He slowly opened his eyes.

It was dim in front of my eyes, and I couldn't see anything clearly. There seemed to be rotten and damp straw mats under me, and I was sitting with my back against a rough wall. The uneven hard stones made my back hurt, and it was cold and damp.

The air is filled with an unbearable stench.

There seemed to be walls on all sides, and a small low door was faintly visible on the left wall. The small window on the door faintly revealed a glimmer of light, which was the only source of light.

"I traveled through time... No, it should be said that the memory of my previous life has awakened. In this life, my name is indeed Lin Lan..."

He murmured, not feeling too surprised. After all, he already knew in advance that he would travel through time when he was struck to death by lightning in his previous life.

In the darkness, Lin Lan gently rubbed his temples, frowning and recalling the memories in his mind.

Although he knew he was going to time travel when he was electrocuted in his last life, he thought he would die young. Unexpectedly, not only did he not die, but he lived to this day and only awakened his past life memories when he was twenty years old.

——This is exactly the same age as when he awakened his ability in his previous life. Maybe it’s not a coincidence?

The awakening of his past life memories was like having an extra memory experience of more than twenty years out of thin air. Although it was not really more than twenty years apart, it made his memories of this life a bit blurry.

It was as if he woke up from a dream and became a prisoner about to be executed in Yanshan County, Guannan County, Dayu Mingzhou.

"Will I ask you tomorrow?"

Lin Lan frowned, suppressing the instinctive emotions in his heart, and looked at the cell through the thin light, while recalling the reasons for becoming a prisoner in his mind.

It turned out to be because of fortune telling...

The ancestors of the Lin family once had a wandering Taoist priest who was not only proficient in the art of Feng Shui and Kanyu, but also knew fortune-telling. It is said that he was also somewhat involved with Taoist practitioners. He returned to his hometown in old age. Although he was not a true practitioner, he had no idea.

He was a Taoist, but he became somewhat famous after reading Feng Shui and telling fortunes for local wealthy businessmen and officials, which established the foundation of the Lin family.

However, passed down from generation to generation, the descendants of the Lin family cannot learn the art of fortune-telling from their ancestors, and cannot use the art of feng shui. They can only use fortune telling to fool people, and barely manage the Lin family's business.

At least the ancestors still have some real abilities, but the descendants of the Lin family are 90% fake, and they all rely on their eloquence to make their stories fall into the air.

Two years ago, Lin Lan's father passed away.

Lin Lan has not learned much skills yet. He is only seventeen or eighteen years old and has not yet reached his prime. Even if he has a beard, he does not look like a fairy-like fortune teller. He only thinks it is funny, so what?

Believable?

Therefore, after reading the ancient books and travel notes left by his ancestors, he made a decision that can be said to be bold -

Disciples who pretend to be cultivators.

In today's world, the status of cultivators is extremely high. Even Dayu, who respects the "Ren Zong", now dare not neglect the two sects of Taoism and Buddhism. There are Dao Lu Division and Seng Lu Division in various places.

If you become a Taoist or a monk, you are a true practitioner. No matter how low you are, you are still an official of the same eighth rank.

Once you become a spiritual practitioner, it will be easy to make money.

Therefore, after Lin Lan made a careful plan, he used some strange gadgets and methods left by his ancestors, and used the excuse that "the master has a destiny, and the disciples should enter the world and practice until they reach the top, and then enter the Taoism", which really convinced many people

Already.

If someone believes in it, they will naturally make money.

In the past two years, Lin Lan has also made a lot of money. He originally thought that after he won the title, he would stop and move away. He could use the money to start a small business in the future.

But... if I often walk by the river, my shoes will never get wet.

Just two months ago, he met a down-and-out Taoist at a fortune-telling stall. He had disheveled hair and did not wear a Taoist robe or crown. He originally thought that he had no Taoist qualifications and was just a wandering Taoist who ate and drank.

But the Taoist stared at him for a while, then said that he was powerless. He argued that the sect's rules did not allow him to practice magic. The Taoist asked him to call the elders of the sect to come out. Naturally, he could only argue that he could not disturb him.

The elders of the sect.

What he didn't expect was that the Taoist immediately showed off his true magic, attracted officers and soldiers, and sent him to the government on the spot.

According to the law of Dayu, if one does not have a Taoist certificate and dares to pretend to be a Taoist practitioner, defraud property, and ruin the reputation of a Taoist practitioner, the person may be punished with a heavy staff of fifty, or beheaded.

Lin Lan's crime was neither minor nor serious. Although he claimed to be a cultivator, he did not really pretend to be a cultivator. He had already said that he had not yet become a Taoist, and he used the excuse of joining the world to go through hardships.

Even if it is really exposed, it cannot be a capital crime.

However, Yanshan County Magistrate Zhang Hai and Zhang Zhongren are greedy people. They have long seen that Lin Lan has made a lot of money in the past two years. He just suspected that Lin Lan really had a disciple behind him, so he was afraid and did not do it.

do what.

But now that you have the opportunity, how can you let go of this piece of fat that is brought to your mouth?

Zhang Zhongren was charged with a lot of crimes in the county government. Lin Lan was described as extremely heinous and sentenced to death on the spot. The down-and-out Taoist seemed to be persuaded by Zhang Zhongren, and he nodded and agreed to execute Lin Lan.

, and believed that this son had ruined the good reputation of Taoism, and asked not to make any noise about it, and could just ask him to be executed in the county government.

Since this matter involves a Taoist practitioner, as long as the practitioner personally testifies, there is no need to recite the sage, as long as the local state pastor handles it in accordance with the law.

Therefore, even the rule of three performances and then a decision was thrown aside. After reporting to the Mingzhou Prefect in accordance with the regulations, they just pretended to review it and handed it over to the governor of Guannan County for execution after the autumn.

It happens to be cold autumn at this time, which is the time of chilling.

Lin Lan has been in prison for more than two months, and today is the last day.

Tomorrow at three o'clock at noon I will ask for the beheading.

"The memory of the past life has just been awakened, and I am going to be beheaded?"

In the darkness, Lin Lan slowly closed his eyes, but there was not much fear in his heart.

Maybe it's because he died just once, maybe because the situation of life and death in his previous life cannot be changed, which makes him a little frustrated, or maybe because his relatives are no longer around, he doesn't have much attachment to this world...

All in all, he was calmer than he imagined.

Trapped in this dungeon, there is no way to escape even if you want to, and there is no way to plead guilty.

In this ancient dynastic world, the common people are insignificant and sometimes are not even treated as human beings. There is no way to survive if you go against the officials, let alone the practitioners with higher status.

But now both the official officials and the Taoist masters want him dead, so what else can he do?

I don't know how long it took.

Suddenly, there was a sound of chains clashing outside the prison door, and then footsteps were heard, and the cell door was opened.

Lin Lan sat motionless in the cell, just opened his eyes and looked around. Originally there was only a faint light from the small window, but now it became much brighter after the door was opened.

The person who came was wearing a blue shorts, black trousers, and carrying a bamboo lunch box in his hand. He turned out to be a jailer.

"Boy, you'll be on your way in an hour."

The jailer squatted on the ground, put down the food box, and took out the food and wine that had lost its heat one by one. "This is the last meal. Eat well."

Lin Lan leaned against the corner lazily, squinting at the jailer.

But his mind suddenly went into a trance, and a small memory emerged.

In some illusory scenes, the jailer fell to the ground in embarrassment, looking in this direction with a look of horror on his face, rolling and crawling back, but a long stainless steel knife was spinning in the air and flying towards

He hit him, and cut off his head with a flash of cold arc. The body was separated and blood spurted out.

Immediately, the screen shattered.

"Um?"

Lin Lan was startled for a moment, then realized that this was the activation of his ability to "foresee the outcome".

He didn't expect that even if he was reincarnated and time traveled, this ability would still be there?

In the twenty years before the memory awakened, there was no trace of this ability. Unexpectedly, it was only today, when the butcher knife was hanging on the neck, that the memory of the past life awakened, and this ability reappeared.

Or... is it because of this ability that I can awaken the memory of my past life?

There is no point in thinking about these things now... Lin Lan put these thoughts aside for the time being and turned to look at the jailer.

Judging from the outcome he foresees, the jailer will probably die in the near future.

Moreover, judging from the picture, the place where the jailer died seemed to be in the Yanan Prison of the county. He also witnessed it with his own eyes. The direction the jailer looked in fear before he died seemed to be in his direction.

After all, the foreseen ending is also his own future memory, and must be what he sees and hears.

But... who dares to kill people in this county government?

Could it be that I killed the jailer? It's impossible... Lin Lan didn't quite understand.

He knew very well how much he weighed. He had never practiced martial arts to strengthen his body. He was half-starved and half-full in prison. He had become weak and weak from hunger for two months. With his arm strength, if he threw the long knife, let alone cutting it,

If a person's head is lost, whether it can be thrown so far is a question.

"What are you looking at?" The jailer knocked the ground with the bowl in his hand, and a lot of rice grains in the bowl were knocked out.

Lin Lan didn't answer, didn't speak, and didn't bother to remind the other party.

The outcome is destined to be unchangeable, and there is no point in reminding it.

What's more... the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and the jailer seems to have followed Magistrate Zhang's greed.

If a prisoner in prison asks his family to send him money, the jailer will send him meals on time.

A lonely person like Lin Lan has already had her family confiscated by officials. No one can send money to this prison. The jailer has no profit. In the past two months, it is considered a good conscience to deliver food once a day.

And it’s just a spoonful of gruel and brown rice, which is not much better than water. If you’re lucky, you might even see a rotten vegetable leaf.

"Poor guy...eat." The jailer placed the big bowl, sneered, and left with the food box.

Lin Lan took a look with the faint light. A small bowl contained wine, and a large bowl contained rice, covered with vegetables and a piece of half-cooked smelly meat.
To be continued...