On the afternoon of the third day after the intelligence officers of the Investigation Bureau left Liangshanbo,

Zheng Fei was watching the minions practice fighting under the leadership of the major leaders on the training platform.

A minion suddenly rushed to the training platform and came to Zheng Fei's side and said respectfully,

"The big leader, the king leader, the martial leader, the stone leader, and the Duan leader, they are all back!"

Zheng Fei's heart jumped and asked, "Who else did you bring back?" ”

The minion said, "Yes, I brought back fifty or sixty people!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Fei had already jumped off the training platform and walked hurriedly in the direction of the mountain gate, and his heart was also full of ecstasy!

Although he didn't know who Wang Jin and the others brought back, Zheng Fei was definitely the one of the three major weapons families who were convicted!

God willing, they did it! And he brought back so many people at once! It seems that the construction of weapons is about to be done!

Zheng Fei walked all the way out of Dazhaikou, and just halfway down the mountain road, he saw a group of people coming up from the direction of Wanzi City, and the few people led by him were not Wang Jin, Wu Song, Shi Yong and Tang Long!

But when Zheng Fei saw the group of people following them, he couldn't help but be stunned......!

This...... Is this a group of "people"?

And I saw that there were fifty or sixty people, men, women, and children, all of them in ragged clothes, skinny, sallow, unkempt, that is, in better spirits, all of them were looking around and guarding the roadside with a frightened and timid face, but every time they passed by, this group of people would immediately nod their heads in flattery, as if they were afraid of what would happen to them.

This is more than 108,000 miles different from the image of a group of sturdy blacksmiths imagined by Zheng Fei!

Is this a group of blacksmiths?

No!

It's clearly a bunch of beggars! Wrong! Not even a beggar!

Wang Jin and the others had also seen Zheng Fei, and everyone was overjoyed, and immediately quickened their pace and came to the front to hug Zheng Fei and said, "Big boss, we're back!" ”

The group of "beggars" behind them also seemed to see that Zheng Fei's identity was very unusual, and hurriedly knelt down towards Zheng Fei, constantly calling the master, but they didn't even dare to raise their heads, let alone dare to see what Zheng Fei looked like.

Why are they so afraid? Zheng Fei only felt a little trance, and pointed to Wang Jin, Tang Long and others at the group of humanitarians,

"...... this?"

Tang Long sighed deeply, and said with a sad and indignant face, "Big Leader, these are the three major weapon families that my junior brother told you!" ”

Zheng Fei was stunned when he heard this, they ...... Are they really the case? This...... Can such a person fight weapons?!

Tang Long saw Zheng Fei's puzzlement, and continued, "The younger brother and the others went all the way to Shamen Island, and after several inquiries, they finally found their ......,"

In Tang Long's mouth, a tragic history slowly unfolded in front of Zheng Fei's eyes,

Objectively speaking, the Great Song Dynasty was a relatively tolerant dynasty, and among the emperors of the past dynasties, there were only faint monarchs, and there were few tyrants, unlike the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, who often acted ruthlessly and confused bastards, and often killed tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of criminal officials and criminals.

Therefore, the social civilization of the Song Dynasty was relatively free, coupled with its developed economy, it already had the germ of primitive capitalism.

But even the most tolerant dynasty and the most merciful monarch will not forget to intimidate the multitudes with cruel punishments against those who violate its appointed rules and despise its dominance!

And Salmon Island is what it set up, the most terrifying purgatory on earth in the hearts of the people of the Great Song Dynasty!

Shamen Island is located in the southernmost part of the Penglai Long Island archipelago in Yantai, located in a remote area, surrounded by water, and is an ideal place to hold serious offenders.

It's just that those who come here for the first time will be attracted by the magnificent sea scenery and the "mirage" that will appear from time to time.

But for those who are unfortunate enough to be sent here, this is the entrance to hell!

Because once this place is allocated, it is no longer a human being, life and death are all based on the words of the official, and the prisoners are imprisoned day and night, and death is the neighbor, day and night, and life is also extremely difficult, every year there are many people who die of hunger, freeze, and even thirst!

According to legend, the imperial court only provided rations for 300 people on Shamen Island, but the prisoners on the island were often more than 1,000, and the people were overcrowded.

In order to save rations, the prisoners were simply drowned in the sea in batches, and the prisoners were killed by more than 700 people in just two years!

"History of the Song Dynasty" cloud: Sinners lend the dead, the old ones are more with Salmon Island, and the most people die.

In such a place, I'm afraid that even hell is better than him!

It's no wonder that in the Water Margin, when Xue Ba wanted to murder Lu Junyi, who was assigned, he said, "Even if you go to Shamen Island, you will die, so it is better to send you away as soon as possible." ”

Cai Jing also threatened Jeju Governor Yoon to solve the case as soon as possible after the robbery of Shengchengang, saying, "If you don't get this official matter in the 10th day, I'm afraid that you won't come first and ask the prime minister to go to Salmon Island." "It's a walk, and the threat is chilling!

At the beginning of the "bow and crossbow case" case, the three major weapons families were convicted of being assassinated by the angry emperor to Shamen Island, and to this day, when I first went, there were nearly 400 people in the three major weapons families, and after these twenty or thirty years of torture, now there are only these fifty or sixty people left!

It is also because they know how to work as a blacksmith, and they are often requisitioned by the island officials to build torture tools, so they rely on this craft to survive to this day!

Listening to Tang Long's words, the group of people were all sobbing softly, as if they recalled the suffering of their own family, as well as the ...... of those relatives who had died!