The Yamen Prison of the Division.

There was still a slight light rain outside, which made the prison even more damp and cold, and once inside, with the sound of iron locks, the light outside gradually became faint, until finally it disappeared completely, only the oil lamps hanging on the walls on both sides flickered slightly, emitting a shaky light and shadow.

"Tick-tick-tick-"

The more you enter, the stronger the smell of musty dampness becomes, and in the dark corners of the light, the low and eerie dripping sound of water hitting the ground one by one, regular and clear.

Seeing that the prison door where the prisoner was being held was approaching, the people inside seemed to be aware of it, and moved faintly, and the next moment they pounced on it without warning, causing the prison door to rattle, but the person who came was blocked by the extremely strong prison door.

"Why arrest us! Let us out!"

The person who was originally escorted to the inside looked silently over, only to see a simple young man in the prime of life lying on the cell door at the moment, looking at the dress on his body, he was just an honest farmer, his bloody face was full of unwillingness, and his eyes were even more irrepressible anger.

Xu Shi only noticed the arrival of the servant, and Xu was driven up by this young man, and the next moment, the cell door from the front to the end was suddenly violently shaken "bang-" sound, only the sound of angry scolding, and the sound of resistance came one after another, almost resounding through the entire dim corridor.

"Let us out! What crime have we committed?"

"Aren't you corrupt officials with black hearts afraid of retribution?"

The angry scolding in his ears grew louder and louder, causing the leader of the servants to frown impatiently, and immediately drew the whip wrapped around his wrist and raised it, only to see the whip wrap down like a vicious spirit snake and strike the nearest cell door.

As the sound of the whip lifting the flesh sounded, the young man suddenly burst out violently, and when the angry scolding stopped for a short time, the official immediately raised the whip and pointed at the person locked in the prison door and threatened: "You Diao people, if you don't give you some color, you won't know how many catties and taels you have, do you?

Speaking of this, the official sneered, looked at him with disdain in his eyes and said, "Whoever dares to make trouble for Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will kill him!"

As soon as the words fell, the cell gradually calmed down, and I saw that the people behind the cell door seemed to shrink back in fear, and there was no longer the momentum of the square.

"We've never done anything to commit adultery, so why did you arrest us?"

While there was silence around him, the injured young man stood up again without admitting defeat, his eyes full of anger that was about to erupt.

Seeing that there were still people to refute, the official was not in a hurry, but turned around unhurriedly, looked at the young man with a sneer, and said, "Dare to gather people in Hangzhou Mansion and disturb the order in the city, hasn't this violated my law of Daxing?"

Hearing this, the man died of a strange laugh as if he had heard something funny, and it was not until the sneer on the corner of the officer's mouth gradually faded away with compassion that the man finally spoke.

"The Wujiang embankment is broken, the entire Wujiang County along the embankment has been flooded, our home is gone, the so-called parents and officials above ignore us, coldly watching us wait for death, we are just to save our lives, want to Hangzhou to seek a way to live? What is the crime? What qualifications do you have to detain us here?"

"Why?"

When the official heard this, the corners of his lips aroused a little interest, and his eyes picked up and said: "Just because you are just a group of useless people, dare to break ground on Tai Sui, and the above wants you to die in the third watch, you don't want to live to the fifth watch." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the official turned to look at the people who were locked in the cell: "Be honest with me." ”

Under the silence all around, the people who had been lying on the door couldn't help but retreat backwards and hide in the corner.

"Throw people into me. ”

The officer looked sideways at the man who was locked with a rope and imprisoned, and only heard the sound of two young officials, and when someone opened the door of the cell, almost at the same time, he pushed the man in, and slammed it to the ground with a dull sound.

"Lock the door. ”

As the cold command sounded, the iron chain made a "clang" sound around the door frame, and the next moment, I saw that the iron lock was closed, and only the iron chain was still shaking slightly.

"You guys, give me all the good looks, if anything goes wrong, watch your heads. ”

Suddenly, hearing the beating of the head, the little servants were so frightened that they nodded again and again and said: "Yes, yes, the little ones are guarding day and night, you can rest assured, nothing will happen." ”

"That's good. ”

As soon as the words fell, the head of the servant looked mockingly at the people huddled together in the cell, and without further ado, he put away the whip and walked out.

When the little guards followed, the cell was once again cold and gloomy.

The man who had just been imprisoned took a silent look, and saw that in every cell around here, there were men in the prime of life, and they were all ordinary people in the countryside.

"You are the people of Wujiang County. ”

The man's flat inquiry suddenly sounded in the cell, and the man who had been whipped raised his head when he heard the sound, and did not answer, but said vigilantly: "Who are you?"

"You don't have to ask me who I am, you just reply to me, yes or no. ”

When the inquiry resumed, he was a little more impatiently cold, but the young man seemed to be extremely stubborn, and did not answer, as if he had not heard.

The people around saw that the person who had just been locked in had a bit of murderous intent, and because they were worried about the young man, they couldn't help but come out and say, "Here, and over there, all of them are the people of our Wujiang County. ”

Hearing this, the man walked slowly towards the men, and through a small iron fence above the cell, the light from the outside fell slightly, and it happened to shine on the man's face, which made them see the coldness on the man's face.

"Then how did you end up locked up here? ”

Xu was shocked, one of the people in his twenties couldn't help but move his mouth, and his words were full of caution: "The river embankment collapsed, the river flooded our house, there was no way to live, and no one in the government cared about our life or death, there was really no way, we people along the embankment came to Hangzhou Mansion to beg for a living, who knew that just over a month ago, the soldiers of the Yamen of the Zhensi inexplicably arrested us, until now." ”

As the words fell, there was silence around them, and a hint of clarity gradually crossed the cold eyes of the questioner.

The next moment, as his lips moved slightly, a low and realistic birdsong sounded, and just when everyone was surprised, there was a sudden "flutter" at the iron fence, and with the slight movement of the shadow, a bird with two fists flew in, gray and black, and it looked inconspicuous, but those eyes were blazing, like an eagle, and people did not dare to look directly.

When it landed on the man's arm, the man's right hand reached into his sleeve, drew a red thread, and wrapped it silently but quickly around the bird's leg.

The next moment, the man's arm was lifted suddenly, and with the sound of wings flapping, the bird flew straight out, and drifted away, leaving only a gray fluttering feather whirling in the air and falling to the ground.