Volume 2 Sword Peak Shocking Chapter 29 The Seventh Brother in Prison
Near noon, Xiaolian fried a few dishes, Bai Zhan also scalded a pot of wine, after today's events, Bai Zhan felt that as long as the family could get together peacefully, a little twists and turns were nothing. What's more, there are so many people who are busy for themselves, and they always have to cheer up to be worthy of the big guys.
During the meal, Bai Jingwen hesitated and said his plan to open a shop, but he didn't expect that the first person to agree was his father, which made Bai Jingwen a little surprised and encouraged.
Bai Zhan took fifty taels of silver, which was the money he had saved in the past two years to see a doctor for his daughter. Now that the White Lotus is getting better every day, Bai Zhan gave the money to his son, just asking Bai Jingwen to return the one hundred taels of silver tickets given by the blue-shirted young man, after all, it is an outsider's money, and it is just acquainted, Bai Zhan has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and his heart is always a little unsure.
Fu Bo also hurriedly took a cloth bag from the room, and carefully spread it on the table, which contained twenty taels of broken silver. Bai Jingwen's tears slipped down instantly, he knew that his family was not rich, although this silver was not much, but for Fu Bo, he was afraid that it was already a lifetime savings. Bai Jingwen secretly swore in his heart that he would not live up to the ardent expectations of his family.
White Lotus and Fluttershy look at all of this, biting their chopsticks, their faces a little hot, and blaming themselves for being suspicious of Fauber yesterday.
This meal was the warmest meal I've eaten since I remembered playing the White Lotus.
Bai Jingwen was worried about the shop, but he still helped the big guy clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and when his father and sister went to sleep, he went out alone.
Yesterday, I heard Second Brother Jiang talk about being on an errand in the captain's camp in the north of the city, and before the halfway point, Bai Jingwen had already come to Baishuiyu, which was fifteen miles away from Dingbian, and the Baishui captain's camp was stationed here.
Going around and around, Bai Jingwen actually lost his way in the forest, Bai Jingwen had heard Zhu Ershao talk about the location of the Baishui Lieutenant Camp before, and he also knew the location of Baishuiyu. I thought that a lieutenant's battalion would have thousands of men and horses, but such a large camp could be seen before I arrived? How could I think that this Baishuiyu was full of dense forests, and the forests were covered with thick fallen leaves, which were sunburned and exuded bursts of stale smell, as if there had been no human presence for a long time. Bai Jingwen didn't go out of Dingbian much when he urinated, he panicked, and he went further and further, and even the way he came was gone.
"Huh-" A wolf howl sounded in the forest, it was terrible and long, Bai Jingwen wanted to climb the tree, but he couldn't climb it. The wolf howl seemed to be closer, and a shadow flashed in the forest in the distance, Bai Jingwen was afraid in his heart, and ran up lifelessly, suddenly his feet were weak, and his body had fallen straight down, feeling that the back of his head was hit hard, and then he fell into darkness.
"Seventh brother, this kid is awake. Bai Jingwen heard someone talking in his ear, opened his eyes, and several faces full of dirt looked down at him with a smile.
"Who are you, what is this place?" Bai Jingwen shouted loudly while holding the ground with his hands and stepping back.
"Who are we?Seventh brother, who is this kid asking us?" a thin man turned his head and smiled at the big man who was sitting by the wall munching on chicken legs, as if it was the funniest joke he had ever heard.
"Then let him know. The big man didn't raise his head, and gnawed on the chicken leg to himself, as if this was the most important thing for him at the moment.
"Well," the thin man's eyes shone brightly, and he excitedly shouted to a few people around him, "I didn't hear Brother Qi's words? β
When a few men with dirt on their faces heard this, they were like hungry wolves seeing their prey, with a miserable green light in their eyes and a cruel smile on the corners of their mouths, and they forced up step by step.
Terrible screams echoed through the damp, cold dungeons.
"Hey," a soap-clothed jailer slammed his waist knife against the iron bar, his face full of annoyance, "It's almost over, don't make the third master sleep, and then you will all be told to walk around without eating." β
The men in the cell were immediately like roosters pinched by the neck, and the excited screams choked in their throats, and their faces were flushed. The big man who gnawed on the chicken leg didn't care, still fighting with his chicken leg that seemed to never finish gnawing.
The jailer glanced at the big man, spat heavily on the ground, turned around and carried the knife on his waist and walked away three times.
Seeing the jailer walking away, the big man threw down the chicken leg, reached out and rubbed it on his pants, stood up and walked towards Bai Jingwen.
"Do you know who we are?" the big man asked, leaning over and his bearded face glowing fiercely.
Bai Jingwen was really scared of being beaten, so he had to nod obediently.
"Don't blame the brothers for their heavy hands, don't plan to go out again when you enter here, the big guys will get along for a long time in the future, they must always come first and come first, the elder and the young are not respectful. Dahan stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of Bai Jingwen's mouth, and gently patted Bai Jingwen's cheek, seeing that he did not resist, but just looked at himself in fear, so he nodded with satisfaction. Others can deceive people, but it is difficult for a person's eyes to deceive people, especially fear, which is fear from the bottom of his heart, this person will never be his eyeliner, although he is ruthless, but he also has his pride, and will never use such a timid and cowardly person.
This night, Bai Jingwen was awakened by nightmares several times, thinking in his heart that he had not done anything evil, this Dingbian County was very clear under the rule of Master Jian, where could he convict himself so indiscriminately? Most of them were mistaken, and they only clarified their identity when they passed the hall, and then said that they knew Second Brother Jiang, and they would definitely let themselves out, and they would endure it for one night. Thinking wildly, I don't know when I fell asleep.
Things were not as Bai Jingwen expected, no one came to pass the hall for him, this seemed to be a forgotten corner, except for the occasional screams and curses, no one came all day.
Bai Jingwen couldn't bear it anymore, he threw himself on the iron fence and shouted grievances, but it was useless, several people in the same prison still glanced at him, and there was still no one in the entire prison except for the occasional curses.
Maybe it's the conscience, or maybe it's getting along, when I saw Bai Jingwen again in the afternoon, I went to cry out, and a few men looked at Bai Jingwen with some sympathy in their eyes.
"Little brother, save your energy, it's useless. The thin man stepped forward and gently pulled the exhausted Bai Jingwen back.
"Do you think everyone who is locked up here deserves it?" The thin man helped Bai Jingwen to sit down, and he didn't seem to feel good in his heart.
Seeing that Bai Jingwen looked at himself a little strangely, the thin man smiled self-deprecatingly, "How many of you have no grievances when you come here?" Just tell me, the land at home is occupied, and we also know that we can't fight others, but we are really depressed in our hearts, so I went to theorize a few words, and you also saw it. I just don't know how my poor old lady is doing now? There is no land, and I am not around..."The thin man could not say any more, and squatted aside, buried his head deep in his bosom, and his shoulders kept moving.
Bai Jingwen didn't expect that this cruel and cunning man was still burdened with such grievances, and he didn't know whether it was true or not.
"I heard that Lord Jian, the county magistrate, is a rare good official, why don't you go to Lord Jian to administer justice?" Bai Jingwen couldn't help but ask when he saw the man crying sadly.
"Looking for Master Jane, we don't have any money, and we don't even know a few big characters, so we can't write at all. I have the heart to go to the gentleman of the private school to write for me, but when people hear that it is a lawsuit, it is too late to hide, where will they care about you?" said a big man in the corner with a sigh.
Bai Jingwen was silent, he couldn't imagine that this seemingly peaceful world still hides so many ugliness and sinisterness. I only felt the blood churning in my chest, and finally sighed after a long time, "If I were still free, I would definitely write a letter to you and submit it, Master Jane, I have seen it, it is really a rare good official, and I will definitely not sit idly by." It's just that I'm in the same situation right now, heyβ"
Several men listened to Bai Jingwen's words, and suddenly stood up together, with a light of hope in their eyes.
"Is this true?" The man with a beard on his face grabbed Bai Jingwen's collar, and a pair of eyes forced him over.
Seeing Bai Jingwen nodding heavily, he couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, only to know that tears also flowed out.
"Okay!good!good!" The bearded man said yes repeatedly, stretched out his hand to grab Bai Jingwen's shoulders, dragged him to the corner, lowered his head and stared into Bai Jingwen's eyes, what he was going to say to Bai Jingwen next was more important than his life, he wanted to take a good look at whether the young man in front of him could be trusted.
Bai Jingwen looked up at the big man, he was not short, he was seven feet six inches tall, and he was above average when he walked on the street, but at this time, he was held in the arms of the big man, and he was only taller than his shoulders. Dahan's eyes were full of scrutiny, hope, entrustment, and pleading. Bai Jingwen had never seen anyone with such a complicated gaze. I didn't know what he meant for a while, so I had to look at the big man, and I was a little timid in my heart, so I turned my head and moved my eyes away.
Dahan sighed lightly, took off the ring from his left hand, and couldn't help but bring it up for Bai Jingwen, seeing that Bai Jingwen was going to take it off, he grabbed Bai Jingwen's hand into the palm of his hand, "Take it to do something for me, and you can regain your freedom." β
Bai Jingwen wanted to cry in his heart, how could he be locked up here, and even the jailers had to give a few thin-faced people so easy to accomplish? Not to mention that this ring was verdant in color, and it seemed to be worth a lot of money, so it was not a stolen goods, right? But now, what can he do? As long as he can exchange it for freedom, no matter how dangerous it is, he will always have to give it a try. Thinking of this, Bai Jingwen nodded solemnly to the big man.
The big man was very satisfied, and lowered his voice very low, and several men on the side gathered over intentionally or unintentionally, and surrounded the two of them.
"You must remember what I say next, it is about whether you can survive tomorrow or not. Seeing Bai Jingwen nodded, the fear in his eyes was much less, and the big man was even more satisfied, it seemed that although this young man was immature, he was not stupid, and he couldn't help but feel a little confident, "When you turn around, there will be a fat man who will take you to a place called Aoki Rock, remember, go up three feet and seven feet and one inch from under the rock, walk to the edge of the cliff, jump down, and you will be free." β
Bai Jingwen listened carefully to the words of the big man, this matter is indeed risky, jumping off the cliff? Freedom? Could it be that someone will pick him up at the bottom of the cliff? It's just that with the current situation, he still has a choice? . After pondering for a while, Bai Jingwen nodded emphatically.