Well of Mystery

After resolving the conflicts among the people, the two returned upstairs.But new problems soon surfaced again.

"I can't fit it, I really can't fit it!"

The poor single-door refrigerator at Jiang Chenglu's house probably had never been stuffed with so many ingredients in his entire life. The door closed and popped open, closed and popped open, and repeated several times before he finally compromised.

But closing it doesn't mean everything will be fine. The freezer of the small refrigerator has declared a strike three years ago, and the meat in it can't keep fresh at all.There are also black fish, razor clams, clams, shrimps and shrimp crawlers that Bai Xiuqi bought, all of which are kept in a pool. I don't know if a Gu king will be born tomorrow.

"How about keeping it in the fountain downstairs?" Jiang Chenglu pointed symbolically outside.

"No, absolutely not." Bai Xiuqi shook his head resolutely: "Then it's better to keep it in the sewer."

The final solution is: give the black fish to the sink.One of the two buckets for bathing was given to razor clams and clams, and the big pot of stewing the hundred claws scratching heart soup two days ago was allocated to the two brothers shrimp and shrimp crawling.

As for the box of good beef and mutton, Jiang Chenglu thought about it and made a difficult decision.

"Looks like it can only be sent downstairs."

This is not the first time Bai Xiuqi has heard of the existence of the basement, but when Jiang Chenglu mentioned it before, he only mentioned it lightly.He only knew that there might be two floors in the basement, where more powerful monsters and goblins were imprisoned than the upper floors, and it was the most mysterious place in Xuanjing Apartment.

It was precisely because of this sense of mystery that when Bai Xiuqi heard that Jiang Chenglu was going downstairs, he immediately proposed to go down to open his eyes.Of course, the request was ruthlessly rejected in the next second.

"Stop making trouble, it's not a fun place down there, and besides, I'm holding things, and I didn't come over to hug you."

Jiang Chenglu leaned over to pick up the box of beautifully packaged beef and mutton, thought for a while and offered a compromise: "How about this, I'll take a video for you with my new mobile phone, and you can watch it yourself when you get up."

At this point, whether or not he could see the video in the basement became the second priority. The important thing was that Jiang Chenglu, although he didn't say anything, actually liked the new phone in his heart.Bai Xiuqi said "hehe" twice, which means he agreed to the proposal.

Only five or six minutes later, Jiang Chenglu came back, fiddling with his new phone while walking.He showed Bai Xiuqi the newly generated video in the album. In just a few minutes, the light was very weak, but it was still clear.

It should be the basement space, but it looks empty, a straight concrete corridor with several doors on both sides.The doors were closed tightly, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

"The doors are all specially made. There is a layer of iron sandwiched between two layers of mahogany. It will never be opened without a key." Jiang Chenglu commented on the side: "Did you see that door? I put everything in there .”

In line with his explanation, the camera turned and the door opened.To Bai Xiuqi's surprise, it wasn't pitch black inside.

There is light, greenery lights.

Bai Xiuqi's heart "thumped" again.He remembered this familiar light and had seen it more than once.

But not in reality, but in dreams.

"The ghost fire...the ghost lamp." He muttered these words: "Why is there a ghost fire and a ghost lamp here?"

"Do you know Mingdeng?" Now it was Jiang Chenglu's turn to be surprised: "The lamp in the basement is indeed related to Mingdeng, but the technology has been improved and electrified long ago. How could you know?"

Bai Xiuqi didn't answer right away.He stared at the screen, but his thoughts drifted back to that deep and strange prison.

Now, it seems that there is no need to worry about the issue of "science is not science" - obviously, it is not just a dream, but a real memory that once happened.

There should have been a longer relationship between him and Jiang Chenglu.Perhaps that is also the reason for their reunion in this life, and even to this point.

It's just but... Thinking of the huge claws that the giant beast in the dream swung at him, Bai Xiuqi felt a chill down his back, and even his heart ached.

Seeing that his expression was not right, Jiang Chenglu hurriedly asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, it's fine."

Bai Xiuqi made a perfunctory sentence, hesitated to speak, thought over and over for a few seconds, and finally asked tentatively: "Have you... ever killed anyone?"

"Ah?" Jiang Chenglu obviously couldn't keep up with his jumping thinking: "Why do you ask this suddenly? Just kidding, have you ever seen someone who is more gentle, humorous, smart, funny and harmless than me?"

"You can answer whatever I ask, why is there so much nonsense!"

"At least I don't remember it." Jiang Chenglu finally got a little serious: "It's not easy for people to live in this world. If you lose this life, who knows what will be in the next life. I can't afford to squander other people's lives."

Bai Xiuqi seemed to be listening to him seriously, but at the same time seemed to be in a daze. She waited until he had finished speaking, and then asked again in a daze: "Then have you ever thought about killing me?"

"..."

The expressions on Jiang Chenglu's face suddenly became colorful, ranging from surprise to strangeness, to suspicion, and finally he laughed on his own initiative.

"Hahaha you are sick!"

He reached out and touched Bai Xiuqi's forehead, deliberately trying to fade some nervousness.But Bai Xiuqi didn't agree with him, and gently blocked his hand away.

"I'm not kidding. You asked me how I knew about the ghost lamp, because I had a dream. I also mentioned that dream to you. You were a prisoner and I was a jailer. After you escaped from prison, you put me Killed...Jiang Chenglu, that was not just a dream."

Having said that, Bai Xiuqi raised his head and looked at the man in front of him.Realizing his seriousness, Jiang Chenglu also put away his smile.

"I can't guarantee anything about the past, but at least the current Jiang Chenglu will never do anything unfavorable to the current Bai Xiuqi. In fact, think about it carefully, if our past is really what you see , then maybe now you are... the one who came to ask me to collect my debts. But you also know that I want money, so I will follow you in the future, marry a chicken as a chicken, marry a dog as a dog. "

Bai Xiuqi originally had a serious face, but he couldn't help but break down when he heard the last sentence: "I said you can still do it, can't you be more serious?!"

"...Why can't I do it anymore?" Jiang Chenglu looked aggrieved: "Master, do you want to inspect the goods?"

Saying that, he threw the poor mobile phone aside again, and supported Bai Xiuqi's back with one hand, and was about to put it down on the bunk.

It was still Bai Xiuqi who thought carefully: "Wait. Be careful and collapse again!"

"That's right." Jiang Chenglu clicked his tongue twice, and suddenly hugged Bai Xiuqi forcefully, and now he moved to the table beside him.

"It should be considered as getting acquainted here, but it's a bit tough, so let's make it happen."

As he spoke, he picked up Bai Xiuqi's injured leg with one hand, and was about to lift off his shirt with the other.

"Wait!" Bai Xiuqi yelled to stop again, because the situation was urgent, he even held Jiang Chenglu's head with one hand.

"Dare you buy a curtain first?!" he accuses, pointing his other hand at the window above the stove.

The windows, which were almost one square meter in size, were not covered in any way, and even a piece of window glass was missing.Through the window frame and a distance of 100 meters, you can see the second floor of the opposite west building. The puppeteer Hua Yang is leaning on the railing of the corridor, smiling and waving to them.

"It looks like it really needs to be renovated."

Jiang Chenglu smiled awkwardly, and unexpectedly made a quick decision.

Because there is plenty of time, for dinner this day, Jiang Chenglu used the ingredients brought back by Bai Xiuqi to make a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, a plate of deep-fried shrimp, fried broad beans with ham, and a pot of marinated fresh meat.Although it can't be said to be delicacies from mountains and seas, but to be honest, the taste is still very good.

This is also the first time that Jiang Chenglu told Bai Xiuqi a story about his cooking skills.

It turned out that when he was living alone in the apartment, he didn't know how to make a fire and cook at all. Fortunately, there were farmlands nearby, where corn, sweet potatoes and other miscellaneous grains were grown, and he could steal some for storage from time to time.There is also a small river nearby, and there are fish and shrimps in the river that can occasionally be used as a sacrifice.He guarded these two places, plus some food donated by kind people nearby to survive.He couldn't eat enough and starved to death until Bai Xiuqi's grandpa arrived.

Bai Shu is a painter, but he is also a gourmet.His cooking skills were learned bit by bit from the small restaurants where he lived or local residents when he was sketching and painting everywhere.Because he has been to many places, the skills he has learned are also very complicated, which is quite self-contained.

According to Jiang Chenglu, when the old man first discovered this apartment, he was deeply attracted by the mysterious aura and strange mechanical structure of this building, and lived in it for half a year.In the past six months, in addition to fully understanding the structure of the apartment up and down, he also did something of great significance—accepting apprentices.

From a certain point of view, Jiang Chenglu is also Mr. Bai's apprentice, but not in painting, but in cooking.During the half a year when he lived in Xuanjing Apartment, the old man taught Jiang Chenglu how to cook, from the Sichuan style of red oil and green peppers to the sweet and delicious Jiangnan dishes, all inclusive.

So that's the case, Bai Xiuqi nodded secretly in his heart.No wonder there was a familiar feeling when I ate the food made by Jiang Chenglu for the first time.

He jokingly said: "You see my grandpa is so kind to you, why don't you hurry up and repay me?"

"Aren't I paying back?" Jiang Chenglu picked up a chopstick of sweet and sour pork ribs and put them in his bowl: "As long as you are interested, I can also teach you the skills that your grandfather passed on to me. "

"No! What did I learn? Cook for you? Don't think I don't know this is your conspiracy."

Bai Xiuqi refused without hesitation, picked up the pork rib dipped in sesame seeds and put it in his mouth, eating with relish.