POW camp

Laut was in the gloomy corridor, when he heard the obscene laughter of the jailers from the torture room: "Oh—it's so fucking tight..." "I've told you several times." Don't just look at the back." "Look at this strong little butt, haha."  …

Laut opened the door and walked in. The smell mixed with sweat, blood, and sour smell hit his face, which was disgusting.He quickly took out his handkerchief and covered his nose, looking impatiently at the group of naked bastards in the torture room.

The jailers hurriedly let go of their hands, and the lower shots of several people were still stiffly tilted.Lauter shouted in a low voice: "Hurry up." He turned and walked out.

There were low cheers from those people behind him, and there was another rush of physical impact and slapping. The frequency became faster and faster, and finally someone sighed with satisfaction.Several people wiped it off briefly, put on their pants, and came out slowly.Two jailers held water hoses and sprayed cold water on Ami's body and the concrete floor.Ami seemed to be dead, motionless, and the jailers hung him up.It was almost washed away before Lauter walked back.

He waved his hand, and the guards threw down the water pipe and closed the cell door, leaving only him and Ami.

Ami lowered her head, her brown hair had long lost its original luster, and was sticking to her scalp wetly.There are all kinds of scars all over his body, and it seems that Yadi City didn't make him feel better.Lauter put on his gloves and called, "Ami?" He grabbed Ami's hair and forced his face up.

Ami's lips were swollen, distorting his entire face.Laut felt sick at the thought of how many of those things had gone in and out of this mouth.He called again: "Ami."

Ami didn't raise his eyelids, but his eyes moved.Lauter asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

"No...it wasn't me..." Ami mumbled, "I didn't kill...it wasn't me..."

"Who is that? Who killed the envoy?"

"It's not me...don't hit me...forgive me..."

Lauter thought for a while, then asked again: "Who sent you there? Who ordered you to kill the special envoy?"

"Don't, don't hit me...I'll serve you... Please don't hit me..." Ami burst into tears, sobbing, "It's not me...it's really not me..."

Lauter let go of his hand angrily, Ami was already delirious and couldn't ask any questions at all.It seemed that no one wanted to get a true confession from him.Lauter suddenly felt a chill, this is the most difficult thing, anyone who wants to use Ami to frame anyone is fine, but obviously he is the first to bear the brunt.

Ami was hanging alive, and Lauter felt an urge to strangle him to death.

A sound of footsteps came from the corridor, Lauter took off his gloves and took a few steps back.Probably not Howes.He thought, although this kid has no serious words all day long, he has never denied what he promised.The door opened, and beyond Laut's expectation, it was Morton who walked in.

Lauter grinned without a smile on his face: "Director Morton is so excited to come here to interrogate the prisoner so early."

"Each to each other." Morton still had a poker face, unable to see anything.He nodded at Ami with his chin: "Did you confess?"

"Not yet." Lauter sighed, "I'm very hard-spoken. I asked all night and there was no result. After a while, Hovis came over and asked in person. I'll let these bastards clean up and don't make a mess." He continued Raising eyebrows, "Are you... what's wrong?"

He wished Morton would leave quickly.Unexpectedly, the head of the department was in a good mood today, and he didn't intend to leave. Instead, he took out a cigarette and handed it to Lauter.

Lauter shook his head sullenly, and Morton ordered it himself and took a sip. "Nothing, Prince Haiya is very concerned about this matter."

Lauter said word by word: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will deal with it fairly, right Mr. Morton."

Morton smiled, quite meaningfully: "I heard that Ami is a gift from Lieutenant Colonel Lauter to the special envoy?"

Lauter's face was ashen. He was most afraid that someone would mention this matter now, so he asked coldly: "Morton, what do you mean by that?!"

Morton threw the cigarette on the ground, stomped it out, and said flatly, "Lieutenant Colonel Lauter, I'm a straightforward person, and I don't know how to beat around the bush. I'll forgive you for offending me. Here's a document, just take a look. ’ He took a few pages from his body and handed them to Lauter.

Lauter looked at him suspiciously, stretched out his hand to take it, and glanced at it hastily, with a look of surprise and surprise on his face: "You are..."

"Lieutenant Colonel, we are all sensible people. Let me tell you the truth." Compared with Lauter's excitement, Morton looked very calm, "Everyone knows how the current situation is. I have to leave a note for myself. road."

Lauter stared at Morton intently for a full minute, then smiled slowly: "Okay, okay. Morton, I really misjudged you before. I thought you were rigid, but I knew it in my heart."

"Ami is a slave, so he can't prove anything. His testimony is insignificant. But mine is different. Everyone knows that I was picked up by Prince Haiya. If I testify, it is Prince Haiya who gave Ami order him to kill Gerber, that would be the best." Morton said without haste, with confidence in his mind, "I think, what the emperor wants is this confession, as for how does Prince Haiya know about Ami? Yes, it doesn't matter how I told Ami."

"Not bad." Lauter's eyes flickered, and he said thoughtfully, "Then, Director Morton wants to..."

"With all due respect, I am afraid that Fancheng is about to fall, and Prince Haiya is almost finished. Lauter, I am responsible for the safety of Fancheng, and I have an inescapable responsibility for it. Although I am supported by Prince Haiya, I always have I know who is the real master of this country." Morton said solemnly, "My loyalty to His Majesty can be learned from heaven and earth."

It turned out to be a playful character.Lauter thought to himself, he came to my place to seek out the camp.But it cannot be denied that Morton's flattery was just right and comfortable.Lauter laughed loudly. He put away the confession and stepped forward to pat Morton on the shoulder: "Oh, brother, that's right. People go up and water flows down. You can see the situation clearly in time, which is amazing." Congratulations. Don't worry, your business is on my shoulders, and I will definitely speak well in front of the emperor. Even if there are any changes in the future, it has absolutely nothing to do with you. My brother, with your ability, you should go higher and higher."

"That still depends on the cultivation of the lieutenant colonel."

"Hey, what lieutenant colonel, call me Lauter, from today onwards, we are all His Majesty's people, there is no need to separate each other."

Morton raised the corners of his lips slightly, showing a smile: "I obey your orders, Lieutenant Colonel."

"Okay, okay." Lauter smiled even more joyfully.He glanced at Ami: "What should I do with this thing? I'm afraid he will wake up and talk back."

"It doesn't matter." Morton said blankly, "He won't be awake anymore. Many prisoners in prison are very lonely."

Lauter got into the carriage and said goodbye to Morton with a smile.As soon as the curtain was lowered, he took out the statement again, read it carefully, and identified Morton's signature below it again, until he was sure that everything was safe, and then he felt relieved.He sneered twice: "Morton, hum, so he is also this kind of person."

"You can rest assured this time, with his confession, Hovis has nothing to do." Corto said coldly.

"You don't need to be weird." Lauter leaned on the back of the comfortable chair, he didn't sleep well last night, and now he is a little sleepy, "The intelligence last time may not be very good, and the goal of suppressing the Lan Corps has not been achieved. "

"It's not easy to win a few games. In fact, you almost caught Lan Wei, if it weren't for..." Coto paused, and didn't continue.He took out a photo from his purse: "One more thing, this photo was sent over there, take a look."

Lauter took it over: "This is... Lan Ting?"

"Yes, Lan Ting. According to the information sent over there, Lan Ting is actually the number one heir to the Lan Clan Legion."

Lauter froze, he stared at Cotto in disbelief: "What did you say?"

"Lanting, he is the true heir of the Lan's Legion."

"Impossible! Who is the Lanwei?"

"This is not clear, but it is definitely not the heir. There is no doubt about this, and it is very certain over there."

"It's like this...it's like this..." Lauter muttered to himself, and the scene of the fight with Lan Ting flashed before his eyes.He suddenly smiled miserably, and said, "Not bad, not bad. Ordinary soldiers, how can they eat black fungus and make them not authentic? I should have thought of it a long time ago, I should have thought of it..."

He laughed loudly: "Okay, that's great! I actually caught the heir of the Lan Corps." He told Koto, "Report this to the emperor immediately, and Prince Haiya sent Ami to assassinate the special envoy." Things. The Emperor will be delighted, Koto, I'm about to turn around!"

Di Heng hurried to the door of the prayer room, and rushed in like a whirlwind before the attendants could react.

"Your Highness." He whispered, his eyes still not used to the darkness in the room, and it was only after a while that he saw that Prince Haiya was wearing a white and loose linen robe, kneeling in front of the statue of the Goddess of Hunting. "Your Highness." Di Heng walked over and said hastily, "I just got the news that Hovis and the others are said to have evidence that His Highness sent Ami to assassinate Special Envoy Gerber. Your Highness, they are coming to arrest you."

Prince Haiya suddenly turned his head, his beautiful blue eyes were full of surprise: "How is it possible? I have never..." He immediately understood that this was just a conspiracy. ?”

Di Heng said in a deep voice: "It was Morton who betrayed you. He gave false testimony that you ordered him to contact Ami and let Ami assassinate him."

"It's just nonsense!" Prince Haiya stood up, his chest rising and falling, "Morton, he actually..." For a moment, he was disappointed and sad.

Di Heng was not as excited as Prince Haiya, and he seemed extremely calm. He stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I have made arrangements. Let's leave immediately, and we can still escape."

"Escape?" Prince Haiya shook his head, "No, why did I escape, I never did that kind of thing, I'm not afraid of their interrogation."

"Your Highness, don't you understand? No one wants to know the truth. The emperor and the eldest princess just want to put you to death and hurry up."

"Then I can't go either." Prince Haiya straightened his back, his eyes revealed a kind of firmness and pride, "If I escape, I will undoubtedly admit my sin. I have a clear conscience, so why should I be afraid?"

"Your Highness—" Di Heng said anxiously, "Now is not the time to be brave, you will only die if you stay, they will blame you for all the crimes, and you will not be able to argue with it, what will you do then?"

"They dare! I am an upright prince with a noble status. Even if I am guilty, I have to form an investigation team composed of nobles above the duke and senior ministers to interrogate. As the saying goes, justice is free from the heart, and no one can cover the sky with one hand. Trust me, they will return my innocence."

"Innocent?" Di Heng felt both angry and funny.He sneered, "What innocence? How can you be so naive, Your Highness? Do you think the emperor will really take you to the imperial capital for interrogation? It's simply impossible. As soon as they catch you, they can secretly execute you at any time, declaring that they are afraid of crimes." Suicide or violent death, by then it will be too late for someone to give you justice!"

"Shut up! How can the reputation of the royal family allow you to slander like this?" Prince Haiya scolded loudly, "Di Heng, you are too rude. I will handle my affairs properly. What you should do is to obey my orders and not violate them. !"

"If your Highness is right, this subordinate will naturally obey; but if it is wrong, this subordinate cannot just watch His Highness sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire." Di Heng did not back down, "Your Highness, last time I just listened to you According to your orders, you did not follow you every step of the way, and as a result, you were killed by Lauter..."

A crisp sound of "slap" interrupted Di Heng's words, Prince Haiya trembled with anger, and slapped Di Heng hard.

Di Heng looked at Haiya's face that suddenly turned pale, feeling a little regretful, he knelt on the ground on one knee, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, it's my subordinate who made a slip of the tongue."

Prince Haiya closed his eyes and waved his hand: "You go out."

"Your Highness."

"I order you out!"

"Your Highness!" Di Heng ignored the other party's reprimand, and strode forward instead, "You must go with me now."

Prince Haiya never expected that Di Heng, who has always been loyal, would resist his orders.Seeing the opponent approaching step by step, tall and imposing, he couldn't help but take a step back.In a trance, Di Heng held his wrist firmly, and Prince Haiya exclaimed: "What are you doing?!"

"I'll take you away, get out of here."

"You, you are presumptuous!" Prince Haiya struggled hard and panicked, "Let me go!"

"You have to go." Di Heng ignored it, pulling Prince Haiya staggering.Prince Haiya was filled with shame and anger. He felt that his dignity was offended, and he shouted sharply: "Di Heng, are you crazy?!"

Di Heng looked straight at Prince Haiya, and said firmly, "Your Highness, if I offend you, I apologize to you. But now the time is very tight, they may rush in at any time. You can continue to delay, you can call for help , but the result must be that both of us are caught, and I will be executed. Your Highness, do you want to see me executed? Please believe me, I will not betray you, never."

Prince Haiya was stunned, biting his lower lip hesitantly.Di Heng took this opportunity to pull Prince Haiya into his arms, put a hooded cloak on him, and led him to the carriage parked outside the door.

Prince Haiya was very confused, he felt that he should stay, but deep down he also knew that what Di Heng said was very reasonable.He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that he will be ruthlessly insulted and abused like that night, and there is no room for resistance.He thought about it over and over again, and finally he could only sigh helplessly.All I heard was Di Heng yelling to the soldiers guarding the city gate: "I am ordered by Prince Haiya to leave the city, get out of the way!"

"Please show the handbook."

Prince Haiya lifted a corner of the curtain and stretched out an arm.The soldier saw the fair, finely skeletal hand with the huge amethyst ring engraved with the royal coat of arms.He hurriedly knelt down, kissed that hand lightly with some excitement, and said: "Of order, Your Highness." He got up and shouted, "Quickly open the city gate——"

By the time Hovis, Lauter, and Morton arrived at Haiya's mansion, the noble prince had already run away.Hovis commanded in vain: "Search well." But it was known to be of no use.

Hovis didn't seem to care too much about whether he could successfully capture Prince Haiya. He paced around the spacious living room on his own, carefully looking at all kinds of exquisite decorations, and sometimes even picked them up and touched them. Touch and knock.

"Tsk tsk." He shook his head regretfully, "It's really not good. The things in this mansion are too incompatible with the identity of Prince Haiya. There are too many fakes, fakes."

"That's right, when it comes to appreciating treasures, who can have your eyesight like Hovis." Lauter sat on the chair and said in a toneless manner.

"Haha, Lieutenant Colonel Lauter is not bad." Hovis sat next to Lauter. If others help me, I will repay them well.”

Lauter twitched the corners of his mouth and showed a smile: "It's very difficult to get Hovis's reward. I still have to do my best. I will definitely appreciate it when I have the opportunity in two days."

"Hahahaha, I'll wait."

Corto walked in and saluted: "Lieutenant Colonel, just got a report from the gate guard that Prince Haiya left the city half an hour ago."

Howes frowned: "Oh, what happened."

Laut sighed half-truthfully: "Howes, I'm not talking about you. For such a big event, you should always notify the gates of the city first to prevent the prince from escaping."

"Ha——" Hovis sneered, "It was just decided to arrest Prince Haiya in the morning, but he ran away within half an hour. Who leaked the news? Besides, the guards at the city gate are all from Director Morton. , has anything to do with me."

Morton's eyes flickered, but he didn't defend himself.

Hovis stood up and yawned wearily, "Forget it, everyone has run away, what are you still doing here? I have to go back and write a letter to report to His Majesty, so I'm leaving first." He waved his hand smartly and raised his head and go.

"It seems that Hovis wants to put the responsibility of releasing Prince Haiya on you, Morton." Laut looked at Hovis's back and reminded in a low voice.

"I know." Morton said lightly.

Lauter glanced at him: "Brother, you are indeed negligent in this matter, you should immediately send someone to notify the city gate to strictly guard it."

Morton said calmly: "Lieutenant Colonel, with all due respect. What good is it to us to capture Prince Haiya? It was Hovis who tried the case, and it was Hovis who made the case, and it was Hovis who arrested him. It should be Hovis who should be responsible. Lieutenant Colonel, in my humble opinion, it is a good thing that Prince Haiya cannot be caught. This is his dereliction of duty, and His Majesty will definitely not be happy. As for me, it is only a small fault. That's all. Lieutenant Colonel, Your Majesty will know that it is you who are really doing your best for him."

Lauter looked at Morton as if he were a stranger, shook his head and said, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. Morton, you are a talent." Morton smiled and said, "Thank you Lieutenant Colonel for your compliment."

Lauter took his shoulders and said with all his heart, "Brother, I really don't know what to say. If there was something wrong with me before, don't take it to heart."

"If I take it to heart, I won't testify for you."

"Haha, that's right." Lauter paused, and said, "Don't worry, my brother. If you help me like this, I will definitely not let you suffer. To tell you the truth, I have a very important piece of information, and I have already reported it. Your Majesty, there will be new orders soon." He looked around and said in a low voice, "Maybe soon, I will be the one to decide here."

"Oh?" Morton raised his eyebrows, "What information is so important?"

Lauter leaned close to Morton's ear and said softly, "Lanting turned out to be the first heir to the Lan's Legion of Ole State."

Morton's eyes jumped "Huo": "Is it true?"

"It's absolutely true." Lauter patted Morton's shoulder affectionately. The two looked at each other and laughed tacitly.

Morton said goodbye to Laut, jumped into the carriage, and told the driver: "I'm not going back to the security hall, I'm going to the prisoner-of-war camp."

As soon as he arrived at the prisoner-of-war camp, he went straight to the data archive room, signed his name in the borrowing column, and said to the staff: "I want to torture all the video materials of Lan Ting."