Chapter 16
The shortest distance in the world,
You are outside and I am inside.
Separated by black iron.
The longest distance in the world.
I'm inside and you're outside.
So close yet so far away.
That night, Liu Ze fell asleep looking at the stars. All he had in his memory was saying goodbye to his first love that was about to be lost. Every heartbeat tasted of pain.
He lay on the big rock on the cliff, and every star in the night sky was a tear shed for him. Only the stars in the sky knew how much pain he was in and understood what he had given up.
(The above is the painful literature of a young man)
To put it simply, he fell asleep looking at the stars that night, and then...
This is a prison car disguised as an ordinary carriage. It has all the necessary pillows, quilts, tea, and snacks, all of which are top quality, but there is no freedom.
I can hear a lot of footsteps following outside the car, but the car body is made of black iron, so I can't see what's going on outside?
Liu Ze woke up to the shaking of the car. Looking at the shaking roof of Yaoyao's car, it took him a long time to realize that he was caught while sleeping.
...This was too unsportsmanlike. He stood up in shock and anger, banging on the inner wall of the prison van: "Who arrested me? Let me out."
"If you have the guts to catch me, then show up. Why are you a coward? Let me go." He was too careless. He was disturbed by his emotions and was caught when he didn't pay attention to the environment. He felt too safe living in the master's house and forgot about his situation outside.
No matter what noise he made in the car, it continued to sway forward at the same speed, and no one mentioned lifting the curtain to take a look.
After shouting for a while, Liu Ze ate a plate of snacks, drank all the tea, hummed and fell back on the cushion, and fell asleep in a sullen mood.
I woke up again when I was called. The car was parked at the entrance of an inn with no village or shop nearby. It was pitch black outside the car door with no light except the lanterns in the inn.
Liu Ze reluctantly climbed out of the car. Four people were guarding the four corners of the sedan, raging at the person who called him out. He was the closest to them: "Who among you is so wicked? You arrested me while I was sleeping."
I glared at the person in front of me. Under the dim lantern, I could vaguely see the face and felt that the eyes were very familiar.
Liu Ze was lost in thought when he suddenly remembered who this person was: "Aren't you the man in black who's been guarding me outside for six months?" No wonder he felt he'd seen those eyes before. This guy was dressed in black, his face covered, so only his eyes were visible.
This guy's eyes were quite bright, with deep eye sockets and drooping eyelids. He looked affectionate, but when you looked into his eyes, you could only feel coldness. It wasn't that his eyes were cold, but rather like stone. Whether he was dodging his attacks or being hit by his stones, his eyes didn't waver in the slightest.
The person standing in front of him was the same, so he was sure that this was the man in black who had been guarding the valley below.
The man in servant's clothes in front of him did not answer his question: "Sir, please come in." He gestured for him to enter the post station.
Liu Ze rolled his eyes at him. Who would listen to you, you sinister villain? "Hmph." He stomped his left foot on the ground and twisted his waist, and flew up on the spot with a little Qinggong. Seeing that the five people below hadn't reacted, they were very proud and wanted to catch him. It's too early for you. As long as you leave the sedan, you can fly however you want and whenever you want.
"Ah!!!!!" As soon as he jumped into the air, his right hand was pulled, and the internal force circulating in his body could not recover in one breath, so he became confused and fell straight from the air.
"Oh my! Damn it--!!!!" He was about to fall heavily to the ground, and if he didn't die, he would be half-crippled. He couldn't help but close his eyes and roar, waiting for the pain to come.
Who knew that what I got was a hard hug, which hurt a little, but I didn't fall to the ground.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was the expressionless man with facial paralysis. He breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed his stiff body, and said to the person who met him with a slightly pale face: "Thank you." After all, he was a polite modern man.
After getting down from his arms, I remembered the feeling of my right hand when I took off just now. I raised my right hand and saw that a very thin black chain had been locked on my right hand at some point.
Looking along the chain, the other end was locked on the left hand of the man with paralyzed face. It was also this person who caused him to fall from a high altitude: "I'm not thanking you for a damn thing. Why did you lock me up?" He raised his right hand in frustration and held it in front of the man with paralyzed face.
"Am I a dog? Tie me up with a chain." The chain rattled in front of him. "Hurry up and untie me."
The man with facial paralysis remained unmoved and still invited him in: "Please come into the post station and rest, sir."
"Are you a parrot?" Liu Ze tugged at the thin chain, which was as thin as a 5mm wire. Even with all his might, he couldn't even bend it. "Why are you looking for me? Even if I tell fortunes once, you'll chase me to the ends of the earth. Can I stop doing that in the future? Let me go." Liu Ze wanted to cry, but he couldn't. He only blamed his youth.
The expressionless face didn't move and there was no explanation, that action was to let him in.
Liu Ze was so angry that he kicked him twice, but the man still didn't react.
Another man dressed as a servant came up to them. He looked older than the man with the expressionless face. "Don't be angry, sir. My master has invited you to his house for a gathering. Please forgive me if I am unreasonable."
"..., can I refuse?" Liu Ze stopped struggling in frustration.
Looking at the five people who suppressed him, they were all well-trained and came from the same place. I don’t know if it was the effect of the I Ching or the effect of his talent, but at first glance, these people’s faces showed that they all came out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
The master they were talking about was no simple person at all.
"No, please cooperate, sir." The older servant and the paralyzed man said in unison, "Please come to the post station and have a good rest. We have to continue our journey tomorrow."
Being attacked from both sides, Liu Ze had no way to retreat and could only enter the post station.
The food in the post station is well prepared, but of course it cannot be compared with the food at the master's place. The food in ancient times tastes bland and can only be used to fill the stomach.
Liu Ze ate while looking at it with disgust. He was also getting too proud of himself. When he was a beggar, he couldn't eat these things.
It doesn't affect his movements when he eats, and there's no excuse to ask him to take it off.
After dinner, they went into the room to rest. Liu Ze thought of a solution and asked to take a shower, so he asked him to untie the chain.
The man with facial paralysis said that he could cut his clothes with a knife, but it would be impossible to unlock the door. He could run away naked, but the lock would absolutely not be opened.
Liu Ze gnashed his teeth in anger, rolling around on the bed in impotent rage. Looking at the expressionless face, he naturally sat down on the floor beside the bed, as if he would guard it all night.
This is really a case of you can make as much trouble as you want, like a scholar meeting a soldier.
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