The tall Changling Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles on the land of Xiling. Although the winter in Xiling is long, after February, the snow on the mountains has melted, and the snow water flows along the ridges into the rivers below the mountains. One of the tributaries winds through the mountains some distance away.
Turtle City, less than thirty miles away in the eastern section, has become the most precious water source in the city.
The sun was setting in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the roof of Turtle City Prison, but it could not bring a trace of sunlight through the roof to the prison.
The prison is located in the northwest corner of Turtle City. It is sparsely populated but tightly guarded. It is divided into three prisons: A, B and C. Among them, prison A has the fewest prisoners but the most comfortable conditions. Not only does each prisoner have an independent cell
, and you will definitely be satisfied with three meals a day.
A handsome young man was walking out of the A-shaped prison at the moment, humming a tune. He was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with handsome features. He was dressed in an earth-blue jailer's uniform, with a wine gourd hanging around his waist, and a spring breeze on his face.
"Hey, Qin Xiao, how was the harvest today?" The middle-aged jailer at the door saw the young man and immediately greeted him warmly with a smile.
"It's not that good. There's an iron rooster in here, but there's no prisoner who doesn't bleed after entering the Jia-zi prison." Qin Xiao's eyes turned into crescents as he smiled, stretched out his hand, and stuffed a piece of broken silver into the middle-aged jailer.
In the hand: "Good brothers, be loyal, share blessings, and share hardships."
"Hahaha, then I'm not polite. But you are born to be happy. Even if you have no success, just looking at you will make everyone feel better." The middle-aged jailer smiled and kicked Qinzi into his arms.
Qin Xiao laughed and said: "Crying is life, laughing is life. Of course, it is better to live with a smile."
Qin Xiao provides special services in Jiazi Prison. The people who come here are either serious criminals or death row prisoners. They always want to think better when they are dying or in the long days to come. Qin Xiao calls these people prison masters.
Precise service, Qin Xiao will try his best to meet any needs, and the service will be comfortable. Of course, the charges are not very cheap.
Qin Xiao did not bully those who had no money, but only ensured that they had enough food and clothing.
The labor fees received were shared by the jailers in Jiazi Prison, so although Qin Xiao had little qualifications, he was very popular, and everyone was willing to share anything new with Qin Xiao.
The middle-aged jailer looked around, then mysteriously leaned into Qin Xiao's ear and said, "You should go back early, something big happened in the Yamen."
Qin Xiao was startled and asked softly: "What's wrong?"
"I heard that Meng Captou was arrested by the Zhenhou Mansion. Now everyone is trying to figure out a way." The middle-aged jailer sighed in a low voice: "But this time the enemy is the Zhenhou Mansion, which we cannot afford to offend. You
Pretend you don't know, go home quickly, don't go into this muddy water...!"
Something happened to Mr. Meng?
Qin Xiao's head buzzed, and before the middle-aged jailer could finish speaking, he rushed towards the front yard of the Yamen.
A few years ago, there was a plague in Zhen County, Xiling, and many people died. Qin Xiao got sick at that time and almost died on the roadside. Fortunately, Meng Baotou met him and saved his life. Later, Meng Baotou even replaced him.
He found some odd jobs in the government office and managed to survive in Turtle City.
Qin Xiao was quick-witted and diligent in his work. Captain Han noticed this and transferred him to the cell as a jailer. He took good care of him, but he didn't expect Qin Xiao to enter the Jiazi Prison. He was like a fish in water and started to provide precise services in the Jiazi Prison.
, and the profits are huge. Now Qin Xiao has been given the responsibility of the Jia-zi prison, and he can be regarded as the small cell leader of the Jia-zi prison.
Whether it was Meng Captou's life-saving grace or Han Duwei's care, Qin Xiao never said a word "thank you". He felt that sometimes words were too soft and did not need to be spoken.
When he heard that something happened to Meng Baotou, of course he would not stay out of it. Not to mention that the enemy was the Zhenhou Mansion. Even if he was the King of Heaven, Qin Xiao was not afraid.
When Qin Xiao ran to the front yard of the county government office, about twenty people had already gathered in the yard. Qin Xiao frowned. The two teams of Turtle City policemen combined only had about forty people, and half of them had already gathered at this moment.
This way.
The agents were talking in low voices, and suddenly they heard coughing, and then they saw a sturdy agent raising his hand and saying: "Quiet, please, stop making noise." He glanced at the people and said, "Everyone knows, last night
, Meng Baotou led people to patrol the streets and kicked a dog to death. It was only later that we found out that the vicious dog came from the Zhenhou Mansion."
Qin Xiao had already heard about this.
Meng Baotou is Ma Kuaidu. Last night he was leading a routine patrol. When he passed Butcher Zheng's butcher shop, he saw a vicious dog biting Butcher Zheng. It was extremely ferocious. In order to save the person, Meng Baotou stepped forward and kicked him.
He hit the vicious dog's neck, but who knew that the kick was so powerful that it hit the vital part of the vicious dog exactly, and actually killed the vicious dog.
"The evil dog hurt someone, so Meng Battou took action... Well, it is natural to save people, but after all, it was the dog of Zhenhou Mansion that was kicked to death, so we persuaded Meng Battou to come to the door to apologize, and
What a big deal has turned into a trivial matter." The tiger-backed policeman looked serious: "After lunch today, after much deliberation, Meng decided to go to the Zhenhou Mansion. Logically speaking, it won't take much to go into the manor and apologize.
It's been a long time, but it's already dark now, and Meng Captou hasn't come out of Zhenhou Mansion yet. This... I'm afraid something is wrong."
The speaker was Lu Hong, Bu Kuai's leader. As soon as he finished speaking, many people changed their colors.
"Lu Patou, Zhenhou Mansion is the Palace of the King of Hell. Meng Patou hasn't come out all afternoon. I'm afraid it's more bad than good." Someone worried.
Another person said: "Two months ago, the young master of the Zhen family was riding a horse on the street. Chen Tiejiang was hit because he couldn't dodge. Afterwards, he went to the Zhenhou Mansion to apologize. He was thrown out of the Zhenhou Mansion for a whole day. His body was covered with bruises and both legs were broken.
It has been interrupted, and I will never get up again for the rest of my life."
Qin Xiao also frowned slightly.
Of course he knew exactly where Zhenhou Mansion was.
Among the three counties of Xiling, Zhen County, where Turtle City is located, is named after Zhen. Marquis Changxin is the head of the Zhen family, and is actually the master of the entire Turtle City. Being in Turtle City is actually under the rule of the Zhen family.
, if there is any exception, it can only be the police officers working as errands in the Duwei Mansion, who are directly subordinate to the imperial court.
But a few years ago, even the detectives in Turtle City were no different from the slaves of the Zhen family. They always acted based on the face of the Zhenhou Mansion, until Captain Han came to take up his post and took charge of two squads of arresters.
Soon, the situation will change.
However, this made the Duwei Mansion a thorn in the side of the Zhenhou Mansion. After all, in the eyes of the Zhen family, having a yamen under their noses that was out of their control always made them feel very uncomfortable.
The atmosphere in the courtyard was unusually depressing. After a moment, someone said: "Meng Baotou is from the imperial court. Does the Zhenhou Mansion really... dare to attack Meng Baotou?"
"The Zhen family is a marquis." Someone immediately said: "On the territory of Zhen County, what can't they dare to do?"
Lu Hong raised his head and looked at the night, frowned and said: "The Captain has not come back since he left the city. If we keep waiting, Meng Captou's side...!" After a moment of hesitation, he said: "How about we?
Go to Zhenhou Mansion and ask what is going on?"
Someone immediately said: "Captain, where is the Zhenhou Mansion and where can we get in?"
"Are we just going to wait like this?" Lu Hong clenched his fist and said, "Captain Meng is usually very nice to everyone."
"Captain, if someone else is in trouble with Capt. Meng, if you don't tell us, we will kill him with a knife. But this time, Capt. Meng offended the Zhenhou Mansion." Someone said with a bitter smile: "We are just small policemen.
The families of most of the people here are here. If we run to Zhenhou Mansion and the Zhen family comes back to calculate the accounts, we...who among us can escape? Mr. Lu, your wife and children are also in the city.
Li, if you offend that side, then...!"
As soon as these words came out, many people couldn't help but nod their heads, even Lu Hong showed hesitation.
Not to mention a small catcher, even the county guard was respectful to the Zhen family when he saw them. If he went to the Zhenhou Mansion for Meng Captou and offended the Zhen family, it would be a big trouble.
Suddenly someone said: "The captain is back, the captain is back."
Upon hearing that the Captain was back, the arresters' brows widened a lot. The crowd moved out of the way, and a slender man in Tsing Yi walked through the crowd, came to De Luhong, and asked straight to the point: "Meng Zimo is out?"
What's up?"
"Lord Captain, Meng Baotou went to Zhenhou Mansion after lunch and hasn't come out yet. I'm afraid he's in big trouble." Lu Hong immediately replied: "Everyone is discussing how to rescue Meng Baotou."
Han Duwei, a man in green, said in a deep voice: "Don't act rashly. I'll go to Zhenhou Mansion and find out what's going on."
"Sir, are you going alone?" Lu Hong said anxiously: "That can't be done. Zhenhou's Mansion is not a good place, and... and the people in Zhenhou's Mansion have always had objections to you. You can go there now.
Afraid......!"
"Can they still eat me?" Captain Han sneered, looked around and asked, "If something happens later, I will send someone back to tell you who will go with me?"
All the detectives present looked at each other in confusion. When they saw the gleaming eyes of their companions, they immediately lowered their heads. Lu Hong's lips moved but he made no sound.
In the huge courtyard, there were dozens of police officers, but no one dared to make a sound. No one knew what would happen if they entered the Zhenhou Mansion. Even if they could get out of the Zhenhou Mansion, they would be regarded as a thorn in the side of the Zhenhou Mansion.
, to survive in Turtle City, no one wants to offend the Zhenhou Mansion.
"Sir, I'm going!" A clear voice sounded, and Qin Xiao, who had been silent, stood up from the crowd.
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