Chapter 103
Li Geng said that he had never seen such a fool. When he worked in the government office before, he had seen people who tried to kill prisoners, but they usually poisoned them or hired killers. This was the first time in his life that he had seen someone who did it himself.
When Li Geng arrived outside the prison, Cen Xi was still committing the crime. To prevent the prisoners from escaping, the prison gates were tightly closed. Some of the less courageous but powerful constables had already taken refuge outside, leaning against the windows outside the prison wall to watch the action unfold.
Doesn't the situation seem urgent? Li Geng looked at the people hanging on the window and wanted to join in the fun.
"Come in quickly, what are you doing?"
"Here I come, Brother Pan."
Li Geng followed Pan Hu into the prison. The room closest to the main gate was the jailer's duty room. Inside, there was a greasy table, a few broken benches, and a few clay pots filled with water on the table. Because Cen Xi had been causing trouble in the prison, only one old jailer remained in the duty room; the others were helping the constables maintain order.
After greeting the old jailer at the gate, Li Geng and Pan Hu continued walking inside. The prison at the government office was divided into two parts, the inner and outer parts. Temporary detainees were usually placed on the outermost part, while those with extremely serious crimes awaiting execution in the autumn were held deep inside the prison. Many members of the Cen family were also imprisoned there.
Because there were so many people imprisoned, each cell was very crowded. The cell that Cen Xi broke into was located in the middle and back of the prison. The cells held the young men of the Cen family's generation.
Li Geng had no idea how Cen Xi had gotten in. When he arrived near the cell, he saw only the iron chain, kicked against the wall by someone. The jailer who had opened the door for Cen Xi had long since retreated to the side to watch the show. Although he would be punished for being tricked into opening the door by Cen Xi, he was also one of the people the prefect wanted to recapture. As long as he didn't escape, his merits would be offset. After that, he could pay a fine, receive a scolding, and the matter would be over.
Li Geng stopped beside the jailer and looked inside. The cell was still quite quiet. Even with the door wide open, no one dared to run out because Cen Xi was standing at the door. Anyone who tried to escape would be stabbed by him.
The first two ignorant members of the Cen family were already lying at the door of the cell, covering their wounds. Seeing Cen Xi approaching step by step with a wooden stick tied to a dagger, the other members of the Cen family huddled together against the wall. No matter whether they were good at fighting or not, no one planned to be the first to stand out.
"Where's Cen Gou? Get him out!" Cen Xi claimed he was here to seek revenge on the man who poisoned him. As for others, he wasn't in the mood to care, nor did he bother reminiscing. News of the Cen family's downfall spread quickly throughout Luodan City. Originally disguised for fear of retaliation, he had just returned to the city when a warm-hearted woman on the street enthusiastically explained the Cen family's downfall several times. Each version was more bizarre than the last, but the only common denominator was that the Cen family was ruined and bankrupt.
It is said that even a rotten boat still has three pounds of nails, but the prefect's blockade and confiscation of the Cen Mansion was really thorough. Cen Xi took the risk to climb over the wall and searched every corner he knew, but did not find anything valuable. Even the gold foil on the wall was scraped away.
His backstage support collapsed, his treasury was taken away, and he was in a terrible mood, like a firecracker, ready to explode at any moment. Family affection? Sorry, no one in the Cen family had that.
"He's here." The brave child raised his hand and pointed at a pig-headed man lying next to him: "Here."
"Who are you kidding? He's not that swollen." Cen Xi sneered and kicked the pig-headed man: "The voices are different." Although everyone is not familiar with each other, they have talked to each other during the family gathering. The voices sound completely different, okay?
"Well, that's from being beaten," another person whispered from the crowd, "If we'd known you were coming tonight, we wouldn't have hit him in the face." If it weren't for this guy's secret manipulation, a bunch of foreign forces would at most severely damage the Cen family, but it would definitely not be enough to bring them down. For this reason alone, beating him to death would not be excessive.
"What's going on?" Li Geng lowered his voice and spoke to the jailer: "Aren't you going to arrest him?"
"What are you going to capture? Let them solve their own grudges. Why should we waste our energy on them?" The jailer watched with great interest the other members of the Cen family arguing with Cen Xi about whether the pig-headed man on the ground was Cen Gou. Upon hearing this, he waved his hand indifferently: "There are people guarding outside. He can't run away." Cen Xi's martial arts skills can only be said to be mediocre. No one dared to provoke him before, purely because he brought so many thugs with him.
"Then why did you call me here?" Li Geng looked puzzled: It seems that there is nothing for me to do here?
"You're quite skilled, go out and buy us some snacks. Remember to walk along the wall on your way back so the adults and bosses don't see you." The jailer mysteriously pulled out a small purse from his waist and said, "Here's the money. The things you need to buy are written on the slip."
Li Geng took the purse speechlessly and shook it: "Okay." Anyway, it wasn't the first time he had to run errands for these old hands. Fortunately, these people had some dignity. Although they didn't pay a penny for the errands, they never asked Li Geng to pay for the purchases.
Because he was curious about the incident of Cenxi being imprisoned and beating people, Li Geng bought the things as quickly as possible. When he returned to the prison, the fried peanuts he bought from the store were still a little hot.
"Brother Pan, where were they talking about?" Li Geng put down the snacks in his hand and patted Pan Hu's shoulder.
"Quite fast." Pan Hu snatched a handful of peanuts from the jailer's hand, stuffed them into his mouth and blew on his hands: "Speaking of why Cenxi came to kill people."
"Why?" Li Geng's eyes lit up: the melon was finally eaten.
"They say Cen Gou poisoned him, and after he survived, he discovered he had sequelae and felt he was living a worse life than death, so he ran back to kill people."
"What kind of sequelae could it be that forced him to even go to jail?" Li Geng's first reaction was disbelief: going to jail means going to jail, and such a loss-making thing should not be done as long as one has a brain.
Pan Hu smacked his lips. "It seems the remaining poison is hard to clear. He won't live more than five years. And his body is not doing well. That's the kind of thing that's not going well. Tsk tsk."
Li Geng's expression was one of sudden realization followed by a lingering fear. "Oh!" It made some sense, but I had my doubts. The players in Qingtian City hadn't mentioned the doctor's failure to completely remove the poison. Cen Xi might be lying. But then again, what was he trying to find among the Cen family members here, risking capture? While this matter had nothing to do with him, he was still... genuinely curious.
Cen Xi hadn't noticed the detectives discussing him. The moment he finally recognized Cen Gou, he seemed to go mad. He threw down his stick and began to beat and kick Cen Gou. The jailer, who was watching the show nearby, sauntered over and dragged the seriously injured Cen family member out. He closed the cell door and locked it again. He just glanced back and didn't react.
Cen Xi's attack was brutal, and Cen Gou wasn't one to passively take a beating. Seeing that the others hadn't bothered to hit him for the time being, he immediately started sparring with Cen Xi. Neither of them was a martial artist, and their fight was no different from wrestling with hooligans. It was just a hardship for the Cen family members who were in the same cell with them. They had to run back and forth in the crowded cell, fearing that if they were slow, they would trip over the two men rolling on the ground.
The Cen family: Being tripped is a small matter. The main thing is that these two people were so angry that they not only tripped each other but also beat each other. The one who ran the slowest was slapped three times.
The unlucky guy who got slapped three times: Why are you hitting me? What? Did I interfere with your fight? This is outrageous!
In the cell, some were beaten, some were dodged, and some were scolded. The jailers outside the cell ate peanuts and drank wine, and occasionally took the time to record the words that the Cen family members blurted out in anger.
The cells in the prison were separated by a wall, and nearby were members of the Cen family and other criminals. Seeing the Cen family's embarrassment, they laughed uncontrollably, pointing and gesturing, so angry that several young Cen family members stiffened their necks and cursed back.
"It's too noisy! I can't even hear them fighting." The jailer in charge of taking notes picked up a stick and knocked on the cell door: "Shut up! If you make any more noise, you won't get any food tomorrow!"
"whispering sound……"
After all, the young and frivolous are a minority. The Cen family members in the cell had endured a full day of interrogation, having fallen from heaven to hell overnight. Most of them hadn't recovered yet. While others were cursing, they just stared blankly outside the cell, silent, believing that this nightmarish day was really just a dream.
Knowing the danger was over and there was still something exciting to watch in the cell, the old jailer on duty wanted to join in the fun, so Li Geng took over his job and sat in the duty room to open the flooding group. Actively sharing information in the Fourth Disaster flooding group is a reproducible daily task. Although the reward is not much, it is better than nothing.
Player Geng: I just came online, who called me?
Player A: You're finally here. We were just looking for you...
Player A: What did I ask you to do?
Player B: Staying up late will indeed cause poor memory.
Player A: Hello!
Zhou Yaqi: You are off topic again.
Player Geng: I just finished looking through the records. If you want to know about the Tan family, then wait a minute. I know a little bit, but they won’t let me tell you.
Player Geng: By the way, Cenxi is also in prison now.
Player B: What's going on? He's not in Qingtian City, so why is he running to Luodan City? Is he walking into a trap?
Player G: Well... because of dignity.
Other players: What does that mean?
Player D: Am I the only one who understood it immediately?
Ning Pan: A bit suspicious.
Player A: What's suspicious about that? A broken leg is enough to make us sworn enemies, okay?
Player Geng: I also feel it is a bit suspicious, but I just can’t find a clue for the moment.
Player Geng: Cenxi's background is not clean either. He may not have a chance to get out after being put in jail.
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