Tofu Dongshi

Zhen Zhigong and Dou Jiafu were dragged to the Yongping county government office, where they were thrown directly into a gloomy and humid prison cell.

Dou Jiafu is in good condition. Although he suffered a lot of punches and kicks on the road, he didn't hurt his muscles. The healed leg injury got worse.

Dou Jiafu almost didn't dare to look at his bloody legs. He felt extremely uncomfortable, and said in a trembling voice: "Is your leg...is it painful? I'm sorry, I'm the one who hurt you. If it wasn't for saving me, you would Won't……"

Zhen Zhigong leaned against the wet and cold stone wall, and whispered wearily: "It's nothing, my leg is not broken, it's just some flesh wounds. I can't blame you for this matter, it's those yamen servants who are too rampant to blatantly defend those who committed crimes." The hooligans are really lawless."

Dou Jiafu said anxiously: "Then what should we do? They won't really treat us as murderers?"

Zhen Zhigong said without hesitation: "Don't worry, wait until we go to the hall to see the magistrate, let me deal with him, everything will be fine. Look, within three days, we will definitely be able to go out."

Seeing that he was so sure, Dou Jiafu couldn't help but decide. He managed to find a clean place on his clothes and spread a cloth, and carefully wiped the blood on his legs.

More than a month ago, Dou Jiafu treated Zhen Zhigong's wounds in this way, and now he has become a skilled worker.

Zhen Zhigong looked at his earnest face and half-hanging thick eyelashes, and couldn't help thinking in his heart, if this kid wasn't so stubborn, if his temper wasn't so bad, if his mouth wasn't so poisonous, if he wasn't so stingy, he would still have Kind of cute.As for the appearance, it doesn't seem so ugly after a long time...

Feeling the gaze fixed on his face, Dou Jiafu raised his head, touched his face, and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?"

Zhen Zhigong turned his gaze away, and said casually: "It's nothing. It's just that I, Zhen... I will be imprisoned one day, which is a rare experience. The ancient sages have said that the heaven will send a great mission to this place." Human beings must first suffer from their minds and wills, exhaust their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies..."

While talking, he shook his head seriously.

Dou Jiafu understood half of what he heard, and wanted to make habitual sarcasm, but then thought that this person went to the cell to save him and was seriously injured. I can't say it.

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Although the experience of being in prison is special, it is not acceptable to ordinary people.The conditions in the cell were very poor, the light was dim, the wind was blowing, the floor was only covered with a thin layer of damp and moldy straw, and mice crawled around the corners from time to time.In comparison, Dou Jiafu's shabby but clean and bright earthen house is much more comfortable.

In addition to Zhen Zhigong and Dou Jiafu, there are other prisoners in the prison. They are all unkempt, not human, and I don’t know how long they have been in the prison, or they are crying, laughing and shouting like madmen, or they are dead. Lying on the ground silently all day long made the two newcomers feel terrified and sympathetic.

Dou Jiafu cheered up, gathered the straw in a pile at the corner of the wall, untied his outer shirt and spread it on it, and then helped Zhen Zhigong pass.

Zhen Zhigong didn't show politeness to him, and lay down directly on the grass bunk, glanced at the only thin single clothes left on Dou Jiafu's body, and said casually: "Aren't you cold?"

Dou Jiafu waved his goosebump-covered arm, and said boldly: "It's not cold, I'm very strong."

Zhen Zhigong laughed, "It's like a little chicken, how can it be strong? This is the young master, you know."

Dou Jiafu was annoyed, and was about to open his mouth to scold back, but Zhen Zhigong grabbed the hem of his clothes, pulled him down, and fell into his arms with an ouch.

He swung his legs upside down for a while, and wanted to give Zhen Zhigong two kicks in retaliation, but then realized that his leg was injured, so he couldn't bear to step aside.

Zhen Zhigong stretched out his long arms, and very naturally embraced Dou Jiafu's shoulders.Dou Jiafu's heart softened all of a sudden, and he leaned on his shoulder obediently.The two of them snuggled together in the corner, their body temperature passed through each other through their clothes, and soon their bodies warmed up.

When both of them were so hungry that their bellies were like thunder, a skinny prison guard named Old Zhao Tou brought over a swill-like dinner that emitted a strange smell, which Zhen Zhigong couldn't bear to see.

At this time, he deeply realized that during the month of cohabitation with Dou Jiafu, every meal he ate was the best in the world.

Dou Jiafu also found it difficult to swallow, but he had no choice in the prison, and he didn't know when he could get out of this ghost place. He couldn't go on a hunger strike and starve to death here. He calmly comforted the nauseated Zhen Zhigong: "Eat more, you are injured, and it will be slow to recover if you are hungry."

Zhen Zhigong closed his eyes and shook his head repeatedly: "No, I would rather starve to death than eat this stinky pig food."

Dou Jiafu choked for a moment, holding a mouthful of "pig food", he couldn't laugh or cry, neither swallowed it nor swallowed it.This guy, usually so tyrannical and domineering, said what he said at this time like a child acting like a spoiled child.Forget it, it's fine if he can't eat, maybe with luck, he can go out tomorrow.

However, Dou Jiafu then discovered that this idea was too optimistic.

After three days, no one came to interrogate the two of them, and only Old Zhao head brought one or two meals of pig food every day.

Zhen Zhigong asked to see the magistrate, but was scolded by the old head Zhao.

Zhen Zhigong suppressed his anger and said: "Do you know who I am? If you can arrange for me to meet with the magistrate once, I will thank you very much after I go out. I will guarantee that you will be able to sit on the golden mountain to eat and drink without doing anything in your life." worry."

The jailer was as happy as hearing the most absurd joke in the world, and finally sneered: "If you are so rich, you will sell tofu? Bah, I am a three-year-old grandpa!"

Zhen Zhigong gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't interrogate, don't ask, is it possible that we will be locked up here forever?"

The jailer picked his nostrils and said casually: "So what, there are not many people who are with you here! When Catcher Wang is in a good mood and thinks about it, maybe you can go out."

After saying that, he ignored how Zhen Zhigong angrily roared and slapped the iron railing, and walked away.

Detective Wang is the short-bearded arrester who was on the street that day.

Only now did Zhen Zhigong realize the seriousness of the situation. In Yongping County, thousands of miles away from Ningcheng, he was penniless under an alias, and was thrown into prison by unscrupulous government officials colluding with local ruffians. No, the ground is not working.

That's all for nothing, the key is that he uttered big words to Dou Jiafu, and he would definitely get the two of them out of prison within three days, but now he can't do it, doesn't it mean that he seems incompetent, it hurts his self-esteem too much.

It was rare for Dou Jiafu to see him depressed, so he couldn't bear it, so he turned around to comfort Young Master Zhen's hurt heart.The two people who used to quarrel every day became two grasshoppers tied to a rope after entering the prison. They became surprisingly friendly and harmonious, and gave birth to a revolutionary friendship of sympathy and sympathy.

Zhen Zhigong was so hungry that he couldn't find the strength to pick pig food and curse God for being blind. Once again, he let himself go and put down his arrogance and pick up his job.

However, although he did not starve to death, Zhen Zhigong's leg injury worsened.Due to the lack of medical treatment, the air in the prison was dirty, and the wound began to fester and fester, and the person also developed a low-grade fever, and was groggy for most of the day.

Dou Jiafu was very worried, but he could only apply cold water on his forehead with a piece of cloth, and kept shouting loudly, begging the jailer to call a doctor or bring some medicine to treat Zhen Zhigong's wounds, but all he received was verbal abuse. and scolding.

The jailer got impatient after being quarreled by Dou Jiafu, and even threatened to cut off his tongue, or cut off Zhen Zhigong's leg, and Dou Jiafu was too frightened to ask any more.

Zhen Zhigong became emaciated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his appearance was even more bleak than when Dou Jiafu picked him up from the side of the road.Looking at his pale and thin face, a corner of Dou Jiafu's heart seemed to be pulled back and forth by a rope, which was extremely uncomfortable.

There is no sun and moon in the prison, and I don't know how many days have passed. One day, Dou Jiafu accidentally touched the jade pendant he was wearing next to him, and finally saw a glimmer of light in despair.So far, the only thing to do is gamble.