Chapter 826: Confusion (I)
The prison of Kaifeng Mansion is not in the government, but is set aside separately. Although the guards here are far less strict than the prison of the Criminal Department, there are also dozens of soldiers guarding the inside and outside, and they are not allowed to approach without the relevant waist card warrant.
In fact, with Sun Tu's current identity, it is not too difficult to really want to enter it and find Zhou Xiong, but in case something happens, he still chose to keep a low profile, only wearing ordinary clothes, bringing two personal guards over, and showing the waist card he took from Zhong Yang to open the way.
As soon as he saw that he took out Zhong Tongju's waist card, the soldiers guarding the door did not dare to hinder him, and respectfully invited him into the gate. And all this fell into the eyes of a few men who were sitting there on the other side of the long street, and soon, some people left in a hurry.
After Sun Tudao made it clear that he wanted to see Zhou Xiong by name, the little official who was in charge of the affairs in the prison couldn't help but look him up and down: "There was a strict order before the general sentence, except for those who deliver food, no one is allowed to contact such important criminals, you ......"
"Why, isn't it enough to have this token? It was Zhong Tong who judged that he had something to ask him, so he sent me here. Sun Tu immediately interrupted this person's inquiry, looked at the other party with unkind eyes, and naturally a momentum surged out of his body, which actually pressed the other party's breath into a mess, and he didn't dare to obstruct it anymore, so he nodded hurriedly and said: "Since it is the meaning of the general judgment, the small one does not dare to stop it, and the official asks for it, and the others are locked up in the deepest Tianzi cell in the prison." He himself didn't dare to lead Sun Tu and them over.
It wasn't until Sun Tu nodded and led people over that this one breathed a sigh of relief, and he always felt that the awe-inspiring aura emanating from this body was much stronger than that of Zhong Tongju, who had always been serious.
Walking along the long corridor, Sun Tu looked at it casually and found that there were actually not a few criminals here, but the atmosphere was still depressing. In particular, the cells here are not built in the open air like the prison camp I have entered before, but are covered with roofs, so that the sun cannot shine, and they can only be lit by torches and lanterns in their hands, which makes it even more gloomy and emotionally depressed.
And when they came to the deepest part of the prison, it was already pitch black, and the nearest torch was already thirty paces away. Sun Tu sighed, and then put the lantern in front of the separate cell, and at the same time shouted: "Senior Brother Zhou Xiong......" His gaze also looked in.
The cell was much larger than the others, and the wooden fence on the outside was thicker, thigh-thick, and it was made of fine hardwood, so it was impossible for a prisoner to break open the door. Moreover, the prisoner in the prison is still wrapped in a lot of chains, and it is difficult for both hands and feet to really unleash it, so it is natural that he will resist.
At this time, the prisoner was lying on his back, sleeping on the wall inside, only looking at it from the outside, Sun Tu felt that the other party was very strange. He and Zhou Xiong actually don't have much to do with each other, although they have practiced with him for a few days at the beginning, but because of their taciturn character, their friendship is naturally not deep. Coupled with the fact that years have passed, this memory is even more blurred.
But even so, when the prisoner in the prison turned around a little dazedly when he heard the sound, Sun Tu still recognized at a glance that he was not the Zhou Xiong he knew. Zhou Xiong's appearance is honest and generous, but this person has thin cheeks and body, and his facial features are very different from Zhou Xiong.
And when this person saw Sun Tu who appeared in front of the prison door, his eyes were also full of fear and doubt, and he didn't know Sun Tu at all. This made him frown suddenly, and subconsciously looked to the other side, only to find that this was the deepest part of the prison, and there were no more cells. Moreover, there were no other prisoners in the last few cells, and it was impossible to find the wrong cell.
How is this possible? Did something go wrong? Sun Tu's heart was suddenly full of doubts, and then he took a step forward and shouted, "You are Zhou Xiong?" ”
The man reacted slightly, nodded silently, and a hoarse voice came out of his mouth: "Yes......" But there were no more words.
And Sun Tu's face became even more solemn at this time, and then he turned around and said, "Go and call the cell boss, I have something to ask him." When a subordinate hurriedly turned around to call someone, he carefully observed the prisoner up and down, and at this time he could already conclude that this person was not Zhou Xiong as he thought, and he couldn't match it in any way. But in this way, the problem is even more serious, the master has been confirmed to be killed, and he even took the time to go to the house over there, and also inquired with people, knowing that the master has indeed been killed. And these two news came from Cui Luoshang, and he believed that it was impossible for the other party to deceive himself in such things.
What the hell went wrong? Could it be that this Zhou Xiong has the same name and surname? But unless there is a deep hatred, how can ordinary people rise out and kill people in the city of Tokyo?
At the moment when Sun Tu was full of doubts, the cell boss finally rushed over, and in addition to apprehension, there was also a little dissatisfaction on his face. However, when he came to Sun Tu, he still behaved quite deferentially: "I don't know what the officials ordered? ”
Sun Tu immediately pointed to the prisoner in prison and said, "This is Zhou Xiong?" The murderer who killed and injured several people out there before? ”
"That's the prisoner......," the cell boss replied, a little dazed.
"You're not mistaken? Didn't change people? ”
"How is this possible? The person was sent by the government a few months ago, and then he has been locked up in this Tianzi cell, and no one has gone out since then, and no one has changed the cell, so how can he be replaced? The cell boss hurriedly replied.
"Open the cell door, I'll go in and ask him." Sun Tu found that the other party's reaction was quite slow, so it was difficult to make any progress through the door, so he made such a decision.
"This ...... This is a crime, how can you open the door at will......" Just when the cell boss was subconsciously about to shirk, Sun Tu's hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder, and his thumb was even more on his artery: "You say it again!" Feeling that the situation was not good, he no longer had the patience to entangle with it, so he directly threatened.
The cell boss only felt a chill rise from his spine, and his body trembled, and finally responded in fear: "Yes, yes, only people can enter, but they can't release prisoners......
"Don't worry, I just wanted to ask him something in person, and I haven't thought about robbing him yet. Besides, this person is not the person I want to meet at all. Sun Tu said and nudged the other party, prompting the other party to step forward and open the door.
In the uproar, the thick chains in front of the cell door were unfastened, and Sun Tu was able to enter it. And as he entered, the people inside obviously shrank a little, and their already rickety bodies shrank into a ball and went straight to the corner. Sun Tu frowned slightly and leaned in: "Don't be afraid, I have no intention of hurting you, I only ask you a few questions, who are you?" ”
"I ...... I'm Zhou Xiong......" said after a moment's hesitation.
"Why did you get convicted and put in prison?" Sun Tu continued to ask, his eyes fixed on each other.
This naturally didn't dare to look at Sun Tu, so he hurriedly lowered his eyes and hesitated: "Naturally, naturally it's because I killed someone." yes, because I killed a couple of scoundrels, they, they deserve to die! ”
"Then why did you kill them?" Sun Tu asked, and looked at the other party's hands and feet carefully, this person has slender hands and feet, and at first glance, he has not practiced martial arts, how can he be the opponent of those street splashes?
"Because...... Because ......" came here without a suitable reason, obviously he didn't know what to say at all except for his own crime and identity. And at this time, not to mention Sun Tu, even the cell boss also saw the problem, and stared at the two people in the prison with wide eyes, his face was full of panic.
This matter is too serious, the prisoners in the prison are not real murderers, and once the matter really spreads, I am afraid that the first to bear the responsibility will be the cell guards. Because in the eyes of others, such deviations are doing tricks and changing people. But the conscience of heaven and earth, where did he get such courage from a small cell guard?
"No, you're not Zhou Xiong, and you're not hurt, you tell me the truth, who are you, why did you come here instead of Zhou Xiong?" Sun Tu suddenly reached out and clasped the other party's shoulder, pulled him to him, and asked in a cold voice.
The man suddenly screamed in fright, and exchanged tears, but he didn't even have the strength to struggle, but just exclaimed emphatically: "I...... I am Zhou Xiong, and I killed the people and was put in prison. I am Zhou Xiong, I killed the person and was put in prison......" He would only say this, and the faster he spoke, the more excited he became, so that Sun Tu didn't know how to deal with it.
"Official, this ......" The cell boss outside the door was even more panicked when he saw this, if this criminal was a good offender, he was afraid that the responsibility for his crime would be even greater.
And Sun Tu finally calmed down at this time, and then picked up the lantern in his hand and shone it on the other party's face, only to find that this person's eyes were blank, his face was distorted, and his mind was obviously confused, and it was impossible to answer any of his own questions at all. This made him sigh in his heart, but in the end he still let go of the other party, but the doubts in his heart deepened.
But the man, after being let go, fell weakly on the hay, and continued to repeat the same sentence, which was evidently firmly engraved into his mind, and in his fright, there was only one answer left.
Seeing Sun Tu come out, the cell leader was even more panicked: "You...... This official, the little one, really did not lie, this person has not been changed since he was sent to prison. ”
Sun Tu stared at him for a long time, but he couldn't see any meaning of concealment in his eyes, so he could only sigh and stop asking.
He really didn't expect that things would change again in this place, he thought that as long as he found Zhou Xiong, he would get the answer, but after entering the prison, things became more and more confusing. Why did the other party do this, and where did the real Zhou Xiong go? And Zhou Xiuwan, where is she?