Chapter 20 The ship is late and encounters a head wind
After Rentian shouted that the members of the Zhenlong Gang on the four boats jumped into the river, all the people obeyed Rentian's order to save their lives, but the army under the command of Marshal Lei also immediately sent people to search for the members of the Zhenlong Gang who were diving, and not long after Rentian boarded the deck, the members of the Zhenlong Gang were captured on the deck. ()
Rentian was escorted to Marshal Lei, and Zhize and the Zhenlong Gang had already been suppressed and obeyed Marshal Lei's fate. The young Zhize pretended to be innocent and at a loss to ask a soldier beside him: "Brother soldier, I have only joined the gang for a few days, and my father is sick, so I can only join the gang to eat, will the marshal kill us?" ”
The soldier who was asked by Zhi Ze obviously didn't know Zhi Ze's personality, and Zhi Ze invited his deceased father to perform a friendship performance in order to make the soldier feel a little sympathy for Zhi Ze, and the soldier said: "It is estimated that a small character like you will not be killed, and it may be difficult for your helper to live. ”
After listening to the soldier's answer, Zhi Ze wanted to open his mouth to extract more useful information from the soldier's mouth, but the soldier turned around and left after answering, and did not let Zhi Ze ask.
Rentian came to Marshal Lei, the sky was already slightly bright, the sun slowly raised its head from the horizon, Marshal Lei was made sleepy by Rentian's people, and simply prepared to interrogate Rentian and set off to rush back to the imperial city.
"The helper is, how many people did you bring out to play this time, what did you do when you came out, how was the gang harvest this year, and how are the brothers doing." Marshal Lei asked Rentian in the tone of an old friend reuniting after a long absence, and ate pastries and drank tea in a leisurely and elegant manner.
Rentian secretly observed how many members of the Zhenlong Gang on the deck were out of the corner of his eye, and found that twenty-seven members of the Zhenlong Gang were caught in addition to him and Zhize, and immediately said: "I and the twenty-eight people under my command came out to play, I don't want to disturb the rest of the adults, I really have no offense in the future, and I ask the adults to open up." ”|
Marshal Lei bit down on a piece of pastry and said: "Fart, my subordinates told me that at least two of them jumped into the river and dived away, but they couldn't catch it, and you haven't finished answering what I asked." "Marshal Lei seems to have known that Rentian will not tell the truth, and his tone is not as hot as when he first communicated with Rentian.
Rentian became even more depressed after listening to Marshal Lei's answer, it was really unfavorable for the passing years, and even telling a lie would be ruthlessly exposed, Rentian continued: "This time I took a boat with my brothers mainly to see if there was any business on the river to expand, and I also wanted to make friends with some real heroes and heroes." This year's gang income is not bad, but my income is relatively small, only a thousand gold coins, and the money goes to my brothers and ordinary people. ”
"If you want to find some business on the river, you don't want to sell salt." Marshal Lei muttered, did not sarcastically mock Rentian anymore, and waved his hand to let Rentian and the others be escorted down.
Marshal Lei's big ship has many functions, not only can meet the needs of daily life, but also has a prison for prisoners, and Rentian and the members of the Zhenlong Gang are all pressed in prison.
Rentian's handcuffs and leg cuffs are not only thicker than ordinary Zhenlong gang members, but even the railings are made of stainless steel as thick as a child's arm, and it seems that the quality of the gang leader's treatment is better than that of ordinary members.
Rentian tried to use the aura to pull the handcuffs, and found that under the action of the aura, the handcuffs made of stainless steel would be slightly deformed due to the huge force, but Rentian could only deform the handcuffs and failed to break the handcuffs, and the handcuffs that were wrapped around Rentian were still only eaten by the wrists. Rentian paid attention to the iron railing, Rentian estimated that if he hit the railing made of steel with all his strength, although it was unlikely that the railing would be broken, it was still possible to kick the railing crookedly out of an exit that could accommodate his body, but as soon as Rentian came up with this idea, two soldiers on duty guarding the prisoners walked out of the prison in the hull.
Marshal Lei's ship will sail for two days before all of them disembark from the land and start to the imperial city, Rentian always hopes that the soldiers on duty can disappear in a certain period of time, Rentian can't look forward to this moment, the soldiers on duty are on duty in batches, and there is no chance for Rentian to start the escape work.
"Brother two soldiers, come and save me, I'm in so much pain." Zhi Ze shouted excitedly at Rentian's signal, rolling on the ground with his stomach covered, Zhi Ze's move did not exchange for the soldiers on duty to take a second look, Zhi Ze also stopped boring after a period of noise, Ren Tian and everyone in the Zhenlong Gang fell silent, and things seemed to be developing more and more to the bad side.
Staying in the dim prison did not know how quickly time passed, and after two difficult days, Rentian was finally escorted off the ship by the soldiers and began to set off with the army towards the imperial city.
The army drove all the way to the imperial city, the taste of sitting on the prisoner car was very uncomfortable, Rentian didn't know how long the days of suffering all the way would last, the army walked over the mountains and mountains for several months, everyone sitting in the prisoner car was blown off a layer of skin because of the wind and the sun, and Marshal Lei's people along the road would also go into the city to make some supplies, and the army would also rest in the city for a day or two.
The army walked for a month, and when it made Zhi Ze feel that he was dead immediately, the soldiers who were talking to him finally revealed to Ren Tian and the others that they were less than fifty miles away from the imperial city, and Ren Tian looked at Zhi Ze with a look of despair after hearing the news, and the end of the journey probably meant that he was facing death.
The Imperial City finally appeared in the field of vision of the people of Rentian, the guards of the Imperial City were more numerous and more rigorous than the Holy Light City, and the streets were more regular than the ordinary city, Marshal Lei's people led a group of prisoners to the official department of the Criminal Department to transfer Rentian and the members of the Zhenlong Gang, Marshal Lei's people sent people to ask the city lord of the Holy Light City to cooperate with the conviction work of the Imperial City Criminal Department when they passed near the Holy Light City, and the people from the Holy Light City will arrive in the Imperial City tomorrow and will cooperate with the people of the Criminal Department to try the Zhenlong Gang led by Rentian.
On the first night of Rentian's group in the imperial city, Rentian was escorted to the criminal department at noon, and the interrogation began.
"Is the prisoner in front of the hall called Rentian?" The Ministry of Punishment is humane.
"Exactly." Rentian should arrive.
"You can gather people in the Holy Light City to help and take up the leader of the Zhenlong Gang who disturbs the order of the people, Rentian."
Rentian felt that what the Lord of the Criminal Department said was not wrong about him, no matter how a gang is managed, it must live on the basis of oppressing the people, Rentian replied again: "Exactly." ”
"You are guilty!" The Lord of the Criminal Department slapped the shocked wood and said loudly.
"Guilty." Rentian was shocked by this shock, and his face couldn't help but show repentance.
"The evidence is conclusive, and the prisoner has admitted his guilt on his own, and the official now announces that the prisoner Rentian will be put on death row, and the death penalty will be carried out in three days, and the rest of the Zhenlong Gang will be imprisoned for three years, responsible for repairing the city wall and other work." After the Lord of the Criminal Department finished speaking, he asked Ren Tian and the others to be escorted down, and Ren Tian left the Criminal Department with a dead face.
Ren Tian, who was imprisoned on death row, had mixed feelings, Ren Tian first recalled what he had done when he came to the Holy Light City, and found that fate was really tricky, everything seemed to be pushed forward by someone, and he didn't seem to have done anything particularly hurtful, but now he was facing such an ending. In the end, Rentian looked back on his life and found that he had many regrets in his life, but there were very few things that he could change by himself.
Rentian's thoughts kept rolling in his memories, and he couldn't sleep for a long night. Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps on death row, and Rentian looked up from his thoughts to find a team of centaurs standing in front of him.
"Marshal Lei, please." Come humanely.
Rentian followed the visitor to the Marshal's Mansion, Rentian's head was not really sober now, and he didn't know what Marshal Lei called him to do.
In the marshal's mansion, Lei Zhenguang took the letter sent to him by the city lord of the Holy Light City, and couldn't help but think about it in his heart, and decided to listen to the letter of the city lord of the Holy Light City.
Rentian was taken into the palatial Marshal's Mansion and into the Marshal's study.
"Do you still want to live?" Lei Zhenguang looked at Ren Tiandao with a haggard face.
"Yes, yes." Rentian listened to his feelings and answered Marshal Lei's question.
"I'm on a secret mission right now, and I lack good manpower, so you became a helper at such a young age, you must be a person who understands aura cultivation?" Marshal Ray said.
"Exactly, I am willing to serve Marshal Lei." Rentian knew that it was no longer his turn to choose at this moment, and it was a prerequisite for him to live.
"Very good, I have a piece of news, there is a heavy treasure that is rare for a hundred years for aura cultivators in our country, and now we need to send a team of people who all understand aura cultivation to find the heavy treasure, if you can come back safely after joining the treasure hunting team, I will exempt you and your brother Zhize from the death penalty." Marshal Ray said.
"Okay, I agree, Zhi Ze is also an aura cultivator, I want him to go too." Rentian Dao.
Marshal Lei didn't expect that Zhi Ze was also a person who knew how to cultivate, he looked at Rentian with a calm face, and said, "Yes, I hope you can come back with the treasure hunters, I know your deeds in the Holy Light City." "Marshal Lei's last sentence is that he wants to sue Sù Rentian, the reason why he spared Rentian from the death penalty this time is because someone in the Holy Light City interceded for him, and Marshal Lei also wanted to sue Sù Rentian at the same time, don't think about betraying the promise between them, the Holy Light City also has Rentian's weakness, such as Uncle Mu's family.
Rentian understood the meaning of Marshal Lei's words, and his heart became even heavier.
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Two days before the previous chapter, I wanted to thank my friend who made the cover of this book, but I forgot to write it, the cover of this book has momentum \(^o^)/