worthless [rebirth]

"Ah Chi!" Chen Ling called Jiang Chi's name again in his dream, and when he woke up, his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Since returning to Yuelai Inn, he has had nightmares every night. Although the scenes in the dreams are different, the ending is the same. Jiang Chi was either beheaded or Ling Chi, assassinated or quartered.

Chen Ling knew that he had been worrying about Jiang Chi's safety for the past few days, so he thought about it day and night, and he kept telling himself to believe that Jiang Chi would be able to get out of trouble safely, but ten days had passed and the other party was still there. He didn't come back, and over time he couldn't bear it anymore.

That night he dreamed that Jiang Chi died in prison again, but what was different from the previous dream was that this time he saw Jiang Chi was oozing blood all over his body, his face was as white as paper.Although Chen Ling had repeatedly warned himself in the dream that what he saw in front of him was not real, but when he woke up and recalled the scene in the dream, he felt palpitations that he had never felt before.

Could it be... Jiang Chi is really in danger?

Chen Ling didn't think this dream was some kind of omen, but he knew that instead of waiting in the inn with fear, he might as well inquire about Jiang Chi himself.

Making up his mind, Chen Ling stuffed all the last bank notes that had been stored in the inn into his bosom, opened the door and was about to go out, but was blocked by Qiu Suo.

"My lord, where are you going?" Qiu Suo asked, his tower-like body blocked the door.

Chen Ling paused, raised his head and said, "I'm going to the prison to find out about Ah Chi. It's been the tenth day, and there's been no movement at all. Not only Ah Chi hasn't come back, but Wang Anzhi hasn't done anything either."

"Young master, let's go back to the house and rest, the subordinates will inquire about the master's news." Qiu Suo said.

"It's been ten days now, have you found out what's going on?" Chen Ling asked aggressively. He knew that Qiu Suo had been guarding outside his door for the past few days and had never left at all. How could he have time to go to the prison? Looking for Jiang Chi?

Qiu Suo's expression changed slightly, but he still didn't give in at all, saying: "The master is not here, the duty of the subordinates is to protect the young master."

"Did something happen to Ah Chi?" Chen Ling asked softly, looking at Qiu Suo, trying his best to suppress the sudden uneasiness in his heart, "If it's just for protection, you don't have to keep me from going out, what's the difference between this and house arrest ? Or..." After a pause, Chen Ling said, "Or are you hiding something from me?"

"Sir, don't ask, just stay in the room with peace of mind." Qiu Suo said, and then closed the door abruptly, locking Chen Ling in the room.

"Qiu Suo!" Anxious, Chen Ling kicked the door hard and shouted, "Did your master ask you to treat me like this? Open the door! I want to go out!"

"My lord, save your energy." Qiu Suo held the door tightly for fear that Chen Ling would run out again, his flat voice was full of helplessness.In fact, why didn't he want to go to Jiang Chi to rescue him, but now the Chaozhou prison has become a hell, people inside can't get out, and people outside can't get in.He was ordered by Jiang Chi to protect Chen Ling, so he would rather let Chen Ling complain about him than let Chen Ling go out and take risks.

Chen Ling kicked the door and kicked over the stool in the room. After a while of thunder and bang, he finally calmed down.Qiu Suo put his ear to the door and listened, and found that there was little movement in the room. He thought that Chen Ling had given up on going out, so he said, "Young master, it's best if you can think clearly. Are you hungry? This subordinate will go downstairs to inform you." Xiao Er brought some things."

"..."

After asking the question, he waited for a while and found that no one in the room responded, and then Qiu Suo realized that something was wrong.When he opened the door, he saw that the window of the room was wide open. One end of a rope made of torn sheets was tied to the foot of the bed, and the other end extended from the window sill. Where was Chen Ling's shadow in the room? !

The room is on the second floor, not too high, but it is close to the street.

Qiu Suo was in a bad mood. If Chen Ling casually poked into the crowd on the street, it would be very difficult to find him.So he ran to the window and looked downstairs. Sure enough, there were people coming and going on the street, and it was impossible to see where Chen Ling was hiding.

With thick black eyebrows twitched, Qiu Suo picked up his sword and turned to go downstairs.

***

Chen Ling was also quick-witted and thought of using the sheets as a rope to go downstairs. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he immediately ran into the crowd.Because he deliberately wore an ordinary dress, and Qiu Suo was not familiar with him enough to recognize him just by looking at his back, so Chen Ling was sure that Qiu Suo would not be able to find him for a while.

Chen Ling was undoubtedly walking in the direction of the prison. In order to better hide himself so as not to be discovered by Qiu Suo, he tried his best to go to places with a lot of people, but he found that the closer he got to the prison, the fewer pedestrians there were. It was only when there were seven or eight people that Chen Ling realized that he had only cared about avoiding Qiu Suo's pursuit all the way, but ignored an important detail.

Whether it is in the Yuelai Inn or near the Chaozhou Prison, almost everyone you meet on the road has their heads down in a hurry, and most of them even cover their faces with face scarves, as if they are hiding from something. Talk about something that changes color.

Chen Ling wanted to ask someone to ask, but no one was willing to stop in front of the prison.The more this happened, the more uneasy Chen Ling felt. What happened to make the people of Chaozhou so afraid?

Looking at the two guards guarding the prisoners in front of the cell door from afar, they also covered their faces with a white scarf. Chen Ling's uneasiness gradually increased, and he subconsciously squeezed the banknotes in his arms. He decided to go over to find out.As soon as Shuzhi took a step forward, he was dragged into a corner by someone grabbing his shoulders.

"Ah! Uh..." Chen Ling screamed out from the sudden fright, but his mouth was covered by a big hand. Just as he was about to raise his leg to kick the man's crotch, he heard a familiar voice The voice rang in the ear.

"Don't do it, it's me!"

Chen Ling held his breath and looked up. The person in front of him turned out to be Qin Shan!

Seeing that Chen Ling recognized him, Qin Shan let go of his hand and said, "Sorry, I scared you."

"It's okay." Chen Ling panted. He was really taken aback by being grabbed by the shoulders just now, but the surprise was the surprise. Chen Ling did not forget to ask Qin Shan why he appeared here, and said, "Why are you here?" In Chaozhou?"

"The other generals have already returned to leave the country, and I have nowhere to go by myself, so I followed you all the way." Qin Shan said.

"You followed us all the way?" Chen Ling was surprised.

"Xiao Ling, I will protect you both in public and in private." Qin Shan said softly, his eyes were as gentle as Jiang Chi's, but not as domineering as Jiang Chi's, "If you didn't insist on going to jail today, I would I will not expose myself to stop you."

"Why do you want to stop me?" Chen Ling said, the more someone tried to stop him, the more uneasy he would feel, so he accidentally missed the love and tenderness in Qin Shan's eyes.Because of his anxiety, he subconsciously grabbed Qin Shan's arm and said, "Brother Qin, did something happen in the prison?"

Qin Shandao: "The plague broke out in the prison in Chaozhou. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the government has ordered that all the prisoners in the prison be taken to Wancang Mountain to be buried alive in three days. Now the prison has been under martial law."

"What did you say...?" Chen Ling couldn't believe his ears for a moment, he grabbed Qin Shan's arm tightly, and asked again: "Plague?"

Chen Ling scratched him painfully through his clothes, Qin Shan nodded heavily, and said, "That's right."

"!" Chen Ling took a step back, almost sat down, his face was as pale as frightened, "How could...he, he's still inside...he's still in prison, how could..." Chen Ling shook his head lightly, and turned around He ran straight to the jail.

"Xiao Ling!" Qin Shan grabbed Chen Ling again, and said, "You can't go, it's a plague, and you will be infected easily!"

"Let go of me! Ah Chi is still inside!" Chen Ling said.

"What does his life have to do with you?" Qin Shan shouted: "Before you refused to go with me, saying that you had nowhere to escape, because Jiang Chi would never let you go. But now he is in prison and he cannot protect himself. You Why can't you let him go?"

"Let go of me!" Chen Ling couldn't care less about listening to Qin Shan.

"Don't deceive yourself, you obviously like him!" Qin Shan said, holding onto Chen Ling tightly to prevent him from taking risks.

Seeing that he couldn't break free, Chen Ling turned his head and looked at Qin Shan coldly. There seemed to be some flames jumping in his dark eyes. He paused every word: "I let you, let go!"

"!" His pupils shrank, and Qin Shan almost let go of Chen Ling's eyes.It was the first time he had seen Chen Ling like this, his face was as frosty, he was clearly emotionless but still made people shudder.After a moment of silence, Qin Shan sighed softly and said, "Have you ever thought that if Jiang Chi is not in prison, wouldn't it be a waste of your life if you go in?"

Chen Ling thought about it. When he first heard the jailer say that Jiang Chi was not in the iron cell, Chen Ling imagined that maybe Wang Anzhi actually knew Jiang Chi's identity, so he locked him secretly in a secret room. inside.However, assumptions are just assumptions, and Chen Ling will not give up his determination to go to Chaozhou Prison to rescue Jiang Chi based on an unfounded assumption.

If Jiang Chi was really locked in prison, if the other party hadn't been infected with the plague and no one came to rescue him, then he would really have to die in the end.

"I know what you said..." Chen Ling whispered, his icy expression cracked, revealing his fragility, "But I can't give up the only possibility, if he is here, and he hasn't got the plague yet , if I don't save him...he will be buried alive with those patients..."

"Don't forget, he is the emperor!" Qin Shandao: "How did he use tricks to force us to sign the treaty step by step and force you to be the proton! To be able to sit in the current position, what has he not experienced? He With such a deep city, how can it be easily folded into the hands of a small magistrate! Since arriving in Chaozhou, what he said and did, can you tell the truth from the truth?"

"I haven't forgotten! I haven't forgotten the hatred of the country and the family!" Chen Ling said, "I'm just tired and don't want to worry about it anymore. I just want to see him, Qin Shan...can you let go?"

you let go... ok?

A word that was neither light nor heavy, with a somewhat begging tone, but like a hard hammer, it completely woke Qin Shan up.He wanted to hold it tightly, but the other party begged him to let go. In contrast, his persistence seemed ridiculous and pitiful.

He left his hometown and went out alone, just to silently guard Chen Ling and protect him in the dark.However, his sincerity was not as precious to Chen Ling as that person's hypocrisy.How could he not hate this?But he just hated Jiang Chi, hated Chen Ling... He couldn't bear it...

"I bribed the jailer to find out on the first day you were in prison. He was locked up with ordinary prisoners in the cell on the west side, but I don't know if he is still there now." He handed out a white silk handkerchief to Chen Ling, and said, "This handkerchief has been soaked in medicine in advance, so it may be able to cover it up. Use it to cover your mouth and nose when you go in."

"..." Chen Ling was taken aback. He didn't expect that Qin Shanhui would even prepare this for him. He thought that Qin Shanhui would stop him all the time, but he didn't expect that the other party was actually here to protect him from entering the cell. For a moment, Chen Ling was grateful Not knowing what to do, he just said, "Thank you, Brother Qin."

"Don't contact those prisoners, don't stay too long..." Qin Shan confessed uneasy.

"I know." Chen Ling nodded, took the veil to cover his face, turned and walked towards the prison.

"Who are you?" Seeing Chen Ling approaching, a jailer stopped him.

Chen Ling stopped and said softly: "You two officials, my brother has been in prison for several months, and my family asked me to come and see him today."

The jailer said: "Don't you know that your lord has ordered martial law? All of them are cursed by the mouse fairy!"

"Because of this, my family asked me to see if my brother has any requests in the end. Even if he suffers from that terrible disease, he must go all the way, right?" Chen Ling said, taking out a few bank notes and stuffing them Into the hands of the jailer, "I beg you two officials to be accommodating and accommodating. This little money will be regarded as filial piety to you two."

The jailer squeezed the thickness of the stack of silver bills, and felt that there must be 1000 taels instead of 500 taels. He thought that the annual salary was only 20 taels of silver, and 500 taels was a big profit, so they looked at each other. Pretending to be serious, he coughed and said, "It's easy to get in, but it's hard to get out! Don't bring the epidemic outside."

Chen Ling hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the official, the one who has a small accident will take care of it alone, and you will never be hurt."

The jailer looked around and found no one around, so he opened the cell door and said, "Okay, let's go in."

"Help...help...I don't want to die..."

"Young master... help me..."

After entering the Chaozhou Prison, Chen Ling went straight to the West Prison. There was still a rancid smell in the prison, and the weak wailing of the patient pierced the eardrums.

Countless thin and weak arms stretched out from the gaps in the iron fence to pull at Chu Ling's clothes. Those skinny arms were all dripping with blood, their skin was oozing blood, coughing... moaning and moaning could be heard endlessly.

These prisoners knew very well that two days since the outbreak of the plague, the jailer had never appeared, let alone someone to deliver food. Chen Ling was the first person to come in from the outside in two days.So if someone could save them, it would only be Chen Ling and not the jailer.

Walking along the way, no one I saw was healthy. They were all pale and weak lying on the ground, lingering on the ground, trembling and stretching out their hands to ask for help from Chen Ling. Some people even shouted: "My lord, help!" One closed and one dead to the west.

People kept dying in front of him, and Chen Ling felt a chill slowly growing in his heart. Before he saw hope, he had already begun to despair.

I finally arrived at the cell on the west side. It was the same as what I had seen before. There were countless dead, living, and half-dead people lying all over the cell... Some were lying on the ground coughing blood, some were curled up and trembling...

Chen Ling carefully looked for Jiang Chi's figure, not daring to relax.No, neither!I can't find it, what should I do?What should he do?Heart clenched tightly, Chen Ling felt that if he couldn't see Jiang Chi again, he would go crazy.

In order to see clearly, Chen Ling inadvertently moved a little closer to the iron fence, forgetting Qin Shan's instructions.

"My lord, help me... Please..." Someone tried to pull at the hem of Chen Ling's clothes.

"!" When Chen Ling found out, he took a step back and avoided it. Just as he stood firm, he heard a weak and uncertain voice.

"Zi Ling...?"

Hearing Jiang Chi's voice, Chen Ling froze for a moment, raised his head hastily, and finally saw Jiang Chi in a corner.

There was no blood oozing from Jiang Chi's body, but his face was as pale as the others. He stood in the corner and looked at Chen Ling, with many undetectable emotions in his eyes.

Chen Ling's appearance was beyond Jiang Chi's expectation.Seeing Chen Ling here, Jiang Chi couldn't be said not to be excited, but also moved, but more worried and puzzled.

I was worried that Chen Ling would be infected, and I didn't understand why he came despite knowing that he might be infected.

"Ah Chi!" The moment Chen Ling saw Jiang Chi, he forgot about each other's situation, and even walked forward a few steps to get close to Jiang Chi by grabbing the fence.

"Don't come here! Cough! Cough!" Jiang Chi was startled and shouted loudly.Because the tone was too intense, he bowed down and coughed a few times, with fishy sweetness surging up, he had no choice but to cover his mouth, and said in a hoarse voice: "Go, you go..."

"No..." Jiang Chi didn't notice the blood oozing from his fingers, but Chen Ling could see it clearly.After being yelled at by Jiang Chi, Chen Ling took a few steps back to avoid the hands of the prisoners, his eyes fixed on the blood spilling from Jiang Chi's fingers, his heart clenched tightly, and he said, "Ah Chi, what can I do?" Save you...how can I..."

"No...you save me." Jiang Chi struggled to straighten up, wiped the blood from his lips, forced the corners of his lips to curl up, and said, "I told you there is a way to get out."

"You're a liar!" Chen Ling roared, "You're already like this, how can you escape? This is a plague! Wang Anzhi will bury everyone here alive in three days!"

"When have I lied to you?" Jiang Chi smiled weakly and said, "Go out, it's too dangerous here."

Chen Ling shook his head, "I can't..."

"I'll let you go! Go!" Jiang Chi roared. He was angry with Chen Ling again, but it wasn't as cruel and crazy as he remembered.

For the first time, Chen Ling was not afraid of Jiang Chi who was angry. On the contrary, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, his eyes were a little hot, "Ah Chi..." He called out in a low voice, with a little helplessness, helpless for life .However, he still stubbornly refused to leave.

Jiang Chi seemed to have lost all his strength after the roar. He leaned against the wall for a long time before he calmed down. Seeing that Chen Ling had been standing there, he lowered his head and chuckled, and said in a hoarse voice: " If I die, you will be free, and you can go back to Liguo to be your prince. Before, you had to learn how to govern the country, just to wait for that day? Now that the opportunity has come, what are you still... insisting on? "

"You will be free after I die, you should be happy."

Jiang Chi had said similar things to him that day in the yamen. At that time, he thought the other party was joking, but he didn't expect that Jiang Chi's words became a proverb, and now he is in the current situation.

"..." At that time, Chen Ling didn't think about whether Jiang Chi's so-called "freedom" was what he wanted, but now he felt that he didn't need to think about it at all.When he decided to go to the Chaozhou prison to find someone, he already had a vague answer in his mind.

He has always had what Jiang Chi wanted, but he just didn't want to deliver it.Chen Ling was afraid of giving it to Jiang Chi, and was crushed by the other party in an instant and abandoned.

It's just that at this moment, he feels that if he doesn't say or do something, he will regret it.Although he might regret it even more after he said it, at least now he doesn't want to go against his will anymore.He wanted Jiang Chi to feel at ease, as long as he could make that person feel at ease, he would give everything he could.

Opening his mouth, Chen Ling felt that his throat was very congested, and his face was also very hot. His palms were sweating from his hands. Maybe he was anxious, he thought. "Ah Chi," seeing Jiang Chi bowing his head, Chen Ling called his name first, and then said, "I said I would never leave you, and I will keep saying this for the rest of my life. Anything else... you must Are you going to force me to speak out?"

"?" My heart was shocked, what did I hear?Jiang Chi raised his head slowly, and as Chen Ling's slow and clear voice reached his ears, his eyes finally became more relaxed after being relieved.

"I'm still in love with you after all." Chen Ling said in a low voice, as if sighing.

Jiang Chi waited a year for the word "love", but he felt that it was more than a year.Fortunately, it finally arrived, but I don't know if it's too late for this sentence.

The author has something to say: Chen Ling finally confessed, and I feel so tired...

In the next chapter, 233 is buried alive. I don’t know if someone will come to rescue him...

Can I leave a paw print after reading it, laugh cry...do I have to be reminded every time?dead face...