The warden in the cell saw so many officers and soldiers coming, led by a person dressed as a Taoist, and he immediately guessed who Wuwei Taoist was when he looked at the pomp and dress.

"Could it be that you are the great master of today's Khitan, right?" The warden asked cautiously.

"Seeing that our national teacher still doesn't kneel, now the emperor has decreed that all high and low will always have a point, our national teacher is the emperor's teacher, why don't you kneel when you see it?"

The warden dared not speak out, the Khitan had never had this provision, but since they all said so, if they didn't do it, they wouldn't have to move their heads, so they took everyone to kneel down for the Wuwei Taoist.

Wuwei Taoist nodded, did not put on a score, took out the edict written by the Khitan Emperor himself, and said: "Get up, the contemptible people are the Wuwei Taoists, this is all the emperor's will, and we are just doing things according to the rules." And today, Poor Dao has received another order from the Emperor to bring a prisoner out of prison, can you show me the way? ”

"Returning to the National Teacher, the prisoners held in our cell in the south of the city are the most miscellaneous of the four prisons in the imperial city, from the death row prisoners to the roosters and dog thieves. I don't know what kind of prisoner the national teacher is looking for, so I'll help you find it. The warden asked.

Speaking of which person he was looking for, Wuwei Daoist really didn't know, he only knew that this person was a thief, and he still had four of his comrades outside.

"I only know that he is a rooster and dog thief, and he was caught in a crime recently, do you have any impression?"

"National teacher, aren't you embarrassed? There are so many inmates coming in and out of this prison every day, I can't remember which inmates have ever entered. I may remember the murder and arson, but I don't really remember the thieves in general. I don't know what the national teacher is looking for this little thief to do. There are so many thieves in our country, why don't we give you a dozen. ”

This warden is selling something? Still a dozen? Wuwei Daoist said angrily: "This thief is extraordinary to me, if I can find other thieves to replace me, I won't trouble you to find it." Recently, Khitan theft is rampant, there is no good management, the Khitan Emperor ordered me to govern the people, this thief who was imprisoned was very bold, broke into the inner courtyard of the palace, the emperor was very angry when he found out, and vowed to find him out and severely punish him to correct the situation, so I was ordered to come here. What I know now is that this thief and four other accomplices are still at large, and this thief is going to be released today, so we only need to use this thief to hang all the remaining ones, and they will definitely come to pick up this thief who is locked up in prison today. ”

"What? This thief is so bold that he dares to go to the inner courtyard of the palace to steal, and if I find out, I will beat him with a hundred boards. By the way, national teacher, did you mean that this thief will be released today? ”

"Yes, yes."

"That's easy, I'm going to bring all the thieves who are going to be released today to you for the national teacher, so that you can see, so that you can know which one is the thief you are looking for." The warden said.

"How many thieves are going to be released today?" Wuwei Daoist asked casually, he thought to himself that this range had shrunk so small, there should not be many people.

Who would have thought that the warden really thought seriously and said, "There should be a hundred or so people!" It's okay, I'll take a look with you, and I'll be able to find out the thief soon. ”

Wuwei Daoist almost didn't fall to the ground, he grabbed the warden's arm and asked solemnly, "You repeat, how many thieves are going to be released today?" ”

"A hundred? Well, okay, I just deceived you, there may be nearly two hundred! The warden said apologetically.

Wuwei Daoist leaned back, but fortunately the warden caught him, "National Teacher, what's wrong with you." ”

"I want to die...... How can so many thieves be caught? Can you fit this prison? Wuwei Daoist said dissatisfiedly.

The warden also said distressedly: "You don't know anything about the national teacher, and we don't want to catch so many thieves every day. But there is no way, the Khitan law stipulates that anyone who steals, as long as they do not kill people and set fires, will not be detained for more than a month at most, and will basically be released. As a result, more and more people are thinking of stealing for a living. As the national teacher said, the prison is only so big, and it costs a lot of money to expand, so I have no choice but to release the thieves within a few days of arrest, and set aside the cells to hold those prisoners who have committed more serious crimes, so this situation has happened. National teacher, you said this time that you want to rectify this trend of theft, and your subordinates are a little big when they hear it now, I am afraid that when the time comes, this wind of theft will inevitably turn out to be full of prisoners. ”

"Don't worry, I'll make them scared to go into this cell. In the past, the punishment was too light, so they dared to steal repeatedly, but this time I will order that anyone who dares to steal a stitch from someone else's house will have their hands cut off, and I want to see who has the courage to risk their lives. Wuwei Daoist said through gritted teeth.

The warden saw that Wuwei Daoist was so angry, and he wanted to deal such a cruel hand to these roosters and dogs, I don't know if it was because of his revenge after being humiliated by those thieves, and he thought that he was loyal to the Khitan Emperor and knew that after the thieves in this palace were stolen, he wanted to punish these thieves for the emperor!

The warden nodded and said, "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will take the national teacher to bring out all those thieves." ”

They were about to leave the cell, when they happened to see the jailer walking out with a prisoner, and the prisoner did not look like he was distressed after the crime, but saw the prisoner's happy face and knew that he must be released, so he was so happy.

"See Warden, see Master Kuni." After receiving an order from above, he must salute respectfully when he sees his superiors in the future, and this jailer has no choice but to salute the warden and the Wuwei Taoist very unaccustomedly.

"Well, let's go down!"

"Wait, where are you going with this prisoner?" The Wuwei Daoist seemed to notice something unusual.

"If you go back to the national teacher, this prisoner was arrested for stealing, and today is the third day, and it just so happens that he has been released after completing his sentence." The jailer explained.

And the thief who was about to be released looked at the Wuwei Daoist proudly, as if he was showing off that he had been released from prison, and you couldn't do anything about yourself.

"Thieves? I don't know that the national teacher is here to find a thief who was released today? You still dare to release people, so bold, let me press this thief back to await trial. The warden scolded with a scowl in his face.

The jailer was inexplicably scolded, and was about to return with the thief.