Gaomi County

A thin-faced man with a long beard led two retinues with iron rods, led by a jailer, into the Gaomi County Prison.

They stepped on the dark green moss, slowly weaving through the bluestone slabs and weaving through the darkness.

"Tick! Tick! Tick! "Water droplets seep out of the massage walls, forming a set of pools of water on the ground.

As they went deeper, the road under their feet became more and more wet, and the ground became more and more watery, and in a short time, half of their steps were soaked.

The footsteps of the four people, like the whispering of ghosts, echoed in the cold and empty prison, "Da! Da! Da! Da! ”

After about half a stick of incense, they entered an interrogation room in pitch black.

The oil lamp hanging on the wall was lit by the torch in the hand of the jailer, and the wick made of hemp began to burn, and the gray smoke began to smoke the roof, and the new charcoal content continued to increase on the already black charcoal stained walls.

Because the lamp is small and the room is large, even if the oil lamp is lit, it is still dim and dim, and the vision is blurred.

The interrogation room was fully equipped with torture equipment, the only deficiency was that the torture equipment was covered with dust.

After the dust was soaked with the humid air, it gradually corroded the wooden torture apparatus; Huge cobwebs fill every corner of the room – there are so many cobwebs that many people may never see so many white cobwebs in their lifetime.

After the thin-faced man with a long beard entered the prison, his face was gloomy, and his face was full of disgust, when he saw that the interrogation room was so dilapidated, he couldn't help it, and complained directly, "Official, it's too broken here, right?" I've heard that the Gaomi County Prison is full of prisoners, why is the interrogation room so dilapidated? ”

After hearing this, the jailer couldn't help it, and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, you don't know, after Song Xiang served as the captain of Gaomi County, the interrogation room of Gaomi Prison was vacant. There is no other reason, anyone who offends Song Xiang and makes Song Xiang unhappy is directly taken into custody, and there is no need for interrogation at all. ”

He pointed to the dust-covered torture instruments on the wall and said triumphantly: "When Song Xiang was in charge of Gaomi, torture would never take place here, he asked the jailer to carry whips, sticks and other torture instruments directly into the cell and force the prisoner's property."

"I see!" The bearded and thin-faced man suddenly realized.

He tilted his head and looked inside the interrogation room.

With the help of dim oil lights, he faintly noticed a dilapidated wooden door standing across it, blocking the way to the depths.

"Behind that door, is there a place of detention for Guangfang?"

The jailer didn't hide it, this was exactly the purpose of their coming here, and nodded, "Well, Guangfang is a two-thousand-stone official, and he is a felony who is going to be escorted to the Chang'an Tingwei Office for interrogation, and the place where he is held is naturally tight!" If it weren't for Nian You's desire for revenge, I wouldn't have let you wait here. ”

The jailer was a thief, so he ran to the door of the interrogation room in small steps, looked left and right, and when he found that there was no problem, he closed the door of the interrogation room, ran back, and continued: "Don't forget your promise! If you take revenge and beat him and let him taste the pain of flesh and skin, the general will not pursue it. If he is killed, then you will have to pay for your life! ”

Even if it was taken down, before Liu Che spoke, Guangfang was still a local important minister of two thousand stones! Even the princes and kings did not have the authority to order their beheading, so the jailer was extremely careful.

The bearded and thin-faced man smiled, "Although the official is relieved, although the contemptible person is revengeful, he is not stupid enough to look for death, just give him a beating!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a light blue cloth bag from his arms and handed it to the jailer, "This is the intention agreed before, a total of ten gold cakes, please count them." ”

The jailer looked at the cloth bag that was close at hand, and swallowed his saliva with a "bang".

He grabbed the rough cloth bag, opened it violently, and counted the number of gold cakes inside.

Huang Cancan's golden cake was reflected in his pupils, making his breathing even faster.

After a brief count, he stuffed the golden cake into his arms, coughed lightly, and pretended to be majestic, "Ahem, ahem, you are sensible!" Come with me. ”

He untied a set of keys from his waist and strode to the door inside the interrogation room.

Key insertion,

"Gada", the lock cylinder pops open,

"Bang dang!"

The doors are open!

Suddenly, a darker, more damp, and more pungent corridor appeared in front of the eyes of the four people.

A pungent smell came from behind the door, and when it met the flames on the torches, there was a "crackling" sound.

The jailer turned around, stuffed the key into the hand of the bearded and thin-faced man, and said in a deep voice, "Remember, I will give you a stick of incense at most!" If you are still unhappy after a stick of incense, I have no choice! ”

The bearded man clutched the key tightly, glanced meaningfully at the dark and lonely corridor, and said with a wicked smile: "Hey, hey, a stick of incense is enough, enough!"

He took the torch from the jailer's hand again, and after a few nods, he stepped into the corridor with the smell of rot with his two attendants.

And the jailer also took the opportunity to walk out of the interrogation room to watch the wind, so as to avoid the incident from happening and being discovered.

The bearded man looked at the jailer's departing back, smiled contemptuously, and spat hard into the hallway.

The spit fell to the ground, mixing with the damp water on the ground, and lost its original trace.

The road behind the gate is not flat, but a descending path with bluestone stairs.

However, the descent is not deep, at most three or four meters.

The bearded man pointed the torch in his hand at the front, and after finding that the flames were only swaying from side to side, he breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that Guangfang is inside!" Come with me! ”

"No!"

Crisp and eager footsteps sounded below, "Da! Da! Da! Da! Da! ”

Two minutes later

The three of them came to the door of the innermost cell.

I saw a man in a white prison robe, shackled hands and feet, with his hair scattered and covered in mud, and his face covered in dirt, lying like a dead corpse, with blank eyes, lying on a straw mat.

When he heard someone coming, he only turned his head to glance at it, and then continued to stare at the roof of the cell, without saying a word.

The thin-faced man with a beard handed the key to his entourage and commanded, "Open the door!"

"No!"

"Gada!" The lock cylinder pops open

"Whoa!" The chains on the door were removed.

The three of them entered the cell, and the bearded and thin-faced man covered his nose with a piece of silk to block the slightest unpleasant rancid smell before he spoke: "Guangfang, can you recognize me?"

Guangfang didn't feel much about the sound, and still lay there lifeless.

"Hmph, I deserve to be a captain, my eyes are above the top of my head, and I can't remember me as a little person at all." The man smiled self-deprecatingly, "But it's okay, it's best if you can't remember what I look like, and it saves a lot of trouble." I don't talk too much nonsense, I came in today to send you something! ”

With a wave of his hand, he motioned for one of his attendants to take something out.

The attendant comprehended, laid the iron rod flat, held the iron rod in one hand, and grasped the top of the iron rod with the other.

"Bang!" With a bang, the top of the iron rod was pulled open.

It turned out that the iron rod was empty inside!

The attendant smiled sinisterly, pointed the opening of the iron rod at the ground, and with a rough shake, a pearl necklace fell out of it.

The necklace is fragile, and after being treated violently, "Whoa! "Yes, all scattered.

The round pearls fell to the ground, shining with a holy white light under the light of the torches.

The corners of the bearded and thin-faced man's mouth raised, "Guangfang, you take a good look, what is this?" ”

Guangfang was attracted by the crisp sound, and his eyes swept blankly at the pearls on the ground.

Suddenly, he shuddered coldly, his pupils contracted suddenly, and he sat up suddenly, "This is...... ......"

After shaking, the shackles on his body "bang! The ground rang.

The bearded and thin-faced man smiled slyly, "It seems that you still recognize this thing." Not bad, not bad! ”

Guangfang didn't know where the strength came from, and he was furious like a bull, and he stood up at once and rushed forward, "What have you done!" ”

"Bold!"

"Get out of here!"

Two angry rebukes came from the mouths of the two attendants.

Then, two iron rods knocked him to the ground.

"Boom!" The straw mat on the ground was smashed.

The bearded and thin-faced man shook his head disdainfully and snorted coldly, "Just because you are like this, you also want to touch Lao Tzu?" ”

With a gentle wave of his hand, "Come on, call me!" ”

Two iron rods fell like rain and smashed viciously on Guangfang's body.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! "Ahhh

The iron rod touched his face, and a black-purple bruise suddenly appeared.

"Ahh Don't fight, don't fight! ”

"Ahhhh

"Stop, don't!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang......"

After about thirty or forty strokes, the man raised his hand to stop, "Stop!" ”

The man looked at Guangfang with a smile, squatted down, and poked just now, "Oops, where did the high-ranking lieutenant go, why is this picture?" ”

Guangfang's face was full of sadness, half of his broken teeth spit out from his mouth, he didn't care about being beaten, but instead used a pleading tone, "Tell me, what did you do in Jimo City before you came!" ”

"Hahaha, want to know? Yes, give me three kowtows! ”

"Thou! Don't overdo it! ”

"Humph! Knock or not? A trace of murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the bearded and thin-faced man, "Please make one thing clear to the captain, now, it is you who are begging me!" ”

Guang was trembling with anger, he glared at the man from Jimo, and kowtowed three times unwillingly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

"This is also called kowtowing? It's not loud enough! Re-knock! ”

"Thou!" Guangfang's eyes widened, he didn't expect this guy to be so shameless.

"Don't knock?"

Guangfang gritted his teeth and knocked three more.

This time, he pushed harder.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Blood oozed from the wound on the forehead, passed through the inner eye socket, crossed the nose, passed through the corners of the mouth, and finally dripped to the ground.

Without wiping the blood, he raised his head, looked up at the man, and pleaded again, "Is it okay now?" Tell me, what did Ma Ning and the king do? ”