Broken Iron Clothes

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The fire was shining brightly, illuminating the uneven long steps under the feet, and after a few detours, the cool air rushed towards the face, and the vision became brighter.

Jiang Shiqing glanced roughly, and he could feel that the layout of the school grounds was orderly and complete.Separated from the scorching sun and cold wind, the place is cool and windy in summer and warm in winter. Not only is the temperature comfortable, but the location is also hidden. It is an excellent hiding place for secret training of killers.

Jiang Shiqing waited and watched all the way, followed Yuan Mucheng and Zhou Qisi to the outside of the prison where Sand Snake was being held, and then sat in the prison with him for a while.

"A total of 170 people?" Jiang Shiqing asked, turning the newly strung rosary in his hand.

Zhou Qisi said: "In less than 57 people committed suicide, there are still 120 people left."

Sand snakes are all dead men, and they will inevitably seek death after being arrested. Therefore, keeping these people alive is no easier than forcing them to confess their crimes and be executed.

Jiang Shiqing knew this truth, so he also smiled and nodded at others and said: "It takes more thought to detain these desperadoes, so please Captain Zhou."

Zhou Qisi made a bow, and replied: "The duty of the last general is, Mr. Jiang is polite."

Jiang Shiqing went on to say: "Yemen Village has found more than [-] old acquaintances of these black households, but the testimonies are all ordinary people. They are worried that they will be retaliated if confronted face-to-face, so I'm afraid I have to trouble Captain Zhou to take these sand snakes away. It is also easy to identify."

Hearing this, Zhou Qisi ordered someone to hand over the booklet, and said: "I have been looking for a painter these days, and I have drawn portraits according to everyone's appearance. This is a newly made booklet, and the names and portraits are all matched. General Mr. Jiang, do you want to check again?"

Yuan Mucheng took the booklet, flipped through it by light, and said, "That's very good, Captain Zhou is reliable in his work."

Seeing Yuan Mucheng flipping through the booklet intently, Jiang Shiqing turned to Zhou Qisi and said, "I don't know where Lai Chang is being held at the moment, can Captain Zhou lead the way?"

"Of course." Zhou Qisi moved quickly, raised his hand slightly after speaking, and led the way.

Jiang Shiqing lifted his foot and took two steps, but was gently pulled by Yuan Mucheng's neck.He was like a little beast being held in its death spot, unable to struggle, so he had to take a few steps back along the force.

Seeing his appearance, Yuan Mucheng chuckled, and said, "I'll pick you up in a while, He Xiao brought someone back, and I'll take you to meet him."

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When the prison door opened, Lai Chang was lying on his back on the couch with his eyes closed. Even though he heard the sound, he was still indifferent. It was not until a long time before he heard the sound of the prison door closing that he reluctantly opened his eyes and glanced over there. I saw an unfamiliar man sitting at a low table against the wall by himself, putting the wine in his hand on the table.

Although he had never met Jiang Shiqing, Lai Chang also guessed his identity, stretched his waist, stretched his legs, and said: "I followed your order to do things, and it took so long to see this deity, I am really ashamed. "

Jiang Shiqing didn't care about him, just smiled and flicked the rosary in his hand, poured another glass of wine, and pushed it to Lai Chang's side.

Looking at the glass of wine, Lai Chang snorted and said, "If you want to kill or cut, please feel free, but there is no need to engage in such ostentation, it's not worth it."

However, Jiang Shiqing poured a glass of water by himself, tasted the taste of the white water, and said, "Lai Chang is the name you replaced after you came to the city, but unfortunately I only know your surname Tong, so I don't know how to call it more appropriate?"

Lai Chang got up, drank the wine in the glass, then sat down cross-legged, tapped the table lightly with the glass, and said: "It's just a name, you can call it whatever you want, anyway, it was as early as when I turned against you." Damo will never want me as a traitor again, so what's the point of my real name."

Jiang Shiqing drank the water quietly in front of the knocking noises, then took out an object from his arms, and slowly pushed it along the table.

"This is A Tong's relic," Jiang Shiqing said. "The body is not easy to store, so we had to be cremated, and the ashes were temporarily placed in a box. I offended you for not asking your opinion first."

Lai Chang took off the veil covering the outside, held the wrapped half piece of broken jade in his palm and rubbed it, his eyes turned red.He rubbed his nose, took a few deep breaths, and put the broken jade into his arms.

"It's decent." Lai Chang laughed and took an upside-down bowl from the table, filled it up and drank it down.

Seeing the blue veins protruding from the corner of his forehead when he swallowed, Jiang Shiqing said: "This isn't a farewell drink today, Brother Lai doesn't have to regard death as home."

Lai Chang raised his eyes and stared at him quietly for a moment, put down the empty bowl, and said, "What else do you want me to do, just tell me."

The rosary in his hand twirled and twirled, Jiang Shiqing looked at the spinning bodhisattva, and said, "I'm just curious about the family and country love in Brother Lai's heart, what is it?"

"Family and country love," Lai Chang laughed a few times, "A person who has been betrayed by his own country doesn't even have love, so there is no family country in his heart."

Jiang Shiqing followed suit with a smile, and said after a while: "If we want to save your life and give you back your freedom, what will you do?"

Lai Chang suppressed his smile, and slowly said two words: "Revenge."

"Whose hatred?" Jiang Shiqing raised his eyes and looked at him, with a cruel smile in his eyes.

Lai Chang didn't answer this question, he just let out a long breath, lazily leaning his back against the wall, and said, "This place is comfortable, without being exposed to the sun or rain, and without being beaten or killed. I am happy every day and every night." Eat and drink well, but I have thought through a lot of things.”

He dipped his finger in the sporadic drink, and slowly drew the word "snake" on the table.

"For Dali, the Sand Snake is a knife that can be discarded as waste after killing people. Our relatives and friends are just the handles they use to control the murderous knife. In fact, when the Sand Snake was thrown into the territory of Dali, It is impossible for us to return to Dali alive, even if no one turns against us, but after all, we have penetrated into Dali for many years, and if we go back, I am afraid that we will be charged as traitors and executed."

He looked at the water stains on the table, wiped it with his palm, and said with a smile: "If there is no friendship between people, don't you just look for benefits, just like the happiness I enjoy these days, it's not for nothing."

Jiang Shiqing said indifferently: "Since we've talked about interests, how about we make another deal?"

Lai Chang waved his empty sleeves and said, "I'm all alone, I have nothing of value."

"Isn't there still a life?" Jiang Shiqing said, "That's a rare thing that can't be found in the piles of dead people."

Lai Chang turned his head away and said, "Just take it if you want it, you don't need to make up these nice words."

The rosary beads were spun one by one, and the soft sound made by the touch seemed to be filled with Gu Qi, bit by bit invading people's hearts.

"Don't you want to live to take revenge?" Jiang Shiqing suddenly stopped, and the air seemed to freeze.

One sentence hit the nail on the head, Lai Chang twitched his brows inadvertently, the hatred growing in this dark place lost its measure, and all rushed to the top of his skull.

He twitched the corners of his mouth, turned to look at Jiang Shiqing with a gloomy face, and said, "Since you have said so, then I will give you the life of this rare thing, and you will ask Da Mo to get A Tong back for me." Life debt, how about it?"

Jiang Shiqing smiled and said, "Deal."

Turning the palm twice, the rosary was wrapped around the tiger's mouth very quickly, and then there was a muffled sound from Lai Chang's head knocking on the table, Jiang Shiqing pressed him hard, and the other hand showed a dagger.

The damp woody smell mixed with the aroma of wine, Lai Chang closed his eyes and sniffed the smell, but waited for the dagger above his head to fall.

"Hurry up." Lai Chang said.

Jiang Shiqing smiled, and in an instant, the sharp blade slashed down, and the coolness instantly filled his heart.

After the extremely stretched strings were broken, everything was quiet, except for the occasional strands of hair scratching the eyelashes, which made it itchy.

The sound of the knife had fallen, and Lai Chang was dazed, and slowly opened his eyes, only to see that the dagger was stuck into the table with a lock of hair, and the edge of the knife was still shining with cold light. splash.

The cell was terribly quiet, and Lai Chang was still leaning against the cold table, when Jiang Shiqing leaned over and said, "Remember, I will give you this fate now, and I will definitely pay for A-Tong's fate in the future." You ask for it, but from now on, I only want your absolute loyalty."

Rai Chang grinned.

Jiang Shiqing withdrew, put the dagger between the veils and wiped it carefully, but there was no expression on his face.

"Someone will come here to pick you up at six o'clock tonight," Jiang Shiqing said, "We'll meet another day."

After speaking, he put away the dagger and walked straight to the door.

"What if I shouldn't?" Lai Chang knocked on the table behind him with a wine jar.

Jiang Shiqing smiled, took out an ingot of silver and threw it back, Lai Chang reached out to take it, and held it between his fingers for a closer look.

"Money." Jiang Shiqing said.

Lai Chang weighed the silver in his hand, raised the altar to Jiang Shiqing and saluted, then smacked the wine and laughed slowly.

"Goodbye," Lai Chang said, "my good master."

-

It has been two days since the news of the Weiming Army's entry reached Prince Yin's Mansion. After Feng Ruoping disappeared for two days without any reason, he entered the mansion again. When he came, he hurriedly found Liu Zhaobi and made a phone call.

Liu Zhaobi sat by his side and listened to the words, but stared at the candlestick for a long time with ecstasy.

The candle oil filled the candlestick again, slowly solidified, and the pile was unsightly, messy and bloated.

"Bi'er," Feng Ruoping gently pushed Liu Zhaobi, the god of push, "Bi'er."

Liu Zhaobi's eyes gathered a little interest, he turned his head and said, "Uncle."

Seeing that he looked sleepy, Feng Ruoping said worriedly: "Do you understand, the Weiming army entering the city tomorrow will leave and withdraw to the west, and the Ministry of Punishment will also transport the unclaimed dead bodies of prisoners to mass burials outside the city at that time. You must be wronged to pretend to be a dead body. I have already taken care of the people in the criminal department. In addition, I have sent a message to the students under Taiwei Xu. There will be a group of dead men coming out to make trouble, and someone will take advantage of the chaos to send you out first, and the Weiming army will escort you to the west, just in case..."

"Uncle." Liu Zhaobi called again.

Feng Ruoping asked: "What can't you understand?"

Liu Zhaobi looked at him, but he was unwilling.

"Are we really going to get this far?"

As soon as Liu Zhaobi's words came out, Feng Ruoping jumped up on the spot: "Bi'er! You are one step away from stepping onto the execution ground, do you know that? If you have any concerns at this time, you just want the whole Feng family to be with you." Funeral!"

"Since the battle with Wei Ning, you have deliberately delayed talking to me about everything," Liu Zhaobi said, "Is my concern really important to you?"

For Liu Zhaobi, there was never any room for redemption, because Feng Ruoping always did these things without saying a word, and only turned around to tell him the truth when there were consequences.

Liu Zhaobi will never forget how shocked he was when Feng Ruoping told him the truth about Wei Ningzhan nine years ago.

That day Feng Han received the award, and he came to congratulate him happily, but on that day, in front of him, his uncle, whom he had loved for more than ten years, kept saying that collaborating with the enemy and treason was for him to eliminate the courtiers and preserve Liu's power. .

In order to protect Feng Shi, he has been dragged into the deep pool for no reason since then, and then dragged to the road of rebellion, going further and further.

It was true nine years ago, and it is still true nine years later.

"Uncle," Liu Zhaobi hesitated for a moment, then said, "You pushed me to this execution ground."

"Presumptuous!" Feng Ruoping's expression changed, he leaned on the table and pointed at Liu Zhaobi's forehead tremblingly, and said bitterly, "How long do you think a prince can protect you, without uncle and your cousin, let alone now, it's just like this All your life, you have been a farmer trampled by your own brothers in the field and unable to lift your head!"

"But at least I can live with peace of mind."

Feng Ruoping laughed angrily: "Okay, that's great...you really want to fight against me at this juncture, don't you!"

He pulled Liu Zhaobi's skirt, lowered his voice, and gritted his teeth: "Will I, Feng Ruoping, be the emperor at that time? Liu Zhaobi, ask yourself, who will be the one who will win the world and show off his might after achieving fame! I wholeheartedly Helping you to the top, putting my own head under your feet for you to step on, for whom?!"

Liu Zhaobi was held up by the collar without saying a word, the look in his eyes had been worn out.

At this time, the steward rushed over from the door.

"Master Hou!"

Feng Ruoping let go, waved his messy sleeves, and asked, "What's the matter?!"

"The news just came from outside that the whereabouts of Taiwei Xu is unknown. Right now the Taiwei's mansion has been surrounded by the imperial army, and..."

The steward didn't dare to look up at him, and gradually paused, Feng Ruoping impatiently shouted: "Finish!"

"Also," said the steward, "Your Majesty has summoned you and Prince Yin to enter the palace."