He let out a long sigh, put his head in his hands, and sat on the sofa in despair, thinking, "Wu Ji's fate has been decided, what else can I do to save him?"

The execution was due to be carried out the next morning, and the night before, the prison was bustling with people.

A brand new guillotine is in the middle of the square. At that time, the prisoner is escorted from the ladder to the guillotine, lying on the guillotine, and a large knife will be lowered from the top to cut off the prisoner's head, which is the traditional guillotine in Dongzhou.

The crowd had rushed from all directions the night before, and the square was crowded with people, armed security and military police had been dispatched.

The news that Bai Lang was going to take his men to rob the condemned prisoner was circulating among the citizens, and there were many people who came to see the excitement, and the psychology of people was like this, the more terrible the scene, the more people watched.

It was raining, but people were gathering more and more. At 4 o'clock in the morning, the square was dark and oppressive, and the crowd was surging like a tide, and everyone was carrying lamps in their hands, illuminating the square as bright as day.

In the early morning, the east was already a little white, the rain was gradually lightening, and the time for the execution was approaching. In the prison, staff in black uniforms are walking around, busy.

Huang Yubiao and the chief prosecutor were whispering there. The chief prosecutor had a sad face, and he seemed to be a little worried, and he whispered:

"If Shirarou comes......"

"Don't worry! Bai Lang will not come, I have sent security guards to surround his residence, he does not want to step out of the door, you can rest assured that the execution will be carried out. ”

Huang Yubiao said reassuringly. At this time, the lawyer who was sitting on the side defending Wu Ji said, "You will regret it!" ”

When Huang Yubiao heard this, he was a little angry: "According to your opinion, do you firmly believe that Wu Ji was wronged?"

"Yes, he is by no means a murderer and should not be sentenced to death under any circumstances."

But what's the use of saying that now? As a result of the formal trial, the crime has been convicted of a capital offense and is about to be executed. ”

Finally, Ye Lin was lifted out of his single cell. Although he insisted that Wu Ji was a murderer, when he heard that Wu Ji was sentenced to death, he couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, and felt a little sorry for him.

"Are the two going to die together?" He smiled weirdly and walked out.

Wu Ji was also escorted out of the single cell, and when he heard that he was going to be executed, his whole body trembled, and he shouted loudly:

"I didn't kill anyone...... Nope! Why should I be sentenced to death? I'm innocent, I'm not reconciled...... I don't want to die like this......"

His body kept trembling, and at the same time he kept screaming, and he looked so pitiful that even the guards couldn't bear to see it, so they had to turn around.

But what can be done when you get to this point? As the time of execution approached, the guards handcuffed each of them, and there were people on the left and right sides of the rack and escorted them out.

The door to the cell was already open, and the guards escorted them out of it, and by this time it was already light.

The main entrance of the prison had already been opened, and it was raining outside, and the two prisoners were dragged to the square, only to see a pair of guillotines towering in the middle of the square.

The big knife on the guillotine, hanging high in a rope, looked eerie in the early morning light. By this time, the rain had already subsided.

Two guards, one of them grabbed one of Ye Lin's hands and stepped side by side on the ladder of the guillotine. No matter how bold Ye Lin was, he couldn't stop trembling at this time.

However, he managed to restrain himself as best he could, and he could barely stand still, and the people around him who were watching the excitement fell silent, because the execution was about to begin.

Ye Lin stood in the light rain, and the amazing scene was about to begin.

At this time, a "bang" gunfire was suddenly heard in the distance. The bullet hit Ye Lin in the throat, and he immediately fell.

There was an immediate uproar and commotion below.

"Where did the bullets come from?"

"Who fired the shot?"

People were talking loudly and in a mess.

"Quick, cut off his head!" A prison officer went crazy and gave orders.

"But he's dead?"

"It's better to be dead...... If you die, you will be executed according to the judgment in the judgment! Put him on the guillotine. ”

"But he ...... He's dead! ”

"Live or die, carry out the order."

The guards moved Ye Lin's body to the guillotine, and the others tightly surrounded Wu Ji from all sides.

At that moment, a second gunshot rang out, and the prisoner shook and fell. It turned out that he had been shot in the shoulder. As soon as he fell, where was the execution?

There was a sudden chaos on and off the stage, and people scattered and fled, as if the sea had stirred up huge waves.

"It's too dangerous! It seemed that Bai Lang's men had already blended into the crowd. ”

"Be careful to protect the prisoners!"

The officials on the stage were colorless, and the guards and security guards surrounded Wu Ji, and Wu Ji was escorted back to prison under such strict guard, and the death penalty was suspended.

On the other side, a large number of military police ran towards a house where gunfire had been fired.

This is a small three-story building, and the gunfire just now came from the window on the third floor. The military police tried to push the gate open, but it was locked.

"Rush in!" The captain ordered loudly.

Several of his men banged on the door with their shoulders, and the gate was finally knocked open. The military and police rushed upstairs, but the stairs were full of tables and chairs, blocking the way.

Everyone worked together, and finally cleared the obstacles, and heard someone on the third floor shouting: "Gentlemen, go up one more level!" A burst of laughter followed.

"Listen, he's on the third floor!"

"Rush forward!"

When they rushed up to the third floor, they didn't see a single figure, only a ladder in the corner of the house.

They climbed up the ladder, and above it was an attic, and there was no one in the attic, and when they looked up, there was a skylight open on the roof, and the man who had just spoken had climbed up the roof and slipped away.

Under the personal command of the Director of Security, they quickly found out the truth.

The night before the execution, someone went to ring the doorbell of the house, and the janitor poked his head out, and the man said, "I am a security guard, because I am going to carry out the execution, and I want to discuss something with you." ”

When the janitor heard this, he let him in, but as soon as he entered, he knocked the janitor unconscious and bound him.

Ten minutes later, a couple living on the second floor had just returned from outside when they were knocked unconscious and tied up.

All three of them were locked up in the basement; A tenant who lived on the third floor suffered the same fate.

The gangsters ran up to the third floor, looking down at the square from the window, with a gun in hand.

"Is there a shot fired right here?" The superintendent asked.

"Yes." The Detective Captain replied.

"Has he found out the route of his escape?"

"He used a ladder to set up a skylight, and when he got to the roof, he pulled out the ladder and crossed it to the roof next door, so that he could escape."

"Do you know where he went?"