Rebirth Strategy: Please let me go

By the moat, An Jinshu put the peony lantern in his hand into the river, then turned it into pulp with his hand and let it float slowly into the distance.

The red carp and the green radish held their own lanterns and put them into the river. They also chanted to the Peony Queen to bless them with eternal youth, good luck, everything goes well, and peace in all seasons...

An Jinshu shook his head helplessly as he listened. There were so many women making wishes tonight, and he didn't know if Empress Peony could see their wishes.

She turned her head to look at Gu Qingchen next to her, and saw that he was standing upright with a pink peony lantern, showing no intention of putting it away.

An Jinshu knew that he disliked it. She didn't think much about it when she bought the lamp. Now she felt a little funny when she saw him holding the lamp.

An Jinshu stood up and took the lamp from his hand. An Jinshu squatted down, lit the candle and put it in the water to let it float away.

"In this way, Empress Peony will be able to hear your wish." An Jinshu smiled and looked up at the young man beside him, his eyes shining brightly.

Gu Qingchen watched the peony lamp go down the river, and his hand unconsciously touched the jade pendant on his waist. He lowered his eyes to look, but happened to bump into a pair of star pupils. His breath was stagnant and then he looked away in panic. .

The light was too dim, and An Jinshu couldn't see clearly from the bottom up. Naturally, she didn't see the other party's dodge. Seeing that the other party didn't speak, she turned back and watched the lights on the river flickering on the water.

"How do you know I have a wish?" Gu Qingchen said suddenly.

An Jinshu smiled without looking up: "I guessed."

She guessed that Gu Qingchen must have many wishes. Some were for power, some were for relatives who died on the frontier, and some were for hatred. There were millions of people in the world, and everyone could have no desires or desires, but Gu Qingchen couldn't.

A bright firework suddenly exploded in the sky, illuminating the dark place as bright as day. An Jinshu exclaimed and stood up.

"The fireworks have started!" An Jinshu shouted, she was so busy setting off the lanterns that she forgot the time.

She lowered her eyes in disappointment. It seemed that she wouldn't be able to watch the fireworks in Wangyue Pavilion today.

As soon as Disappointment lifted her wrist, someone grabbed her wrist, and An Jinshu was pulled away before she could react.

"Miss!"

Red carp's cry sounded behind him, and An Jinshu turned around but could only see dense figures.

She looked back at the green and white fingers holding her wrist, and when she raised her eyes, the young man's black hair was flying in the wind, and the light seemed to have passed through the torrent of time, overlapping with the majestic back in her image.

But the difference is that the back of the young man in front of her is thin and thin. His hand is holding her wrist. He is running with her. She has also walked on the road he ran.

Unlike in her memory, she was always following that figure, but the other person never led her forward, and he never treated her like this.

The wind was howling, An Jinshu was panting a little while running, the crowd gradually thinned out, and the fireworks in the sky were still blooming.

"Adi, Adi! Where are you taking me!"

Gu Qingchen didn't stop or answer. He continued to pull her around a street and stopped in front of a magnificent building.

An Jinshu panted and looked around, and found that although there were few people on this street, it was extremely lively when he heard the bustle in the building.

"This, this is not..." An Jinshu pointed to the plaque on the door, a little embarrassed to say: "Why did you bring me here?"

"Wangyue Pavilion is too far away. It's too late to run there. I know a place where I can see the fireworks just like this."

Compared with An Jinshu's panting, Gu Qingchen seemed too relaxed. He ran for several streets without a beating heart and out of breath. Except for his face being a little flushed, he was no different from usual.

"Here? Do you know where this is?" An Jinshu stopped breathing in a hurry and quickly reminded him in a low voice: "This is a brothel and gambling house. How can there be a good place here?"

"Sister, come with me." Gu Qingchen did not reply to her, but turned and walked towards an alley next to the building.

An Jinshu looked at the dark alley and didn't want to go. Although she wasn't afraid that Gu Qingchen would try to kill her now, the alley was so dark. Who knew if someone was ambushing it and killing people in the dark.

"I...I..." An Jinshu wanted to say that he was afraid of bad people, but when his words came to his lips, he turned into: "I, I'm afraid of the dark."

Gu Qingchen paused, and then she saw him turning back: "Take my sleeve, and I will take you away."

An Jinshu looked at his stretched out sleeves without raising her hand, she didn't want to go.

Gu Qingchen saw her fear, so he looked at the sky and reminded her: "Fireworks don't happen every day. If I don't go faster, I won't watch them."

Hearing this, An Jinshu hesitated, and finally slowly pulled on Gu Qingchen's sleeve. That's all, if there are bad guys, it's okay. With Gu Qingchen accompanying her to die together, she can be considered to have fulfilled her long-cherished wish to protect her family. .

Gu Qingchen walked in front, and An Jinshu followed him cautiously. The alley was not as invisible as she thought. The bright light of the drunken spring breeze shined through, and it actually illuminated the alley, and she could see the way forward. , the road is completely empty, not to mention evil people, not even a stone.

After walking for a while, Gu Qingchen stopped. An Jinshu thought there was something wrong and immediately approached him and looked around.

"Sister, you can let go first, I want to open the secret door." Gu Qingchen's voice sounded, and An Jinshu realized that there was something wrong, so he relaxed a little and loosened his sleeves.

At this time, another firework exploded in the sky. An Jinshu was startled by the sudden loud noise. He quickly pulled Gu Qingchen's arm with a cry. Gu Qingchen's side face showed a cold look under the light of the fireworks. Under the harsh light, feeling the trembling hands of the person next to her, she suddenly regretted bringing her here.

He didn't ask the other party to let go, but directly groped on the wall. Soon he felt a bump and pressed it hard. The wall in front of him parted to reveal a tunnel.

The tunnel was not dark, and there was light coming out of it. An Jinshu stared at the tunnel in a daze, unable to believe his eyes.

"Let's go, it's too late." Gu Qingchen reached out and pulled An Jinshu over, telling her to step forward.

An Jinshu hesitated for a moment before stepping onto the tunnel steps and walking down slowly.

And when they went down, the tunnel slowly closed, and the outside returned to the appearance of a wall, with no trace left.

The tunnel was not long. An Jinshu walked a few steps and reached the end. Gu Qingchen motioned her to look to the right. An Jinshu turned her head and saw a large box-like thing with an empty center and three sides. The wooden boards were carved into exquisite patterns, and there were only two simple fences on the side facing them.

"Go up." Gu Qingchen said.

An Jinshu glanced at him in surprise. Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, she opened the fence and stepped on the box. When she stepped on, she saw that the top of her head was empty.

Gu Qingchen followed closely and stood next to her. Then she saw him slightly turning a wooden shaft next to him, and a creaking sound was heard. An Jinshu felt the box move under her feet, and her heart suddenly lifted. He held on to the carved wooden board next to him with his hands.

Soon she discovered that they were rising upwards, not too slowly, but not too fast either. As they rose, they were accompanied by the sound of wooden shafts running. It was obvious that this thing was able to operate with the help of some special mechanism. .

"This thing is called the Ladder to Heaven. As the name suggests, it leads straight to the sky."

Gu Qingchen said softly.

An Jinshu looked at this so-called ladder with a sudden realization, and suddenly thought of the pulley used when fetching water from the well. It consists of a pulley head, a bracket, a rope, etc., which can easily and quickly pull up the barrel. Thinking about this different kind of ladder she is riding now. The same principle applies to things that you know what they are called.