Lu Youjing looked at the envelope, his eyes no longer lingering, and he put the envelope completely into his clothes and stuck it to his chest.
He grinned and said with a smile: "Don't look at it for now, let's set off. Where are we going now?"
The old Taoist looked at the other party, smiled evilly, and said loudly: "The capital prison."
Lu Youjing was shocked. Before he could react, the old man held one in each hand and disappeared into the night.
Outside the Imperial City Palace, there is a turret near the palace wall.
This is the Tianlao, a prison directly controlled by the emperor. It is a forbidden place where important prisoners are held. Ordinary people who commit crimes are detained in the capital government offices.
You really can't get into this place without some identity.
On the street outside the Tianlao, there were few people, basically no one could be seen, and it was silent, making the street look more solemn and majestic.
A person who has no one around during the day is even less likely to be around at night.
But on this street, except for a few large lanterns hung on the cantilevered beams at the entrance to the prison, which were brightly lit, the rest of the street was extremely dark, making it look even more eerie.
For a moment, I couldn't tell whether it was hell under the light or the world at the end of darkness.
On one side of the Tianlao entrance, there is a small stall selling dumplings and white fungus and red date soup. The stall owners are a man and a woman. They look to be in their forties, and they must be a couple.
Under the illumination of the light, the white mist rising from the pot rolled upwards and disappeared into the darkness.
The old couple gathered around a pot, whispering in low voices, and kept busy with their hands.
There were several tables, chairs and benches next to the stall. Li Junchen, dressed in red clothes and a red robe, casually found a table and sat down. He was now the only customer in the stall.
Li Junchen concentrated his energy, stretched out two fingers to tap on the table, and there were clear sounds. His eyes stared back and forth at the door of the prison, waiting for the veteran to come here to rob the prison.
"Young master, your bowl of dumplings and red dates and white fungus soup are here." The old woman was carrying a wooden plate with Li Junchen's dumplings and white fungus soup on it.
Li Junchen looked at the old woman and said, "Thank you!"
The woman smiled politely at Li Junchen and did not turn around to leave. Instead, she pulled out the bench and sat down, looking at Li Junchen without saying a word.
Li Junchen, who was a little hungry, just glanced at the woman, then lowered his head and ate the dumplings in the bowl.
"The dumplings have thin skin and lots of meat."
Li Junchen commented from the bottom of his heart that it seemed that the old couple were kind-hearted people.
A bowl of dumplings was eaten by Li Junchen within a few minutes.
He wiped the corners of his mouth, raised his head, and asked the woman sitting on the side: "Auntie, why haven't you closed the stall and gone home in the middle of the night? There aren't many people coming and going in this place!"
Li Junchen, who had nothing to do, started chatting with the woman.
"Young master, I want to ask the old lady why she set up a stall in front of the prison, right?" The woman had some wrinkles on her face, but her eyes were very clear, making her look very friendly.
Li Junchen nodded.
The woman said with a smile on her face: "The old woman's son works here as an errand." She pointed to the prison next to her, the corners of her mouth raised with pride.
"The child is working as an errand. There are many things in the sky jail in the middle of the night. It is not to make money. He just wants to have a bowl of hot dumplings to eat when he is free so that he will not be hungry. It just so happens that his colleagues think that the old woman is The cooked dumplings were quite delicious, so I set up a stall."
The woman said matter-of-factly.
"Auntie's body has been so strong from day to day!" Li Junchen raised his thumb and praised the woman.
The woman shook her head repeatedly and waved her hands and said: "Young master, you are joking. The government officials are coming over during the day, but they cannot set up stalls here. If you blame them, it doesn't matter if you give me a few big blows. I'm afraid it will affect my son's life." career."
She continued: "On weekdays, it only lasts for one or two hours."
When Li Junchen heard this, he said happily: "That kid is in luck. Auntie's dumplings are nothing to say."
This is good luck, otherwise I would still be hungry.
The woman saw that Li Junchen was handsome and very happy. She asked doubtfully: "Young master, why are you here when you are not at home in the middle of the night? The old lady saw that you were staring at the gate of the prison just now. But did the adults in the family commit any crime?"
The way Li Junchen was dressed showed that he was not an ordinary citizen. In the eyes of women, the rich kids who were still hanging around here in the middle of the night were probably the adults in the family who had committed crimes.
Otherwise, who would come to such an unlucky place?
The woman looked at Li Junchen with pity and said in a low voice: "If you, young master, have any letters you want to hand in, I can help you find a way."
Li Junchen didn't seem particularly surprised when he heard the woman's kindness. He had been walking around the streets in Xining County since he was a child, so he naturally understood the capabilities of ordinary people.
He took a sip of the red date and white fungus soup in the bowl, held a red date in his mouth, and chewed it carefully.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your kindness, aunt. I just came here to take a look, but I don't have any other ideas."
Li Junchen thought for a while, if his father was really imprisoned here, no mosquito would be able to fly in.
"Old lady, get ready to go home." The old man wiped the sweat from his head and shouted standing next to the packed cart.
Li Junchen picked up the bowl and poured the last bit of soup into his mouth. He stood up and said to the woman: "Aunt, I won't bother you to clean up the stall. It's too cold at night. Please be careful along the way. , get home safely.”
The woman smiled apologetically at Li Junchen: "My child, you should go home early. Although there are not so many bad people in the world who dare to do evil, you must not catch the cold."
The old couple pulled the car and walked slowly towards the darkness.
Li Junchen stood on the street and watched the two men leave. He looked at the two soldiers guarding the door of the prison, shook his head and muttered, "It seems that the old man lied to me."
Lu Youjing was taken to the sky by the old Taoist. Like Chen Tianwen at first, he was shocked. The cold wind was too strong.
He only had one thought in his mind: He never wanted to let the old Taoist take him to the sky next time.
It is really not something that ordinary people can bear. He remembered that during the day, he had thought that Uncle Wei's martial arts skills were like those of an old Taoist, taking him soaring into the sky, coming and going without a trace. After experiencing the real experience, he felt that people have a pair of Feet are used for walking. Isn’t flying around something only a fool can do?
The three people stopped and walked along the way. They had no choice but to do it. The old Taoist didn't know the road at all, so he could only ask Chen Tianwen on the roof where to fly, and then the three people's journey to the sky began again.
"Brother Li, I finally found you." A miserable voice sounded in the night sky.
