Chapter 34: The Woman in White
Dali Temple cell.
In the dim light, Zheng Zerun was dressed in prison clothes and was escorted into death row, his hands and feet had been chained, and half of Zheng Zerun's gray hair was messy.
Without the previous appearance, the wrinkled face showed the vicissitudes of life, with heavy shackles, and every step Zheng Zerun took seemed very difficult.
"Lord Zheng, can you plead guilty to embezzlement of river repair funds?"
The two sat down face to face, and Liu Wenzhi began the interrogation of Zheng Zerun.
"I haven't touched a penny to repair the river, so what crime can I confess?" After tossing for a long time, Zheng Zerun's voice was already a little tired.
"It's all conclusive, does Lord Zheng still have to quibble?" With a raised eyebrow, Liu Wenzhi asked lightly.
"If you want to add sin, why not? What the facts are, I think Lord Liu should know very well in his heart! ”
was exposed, Liu Wenzhi was not annoyed, the corners of his lips hooked, and he said disdainfully: "Everyone who sits in the position of Lord Zheng will say that they are innocent at the beginning, but in the end, who is really clean?" ”
"I don't know if others are clean, but I've never done anything that is sorry for my conscience!" With a firm look in his eyes, Zheng Zerun said calmly.
"People with hard mouths, this official has seen too much, but under severe punishment, those who can persevere, this official has not seen a few for so many years!"
A trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and as he spoke, Liu Wenzhi's gaze swept intentionally or unintentionally towards the execution table on the side.
Regarding Liu Wenzhi's threat, Zheng Zerun was unmoved, but just turned his head with disdain.
"After all, it's a colleague, so the official will give Lord Zheng a night to think about it, whether to admit guilt or die, and whether anyone instigates this matter? If Lord Zheng is willing to take the initiative to confess the people behind the scenes, he may be able to make up for the merits and reduce the punishment! ”
"Liu Wenzhi, what are you going to do?"
He didn't say anything, Liu Wenzhi mentioned the people behind the scenes, such a reminder made Zheng Zerun suddenly understand that the matter of repairing the river in Los Angeles was just a cover, and they wanted to target far more than themselves.
"This official is just doing things according to orders!" Holding the chicken feather as an arrow, moving out of the North Stygian, Liu Wenzhi's answer was not leaky.
"Lock him up first!" Turning to the people under his hand, Liu Wenzhi continued to order, and finally glanced at Zheng Zerun, who was looking at him angrily, Liu Wenzhi turned around and walked away.
Although the light of the cell was dim, the candle flame inside was always bright all night, and it was the third watch in the middle of the night, and sleepiness struck, and one of the guards at the door of the cell opened his mouth and yawned greatly.
"Who?" Suddenly he heard a noise, and he quickly cheered up, and his companions on the side also raised their vigilance after he screamed, and the hilt of the knife was grasped in his right hand, and the two jailers carefully probed the surroundings.
Suddenly, a white shadow flashed, covering the mouth and nose of one jailer from behind, knocking him down, and the other jailer saw his companion being attacked, and his face was visibly frightened.
But before the jailer could speak, the white shadow had already flashed to his side with lightning speed.
The jailer's unsheathed knife was kicked back, and he felt a chill in his neck, and a dagger was already across his neck.
"Don't make a sound, or I'll kill you!" I only heard the man in white coldly threaten.
Although the person who came was wearing a hat, there was no way to see her appearance clearly, but from the crisp and delicate voice, it was obvious that it was a woman.
"Hmm!" His legs, which had already been frightened, went limp, and the jailer quickly nodded his head, indicating that he was willing to cooperate.
"Where's the key to the cell?" Seeing this, the woman in white then asked.
"There are many cells in Dali Temple, I don't know which cell the key to the heroine wants?" The woman's question was too general for the jailer to answer directly, so he could only ask a rhetorical question with trepidation.
While talking, he has been cautious, for fear of provoking the impatience of the people behind him and his own life.
"The room where Lord Zheng is being held!"
"Lord Zheng is a felony in the imperial court, and he is locked up on death row in Dali Temple, and all the keys to death row are in the hands of the cell boss!" The jailer replied truthfully.
"Where is the cell boss now?" The woman in white was not verbose, and asked directly straight to the point.
"Inside!" As he spoke, the jailer stretched out his hand and pointed in a certain direction, and his outstretched hand trembled slightly out of fear.
"Woman, I've told you everything you want to know, you can let me go now!"
As soon as the words fell, the woman had already struck the jailer in the back of the neck with a knife, and with a muffled snort, the jailer immediately fainted and fell to the ground.
With the dagger in her sleeve, the woman in white walked in the direction of the jailer's finger, hiding behind the wall, and she saw a chubby middle-aged man patrolling back and forth with a few pawns.
A large bunch of keys hung by the man's waist collided with each other as he walked, making a "Ding Ling Lang Hammer" sound.
"This man should be the cell boss!" Thinking in her heart, the woman in white put a few hidden weapons in her hand.
As the men walked in front of her, she saw the right moment and shot the hidden weapon, which was directly inserted into the hearts of several pawns behind the cell leader.
Hearing a few wails from behind him, the cell boss quickly turned his head vigilantly, but before he could react to what was happening, he saw a white shadow flash, and there was immediately a red blood mark on the cell leader's neck.
A sword sealed her throat, and at some point, the woman had already held the dagger in her backhand again, and just as she passed by, her left hand, which was not holding a weapon, had already taken the key from the waist of the cell leader.
The woman in white thrust the bloody dagger back into the scabbard, and at this time, the cell head, whose eyes were wide and frightened, completely lost his breath, lost his support, and his body fell straight back.
Looking around, the woman finally saw Zheng Zerun's familiar figure in a cell in the corner, "Lord Zheng, are you okay?" Lying on the cell door, the woman asked anxiously.
Slowly raising his head, Zheng Zerun was obviously shocked when he saw the person in front of him, "What are you doing here, leave quickly!" ”
"I'm here to save you!" As she spoke, the woman hurriedly tried to unlock the door with the key in her hand.
"Don't waste your efforts, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape this catastrophe, I just hope that other people won't be implicated!" With a light sigh, a trace of helplessness flashed in Zheng Zerun's eyes.
"No, I've already solved the people outside, I'll take you away now!" While talking, the woman finally found the right key, and was about to open the door to enter, but suddenly heard a sound of footsteps not far away.