Chapter 4 The Old Man
The tunnel was long and narrow, and for the man's slender physique, he had to crawl forward, and he observed that the cuts in the walls did not look like sharp weapons, as if they had been carved by some animal with sharp claws.
The first walk is about 50 steps, then about 90 steps to the right, and about 50 steps up.
The man calculated calmly in his heart, and he estimated the distance from his prostrate elbow to his toes as a step to estimate the approximate length of the dark tunnel and where it would lead, and the man quickly came to a conclusion.
If nothing else, it should also be a cell in this Bi Landing Prison.
The man looked up at the black brick above his head, he pushed it away without any hesitation, and crawled out of the tunnel without any precautions.
"This is the last peach tree in Yunpan Garden, which blooms once every ten years and bears fruit every hundred years, which can prolong life and dispel stubborn diseases."
Before the man could take a closer look at his surroundings, he heard a very flattering voice not far from him, and a delicate porcelain plate was placed in front of him when he came out.
On the porcelain plate is a peach with a ruddy color and a burst of fruity fragrance.
The man looked at the source of the voice, and it was an old man.
The old man looked elegant, there were not many wrinkles on his face, and he had a black upturned mustache above his lips, and a soft and shiny goatee below his lips.
What surprised the man more than the old man's face was his clothes.
The old man wore a dark yellow wide-sleeved robe made of fine silk texture, bound by a gold and jade belt, and the corners of the collar were embroidered with gold threads.
This is not at all what a prisoner should attire.
"What you told me was already almost done......
The old man folded his hands in his sleeves and whispered to the man.
The man glanced sideways at the place, and it wasn't until he saw the black cell door that he was sure it was a cell, not the room of some noble gentleman.
"You're sixty-one."
The man said slowly to the old man.
"You...... You can call me sixty-one, or you can call me by my first name as before, Duan Lingqi. ”
The old man who claimed to be Duan Lingqi raised his eyes slightly, his bright eyes revealed a trace of doubt and looked at the man in front of him, and when he saw the man's dark and calm eyes, he quickly lowered his head and said.
"So what do you call me?"
The man looked at the old man calmly and said, even if all he asked was questions, but his tone was not a little questioning, but more like an unquestionable order.
“...... Your Excellency? ”
Duan Lingqi didn't quite understand the meaning of the man's words, and after speculating in his heart for a moment, he raised his eyes and glanced at the man's expression carefully, and asked after a while.
"It's not an honorific title, it's my name."
The man said calmly.
"Your name ......"
Duan Lingqi's face was even more puzzled, he had never heard a man tell him his name, so Duan Lingqi naturally didn't know the name of the man in front of him, could it be that this was a trial?
Duan Lingqi was uneasy when he thought of this, it seemed that it was still that the matter was not done well and made this adult angry.
Fortunately, Duan Lingqi has never been a person who keeps to himself, and from that letter, Duan Lingqi 'accidentally' opened the envelope, checked the content of the letter, and saw the signature.
Su Yuanbai.
"Su Yuanbai ......"
Duan Lingqi said word by word, and at the same time, he was also observing the man's face, ready to change his words at any time.
"My name is Su Yuanbai?"
The man asked slightly confused, his tone rarely fluctuated, and it was no longer the calm and command-like tone.
"Your name is naturally what you want it to be. As long as you want, Su Yuanbai can be you, and the Supreme Supreme and True God Emperor can also be you. ”
Duan Lingqi was not sure whether this name was the name of the man in front of him, so he said a little ambiguously and flatteringly.
He didn't mind saying a few more nice words to the man in front of him, who let his little life always be in the hands of this guy!
The man was not interested in Duan Lingqi's flattery, but in fact, no matter who heard the supreme supreme and supreme true god emperor in this world, his heart would tremble a little.
That tremor can be fear, or fear, and even more awe and admiration.
It's just that this man may have lost his memory, his face was still calm and a little confused, thinking about whether the name Su Yuanbai belonged to him.
But for now, a man has no choice, he also needs a name.
Thereupon.
He is Su Yuanbai.
"Then I'll tell you something."
What made Duan Lingqi feel a pity was that this trial seemed to be far from over, and the man in front of him looked at him again, his calm tone was like a death knell sounding in the distance, and every time he rang, Duan Lingqi was one step closer to death.
"What you told me was to send a letter embroidered with heavenly incense to Yimeng Mountain, and give it to the first person you met in Yimeng Mountain."
Duan Lingqi pondered for a moment, and said slowly and respectfully to the man.
"What is the content of the epistle?"
The man who thought he was Su Yuanbai asked subconsciously, but he quickly realized that a messenger should not peek at the contents of the letter, and just as he was about to change the question again, he suddenly glanced at the old man in front of him with sweat dripping from his forehead.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it was a light rain to the extent that the sweat was dripping.
"Your skills are as vast and bottomless as the vast sea, and that letter was not opened by me without permission, but because I met a crazy little beggar on the edge of a stream in Qiyue County, Ning'an Province.
He coaxed the letter out of my hand, and in my eagerness to fight for it, I occasionally caught a glimpse of the contents of the fallen letter, completely unintentionally! ”
Duan Lingqi first continued to flatter and compliment, then put himself aside from responsibility, and finally said in a categorical voice.
Su Yuanbai looked at the old man silently, he didn't care whether the old man read the content of the letter or not, after all, he couldn't remember when he asked the old man to deliver the letter for him.
Su Yuanbai was silent, Duan Lingqi naturally didn't dare to continue to say more, who knows if he had made a man believe those words just now?
However, Duan Lingqi did not make up all the lies, he did meet a crazy little beggar when he traveled to Qiyue County, Ning'an Prefecture, and this little beggar did also coax and take away the letter in his hand.
But the content of the letter is that he opened the envelope and read the contents of the letter as soon as he left the island and landed on land.
After all, who knows if this letter will be a death letter?
"In order to accomplish what you have told, and it just so happens that I remember the contents of the letter. So even without that letter, I rushed to Yimengshan.
But even if I circled Yimeng Mountain, whether it was the top of the mountain or the back of the cave, I didn't see half a figure.
Of course, I'm not questioning you, but I'm just worried that you've been in prison for a long time, or maybe the names of places on the continent have changed over the years and caused me to go to the wrong place. ”
Duan Lingqi was still the first to break the silence and temporarily found an important topic, he was afraid that the first words of the man's initiative would kill him.