A ray of light filtered in from the small transom on the high wall. In the darkness, a severed finger could be seen on the dirty thatch.
The young man named "Li Xia" in his past and present lives asked the inmate: "You mean, his finger was bitten off by me?"
"Yes, you are quite cruel."
The person who answered was a lean and short young man with a sinister look and a sinister look. He was so small that he seemed to be able to pass through the railings, but unfortunately he could not actually pass through.
This young man's name was Bai Mao, and he claimed to be a very powerful thief. He was nicknamed "White-haired Rat".
Li Xia didn't know how powerful Bai Mao's so-called "very powerful" was, but he remembered that when he was a child, he saw a white rat spirit in "Journey to the West" who was very beautiful, but the appearance of the white-haired rat in front of him was very unsightly.
It is worth mentioning that Bai Mao, the "white-haired rat", must have never heard of "Journey to the West" because he said that it is "the fourth year of the Xingchang period of the Song Dynasty".
Li Xia recalled that he had never heard of any Xingchang era name in the Song Dynasty in his previous life, and was quite puzzled by this.
But Bai Mao couldn't tell more about the situation. This powerful thief seemed to have limited knowledge of the outside world.
The amputated finger the two were discussing belonged to the third person in the cell, a big and vicious-looking man named Lu Bingxiong.
This Lu Bingxiong had an extremely large frame. He might have been a burly man outside, but now he was so thin from starvation in the cell that he only had a skeleton left.
Because the index finger of Lu Bingxiong's right hand was bitten off, he was taken out to have it bandaged. He just came back and was sitting there taking a nap, silently.
Li Xia looked at Lu Bingxiong and judged from his physical appearance that he had been in prison for at least half a year.
As for why he bit off someone's finger?
Before Li Xia could think clearly, Bai Mao had already started speaking vividly.
"Brother Lu just wants to have fun with you. Let me tell you, it doesn't matter if you let him do it. If he wants to do it to me, I will definitely agree! It's boring to stay in this prison.
Bird comes. Speaking of which, you are really cruel, biting his finger and not letting go even after being beaten like that. I have been in the world for so long, and it is rare for a low-level official like you to do so."
When Bai Mao said this, Li Xia probably understood what happened.
The reason why I bit off Lu Bingxiong's finger was probably because of the word "innocent".
But I heard Bai Mao still chattering.
"The most amazing thing is that even though you were beaten to death by Brother Lu, you are already out of breath and you are so dead that you can still come back to life. It's so fucking amazing."
He slapped his thigh, and he didn't know how to express his excitement, so he picked up his smelly feet and rubbed them vigorously, while he kept smacking his tongue.
Li Xia rubbed his forehead and felt that this matter was indeed a bit magical.
He was originally a modern man who died in a plane crash. He somehow traveled through time and found himself in this smelly cell when he opened his eyes.
In addition, the plane that crashed was his private plane, which shows that he was extremely regretful about the incident.
At first, he had some kind of expectation in his heart, vaguely hoping that the whole thing might be a prank on a variety show. Finally, the cell door opened, revealing a filming studio outside.
But his reason told him that this expectation was obviously impossible. His body was not the original one and it must have traveled through time.
After spending a long time, I found out clearly that the original owner of this body was imprisoned yesterday. He had a fight with his fellow inmates last night for some reason and was beaten to death. He used the corpse to resurrect himself.
Until now, he hasn't had a chance to see what he looks like, which is worthy of what Lu Bingxiong wants to do...that kind of beastly thing.
After all, there is no mirror in this prison. Even if you urinate, you probably won't be able to see it.
However, it can be seen that this is a young, slender body with good nutrition and well-proportioned muscles. The original owner's family background and education should be good, but I don't know why he ended up in prison.
Li Xia also asked Bai Mao about the reason why he was imprisoned. The other party just rolled his eyes to express his ignorance, then showed a meaningful smile and said with a smile: "How did I know? Looking at you like this, maybe you are hooking up.
Some young lady should elope."
This answer is obviously out of tune.
This matter can only be slowly inquired from the jailer. Li Xia seemed calm on the surface, but felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
This cell has no sunlight and no ventilation. There is a stench of foot odor mixed with feces and urine in the air. The environment is dirty. There are also patients wailing from several cells around. The wailing sounds seem to be turned into smells, bringing to the people.
It feels like a rotting corpse.
What's even more dangerous is that the inmate in the same cell had one of his fingers bitten off. Can he still recover?
Although Lu Bingxiong had been sleeping with his eyes closed, Li Xia was secretly wary. He thought about it for a while and was about to say something to Lu Bingxiong...
Suddenly, there was movement outside.
There was a clanking sound of keys, and several jailers held torches and led an official in.
Li Xia turned his head and looked around, using the light of the torch to see the conditions in several other cells.
The cell he was in was on the west side of the corridor and toward the back. Most of the cells on the east side in front held more than a dozen people, and there were fewer of them toward the back.
This shows that his cell with only three people is considered to have better treatment.
However, maybe the better the treatment, the heavier the punishment?
When I saw the jailers leading the officers in, all the prisoners were still lying down weakly, and no one got up and shouted that they were wronged, which seemed to be quite qualified.
The officer stepped on soap boots and walked leisurely through the corridor. When he got inside, he began to glance at the cells on the left and right.
"Come on, this is the cell where death row prisoners are kept."
"I'm not a death row prisoner." Bai Mao suddenly interrupted, leaned down on the railing, and said with a smile: "Prison leader Liu, when will I..."
"Shut up." Liu Laotou hurriedly cut off his words and said to the officer somewhat flatteringly: "Sir, this man is a thief with very clever hands and feet."
When Li Xia heard that he was on death row, he became concerned and looked at the appearance of the official.
I saw that he was about thirty years old, with a stern expression, sharp eyes, and looked quite capable. He looked very imposing, as if he was a high official, but judging from his clothes, he was only slightly better than the jailer.
Prison leader Liu, who was leading the way, held a torch and shined it on Li Xia's cell, not to look at Li Xia, but at Lu Bingxiong, who had been sitting cross-legged and dozing.
"Let's see, that guy is Lu Bingxiong." Liu Laotou said, "In May last year, he had an affair with a woman, and was caught by her husband. He killed her husband, his father and brother. He was empty-handed, so
The three of them were holding kitchen knives and hatchets."
After hearing this, Lu Bingxiong opened his eyes and glanced at them without saying anything. He seemed arrogant, but in fact he shrank his neck.
The official glanced at him and said calmly: "Thin."
After saying just this word, he seemed to have lost interest in Lu Bingxiong. Just as he was about to turn his head, his eyes suddenly focused again and he asked, "What's going on with this severed finger?"
Liu Laotou pointed at Li Xia and said, "This kid was just brought in yesterday, but there was a fight at night and he bit off someone's finger."
"Why not give them another cell?"
Liu Lao lowered his head, his eyes flicked from side to side, and whispered a few words to the official in a very soft voice.
Li Xia had concentrated her mind and stared closely at the shape of his mouth. Listening to the slight sound, she vaguely felt that the last few words seemed to be "I can't live more than two days."
The official seemed to be sneering, and stopped looking here, turning around and walking towards the next cell.
The next cell was to the west of Li Xia. It was originally difficult to see clearly in the darkness, and Li Xia always thought it was empty. At this time, the jailer poked the torch in, and he saw clearly that there was a person locked up next door.
"Hey, Pang Tian?, get up!"
But hearing the sound of "ding-ding-ding-ding" chains, a big man turned over and sat up, as if he was very impatient because his sleep was disturbed, and he made a "ho-ho" sound in his throat, which was a bit scary.
Under the firelight, this man opened his chest, revealing thick black hair. He was shaped like a bear, and his face was covered with scars.
"Come on, let's see, this is Pang Tian? He likes to cook human flesh. He cooked eleven people in Lin'an Prefecture. He was arrested and brought to justice two months ago. He also killed four officials..."
This Pangtian seemed a little hesitant. He stared at the torch for a while, then turned to look at the jailers, with a fierce look in his eyes.
Li Xia looked at it for a while, then turned to glance at Lu Bingxiong.
Originally he thought Lu Bingxiong was a ferocious big man, but compared with Pang Tian? next door, Lu Bingxiong seemed very weak.
As for Bai Mao, he has squatted on the other side of the cell, far away from his neighbors to the west.
Over there, the police officer walked up to Pang Tianxi's cell and said, "My name is Nie Zhongyou. I assisted the Qiantang County government to arrest you two months ago."
Pang Tian said in a hoarse voice: "Come here, I will kill you."
He doesn't speak Chinese fluently.
Nie Zhongyou said: "Do you want to live? Do something for me."
Li Xia had quietly walked to the corner closest to them, silently observing Nie Zhongyou's expression.
I could see that Nie Zhongyou still had a stern look on his face. In his eyes, such illegal and disciplinary matters as letting the death row prisoners do their work and letting the death row prisoners live seemed to be normal.
Pang Tian? said: "Why should I do things for you, a bastard from Song Dynasty?"
Nie Zhongyou said: "Your brother is in my hands..."
Just when Li Xia heard this, cell leader Liu was already walking towards his cell, pointing at him and saying: "Young man, go over there! The officer is on duty to handle the case, what are you doing here to join in the fun? You damn thing."
Li Xia then stood up, walked to the other side of the cell, and sat down next to Bai Mao.
At this distance of more than ten steps, many specific contents can no longer be heard clearly.
In the end, I could only vaguely hear Pang Tian? say: "Let me think about it."
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After this episode, Nie Zhongyou and the jailers left, and the cell became quiet again...
Li Xia sorted out the messy thoughts in her mind and felt that something was wrong.
He pondered and asked Bai Mao softly: "Usually when someone in this prison gets sick, are they always taken out to see a doctor?"
"Of course not." Bai Mao said, "Who are we? How can we have such a good life?"
"What about him?"
"Brother Lu is different. Maybe there is a lover outside who wants to make money?"
As Bai Mao spoke, he smiled apologetically at Lu Bingxiong and said, "Really? Brother Lu, if you want me to tell you, this matter between you and Brother Li is over?"
Lu Bingxiong then opened his eyes, looked at Li Xia, and said: "Boy, I obviously beat you to death once, but you are alive again. This is God's will. Since we are both in the same prison, we both want to
Beheaded. In this case, I don’t want to seek happiness from you. I can sleep peacefully for the rest of the day and forget about any grudges. How about that?"
Li Xia's eyes narrowed slightly, he thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
"Okay, you are ruthless and lucky, I am convinced." Lu Bingxiong said with enthusiasm: "From now on, we will all be brothers in the same prison."
"good."
"Refreshing." Lu Bingxiong grinned, as if he had settled something on his mind.
Bai Mao smiled again, clapped his hands and said, "That's good. From now on, the three of us will sit in the same prison, so we should get along well. If Brother Lu wants to be happy, look for me."
"Go away..."
The atmosphere seemed to be harmonious.
That evening, there was no food in the prison. It was said that food was only placed once a day.
Li Xia was expecting that someone might come to visit him in prison, but no one came.
The light in the transom became weaker and weaker, and finally it fell into darkness.
At night, there was no fire or candle in the prison, only a little moonlight, and the silhouette of a person could barely be seen.
Lu Bingxiong had fallen asleep on the thatch. After a while, he heard a slight snore.
Li Xia also lay down on the thatch, feeling hungry and this new world, thinking about how to escape from being a death row prisoner.
…
Late at night.
Lu Bingxiong's slight snoring gradually stopped.
He quietly stood up, took out a bone fragment as sharp as a dagger from under his body, and pierced it hard towards where Li Xia was hiding!