POW camp

The jailers seemed to be awakened suddenly, and they stepped forward to grab Lan Ting, but their movements were obviously hesitant.Lan Ting struggled lightly, before even using much force, they let go of their hands.Lan Ting glanced at Lauter coldly, and strode out.

The execution ground was in the southwest corner of the prisoner-of-war camp, next to a wall, surrounded by weeds in disorder, and in the middle was an open space covered with rubble and loess.Bloodstains that had turned black or dark brown could be clearly seen on the walls and in the open space, making the lead gray earthen walls look a little gloomy.

Lan Ting walked straight over and stood in front of the wall. He turned around and faced a row of ten soldiers with live ammunition directly in front.Lauter walked to the side slowly, persuading him patiently: "Young Master Lan, why bother? Once you do something, you can't go back. You are only 25 years old, what a good age, and you are in your prime. In fact, you don't have to Give me an answer immediately, you can go back and think about it, we are not in a hurry."

Lan Ting raised the corners of his lips and showed a bright smile.Lauter raised his eyebrows: "How is it?"

"I'm in a hurry." Lan Ting said with a smile, "I'm sick of seeing you for too long."

A gleam of malice flashed in Lauter's eyes, and he said grimly, "Let's get started," turning back to Hovis and Morton.

Morton said, "That's stubbornness. You'll be sorry, Hovis."

Hovis sighed lightly: "It's a pity." He casually took the wine glass from the "guard officer" behind him.The little slave had been frightened for a long time, and he shrank his head and dared not look directly, wishing he could escape from such a terrifying place far away.

Hovis took a big sip, seemingly calm and composed, but his heart almost jumped out of his throat.He never expected that Morton and Lauter would come up with such a move and actually wanted to shoot Lan Ting.

calm.You need to calm down, he said to himself.But he found that the hand holding the wine glass was shaking slightly involuntarily.He half-closed his eyes, trying to force himself not to pay attention to the movement on the execution ground, and quietly took a few deep breaths.Under extremely unfavorable conditions, making the most rapid and accurate judgment based on the situation you have is an essential quality for an excellent intelligence officer.Lauter would not execute Lanting, at least not so easily.He is selfish and greedy, and all his thoughts are on how to get promoted and get rich. He wants to use this capital to please the emperor of the Puman Kingdom. A living successor to the nobles of the enemy country is more valuable than a dead corpse.This should be just a play. It's not that they haven't used this kind of trick before, and they're just repeating the old trick.

But what if it wasn't... If Lauter really got angry and wanted to kill Lan Ting... If the emperor of the Puman Kingdom gave him a secret order to kill Lan Ting... what should I do?

"You don't look well." Morton's voice interrupted his train of thought.

Howes yawned: "I can't help it, I played so crazy last night, but you woke me up early in the morning." He pointed to the little slave who was terrified to death beside him, and said in a low voice, "It tastes good , do you want to try it? Haha."

Morton twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled: "No, thank you for your kindness. I just thought you didn't want to see this kind of scene."

Hovis shrugged indifferently: "That's not true. But you know, I've never been interested in the death penalty. It's just a few bullets. In fact, killing him hard is much more interesting than that." He seemed to have just noticed As if, he asked with a little doubt: "Director Morton, why do I feel that you care about me so much today? I'm really flattered."

Morton turned his face and stopped looking at Hovis: "I just feel sorry for you."

"Oh, I'm so touched." Hovis said half-truthfully, and he leaned into Morton's ear: "Old man, do you need me to teach you some tricks? Keep you in bed, you want to die, you Lin Sai, it will definitely surprise you, hehe."

"Thank you, no need." Morton turned cold, unwilling to continue entanglement on this topic.

"Kakaka" The crisp sounds of bullets being loaded were particularly harsh in the quiet execution ground.

"Prepare—" Tada raised his arms high, and pointed ten black guns at Lan Ting.Morton stared intently at the young man standing in the middle of the execution ground.No one was really indifferent to death, and as long as he had a slightly unusual reaction, even if it was just a wink to Hovis, Morton could once again confirm their relationship.

It's a pity that Lan Ting didn't look at them at all.He kept tilting his head slightly, looking far away, his eyes were as pure as a young college student.

The sky is very blue, a smooth and clear blue, white clouds are tearing in strands, and occasionally a few birds pass by.

Lan Ting felt unprecedented calm.It was finally like this, he felt relieved, like a child who was tired and tossed all the way and finally returned home.

He heard the "Kaka" sound, and also heard Tada's shout: "Ready——" At this moment, he suddenly wanted to see the expression on Hovis's face, it must be very exciting, he has a kind of Mischievous mood.But Lan Ting held back, and soon heard Tada utter a word coldly: "Let go!"

With pain in his body, Lan Ting fell down on his head.Hovis gulped down a big gulp of strong alcohol, which made his retinas blood red.

Lautersch walked over, shook his head and sighed: "It's too bad, Morton, your idea is really bad, he is not afraid of death at all."

"You have to try." Morton said dryly, "Although it's just a tranquilizer gun, it's very realistic after all. It seems that he won't give in easily. Hovis, what do you think?"

"It's up to you, why do you ask me after this is all over?" Hovis was obviously in a bad mood, "Are you playing with me? It's so boring." Stand up, turn around and leave.

"Look, he seems very upset." Lauter looked at Hovis's back.

Morton said calmly: "It's because we didn't notify him in advance, no wonder." He also stood up, "Okay, take Lan Ting back, and try another method later."

"Why don't Lan Ting be held alone and guarded harder?" Laut asked as he walked.

Morton thought for a while: "No, I don't think it's necessary. Under the eyes of so many prisoners of war, he can't do anything special. Lan Ting is too proud to do something like escape and hurt his comrades."

"Ah, Morton." Lauter patted Morton's shoulder like a good friend, and whispered, "There is something I have to tell you. You helped me so much last time, haha, I will always remember it .”

Morton smiled lightly: "It's just a matter of raising your hand, as long as you speak a few words of kindness for me in front of the emperor, it's best to be transferred away from Fancheng. This place is too cold and humid, and I'm really not used to it."

"Don't worry, brother, I will advise the emperor. Morton, you have been in charge of the security of the prisoner-of-war camp. Have you heard that someone here has successfully escaped from prison before and dug a tunnel?"

Morton's pupils shrank suddenly, and he stopped in his tracks: "Authentic?"

"That's right. I also have some rumors, but I wasn't sure before. Hovis once told me that he dug a tunnel to secretly transport some important things out. He originally begged me to make it easier for him behind your back." The door, but I didn't agree." Lauter said boldly, "Morton, we are the same."

Morton said, "Yes, there is indeed such a tunnel. How would Hovis know?"

"I don't know the specific situation. I just want to remind you, brother, those things in Hawes' hands are priceless. Now that the country is facing a crisis, he doesn't donate to the country to share the worries of the emperor. He is only afraid of his own private interests." It's a disgraceful thing to do at a loss. I've got an idea, Morton..."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

"I pretended to tell Hovis that everything had been arranged, and asked him to transport those treasures out through the tunnel, and stop him suddenly when he passed the city gate. Haha, smuggling property is a felony, which means that he may abscond , the eldest princess’s face will be a little disgraceful, and the emperor will be very happy. Haha, don’t you think so?”

Morton didn't care about Lauter's small calculation at all. What he thought was that the tunnel was actually used by Hovis to save Lan Ting.It must have been for some other reason that they were not rescued.If what Laut said was true, Havis would think that everything was well arranged. He put Lan Ting in a big box and took it out as an item, but he was caught by himself on the spot. When the time comes, the evidence will be convincing, and Havis ...

Morton smiled and said, "Lauter, I really admire you."

"Haha, be polite, haha." Lauter sneered in his heart, Hovis, if you don't give me [-]% of the treasure, I will never let you get it cheap!

As soon as Morton came out of the execution ground, Lindsay greeted him and gestured with his hand: "How is it?" Morton made a mouth shape and said later.

The two got into the carriage, and Morton said thoughtfully: "There is something strange. Two years ago, a prisoner dug a tunnel in the prisoner-of-war camp and escaped successfully. I was the person in charge of the case at the time. Others followed suit, and I have already blown up that tunnel. But now, Lauter obviously knows about it, and Hovis actually knows it, and he dug the tunnel secretly. Who will tell Hovis the exact location of the tunnel? Where's Wes's?" He looked up, looking into Lindsay's eyes.

Lindsay froze for a moment, then hurriedly waved his hands: "It's not me, I didn't... I don't know, it's really not me..." He was so anxious that he was about to cry.

Morton just asked casually, because he is the only one who has the most reliable information on this tunnel in the entire Fancheng.He didn't doubt Lindsay at all, but he thought Lindsay didn't know the importance of this kind of information. Maybe he accidentally saw it when sorting out old files, maybe he mentioned it to others occasionally, but it turned out to be used by some interested people. impossible.

Unexpectedly, Lindsay's reaction would be so strong, and Morton regretted it very much. He quickly took Lindsay into his arms, smiled soothingly and said, "I didn't say it was you, don't be nervous, I know it has nothing to do with you .it's okay no problem."

Lindsay broke free and gestured with his hands again and again: "I've seen that file, but I know they are very important, I haven't told anyone, I..."

"Okay, okay." Morton stopped his incoherent explanation, and said softly: "I know it's not you, it's definitely not you, how could it be you? I'm asking you to find out who else had contact with those Old file."

Lindsay blinked, and seemed to have calmed down a bit. He thought for a while and shook his head: "It's just me, and it was destroyed later... Really..."

"It's not you, I know." The more he trembled like this, the more pity Morton felt.Knowing that Lindsay was timid, he still asked him such a question. Besides, Lindsay couldn't express or hear, and had very limited contact with people. How could he have mentioned this matter to anyone?Maybe Hovis got this information from other channels, after all, there were other officials involved at the time, but they all left Fancheng one after another.

"I'm sorry," Morton whispered.He looked into Lindsay's eyes tenderly, "I'll make you roast leg of lamb tonight, as an apology, okay? Do you want something spicy?"

Lindsay's expression eased, and she seemed to have regained her composure. She nodded silently and leaned into Morton's arms.