"Fortunately, the food these days has been good. Otherwise staying here would really be painful."
"They're probably afraid we'll cause trouble. It's a special period now - no one wants incidents to occur, otherwise no one could bear the responsibility."
"That's right. If it weren't a special period, I wouldn't be here either. I'd still be at Yihong Courtyard with soft jade and warm fragrance. Speaking of that..."
Xiaoyao felt no need to continue listening and closed his eyes to rest. The best method here was to practice cultivation techniques, though he couldn't go too deep - otherwise he wouldn't know how he died. This place often had accidents.
At this time, Xiaoyao knew he'd be spending the night here. He believed Guxing probably didn't receive the message. After all, Guxing was just a visitor here, not easy to find, and the police people wouldn't take this matter too seriously.
"Strange, why hasn't Xiaoyao returned so late?"
Young Miss was drinking wine in the courtyard while waiting for Xiaoyao's return. This wasn't because she was specifically waiting for Xiaoyao - just incidentally.
At this time, several girls were all in the courtyard. Third Miss Nangong was reading a book, Nangong Suxin was secretly drinking Young Miss's wine, making Young Miss very dissatisfied.
As for Guxing, she seemed to be staring at the stars in the sky in a daze...
After hearing Young Miss's words, Guxing replied: "He should have something to do. Perhaps he won't return tonight. He often does this."
"But before it was because he knew nothing would happen. Now we're not at home - why wouldn't he come back." Young Miss frowned.
"I don't have anything that needs him either. He should have things to do." Guxing replied.
"You just spoil him like this. Even if he has something to do, he should at least notify us." Young Miss said very innocently.
"That's hard to say..." Third Miss Nangong said softly.
"What's hard to say?" Young Miss was somewhat puzzled.
"Maybe he already notified us, but we just weren't here." Third Miss said.
Young Miss thought about it and suddenly remembered something, frowning: "That's right, maybe he really already notified us and we weren't here... Today was when you took the palace examination, and we all went to support you - even dragged Seventh Sister along."
"Yes, we were all away. Maybe he already notified us. Go ask the guards at the entrance and we'll know." Nangong Suxin said.
Young Miss thought about it, then ran off in a flash to find the guards at the entrance. Soon she ran back, and under the expectant gazes of Nangong Suxin and the others, she revealed the information she had gathered.
"The entrance has changed shifts. They don't know about daytime messages..."
"..."
"Forget it. There shouldn't be any problem. This guy is very slippery - he can survive in any environment." Young Miss didn't care anymore. Thinking of Xiaoyao's all-purpose abilities, she felt the problem wasn't serious.
Indeed, Xiaoyao could adapt anywhere. He had already adapted to the prison cell. If he hadn't been too hungry earlier, he would have adapted even sooner.
At night, while Xiaoyao was meditating, an object crashed into him. Without opening his eyes, he could tell what this thing was.
"Chi Chi..."
The little creature was jumping and calling on Xiaoyao's body, as if telling Xiaoyao: I'm back, I'm back.
Though Chi Chi often wasn't by Xiaoyao's side, it never seemed to get lost. When it wanted to find Xiaoyao, it definitely could. Otherwise, it wouldn't appear here now but would be with Guxing and the others.
"Little glutton, did you eat your fill outside?" Xiaoyao saw Chi Chi's head shaking - or rather, its entire body was shaking.
"If not, then continue looking for food. Don't stay here - there's nothing here."
"Chi Chi..."
"What do you mean? Don't want to run today, tired? Damn, you little glutton - complaining about being tired when there's food to eat. I'm so hungry now I want to cook you." Xiaoyao said irritably.
"Chi Chi..." Chi Chi jumped on Xiaoyao's body, looking somewhat displeased, but had no intention of leaving Xiaoyao at all.
"Alright, little glutton. Sleep first. Tomorrow when we get out, I'll treat you to good food and drink." Xiaoyao said.
Chi Chi immediately shook its head, seeming to have opinions about this.
"Right, you don't like spicy things, but you still eat them all the same." Xiaoyao patted Chi Chi. That's right - not liking something didn't mean not eating it.
Chi Chi would always leave spicy things to the side, eat other things first, then continue eating the spicy food. Its expression was quite interesting - looking very wronged, but if you took the spicy food away, it would be unhappy.
"Chi Chi..."
Chi Chi jumped onto Xiaoyao's shoulder, rubbing its face against Xiaoyao's face, being especially affectionate...
"You little glutton, did you do something wrong? Forget it, never mind. Sleep first, otherwise we won't have energy to stroll tomorrow." Xiaoyao didn't bother with anything else. If Chi Chi did something wrong, he wouldn't know for a while, and he was used to it anyway.
"Chi Chi..."
Chi Chi jumped onto Xiaoyao's legs. Since Xiaoyao was sitting cross-legged in meditation, this was the most comfortable place. Chi Chi understood this and knew to enjoy it.
Not long after, Xiaoyao heard some commotion. It seemed someone in this prison was beginning to escape. Though this wasn't in his cell, he could sense it.
The escapees were in cells next to Xiaoyao. That movement would naturally reach Xiaoyao's side. The prison was already beginning to stir, and at this time, some people discovered their cells could be passed through.
Because a wooden pillar in the middle had somehow broken, just enough for one person to pass through.
This phenomenon happened to be from Xiaoyao's cell to the cell that could be escaped from. Was this a coincidence? Had heaven arranged for Xiaoyao to go?
"Shh, don't make noise. Those who want to leave, leave quickly. Those who want to leave, don't make noise. Those who don't want to leave, also don't make noise. Otherwise, no one can leave."
Since the movement was getting loud, someone quietly reminded everyone, otherwise they'd alert the guards.
"Hey kid, aren't you leaving?"
Seeing Xiaoyao meditating, someone nearby reminded him.
"Not leaving. I'm only being held for one day - no need to leave." Xiaoyao didn't even open his eyes and replied directly.
"That's right. I'll be fine in a few days too. Escaping prison is meaningless." That person nodded.
For people in their situation, escaping prison now would be too foolish. Not many people would do it unless they had urgent matters.
This time in the prison, too many people weren't very important cases. Therefore, those who escaped were less than half. Of course, this less-than-half still far exceeded normal times because the base number was quite large.
Not long after, commotion began outside. Obviously, the guards had discovered someone had escaped prison, so the entire area became noisy.
At the same time, groups of guards appeared in the prison cells, checking the situation, wanting to know where problems occurred while also checking on the escaped prisoners.
Worthy of being the capital - the guards and constables worked very efficiently and had already begun pursuit and searches. Large numbers of constables quickly appeared nearby. The city also had patrol troops that soon caught most of the escaped prisoners back, except for a few who could run.
Xiaoyao paid no attention to all this commotion. He continued meditating until people speculated about the escapees' method. He felt a bit nervous because this matter was related to him - more precisely, related to his little glutton.
"How could there be such a big hole in the cell?"
The guards discovered a very large hole in the escaped cell. They were very puzzled and couldn't understand this matter.
"Prison cells are built from the most solid stone, with thickness reaching two feet. How could such a big hole be broken? If it were due to age and disrepair, we should have discovered it long ago. We just inspected the prison cells a few days ago - there was completely no such situation. What exactly is going on?"
"Catch the escaped prisoners and ask them. Won't we know then? Such a big hole couldn't be completed in a short time. They definitely had agreements."
"Yes, immediately."
After the guards questioned and forced confessions from the people in this cell, they got a very strange result - not one person in this cell knew what had happened.
According to the testimonies of people in the cell...
"We don't know what happened either. At night when someone leaned against the wall, they discovered the wall was hollow. This should be heaven's arrangement, wanting us to go out, so we went out."
"Guard sir, we really haven't done anything. I swear to heaven that wall became like that by itself. Anyway, it definitely wasn't me."
"Really wasn't me. I didn't see who did it either."
"..."
This result told everyone that this incident seemed to be a supernatural event. At the same time, now wasn't the time to investigate this - catching fugitives was more urgent. Before, one or two escaping wouldn't matter, but now was a special period - they couldn't let people escape.
They couldn't figure out the reason and didn't continue investigating. Believe it or not, only one person in the entire prison knew the reason - Xiaoyao.
What was the reason?
This had to start with Chi Chi on Xiaoyao's legs. Chi Chi hadn't been by Xiaoyao's side before, so how did it appear beside Xiaoyao? Other places would be fine, but this was an airtight prison cell. Exaggerating slightly, even a fly couldn't get in.
Though Chi Chi wasn't large, it was still the size of a ball. How did it enter this prison cell?
Eat.
Chi Chi directly ate the prison wall, then "passed through the wall" to enter.
Why wasn't it Xiaoyao's cell? Very simple - Chi Chi came in a straight line, and that cell happened to be in the straight line range.
(End of Chapter)