Five years ago, the Yingzhou County Magistrate caused dissatisfaction because he judged the wrong case. Later, the Yingzhou County Government Office was burned down to a shell. Afterwards, the Beidu Palace funded the reconstruction of the palace. At that time, the original
The county prison was expanded and divided into ordinary prisons and death cells for felons. The death cells were strictly guarded by the Yingzhou Army.
At this time, a dozen soldiers wearing armor were standing outside the heavy iron prison door. The braziers placed on both sides reflected the two large red characters above the prison door - "Death Cell", which also made them feel sleepy or anxious.
A listless face appeared.
Not long after, several officers came over pushing a small cart with two huge wooden barrels on top, which also exuded a disgusting smell, which instantly woke up the soldiers.
"Hey, General Zhao, let's clean the bucket." The middle-aged official at the head said with a smile.
The stout man standing opposite covered his nose with disgust and said dissatisfied: "Damn it, can you wash these broken buckets first next time? They stink!"
"Yes, yes, I must wash it clean next time!" Ding Xinrong nodded and replied, then turned around and ordered: "Okay, the old rule is, two buckets per person, don't fill it too full, come out and cover it well, don't smoke General Zhao
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Immediately, the remaining four people took action quickly, each picking up two buckets.
Zhao Wujing waved his hand casually: "Open the door, open the door!"
Soon, two soldiers quickly opened the cell door.
"Walk!"
Following Ding Xinrong's order, several officials quickly walked towards the prison.
But as soon as he passed an official mission, the second person was stopped by Zhao Wujing. He looked at the person in front of him and wondered: "Damn it, how come you are fairer than little bitches?"
Hearing this, Ding Xinrong glanced at Tang Ji, then quickly came up to him and explained: "General Zhao, this pretty boy is a mute. Isn't this the man our county government is short of? He has a clean background and is good at martial arts, so he was recruited.
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"Know some martial arts? It doesn't look like it!" Zhao Wujing grinned and raised a few fingers to touch Tang Ji's cheek.
Unexpectedly, the latter suddenly took action and pinched his wrist.
"Hiss, it hurts..." Zhao Wujing's face changed in pain.
Ding Xinrong was also shocked and said quickly: "Let go, let go quickly!"
Tang Ji frowned slightly, then relaxed, and then made a few more gestures.
Ding Xinrong obviously didn't understand, so he could only talk nonsense: "Oh, General Zhao, he thought you wanted to compete with him, so he took the lead. Now it seems that he may have mistaken his intention. I apologize to you."
"Haha, it's interesting." Zhao Wujing moved his muscles twice to dispel the doubts in his heart. After smelling the pungent smell again, he quickly said: "Okay, okay, you guys go in quickly. If you can't do it later, you can clean it up during the day."
, let Lao Zhang hear it too, don’t stare at me and do it alone!”
"Yes, yes!" Ding Xinrong breathed a sigh of relief, and then led everyone in.
After passing through the cell door, there was first a long and spacious passage, which was very humid, with a musty smell wafting from all sides. Coupled with the smell from the uncleaned wooden barrel, it was so sour and refreshing.
Although Tang Ji felt uncomfortable, he still endured it. After all, they had suffered so many crimes tonight. Half an hour ago, they had almost been discovered by patrolling officers when they climbed in through the courtyard wall. He shook his head and threw away these messy things.
Thought, he lowered his voice and said to Su Qing: "If there is an accident, all those people outside must be eliminated."
He had just started. Those soldiers and even the general must have had an impact on his appearance. If something happened, he would be at risk of being found out. Now that he was deep in the tiger's den, he had to do things cleanly and neatly.
Su Qing nodded in response.
Soon, a few people reached the end of the passage. There was an iron gate here, but there were only four ordinary soldiers standing outside. However, they were also disgusted by the smell above and opened the iron gate without paying much attention.
Let everyone in.
There was a square table inside, and three resting soldiers were sitting at the table. When they smelled this smell, they soon knew that the most torturous part was coming again.
One of them said: "Lao Song, Lao Cheng, who of you will open the door?"
"What do you mean? It was me last time, and it was Lao Song the last time. It's your turn this time!" The soldier named Lao Cheng immediately said dissatisfied.
At this moment, Song Hui raised his eyes and looked at Ding Xinrong, then stood up and said: "Forget it, I'll go."
"Hahaha, thank you very much, Lao Song, I'll treat you to a drink later!" The man who spoke first said with a smile.
"Old Song, just spoil him!" Lao Cheng snorted again.
Song Hui shook his head with a smile and said in a deep voice: "Come with me!"
After saying that, he picked up the key hanging on the wall and led everyone towards the inner cell.
After walking a certain distance, Song Hui opened several doors and let the two officials go in to clean up. Then he turned to look at Su Qing and Tang Ji, and whispered: "Follow me."
Ding Xinrong stayed where he was to look after them.
Soon, Tang Ji and the two were taken outside a cell. Song Hui continued: "The key to General Shen's cell door is in the hands of the King of Beidu. You can only chat outside."
Su Qing nodded. Although he couldn't go in, fortunately, the cell was not very large, only about five feet wide. He cupped his fists and replied, "Thank you."
Tang Ji froze in place. At first, he was curious about letting the officers go directly into the cell to clean the buckets for these condemned prisoners. What would happen if the other party was a master and encountered danger? It was not until he saw the scene in front of him that he realized that he was overly worried.
I saw the white-haired old man in front of me, his head hanging down, kneeling on the ground. His white prison uniform was full of bloody whip marks, and his hands and feet were tied to wooden stakes with thick iron chains, and even
There were even chains around his neck. Hua Yuan'er had previously heard that General Shen had a hidden disease, which showed how tenacious he was to survive under such constraints and oppression.
"General Shen is a hero, and of course you are too." Song Hui couldn't bear to look any further, sighed, then turned and left: "Hurry up, you only have less than a stick of incense, I will look after you."
Tang Ji withdrew his thoughts, stopped ink-marking, approached the cell door, and called softly: "General Shen, General Shen."
"Marquis Xiao Lin!" Su Qing also called in a low voice.
But the two called each other several times, but neither of them responded.
Tang Ji thought for a moment and then said: "General Shen, the imperial army is coming!"
In an instant, the originally lifeless old man trembled all over, moved his fingers twice, and raised his head with some effort. His face was like a dried up river, full of wrinkles, without any trace of blood, and his eyes were messed up.
Covered by white hair, his lips were slightly opened: "You, you traitors, if you have any means, just keep coming!"
Tang Ji quickly shook his head and quickly took out the gold medal that Emperor Ning had given him before leaving from his sleeve: "General Shen, we didn't lie to you. We came from Kyoto to quell the rebellion!"
Hearing this, Shen Chonglin's head, which was about to droop, lifted up again. He shook it twice to wake himself up, and shook away the broken hair that blocked his sight. After staring for a few times, he was sure it was the gold medal, but Still didn't believe the other party's identity.
Tang Ji had expected it, so he quickly took out another red token from his pocket: "This token was given to me by Master Tianxuan before leaving, asking me to mobilize the Star Guard officers when necessary. However, the secrets in the city Most of the spies have been eliminated, and we managed to sneak in."
Shen Chonglin was well-informed and recognized the governor's order at a glance, and believed his identity: "Ying, what is the current situation in Yingzhou?"
This hoarse voice made Su Qing very uncomfortable, but he controlled his emotions and answered truthfully: "The King of Beidu sealed Yingzhou City, and also united with bandits from various states to incite public opinion and plan to rebel!"
"Ahem, yes, it's me who failed to fulfill His Majesty's instructions. It's me...cough cough..." Shen Chonglin looked sad and coughed violently before he finished speaking.
Tang Ji was a little anxious, and turned to look at the passage in the distance, and then said: "General Shen, now is not the time to be sad. We were the first to sneak into Yingzhou under His Majesty's order to collect intelligence for the army. Now we know that the Yingzhou army has already It fell into the hands of the King of Beidu, and I would like to ask you if there is a way to get it back?"
The reason why he didn't tell the truth was because he didn't want the old general to worry about their safety anymore, or to doubt their ability and choose to keep silent.
Hearing this, Shen Chonglin breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said slowly: "Tiger... Tiger Talisman, the Yingzhou army obeyed the Tiger Talisman, and that beast Li Wenquan snatched the Tiger Talisman from my officer. As long as you can take back the Tiger Talisman, you can do it again." Kill the traitor general Zhou Huan, and the army will naturally obey your orders. I also have a Xiaolin army under my command. In addition to the tiger talisman, they also obey my orders and my jade order. The jade order is in the hidden compartment of the bookshelf in my room. middle. ....."
At the same time, on the roof next to the death row, the short man in black scratched his head in boredom: "They got in so easily?"
"It's indeed easier." Qilin replied, then raised the sword in his hand: "Then let's make it more difficult for them!"
"Hey, old Qilin, calm down!" the short man immediately persuaded him.
However, it was too late. Qilin pulled out his long sword and flew out, landing on the roof of the house opposite the death cell. He raised his sword and waved it twice. In an instant, two huge waves of air rushed out and directly smashed the iron prison door. The word "Death Prison" above was accompanied by two long cracks created by hard stones.
The movements are completed in one go, and disappear immediately after the action is completed.
The soldiers guarding the gate suddenly woke up. Zhao Wujing was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground and couldn't help shouting: "Someone, come quickly, someone is robbing the prison!"
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[Author's digression]: I found that it is more comfortable to write two chapters. One chapter is 2500 and one chapter is 3000. It is almost the same as the usual three chapters. It should be two chapters in the future. The main two chapters are about not feeling sleepy. Hehehe, good night everyone. , rest early~