pick up spring

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Why do the emperors and elders like to exile prisoners instead of locking them up or killing them?I thought gloomily.Later, I figured it out: if it is locked up, you still have to take care of food and housing. The place is so big, and food is wasted.But you are not guilty of death, so I made you dead

In the place where the egg is, it is best if you die on the road; if you are lucky enough to survive and survive in a deserted place, it can be considered as a contribution to the expansion of the frontier, right?Therefore, in general, anyone who was exiled to a remote place basically planned not to come back, and along the way, basically

No one in the world will treat you as a human being.

What I saw when I caught up with the official exiled Chungan also confirmed my guess.

There were 11 people in that team, plus two officials.Except for the officer on the horse, the other nine prisoners tied their hands together with an iron rope and followed behind the horse.According to my visual inspection, one or two of them looked half-dead, with tattered clothes and dirt all over their bodies.Although

Yunzhi had described Chungan's appearance to me, but I took a quick look, but I really didn't see it.

Shouldn't it? !With my hundred-step piercing skills, how could I not even recognize a single person?Unless he's not in the team.This is very bad.

It's not easy to attack the officials during the day, but in the dead of night, I sneaked under them and caught one of them.

"Tell me, where is Shen Chun doing?" I covered my face and put the knife on the official's neck.

"Master, please forgive me!" The man shook into a sieve: "The villain didn't know that Shen, Shen Chun did this person."

"Dare to lie in front of grandpa, I think you are impatient." I pressed my fingers on his Tanzhong acupoint and exerted light force, the official was sweating profusely and repeatedly begged for mercy.

"Master, let's not say it's not a small one, it's really troublesome." The man had no choice but to tell the truth: "Actually, Mr. Shen, we didn't escort him out of the city."

There was an ominous premonition in my heart: "What about others?"

"It's the villain who was confused for a while." The official said: "You know, most of the prisoners who are sentenced to exile are no different from death. As soon as Mr. Shen was brought out of the prison, he was spotted by the traffickers and gave us good money." A lot of money. We thought, death on the road is useless anyway, no

If you make a fortune.As for where the prisoner took him later, even if you killed the villain, the villain would not know. "

Of course I can't kill officials, and this kind of private buying and selling of prisoners, although it often happens in private, and the higher authorities turn a blind eye to it, but if it is turned over to the public, the government can't sit idly by because of face.So as long as I don't say it, the official will never say it.

"Do you remember the trafficker's name?"

"The villain doesn't know, he only knows that others call him Uncle Tuo."

There are not many places in the capital that dare to buy people from the pile of exiles, and even fewer do skin and meat business.With this clue, as long as you search one by one, you can always find someone.Besides, I also have a few friends in the underworld, let them inquire, what kind of camel uncle and uncle, can still run

lost him?I'm a great thief, if I can't do this thing, wouldn't I be called a thief in vain?It's just that it will take two days to rush to the capital from here, I hope that nothing will happen to Mr. Shen.

In fact, since he was not exiled, who was he sold to, and what does it have to do with me?As long as I find him and send a message, my promise to Yunzhi will be fulfilled.Please, Mr. Shen, live two more days, and wait for me to finish speaking.

Although I thought so in my heart, I didn't dare to delay my feet, and finally rushed to the capital in a hurry.

"I said Erzi, I haven't seen you for so long, Brother Shi, hurry up and pay your respects!" Cyclamen is the best restaurant in the capital, so I found a private room and called Erzi over.The second son is an inquirer from the capital, and he can't hide any troubles from him.

"I said brother, you are a big thief, you are so blatant to treat me to dinner at the best restaurant at the foot of the emperor, you are not afraid that someone will catch you?"

"What do you know?" I didn't care, "The most dangerous place is the safest place. Who would have thought that I would be here to ask you for news?"

"Who made you so interested?" The second son picked up a chopstick called Huaji, and looked at me suspiciously.

"Entrusted by someone." I pushed the bank note stolen from Yunzhi in front of the second son, and said, "Uncle Tuo, have you heard that he recently bought exiled prisoners. I want this person. "

The second son looked at the bank note, but did not move.

I still looked at him with a smile: "What? Have you changed your gender?"

"Brother, it's not that I don't love money." The second son was a little embarrassed: "Although Uncle Tuo is a small character, their boss has some background. It is said that there are court officials and Jianghu forces behind him. I don't think you should go through this muddy water." Alright."

"Don't worry, I won't implicate you." I took out two more banknotes from my arms, "You just need to tell me where the person is, and I'll take care of the rest."

The second son looked at the thick stack of banknotes, and finally put them away, saying: "Which one can scare me like this, brother, you know."

"You mean the Tongque Tower?" I asked carelessly, but my heart screamed that it was not good.

The second son nodded, looked around habitually, leaned forward mysteriously, and whispered: "Brother, you don't know, the owner of Tongque Tower is the cousin of the uncle of the dynasty. A gang of desperadoes act as thugs. You have to save people in there, but it's a thankless effort

thing.In my opinion, you'd better stay out of it. "

"Thank you, Er Zi." I patted him on the shoulder, "Eat slowly, I'll take a step first."

"You can't get in like this," said the second son, "You need an introducer to enter the Tongque Tower. If you force your way in, if you meet a master, be careful and suffer."

I stopped, turned around and blinked at Er Zi: "Second Son, can you see if I can sell into Tongque Tower?"

With a puff, the second son sprayed the wine all over my face.