Chapter 324: Into the Tiger's Den
It stands to reason that most of the people should be preparing reunion dinners at home on the last day before the New Year's Festival, and there should not be so many people coming out to see the excitement, but unfortunately this is the reality, and the onlookers all stretched their necks to look into the prisoner car.
It can attract so many onlookers, firstly, thanks to the great publicity of the imperial court, and secondly, because of the popularity of this person in the prisoner car. For the people of the capital, it is not every year that the imperial court can see the public execution of criminals, only those who have committed heinous crimes will be publicly executed, almost all such people are men, and very few women will be publicly executed, this is the first time in many years.
The woman's hair in the prison car was scattered and draped over her chest, almost covering her face, and it was difficult for people to see the woman's face even if they stared out their eyes, but they could all see the woman's figure clearly, even if she was wearing prison clothes, she was still so graceful. People believe that Chu Hanqian, the top dancer of Leng Yuezhai in the capital, is no longer eighteen or nineteen years old, but her appearance, figure and dancing skills are really unmatched, even Leng Yuezhai's proprietress is not comparable, how many people have seen the dancing of the dancing queen, and the people who have seen it are almost unforgettable.
"Oh, what a pity, just ask like this, her dancing is really unforgettable in my life!"
"You're lucky enough, you've at least seen it, I don't have a chance to see it if I want to!"
"Isn't it? If you want me to say, it will be difficult to come out with such a good brand in the next few years, right? ”
"So, let's all take a good look today, it's the first time I've seen a woman beheaded, and I don't know if it's as bloody as a man."
"What difference does that make? Look at what you said, I want to know how such a beautiful woman is going to be beheaded? ”
"You must not have read the edict of the imperial court, right? Isn't it written on it, saying that it was an assassination of the court officials with the intention of rebellion! ”
"Nonsense! How could such a delicate beauty do such a thing? ”
"Don't be long-winded, the prison carts have passed!"
As the prisoner cart passed, more and more people began to follow the prisoner cart, and the direction they went was the Underworld, and the originally crowded streets were deserted in a short time, which should have belonged to the day before the New Year's Festival.
Looking at the indentations and messy footprints of the prisoner cart on the road, the original snow has melted clean, and those that were lucky enough to stay have lost their original whiteness and become dirty and disgusting. Jiang Weizhen stood in the crowd, he heard every word of people's discussion clearly, hey, maybe this is the people of the Liang Dynasty, they are kind and ignorant at the same time, they only care about the acres and thirds of land in front of them, they can't see the future of the country and can't understand the changes of the court, and they won't understand who these sacrifices are for.
"I only hope that Shaoning's operation can go smoothly this time" Jiang Weizhen glanced in the direction of the prison of the Criminal Department, and finally followed the footsteps of the prisoner car, his task was to watch the whole process of the execution.
On the third day after the heavy snowfall, the weather was not as clear and sunny as the previous two days, and fog began to fall from early in the morning. In the mist, four blurred figures flashed out of the darkness and quickly disappeared into the Dali Temple, their target was not the Criminal Department, they jumped onto the roof of the Dali Temple one after another. After several months of repairs, part of the building has taken shape, especially the cells, which have almost been restored to their original state.
The thin mist had an excellent hiding effect, and the four black shadows landed steadily in the courtyard in front of the cell in Dali Temple without alerting the jailers. According to the plan, this should be the time when the defense of the cell of Dali Temple is the weakest, and the four black shadows quickly moved to the door of the cell, one of them compared gestures, and then the four of them entered the cell in two groups.
The rebuilt cell was much stronger than before, with one iron door after another spread across the three access paths, and no one could enter or exit the cell without the key to any of them.
However, this point is not difficult for Duan Lang at present, he took out an iron spoon that had been prepared a long time ago, and he was not mistaken, it was really an iron spoon, but it was much smaller and similar in appearance to the spoon that people commonly use for eating. Duan Lang gently inserted the iron spoon into the lock cylinder, tossed a few times, only heard a click, the first iron door opened, Duan Lang was very accomplished, and then continued to open the remaining two iron doors visible to the naked eye, all without much effort.
Xuan Shaoning patted Duan Lang's shoulder and gave a thumbs up, Duan Lang patted his chest and tilted his head. Shen Ming was the first to rush into the cell and began to look carefully, according to the previous plan, there was only one person in this newly built prison, and that was the real Chu Hanqian. It's just that this new prison is built like a labyrinth, and people go back and forth in it, and it is difficult to find their purpose without spending enough time and energy.
Shen Ming snatched the iron spoon from Duan Lang's hand, originally Duan Lang was going to snort again, but now there is no one to eat. Xuan Shaoning didn't understand what Shen Ming was doing with this iron spoon, it was just used to pick locks. I saw Shen Ming knock the iron spoon on an iron pillar, a total of six times, and those who knew a little bit of rhythm could understand that this was the basic tone of Gong Shang Jiao Zhengyu, the foundation of the music score.
I understand! Xuan Shaoning had to admire Shen Ming's understanding of Chu Hanqian, and as he expected, a moment later, the same six tapping sounds came into his ears, this was Chu Hanqian's response! The four of them immediately ran in the direction of the sound, and this simple melody appeared regularly at regular intervals, and the four of them quickly found the corresponding cell by relying on their hearing.
"Hanqian!" Shen Ming rushed to the door of the prison and looked at Chu Hanqian, who was still in human shape, although she was already covered in bruises, her hair was messy, and her face was pale.
"You're so adventurous!" When Chu Hanqian said this, his voice was obviously hoarse, and he had long since lost his warbler's cry. "How did you know I was being held here?"
"Stop talking, we'll explain these things later, now you stand back." Shen Ming handed the iron spoon back to Duan Lang, and after Duan Lang took it, he immediately began to tinker with the lock cylinder, which was obviously more difficult than the previous iron door. Duan Lang tossed for a long time, and even his own sweat dripped onto the cold cell floor.
The clicking sound finally appeared as he wished, Duan Lang finally exhaled, pulled out the iron spoon and pushed the cell door hard, and the cell door opened in front of everyone. Shen Ming was the first to rush into the cell and picked up Chu Hanqian, and saw that her hands and feet were shackled, so he had to look at Duan Lang again.
"I'll try!" Duan Lang immediately strained himself against the shackles. Xuan Shaoning looked at the weak Chu Hanqian, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Senior Sister Hanqian, why are you taking such a risk?" ”
Chu Hanqian leaned on Shen Ming's shoulder, "Ye Kai, I will definitely not bypass the person who killed Ye Kai!" When she said this, Chu Hanqian seemed to have strength all over her body, and her eyes erupted with the fire of revenge.
"Senior Sister Hanqian, we will definitely avenge Senior Brother Ye's revenge, and we will rescue you first now!"
"We? Shaoning, do you know why I missed? My dancing can confuse all men in the world, but there is only one exception. ”
When he heard this, even Duan Lang stopped what he was doing and raised his head to look at Chu Hanqian, he also wanted to know who could not be attracted by Chu Hanqian's dancing.
"That's the one who knows me and understands me!" Chu Hanqian wanted to say her name, but she finally held back.
"Does anyone in the court know you? And also debunked you? Xuan Shaoning asked rhetorically, he didn't know why his heart trembled when he asked this sentence, obviously he didn't know the answer.
"Of course, you all know ......" Chu Hanqian finally couldn't help crying, she really didn't know whether it was right or wrong to say this, but she had to tell these people that that person was no longer the person they knew at the beginning.
"Senior Sister Hanqian, who are you talking about?"
"Duan Lang, hurry up and open the shackles, we have limited time!"
In the end, it was Shen Ming who interrupted their conversation, he didn't want to worry about it at this time, they were still in danger after all.
Duan Lang's craftsmanship was really not blown, the shackles were finally done, and Shen Ming carried Chu Hanqian on his back and ran towards the prison door under the cover of the other three. It was unusual for the newly built cell to be unguarded, but they all believed that the information they received was reliable, because they all believed that the person who released the information was reliable.
When the five of them ran to the door of the cell, the originally dimly lit courtyard was suddenly brightly lit, and all the tall lanterns standing on both sides were lit up, dispelling the mist to the greatest extent. This sudden brightness caught the five of them a little off guard, they couldn't open their eyes at all, and they only heard the voice of one person.
"Your abilities are truly extraordinary, a little earlier than I expected!"