Money talks.

Liu Ming stepped into the cell, and suddenly a damp and slightly rancid smell slowly entered his nose, followed by the invindication of the jailer.

"It's good to be able to eat turnip greens, what else do you want to eat? Is the filial piety money out? If the filial piety money is out, you can also drink meat porridge like the one next to you. ”

"Don't look at you guys out there, five or six, here, you have to obey. Otherwise, let you taste the taste of and pee. ”

A skeletal-thin cell boss was screaming as he stepped on a prisoner's head.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Liu Ming, who had never seen such a harsh scene, showed a look of disgust and immediately stopped.

"Oh, Yoo Sang-ko." The cell boss withdrew his leg and scolded the prisoner who was kneeling on the ground, "You are lucky to have met Liu Xiaoxianggong today...... I'll settle accounts with you another day......"

Liu Ming gossiped a few words with the cell leader, but he was a little anxious in his heart, looking around and judging the direction in which the strip of cloth was thrown. At the end of the cell were four dark cells, guarded by two guards alone, and seemed to be heavily guarded.

"Why are the jailers guarding it alone?" Liu Ming asked.

The cell boss replied, "If you go back to the little minister, those cells are all holding death row prisoners. At three o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow, he will be pushed to the entrance of the vegetable market and beheaded. Therefore, they were put under strict supervision. ”

"Oh......" Liu Ming thought for a moment, and then asked, "Can you let me take a look?" ”

"Little Prime Minister ......" the cell boss seemed to be a little embarrassed, "There are all vicious murderers there, although they are all tortured instruments, locked in prison, and cannot threaten your safety, but if you are angry because you are about to be executed, if you abuse your foul language, this little one can't afford it." ”

Liu Ming held the strip of cloth with blood in his hand, and he was already a little anxious in his heart, where would he care about the prisoner's abuse, he took out the waist card, presented it to the other party, and said in a deep voice: "Cell leader, I am ordered by Lord He to walk in the county government to understand the structure of the prison for reconstruction, isn't it...... Do you want to stop adults from altering their cells? ”

This He Zhixian can be regarded as trusting himself, and took out his waist card and handed it to himself. Liu Ming's words were extremely serious. He knows that these bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods at the head of the cell are also goods who bully the soft and fear the hard.

The cell boss saw the brass waist plate of Nazhi County, and said, "Liu Gongzi is serious. How dare we stop adults from altering their cells? He leaned sideways, took out the key and said, "Childe...... Please! ”

This death row is different from the one in which Liu Xianda is held. Its ground was much lower than the land outside, even lower than the city, and therefore very wet. Only one or two small window openings let in the light, and the windows were open high enough that the prisoners could not reach them with their hands raised. The little light that came in through the window was very faint, and even at noon, it was like nothing, like an eighteen-story hell.

At the end there are four separate cells, all made of fine iron, which is completely different from the strength of the wooden prison outside. This thumb-thick iron bar is enough for the lion.

The seven or eight prisoners on death row had different expressions, some showed fierce and gloomy eyes towards Liu Ming, and some seemed to have a mental breakdown, constantly walking and singing in the cell, with strange expressions.

Liu Ming frowned slightly, this cell boss has been following him closely, and it is not convenient for him to explore clues.

He took out his pen and ink, spread out the rice paper, took out a few taels of silver, and handed it to the cell boss: "Brother Tai, can you help me buy two taels of soju......

The cell boss knew that the soju only cost a few dozen yuan, but the other party gave five taels of silver, which was equivalent to his own money for several months, and he was immediately happy to obey the order.

Seeing that Liu Ming began to draw a map of the distribution of the cells in a decent manner, the cell head was also a little relieved, took the silver, turned around and trotted out.

As soon as the cell boss left, Liu Ming immediately got up and hurried to find the owner of the bloodstained note.

He looked from prison cell to prison and noticed that there was something strange about the cell on the far left, the people in the prison were disheveled, unkempt, wearing leg cuffs and wooden shackles, and their bodies were still struggling slightly, making heavy panting sounds.

Liu Ming was suspicious in his heart, and couldn't help but take a closer look, and when he saw the two words printed on the wooden door number hanging on it, his eyebrows suddenly raised.

Zhou Ding?

This week, Ding is the criminal who committed the murder of a monk in the temple, and it is also the first murder case he solved.

At this moment, there was a "Zhengzheng" shackle sound in the cage, the shoulders of the people in the prison kept trembling, and the whole person raised his head suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot, staring at Liu Ming.

Liu Ming's pupils shrank, and the whole person almost squatted on the ground, a little embarrassed. His brows furrowed together, as if he couldn't believe the scene in front of him, and exclaimed,

"You...... Who is it? ”

This person in prison, with a square face and big eyes, and cheeks, is obviously not Zhou Ding.

According to the law, Zhou Ding will be beheaded at lunch tomorrow, but now there are others locked up in prison......

It's just so weird.

Who is this person who replaces Zhou Ding?

Many mysteries are difficult to solve.

Liu Ming frowned, and after looking around, he beckoned to the person in prison, and the other party slowly moved his body and moved over with great difficulty.

Liu Ming put his hand into the iron bar, removed the cloth that the man had stuffed in his mouth, and asked softly, "It's you...... Written in blood? ”

"The sky has ......eyes," the man's eyes moistened, "In this Fei County where silverfish crawl all over the ground, you are the only one who can entrust you." Heaven forbid, the blood book I threw out has fallen into your hands. If it falls into the hands of others, I will not survive. ”

"How did you know I would help you?" Liu Ming asked.

"You boldly exposed your family's poisoning crimes, and repeatedly solved murder cases, which is quite famous in Fei County. I'm afraid you can save my life......" The man said very sincerely.

"You ......"

"Little Ji Fei is the official guarding the armory...... Unexpectedly, he was framed by Yang Liwu and put on death row......" Na Ji Fei complained with red eyes and a hoarse voice.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the cell.

Liu Ming knew that it must be the cell boss who had returned.

"Brother Ji, the wall has ears, I wronged you first." Liu Ming stuffed the strip of cloth into the other party's mouth again, and whispered a few words to him, which made Ji Fei's frightened eyes slowly calm down.

Liu Ming pretended to draw the picture again, waiting for the cell boss to walk in.

"Little Xianggong, the wine has been brought to you." The cell boss laughed, "This change ......"

"Keep it for yourself." Liu Ming got up and said, "It's not too early, I'm also a little sleepy, and I'm going back." ”

"Nature, nature." The cell boss was relieved when he saw that Liu Ming was leaving death row.

Liu Ming walked out of the cell quickly, and several jailers outside stood up to greet him.

"Disturb you today...... Liu Ming took out the two taels of wine that the cell boss had just beaten and put them on the table, and said, "How can Liu drink alone?" In this way, it is cold today, how about I invite you to drink wine to warm up? ”

This prison is damp and cold, and these jailers have long been frozen to the point of standing at the gate. When I heard that there was wine to drink, the gluttonous worms in my stomach were hooked out.

The jailers smiled with satisfaction: "People say that the little minister treats people steadily and decently, and when I saw it today, it was really so." Then there is a prison husband. Little Xianggong, you sit here for a while, let's take your bounty and go buy wine! ”

"Hey...... It doesn't have to be that way. Liu Ming waved his hand and said, "You guard the county jail, you have a heavy responsibility, and you can't leave your post without permission." I'll go for this wine purchase. The wine in Zhao's restaurant tastes good, I'll go and ask someone to make two pots. ”

The jailer rubbed his hands together and said, "The little minister is considerate of us subordinates." ”

Liu Ming glanced at the death row, then turned around and hurriedly left the county office.

The night was as thick as ink, and only the autumn wind hit the window frame of the county jail.

Several jailers in the cell put their legs on the bench and shouted: "It's rare for Liu Xiaoxianggong to invite you to eat and drink, why hasn't the wine from the Zhao family winery been delivered yet?" ”

Hearing the sound of rain outside the window, the prison guards were troubled and gambled, and scolded one after another: "The Zhao family winery is afraid that the wine delivery is reluctant to come over when he sees the rain." His grandmother's, who rarely has the money to drink some wine, is not at ease drinking. ”

"Okay, okay, stop scolding my mother. The wine has been delivered! ”

Xu Xuan, a person who looked like a shopkeeper, wearing a hat and a robe, walked in with two jars of wine on his back.

"I'm really sorry to keep you waiting for a long time." The shopkeeper put two jars of wine on the ground.

When the jailers saw the wine, they were overjoyed, and they vied with each other to pour the wine from their bowls, making a mess.

"A few officials use it well." The shopkeeper pulled the lower edge of the hat and retreated in a playful manner.

After stepping out of the gate of the county government quickly, he looked around, ran quickly to the corner of the street, and nodded at a young man hiding in the shadows.

"Li Yuanbao, is everything done?" The young man said in a low voice.

"Don't worry, Young Master Ming." Li Yuanbao, who took off his hat, grinned and said, "It's good to follow Young Master Ming, and the young master's remuneration is never in arrears." ”

Liu Ming bowed his head and said, "Don't worry, yours are indispensable." Wait, do things according to the plan. ”

This Li Yuanbao loves money like life, and he is also very bold, so he will do it when he gives money. It's just right to do things with yourself.

In the prison, the smell of wine is overflowing at the moment, and the cooing of swallowing wine can be heard in the throat, and the jailers are feasting. The inmates in those cells could only watch.

These jailers are lazy and treacherous on weekdays, and after drinking, they are even more unscrupulous, pushing cups and changing lamps, making fists and saluting, making a lot of trouble. It didn't take long for both jars to bottom out.

"This wine is strong...... Enough strength ......" The cell leader felt that his head was a little heavy, and his eyes became more and more confused, "Liu San'er, are you punching?" Why is it so slow? ”

"Boss, I'm ......a little sleepy," the other jailer felt his eyelids sink as well.

There were several "plops", and the jailers fell to the ground one after another......

On an autumn night, the entire county fell into tranquility. However, in the southeast corner of the county, there was a slight light, which seemed a little abnormal, and it didn't take long for the light to become bigger and bigger, which was emitted by the county prison, and there was a thick gunsmoke.

Several beggar-looking people quickly escaped from the side gate of the county office, walked out into the street, and shouted, "The county government is out of water!" The county government is pulling the water, everyone come and help! ”

In a panic, the sea of fire churned.

In the thick fog of the fire, I saw a man in prison clothes, supported by several beggars, staggering out of the back door......