Chapter 38 40

"Extremely incorruptible", of course, is not the reason for Liu Heng to die.

I also knew that the employer behind this could not be Jia Laoshi's cousins.

Not to mention whether they have the courage to hire a murderer to assassinate the prefect, can they afford it?

The head of a prefect is not a small number.

Even if they can afford the money, how can someone like them hire the assassins from the shadows of Butterfly Valley to make a move?

However, killing Liu Heng and throwing the black cauldron on their backs is a good way to get out. Call Six Doors to suspect them.

It's easy and convenient, and it's easy to get smoky, just the right place to hide my tracks.

Of course, if I kill Liu Heng, I won't do it in the lobby of the yamen.

Therefore, after the case ended, that night, Liu Heng was invited to Jia Laoshi's house for a banquet, and when Jin Bei'er personally poured wine to thank him, I sneaked into the back kitchen early and poisoned those wine and dishes.

Liu Heng died, and Jia Laoshi and Jin Bei'er were also buried.

The catchers have to be suspicious, of course, first of all, they suspect Jia Laoshi's cousins.

In this, I don't know if Jia Laoshi and Jin Bei'er are innocent, but Liu Heng is definitely not a good person.

If I really kill the heroes and the righteous people, and kill the loyal and good people, I may be sad for a while. But these few, no feeling.

It's not much different from a litter of rats dying in medicine.

......

It didn't say that Liu Heng's head was wanted, so poisoning him would be considered a completion of the task. Soon the word will spread. Naturally, I don't have to worry about anything else, I should go to other things.

It's just that I can't say why, but on this day, I suddenly became interested in the prison in Ningbo Mansion, and I was always curious and wanted to go in and have a look.

I'm a killer, I'm curious about the prison of the government, I'm crazy, right?

Hehe, it's not. I don't want to go to jail, and I don't want to rob prison. I just want to see how the prisoners live in it.

And my curiosity came from a strange thing I saw during the daytime when Liu Heng was trying the case.

An old man named Zheng Xin committed the crime of attempting to rob property and wound people three years ago and was imprisoned in this prison for three years. Now that the term has expired, it is time to release. But the old man did not repent, and shouted everywhere, threatening that he would rob again and commit crimes again when he came out, and he also made a fuss in the prison, destroying tables and chairs, throwing dung buckets on the prison door, and scolding the prefect.

In this way, when Liu Heng brought him to the court again for interrogation on this day, the old man "roared at the court" and scolded Liu Heng for "bending the law for bribes" and "accepting bribes".

Liu Heng was furious and scolded Zheng Xin for "not talking nonsense", saying that he was a clean official and never accepted bribes. When asked if Zheng Xin had any evidence to say these things, Zheng Xin, the old man, actually replied: "What the hell is going to wronged you!

Liu Heng was so angry that he wanted to ask his subordinates to beat Zheng Xin for twenty boards, but the master next to him dissuaded him and said, "This old man is old, and twenty boards are going to die." ”

So Liu Heng later sentenced Zheng Xin to continue to go to prison and extended his sentence by one year.

Unexpectedly, the old man Zheng Xin asked Liu Heng rhetorically, and said, "Grandpa, I roared in court, and you dare to sentence me to one year? Is the sentence too light? You should think carefully and think about it!"

After Liu Heng discussed with his master and officials, he finally changed the sentence to Zheng Xin's crime of disrespect, plus slandering and insulting the court officials in court, so the sentence was extended by three years.

Zheng Xin received this sin, not only did he not complain, but his face was happy, and he was taken down "satisfied".

It looked like he was going to go to jail. The longer he sits, the happier he becomes.

At that time, it was strange that such an ordinary old man who was close to old age, thin and dry, did not look like a master who had done too much evil, why did he have to stay in this prison?

What better place to be than here, what is his unspeakable problem?

Based on my many years of experience as a killer, I can deduce that a person who wants to go to prison is hiding in prison to seek refuge unless someone outside wants to take his life.

But this old man's appearance is not like ah!

In the end, what kind of big man is he, what kind of thing has he committed, and he wants to stay in prison and hide in order to "avoid the pursuit of the enemy"?

With a deep curiosity, I visited the prison at night, carefully disguised myself, disguised myself as a prison guard, and managed to infiltrate them with the help of drugs while they were changing shifts.

However, there are many wonders in the world, and I did not expect that this night, many things I heard in this prison made me cry and laugh, and I only felt so sad and sad.

It turned out that this old man Zheng Xin was an honest local farmer who was sixty-nine years old. Like me, I almost won the show, but I have read a book.

Because of the poverty of the family, Zheng Xin never married in his life, and at the age of thirty, his parents died again, only an eldest sister, who married to Guangdong in his early years and never came back.

When he was young, Zheng Xin worked as a long-term or short-term worker for other people's families in the township, and always had a way to support himself. Later, when he got older, Zheng Xin could no longer work, so he could only return to the village, while looking for a little money to make a living, and on the other hand, relying on the help of his neighbors and villagers to barely survive.

Villagers often see Zheng Xin squatting on the ridge of the field, soaking the begged rice in cold water, which is a meal.

In order to support himself, Zheng Xin bought some dried fish and shrimp on credit on the seaside, and sold them in the market with a flat pole and two baskets. Because of his age, he always lags behind the villagers who go with him. On average, I don't earn more than ten cents a day. If you can't sell it, you'll lose costs.

In this way, life is getting more and more difficult, and the old man Zheng Xin often can't eat enough. His biggest desire is to "eat steamed buns casually", without "breaking one and dividing it into two meals".

Three years ago, when a typhoon hit the seaside, the dilapidated house at home collapsed, and Zheng Xin had no place to live and became a homeless person. Later, he contracted the wind and cold, became ill, and had no money for treatment, so he could only lie in the ruined temple at the head of the village and wait for death.

Finally, one day, Zheng Xin suddenly had a brainstorm and thought of a good idea to settle down.

So he went through a lot of hardships, struggled to run to the city of Ningbo, took advantage of the time to catch the market, took a sickle, imitated the heroes of the green forest, robbed a large family of money outside the wife, although unsuccessful, but because of the fright is really not small, so he was arrested by the official, sentenced to an attempted robbery, put into prison, sentenced to three years.

If this is not the case, who would dare to imagine. The past three years have been the best days for Zheng Xin's old man. He had food to eat, a house to live in, and Lang Zhong came to cure him of his illness. He survived.

Unlike other prisoners, Zheng Xin was overjoyed when he entered prison. Because of his age and poor health, the cell bosses and jailers did not abuse him or ask him to do too hard labor.

When Zheng Laohan saw the steamed buns, he was as happy as seeing his relatives. He eats everything and never wastes it. It was rare for the prisoners to see an old man as well as him.

The meals that others can't eat and the ones that are unpalatable are given to him, and he is happy to work for a lifetime.

Moreover, sometimes he can eat meat, and he is even happier for the New Year.

In this way, after three months in prison, the old man Zheng Xin not only did not die, but also gained a few pounds.

When he was idle in prison, Zheng Xin chatted with the prisoners, played farts, told fortunes, and sometimes played chess. And those prisoners, because he was the oldest and had a good temper, and none of them bullied him, treated him well. Even some people who have been sentenced to death will leave some wine, meat, and delicious food for him as "filial piety" before leaving.

After a long time, Old Man Zheng regarded this prison as his home, but he had endless fun.

This time, because the sentence had expired, he was to be released according to the law, and the old man Zheng Xin was worried that he would not be able to live if he went out, so he asked for an extension of the sentence.

But for no reason, how could such a request be granted? In a moment of impatience, he tried to make a big fuss in the prison cell and intimidate the public officials, and later he was reckless in the public court, provoking the prefect and pretending to be roaring......

Alas, I finally got it!

The old man tried every possible way, even to anger the prefect, and risked staying in this prison, not to avoid any pursuit, but to ...... Pension.

Is there anything saddder than that?

There is no way to live on earth, prison is heaven!

Oh, that's how it is......

An honest person can be forced to this point by life.

Where to reason?