Although the buttocks are still hot and painful, those officials who hold the cane are experienced, and the heat under them is wonderful, and when they are beaten, they make people sound frightened and look fleshy, but in fact, they don't hurt half of their muscles and bones, just apply some external medicine to reduce swelling for half a day.

Compared with these flesh and skin suffering, Ouyang Bei's heart is even more bitter, full of blood in exchange for the cold death row prisoner at this moment, and the pride has turned into the bitterness and grievance at this moment, where should he go next.

Just as Ouyang Bei was pondering, the door of the prison creaked again, and he saw Li Si, accompanied by an old jailer, carrying a wine jug and some food into the door.

This Li Si can't handle the case on errands, but he is very familiar with people, and he greeted a few jailers on errands from afar: "Hey, Lao Chen, Xiao Cai, Xiao Liu, you are on an errand today, you work hard, and you can't go home to accompany your wife and children during this big holiday." Brother, I'm here to accompany you through this Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

Li Si sat down with the jailers, and the old jailer came to Room B No. 5 with some wine and food, opened the door and sent it in, and said to Ouyang Bei: "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I asked the family to cook more food, Master Bei, you will eat some." ”

After finishing speaking, he put down the wine and food, turned around and walked to the No. 6 room on the opposite side.

I saw the old jailer come to room No. 6, looked at the fish and wine that had not been eaten at Meng Dongting's feet, and said to Meng Dongting apologetically: "I'm sorry, little brother, I went out today with something to do, let my wife and brother send you a meal, he didn't know the agreement you made with me, and seeing that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, he specially added food to you, didn't scare you, right?"

Meng Dongting cried when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Brother, I thought this was my last meal, no matter how rich the meal was, I didn't feel like eating at all." ”

The old jailer grinned and said, "Eat with confidence, eat with confidence, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, you should improve it." ”

Meng Dongting scratched his head, also smirked, and said, "Brother, you haven't eaten yet, do you want to eat some together?"

The old jailer shook his head and said, "No, the family is still waiting for me, and after delivering you food, I will go back to accompany her for the holidays." ”

After speaking, he turned around and glanced at the cell door between No. 5, and then slowly walked out of the prison with a few empty food boxes.

Ouyang Bei heard the conversation between the old jailer and Meng Dongting, and understood that this was a big oolong, and couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, he poured a glass of wine and said to Meng Dongting through the prison door: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, it is fate that you and I can get together in this death row, come, let's have a drink, if I have anything that can't stand you before, I will make amends for you." ”

Meng Dongting also poured a glass of wine, raised his head and drank it all, and said: "What did Ouyang Zhutou say, you are only responsible for handling the case, and you didn't arrest me on death row, I still know whether this is right or wrong." It's Ouyang Zhutou yourself, why was you also sent here?"

Ouyang Beidao: "I can't say this clearly for a while, I'll tell you another day, in short, you remember that I was framed and wronged." ”

Meng Dongting smiled bitterly: "Ouyang Zhutou, how many of those who are on death row do you think they have committed capital crimes? Take me as an example, I just wrote a few pieces of paper for others, and I was put on death row in such a daze, do you think I am wronged?"

Ouyang Bei and Meng Dongting drank in the air and chatted happily.

Over there, Li Si and a few jailers were also drinking happily, and between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, they all drank too much unconsciously, and in less than an hour, they all staggered, and they fell drunk under the table with different expressions.

Ouyang Bei really can't stand it, the people of the Yamen really don't grow up, they are drunk and dreaming all day long, and they can't stand the temptation of the things in this cup at all.

After thinking about it again, I was already on death row, what the hell are you doing with this idleness.

Ouyang Bei finished eating the wine and food and chatted with Meng Dongting for a while.

I didn't sleep much in the past two days, and I felt sleepy, so I packed up the dishes and chopsticks and wine jugs and planned to put them outside the prison door to make room for a good night's sleep.

I never thought that I would accidentally touch the cell door, and the door between the five cells opened a big crack by itself.

Ouyang Bei couldn't help but be excited, and then looked carefully at the door lock, and there was no lock at all.

Ouyang Bei couldn't tell whether the old jailer was confused and forgot to lock it or deliberately didn't lock it, and the habit of being calm in the face of things that he had always developed told him to analyze calmly and not act rashly.

He peeked at the jailers and Li Si who had been drunk to the point of staggering.

I saw that several people were already snoring, and there was no response.

So Ouyang Bei gently closed the prison door again, took a deep breath, and his mind spun rapidly, weighing the pros and cons of staying and escaping.

stay, then what awaits him is not only this cold and rancid death row, but also Jia Jingzong's deliberate frame-up, counting on him to administer justice for himself, just look at Meng Dongting on the other side from a lawyer who has written a few pieces of paper for others to a lamb to be slaughtered in this death row cell, and you will know that this is tantamount to fishing for the moon in water.

escaped, and he still had the opportunity to let go of his hands and feet to find out who was planning him everywhere behind his back, who did these two big cases, and whether the two were the same group, but as long as he stepped out of the door of this prison, then he was openly confronting the officials, and to put it mildly, he was a fugitive wanted by the government everywhere. Besides, if the old jailer is so careless today that he didn't lock the prison door, could it be that he deliberately set a trap to drill into himself?

It's really embarrassing, Ouyang Bei seems to have two villains arguing in his head, one says "stay", and the other says "no, escape".

The two villains quarreled fiercely, and when they were about to pull their sleeves to fight, a villain suddenly popped out and said, "The Ma family still has a mouth, don't forget that the eldest son of the Ma family is still alive." ”

Ouyang Bei almost screamed out, yes, before he died, the old man Ma Dechang said that he would go to Jiuhuai Forest to find his eldest son Ma Xingbang in two days, the Ma family has not been wiped out, and there are still orphans.

Only by finding Ma Xingbang can we sort out the intricate facts of the case, and it is also the only way to clear my grievances.

Even so, only by taking a risk may be able to win a glimmer of life for yourself.

Ouyang Bei made up his mind, turned around lightly and took out the letter and bamboo tube in the dark hole in the corner of the cell and put it into his arms, and then quietly opened the cell door and dodged out.

I saw Meng Dongting staring at himself with his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open, and he hurriedly made a gesture to silence him.

After that, he crept to a few jailers and Li Si to confirm that he was really drunk and unconscious, and then he felt the key on them and turned around and returned to the outside of room No. 6.

Ouyang Bei lowered his voice and asked Meng Dongting, "Little brother, how about going out with me?"

Meng Dongting shook his head and said, "I'...... I have been reading the books of sages since I was a child, and if I go out from here today, I will become a fear of sin and absconding, and the sin will be added to one degree, and I will not want to be rehabilitated in this life, how can I be worthy of my father and mother after death?"

Ouyang Bei didn't expect him to be so pedantic, and frowned: "Do you still expect Governor Jia to rehabilitate you? Since this Jia Jingzong dares to beat you to this death row, it means that he has already fabricated charges for you, if you are willing to wait here to die and surrender to the law, then you will only be a notorious thief after death, and who can know your grievances?"

Meng Dongting said blankly: "But ...... But the ancient sages were more important than life and death, death was heavier than Mount Tai, and some were lighter than feathers, I want to die with integrity like Wen Tianxiang, and if I am a fugitive, I will only be infamous after death. ”

Ouyang Bei saw that he still stubbornly dropped his schoolbag, took the key to open the prison door, dragged him over and said: "Don't Taishan Hongmao, if you don't leave, even if you die, you won't even be a fart, let alone Hongmao." ”

Meng Dongting was half-dragged and half-dragged out of room No. 6, and he still muttered the famous sentences of the sages in his mouth, but Ouyang Bei's arm strength was outstanding, which could he be a scholar who could carry it.

In this way, Ouyang Bei set up Meng Dongting, and the two of them slipped out of the gate of the prison smoothly without danger all the way, and there was no one outside the gate who patrolled and kept vigil, and it is estimated that they all went back for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

When he arrived at a secluded place outside the prison, Meng Dongting stood on the spot, thinking that his integrity and reputation would be ruined, he couldn't help but hug his head and sob, but now that the raw rice has been cooked rice, he can only think about what to do next.

As soon as the two discussed, Meng Dongting proposed to go back to his home in Jiuhuai Forest for temporary refuge, which was remote and would not be found by ordinary people.

This proposal was in Ouyang Bei's arms, and he praised it again and again.

At this time, the two of them were still in danger, and they didn't dare to delay more, so they picked some remote paths and ran to the Jiuhuai Forest in the eastern suburbs.

The two of them were apprehensive in their hearts, running wildly all the way, especially feeling that time passed too slowly, and finally arrived at a small earthen hill in the eastern suburbs, not far from Jiuhuai Forest.

Ouyang Bei stopped, and Meng Dongting, who was struggling behind him, followed with a sweat, the foot strength of the scholar was too poor, and it was rare to be able to keep up.

Ouyang Bei looked up at the full moon in the sky and said, "Little brother, let's kick here first, and then go into the Nine Acacia Forest." ”

Meng Dongting couldn't ask for it, he almost vomited blood when he ran all the way, and even claimed that it was good.

Although this small soil hill is not high, but look at it, you can also take the nine locust forest in the bottom of your eyes, only to see the bright moon in the sky, the nine locust forest under the moonlight is dazzling with white flowers, that is the end of summer has not yet bloomed the light reflected in the moonlight, the autumn is high and cool, the cool breeze, the beautiful scenery is in front, if it is not on the way to escape, you should really bring a pot of good wine, enjoy it.

Ouyang Bei smiled sadly and said to Meng Dongting: "Little brother, have you ever thought about what the days of escape will be like in the future?"

Meng Dongting shook his head and said: "I haven't thought about it yet, but I'm used to living a hard life, and it won't be any different if I think about it, but you Ouyang Catcher, I'm afraid I've never thought about it before, right?"

Ouyang Beidao: "Hey...... It was unthinkable before. Do you know why I insisted on getting you out of death row?"

Meng Dongting said blankly: "I don't know about this." ”

Ouyang Beidao: "To tell you the truth, I brought you out of death row for two reasons, one is that I brought someone to arrest you at the beginning, and I feel sorry for you, and I don't want to watch you wait for death on death row, and the other is that I have something to go to Jiuhuai Lin Huaihua Niangniang Temple, and you are a person from Jiuhuai Lin, and you are familiar with the ground, so I took you out by force." ”

Meng Dongting said: "If you want to talk about this Jiuhuai Forest, then you can be regarded as finding the right person, I grew up here, and I know this piece no matter which corner it is." ”

Ouyang Bei laughed and said, "That seems to be my luck." Today and tomorrow, we will hide in your house first, and then we will go to the Huaihua Niangniang Temple the night after tomorrow. ”