Chapter 4: Prison
The days passed.
Soon it will be two months.
Chen Mu still followed the usual practice, patrolled normally, and then went home and practiced knives.
The identity of the errand is still more important to him, on the one hand, it is the only source of income, on the other hand, with this layer of identity, in order to avoid ruffians and gangsters looking for trouble, it is not feasible to leave the job to practice knives.
this day.
Chen Mu returned home after a business trip.
unexpectedly found that in addition to Chen Yue, there were more people in the family.
"Third aunt? What are you doing here. ”
Chen Mu stepped forward with some surprise, looked at a middle-aged woman with a sad face and asked.
His father is the eldest in line, has a younger brother and a younger sister, that is, his second uncle and third aunt, the second uncle does not learn and has no skills on weekdays, and has been taught by his father, basically does not interact much, and even when his father leaves, he does not come over.
The third aunt is closer, she used to come to visit the door, and after his father left, he occasionally came over to send some rice, noodles and soybeans, so Chen Mu has always respected the third aunt Chen Hong.
Usually when he is not at home, only Chen Hong comes over, and Chen Yue will open the door.
"Komaki...... The third aunt has no choice, but I have to ask for your help......"
Chen Hong's face was withered, wrapped in a headscarf, and she couldn't help crying when she pulled Chen Mu over.
Chen Mu inquired carefully and learned that it turned out to be Chen Hong's son, that is, his cousin 'Zhang Hai' had an accident, Zhang Hai's temperament followed his second uncle, and he also didn't learn and didn't know how to wander the streets and alleys all day long, this time he met a beautiful woman in the alley, and he couldn't help but flirt, which caused the other party to be angry, first he was beaten, and then he was alarmed by the city guard, and he was directly arrested, and he was thrown into prison without asking.
"Third aunt, I said a long time ago that the world is chaotic now, and my cousin's temperament should also be restrained, how dare you be so chaotic, I'm afraid that I won't be able to help me with this kind of thing."
Chen Mu couldn't help frowning when he heard Chen Hong's chatter.
Hearing this, the person provoked by Zhang Hai obviously has a background, and he easily mobilized the City Guard Division, and threw him directly into prison, at least this has to be a bad relationship, he is an errand soldier, usually cautious, and he is not very fly-friendly, and he wants to save people from prison, which belongs to whimsical, and does not have such a big face.
Chen Hong sobbed and said: "I know, I know, the person Xiao Hai offended this time is said to be the fourth room of the son of the Nan family in Chengtou, I have begged some people, but they are not willing to intercede...... This trip is just to beg Xiao Mu to go to the cell boss to intercede, at least get through this moment, and when people forget about it, they will find another way. ”
As he spoke.
Chen Hong trembled his hands and took out two ingots of silver from his arms, about twenty taels.
Chen Mu knew that the third aunt's family was not bad, and the third aunt was in the butcher's business, but twenty taels of silver was definitely not a small amount, and it was estimated that he had taken out a lot of family funds.
Looking at Chen Hong's teary eyes, Chen Mu thought of the rice noodles that he had come to deliver in the past, sighed in his heart, and finally took the silver and said, "I can only try to ask, but there is no guarantee whether it will be successful or not." ”
This silver is not for him, or rather, he doesn't have such a big face, so that the cell boss can show mercy to Zhang Hai, and the twenty taels of silver can only be transferred by him to the cell boss to see if the cell boss is willing.
The cell head and jailer are also under the jurisdiction of the City Guard Division, and they are also one of the three classes.
However, there are not many exchanges on weekdays.
And in this world, there are basically few living people who go to prison, and there is no need to deliberately toss, as long as they do not send food or water, and the people will be gone in a few days, and the jailers will not be beneficial, and basically they will not send food and water.
Chen Hong wants Zhang Hai to survive in prison for a few months, and it may not be so easy to survive until this matter passes, but he can't persuade anything, because Chen Hong only has a son like Zhang Hai.
"Thank you, thank you......"
Chen Hong responded tremblingly, and for a while she couldn't even speak, and sat there slumped with tears.
Chen Mu sighed lightly in his heart.
If he had done a bad job now, then this matter would be much easier to do, at least he could find a cell boss to ask about the specific situation, but now his sword skills are only a small success, and he is far from being a bad man.
It should also be Zhang Hai who has this catastrophe, he doesn't learn and can't control his mouth on weekdays, but fortunately, he just spoke disrespectfully and never moved his hands and feet, otherwise he would be a dead man at this time.
"Yue'er, you accompany the third aunt, and I'll go out."
Chen Mu said a word to Chen Yue next to him, and then left the house again while it was still early.
……
The Nancheng District Prison is located behind the Nancheng City Security Department.
Usually Chen Mu rarely comes here, although he is also an errand officer of the City Guard, but he belongs to the City Guard Division of Jiutiaoli in Nancheng District, and does not serve in the City Guard General Division, and the City Guard General Division and the City Guard Division of Jiutiaoli are also far away.
Compared with the Kujori City Guard, the City Guard Division is much stricter, and the Kujori City Guard Division even has an errand to fight dice and gamble a few big bucks on weekdays, but the head office can't see it.
"It is said that the chief messenger of Nancheng District is a woman, and she has the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose, but I have never seen it."
After Chen Mu walked into the City Guard Division, he glanced at the towering pavilion in the center, he had been in this world for two years, and he had even seen the number of times that the City Guard Division of Jiutiao Li had seen it, let alone the superior General Mission.
From time to time, there were errands walking around in the spacious city guard headquarters, but basically they all walked with their heads bowed, with a solemn expression, and did not whisper or look left and right.
Chen Mu also lowered his head slightly, quietly bypassed the first half of the general department, and came to the prison located in the rear.
Once in prison, the atmosphere was different.
In the room next to the prison, several jailers were gathering together, fighting dice.
Compared with the solemn and solemn General Secretary of the City Guard, this prison is much more leisurely, and no one comes in on weekdays.
"Dude, what's wrong?"
When a jailer saw Chen Mu's errand dress, he raised his head and said.
Chen Mu didn't see the gambling money of several people, and said, "I'm looking for the cell boss." ”
"Oh, the guard head is inside."
The jailer pointed in one direction inside.
Chen Mu thanked him, and the other party only waved his hand indifferently, and then continued to fight the dice with his colleagues.
Walking along the aisle, after a few steps, Chen Mu came to a relatively clean and tidy room, but there were several rows of shelves in this room, full of various torture instruments, which seemed a little daunting.
The cell boss Wei Nan sat on a chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he heard someone coming in, he opened a gap.
"Lord Wei."
Chen Mu saluted the cell leader.
The status of the cell boss is basically the same as that of the poor boss, and he also belongs to his boss.
"Hmm."
Wei Nan saw that Chen Mu was dressed as an errand officer, so he responded very casually.
Chen Mu stepped forward and told Zhang Hai about it, and then handed over the twenty taels of silver given by Chen Hong.
"Oh."
Wei Nan took the silver, weighed it a few times, and after thinking about it, he still put it in his sleeve and said: "Someone on this sea has greeted him and asked him to endure hardships, but if his family is so knowledgeable, he will keep his daily meal, but what will happen to him in a month or two, I won't guarantee it." ”
In recent years, the world has been chaotic, and any Jiangyang thieves and the like caught outside are basically killed on the spot, and very few will be sent to prison.
As a cell leader, there is no comparison with the poor head who walks outside, so he points to this point to make money.
"If you say a word, that's it."
Chen Mu smiled and said.
If he hadn't come over today, Zhang Hai might not have suffered a little, the torture equipment would be put on casually, and if he starved for a few days, basically half of his life would be gone, and it was possible to have a life.
Although these twenty taels of silver can't save people, at least there will be no shortage of food in the past two months, but even if this limelight passes, the Chen Hong family, who want to get people out, will not be so easy.
"People are inside, let Liu Si take you to take a look."
Wei Nan waved his hand after receiving the money, and seemed unwilling to talk to Chen Mu more.
Chen Mu saluted and retired, and after coming outside, he quickly found Liu Si, Liu Si didn't say anything, and led him directly to the prison, and after going down several steps in a row, the environment immediately became dark and damp, and a rancid and moldy smell permeated the air, which made people very uncomfortable.
"Whoa."
Liu Si pointed to the fourth cell.
In the first three cells, there were three men who were not ghosts or ghosts, and they were skinny, and they didn't speak when they saw Liu Si and Chen Mu coming in, and they didn't make any movements, if it weren't for the green eyes turning over, they would be almost no different from dead people.
In the fourth cell, in the tattered straw pile, there was a man lying on his stomach, a little fat, with a lot of blood on his body.
"Cousin?"
Chen Mu walked closer and whispered.
Zhang Hai, who was lying there motionless, finally raised his head and looked at Chen Mu in a bit of confusion for a while, then he recognized the person, and said weakly: "Yes...... It's Chen Mu, quick, get me out......"
"The third aunt asked me to bring you a few words."
Chen Mu didn't respond, first sent a few words that Chen Hong asked him to bring, and then said the current situation: "...... In short, these days, I can only be wronged here first. ”
After hearing this, Zhang Hai immediately showed a somewhat desperate look: "You, you can't see death without help...... My family has sent you a lot of rice noodles, I didn't stop you any time, my mother was thinking about kissing you a few days ago, you can't ...... like this"
Chen Mu stopped talking.
He actually doesn't have much interest in Zhang Hai, even if he was a former 'Chen Mu', he didn't get along well with Zhang Hai in his memory, and it seems that Zhang Hai doesn't look down on 'Chen Mu' as a cousin, even if he later became a messenger, he felt that most of them were poor servants like his father, and they were useless.
But thinking of the third aunt Chen Hong, Chen Mu was silent for a while, and still said: "The person you offended has a background, I have nothing to do, and so is the third aunt and uncle, you can only survive this moment, maybe you can wait for a turnaround." ”
said.
Chen Mu turned around and walked outside.
Only Zhang Hai was left lying there with blank eyes, muttering in his mouth, 'What's the use of sending them those rice noodles, what's the use of being a poor and sour person these days......
Chen Mu's father has been a poor man all his life, and in the end he is still a poor man, and he has no money to do the funeral when he dies, but his mother Chen Hong helped to do it, and his mother's relatives on the other end are all poor and sour, and they have long said that they should let her not come and go.
If you save some more money and use it to help, you might be able to get him out.