Chapter 308 Life is better than death
To the north of the Dongchang lobby is the heavily guarded Dongchang Prison, surrounded by high walls.
Speaking of the two places that the common people in the capital hate the most, and talk about them with a change of heart, one is the "Prison Prison" run by Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town, and the other is the prison of the Great Neidong Police Factory.
Historically, the Dongchang Prison has imprisoned all kinds of people, ranging from princes and ministers to traffickers and pawns. Countless people have been persecuted to death unjustly. It is a place of darkness and terror in the hearts of the people of the capital. Place.
Although he became the factory supervisor of Dongchang, the same feeling inevitably appeared in Yang Ning. After passing through the layers of checkpoints guarded by the prison guards, the deeper he went, the more Yang Ning felt that everything in the Dongchang prison was everywhere. There was a gloomy and strange aura that made people extremely uncomfortable. He couldn't help but secretly thought: This place with many dead people is full of evil spirits, but I don't know if there are any ghosts who died unjustly but have not been reincarnated wandering around here. , please don’t hit yourself.
In the cells on both sides of the passage, there were all kinds of prisoners imprisoned. They were all dressed in white prison uniforms and had unkempt hair. Yang Ning looked carefully. Most of these prisoners could not see their faces clearly, but he could tell that they were old or young.
When they heard someone passing by outside, only a few of these prisoners raised their heads and glanced lazily, then lowered their heads again and continued to fight against the lice and fleas on their bodies.
Yang Ning couldn't help but secretly wonder: Even though he was wearing brocade robes and python robes as a eunuch and a high-ranking official, weren't there many people with grievances among these people? Why didn't they take this opportunity to complain to him?
He couldn't help but ask Xiang Zhong next to him about this question. Xiang Zhong glanced at the eunuchs and prison guards who were following behind him, and then whispered in Yang Ning's ear: "It's simple, they are afraid of being beaten, so no one dares to pop out,"
"Afraid of being beaten, that's why..." Yang Ning was about to ask in detail when someone suddenly rushed towards him from a cell next to him and hit him against the iron fence, "Father-in-law, this father-in-law has been wronged, please." My father-in-law makes the decision for Xiaosheng...,"
This man suddenly rushed forward, startling Yang Ning. He subconsciously dodged in the other direction, and the prison guards following behind him were furious. Several people immediately shouted angrily at the prisoner, one of whom even He pulled out his sword and slashed at the fingers of the prisoner who were holding on to the iron bars. There was a "clang" sound and sparks flew everywhere. Fortunately, the prisoner withdrew his hand quickly and his fingers were not chopped off.
Another guard quickly took out the key and opened the cell door, and several people ran in like wolves and tigers.
"You,,,what are you going to do...," the prisoner said in a trembling voice with a look of panic on his face.
The guards didn't say a word, but went up and kicked the prisoner who was complaining to the ground. Then he was beaten severely, and the whip soaked in butter was sent to the prisoner without thinking, and the prisoner was beaten so hard. The prisoners were rolling around on the ground, screaming, and other prisoners around them were so frightened that they shrank into corners.
Yang Ning frowned and shouted coldly: "Stop,"
After hearing the imperial edict, several guards hurriedly stopped, but the prisoner had been beaten all over his body and was lying on the ground groaning. The oozing blood stained the originally clean prison uniform red.
Now Yang Ning finally understood what Xiang Zhong meant. It's not that the prisoners in these prisons didn't want to cry out for injustice, they were actually frightened and frightened by the vicious guards.
However, this prisoner who was beaten was an exception. He knew he would be beaten, but he still dared to complain to himself. I don’t know if he was really wronged, or if he was just a "stupid young man" who had just come here. But looking at him, he was far better than Most of the other prisoners had much cleaner uniforms, most of which were the latter. This person must have just been arrested not long ago.
"What is this man's name and his origins," Yang Ning asked.
A guard next to him immediately bowed and said: "Back to the Governor, this person's name is Zheng Yu, and he is the young boss of Zizhulin Publishing House in the capital."
"Oh, Zizhulin Bookstore...," Yang Ning muttered. He had heard of this Zizhulin Bookstore. It is said to be the largest bookstore in the capital and even in the world. It specializes in publishing and selling various books, which is equivalent to modern society. It is a publishing house, and Zizhulin Bookstore is still privately owned. Unexpectedly, the person complaining about injustice is actually the young owner of this bookstore.
"What did this man do and was arrested for?" Yang Ning became interested in Zheng Yu, but for the time being he forgot about the "Tatar Craftsman" Tyrant he wanted to see.
The prison guard continued to bow and replied: "Back to my father-in-law, because this person was arrested not long ago. The details are not clear, but it is said that Zheng Yu was arrested because Zizhulin Publishing House published a counter-proposal."
It is another "literary prison". No wonder Zheng Yu is complaining about injustice, instead of focusing on serious matters, and spends all day arguing about these "unfounded" trivial matters. It is really the ignorance of those in power.
This thought came to Yang Ning's mind, and she couldn't help but feel a little angry. She asked lightly: "If they printed a counter-book, what kind of counter-book did they print?"
Realizing that Yang Ning seemed a little unhappy, the prison guard couldn't help but said more cautiously: "It seems to be a book called..."Female Commandments"..."
""Female Commandments"..., what does this have to do with rebelling against the book or not? Let's not talk about it in detail," Yang Ning said impatiently. Although he didn't know what the "Female Commandments" specifically was. You can guess what it is from the name. It is nothing more than a book in which the rulers of feudal society teach women the "three obediences and four virtues". But from this point of view, the court should welcome and support the printing of such a book. Why? He was accused of rebelling.
Yang Ning was very puzzled, but the cell leader said with a sad face: "Back to father-in-law, the detailed reason for this... I don't know... I don't know."
Yang Ning felt depressed for a while, but she didn't bother to get angry with the prison boss. She turned to Xiang Zhong and said, "Do you know what's going on?"
Xiang Zhong shook his head and said: "I don't know. The record about Zheng Yu in the case file seems to be very general, without detailed description."
Yang Ning was a little surprised. Everyone was arrested, but the specific charges were so vague. This was all a good thing Feng Bao did when he was there.
"Does any of you know," Xiang Zhong said to a group of accompanying eunuchs and prison guards.
These people shook their heads and no one said anything. Yang Ning said angrily: "Forget it, let's ask Xing Tiefeng about this later. He must know. Let's go see the 'Decepticon' first."
After saying that, Yang Ning pointed at Zheng Yu and told the cell leader: "Find someone to treat his injuries and take good care of him. If anything happens..., hum, you know the consequences."
In fact, he said this because Yang Ning didn't really want to know how to punish the prison boss if something happened, so he just kept it vague. However, saying this was very effective in deterring the prison boss. The prison boss actually trembled in fright. If The little one nodded like a chicken pecking rice and said: "I understand, please rest assured, Governor, from now on, I will never let this person lose a hair."
I don’t know if it was because Yang Ning had just beheaded nineteen Dongchang fans in the morning. Since entering the Dongchang prison, those who are usually arrogant are regarded as "devil kings of hell" by the prisoners. The jailers and guards were all as well-behaved as rabbits, and there was always a sense of fear in their eyes when they looked at Yang Ning.
"Well, that's good," Yang Ning nodded with satisfaction, and glanced at Zheng Yu, who was still lying on the ground moaning in the cell, before walking towards the depths of the cell first, Xiang Zhong and others hurriedly followed.
After passing through several more iron gates as thick as an arm, Yang Ning and his party finally arrived at the center of the Dongchang Prison. But before they were done, the prison guard who guided them in front opened another mechanism, and on the ground Two heavy stone slabs slowly slid to both sides, revealing a row of neat stone steps going down. This is the passage leading to the first floor of the underground core of Dongchang Dalao.
Entering this level, the guards and guards accompanying him looked much more cautious. But before they went down, Yang Ning heard the roaring, laughing, shouting, screaming... all kinds of sounds coming from below. It's like a hell on earth.
Sensing Yang Ning's startled look, Xiang Zhong explained from the side: "The people on the lower level are all important criminals, repeat criminals, and desperadoes. Most of these people are indifferent to oil and salt, and dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water." Hot 'hob meat', torture is useless to them, and they can't be killed for a while, so it's much messier down here than above..."
Yang Ning nodded and said: "Understood,"
Right, the look of the dungeon down there kind of lives up to the reputation of the Dongchang Prison.
Yang Ning walked down the stone steps first.
The Dongchang dungeon is also very spacious, with brightly lit torches and good ventilation. The corners of the corridor are filled with guards belonging to the Dongchang dungeon. They are all burly men, and they all salute when they see Yang Ning.
Yang Ning walked deeper and looked to both sides. The cells here were not like the ones above. There was only one prisoner in each cell, and if these prisoners were as Xiang Zhong said, even though there were guards watching eagerly outside the iron fence, They glared angrily, but when they saw Yang Ning, these prisoners still seemed to have taken stimulants. They roared, cursed, and laughed at him. They ignored the whips whipped by the guards, shook them hard, and slapped the iron bars of the prison, making messy noises. Some even grabbed the jailer's whip and played "tug of war" with the jailer.
Looking at the crazy scene in front of him and listening to the harsh noise, Yang Ning couldn't help but sigh: These prisoners are locked up in this dark Dongchang dungeon and are subjected to physical and psychological torture day by day. If they don't use various forms of I just want to vent my feelings to relieve my pain, but I'm afraid everyone will go crazy early.
If one day I am imprisoned here, I don’t know if I can bear this kind of... bah bah bah, crow’s mouth, what are you thinking about? God bless you, I will definitely have good luck and everything will go well, how can I end up in this situation? Woolen cloth.
Chapter completed!