The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 213 The Trial
I quickly said: "Brother, you are an expert! Then do you know how to get this fox demon out?"

He said coldly: "I know, but now you and I are locked in prison, and we can't use it even if we know it. What's the use?"

When he said that, I became curious.According to the conversation just now, it is obvious that this person is from Yumen, but he also claims that he is a postdoctoral fellow of Fudan University.Didn't Tan Ren say that people in Yumen hate outsiders and don't contact the outside world?

What's the matter with this man?

Thinking of this, I asked.

The man lowered his head slightly, and couldn't see the expression on his face. He just replied coldly: "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. Our tribe doesn't like contact with outsiders, but in order to survive, we have to send some people out. Know what kind of world is outside, otherwise, sooner or later something will happen."

It turns out that this is the case. In this way, the people of Yumen are not isolated from the world in a complete sense?

"Then why are you locked up here?"

This time, he stopped answering me, and sighed tiredly. I don't know if it was my illusion. There seemed to be infinite pain in that sigh. Since then, the whole cell has fallen into a dead silence. No matter how I speak, the other party Also no longer say a word.

The prison in this place doesn't seem to be closed often, so it's quite clean. The pile of straw in the corner should also be newly laid, and there is a unique fragrance of hay when lying on it.I fell on it, thinking about countermeasures.

The people in Feather Gate are so unfriendly, how can I persuade them to help me?

No, the most important thing now is not this, but whether I can get out of this prison.

Trapped and locked in the prison, the watch and other things on the body were also searched. Naturally, it was difficult to perceive the passage of time. After an unknown period of time, the little man gave us some food.It’s not as exaggerated as in TV dramas, but it still pays attention to the combination of nutrition, two meat and one vegetarian, the taste is a bit too light, and the portion is relatively small.

I haven't eaten rice, meat and vegetables for two or three days, so I didn't care so much, I picked up the bowl and ate it clean.

After a while, the little man took away the bowls and chopsticks, threw a water bag to us, and left again.

In this way, I ate a total of three meals and slept for a long time. I guess I have been imprisoned for two days.The more fucking thing is that they don't give paper. I got anxious in the middle of the trip. After defecating on the wooden barrel, I realized that there was no paper around to wipe my butt.

This is how to do?
I called the little man over and asked him to take the paper. He kicked the fence and shouted: "You think you are here as a guest, I tell you, don't call me if you are not dead, if you have nothing to do, don't call me. I will beat you to death."

I squatted on the wooden barrel, feeling the urge to cry, and after a while, I asked the buddy opposite: "Hey, what do you use to wipe your butt after you've lived here for so long?" He raised his head and looked at me. With a glance, he finally pointed to the dry grass in the corner.

Well, at the end of the day, the most primitive methods have to be used.I pouted my buttocks and moved over, grabbed a handful of hay, and wiped my buttocks hot. Until then, I deeply admired the person who invented toilet paper.

I was locked up like this for two days, and I felt more and more anxious. At first, you could still think about how to escape to distract yourself, but when you find that there is no way to escape in this ghost place, the reality is also different. When someone comes to rob the prison suddenly without being dramatic, it makes people very desperate.

Are they going to imprison me forever?

Probably not, I will have to take care of it every day for the rest of my life, instead of being so troublesome, it might kill me directly.

But even if it’s only ten days and a half months, I can’t bear it. In this damn place, the only thing worth looking forward to every day is eating, and the only inmate is a bitter and silent gourd. If we continue to be locked up like this, sooner or later It's about to collapse!

Fortunately, the situation turned around on the third day. The little man finally opened the prison door and let me out. He walked with him, and there were two long-haired men in ancient gowns. The man, the three of them surrounded me and walked out with me in their arms. There was no chance of escaping.

While walking, I realized that the cell was actually built in the middle of the mountain. When I walked out of the cell door, what greeted me outside was not sunlight, but a gloomy tunnel with oil lamps on both sides.

At the end of the tunnel, there is an upward staircase, about 20 meters long, going up obliquely, and the white sky light slightly seeps in, which seems to lead to the outside world.

When I climbed the stone ladder and stood at the exit to look out, I was taken aback, because the exit was suspended in the air, equivalent to being on a cliff. If I want to go down, there is only a very primitive hanging ladder with ropes and ropes. The hanging ladder made of wooden sticks swayed in the wind, like a giant centipede swinging back and forth.

And under the cliff, there is still a valley-like place, with many houses built, with cornices and corners, in a patchwork order, which makes people really feel like they have traveled back to ancient times.

The water vapor in this place is relatively heavy, and there is a lot of snow and fog gathered on the mountainside. It should be early morning at this moment, and the sun is not hot. From time to time, there are white cranes flying and singing in the mountains. Immediately, people have a feeling of being in a fairyland on earth.

There have always been rumors of immortals in the mountains around Feijiantan, could it be this place?
Seeing that I was stunned, the little man said: "Don't be stupid, go down, someone will pick you up below." He pointed to the original hanging ladder under his feet that was blown to and fro by the strong wind, and motioned for me to go down by myself. climb.In the past, my legs would have been weak just by looking at it, but during this period of time, I got used to climbing the cliff, so I turned around and landed carefully.

When I was about to climb down, I couldn't help asking the little dwarf, "Brother, why did you let me go all of a sudden?"

"It's not letting you go, it's an interrogation! Our family wants to see you."

Homeowner?

By the way, people in Yumen have a clan system, and of course there is a patriarch, and my life depends on that patriarch.

I wanted to ask more, but the little man made a gesture of kicking me, so I had to shut up and start to climb down.Needless to say the thrills in the middle, I bet, unless you are a person who often climbs the cliff, or ten people come up, eight of them will have weak legs.

The wind blew the hanging ladder crackling, and the whole person was swaying on it. Without any safety measures, I could only eliminate all distracting thoughts, set my feet carefully, and finally approached the ground without any danger.

On the ground is an octagonal platform built with a wooden frame, and flowers and trees are planted beside it. In winter, the flowers and trees bloom very beautifully. Next to the octagonal platform is an antique pavilion, and there are two people sitting in the pavilion at the moment.

As soon as I landed, the two got up and stood beside me, one on the left and one on the right.

These are two women, tall and slender, one is wearing an ancient emerald green blouse with an ordinary face, the other is wearing a black robe, quietly covering her whole body.I suddenly remembered the powerful woman who knocked me out that night, and couldn't help but say, "It's you!"

The woman didn't cover her face this time, and there was no expression on her exposed face. She frowned and said, "You know me?" Her voice was clear and pleasant.

I said, "Didn't you arrest me that night?"

She said, "It's not me."

The girl in green clothes next to her said: "The elder sisters of Si Xingtang all wear this kind of clothes. You have misunderstood the wrong person. The one who arrested you is sister Xing Qi. This is Xing Wu..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xing Wu: "Shut up, why are you talking so much?" Then he looked at me again and said, "Don't play tricks, come here, unless we let people go, otherwise you are If you can't escape, follow us." After finishing speaking, he led the way ahead.

It seems that this clan system Yumen still has a relatively strict division of positions.What is this punishment hall for?Literally, it seems to be responsible for the execution?I followed the two of them on the wooden path, which passed through the flowers and trees, sometimes high and sometimes low. After passing a high arch bridge, an antique pavilion appeared in front of it, but it looked a little old. People in the door have taken root in this area for a long time.

"Go in!" Xing Wu brought me to the pavilion, stretched out his hand and pushed me on the back, and pushed me into the hall.The women in the Xingtang should all be Lianjiazi. They all look slender and weak, but they are stronger than men. I guess two or three ordinary gentlemen are no match for her at all.

As soon as I entered the lobby, I saw two people sitting on the left and right, a man and a woman.

The man is dressed like the ancients, and he is about 30 years old.Women's attire, in this Feather Gate, looks abrupt.It was a woman with short hair, dressed in modern attire, very neatly dressed, she looked like a strong woman with a successful career.

In addition to these two people, there were some people standing on the left and right sides, most of them were dressed in ancient costumes, only two men were dressed in modern clothes, and their clothes were also very neat.

As soon as I came in, I became the focus of a group of people's eyes. The man and woman in front of me were talking, and now they also looked at me, and there was no concealment in their eyes.

I felt my scalp was a little numb, but in this strange place, I could see two or three people in modern attire, which made me feel less strange, so I said bravely, "Hello, brothers and sisters."

After finishing speaking, except for the woman at the top who nodded slightly in response, the rest of the people looked very indifferent, looking at me as if they were not looking at a living person.

Sure enough, the people in Yumen were too unfriendly.

The short-haired woman was the first to speak. Her attitude was neither salty nor cold, but it was much better than the cold gazes around her. She said, "What's your name?"

"My surname is Su, and my name is Su Tiangu."

She said, "What are you doing here?"

When I was in prison, I had already figured out how to deal with the questions and answers in this area. Even if I was kind, I told how I was tricked by my father, how I became a victim, and how I was exploited by the fox fairy, in an attempt to impress the other party. .

But after listening to it, the woman just let out a sigh, and said: "So, you are looking for us because of the Fox Immortal?"

I nodded immediately.

At this time, the man spoke, and what he said had nothing to do with what he said just now. He said: "You have two choices, one is to die, and the other is to stay here as a slave for the rest of your life. Choose one."

Can I choose neither?

(End of this chapter)