Chapter 242 You talk more.

Chapter 242 You talk more.

The snow fell for about two hours and then slowly stopped.

Looking around, the world is pure white, as if it has a purified beauty. The white carpet is spread on the surface, white and beautiful.

The yard is also covered with snow.

When Lux saw this scene, her clear eyes were shining, and she suggested: "How about a snowball fight?"

"Do not hit."

Lu Qi yawned and walked past her and refused directly, "There are so many things that I haven't done today. I need to pack up and get ready to go out."

Today is the Chinese New Year, and there are indeed many things to do, such as paying New Year greetings.

Demacia does not have a tradition of New Year greetings, but it is the beginning of the New Year after all, so you always have to say hello to people you know well.

Although Lux was playful, she knew she couldn't just play around. She also remembered that her mother asked her to go back in the morning. As the youngest daughter of the Crown Guard family, she had to greet many nobles.

She suddenly lost her energy, said "Oh" listlessly, and honestly packed up and prepared to go home.

Likewise, Fiona, Sona, and Kashina all have people to visit.

Naturally, we couldn't do this together, so after cleaning up, we cleared a path out of the snow in the yard, and the carriage set off quickly.

There are quite a lot of places that Lu Qi wants to go and people to visit. First of all, there are the nearby ones, the Crownguard family and the Laurent family, then the Royal Palace, and then the Bouvier family and the Menke family.

As the snow stopped, there were more people on the streets again. The not-so-heavy snow did not wash away the festive atmosphere of the New Year. There was a lively and harmonious scene everywhere.

The carriage drove on the road without stopping.

Lu Qi spent the whole morning visiting relatives and friends, but when he walked out of the last house, he felt relieved by the feeling of relaxation all over his body.

Sitting on the carriage, Lu Qi opened the curtain and looked into the distance, thinking that his eldest brother should also have received the letter.

Jarvan IV was unable to return as early as the year before, mainly because there were too many things to be busy with outside the country, and just building the Gate of Sorrow would take a while.

In addition, it has been getting colder and colder recently, and some rivers have been frozen, making it impossible to sail in some places. This is also one of the reasons.

So Jarvan IV simply stayed outside the country for the New Year, waiting until the river was unblocked before returning, while keeping an eye on Noxus to see if he had any bold ideas.

So Lu Qi calculated the time, wrote a New Year's greeting letter in advance and sent it, and it arrived just in time.

Basically everyone who should be visited had been greeted, but Lu Qi felt that something was missing while sitting in the carriage.

It's as if something has been missed. It's not particularly critical, but I feel like I shouldn't forget it.

As the carriage suddenly bumped, Lu Qi suddenly remembered and ordered: "Urna, turn a corner and go to the dungeon."

"yes."

Urna's soft response came from outside, and the carriage changed direction at the next corner, heading towards the prison in the royal capital.

Lu Qi put down the curtain, closed his eyes and leaned on the carriage.

He almost forgot about Silas. He seemed to have come back from abroad and hadn't visited Silas yet.

after a while.

The carriage slowly stopped at the prison gate.

Lu Qi stepped off the carriage, and the two soldiers immediately bowed and saluted.

"See His Highness the Prince."

"I wish you all the best in the New Year."

Looking at the two guards, Lu Qi also replied: "Happy New Year to both of you. Those who are celebrating the New Year have to guard the dungeon. Thank you for your hard work."

These two are also old faces. Every time Lu Qi comes, they are the ones guarding the door.

He smiled and gave Yourna a look. Yourna understood, took out two prepared red envelopes and handed them over.

The two soldiers took it and were stunned for a moment. Then they bowed without opening it and said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"Happy New Year."

Lu Qi laughed and walked towards the prison.

There were only two gold coins in the red envelope. After all, he was not a generous donor.

It's just the New Year, and for good luck, everyone who knows a little bit will give out a red envelope.

Of course, not everyone sends it. For example, he just tried to send one to his dear aunt, but he got kicked in the butt twice, and then he never dared to do it again.

He is the only one who seems to be quite pleasing to Tiana recently.

If it were Jarvan IV, even one layer of skin would be missing by now.

Naturally, juniors cannot give red envelopes to their elders. Lu Qi just suddenly had this bold idea and paid the price for it.

My butt still hurts.

He walked all the way towards the playground, and did not see Silas here, but Warden Deilde came over after asking.

Because he was anxious on the way, he almost slipped on the snow, but he managed to steady himself and stopped in front of Lu Qi with a smile on his face.

"His Royal Highness, happy New Year. I wish you all the best and all the best in the New Year."

His words seemed prepared.

Lu Qi was in a good mood and threw out a red envelope.

Dilde caught it and immediately felt the gold coins inside, and a smile spread across his face: "Thank you, Your Highness."

"Where's Silas?"

Lu Qi glanced sideways at him and asked aloud.

Deilde bowed and replied cautiously: "The weather has been cold recently, and it snowed just now, so my subordinate made his own decisions and didn't let Silas run away. Your Highness won't blame your subordinate, right?"

"Of course not." Lu Qi looked sideways at him and showed a gentle smile: "After all, you are the warden here, and you still have the qualifications to make the decision."

Hearing this, Deilde just breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Lu Qi say calmly, "Just treat my words as falling on deaf ears."

Deilde was stunned and took a sharp breath.

No, this tone doesn’t sound like forgiveness!

He quickly lowered his head: "It was my subordinate who made the decision without permission. Your Highness, please forgive me."

Lu Qi reached out and patted his shoulder: "There is a lot of oil and water in the prison, right?"

Deilde tensed up and pretended to be confused: "My subordinates have always fulfilled their duties."

Lu Qi glanced at him, but Deilde felt a chill on his back, a feeling of being seen through, and began to tremble in his heart.

"I remember I said that no matter what the circumstances, it cannot be interrupted. And when I came last time, you seemed not to be there either."

Lu Qi looked at her with a smile, but his calm gaze made Deilde dare not even raise his head.

"Subordinate, subordinate"

He didn't even know what to say.

The last time Lu Qi came, he caught his absence.

This time, the situation may be even more serious.

Although he is the warden here, he is nothing in front of the prince.

With just one word, he would lose his official title.

In fact, he did take advantage of this position and gained a lot of profits.

Looking at Dilde who was sweating profusely and speaking incoherently, Lu Qi patted him on the shoulder again: "It's the New Year, and I don't want to ruin the atmosphere. Let's forget it this time."

Hearing this, Deilde quickly raised his head and assured: "Don't worry, Your Highness, there will never be a next time! I will go and pull Silas out right now."

"No."

Lu Qi walked toward the dungeon without any change in expression and ordered: "Go and prepare some better food and send it to the dungeon."

Dilde was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded and left: "Yes."

Looking back, his expression was still a bit distressed, and he was secretly afraid.

This His Highness has a really unstable temperament.

Ma De, officials are not easy to get along with.

Lu Qi headed towards the dungeon on the right. Even though it was New Year, the place was the same as usual, with no changes.

Entering the dungeon, he found that there were fewer mages imprisoned, perhaps influenced by the idea of ​​lifting the ban on magic in the previous three lives.

After returning from the victory at the border, the third generation seems to have begun to secretly exert force recently.

The Demon Searchers' actions are not as frequent as before, and their actions are much more low-key.

It's just that it may take some time and preparation to truly lift the ban on demons.

Lu Qi's eyes swept across the faces of the gray-faced mages imprisoned in the dungeon, taking in all the sad, lonely, desperate, and painful expressions.

Soon, Lu Qi arrived at the next level.

After greeting the guards here one by one, the door of the dungeon where Silas was imprisoned slowly opened.

The light from the torch shone into it, and a figure in the shadow of a corner gradually emerged.

The temperature in the dungeon is actually a bit cold, and as a prisoner, Silas also wears a thickened coat on his usually bare upper body.

Even so, it's probably still a bit cold, but not enough to freeze to death.

Silas must have been used to this kind of coldness. After seeing Lu Qi come in, he raised his eyes and looked over.

"Happy New Year, Silas."

Lu Qi said hello with a smile on his face, and then asked: "Do you know that today is the New Year?"

Silas looked at him: "Do you think I am someone related to this kind of day?"

"It's been a while since I last saw you, and you've become more talkative."

Lu Qi came closer and said with a smile: "Isn't it relevant now? Silas, it's Chinese New Year. Is there anything you want to say to me?"

Silas looked at his smiling face and twitched the corners of his mouth, snorting in his heart, but did not reply this time.

There are too many things to say.

The most important thing is, it’s the new year, can you stop bothering me?

Then he thought again, it turns out that today is the New Year.

If it weren't for this guy, he really wouldn't know.

If you calculate it this way, how many years has he been locked up here?

fourteen? fifteen?

In short, it has been a long, long time. It has been so long that he even deliberately kept track of the days in the beginning, remembering every day he was imprisoned here, scratching the walls with iron chains, and counting the days day after day.

As time passed, he felt more and more numb and desperate. There were more and more scratches on the wall, and his heart became more and more dead.

Later, he just asked about the year from the mouths of the guards.

"Forget it if you don't. It's rare that I want to chat with you."

Seeing that Silas was silent, Lu Qi was not embarrassed and moved a chair and sat down casually.

At this time, Dilde also trotted over with a piece of food: "Your Highness, the food you ordered."

Two fragrant and crispy-yellow breads with a layer of yellow mayonnaise on the outside. There are also two buns filled with red sausage, vegetables, and smeared with sauce.

There is also a bowl of porridge with rich meat flavor, which makes you appetite just by looking at it.

This food is really good.

"Want to eat?"

Lu Qi looked inside the cell.

Silas had already smelled the aroma wafting from the dinner plate. To be honest, this smell had not appeared in his memory for a long time. At this moment, he was trying his best to endure the sound of his stomach.

Even so, his expression still changed slightly.

"I thought you might not have had decent food for a long time, so I specially prepared one. After all, today is the Chinese New Year."

Lu Qi said with a smile on his face.

Dilde heard this and sighed in his heart, Your Highness has changed his gender today. He thought that this shouldn't be Lu Qi's style.

Don't you usually try your best to torture Silas?

Today, I even asked him to prepare such a meal.

Immediately, he heard Lu Qi continue to speak.

"So I decided to help you taste them."

Lu Qi, who was a little hungry after running around all morning, picked up a piece of yellow bread and started eating it.

After taking a bite, it turned out to be filled with fillings. The mayonnaise and sweet sauce filling directly enhanced the taste of this piece of yellow bread.

The bread was hot and had a sweet smell that filled the entire cell.

"Phew." Deilde suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Qi glanced at him: "Why are you relieved?"

"It's nothing." Dilde hurriedly laughed, saying that this is His Highness's style.

For a prisoner like Silas who has not eaten decent food for more than ten years, watching the person in front of him eat delicious food is indeed a kind of torture.

As expected of His Highness, you can use this method.

It simply demonstrates the despicability of human nature to the extreme.

Silas was unmoved at the moment. Even though the smell was indeed very fragrant, he still sneered after seeing Lu Qi's actions.

Fortunately, he had no expectations for this person in the first place.

When Deilde brought the food, he never thought that it would be for him.

Lu Qi stopped talking and slowly finished a piece of food.

During this process, Silas swallowed secretly many times, but he didn't feel ashamed.

It is normal for people to be unable to control their body instincts in front of delicious food, especially food that they have not tasted for a long time.

"I've tasted it for you, and it tastes really good."

Lu Qi wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, thought for a moment and said, "Where were we talking about just now? Oh yes, the New Year. Although the context seems a bit inappropriate, I still wish you a Happy New Year, Silas."

Silas didn't look happy at the moment.

He remained silent and did not want to respond to Lu Qi.

"Then I'll see you next time." Lu Qi didn't want to stay here for long, so he walked out of the cell.

Soon, the cell door was closed, the light became dim again, and Silas sat motionless in the darkness.

After a while, a sneer of disdain and self-deprecation appeared on the corner of his mouth.

New Year? What a strange word.

How could a rat like him in a dark corner deserve to celebrate the New Year?

It wasn't until a while later that the cell door was opened again. Deilde walked in with the same food as before with an expressionless face, then opened the cell door, walked in, and placed it next to Silas.

"His Highness said, you must eat something good during the Chinese New Year. You are so lucky, other prisoners are not so lucky."

Deilde looked at Silas condescendingly and continued calmly: "Also, His Highness said that in the new year, I hope you can speak more, so that he will not be too bored next time he comes."

He did not expect that His Highness the Prince would eventually arrange a meal for Silas.

Maybe that's what he thought at first, but he changed his mind after seeing Silas's indifference.

The New Year is such a good day, even the devilish prince is a bit gentle.

Thinking of what happened just now, Dilder still shuddered inexplicably.

He needed to slow down now, so he ignored Silas and walked outside, leaving Silas with the light.

Silas, at the moment, was also looking at the dinner plate placed next to him.

Charity?

With that guy's character, if he was offering alms, he would probably stand at the door of the cage and watch condescendingly as he finished the food with tears of gratitude.

Silas indeed never thought that someone would come over to say Happy New Year to him during the New Year.

This didn't change Lu Qi's image in his mind much. He was always the prince who deserved a beating, both in terms of personality and smile.

He even wondered if the prince would be hiding at the door, waiting for him to jump out the moment he picked up the food, and laugh at him crazily.

That's a lot like that guy's style.

Or maybe this sweet-looking bread contains a lethal amount of chili pepper.

Whatever it was, Silas saw no reason not to eat it.

He has been humiliated enough, does he still care about this?

Silas reached out, grabbed the bread, and then bit into it.

The sweet and greasy taste spread in his mouth, causing him to pause in his movements. Delicious, really delicious.

There was no sign of that guy at the entrance, and there was no particularly spicy chili pepper in the middle.

It was just a piece of egg yolk bread baked in the boiler in his vague memory.

It was as if he really just wanted to say Happy New Year.

Sitting in the shadow, Silas finished the bread one bite at a time, silently recording the taste in his heart.

To him, it was more like a taste of freedom.

If one day he could leave this damn dungeon, he would eat this bread until he vomited.

I'll make up for the missing updates tomorrow.