Chapter 111: The white-robed general visits the prison late at night
To the west of Dali, on the banks of the hills, lies a series of low-rise buildings, known locally as the "Valley of Death", but in fact, it is the largest prison in the capital, containing thousands of felons. Among them www.biquge.info there are the direction signs of Shangshu that have just been caught and Ding Dong, the prime minister of the former dynasty.
The two men were on dark death row, their cells were dark and damp, and there was standing water in the low-lying places, and there were always a few snails slowly wriggling on the walls on all sides, and in the aisle there was a square hole through which the stinking prison meal was passed in, and the voice of an old cell boss said in a cruel tone:
"It's slotted!"
Pigs, cows, horses, and other domestic animals, when they are fed forage and pulp, the owner is called "the upper trough"; however, when used here, the meaning is obvious -- that is, the people here, in the eyes of the cell bosses, are the domestic animals in the eyes of ordinary owners.
It's sad and lamentable, in a moment's thought, the direction sign and Ding Dong were reduced from princely generals to prisoners under the stairs, and to beasts who ate in the trough! Alas! Wealth and wealth are in danger, why take it too seriously!
On that day, I didn't know how late it was at night, let alone the geometry of the stars! But Zhou Gaojun, the prison officer, was drinking and having fun. Working in a place like a prison may sound undignified, and even disgusting and despicable! But for those who really endure this kind of life, it is a very fulfilling and contenting day.
Zhou Gaojun deeply understands that it is not easy for him to stay in prison for 20 years from a small prison prison back then, and to work as a prison prisoner now. He has now summed up a whole set of limericks about prison life:
The sun is still asleep, whoever wants to get up early will sin!
Live prisoners and death row prisoners are all balls, and there is nothing to play and kick ball!
If someone comes to see the game, good wine and good food will come to each other!
Eat the east and eat the west, and finally show him a ball!
It's good to be an official in prison, you don't have to be dark and can't afford to be early!
As long as the ball doesn't run around, there will be credit all year round!
Therefore, in this great prison of thousands of people, there are groups of relatives who come to visit the prison gate every day, so that what kind of good wine he wants to drink, what kind of food he eats, or what kind of women he plays, those who are desperate to visit the prison, will arrange for him one by one. It's like a new garment, as long as he's willing to stretch out his arms!
Therefore, at this time of the day, he was hugging left and right, eating, drinking and merrymaking. Suddenly, a small sergeant ran up from below, knocked on the door, stood outside the door, and said:
"Lord, the white-robed general Jiao Zhongxuan below is here!"
When Zhou Gaojun heard this, his brows furrowed, and the boss was not happy, so he drank all the glass of wine that had stopped in his hand!
"Who should I be, a fake general with no real power! However, he is a general after all, and he can't afford to be guilty, you must know that all generals have the privilege of killing people without having to suffer lawsuits, so why should I offend him and not go to myself!"
Therefore, he reluctantly replied to the door:
"It's coming!"
After that, he said to the parent of a wealthy prisoner who was doing the east tonight:
"Brother Tai, don't worry, tomorrow at noon, you come to see your son! Now I have something to do, go first!"
"Good, good, good! Thank you, thank you. The middle-aged man with a haggard face said without a voice.
After tidying up his clothes and about to get up and leave, he reluctantly glanced at the girl Xiaofang who was sitting with him, "Beauty, drink it next time!" As he spoke, he stretched out five thick and hard fingers like crab clips to the tender necks of other people and touched them, as if this would fill the desires in his thief's eyes more fully and solidly.
"Hmm...... Adult, let's have another drink!" I don't want to, that **** weird woman will also come to trouble, so he got up and poured a glass of wine, brought it to his mouth and said, "Eat this cup again!"
So, he really stretched his neck and took the wine from her cup with his mouth.
But the woman took him by the sleeve of his coat, and put the bag of gold that had been prepared on the table into his wide cuffs, and said:
"Don't forget, my lord, there's still your stuff here!"
So he smiled again, and sighed from the bottom of his heart:
"Hey, I don't want to leave!"
"Don't worry!" said the woman, "I know you're busy, and I'll look for you in the evening!"
"yes, baby! you're so nice. He said with excitement on his face.
"But, my lord, you haven't acceded to his request yet!" the woman deliberately leaned over, pulled the other's arm to her plump breasts, snuggled up, and bleated like a docile lamb, "After all, I am the one who was called by the boss of the village!"
"Oh, didn't I promise him that he could visit him tomorrow at noon?"
"It's not this!" The woman touched the bag of gold that had just been stuffed into his cuffs, and her father leaned over her face angrily, almost touching the other party's lips, and then she whispered, "Adults help him! Boss Zhuang is very pitiful, he is old and in poor health, and he urgently needs his son to go back to take care of the family business!"
"My lord, the white-robed general is urging!" said the sergeant again outside the door.
He thought that it would be a pity to miss such a lovely sweet girl in front of him, so he said:
"Okay then! Next month, I'll let the son of the boss go back and reunite with his relatives. But ......"
"But how?" asked the woman.
"You've got to follow me for half a year!"
When the boss Zhuang and the woman heard this, they were shocked. Eventually, however, the woman nodded silently, agreeing to his terms.
When Zhou Gaojun went out, he didn't forget to emphasize:
"In an hour, I'll be home!"
The woman understood, he understood what he meant by telling her to go to his room and wait for him.
When they heard the footsteps of Zhou Gaojun walking downstairs, the woman immediately sat down, grabbed the wine glass, and drank it all with her head up, while the middle-aged man, whom they called the boss, immediately took the woman's hand, and began to cry and say:
"Girl, it's all bad for my father, I'll push you into the fire pit!"
The woman also burst into tears, but she raised her face firmly, looked at the roof, choked up, and said:
"Daddy, as long as Brother doesn't die in prison and can go home and reunite as soon as possible, everything I have paid today, my daughter, is worth it!"
When Boss Zhuang heard his daughter say this, his heart was colder and more painful, and his crying was even more sad!
Jiao Zhongxuan, the white-robed general, only brought a guard and a coachman, and took a carriage to the capital prison. Now he was at the door of the cell, and he had been waiting for a cup of tea, which made him very angry, and he was now pacing at the door, just thinking about how he would be angry when he saw this hateful prisoner later!
At that moment, the prison door creaked open. Immediately, accompanied by three sergeants carrying lanterns, a middle-aged man in his forties wearing a blue robe and black boots came out; when he saw the impatient expression of the white-robed general Jiao Zhongxuan, he smiled and bowed his hand and said:
"I don't know the general, I came to visit late at night, and I was unwelcome!"
"Hmph!" the white-robed general Jiao Zhongxuan flicked the sleeves of his robe, strode into the door angrily, and ignored him.
However, the other party still followed him with a smile and walked in.