"Bang! bang!"

Suddenly, from the depths of the silent prison, there was a sound of whipping, and the rhythm of the whip changed from rapid to slow, showing the anger in the heart of the whipped man.

However, it did not take long for the frequency of the whip to slow down, and the force began to weaken by a minute, but this was not because the jailer who beat people suddenly became soft-hearted, but because the whipping lasted so long that his arm was sore.

"You fucking dog, wake me up! Don't think I don't know you're playing dead there!"

Hearing the jailer's shout, Zhang Jingsheng slowly raised his head, and the people in the county government of Baoshan County beat him horribly in order to make him confess, and from last night to this morning, those jailers had whipped him for a whole night.

Zhang Jingsheng, as a scholar, in the past, even if he went to the ground, it was regarded as a crime, not to mention the beating at this time, he had no good meat on his body at this time, and his entire chest and back had been beaten open.

However, although this Zhang Jingsheng is only a scholar, he has never confessed, in addition to the slander of the entire Baoshan County, but also because he still has a trace of unrealistic illusions about his future fame.

"Fuck, this kid is playing dead!

As soon as the words fell, a jailer carried a bucket of water and splashed it on Zhang Jingsheng. The cold and biting well water poured on Zhang Jingsheng's wound, making him cry out in pain.

"Zhang Jingsheng, the evidence of your private assistance to Zhenshanhu and others to escape from prison is conclusive, whether you recruit or not!"

Zhang Jingsheng slowly raised his head, under the scattered hair was a dirty face covered with blood, looking at the fierce and vicious jailer in front of him, Zhang Jingsheng said softly.

"I... I said that if I didn't put it, I didn't release it, what do you want me to recruit. ”

The jailer in charge of whipping Zhang Jingsheng slowly walked to the side and drank a sip of spirits, after beating people in this weather, his whole body immediately warmed, and even his originally sore arms could be restored and he regained some strength.

Walking to Zhang Jingsheng's side with a wine bowl, the jailer sighed.

"Zhang Jingsheng, your true identity is a scholar in the county, we all know it, and we don't want to embarrass you on weekdays, but you shouldn't and shouldn't offend the county master, if you used to spend some silver at most, but after the Jiangyang thief Pang Zhen ran away, we all need one up and down in Baoshan County to come out to take the blame, otherwise, we in Baoshan County, including the county magistrate, can't please us, so naturally, you will become this scapegoat. ”

Zhang Jingsheng lowered his head as if he hadn't heard the jailer's words, and the jailer was not angry at this, but paced to the other side of him.

"Zhang Jingsheng, in fact, whether you recruit or not, it is already a dead end, and no one can stop those adults above from taking you out to blame, from the county order to the master, and then to the county secretary, which adult doesn't want you to die? ”

The jailer took another sip of his wine.

"Zhang Jingsheng, Zhang Shusheng! Although you are already dead, but there are different ways to die in this death, if you cooperate with us to confess now, our brothers will quit immediately if they don't do anything, and they will also bring up the prepared wine and meat for you to eat and drink comfortably, and after you die, your brothers will also remember to burn paper money for you." ”

Zhang Jingsheng still lowered his head and did not answer, but an official came up next to the jailer who asked him.

"Old Xu Tou, the county magistrate said, no matter what, I must get the evidence of the crime signed by Zhang Jingsheng this evening. ”

As an old jailer for more than 30 years, the old man Xu frowned, he really didn't expect that this poor scholar who had never seen the snow was still a hard bone, thinking of this, the old Xu Tou said to Zhang Jingsheng in an accentuated his tone.

"Zhang Jingsheng! Now the indictment is in front of your eyes, as long as you nod my head, I will help you draw the handprint, if you honestly confess your guilt, I will also inform the person who cut off your head when you cut off your head later, so that he will kill you with one knife, and it will not bring you half pain, but if you are still like a stone in a pit— If it's stinky and hard, I'll let that executioner leave half an inch of your head stuck to your neck and make you breathe before you suffer some more crimes, don't suspect that I'm telling a lie, we people may not be as good as you in reading and writing, but when it comes to how to torture people, ten Zhang Jingsheng can't compare to any of our people! I'll give you the last few breaths now, you think clearly, whether to recruit or not!"

No matter how Lao Xu Tou's tone changed, Zhang Jingsheng always didn't move as if he was dead, and Old Xu Tou, who had always felt that he had a ruthless wrist, felt that he was helpless against a scholar and was really disgraceful, so he poured the liquor in the bowl into his mouth and sprayed it all on Zhang Jingsheng's body.

The severe pain caused by the liquor touching the wound made Zhang Jingsheng grin, and Lao Xu rushed over and grabbed Zhang Jingsheng's hair and shouted in his ear.

"The surname is Zhang, Lao Tzu has now said all the good and bad things, and the patience is about to be worn out by you, I didn't want to implicate your family, but if you really don't recruit, I can't do it!"

Hearing the word family, Zhang Jingsheng's calm body trembled violently, and when he noticed this change, Lao Xu Tou stepped up and said.

"Zhang Jingsheng, don't forget that you still have an old lady at home, and we don't want to invite her here again at such an old age, but if you are still so stubborn, we will have to make this decision." ”

Zhang Jingsheng, who had been whipped all night and had not shouted a word, tears slipped silently from the corners of his eyes, and Lao Xu Tou almost shouted excitedly when he saw this scene.

"Zhang Jingsheng, they all say that you are a filial son, but you don't want to bring disasters to your family when you are dying, you have never been able to let your mother live a comfortable life for a few days in your life, do you have to pull your mother on your back when you are dying? Zhang Jingsheng, as long as you confess, not only will I not go to your mother's trouble, but I will also give your mother ten taels of silver in private, which is your filial heart!"

Seeing that Zhang Jingsheng was just crying vigorously, Lao Xu couldn't help but be a little upset, so he instructed the official behind him.

"Someone!"

"Wait......"

At this critical moment, Zhang Jingsheng, who had been silent for a word, finally spoke, he raised his head and glanced at all the people standing in the prison at the moment, as if he wanted to engrave them into his bones, but although his eyes were ruthless, they couldn't help but look a little ridiculous in the eyes of those jailers and officials.

Finally, Zhang Jingsheng lowered his head weakly, he was silent for a long time again, and just when Lao Xutou's patience was about to be worn out by him, he held back two words from his mouth.

"I'll do it!"

......

At night, in the back hall of the county government in Baoshan County, the shadows of two people were reflected in the dim candlelight.

"My lord, this is Zhang Jingsheng's confession of fornicating with the Taihu Mountain bandits and helping them escape from prison. ”

The county magistrate took the indictment and read it, and after a careful inspection, he knew that it was Zhang Jingsheng's handwriting and handprints.

"Good job, after all, this case is registered in the county town, so we must have an explanation for this matter anyway, otherwise if the county investigates it, none of us will be able to get out of it." ”

The master hurriedly nodded.

"Yes, yes, yes! My lord is right, now that this Zhang Jingsheng has confessed his sin, what should we do with him?"

The county lord said slowly after a deep sigh.

"It's inevitable that there will be a lot of dreams at night, the sooner this matter is closed, the better, in my opinion, the beheading of Zhang Jingsheng in three days is the best ending, even if it is checked above, we can also have a death without proof, and then spend some silver, it will not be difficult to suppress this matter." ”

When the master heard this, he hurriedly patted his ass.

"The adult is right, the villain will go down to arrange. ”

Looking at the master who hurriedly walked down, the county master's original heart slowly put it in his stomach, he didn't want to make such a big move when he first took office, you must know that he hasn't started to make money in the position of the county magistrate of Baoshan County!

However, after his heart was put back, he thought of the bandits in Taihu Mountain who placed him together, and his eyes immediately darkened.

"Zhenshan Tiger? Do you really think Lao Tzu is easy to deceive? Let's come to Japan for a long time and see who can have the last laugh, next time you won't have such a chance!"

I thought about it so much, but this county magistrate never thought about how unfair his actions were to Zhang Jingsheng in prison, and he didn't think about whether his thoughts were worthy of the Da Chu official uniform he was wearing, and he never thought that his retribution would come so quickly!

......

Baoshan County has been very lively these days, for Baoshan County, which has never had any major incidents, the prison robbery can be said to have become a topic of conversation after dinner, although they dare not say that they are incompetent in front of those officials, but in private, these ordinary people in Baoshan County do not scold them for being stupid!

He also said that all their skills were used to oppress them, the common people, and what ability was there to deal with those mountain bandits who came and went without a trace.

However, after the first night of searching, Baoshan County slowly regained its calm, after all, no one thought that those mountain bandits would stay to find death, and these people and the officials in the county government did not know what these mountain bandits had to do with the scapegoat in prison.

In the east of Baoshan County, in the courtyard of a family that looks like a solid family, four or five men in night clothes are firmly guarding the gate.

In addition, on the roof, these Jianghu men can be seen on the big trees outside the house, and they can detect the slightest disturbance in a radius of several hundred meters in this courtyard.

In the courtyard and in the house, several leaders of Taihu Mountain, who should have left in the eyes of the people of Baoshan County, sat opposite each other.

"Big brother, according to the news that the brothers inquired, the little brother Zhang in the prison has been beaten by the county order, it is said that this little brother Zhang endured all night without speaking, and then those dog officials used his wife as a threat, and Zhang Xiaoge was forced to confess his guilt. ”

Pang Zhen smashed his fist on the table, and a fist mark was immediately smashed out of the table.

"Damn dog officer, this matter also depends on me, originally I thought that even if I put the responsibility on Brother Zhang, it would be okay, just take him with me when you come to save me, but I really didn't expect that Brother Zhang was unwilling to go with me. ”

The second master said.

"Big brother, after all, this matter is that we Taihu Mountain implicated Brother Zhang, and Brother Zhang is also a scholar no matter what he says, and it is normal for people not to want to have too much involvement with us bandits, but our top priority now is to think of a foolproof strategy, think about how to rescue Brother Zhang, whether he wants to go up the mountain with me or not, we will rescue him first. ”

Pang Zhen nodded, but he didn't have any good ideas when it came to saving people, and the three masters of the anxious son asked.

"Big brother, the dog official has already ordered that Brother Zhang will be beheaded in the street entrance vegetable market in three days, so we have to come up with a way quickly. ”

In this regard, the second boss also looked at his eldest brother with a nervous face, and Pang Zhen also held sweat in his palms.

Pang Zhen's fist tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened, and after several times, he slapped heavily on the table.

"That's it!"

"Big brother has come up with a great idea!"

The second master and the third master looked at their eldest brother with burning eyes.

"His grandmother is a bear, even if the king of heaven Lao Tzu comes, I will save that scholar, anyway, Lao Tzu has already robbed the prison, let's rob him again!"