Chapter 20: Human Evil (II)

Cheng Baiyi helped Zhan Xu push the wheelchair, and the three teenagers with different positions walked in harmony on the streets of Chang'an at this time.

The streets were quiet, except for the gentle rays of the moonlight.

The bluestone streets were smoothed by the visitors of Chang'an, and the moonlight sprinkled down, as if a small lake had fallen on the streets of Chang'an.

At this time, there were not many people in Chang'an Street except for Pingkangfang, and only some restaurants were still lit up, but at this time they were also starting to clean up their shops and prepare to go home to sleep.

In the summer night, the cries of crickets are indispensable.

As long as there are cracks and grass, there will be a bad environment for them to live.

Although the streets are well-groomed and clean, there are still some stubborn grass growing around the corners.

The breeze was blowing, and some of the knots in Xu Changan's original heart, as well as some inexplicable anger, also dispersed with the wind.

He was leading the way at the front, but suddenly stopped, closed his eyes, and stretched out his hand, as if to embrace the world.

Cheng Baiyi was stunned for a moment, looked at Xu Changan's back, and looked at Zhan Xu who he was pushing. I saw that Zhan Xu was also surprised for a moment, and then he immediately reacted, and he also closed his eyes, stretched out his arms, and hugged the wind.

Cheng Baiyi understood, but there was more mockery in his eyes.

He glanced around, and although he couldn't see anyone, he knew that there must be quite a few masters around them.

When Xu Changan stepped into the courtyard, those masters should have arrived, but because of Xu Changan, they didn't show up.

This is also the reason why Xu Changan took them out without any hindrance.

"Alright, my little marquis, I know what you want to say. ”

Cheng Baiyi finally interrupted this scene with words, people with anger and hatred in their hearts are often like this, and they can't find the beauty around them.

Xu Changan and Zhan Xu opened their eyes and turned their heads at the same time.

Xu Changan glanced at Cheng Baiyi, then looked at Zhan Xu, and a smile appeared on his face.

"What are you hugging?"

Hearing this question, the corners of Zhan Xu's mouth were also smiling, and he tilted his head, like a childish child who was listening to his husband's words and thinking about it soon after entering a private school.

"The wind is warm, the temperature of the world. ”

He was very satisfied with his answer, if it weren't for his blood and race, how much he wished he could have a place to live in Chang'an and have three or five friends. If you meet the bright moon and the warm wind, you can carry the wine jug together and fall drunk under the peach blossoms, what a pleasure it is.

Then Zhan Xu suddenly smiled: "I'm also curious about what you are hugging." ”

"Wind. Xu Changan's answer was very simple, which surprised Zhan Xu a little.

"Okay, little marquis, this is not far from the prison of the Criminal Department. The more you drag, the more uncomfortable it will be for the brothers who are secretly 'protecting'. Let's finish things as soon as possible, let them go home early!" Cheng Baiyi became more and more impatient, looked at Xu Changan and said.

Xu Changan didn't continue, and took the two to the prison of the Criminal Department.

It seems that someone has already been checked, and when they saw that it was Xu Changan, both the officials and the jailers in the prison cooperated one after another, and everyone bent down when they saw Xu Changan and the three of them.

But the more this happened, the more disgust in Cheng Baiyi's eyes became.

"Okay, I'm at the door, which prison to go to?" Xu Changan turned around and asked, he knew that Cheng Baiyi would not say that for no reason. Although Cheng Baiyi is not a good person, he is not a bad person, he said that, there must be some things and people that made him disappointed in this world.

"Zero Five-One, Wu Qianhe. ”

Xu Changan listened, nodded, and looked at the jailer.

Seeing the jailer's face embarrassed, he watched Xu Changan's eyes gradually sharpen, and then he whispered: "Little Marquis, do you know what this number represents?"

The jailer peeked at Cheng Baiyi, although he didn't know Cheng Baiyi, but just now the little marquis asked Cheng Baiyi, obviously he came here after listening to Cheng Baiyi's words.

"You don't have to worry about him, you don't have to be afraid of him, that's it. ”

Cheng Baiyi saw that the jailer was nervous, so he took the jailer's words and introduced directly: "The people in Prison Zero to Prison No. 50 are all reserve personnel of bad people, although they are all people who have a lot of blood on their hands, but they can also be saved. Back then, Tao Su, Tang Zhengtang and others were all locked up in the top ten prisons, so the people who really wanted to be executed were all locked up on the 51st. ”

Xu Changan nodded, looked at the jailer and said, "Even if he is going to be beheaded tomorrow, can't I go in and have a look?

When the jailer heard this, he didn't dare to stop it, the clerk had actually come a long time ago, and as far as he saw, a letter of request came from the ministry, and the criminal department was directly an order. Of course, there is another letter, which he is not qualified to read, and it is from the palace.

The jailer knelt on the ground, and could only stubbornly say: "My lord, now this Wu Qianhe is meeting with Hongcha, his day is set, tomorrow's noon." ”

Xu Changan was stunned for a moment, looked at Cheng Baiyi, shook his hair and let out a wry smile.

He didn't expect that this trip to Baiyi was a problem for him, if this Wu Qianhe really had a grievance, then he only had one night to rescue. Even, if he knows his grievances, he may not be able to rescue him.

The so-called red difference is actually the executioner, because the head of the knife is stained with blood, and he is wearing a red and white coat, and this is an errand to see red with a knife, so it is called red difference. But all the condemned prisoners, the night before the execution, will see the red cha, let the red cha relay the last words and so on.

We listened quietly and waited until they had finished before we went to see each other. ”

Xu Changan said, and shouted at the jailer: "Lead the way!"

The jailer struck a spirit, knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice, not daring to stop the three of them any longer.

Xu Changan glanced at Cheng Baiyi and said to him, "Take him in, don't alarm others." With that, he was the first to go to prison.

Looking at this long and dark passage, Zhan Xu smiled and said, "Please, remember to carry me down when you don't alarm others." Cheng Baiyi sighed, looked at Xu Changan's back, and pouted.

"He didn't learn the loyalty and demeanor of the little master, and Senior Brother Qi's stealing slip has learned a little bit of skin, but he doesn't have the cheekiness that Senior Brother Qi had when he owed money and didn't pay it back. ”

Cheng Baiyi said, mobilizing his cultivation to make Zhan Xu and his wheelchair rise in the air.

The three of them went to prison, and because Xu Changan took the lead and said a lot of hellos, and the jailers recognized him, so it didn't cause much shock.

At the beginning, Xu Chang'an and Jiang Ming pacified Yuezhou, and Chang'an was welcomed in the city; then Xu Chang'an robbed the prison and was wanted; and there was an accident in the prison of Dali Temple, although some things were not explicitly said to have been done by him. But these prison officials were tortured and frightened by him, so they had already let Xu Changan's portrait be memorized by his subordinates, and some even took it home and posted it.

Although Xu Changan didn't want to embarrass them, every loss and incident would eventually be held accountable, and these officials would also be held accountable.

The three of them walked in the prison and slowly approached cell 51.

"Old Wu, tomorrow you are leaving, I will send you on your last journey, they gave me twenty taels of silver, let my knife stop a little, let you suffer a little more. Said a stout executioner, who was five big and three thick.

The three of them watched from a distance, for fear of alarming the two who were talking.

In fact, with the cultivation of the three of them, these two people couldn't find the three of them at all.

But they still hid from a distance, and from the perspective of the three of them, they could only see the executioner, but they couldn't see Lao Wu.

"I'm going to die anyway, this torture is nothing, this silver can be earned. The old man's voice was calm and indifferent.

"They hadn't gone out yet, and I threw back the money they had put on the table. The executioner waved his hand and said absently.

"Why do you ...... this" Before Wu Qianhe finished speaking, the executioner continued: "Most of the executioners are widowed people, fathers, mothers, and wives, I am full of food alone, and the whole family is not hungry, what am I afraid of." I just can't get used to these people, and if this happens to me, I'm sure I'll slaughter them all. It's a pity that I don't have a well-behaved daughter like yours. ”

As he spoke, the executioner lifted the mud seal on the open wine jar and poured a bowl of wine for Wu Qianhe.

"This is what your daughter asked me to bring in, and I can also get wet. Don't worry, your daughter is safe, and you're scared of those guys. ”

Wu Qianhe smiled, stretched out his hand and walked through the cell door, lifted the bowl full of wine, and took a sip.

Wu Qianhe took a sip of wine and smacked his lips, but before he could taste the taste of this wine, his face suddenly changed.

"This wine?"

The executioner kept his head down, did not speak, and did not dare to look up at him.

"This is the wine I used to bury, my daughter red. I waited until the day of my daughter's marriage to be able to open it and drink it, and I buried the wine, and I thought about its many tastes, but I never thought that it would be drunk in the prison the night before I was killed, and you tell me, is something wrong with my daughter!"

The executioner sat cross-legged on the ground, and beside him lay his eating tools, a large ghost-headed knife.

Wu Qianhe rushed forward suddenly, although he couldn't rush out, but it also caused the chains that tied his hands and feet to shake, and the "rope" sounded, and several rats who were originally waiting quietly for food in the corner of the wall were also startled by him, and immediately fled in all directions.

"You tell me the truth!" Wu Qianhe can ignore his own life and death, but he can't ignore his daughter. His daughter is his only one, more important than his life.

Wu Qianhe's hand reached forward, trying to catch the executioner, but unfortunately, the iron chains in the prison restrained his movements.

Seeing that the old man's eyes were red, the executioner finally spoke.

"No one would marry the daughter of a murderer, even if that person's elders and you have been friends for many years. The shop you originally saved with your life was facing the street, and the shop you bought with the silver taels given by the court when you quit the barracks was no longer wanted. Even if the location is good, whether it is a cloth village or a restaurant business, it will not be bad, and the shops used as dowries are not wanted. ”

The executioner's voice was small, and his eye sockets were red.

As an executioner, he was lonely since he was a child, and no one else treated him well except his master. I met Wu Qianhe because this old man was a good person, and he would give him wine on credit. At the beginning, he was a specialized executioner, but something went wrong when he chopped Chai Xintong, and Chai Xintong later became a celebrity next to the old Holy Emperor, and now the new Holy Emperor relied on him, his status plummeted, and even the work of the government was less than half of before. has no income, but fortunately, Wu Qianhe often helps him, so the two became friends.

This time, if it weren't for Wu Qianhe, those who offended him knew that he was friends with Wu Qianhe, and they wouldn't have sent this errand to his head.

They just want Wu Qianhe to die under the knife of their friends, and they also want to destroy his daughter's marriage contract, and after a while, they want to let his daughter live worse than death.

As soon as he thought of this, the executioner didn't know what to say to Wu Qianhe.

The three people who were hiding on the side heard that the two were no longer talking, so Cheng Baiyi glanced at Xu Changan, picked up a small pebble from the ground, flicked his fingers, and hit the executioner's neck, the executioner's eyes turned black and fell to the ground.

"I'll go out first. Cheng Baiyi whispered, and after explaining Xu Changan, he walked out.

"Who!" Wu Qianhe was also a person who had been on the battlefield after all, and his reaction was also extremely fast, and he immediately shouted.

"It's me, Uncle Wu. Cheng Baiyi said, revealing his figure.

Wu Qianhe looked at Cheng Baiyi in front of him, a little incredible. This is a death row prison cell, and he is not surprised that the executioner can come in, but how did Cheng Baiyi get in.

At the beginning, Cheng Baiyi also liked to meet people in Uncle Wu's tavern, and naturally became acquainted with each other over time.

"I have some friends in the court, so naturally I can come here, Uncle Wu, don't worry. ”

Wu Qianhe nodded and glanced at the unconscious executioner on the ground.

"He's fine, Uncle Wu, I also know a little bit about you, according to the laws of the Holy Dynasty, we can't do anything about each other. And Uncle Wu, you killed someone. ”

Wu Qianhe did not speak,

Cheng Baiyi sighed.

"Uncle Wu, even if the dowry is not so thick, it's okay!" Cheng Baiyi's voice became smaller and smaller, a little hoarse, and his eyes were red.

This old man was heroic in the first half of his life, and in the second half of his life, he only promised to do business honestly, and he could have lived this life peacefully, but at the last moment, he was imprisoned and ended up in disrepute.

Wu Qianhe smiled, and there was a glint in his eyes.

"This can't work, how can the dowry of the daughter's family be thin, otherwise you will be bullied if you go to your husband's house. I gave the property to my daughter, and she spoke harder in the future, and even if something happened, the dowry would be enough for her to live well. ”

Wu Qianhe's voice became smaller and quieter, thinking of his daughter being divorced, the light in his eyes dissipated, his eyes dimmed, and he lowered his head.

"But aren't you afraid of death? Doesn't it hurt to cut off your head? I remember you told me that when you went to war, your leg was bitten by a wolf cub, and it hurt terribly. Cheng Baiyi's eyes flashed with tears.

"It hurts, but when I think my daughter will be happy, it won't hurt!" Wu Qianhe raised his head and said faintly, sighing again.

"I begged them, but I only borrowed twenty taels of silver from them, but they demanded that I pay two hundred taels and my shop. I begged them to spare our father and daughter, but they would not allow it, and they said, "Ah, if I don't want to pay back two hundred taels of silver and a storefront, I will sell my daughter to the kiln." ”

Cheng Baiyi looked at Wu Qian and the old man's faces, and there were already tears on his face.

"I only borrowed twenty taels and paid them back in three days, but they increased more than a hundred times. I knelt down, and I begged them to give them a way to live, but they didn't give me. They said that there were people behind them, and if I didn't give them the shop, they would sell my daughter to the kiln, and they also said that it was not a big green building like Pingkang Fang, and that the women in those green buildings would not do the skin and meat business unless they were willing. They were going to sell my daughter to a small kiln where she was usually in the leather and meat business, and they said that my daughter should do that. ”

The more Wu Qianhe spoke, the more excited he became, and his hands kept shaking.

"So, I picked up the knife, and stabbed and stabbed, and stabbed and stabbed. ”

Wu Qianhe said, gesturing in the air, as if he really had a knife in his hand.

"I turned them all over, I knelt down, I kowtowed, but they didn't give me a way to live! Not only did they not give me life, but even my daughter was not allowed to live. ”

The more Wu Qianhe spoke, the more excited he became.

"We poor people have no way to live? We also shed blood on the battlefield and killed the enemy. They can take my life, but not to the slightest detriment of my daughter. ”

Xu Changan, who was hiding in the shadows, heard this and finally stood up.

Wu Qianhe came back to his senses when he saw Xu Changan pushing Zhan Xu in front of him.

His lips trembled, and he shouted out those two words tremblingly: "Shizi?"

"The officers and soldiers in the baggage unit of the old man who did the Iron Float Massacre at the beginning, although they are not as good as the Iron Float Massacre, are also elite. Few teams can keep up with the mobility of the Iron Float, delivering food every time, but also opening the way and scouting. The Iron Float was founded by your father, and the people of the group all regarded your father as a god. ”

Cheng Baiyi explained, and Wu Qianhe knelt down towards Xu Changan.

Seeing this, Xu Changan hurriedly put his hand up, and let Wu Qianhe stand up out of thin air.

He had always hated being called "the son of the world" and hated bringing his father with him when others said about him, but today, he felt that was an honor.

"I know it all. Xu Changan couldn't bear to look at it any longer, so he turned around and left.

Xu Changan had just walked out of the prison, and a few people went towards the residence of the officials and Xue Zhengwu.

......

"Little Hou Ye, have you figured out what to do?"

As soon as Xu Changan turned his head, he saw Cheng Baiyi pushing Zhan Xu and standing not far away.

"There is no explicit law on how to repay the borrowed silver, but there is a rule for murder. Cheng Baiyi added.

"Money is not bad, but what is bad is human desire. In this materialistic world, honest people can't survive. What if you have the imperial court, can you protect them?" Cheng Baiyi said word by word.

"I recently went to stay with Mr. Zhan for a while. After finishing speaking, Cheng Baiyi pushed Zhan Xu towards the courtyard where he came.

Xu Changan was speechless, and he didn't know what to say. There are still a few hours before Wu Qianhe will be beheaded, and he has no choice.

Morally speaking, Wu Qianhe did nothing wrong, but legally, Wu Qianhe's sin is unforgivable.

"By the way, only those who stand tall can embrace the warm breeze and warmth, and as for the people at the bottom, all they see and touch is darkness and dampness. Cheng Baiyi suddenly stopped, did not turn around, but the voice came into Xu Changan's ears.

The two walked away on the moon pass, leaving Xu Changan standing in place in a daze.

"Little Marquis, Lord Xunfa, the representative of the Ministry of Officials, is invited!"

......

The genius lit up slightly, and a girl was kicked out.

"Wu Qian'er, don't come to the door, my Zhang family has nothing to do with your Wu family. My Zhang family will not want a murderer's daughter to be a daughter-in-law. ”

The girl's face was covered with tears and dirt, and she was thrown out and sat on the ground.

She had bruises on her hands and scars on her face.

It's also because her father made too much trouble, otherwise those who ask for debts wouldn't just beat her.

She looked at the door that closed again, and her heart sank to the bottom.

The original world friend and uncle are now so strange.

The door opened again, and a light appeared in her eyes, but before she could speak, she was poured cold water on the aunt who swept the floor.

"Where did you come from, you are still embarrassed at the door, this time splashing water, next time splashing feces!"

As soon as the words fell, a team of people dressed in brocade clothes stopped at the door of Zhang's house!

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