Chai Jing was stunned: "My family is the only one with the surname Chai in Shunzhou. Is it possible that my brother knows other people with the surname Chai?"
Li Qi thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know Chai Nianwei?"
Upon hearing the name, Chai Jing grabbed Li Qi's shoulders and said excitedly, "Do you know my sister?"
"Chai Nianwei is your sister?" Li Qi was painfully caught by him and quickly motioned for him to let go, "Please let go first..."
Chai Jing looked apologetic and said, "I'm sorry... I haven't asked for your name yet."
"My name is Li Qi."
"How could Brother Li know my sister? She is still...alive?" Chai Jing had a complicated look on his face, and his voice could not help but tremble.
Li Qi looked around and simply sat on the ground. Seeing this, Chai Jing also followed his example and sat down.
"Brother Chai, this is what happened..."
Li Qi told the story of how Chai Nianwei met him. After hearing this, Chai Jing breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out that Brother Li is a court official..."
"I have a few questions to ask you." Li Qi said.
"It's okay to ask, Mr. Li."
"Why is this Zhoushun different from other places?" Li Qi asked.
Chai Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Master Li doesn't know something, this place is a complete hell..."
According to Chai Jing, the city of Zhoushun was full of bandits and bandits, as well as many imperial prisoners.
In this place, the prefect colluded with those people and did not ask anything.
So in Zhoushun, murders and robberies are everywhere, and no one cares about them at all.
"There is a price to kill, one tael of silver per person... No matter what evil things you do, as long as you have money, the government will not care about you." Chai Jing said.
Li Qidao: "No wonder..."
"Prefect Zhou Shun only cares about money and doesn't care about anything else."
"No one went up to complain? No one from above has been here?" Li Qi asked.
Chai Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Anyone who dares to go to Kyoto to complain will be hunted down on the way... As for officials coming to Zhoushun, as far as I know there are no such cases..."
As he said that, he glanced at Li Qi: "My lord, maybe you are the first one."
Damn it, no wonder that prefect is so arrogant.
I bet he is the local emperor of this place?
Li Qi still felt a little strange, glanced at Tang Yundu and said: "You said that the prefect is so courageous, who is the backer behind him?"
Tang Yun frowned and said: "At least he is an official of second rank or above..."
Li Qi touched his chin, then shook his head after a while and said: "Impossible, a second-grade official is not that courageous..."
"Young master, you suspect that the other party has the support of someone from the royal family?" Tang Yun asked.
Li Qi nodded: "It's very possible... Grandma dares to lock me up, so don't blame me for being rude."
With that said, Li Qi waved Wei Gang over: "Monk, I'll give you a task."
He pointed to Chai Jing on the side and said: "Take him and escape. Go to Tian Hangnan and ask him to bring troops."
Wei Gang nodded: "Okay, sir."
Li Qi patted him on the shoulder: "Go ahead, didn't you just want to escape from prison?"
Wei Gang smiled slightly, took a deep breath, and punched hard to break the prison pillar. Then, just like ripping cotton wool, a gap was opened in two or three blows.
When the jailers heard the words and rushed over, Wei Gang didn't say a word, punched to the flesh, and knocked down all the jailers in just a few breaths.
Li Qi originally thought that others would follow them when they saw that they had escaped, but who knew that when the people in the prison saw this scene, they were so frightened that they all retreated far away, and no one had any intention of running away.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you run away?" Li Qi shouted.
The others were silent, all curled up and shivering.
Chai Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, they don't dare to run away. If they are caught, they will most likely be killed."
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the prisoners again, sighed helplessly and said to Wei Gang and Chai Jing: "Go back as soon as possible."
After Wei Gang and Chai Jing left, Tang Yun asked, "Sir, why don't we leave?"
Li Qi smiled and said, "If we leave too, what excuse will Tian Hangnan and the others use to enter the city?"
After hearing this, Tang Yun suddenly realized.
…
Prefect's Mansion, backyard.
As the prefect of Zhoushun, Jiang Yue had been domineering in Zhoushun for many years and had never done any dirty things. For him, nothing was as important as money.
At this time, he was leisurely eating the cakes fed by his concubine, and he had already forgotten about Li Qi.
The scholar next to him is his adviser. This man is smart and cunning, and has helped Jiang Yue do many harmful things over the years.
"Sir, I have carefully confirmed the jade talisman. That person is an official from Kyoto..."
"Beijing official?" Jiang Yue recalled what happened a few hours ago, "What is he doing here as a Beijing official?"
"Maybe he was passing by."
"Passing by?"
Jiang Yue smiled disdainfully and said, "Now that he's here, don't leave. Later, you can have someone drag him out and bury him, and then search for his belongings."
"Sir..." the scholar said hesitantly, "Do you think this person might be sent by that person?"
When Jiang Yue heard the word "that one", he frowned and asked the concubine beside him to retreat.
After he and the scholar were the only ones left in the room, he said, "Why did that person send someone here?"
"Now that the new year is approaching, will it be the one who asked people to come over to check the tributes?" the scholar asked.
Jiang Yue thought for a moment and said: "It's not impossible... So what should we do now? If it's really the person who sent me and I detained him, will he..."
The scholar smiled and said: "My lord, there is no need to worry. The one above is only concerned about the tribute. As long as there are no problems with the tribute, even if that person is really sent by the above, the above will not say anything more."
Jiang Yue nodded: "You are right, but to be on the safe side, you still have to confirm the identity of that person first... Well, you bring him here and ask him carefully."
The scholar nodded: "Okay, sir."
…
After Wei Gang escaped, it was as if nothing happened in the prison. Li Qi found a relatively clean place, sat down and began to fall asleep while Tang Yun stood guard.
When the scholar came to the cell and saw all the jailers lying on the ground, he was stunned for a moment and quickly led people to Li Qi's cell. When he saw that Li Qi was still there, he was relieved.
"Take those two people away."
Tang Yun saw the other party pointing at him and shook Li Qi gently: "Master... they are here."
Li Qi slowly opened his eyes and smiled slightly: "Let's go, the prefect probably wants to ask us something."
Arriving at the backyard of the prefect's mansion, the scholar asked Tang Yun to stay outside, and then took Li Qi into a side room.
As soon as he entered, Li Qi saw the prefect Jiang Yue sitting in the middle.