Chapter 1 The Son of the Deserter
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Early spring, the eleventh year of Jian'an (206).
Yanzhou, Juancheng County.
In the cramped and dirty prison, Song Xin lay unconscious on the damp ground. The weather in early spring was still cold, and he only wore a ragged single coat with many tears, and the horrible purple bruises underneath were clearly visible.
The plaster on his face, which was mixed with blood, had long formed into black, cracked lumps, resembling cracked soil during the dry season.
There were two bowls in front of him, one of which contained goose legs that were burnt black, burnt on the outside but raw on the inside.
In the other bowl was thoroughly cold corn soup. It was said to be soup, but it was actually almost like water. Because of the cold weather, it had been frozen with a thin layer of ice.
A gust of cold wind squeezed in through the small window on the wall, and Song Xin shrank slightly.
Song Xin opened his eyes drowsily, and a disgusting smell filled his nose. Unprepared, he was almost knocked over by the strange smell.
But the excruciating headache still helped him stay awake, and countless fragments of broken, logically messy memory fragments were injected into his consciousness like mercury.
There were two forces tearing at his head. Two memories were fighting in his mind, and two consciousnesses were fighting for control of his body. It was like two basins of water of different colors being poured into a bucket and gradually mixing.
"Where am I? Haven't I fallen to my death yet?" One of my memories was interrupted when I was deceived by Zhai Qianqian into losing all my money and fell off the rooftop. I only remember the cold ground rushing towards me, and the top of the rooftop.
There were a few panicked faces. After that, there was a dark and fuzzy abyss, and the whole body was covered with thick black oil. It seemed that there were two voices in the ears, and they seemed to be talking about the jade seal, the sub-world...
In the end, these memory fragments were reorganized in his consciousness, and gradually became clear and orderly. He could distinguish these memories that were obviously not his own: he was taken into prison by the police and beaten severely, and his uncle Song Chou came to promise that he would be released from prison.
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The memory that suddenly appeared in his mind told him that the owner of this body was also named Song Xin. His father was accused of surrendering to the enemy because he disappeared before the battle, and the whole family suffered.
After the headache subsided, Song Xin felt dazed for a while. The dark and dirty walls of the cell, coupled with the unbearable odors in the environment, made her feel sick and retching, but she couldn't vomit anything out.
I felt an unbearable hunger, as if I hadn't eaten in thousands of years.
Suddenly, he saw that in the broken bowls in front of him, there were corn porridge with thin ice, and...a goose leg!
He couldn't believe it was true. There were goose legs here. It was like a thirsty person in the desert saw water. Song Xin tried desperately to stand up, but felt a pain in her legs. When she lowered her head, she saw it.
My legs were limp, and they had been beaten to a bloody pulp.
But hunger and thirst still made him struggle to crawl over regardless of the pain.
Although the food was completely cold and had an unpleasant musty smell, Song Xin ignored it. He chipped the ice in the bowl with one hand and devoured the goose legs.
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Eat all the porridge.
The prisoners in the cell next door looked at his pitiful and embarrassed eating appearance, and all laughed, with some sympathy mixed in the laughter.
"Boy, are you full?"
When Song Xin heard this voice, his body trembled suddenly. The other person's language was unfamiliar yet very familiar...
They speak Chinese, but it is not the Chinese spoken by modern people, but the ancient pronunciation that has disappeared in the long history!
A one-eyed prisoner laughed and said: "Haha, has this kid's head been broken?"
"You...you were the one who was beaten!" Song Xin retorted.
The one-eyed prisoner said: "Oh, hahaha, you dare to talk back. Did he still think Song Chou would come to save him?" These words caused a burst of laughter from the other prisoners, and their laughter filled the entire corridor of the dungeon.
The Song Chou they were talking about was Song Xin's uncle. He was the captain of the county, and it was Song Chou who promised Song Xin that he would come to rescue him.
"What did you say?"
A lame prisoner laughed and said: "Hahaha, you ate goose legs. Do you think they were sent to replenish your health? This is a decapitation meal to send you on your way. The person who lived in your cell
Everyone has eaten goose legs."
When Song Xin heard their words, he felt as if a big stone had been hit on his chest, and he trembled suddenly. The consciousness that was competing with him for his body suddenly felt as if its power had been taken away, and it weakened.
However, he still held on to the last glimmer of hope in his heart, and he said stubbornly: "You are talking nonsense, my uncle will definitely save me..."
The one-eyed prisoner saw Song Xin's confused look and joked: "Who do you think arranged this decapitated goose leg? It was your uncle who arranged it. I will tell you now how Song Chou became an official.
?He harmed your father and took away his credit. When he came back, he falsely accused him of defecting to the enemy. Everyone who traveled with him knew it."
This sentence aroused the interest of many people, and they all talked about it, "Let me tell you, when Song Chou sees someone who is more ferocious than him, he is scared like a little chicken. I have experience.
He's so fierce as Karasuma, I wouldn't believe him if he had the guts to kill Karasuma."
The lame prisoner said: "And your grandma and sister have already lived a good life with him, and they have forgotten you a long time ago! Do you still remember the last time they came to visit?"
The one-eyed prisoner said: "Yes, when Song Chou has a fat boy with your mother-in-law, who will remember you? I heard that his sister is also a beautiful person. I'm afraid that Song Chou will also be like this in the future."
I won’t let it go.”
At this time, a bearded prisoner reminded: "Hey, you guys have forgotten how you are blind and how lame your legs are? He has now joined the Wei family, the largest wealthy family in the county. Don't you want to live?"
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The lame prisoner stuck out his tongue and said: "Song Chou is just a villain. When that bad guy couldn't pay off his gambling debts, I beat him in the street..."
After hearing these words, Song Xin's mind suddenly relaxed, as if he was sleepy and someone who had been nervous for a long time suddenly fell asleep. The consciousness that was competing with him for his body seemed to have been hit by an unprecedented blow, and suddenly became quiet and gave up.
struggle.
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He knew that the consciousness belonging to this body gave up.
A kind of sadness welled up from the depths of his soul. Song Xin was very familiar with this feeling, which was a feeling of betrayal by someone he trusted and despair of human nature...
Leaning against the cold wall and listening to the jeers of the prisoners in the neighboring prison, he could not say a word.
Watching the prisoners next door happily catch a panicked mouse and throw it into a small charcoal brazier to roast. At this moment, I felt like a mouse being slaughtered.
He turned his head and stared blankly at the small window on the wall. The moonlight squeezed in from there and shone on Song Xin's cheek, as if it was gently soothing him.
As I watched, two terrifying faces suddenly appeared in the moon, "Song Chou! Zhai Qianqian!"
They were like nightmares from two lifetimes, grinning ferociously at him, with sharp fangs in their mouths, biting Song Xin in one bite and tearing him in half!
Song Xin screamed in fright and found that she had fallen asleep at some point and was awakened by this nightmare, covered in sweat.
But he didn't hear the ridicule from the neighboring prisoners. The prison seemed to fall into a dead silence that he had never experienced before.
It was so quiet that you could even hear the slight sounds inside your body and the blood flowing in your blood vessels. You could even hear weird whimpers every time you swallowed.
"Is there anyone there?" Song Xin shouted, raising his voice.
Suddenly he covered his ears tightly, and his shouts made his ears hurt.
"..."
He turned to look at the cell next to him. Everyone there was still there. However, the prisoners were like solidified mud bodies with different expressions, but they were all motionless. The sparks ejected from the burning charcoal basin also solidified in the air. .
It was as if the world had stopped for an instant.
A wave of fear struck... Song Xin was so frightened that she huddled up in a corner of the cell. Her body kept shaking, but she didn't know whether it was from fear or the cold.
Moreover, in this extreme silence, there was actually a sense of oppression and sinking that made his heart palpitate, and even gave him the idea of committing suicide.
Suddenly, Song Xin's vision went dark, and he felt as if he was falling into a dark abyss, and he screamed in fear.
While this uncomfortable falling feeling continued, a strange sound suddenly appeared in his ears.
"You won't die if you wear the jade ring."
Song Xin opened his eyes suddenly, his facial features still trembling and distorted due to the fear and falling feeling just now. Looking around, everything was still the same.
It was late at night, and the prisoners were snoring one after another. The usually noisy and annoying snoring was now somewhat friendly.
"It turned out to be a dream within a dream..." Song Xin breathed a long sigh of relief, felt his body stiffen, and stretched out. Suddenly, he felt like something was touching him behind him.
When he touched his back, his expression suddenly changed.
At some point behind him, a jade ring as long as a little finger appeared...
Chapter completed!