Chapter Seventy-One: No Man's House
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Chapter Seventy-One: No Residence
The patrol jailer walked to the prison dedicated to female prisoners, and suddenly found that the straw inside was turned all over the ground, and there were piles of dirt in the east and west, that is, the prisoners who should have been locked in there were missing: "Oh no, someone has escaped." β
The jailer was taken aback, and as he ran, he shouted to the cell boss who was drinking outside: "Chief, the prisoner of number B has dug a hole and escaped." β
"Smack!" the cell boss looked to be past the age of confusion, and was quite strong, and when he heard the jailer's shout, he threw the wine bowl on the table vigorously, and glared at him with his eyes, and said, "What a shout, what a fuss." β
The scolded jailer was aggrieved: "The boss is ......"
"It's new. The lean old man who was drinking with the cell boss laughed.
The jailer didn't know this person, but he had heard from other colleagues that this person used to be a jailer here, but when he got older, his son had a career again, and he went home to retire. It's just that he often comes to drink with their cell bosses and blow some calves.
"Alas, stunned. I'll take a look. The jailer grumbled, stood up and walked in front.
The jailer nodded to the cell leader, bowed, and followed the cell leader.
"Look, sir. The jailer pointed to the mess all over the ground and showed it to the cell boss, but in fact, he didn't need to point out, and the discerning person would know what was going on at a glance.
Who knew that the cell boss just said a few words, and actually cleaned up the ground as it was, filled with dirt, piled up straw, laid out mats, and everything was restored to its original state except for some fresh mud on the ground.
"Chief, what are you ......" The young jailer watched his series of movements in bewilderment.
The cell head patted him on the shoulder: "Little knife, you are young, why do you have such a bad memory, when has this B-shaped cell had a person, didn't you be tossed by rats, and it scared you." With that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.
He wanted to go and talk to Old Man Liu, these guys are getting bolder and bolder, and they don't know how to cover up the hole before leaving, so they appear in front of people with such a big grin, and they don't want to think about the difficulties of these jailers.
Only the young jailer was left standing there in confusion, looking at the restored cell for no apparent reason. I couldn't help but think of the secrets of the prison that he had heard when he didn't come, and it was rumored that it was a bit unclean, and that many young and beautiful female prisoners would disappear for no reason after entering. Don't...... His eyes stayed on the pile of rotten straw, shivered, didn't dare to think about it any more, and hurriedly closed the door and left.
"It's over. Ao Tuo, who was walking in the front, patted the solid soil in front of him vigorously, making a thick sound of "bang".
Lu Mi also stepped forward to touch it, and looked around again, it didn't look like there was a secret door.
An Xian pointed to the top and said, "The exit should be on it." β
Lu Qiqi jumped up, his body was as light as a swallow, and he easily touched the top, the cold touch was completely different from the moist warmth of the earth.
"It's stone. Lu Qiqi fell down and said.
Then this is the exit, but the exit has been blocked with stones, and if you want to get out, you have to move the stones first. This is not difficult, no matter who they are, moving a stone is a matter of effort. The hard thing is that I don't know if there are other people up there, and it won't be good if it alarms people.
"Whatever, go up first. Lu Qiyi rolled up his sleeves, and without saying a word, he jumped up and pushed the stone away.
It's not a big stone, it's just an irregular bluestone slab, not as heavy as Lu Mi imagined. So because of the underestimate, Lu Mi flew out directly against the stone slab.
"Cut, what, a broken slate. Lu Qiqi seriously felt that this stone slab challenged her dignity, and it was very rare to kick it.
Immediately afterwards, Ao Tuo and An Xian also came out from below, and after the two came out, they vigilantly observed the surroundings to make sure that there was no one, and then covered the stone slab on the entrance of the cave.
"What is this place?"
The shadows of the trees, the stone tables and stone benches, and the grape trellises don't look like the wilderness, but like the backyard of a big family. They walked around the inside while hiding their tracks.
"No one. "Ao Tuo Dao.
It doesn't matter if there is no one, you can enter the house in a grand manner. It's just that I didn't expect the house to look good from the outside, but it was so simple inside, with only simple tables and chairs, and there was not even a worship hall or a few cases. The bedding and curtains used are also ordinary colors, and they feel very rough in the hand.
An Xian wiped the table with his hand, there was a very thin layer of dust on it, even if no one lived now, it should not be a long time to be empty.
"Look. Ao Tuo took out a somewhat old book from a room, "It's "Nanhua Commentary." β
"Nanhua Commentary" is a commentary on the basic Taoist Taoist scripture "Nanhua Sutra", which is almost a must-learn classic for Taoism. As a Taoist priest, you can not wear a Taoist robe, you may not use a peachwood sword, but you must not be able to recite the Nanhua Sutra.
Lu Mi flipped through the old Tao Te Ching, which also had the experience of writing with a red pen, and the handwriting was neat and beautiful, but there was a very immature feeling when he looked at it with one stroke, as if he had just learned to write.
She smiled: "The owner of this house is still a believer. β
Ao Tuo was not as naΓ―ve as her, he frowned slightly: "A believer, how can there be a passage to the cell in the courtyard." β
"What's this, maybe the people who dig the hole don't know about digging here?" Lu Mi said.
A person digs a hole in the ground, and he can't see what's on it, and he doesn't dig anywhere. It's not impossible to accidentally dig into someone's backyard.
"Maybe. Ao Tuo couldn't think of any other explanation, so he accepted her statement.
An Xian looked at the gradually darkening sky and said, "It's not too early, let's leave quickly." "The lame Taoist doesn't know what's going on there.
There's nothing to see in an empty house, it's still important to get down to business. Lu Qiqi and Ao Tuo nodded in agreement at the same time.
The house doesn't look big, but the road inside is winding around, like a big labyrinth, and I walked back if I didn't pay attention. Really, an empty house with nothing of value, should it be so complicated.
Lu Mi said directly: "Is this Qimen Dunjia, why haven't you seen the gate for so long?"
"No," said Ao Tuo, "because there are too many forks in the road, and there are many tall trees planted in the middle to block the view, so it is always easy to take the detour unconsciously." β
"I'm tall, I'm far away, let's go ahead. An Xian volunteered.
He is indeed very tall, Ao Tuo is already considered tall, and he can only reach his chin in front of him. Not all of the trees here are tall, and some are even shorter than An Xian.
After walking for a long time, I finally saw the gate, but An Xian, who was leading the way in front, suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"Someone is coming. β