[Baiyutang] Wind-dried clothes

I don't know how many times the night has overflowed from the prison window above my head.Li Tongku was sitting in the single room, tapping the iron clasp on his wrist on the ground, jingling like playing a sword and singing a long song.

Since Bao Zheng questioned him last time, he didn't come back anymore, and even the punishment stopped, only the shackles still locked his hands and feet, and the iron tools were still embedded in his teeth.There is no shortage of food every day, just like other prison meals, no fish or meat, often gruel soup, so that he can eat and drink.If he refused to eat, the jailer would forcibly pour liquid food into his mouth.

Once, a doctor even came to look at his wounds, left a few prescriptions, and told the manager of the camp. From then on, jailers came to apply medicine to his wounds every day.Li Tong didn't bother to care whether it was Bao Zheng's trick or his kindness that was always praised by others.

Somehow today, the person who applied the medicine has not come yet.Li Tong ignored it, and only listened to the tinkling sound of the shackles.In the summer night, insects chirped far and near, both inside and outside the prison camp, the near ones seemed to be under his couch, and the distant ones seemed to be shrouded in a layer of moonlight.Suddenly, Li Tong felt that something was wrong - looking at the moon shadow on the ground, only when night fell, the patrolling soldiers could no longer be heard outside the cell.The knocking of heels, the clashing of keychains, the whispering and talking and laughing that he could often hear were all drowned out by the unknown silence at this moment.

In an instant, the prison camp seemed to be an empty fortress.

Li Tong stopped the shackles on his hands, and quietly stared outside the threshold.

Suddenly, the footsteps of people walking sounded again.The voice fell in Li Tong's ears, it was like walking in the wild, and suddenly heard a snake cruising in the grass.It's two people.Li Tong listened carefully—he was sure he could not be mistaken, one was the manager of the camp who usually patrols here, and the other could not be identified, it seemed to be a strange person.

With the help of the torch and oil lamp on the wall, Li Tong first met Mr. Guan Ying.Mr. Guan Ying, as usual, first stood outside the threshold with his hands behind his back, and squinted his neck to observe the situation inside the prison.Li Tong sat on the ground as usual.After inspecting it, Mr. Guan Ying inserted the key into the copper lock and opened the prison door. Then he turned his head and said to the people who followed him: "This guy is still inside. You go and apply the medicine. You need to get the medicine in a stick of incense." come out."

As soon as the voice fell, the person behind him responded with "Here".Footsteps sounded again, and the person blocked by the wall came forward slowly, while Mr. Guan Ying turned to leave with his hands behind his back.Li Tong stared at the movements of the two without blinking.Just as a figure appeared from the dark, and Mr. Guan Ying was about to be concealed by the wall, he suddenly heard the sound of blood splashing on the wall, as if it was raining heavily.A short "drink" stuck in someone's throat, and made a cry that was about to overflow before dying.

Li Tong indifferently saw Mr. Guan Ying covering his throat with his hands, with blood dripping between his fingers.He staggered back, fell to the ground, but couldn't breathe out the pain, his body twitched for a while, then fell backwards, convulsed for a moment on the ground, the hand covering his neck was loosened, and he swallowed his breath immediately.At this time, the person hiding in the dark slowly walked into the light of the candle.

The man was dressed in gray and short brown clothes, the usual Mr. Shangyao's attire, his face was nothing unusual except for a slight yellow beard on his chin, he looked like the most ordinary chariot driver.But it was such a person who was holding a dagger in his hand, with blood on the blade.Li Tong remained silent, seeing him leaning over and taking off the key from Mr. Guan Ying's waist, hanging it on his waist, walking up to push open the cell door, holding the bare pestle behind his back, he settled his feet, and asked, "Hongjian Ge Li Tong?"

Li Tong had an iron tool in his mouth, so he didn't answer, even if he didn't, he wouldn't respond.The man picked a key from his waist and stepped forward to open the iron tool in Li Tong's mouth.There was only a flick of the hidden lock, and the strength on the jaw was loosened, the iron tool rolled to the ground in response, and the mouth that had not been closed for a long time was finally closed.Li Tong wiped the saliva on his jaw with his sleeve, and pursed his mouth, there was a sweet rusty smell between his teeth and tongue.

The man picked another key and opened the shackles on Li Tong's hands and feet.Li Tong only turned his head halfway, and asked hoarsely, "Aren't you afraid that I'm not that Li Tong?"

The man smiled slightly, and said softly: "Thousands of Li Pianhong with wings and feathers."

"Once scattered into clouds." The shackles on his hands fell into the dust with a bang with his mouth open. Li Tong patted the dust on his body, stood up, and twisted his wrists lightly, as if exercising his muscles and bones.

The man rolled up half of his sleeve, handed it to Li Tong, and said, "Brother Li also showed this tattoo, so we can recognize each other."

Li Tong turned around and picked up the prison clothes, a tattoo on his back flashed in the dark, and the hem of the clothes was quickly put down.Turning around to look at the man, he said, "Can you see clearly?"

The man didn't have any doubts, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes." At the end, he asked Li Tong: "Brother Li may move around? Let's escape from this prison camp."

Li Tong nodded, and the man led the way.The flames flickered on the walls of the prison city camp, and there were shadows everywhere.Li Tong walked all the way, looking left and right in the prison camp, and found that there was no one on the main road of the prison camp, as if it was specially built for them to come and go.Seeing that he hadn't spoken all the way, the man asked, "Brother Li, what are you thinking?"

Li Tong let go of his hand, pointed around and asked: "Those prison guards and soldiers, are you all solved by brother?"

The man said with a smile: "We people in Hongjian Pavilion don't have this kind of ability?" At the end, he added, "Some of them are fainted by the medicine, and some of them are lured out. They won't be able to detect it for a while."

The man led him into a small room, where two military uniforms were placed on the table.The man said: "In order to cover people's eyes and ears, I would like to ask Brother Li to change into this outfit." Li Tong put it on as he said, and the man hurriedly changed into it too.

After coming out of the prison camp, he will be even more confident.There is no one guarding the prison anymore, but there are still two soldiers guarding outside the prison.Passing by the two of them, Li Tong and the others deliberately lowered their faces, and the brim of their hats covered most of their faces.

"Are you here to replace the sentry?" A soldier called them to stop.

Li Tong and the man looked at each other.The man immediately said: "Exactly."

The two soldiers nodded and made room, and Li Tong and the man stood still.The two soldiers laughed and talked all the way to look away, Li Tong gave the man a wink, the two of them tiptoed lightly, turned around and caught up with them, knocked the two soldiers unconscious with their palms, dragged them into the corner and threw them go.

When looking out again, Li Tong asked: "But the master sent brother to rescue me?"

The man said: "As soon as something happened to you, the master ordered me to rescue you, but he specially ordered that it must be today."

Li Tong asked: "Brother, do you know why?"

The man shook his head and said, "Master hasn't told me, so I dare not ask."

Li Tong asked again: "Can the master send me any tasks?"

The man said: "Master said, after Brother Li is rescued this time, whether to leave or stay depends entirely on Brother Li."

The two were talking, and they had already stepped out of the gate of the prison camp.The man suddenly untied his arm and threw it into the grass beside him.But Li Tong looked up at the night and sighed: "Since I entered the prison, I have never seen such a clear night sky."

The man looked at Li Tong and cupped his hands and said, "Brother Li should have gone here by himself. But I've never met any brothers from Hongjian Pavilion other than Brother Li. Now that I see Brother Li, I feel very close to him." I mean. Brother Li, if you don’t mind, can you let me be sent out of the city all the time? Besides, brother Li’s body is weak, so if something bad happens to me, I can explain it to my master.”

Li Tong smiled and said: "In this case, then I will have Brother Lao to accompany me to walk a little further."

The two walked for a while, and when they raised their eyes, they could see An Yuanmen.The man asked, "Where is Brother Li going?"

Li Tong said: "Go to Xiangyang and go back to the master."

The man said: "Since that's the case, then I'll send it here, Brother Li, go slowly."

Li Tong turned around to take advantage of the moonlight to pass through the city gate, when suddenly he heard the sound of bone whistle behind him, and a group of crows flew up in shock.When Li Tong turned his head to look, he saw the man spit out the bone whistle in his mouth, clapped his hands and laughed loudly.

At this moment, only the sound of armor colliding could be heard, bows and arrows were displayed on the female wall at the top of the city, and a group of people rushed out of the city gate, the leader was Yumao Zhanzhao.The man quickly retreated into the shadow of the city wall, Zhan Zhao held Zhan Lu in his hand, and sternly shouted at Li Tong: "Stop, thief!"

Li Tong saw the current situation clearly and knew that he couldn't get away. His feet were stuck on the ground, his eyes only looked at the person hiding under the shadow, and he said in a trembling voice: "Are you talking to me?"

The man didn't answer, Li Tong suddenly became ruthless, he hurriedly looked at the man running away, his eyes seemed to burst into flames.Seeing that he had murderous intentions towards that person, Zhan Zhao came to stop Li Tong with Zhan Lu in his hand.Li Tong didn't care about it, just rushed forward, and was about to bump into Zhan Zhao's sword, splitting his body in two, Zhan Zhao quickly withdrew the sword, and grabbed Li Tong with his hands.Although Li Tong has been imprisoned for a long time, his skills are still not bad, he dodged Zhan Zhao, and rushed towards the man at the base of the city wall.

The man raised his voice and said: "Brother Zhan, you don't need to stop him, Mr. Han can catch this man!" As he spoke, his arm trembled, the poison dart slipped from his sleeve and was pinched between his fingers.Zhan Zhao lost his voice and said, "Brother Han, be careful, don't hurt his life!"

"Of course not," Han Zhang put one hand behind his back and said with a smile, "what I feed on this dart is just ordinary sweat medicine."

When Li Tong was about to get close to Han Zhang, Han Zhang turned his body around, Li Tong flew into the air, staggered and almost hit the city wall.Finally, the poison dart that Han Zhang held in his finger finally made a move.Li Tong turned around and rushed towards Han Zhang again with a roar.

Suddenly, there was the sound of metal and stone colliding, and a spark flashed on the city wall.Between eyelashes, Li Tong cried out in pain, staggered a few steps, his feet were unstable, and he looked down and fell to the ground.There was a plum-blossom dart on his back, and a ray of moonlight flowed on the dart.

Zhan Zhao stepped forward and said with a smile, "Brother Han is looking at the city wall and throwing a dart and it bounces back. It's really beautiful."

"It's a trivial trick, it's not worth mentioning." Han Zhang took off the makeup mud on his face, revealing his true face.He stood with his hands behind his back, watching a group of soldiers come forward and lift Li Tong up.

Zhan Zhao said: "Brother Han has done a great service this time, Mr. Bao will definitely reward you a lot."

Han Zhangdao: "It's our honor to be able to share the worries of Mr. Bao. It's just that the commander of the battalion and the two soldiers who were knocked out suffered a lot."

Zhan Zhao laughed loudly: "They are all doing things for Mr. Bao, why bother?"

Han Zhang and Zhan Zhao looked back all the way, and said all the way: "Brother Zhan, I haven't seen him. When Mr. Guan Ying pretended to be dead, he was so realistic. Even I was shocked by him. I was afraid that I would really hurt him." life."

Zhan Zhao said with a smile: "In that case, let Mr. Bao reward him heavily."