Broken Iron Clothes

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Right now, there is only less than half a month left for the trial department, and Cui Cheng is also urged urgently. Although he is the secretary of the Ministry of punishment, the trial department and the department of punishment and prison are both official offices under the Ministry of punishment, but not everyone in the Ministry of punishment belongs to him. People, you still have to be cautious in your words and deeds when doing things.

In the past few days, he got acquainted with Zhou Qisi on the grounds of supervising the assassination case. Hearing that Zhou Qisi was assisting in guarding Lai Chang in the Prison Department tonight, he took a few wine bottles to look for him.

In the Prison Department, Zhou Qisi unloaded his knife and asked Cui Cheng to sit down.

"Master Shang Shu is not on duty tonight, what wind brought you here?"

Cui Cheng put the wine on the table and said with a smile: "The case will be closed in less than half a month. Seeing that it's boring for you to keep watch all night, why don't you drink some wine to relieve fatigue."

Zhou Qisi said: "Master Shangshu is being polite, but if my general finds out, I'm afraid he will be reprimanded."

"Lieutenant Zhou is dedicated to his duties, so I won't force others to be difficult, but the wine is already in it, you can't overdo it when you look at me." Cui Cheng uncorked the wine, picked up a bottle and poured it into a bowl with.

"It's not an exaggeration." Zhou Qisi also sat down beside him.

Cui Cheng took a sip from the wine bowl and sighed: "Now that Cen Yu has been convicted, Lai Chang doesn't say a word in it, and he really can torture people."

"Maybe I think I can live a few more days if I don't talk about it," Zhou Qisi glanced at Lai Chang's cell, and said, "But since His Majesty ordered the Chief Prosecutor to investigate for another half a month, I must still want to pry it out of his mouth." Come up with something."

Cui Cheng waved his hand, showing a sad face: "But that's very hard-spoken. I haven't seen such a person who can hold back his words since I served as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."

Zhou Qisi also sighed: "Isn't it? My general is busy with his affairs, and there is nothing he can do in the few days he has to squeeze in time to watch."

Cui Cheng's eyes flickered, and he took another sip, and before he took the wine bowl away from his eyes, he pretended to be casual and asked, "Does General Lu come every day?"

Zhou Qisi replied: "No."

Zhou Qisi didn't answer too much, Cui Cheng didn't ask any more questions, and after drinking a few sips of wine quietly, he opened his mouth again.

"I remember that the matter of taking care of Lai Chang is usually left to the deputy lieutenant of the Imperial Army. Why did Captain Zhou take this job today?"

Zhou Qisi smelled the aroma of the wine, so he took the kettle and poured water for himself, and said while pouring, "Recently, the general ordered me to stay here for two nights."

Cui Chengyu stared at his every move, and replied: "That's right, this case is about to be closed, and the culprit must be careful."

Zhou Qisi smiled: "That's not all the reason, the general should talk to you about it tomorrow."

"What's the matter?" Cui Cheng raised his eyes.

Zhou Qisi hesitated for a moment, then put down the kettle, and said, "Forget it, tomorrow's talk is not much different from today's talk."

As he spoke, he picked up some of the water bowl in front of him.

"My general plans to interrogate Lai Chang alone in secret, and plans to move him out of the prison department in two days."

"Move to the Governor's Mansion?" Cui Cheng asked.

Zhou Qisi shook his head with water in his mouth.

After swallowing the water in his mouth, he replied: "First take a detour, and then move to the Governor's Mansion."

Cui Cheng felt strange: "Why do we need to take a detour?"

"Although Cen Yu and the inmates who robbed the prison that day were all killed, the general was still worried, so he went to His Majesty to ask for a secret decree that Lai Chang could not stay in the Prison Division, but no one could know where he was moved. , the general intends to pretend to reveal some news, and then asks General Yi to take people to take a detour outside the city, and test whether there are any accomplices along the way."

"That's good too."

The smell of alcohol dissipated, but Cui Chengyu was sober inside, and after listening to the words, the calculation in his heart was ringing.

"So these two days we have to keep a close eye on people, so that nothing can go wrong," Zhou Qisi said, taking the knife on the table, "Speaking of this, Mr. Shang Shu, please sit down first, and I will go and take a look at Lai Chang."

"it is good."

Watching the person walk out, Cui Cheng couldn't hold back the corner of his mouth close to the edge of the bowl, and raised it upwards.

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The morning light spread from the east, and there was no one idle inside and outside the Dudu's mansion, each of them was doing the errands at hand.

When Lu Tianruifang came back from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he brought a gust of cold wind when he entered the door.

"I've told Cui Cheng everything," Lu Tianrui asked, looking at Yuan Mucheng who had come to wait for him in the room early in the morning, "How did you know that Cui Cheng has a problem?"

"I just bought it on the street," Yuan Mucheng handed him the breakfast, and said, "I was a little skeptical at first, but Cui Cheng has been getting close to Zhou Qisi these days, and I almost have a clue."

Lu Tianrui took the hand, peeled off the oil paper, his frozen face was hit by the hot air.

He exhaled and blew, and said: "Tomorrow, people will be brought out, will they really make a move?"

"They are reluctant to let such a good opportunity come to their door."

Lu Tianrui raised his head from the heat and asked, "Is everything ready?"

"There is nothing wrong with it." Yuan Mucheng waved his hand to disperse the mist from his blindfolded eyes.

Lu Tianrui picked up the hot meat bun and took a bite: "Whenever you talk big, I will remember in my heart that if something goes wrong, I will be the first to find you."

Yuan Mucheng laughed: "Go ahead."

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Yuan Mucheng picked the leader of the prison department at night.

Cui Cheng personally put the shackles on Lai Chang, and watched the jailer put a black cloth on the man's head before letting Yuan Mucheng lead him out.

The imperial guards lined up in two columns outside the Prison Department, blocking Lai Chang's prison car back and forth.

After confirming that this person was Lai Chang, Yuan Mucheng got on his horse and waved his hand to order the imperial army to move forward.Yuan Mucheng and He Xiao, one in front and one in the back, followed the team around the palace wall and Xixia Street all the way to the outside of the city.

The mountain road outside the city is wide open, and the dry grass on the side of the road that has been crushed by carts and horses dries up and grows into the wasteland, but it is only blown by the wind from time to time, so I take advantage of the solitude of winter to lift up a little to take a look at the darkness of the mountains. .

Under the night, a string of fireworks suddenly lit up, accompanied by the sound of soldiers walking through the mountains and fields.

Walking to the air outlet, the wheels of the prison cart suddenly got stuck in a ditch, and the horse in front was strangled so that it shook its head and neighed.He Xiaoyang rode his horse forward to check, and saw that the roller was sunk deeply, so he called the imperial guards beside him to lift the bottom of the cart and push the wheel out.

Lai Chang was so shaken that he leaned over in the car, and Fang put his shackles against the wooden railing and sat up with difficulty. Then there was another gust of wind, and the open fire was suppressed, and most of it was extinguished. In less than a moment, most of the remaining They were all suddenly wiped out.

There was darkness in front of the eyes, and the imperial army team gathered together towards the prison car.On the other side, He Xiao was still pushing the cart with his men, which made the cart and the iron lock rattle, and the horse in front raised its hooves and stamped restlessly.

After the torches were rekindled, the wheels almost rolled out of the ditch, and Lai Chang in the prison car clung to the wooden railing and shrank behind.After adjusting the team, everyone started again and walked forward.

The dead branches broke at the bottom of the wheel, making a crushing sound.

After passing through the forked road with dry wood and gray grass, we walked on a road of stepping on stones and mud. The shadows of the trees trembled under the sky, a cold light passed through the top of the torch, and the sparks that sprang up scattered to the side.

The grass swayed, and several flying knives flew out of it and pierced directly into the imperial army's ranks. In an instant, all the black shadows lying in ambush by the road came out, facing the imperial army's blades.

The flames blazed, breaking the taut strings, and the sound of knives resounded instantly.

"Watch out for criminals!"

He Xiao shouted, drew his saber to cut off the flying blades coming from behind, and rode his horse towards the middle of the team.

At this time, another black shadow suddenly flashed from the side of the road, heading straight for the prison car.In an instant, the iron lock was broken, and Lai Chang was dragged out of the prison cart by the man, and almost fell to the ground under his feet.

Seeing this, He Xiao slapped his horse and swung down, swiping the horizontal knife at the person, but the opponent raised the knife to block him, and was shocked to retreat.

Seeing He Xiao reaching out to grab him, the dead man pretended to throw a hidden weapon, but in a blink of an eye he raised his foot to kick up the dust on the ground, and took the opportunity to run back with the people.He Xiao was swayed by the dead man, and rushed through the dust to chase him.

The dead man turned his head and didn't run a few steps when he saw a sharp knife flying towards his face in the night. He dodged sideways and watched the knife pass through the gap between him and Lai Chang and hit the prison car.He just wanted to turn his head to see who was reprimanding the knife, but he was kicked straight in the chest and fell to the tree trunk beside the road.

Yuan Mucheng stepped forward and pulled out the knife stuck in the car, and pushed Lai Chang towards He Xiao.

"Take people away."

All of a sudden, all the dead soldiers rushed to this side, He Xiao put the men on the horse and rushed straight to the north.

Yuan Mucheng stood in the way of the two of them, raised the knife and swiped it across the armguard, the tip of the knife pointed straight ahead, and the eyes half exposed behind the knife edge were full of dark and violent colors.

Holding their breath, the imperial army rushed forward, and the dead soldiers blocked the attack in batches.

At the same time, the black shadow rushed forward in the darkness, and Yuan Mucheng swung his saber forward, slashed open the blade in front of him, and immediately slashed at the other person's back with a string of blood beads.The blood sprayed, Yuan Mucheng didn't hold back, he raised his elbow and hit the throat of the man in front of him to the ground, using brute force to kill him, the blood splashed on the armguard wiped half of the man's face, no life.

Another person rushed towards him with a knife, and he raised the knife and slammed into the blade, forcing that person to back away.At this time another person fell down with a knife, he pressed down the knife in front of him, took a step aside to avoid the blade, quickly turned behind the man, raised his arm to lock his neck, twisted it hard, and then lifted The foot kicked towards the jaw of the man who swung empty.

Seeing the kicked dead man turn around and hit the ground, he turned the handle of the knife so that the tip of the knife pointed to the ground and plunged straight into the fallen man's heart.

The light of the knife flashed chaotically on the dark mountain road, showing the color of blood; the sound of metal clashing was mixed with the panting, full of killing intent.The imperial army pressed on, but the dead soldiers made a premeditated way, and one of them rode to the north under cover.

Yuan Mucheng drew the knife out, and before the hot blood rolled off the blade, he jumped on his horse and chased after the man.

He Xiao led people all the way up the mountain and stopped at the edge of the cliff.The pursuer jumped off his horse and approached cautiously with a knife.

The two faced each other in silence until the horseshoe approached down the mountain.

Not waiting any longer, the dead man rushed forward to cover his head with a knife, He Xiao blocked the knife, but the blade suddenly turned and swept straight to the feet, He Xiao turned back and pulled an invisible person to avoid.

After a few chops, the dead soldier snatched the chains that locked Lai Chang's feet, and dragged him towards the horse.He Xiao immediately plunged the knife into the ground and locked the iron chain, then raised his foot and kicked the man in the face.

The dead man fell back a few steps, supported the ground to stabilize his body, and then took out a flying knife from his waist and threw it at the person.He Xiao lifted the knife and knocked away the flying blade, but unexpectedly Lai Chang got up and ran to the side.

A sound of horse crowing pierced through the mountain, and the sound of sharp knives slicing through the flesh disturbed the night.Thick blood splashed, and the head tied with black cloth rolled to the ground and fell to the deep cliff.

Yuan Mucheng raised his knife and stood in front of the horse, raised his hand to wipe the blood dripping down to the corner of his lips contemptuously, the bright red was filled with a fishy smell, cruel and arrogant, he used his tall body to look down at the body waiting to decay under the knife.

Blood gushed from the severed head of the corpse, soaked through the shackles, and stained the prison clothes.

Seeing this, the dead soldier got up and wanted to get on his horse and retreat, but after a muffled sound, he looked down and saw a cold long knife protruding from his belly, which was covered in red.

Yuan Mucheng leaned against the person, pulled out the knife with a cold face, and opened his lips and teeth lightly.

"Close."

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