about annatto? Do you have any other annatto in your hand? Cheng Zijun hurriedly walked up to Gillian: "Gillian, you know, I love you." That night, I didn't mean to push you off the bamboo forest. I'm angry, angry that you can't trust me. It's me who is bad, it's me who is wrong, or you can beat me or kill me. ”

"Gillian likes you so much, how can she be willing to blame you." Chen Ajiao said, but broke free of her hand from Cheng Zijun's hand: "You want rouge, don't you?" You see, they're in the back mountains. ”

"Carmine! It's really annatto! Cheng Zijun looked in the direction of Gillian's finger, and sure enough, he saw a large piece of ripe rougeal: "Gillian, these rouge fruits are ours, right?" We're going to get rich, and we're really going to get rich. Rest assured, she is dead and will no longer be an obstacle between you and me. I marry you, whether we are good to get married, I want you to be the only Mrs. Cheng in this world, I want you to give birth to children for me and share the prosperity of this world. ”

"Zijun, is what you said true?" Gillian said, approached Cheng Zijun, stretched out her tongue and licked his neck. "If you lie to me, I'll die of grief."

"If I don't lie to you, how can I lie to you. As long as I have this piece of annatto, I don't have to go back to the Shen family to be the aggrieved aunt of the Shen family. ”

"But if you lie to me, I will bite you to death." Chen Ajiao said and bit Cheng Zijun's neck. Cheng Zijun was unmoved, closed his eyes and endured. There was a faint pain in his neck, but it was not the pain of being bitten by the flesh, but a very strange feeling, which made him indescribable, and even a little comfortable.

"Gillian, don't worry, as long as I have these rouge fruits, I won't let you down again." Cheng Zijun groped and hugged Chen Ajiao's soft body: "Madam, from now on you are my Cheng Zijun's wife." Let's start over, let's live our lives, and if I break my oath, I'll die without a place to bury. ”

"Zijun, that's what you said." Gillian smiled sadly in Cheng Zijun's ear.

A chill hit, making Cheng Zijun wake up from an inexplicable dream. He opened his eyes, and the stench of decay that he could smell between his noses grew stronger. At his side, a woman leaned against him on a half-kneeling basis, her arms wrapped tightly around his neck. He held his breath and glanced lightly out of the corner of his eye, but only half of his familiar, rotting face could be seen.

"Zijun, can you kiss me?" Gillian deceived her.

Cheng Zijun's eyes slowly widened, he wanted to escape, but his body couldn't move. He wanted to scream, but there was a hard pit in his throat. He wanted to push Gillian away, but his limbs were cold, as if he was frozen.

His arm was broken, but he didn't feel a trace of pain. Then, his pupils dilated, his eyes dilated, and the woman who was originally next to him also turned into a white mist and disappeared in an instant.