Chapter 10 Rescue

The prison is built on a steep cliff, and the waves beat the bottom of the cliff hundreds of meters below, making a deafening sound. Outside the iron window is the vast sky, but the wind is roaring, and even seabirds can't soar here.

Li Ou sat on the ground against the cold granite wall. The moisture seemed to pass through the hard stones hundreds of meters thick under his body, making his limbs stiff and cold and numb. The light emitted by the torch inserted in the wall shone on him, as dim and warm as the late sunset.

"How long do we have to stay here?" Rosie roared angrily.

The sun rises and sets. When the sun rises, the narrow prison is hot and sultry, full of suffocating sultry; and when the moon goes to the sky, the stone houses will become as cold as winter, and even if the straw on the floor is wrapped around the whole body, it will tremble and unable to sleep. They have been suffering in the heat and cold - three days have passed. He told himself.

"Why don't you talk?" Rosie knelt in front of him and grabbed his skirt with both hands. Her amber eyes are still so beautiful, and her touching eyes are full of anger. But her long hair was cluttered, her face was full of fatigue and dust, and her lips were dry. What about your friends? She shouted, but her voice became more and more hoarse. Where's the damn dwarf? What about that bastard Sinsak? And what about that stupid knight?"

She shouted their names, but it won't help at all. In the past three days, his confidence has gradually faded away and he no longer has much hope. What should come will always come." Leo said bitterly.

"I think it will never come again." Rosie let go of her fingers, sat on the ground, and lowered her arms. Lu Yuewu behind her never said a word. She is resisting my decision in silence. Leo thinks so." We have to be trapped here."

Miss Mage unconsciously moved her fingers, like a gesture of casting spells. But her spells can't open the hard rocks and let them fly freely in the wind. But everything is still irreparable. What we have committed is not a death crime." Leo said.

"Yes, yes, smuggling itself is not a capital crime." Rosie snorted coldly, "But the basis of conviction is determined by smuggled goods. Do you know what's hidden in those mud jars?

They never broke those statues and porcelain. Do you know?"

"Even if the cabin is full of dead fish, I can smell it." She said a word that made Leo cold and frightened.

Lu Yuewu suddenly raised her head, stared at Luo Xi, and said word by word, "Why didn't you say a word?"

"Is it useful?" She asked Leo, "Will you throw them into the sea and come back here to bear the anger of 'noble people'?" No one wants to. Leo remembered what he once said to Lu Yuewu: "If we don't have money and power as a shield, we will always be nobody." We don't want to do this. We are all willing to try our luck. Rosie said what they shared, which was a dangerous fluke. But this was originally a perfect and comfortable journey without any mistakes. But we have been targeted by bad luck for a long time.

"Bunluck?"

"I didn't earn a penny, but it came in prison." Rosie vented her resentment to Lu Yuewu, "I have already said that that black cat will bring us misfortune."

"Miss," a young man in the opposite cell suddenly interrupted, "But my family has a white cat."

"Then you admit that you are unlucky." Rosie roared back angrily.

"But I'm not bad-looking, at least better than your companion..."

Rosie interrupted him, "So you will die in front of him."

"No, no, you're wrong, miss. I won't die."

"What is not waiting for death in this?"

"We are different from you." The young man said, "We were all stuffed in, but we didn't commit your big thing."

Indiscriminately? The knight also mentioned that they were "accidental gains". Are they the same?" Will you be locked up here if you don't commit serious things?" Li Ou couldn't help questioning.

"I said you would definitely not believe it." The other party shrugged his shoulders, "I just took a little thing. I'm a senior thief. That day, I just happened to meet a knight in disguise. I got up too late again, sleepy, slow to react, and pulled my hand a little slower. His words are more beautiful than the script of the opera. Leo doubts whether he is an actor. Yes, I used to be a poet. He proudly announced.

"It's like selling your body." Rosie snorted disdainfully, "Smuggling dealers will at least take risks to work hard, and you will only be lazy."

The other party didn't care about Rosie's sarcas. The hard-working workers either died of disease or natural disasters, otherwise they would be affected by misfortune. He smiled, "And we are very different. The worst result is just to stay here for a while. Take care of food and accommodation here. It's warmer than our home. He seems to regard this as a great honor and God's blessing. Speaking of which, this place is far safer than outside..."

He was about to talk about the topic that Leo was concerned about. However, an old voice suddenly interrupted him. Let your mouth rest." The old man in the same cell as the young man said, "If your hands turn as fast as your mouth, you won't be thrown in to catch mice to satisfy your hunger."

The young man shrugged his shoulders at them and turned to walk towards the corner of the wall. Please wait a moment." Leo stood up and said, "If you don't mind, please tell us what happened in the city? When we arrived at the port at night, we were sent directly here. We didn't know anything. A black eye is the most authentic portrayal of them at this time.

"What's the use of knowing it?" The old man asked him, "You can't get out either." He said the facts that frustrated Leo. Instead of being scared after knowing it, it's better to stay here honestly. There are indestructible castles and archer towers, and thick stone walls to separate evil peeps. This seems to be a taboo. Like knights, old people don't want to mention it. We are better than archers and soldiers, and now it's their turn to protect us. I feel like a king.

The king in the prison who is accompanied by cockroaches and mice all day long. As far as I know, countless people's lives ended behind the strong stone wall. Li Ouping calmly tried to convince the other party, "More kings died under poison. There is no safe place."

"At least there is no black dawn here." The handsome pickpocket muttered.

Li Ou and Lu Yuewu looked at each other. He only felt a chill. Their hands and feet are so fast.

"What did they do?" Li Ou asked uneasily.

"I didn't do anything." Leo clearly saw the old man's body trembling. That's because of fear. He thinks so. Something bad must have happened, which made the knight go out, and even the thieves who stole chickens and dogs were in the wind.

"Please tell me." Leo asked, "I'm an alchemist. I think I need to know this."

"Alchemist." The pickpocket exclaimed, "Are they here for you?" He looked at the old man. They hate alchemists. The old man stared at Leo. His eyes were full of resistance to try to keep a distance. We are all innocent people involved."

Everyone says that they are innocent. If he is innocent, how can he survive here?" I don't know anything." Li Ou said coldly, "I don't want to hear your cynicism. Not every alchemist has blasphemed and angered nature.

"But there are enough people who do this. I would rather believe the mage's judgment.

The mage is now in the same situation as the alchemist. What good can they say? Slander and fabrication put all the blame on the alchemist. But in order to understand the situation, he has to listen to him patiently. What did they say?

"Emen." He said, "unknown omen."

Half of the black dawn are mages, and maybe it's the scam they made. Although rumors stop at the wise, there are more stupid people in the world. Three people become tigers. More people will always believe it." What kind of omen?" As soon as the words were spoken, dead fish spread all over the sea flashed in front of Li Ou's eyes. Will it be a similar omen?

But he couldn't wait for the answer of the two cellmates opposite him. The fire flashed, the shadow extended, and a string of empty steps slowly walked down the stone steps. After a collision of keys, the iron door was opened. The jailer came in with food and threw a hard piece of black bread and a glass of water at them. That's all.

"Let us out." The old man suddenly shouted to the jailer, "Don't lock me up with the alchemist. Alchemy corrupts people.

"Eat your food!" The jailer stuffed the black bread into the old man's mouth, "Stay honest!"

He distributed the only cell a day one by one, leaving only Leo and the others. He came towards them. Behind him, all the hungry prisoners devoured black bread and drank only enough water to wet their lips. However, the next moment, they all fell to the ground one after another. When the jailer heard the sound, he threw away a few pieces of black bread in his hand and smiled miserably at Li Ou through the fence, "Alchemist? Is that you?"

"Who are you?" Leo stepped back a few steps and separated himself from him. Lu Yuewu and Luo Xi also stood up and stared at him warily. Steel fences can't bring them any sense of security.

"You can see, I'm just a little jailer." The other party shrugged his shoulders and put on a kind smile. Li Ou couldn't help sighing the changeable expression of the other party. Take it easy, I mean no harm. Didn't we meet every day a few days ago?

That's even more frightening. The jailer took a step back and spread out his hands to prove that what he said was not false.

"What did you do to them?"

"It's just a little thing to help them sleep. They are too noisy, you know? I often can't sleep at night.

"Let them sleep so that you can do something dark?"

"Dark things?" The jailer smiled and said, "I have never been stained with any red pigment except chicken blood and pig blood. We only do it for money, not kill people. Li Ou noticed the word he used - "we." There are many people, especially in prison. I firmly believe that walls have ears. And I'm not good at playing with poisons and knives. I'm not that group of dangerous thorny women." He should be referring to the Shadow Sister. I'm just a little jailer, and I have to live on this meal. In order not to lose my job, I have to be careful."

Li Ou stared into his eyes and noticed his small movements that could react to his inner activities. But he got nothing. He is an old greasy, more cunning than a businessman. Li Ou thought to himself that he was like a slippery loach. Every word he said seemed to be true, but it was even more false. What exactly is your purpose?" He lost his patience when he fell into the wind.

"I'm just passing on a message."

Do you have to spread the message with such a lot of fanfare? Who asked you to send a message?

"If you fart!" Rosie scolded impatiently.

The jailer shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "The black thorn is very satisfied. You protected his goods. Although there is a small flaw."

Black thorns. Ah, I should have expected it. Other than him, anyone else had such a lot of energy and put their hands into the prison of the guardhouse. So, the jailer in front of him is a member of the Shadow Moon Mask Club?" The so-called goods are those statues? Li Ou asked.

"I'm only responsible for passing the message, not answering questions." The other party smiled softly, "What's more, I don't know anything about it."

But their guess should be inseparable. This trade is really profitable, full of blood and evil. He has felt annoyed, but there is no regret medicine to buy in the world. That's all you want to say?"

"There is another sentence: He will let you go out. Please wait patiently.

"Daw, how long will it take?" Rosie cursed, "Will you carry us out after we die here?"

"Since it's me, this is absolutely impossible." If the person who came was a shadow nun, they would have died. I suggest you get some sleep so that those guys don't wake up noisy and noisy. He didn't wait for Leo and the others to answer, and his hands suddenly had more powder like magic, which spread in with the wave of his arms and filled their noses.

Li Ou immediately felt dizzy, and only heard the other party's warning: "A jailer should know what to say and what not to say. Alchemists should do the same, otherwise your head will move sooner or later. Then his eyes darkened and he didn't know anything.

He had a dream. In his dream, he and the girl bathed in the sun, read and rested in the garden. But in a blink of an eye, the wind was strong, and the sky was as dark as night, lightning and thunder, as if the world had collapsed... He groped and woke up and found that his head rested on Lu Yuewu's legs, and his hands were holding Rosie. The three of them were almost entangled together. He quickly let go of his hand and struggled to get up. But his movement was too big to wake them up.

"Does it feel good?" Rosie punched him hard.

Lu Yuewu calmly sorted out her clothes. Has he left? She asked.

Now it is the middle of the moon, and the prisoners have woken up. However, they stopped talking and looked scared. They must feel like they are passing by death. Li Ou thought.

Li Ou thought they would stay a few more days until the wind subsided, but when the midnight starry sky was covered with dark clouds, they welcomed kind-hearted prison visitors.

The comer turned out to be a knight. The silver and white armor was particularly eye-catching in the dark, and the rose pattern on his chest was eye-catching. He wore a silver helmet, with a red tame hanging on the back of his head; he wore a long sword around his waist, and a sapphire at the end of the hilt was shining. An expensive magic sword, Leo recognized it. The knight came towards them, and the jailer's torch lit up his face under his helmet.

turned out to be him.

And the other party also looked surprised. I didn't expect it to be you." Kay said, "Open the door." He ordered the jailer.

"Why did you only let them out?" The pickpocket shouted, and the prisoner followed the noise. The prison is as messy as a pot of porridge.

The knight turned a deaf ear to this, while the jailer flattered the torch through the crack of the fence and burned the prisoner. Shut your mouth! Don't think about having a meal tomorrow!" He threatened loudly.

Leou walked out of the cell and exhaled with his hands and feet. It feels much better to see acquaintances at this time.

"I think so." The knight nodded, "Let's go. Let's talk as we walk."

The jailer led the way with a torch in front of him. They followed up the wet stairs.

"I remember you once said," the knight said, "you only buy things and don't participate in smuggling."

The plan will never change quickly. The best way to know what's hidden in the bottle is to put your hand in.

"Why don't you break the bottle?" Rosie deliberately provoked.

She is still worried about the accident just now. Because the bottle is made of steel with thorns on it. Leo said angrily.

The knight raised his volume, "But you smuggled contraband." He turned his head and stared at Leo.

Right eyes. Leo can see it. This is an accident." He defended, "We don't know anything about it. We were not lucky enough to bump into something we shouldn't have encountered and had bad luck. He swallowed back the sentence "the goods are still delivered". He knew that if the knight knew, he would be shouting again.

"Do you have any new news?" Leo changed the topic, "This time I should be able to get into their sight smoothly."

"What happened recently..." The knight frowned, "It's very unusual." He stammered, "Black morning light..."

"I know they're back." Li Ou interrupted him, "I want to know what happened. Everyone is vague. Since you expect my help, don't hide anything from your partner.

"We were given a silence order." If he had obeyed the order so much, he would not have investigated these. The knight struggled for a long time, and then he looked at the jailer in front of him, lowered his voice and said in Leo's ear, "A while ago, the crows fell to the ground and died..." What else did Leo no longer care, as he saw and heard during the voyage. He looked at Rosie, and what she said came to his ear: This is an unknown sign.

But this is only a sign, and everything has not come true. Before walking through the heavy iron gate full of sharp thorns, Li Ou suddenly thought of a problem that made him palpitations. This is the reality that worries him even more.

"Who asked you to release us?"

"My boss." The knight replied. The Nova Chamber of Commerce seems to value you very much. He doesn't seem to know the inside story. Leo responded vaguely. But there are huge waves in my heart.

Black thorn's tricky eyes are all over the sky. And they are sticking their heads into his pockets. If you don't pay attention, your head will fall to the ground. This is more dangerous than walking on a sword. Is this some kind of warning from him? He is not sure.

They walked out of the prison in silence, and the iron gate closed behind them. Li Ou looked around, and the thick stone wall around the prison burned the fire to dispel the darkness and chill. The archer clenched his long bow and patrolled back and forth, and the crossbow machine at the top of the tower glowed with cold light. Li Ou only felt that the crossbow seemed to be aimed at his heart, making him restless.