The closest distance between people is the distance of one turn.

So Shen Qi stood up from the threshold and turned around to see Shen Rong. He followed Shen Rong angrily at a distance of one turn, accompanying Shi Yan and Pang Qing to wander in the yard of their home, teasing those in the cage. The black bird murmured about being poor.

The distance between Pang Qing and Shi Yan was also a turn, and they followed each other without interest. From time to time, they looked back to glance at the lame old butler who was following far behind, thinking about what kind of excuse they should find to turn around and fight with the old butler again. .

However, the old housekeeper could not keep a turning distance from the people in front of him. He limped neither fast nor slow. He was not far from the Shen family and his son, and not close to Shi Yan and Pang Qing. This distance was very suitable for a group of people. He slapped the people in front of him to death, but he did not do so because he knew that he could not kill those people and would only reincarnate himself after making those people turn around.

Several people walked across the bridge and came to the edge of the pond with their own motives. They were bored but pretended to be content and threw fish food into the pond.

After throwing away the 143 pieces of fish food, Shi Yan smelled his hand and felt a sense of disgust in his heart. He threw all the remaining fish food into the pond and pointed not far away with a happy face. A group of servants who were busy cutting bluestone tiles asked in surprise, "Aren't those floor tiles from Yanyu Building? How did they end up in the Lord's Mansion?"

"I exchanged it for the white jade bricks," Shen Rong smiled warmly and said lightly, "It saves the people in Yanyu Tower the effort to clean..."

Shi Yan quietly wiped his hands on his clothes and said with a smile, "Sir, you are so smart. On the surface, Yanyulou took advantage and replaced the bluestone bricks with expensive white jade bricks. In fact, you are the real winner. The original eighty-eight poems of Shigui Ichika were written by hand in full view of the Yanyulou Poetry Association. They are unique. If they were auctioned at Yajifang in Kyoto, one poem would be worth ten thousand taels of gold. Eighty Eight poems are equal to 880,000 taels of gold... Sir, you have made a huge fortune!"

"It's not worth mentioning," Shen Rong waved his hand and said, "It's only 880,000 taels of gold, which is the income of half a day of my Shen family's business in Yuecheng... When they finish their work, I'll have someone pick out a few good-looking paintings. Frame it and send it back to Kyoto with your chess-mad brother, give swords to heroes, give famous poems to poets, and good things should be given to people who know how to appreciate them!"

"Actually, I'm not very interested in poetry. Young Master Ling's poetry-crazy brother should probably like it more..." Shi Yan smiled unnaturally and changed the subject, "Lord City Lord, I'd like to ask more, What are they doing ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong pong?)

"It's nothing," Shen Rong grabbed another handful of fish food and threw it into the pond one by one. He said calmly, "I'm preparing a small gift for that great poet ghost, and the name is "Quoting it out of context."

Shi Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at the piles of bluestone bricks, and said with a slanted corner of his mouth, "This gift is not thin, it can even be said to be a bit heavy. I'm afraid Brother Shigui won't be able to bear it... "

"If he can't bear it, he has to bear it. If he wants to refuse... unless he eats those words on the spot!" After Shen Rong threw away the fish food, he fondly touched the head of Shen Qi who was teasing the black bird beside him, and sighed softly. He said, "If you dare to bully my son, he should have the consciousness to walk around without food! These bluestone bricks are just appetizers. I have also prepared two big gifts and will give them to him tomorrow as a surprise!"

Shi Yan softly said "Oh" and said with a face of joy, "Then I will wait and see..."

"Brother Yu will definitely not be disappointed..." Shen Rong clapped his hands, looked sideways at Shi Yan, and said seriously, "But if Brother Yu really succeeds tomorrow, I wonder if the things promised by Brother Yu can be fulfilled?"

"Sir, you can rest assured here," Shi Yan puffed up his chest and said confidently, "As long as the matter is completed, I will promise you nothing less than the city lord. Even if you don't believe in my ability, you still can't. You should believe in the ability of my mentor."

"That's natural. Wei Laoqing is famous all over the world. He must be true to his words and resolute in his actions..." Shen Rong pondered for a moment, seemed to have made a lot of determination, looked directly into Shi Yan's eyes, and said solemnly, " Since we are all in the same boat, I will show you something else today to show my sincerity! Please come with me..."

Shi Yan and Pang Qing looked at each other and immediately followed Shen Rong with vigilant faces, walking towards the right side of the pond.

Shen Rong squatted down, reached out into the grass on the edge of the pond, and twisted hard. He heard a loud roar. The ground on the right side of the pond slowly cracked, revealing a dark stone staircase. He stood up and turned his head. Looking at Shen Qi and the old housekeeper who had followed them at some point, he said expressionlessly, "You two will stay here and no one will be allowed to come near. Do you understand?"

The old butler lowered his eyebrows and made a pleasant promise, stepped aside, and looked at his nose and his nose.

Shen Qi was startled when he heard this, then turned and left, pouting and saying with dissatisfaction, "What... you don't want to play with me, so why should I stay here? Why don't I go back to the house and play with birds!" "

Shen Rong looked at Shen Qi's back with a sullen face, and finally shook his head helplessly, exhaling a long breath, standing at the door of the secret passage, making an invitation gesture to Shi Yan and Pang Qing, and said kindly, "Please, you two..."

Shi Yan winked at Pang Qing and smiled gently, "I'll go down alone. Sir, you must be hiding it so deeply. It's definitely not an ordinary thing. The fewer people who know about it, the better."

A trace of contempt flashed in Shen Rong's eyes, and he laughed and said, "My dear brother is indeed a good planner, he is really considerate! Okay, then you and I can travel hand in hand and take a look at the scenery under the pond!"

"It's a great honor... The elder leads the way, and the younger brother follows closely behind."

"Follow closely, the road is muddy and slippery, and people's hearts are complicated. This road is not easy to walk!"

"My steps are very steady. I don't worry about the slippery road. It's just that it's too dark here..."

"The background color of fear is black. When I left the day before yesterday, I deliberately asked people to put a layer of black curtains on all sides to enhance the atmosphere..." Shen Xiaojia raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips toward the left and right prison cells. "The prisoners here have no hope at all in life, so there is no light in their eyes. Things are much better ahead, and there is still hope for those people, so our road will be a little brighter later, so just be patient for now."

"If you stay in this kind of environment for a long time, you will collapse as a person..." Jiang Captou clicked his tongue twice in admiration, "Where did you get all these fantastic ideas? I heard that you also have some kind of human demon." The title means eating three hundred human hearts every day?"

Shen Xiaojia smiled shyly, mouthed "Piggy's", coughed dryly, and said softly, "Sir, please speak as softly as possible. For us, it is a normal volume, but for these long-term For prisoners living in darkness and silence, it is like a thunderbolt. Take it easy and don't scare those cowards to death again."

"Interesting and interesting... When I return to Kyoto, I will follow your method and cook some tough-talking dead ducks. I think it will be miraculous. By the way, did you ask anything when you came here the day before yesterday?"

"No... I didn't ask any questions at all the day before yesterday. I just took the strong man who sprained his ankle at the festival and drank a bowl of wine, and then put the high priest of the festival into a cell alone..."

"Shouldn't that strong man be held in solitary confinement?"

"Sir, if you want a person to collapse quickly, in addition to the fear of the unknown, there is also unavoidable suspicion..." Shen Xiaojia shook his head, stretched out his right hand to lift the black curtain in front of him, and stepped into the darkness with one foot.

Guangming raised the corners of his mouth and smiled evilly, "Sir, just watch from the sidelines. We can reap the fruits of collapse today!"

Capt. Jiang glanced at both sides of the prison through the dim light after the curtains were pulled back. Suddenly, a chill ran down his back, and he couldn't help but feel a little afraid of Shen Xiaojia.

In the black long winter prison, dozens of prisoners stood in rows on both sides. They were all holding on to the fence of the cell with dull expressions. Their eyes were empty. When the dim light came through, everyone twisted their necks mechanically.

Looking at Mr. Jiang, a strange flush appeared on his pale face. He stretched out his hands, grasped them into claws, and let out a hysterical roar.

Jiang Captou swallowed wildly, quickly got behind the curtain, followed closely behind Shen Xiaojia, and said with a somewhat ugly face, "Isn't it a little too much for you to force people like this..."

"Sir, you are wrong..." Shen Xiaojia pursed his lips and said, "Those people can no longer be regarded as human beings, so no matter how cruel the method is, it is not excessive... Yuecheng has been doing nothing in these years because the old man does not take care of things.

, in fact, there are not many cases handled, so naturally there are not many prisoners in the cell."

"Then where did they come from?"

"There are only two kinds of people in this prison now...one is people who can't live in the outside world, and the other is people who make it difficult for others to live in the outside world. The latter are in the darkness, they are

During countless dark nights, Asako and I arrested some of them from various dirty places in Moon City. Some of them bullied good women, some kidnapped children, and some committed murder and arson... There were people who supported them during the day, but those who were killed at night

When the great men close their eyes, the blue sky will appear."

"Brother Xiaojia really has good intentions... How did those people who couldn't survive outside get in?"

"They all came in by themselves. They were bullied to the point where they had no way to survive. They couldn't even afford food. They had to find an excuse to cause trouble and exchange their freedom for a chance to live. However, they are not useless.

, In these years, I have trained many money-making experts, and now they are prosperous in various industries in Yuecheng. The one in Yanyu Tower who ridiculed Shen Qi is one of them... So, these

I placed them in a place with light, hoping to slowly brighten their gloomy lives. It is a different kind of romance!"

Jiang Baotou stared straight at Shen Xiaojia, and in a trance he seemed to see the figure standing in the imperial study room in Kyoto, his eyes full of reverence.

Shen Xiaojia saw Jiang Baotou's expression in his eyes, raised a proud smile at the corner of his mouth, cleared his throat, raised his head and said, "My heart is full of sorrow for the common people, and there is no one like me in the world... Okay, let's pick the food first.

Fruit, otherwise it will be bad if it is left out for too long!"

"Which one will be tried first?"
Chapter completed!