Chapter 35: Tears of joy
The small town of Huaishuo has walked out of two emperors in history, one is of course Gao Huan, who is treacherous and like Cao Cao, and Liu Bei is righteous, and the other is Hou Jing, who is ruthless and insidious and repeated.
Gao Huanquan leaned into the government and the opposition and did not abolish the establishment after becoming the prime minister, but handed over all the matters of changing the dynasty to his son to do, Gao Chengxiang did not have a little bit of imitation of Cao Chengxiang's meaning, and Hou Jing's road to the emperor was extremely tortuous and bizarre, first to create the Gao family's rebellion and then abused, and then pretended to take refuge in the Western Wei Yuwentai, in a vain attempt to plunder Yuwentai's soldiers and horses, and then was abused by the Western Wei Dynasty, and defected to Emperor Wu of Liang in desperation.
Although Hou Jing was scolded by later generations, after all, he completed the "feat" of destroying the Southern Liang with 800 soldiers and horses, whether it was that he was full of luck and character, or that the southern princes had their own ghosts and stood by, but Hou Jing captured Nanjing after all, starved to death Emperor Wu of Liang, and ascended the throne himself, which is not a great counterattack.
People's ambition breeds step by step, and Hou Jing is no exception, at least the current Hou Jing has no ambition, because now he just wants to save his life.
The so-called execution ground of the rebels was very simple, but the prisoners were held in the open and kneeling, and a bearded executioner, with a large knife in his hand, stood on his chest, and waited for the prison officer to give the order, he could end his mission, go home and continue sleeping.
This prison officer is sixteen or seventeen years old, not tall but extremely stout, with a very round head but a wide face, a pair of thick eyebrows but not big eyes, dressed as a half-beard and half-man, this young man's hair is scattered, not combed or tied, but it adds a bit of a flowing feeling to him. It's just that this prison officer has neither a table nor a chair, and it looks a little shabby.
At this time, many people around stopped to watch, and of course Chen Yu and Old Man Helian were also inside, "You guy, you can exhaust the old man and me, are you such a life-saving benefactor!" In the crowd, Helian Yu complained that Chen Yu's injuries had not healed, and it was still a little inconvenient to walk, so he let the old man Helian make a cameo appearance with a crutch.
Chen Yu didn't care about talking nonsense with the old man Helian at this time, he focused all his energy on the kneeling Hou Jing, Hou Jing didn't have a piece of good meat on his body, and even his face was covered with undried blood, which made his ugly face even more hideous.
"What sin has this man committed?" Chen Yu asked Old Man Helian.
"At first, he said that he was a spy of the imperial court, and later said that he was the murderer of a serial murder case, I don't know the specifics, but I can also see from his appearance that he must be a bad guy." Helian Yu explained casually.
"What serial killer?" Chen Yu thought to himself that Hou Jing would certainly not be a spy of the imperial court, but it was better to find something ordinary and not easy to attract attention, and the imperial court was not stupid, would it find such an eye-catching person to be an undercover agent, so he asked directly about the serial killer.
"Since more than two months ago, several women have been defiled and killed here." Helian Yu explained.
"Are you sure that this series of cases is all committed by one person?" Chen Yu remembered that he had been away from Huaishuo for less than a month, and he had met Hou Jing before, so if it was determined that these cases were all committed by one person, then Hou Jing must have been wronged.
"I don't know, but my niece knows for sure, she's over there, you can ask her!" Chen Yu followed Helian Yu's eyes and found that Helian Xue was indeed watching in the crowd.
The Hun woman is really bold, and she likes to kill people, Chen Yu also has a good impression of Helian Xue who helped him out of the siege, and he is even more curious about what happened to Hou Jing, and wants to ask what happened, so Chen Yu paced towards Helian Xue and squeezed over.
"Miss Helian, I didn't expect to meet so soon!" Chen Yu opened his mouth and said.
"It turned out to be Ergou, and you also like to join in the fun!" Helian Xue glanced at Chen Yu and said with a smile.
"Accompany the old man Helian, by the way, Miss Helian, I heard the old man Helian say that this prisoner is the murderer of a serial case, I want to ask if the modus operandi of these cases is the same?" Chen Yu asked.
"What is a modus operandi?" Helian Xue asked suspiciously.
"Oh, it's the way to commit the crime, including the situation at the scene, and the habits of this prisoner, etc.!" Chen Yu explained.
"I have been to the scene to learn about these cases, and what you said is indeed similar, and we judged at the time that these cases were committed by one person!" Helian Xue said affirmatively.
It turned out that it was really not Hou Jing, Chen Yu glanced at this stinky monkey again, and said in his heart, although you were wronged, but you did too much evil in history, and now it may be the butterfly effect, but in any case, if you die, Jiangnan will be spared from being ruined, which is also a good thing, it's a big deal, I will help you catch the murderer, and then you will be innocent.
After figuring out these joints, Chen Yu didn't plan to look at it again, after all, Hou Jing is not a sinner who has done a lot of evil now, reason makes Chen Yu choose to die rather than save him, but he is still a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he turned around to leave, but at this time, he heard Hou Jing scold.
"You guys are still calling themselves righteous soldiers in vain, I'm sorry, you have a little bit of righteousness!" Hou Jing scolded loudly.
Smack, the executioner first turned around and slapped Hou Jing's mouth: "Close your beak, because of your broken mouth, have you been beaten less, something that doesn't have a long memory!" ”
"Put your shit, Lao Tzu is going to die, grow your grandmother's memory, pigs and dogs are not as good as rebels, what is it called the righteous army, call it the pig and dog army!" Hou Jing was undaunted and continued to scold.
"Killing you is the same as killing a chicken, but I want to convince you, where do you say we are not worthy of this righteous word!" The juvenile warden scolded angrily.
"Hmph, let me ask you, this time the army can defeat the imperial court, is it because Yan Gongzi has made a great contribution!" Hou Jing said with a stalk in his head.
"Of course, without him assassinating the head coach of the imperial court, even if we can win, I'm afraid we will have to pay a lot more!" The boy nodded.
"Then why don't you let me go quickly, I'm Yan Gongzi's brother!" Hou Jing roared.
"Hehe, I have also heard that Yan Gongzi has a sworn brother, that person not only has the reputation of timely rain, but also the son-in-law of Lou Neigan, the richest man in the six towns!" The young man looked at Hou Jing in front of him and said with a smile: "How about you give the Lou family a son-in-law for this honor?" ”
Everyone laughed when they heard it, the Lou family is extremely rich, and Lou Zhaojun is a rare beauty, seeing that this ugly man is associated with the son-in-law of the Lou family, how can everyone not laugh.
"Laugh at the fart, I haven't finished talking yet, I'm Yan Gongzi's sworn brother...... 's brother, Gao Huan is my sworn brother! Hou Jing distinguished.
"Master, it's almost time, this kid is a famous chatter!" The executioner seemed to be a little impatient, and asked the juvenile warden tentatively.
"Let's do it!" The boy said calmly.
"Wait a minute, I forgot to mention something big, this matter is a major matter related to the survival of the six towns, you can't help but listen!" Hou Jing suddenly shouted.
"Humph! I've seen a lot of people like you who find all kinds of reasons to delay the execution before you die! The young man sneered, and then made a look in his eyes and motioned for the chopsticks to continue working.
"It's a matter of the Rouran people, when I went to Woye, I heard a few Rouran people who came to do business whispered, the Rouran people and the high car are fighting, now why don't we take this opportunity to send troops, the fisherman profits, and step on the grassland!" Hou Jing hurriedly spoke.
"Rouran and the high-car fight? Whether what you say is true or not, it is beneficial and harmless to us, if it is true, I thank you, I will invite you to drink in the next life, haha, do it! The boy had long been impatient, and immediately commanded.
"Slow down!" As soon as the executioner raised his knife, he heard another shout, and he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and looked at the crowd viciously.
It was Chen Yu who shouted! I saw him separate from the crowd, walked out, and first arched his hand to the juvenile prison officer and said, "My lord! Although this person's news does not seem to be of much use now, it will really have a great impact on our six towns in the future, and I want to ask him in detail! ”
"Who are you, and when is it your turn to ask!" The boy said angrily.
"Your grandma's Chen Yu, it's really you, save me, Lao Tzu is wronged!" When Hou Jing saw Chen Yu coming, he immediately cried with joy and cried......