Chapter 234: Conditions of Redemption
Lanzhou Prison is an important place on the Northwest Road, not to mention the recent detention of important prisoners of war such as Xiao Xuan and Xie Gonggong, Wen Zhifu specially sent a team of soldiers to guard it for a long time, in case there is any accident, the Song and Xia countries have fought many times, and the battle of Jincheng Pass has played the fire of the Song army, so these soldiers are all full of spirit and carefully carry out the order.
A carriage galloped up, and the defenders on duty saw it from afar, and the leader of the team was just about to stop, but found that it was their hero Xu Zizhen sitting on the carriage.
They all knew Xu Zizhen, and they were about to step forward to greet him, but they found that Xu Zizhen's face was wrong, he gritted his teeth and was murderous, and the polite words that were about to come out of his mouth were swallowed immediately.
Before the carriage stopped, Xu Zizhen jumped down: "Where is the Guan surnamed Xiao in Xixia?" Take me there. ”
Du Tong was stunned for a moment: "Young Master Xu, you ...... What are you going to do? ”
"What to do? Lao Tzu is going to do him! Xu Zizhen was too lazy to talk nonsense, threw the horsewhip to Qian Tongzhi, and strode in.
Na Dutong was shocked, he knew the importance of these two Western Xia prisoners of war, Na Ken really took Xu Zizhen to kill, but after a little hesitation, Xu Zizhen had already stepped into the gate, and no one in the soldiers next to him dared to stop him, so they all hurriedly followed, and at the same time gave his subordinates a look.
Lanzhou Prison covers an extremely large area and has an intricate structure, Xu Zizhen couldn't figure out the direction as soon as he got into it, and he grabbed him as soon as he followed up, and shouted: "Lao Tzu doesn't want to be angry with his brother, take me over!" ”
Na Tong couldn't struggle, and said with a wry smile: "Master Xu, don't worry, I'll take you there." ”
Now the heroic deeds of Xu Zizhen and the Shenji Battalion are spread everywhere in Lanzhou, and even if he is ordered to do so, he has no dissatisfaction, only slightly straightened his clothes and walked quickly towards the depths of the prison, and Qian Tongzhi followed him after only a few steps, and did not make a sound, just followed behind.
The cell was dark, damp and filthy, and there was an oil lamp embedded in the wall every other section, and the bean-sized lights were bright and dark, which made Xu Zizhen a little dazzled, and they all took him to walk quickly, but after all, because the place was too big, he had not arrived for a long time, but the fire in Xu Zizhen's heart gradually cooled down.
Xiao Xuan's status is not high, it has little effect, killing him is only a temporary relief, but it has a great impact on the overall situation, Xu Zizhen is impulsive but not stupid, now calm down and quickly understand the key to this.
"Young Master Xu, it's here." Nadu stopped in front of a cell at the innermost end of the aisle, where there was almost no daylight, and there was a window smaller than a dog's hole in the cell, which could only be used for ventilation, and through the arm-thick fence a figure could be seen curled up in the corner, his clothes were tattered and foul, his hair was scattered and draped over his face, and he did not know whether he was dead or not.
Xu Zizhen glanced at it: "This is Xiao Xuan?" ”
Du Tong said: "Exactly." ”
During the conversation between the two, the man was awakened, raised his head and looked at him blankly, his hair hung down and his face was exposed, and he could vaguely see that it was the arrogant and domineering Xiao Xuan outside the Apricot Castle, he saw Xu Zizhen outside the door at a glance, and immediately crawled over, shouting with a crying voice: "General Xu, General Xu, please let me go, I will miss your great kindness in this life and this life, please!" ”
Xu Zizhen ignored him and beckoned to two jailers in the distance: "Take this kid out for me and help me find a quiet place outside." ”
"Yes!" How dare the jailer disobey his orders, he immediately opened the door and went in and escorted Xiao Xuan out, Xiao Xuan was stunned at first, and then struggled desperately, tears and snot flew everywhere, and howled like a pig.
He was specially arranged by Xu Zizhen to be locked up in the innermost part of this death row, and he was neighbors with those fierce outlaws every day, eating things that were inferior to pig food, and sleeping on filthy and cold mud floors, which was completely different from the kind of brocade clothes and jade food he had before.
The environment is not counted, the most devastated thing is that the jailers here will carry people out every once in a while, some of them only have half a breath when they come back, and they are dying of blood, and some simply don't see them back, no need to ask if they are dead.
When Xu Zizhen came in, his eyes were cold and murderous, Xiao Xuan couldn't guess his intentions, his hands and feet were out together, hugging the fence and crying: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, General Xu begs you to let me go, I don't want to die yet!" ”
He burst out with amazing strength on the line of life and death, and the two jailers actually failed to drag him at once, which annoyed them and embarrassed him in front of the god of war, is this worth it? One of the jailers couldn't help but kick it up and scolded, "Let your mother's fart, don't you die if you don't want to die?" Do you think Lao Tzu is the Jade Emperor? ”
Qian Tongzhi was silent, and at this time, he couldn't help but whisper: "Xiao Xu, don't you really want to kill him?" Scare and scare it, you can't kill it, it's better to keep it for some money. ”
Xu Zizhen was already thinking, and when he heard this, his heart moved, and he raised his hand to stop the jailer's kicking: "Throw him in first, and I'll talk to him for a few words." ”
The one who led the way in was finally relieved to see that he would not kill for the time being, and he saw that Xu Zizhen was going to talk to Xiao Xuan about something private, so he hurriedly took the two jailers and dodged away.
Xu Zizhen got in, stood in front of Xiao Xuan, and said condescendingly: "Want to live? Okay, give me a reason not to kill you. ”
Xiao Xuan saw that there was vitality, and hurriedly said, "I...... I can give you silver, a lot of silver! ”
Xu Zizhen sneered: "Are you very poor when you are Lao Tzu?" Money is not good in front of Lao Tzu, change it. ”
Xiao Xuan hurriedly said again: "Then I'll send you a Xixia beauty, thirty ...... Fifty is okay? ”
Xu Zizhen spat on his face: "You have never seen a woman in your previous life?" ”
Xiao Xuan didn't dare to wipe his face, and said: "Then I'll ask my uncle to give you an official ......" At this point, he himself realized that something was wrong, and stopped, Xu Zizhen didn't want money or women, and it was even more nonsense to seal his official position, Xiao Xuan made a difficulty, and he couldn't think of anything to redeem his life when he scratched his head.
Xu Zizhen suddenly squatted down: "I can not kill you, but you have to promise me one condition." ”
Xiao Xuan was already so anxious that he was about to cry again, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately hurriedly agreed: "I promise I promise, General Xu, please speak!" ”
Xu Zizhen said unhurriedly: "I want to know everything about the Xiao family, tell me everything you know, don't hide it, don't lie to me." ”
Xiao Xuan was startled, his face was blue and white, and he hesitated for a long time before finally making a decision, and nodded: "Okay!" ”
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This secret conversation didn't last long, Xiao Xuan told everything about the Tao like a bamboo tube pouring beans, it was only half an hour, Xu Zizhen already knew the current situation of the Xiao family, such as which military division is in charge of the Xiao family, what powerful people in the court are from the Xiao family, and who else is secretly close to the Xiao family.
When the negotiations between the Western Xia people are over, Xu Zizhen will rush to Xingqing to completely solve the Xiao family and the Sanjue Hall for Li Luoyan, since the big tree of the Xiao family is to be uprooted, it is natural to start with his foundation first, and any potential threats must be cut off in advance.