After leaving the inn, following the information he got from the county magistrate's son, Qin Ran took Nie Xiaoqian and Xiaoqing to stand outside the Lingshui County jail.
Nie Xiaoqian asked curiously: "Sir, was the legendary great writer Zhuge Wolong really caught in prison? This is incredible!"
Qin Ran shook his head and laughed, "He was not arrested, but he hid here deliberately to escape the troubles of the world! Let's go in and meet him!"
After saying that, the three people blurred and disappeared in place.
There were not many guards in the county jail at night, only four people.
The four jailers sat around the wooden table, drinking and playing guessing games. They were having a great time, but they didn't feel lonely at all.
When the jailers were drunk, the flame of the dim oil lamp on the wooden table began to flicker, as if it would go out at any moment.
When the cold wind passed by, the flickering flame of the oil lamp returned to normal and did not go out.
Several tipsy jailers were blown away by the cold wind and had goosebumps on their bodies. They cursed and inspected the surroundings with knives. After seeing nothing unusual, they continued to sit down and drink.
Qin Ran and the other three walked struttingly in the prison. Although the three of them acted casually and even joked and chatted from time to time, the sleeping prisoners in the prison did not notice the slightest clue and turned over and continued to sleep soundly.
It was as if the three of them didn't exist at all! Gain Qinran wrapped the three of them with an invisible force field, shielding the senses of outsiders.
When we reached the end of the prison, in the last cell, a man raised his head in surprise: "Where did you come from, kid? What are you doing in this prison in the middle of the night?"
Qin Ran was startled and looked around, only to see an old man in ragged clothes sitting lazily with his back against the wall inside the prison, looking at the three of them.
The old man's hair was dirty and tangled, and there was a peculiar smell coming from his body. He had not washed himself for an unknown period of time, and his messy hair covered his face, making it difficult to see his appearance.
Xiaoqing spoke quickly and was extremely surprised, "Can you see us?"
The old man calmed down and suddenly laughed, "What did I do at that time? It turned out to be two female ghosts, but it is not uncommon to encounter ghosts in this world. There are many people in the world who can see you, why should you care about me? I advise
You two should leave quickly and don’t think about harming anyone here, otherwise, you will suffer a lot!”
Qin Ran looked at the old man carefully and found that although he was dirty and filthy, his eyes were bright and sparkling. He had a majestic aura soaring to the sky and was covered by a faint body of culture. Looking for monsters, it was impossible to get close to him.
"Interesting!" Qin Ran's lips curled up. He took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "The old gentleman is polite and protective, his heart is magnanimous, and he is naturally fearless. I admire you!"
The old man looked at Qin Ran carefully, with a look of surprise on his face, "You actually have such a strong dragon energy in you? If I hadn't met the emperor, I would have thought you were the emperor of the dynasty!"
Qin Ran smiled slightly. With such knowledge, it seems that this old man should be the Zhuge Wolong he is looking for on this trip!
"Mr. Zhuge Wolong, you actually saw the dragon energy in me, so you should have guessed the purpose of my visit. Please come out and help me!"
The old man stared, but did not speak. He just calculated, then shook his head and denied, "I am not Zhuge Wolong, Tian Zi No. 1 is."
Xiaoqing glanced at the old man suspiciously, and seeing that he was very confident, he walked to the cell next to Tianzi No. 1.
In the cell, Ning Caichen, who was captured by the unscrupulous policeman to collect the reward, was sound asleep. He suddenly felt a little cold. He woke up from his sleep, wiped his greasy beard, and then raised his hand to rub it off his body.
Black mud.
In the past, Ning Caichen might not have been able to bear it, but after staying in this cell for three months, thanks to God, even if he didn't take a shower for three months, he didn't have lice on his body, and it didn't matter if he was dirty or smelly.
When Xiao Qing was about to speak, the old man chuckled and said, "Zhuge Wolong, you're awake."
Ning Caichen's eyes were sleepy and he yawned, "Old man, I have been saying for several months that my name is not Zhuge Wolong, nor Zhou Yabing, my name is Ning Caichen."
Ning Caichen patiently explained that he didn't know exactly how many months it had been, and it was useless for him to say anything. However, this guy used to call him Zhou Yabing. Why did he call himself Zhuge Wolong today inexplicably?
Ning Caichen felt that this old gentleman must be mentally disturbed and his brain was not working well.
The old man chuckled and said: "No matter what you call it, Zhuge Wolong is you anyway. This one definitely didn't run away!"
Qin Ran also looked over, and after hearing the conversation between the two, he couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't expect that even though I flapped the butterfly wings so hard, Ning Caichen still didn't escape the fate of being imprisoned!"
He shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Old sir, I'm looking for you! Not Ning Caichen!"
Zhuge Wolong blew his beard and said, "What do you want from me? I'm an old man and I'm hiding here, and you all won't let me go!"
Qin Ran said seriously: "I'm here to invite you to take charge of the overall situation. Now that the court is fatuous, the emperor is dishonest, and the people are miserable, don't you intend to do something for the dawn of the world, sir?"
"What are you doing? Humph! There is a monster in the court, and that monster has been looking for me all these years. I was forced to hide here!" Zhuge Wolong stroked his beard, shook his head and sighed.
Xiao Qing said quickly: "Old man, you are lucky to have met my young master. With him here, there will be no monsters or ghosts to mention!"
She witnessed Kieran's battle with the Black Mountain Old Demon with her own eyes, and she admired and trusted Kieran extremely!
The demon giants like the old demon of Heishan who dominated the underworld died at the hands of the young master, and the demons in the mortal world are nothing!
Zhuge Wolong glanced at the two women and snorted: "You are not good people! Mixing humans and ghosts together is against yin and yang!"
"You!" Xiaoqing was furious, and wanted to teach Zhuge Wolong a lesson.
Qin Ran stopped her, "Old sir, if I can kill the evildoer who is causing trouble in the court and chasing you, will you be willing to help me?"
"Just you? Do you know what you are going to face?" Zhuge Wolong looked at Qinran suspiciously.
"Isn't it just the imperial master, a thousand-year-old centipede? It's no big deal!" Qin Ran chuckled.
"You actually know! Are you serious?" Zhuge Wolong's eyes flashed with shock, and he couldn't help but stand up!
Qin Ran said seriously: "Of course I am serious. Not long ago, I just killed a thousand-year-old tree demon!"
"Thousand-year-old tree demon? The one from Lanruo Temple?" Zhuge Wolong became rarely serious!
"The old gentleman actually knows!" Qin Ran took out the thousand-year-old tree heart with his hands, "This is the trophy I got from killing that tree demon!"
Zhuge Wolong looked at it carefully and after confirming that it was correct, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Ning Caichen scratched his head. The old man in front of him was actually discussing something with the air. It was extremely strange.
The cold wind blew by, and he shivered involuntarily!