Chapter 144: Hogg

If you don't hurry up at this time, when will you pat the ass? After this village, there is no such shop.

Olivia smiled slightly, and said in her heart: Count you kid on the road, stretched out his right hand, made a gesture of invitation, invited Clifford in, and then turned around and said to the cell head who was standing there with a flattering smile on his face: "It's none of your business, stay outside and don't let anyone in." ”

"Yes, yes." The cell leader in charge nodded and said, "The villain knows, please rest assured, two adults." ”

Collifor ignored the two of them, walked straight to the prison, and under Olivia's guidance, he quickly found the prison where Hogg lived - it was a single room, not that the jailers here took care of him, but according to the unwritten rules of the prison system, generally officials who committed crimes lived in a single room, no matter what, they used to be leaders, and like the jailers, they all ate imperial food, and they didn't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, as long as they were not particularly arrogant, they would take care of it.

Just when he was at the prison gate, Clifford felt a foul smell coming, the more he went inside, the stronger the smell, in his previous life and in this life, he was a person who loved cleanliness, and this smell has always been unbearable.

Walking to the private room where Hogg lived, through the faint light coming in through the window, Clifford saw a very lonely face, Hogg was not too familiar with him before, but he had seen it I don't know how many times, the previous Hogg was young and talented, and he was quite popular with Governor Taylor, no matter where he went, no matter when, he was high-spirited and energetic.

But today, there is no trace of brilliance on his face, let alone a trace of pride, this is the huge psychological gap brought about by the drastic changes in people's circumstances, thinking about what an excellent young man he was back then, recognized as having a bright future, and now, he has completely become a prisoner of the order, not to mention the future, I am afraid that I can't even save my life, thinking of the tragic fate of this senior brother, Clifford couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

Hogg heard Clifford's sigh, raised his head sharply, and looked greedily at the two figures outside the door that he had never seen before, he had been here for a while, he had not seen anyone except the jailer who brought him food on time every day, and now that he had finally seen two other people, he did not know why a strong impulse suddenly rose in his heart, and he wanted to rush up to drink and talk to them, and tell all his grievances.

Maybe this is because he has been lonely for a long time, Collie shook his head slightly, took off his coat, revealed a delicate face, and said lightly with an expressionless face: "Senior Brother Hogg, are you okay?" ”

"Clifford?" Hearing the other man's voice, Hogg was suddenly excited, like a man who had fallen into the water, grabbed the last floating log, and like a wild beast, swooped down on the edge of the prison door, shook the fence with both hands, and shouted loudly with a trembling voice: "Did the teacher send you to save me?" Isn't it? ”

There was excitement in his voice, there was begging, and there was also the final struggle, a young man who was so proud at the beginning turned into this appearance, it was simply not too unproductive, Collie sighed slightly in his heart, and said lightly: "Senior Brother Hogg, don't be excited. I decided to come and see you, can you please let me in? ”

After knowing that Clifford was not the savior sent by Governor Taylor, Hogg's face was even more lonely than before, he loosened the fence with both hands weakly, lowered his head, sighed, turned around, walked to his small wooden bed quietly, sat down listlessly, and laughed at himself: "Lord Clifford, do you still need to ask me in that case?" You're a big man with a purple color now, I'm just a prisoner, and when you think of me in this smelly cell, can I stop you? ”

Collifer smiled faintly, knowing that he was angry in his heart, and unconsciously wanted to seize any opportunity to complain, so he didn't have the same knowledge as him, turned his head and gave Olivia a look, and after the other party took out the key taken out from the cell boss and opened the prison door, he forcibly endured the unpleasant smell and walked into the cell, sat on a small pony that Olivia brought him, raised his eyes, looked straight at Hogg, and said quietly: "Senior Brother Hogg, you have been wronged here." ”

The corners of Hogg's mouth raised slightly, revealing a self-deprecating expression, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Clifford, don't beat around the bush, just say anything you want." You won't come to my smelly cell to talk to me. I guess you don't want to stay here for a second, to be honest, I was very upset when I first arrived, and now that I've lived for so long, I'm used to it. Hehe. ”

"Brother Hogg." Clifford was also amused by his appearance, and laughed, "Truth be told, Mr. Taylor has appointed me to take your place." ”

"Oh?" Hogg obviously didn't expect it, raised his head suddenly, stared straight at Clifford with a pair of small eyes, there was an indescribable light in his eyes, and said, "Teacher, what's wrong?" Do you want to pay for all his students? There was a hint of resentment in his tone, obviously a little incomprehensible and dissatisfied with Taylor's arrangement.

"Because he lacks money to spend." Collie Fu took over without hesitation, and said expressionlessly: "You also know that he spent a lot of money to suppress bandits, and now the finances of the three northern counties are basically empty, and he can only borrow money to survive in this way, and he has no choice, and he urgently needs to get the tax up." ”

"Money, money, money." Hogg's tone of voice was a little excited, obviously he had a deep prejudice against this word, and it could also be seen from here how big he planted his head this time, and suddenly stood up and said: "It's all the fault of money, I can see it, all the disputes in this world are inseparable from money, people live, they live for fucking money." ”

Clifford didn't expect him to be so excited, smiled, motioned for him to sit down, and said lightly: "No profit is not early, people live to chase interests, since ancient times, interests are nothing more than money, power, fame, these three complement each other, you are right, the disputes in this world are basically related to money." That's why the world has been divided since there were people, because everyone loves money, and money can't be evenly distributed among everyone. ”