Chapter 69 Yuan Zhong visits the prison at night
The temporary prison was set up by the mayor in the northeast of the town. It takes a quarter of an hour to walk there from the Golden Axe Gang.
It takes more than a quarter of an hour to get from the Golden Axe Gang to the mayor's house. The mayor definitely won't be able to get there within the time given by Lu Changxin.
Jiang Hu thought, it seems that Mr. Lu has already thought about replacing the mayor, why not add fuel to the fire?
This mayor has been secretly against the Golden Axe Gang. It would be better for him to rely on the power of the Lu family this time and directly replace one of his own people with the new one. From now on, Jinwu Town will be the world of their Golden Axe Gang, and all the other crappy gangs will have to stand aside.
After Jiang Hu came up with an idea, he was no longer in a hurry to notify them. Instead, he went back to drink a cup of tea before setting off. This way, when the mayor arrived at the prison, Master Lu would definitely be furious.
At this time in the temporary prison, the servants had experienced a severe physical and mental blow, and they felt a little confused and paranoid.
I would tremble with fear when I heard any sound outside the window, but in fact, it was just the rustling sound made by the north wind blowing through the window paper.
Xiao Fubao and the others were roasting sweet potatoes on the fire at this time. Old Lady Wan was reluctant to eat these sweet potatoes along the way, so she carried them all the way to the border to use as seeds. However, they had not eaten a hot meal all day, and everyone was starving. Old Lady Wan made up her mind and took out half a bag of sweet potatoes and asked Sister Wan San to roast them all so that everyone could have their fill.
The children leaned on the adults, one group led by the men and the other group led by the women, forming two circles. The children played from time to time, and the adults smiled and scolded them. There was a cold wind outside, but there was a blazing fire in the house, making the whole house warm and harmonious.
It was at this time that Yuan Zhong hurriedly came to the temporary prison.
Yuan Zhong was actually very annoyed. In such a cold day, which good man wouldn't want to stay on the warm kang and sleep with his wife in his arms? But he had to go out to do something tonight. It was really bad luck.
Yuan Zhong hunched his neck, wearing a rabbit fur hat on his head, a loose gray cotton robe that was about half new, and a pair of sheepskin boots on his feet.
There is no moon in the sky tonight. The entire sky is as dark as ink. Only the unmelted snow on the ground provides a glimmer of light.
Even so, the streets were covered with thick ice, and it was very slippery to walk on, so one had to be extremely careful.
It took Yuan Zhong a full quarter of an hour to walk from the mayor's house to the prison, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Open the door." Yuan Zhong walked to the guard's room, lifted the heavy cloth curtain, and patted the door.
It seems particularly abrupt in the quiet night.
The servants in the house were huddled on the kang. When they heard the knock on the door and the housekeeper's voice, they immediately climbed down from the kang and hurriedly opened the door as if they had grabbed a life-saving straw without even taking off their shoes.
As soon as Yuan Zhong came in, he took off his soft hat, and immediately white mist swirled above his head.
"You guys really know how to enjoy yourself. You're huddled on the kang in this freezing weather. Aren't you afraid that the prisoner will run away?" As soon as Yuan Zhong came in, he was surrounded by several servants and put on the kang.
"Butler, what urgent matter has brought you here at this time?" the servant asked as he brought out a plate of fried peanuts.
Another servant quickly made tea.
Yuan Zhong was thirsty, so he took a sip from the cup, but soon spat it out.
"Son of a bitch, what did you give me? Is this for humans to drink?"
The servant quickly smiled and said, "Butler, what good tea can we have here? It's just the lowest quality tea. We usually use it to satisfy our cravings. You can have a sip of it. When we have more money tomorrow, we can treat you to good tea."
Yuan Zhong grabbed another handful of fried peanuts, sat cross-legged on the kang, peeled a peanut and threw it into his mouth before saying, "Go get me a glass of boiled water."
"Oh, okay."
While the servants were busy, Yuan Zhong glanced at the servant standing next to him and said, "Fu Erniu, the master asked me to take a look at these exiles. Xiong Ying is not here. Have you guys caused any trouble?"
Fu Erniu shuddered when he heard this, and then thought of the female corpse, his face turned pale with fright.
"What? Is there something wrong here?"
Yuan Zhong narrowed his eyes and dropped the peanuts in his hand. The peanuts made a clattering sound when they fell on the table. Fu Erniu was so frightened that he quickly said, "No, no, how could anything happen? No, we brothers have been watching them very closely. One of the prisoners was dishonest and was shouting for an hour. We gave him a good beating."
Yuan Zhong then grabbed another peanut and peeled it, then asked casually, "I've never heard of such an arrogant exile before. Tell me, what is he shouting about?"
Fu Erniu immediately stepped forward and changed his frightened look. He said with sarcasm on his face: "Butler, that kid said he was the eldest grandson of the Lu family in Beijing. Not to mention that we are so far away from Beijing, we don't even know who the Lu family in Beijing is. He is just a little bastard..."
"What did you say?!" Yuan Zhong grabbed Fu Erniu's collar without waiting for him to finish speaking, his eyes as big as copper bells, staring at Fu Erniu's face.
Fu Erniu was frightened by Yuan Zhong's sudden action. He didn't know what he said wrong, but seeing Yuan Zhong so nervous, could it be that the child was really of great importance?
But if he was someone of great importance, how could he have sneaked into the exiles? I must be overthinking it.
"You just said who the kid said he was? Tell me clearly." Yuan Zhong's hands did not relax at all, and his heart was beating wildly. He felt that this time a disaster was about to happen.
Only then did Fu Erniu realize that things were not as simple as he thought?
"He said he was the eldest grandson of the Lu family in Beijing, and he also said that if we don't release him, he will destroy our Jinwu Town when he gets out. Butler, this..."
As Fu Erniu spoke, he observed the changes in Yuan Zhong's expression. He found that Yuan Zhong's complexion was getting worse and worse, from its original rosy color to a pale color.
"Did he really say that? He wants to destroy Jinwu Town?"
Yuan Zhong's eyes darkened and his heart skipped a beat.
"Yes, that's what he said. I was so angry that I opened the door and went in to teach him a lesson, but I ended up getting beaten up by the prisoner..."
Yuan Zhong could no longer hear clearly what Fu Erniu said at this time. His mind was full of how to solve the current problem.
If the child was really found by the Lu family, the mayor would be in trouble. He would have to continue to be an exile and return to Caodianzi Village. He didn't want to go back to that cannibalistic place.
A vicious look appeared on Yuan Zhong's face. He rolled his eyes and decided to just kill the child and throw him outside. He guaranteed that after tonight and tomorrow, all traces of the child would disappear completely.
The wolves outside the pass are more terrifying than you can imagine.
Yuan Zhong quickly got down from the kang and walked quickly to the wall. There was a long knife hanging on the wall. It was a self-defense weapon provided to the servants.
He drew out his long sword with a whoosh, a cold silver light flashed in the air, and the long sword was held in Yuan Zhong's hand.
"Fu Erniu, bring the child to me right now. Don't alarm anyone, understand?"
How could Fu Erniu dare not respond? If he dared to say no, he believed that the knife would fall on his neck.
Lu Changxin, who was walking fast, suddenly had his eyelids twitch and his heart started beating wildly, and a bad premonition came to his mind.
There were four or five people holding torches in front, lighting the road to the prison as bright as day.
Lu Changxin ignored the slippery icicles under his feet and continued to speed up his pace, even more eagerly than before.
Shen Qinghan had never seen Lu Changxin behave so out of control, so he followed closely behind him and hurried towards the prison.
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