When we returned, lunch was over and Mao Tian was taken directly back to his room.
"Zhang Wa, what's wrong with your eyes?"
As soon as he entered the cell, Mao Tian noticed that one of Zhang Wa's eyes was red and swollen, and his eyes were narrowed into a line and could not be opened at all.
"Fourth Master, Fourth Master..." Zhang Wa was obviously very scared, and his thin body was trembling.
"Did he hit you?"
"He asked me to pass a message to you..."
"Just pass on the message, why would he hit you?"
"He said he had a warning for you!"
"Report him for hitting you! Is there any logic or law left?" Mao Tian hammered the bed. "Let's go talk to the warden!"
"Don't... don't go!" Zhang Wa grabbed Mao Tian, "This is a prison, that trick... won't work!"
"Then you let people beat you for nothing?"
"I'll just listen! They say if you listen, you won't be tortured!"
"What do they want you to do?"
"They...they asked us two to pass them cigarettes."
"Pass the cigarette?"
"Every Monday, someone would bring two packs of cigarettes to the laundry room. We newcomers would all work in the laundry room. He would ask us to put a pack of cigarettes in when we brought them towels."
"Isn't this against the rules?"
"I...I'm sorry! I don't want to be beaten..."
"Forget it! We'll see when the time comes!"
Mao Tian instinctively didn't want to do this, but Heizi said that it was better to just pretend and not cause trouble.
Two days later, which was Monday evening, there were indeed two packs of cigarettes among the dirty towels in the laundry basket.
Mao Tian took a look at it, didn't want to pay attention to it, and just covered it up. He wanted to throw the two cigarettes and the dirty towels into the washing machine.
But Zhang Wa was not so bold. After seeing Mao Tian's actions, he went to the laundry basket, wrapped the two cigarettes in a clean towel, took them out and put them aside.
Mao Tian gave him a displeased look, ignored him, and put the towels into the washing machine.
The process of washing and drying takes about two and a half hours. While waiting, Zhang Wa asked Mao Tian what his job was and what he had studied.
Since there was no one else here, Mao Tian relaxed. He told Zhang Wa that he was a geologist specializing in ecological protection.
Zhang Wa thought Mao Tian was very impressive. He told Mao Tian that he was an apprentice to a small shop owner and wanted to open his own shop in the future.
"What are you selling?"
"Selling stuffed animals! My sister loves them! She's pregnant now, so any samples I get can be given to my little nephew to play with!"
“Do you have the funds to open a store?”
"Haha... No! But I can set up a stall. Once I raise enough money for the rent, I'll open a shop!"
"No loan?"
"When I get out, I'll have a criminal record, so it might be hard to get a loan approved." Zhang Wa lowered his head.
"Brother, I have money. I will lend it to you to open a shop. Can you pay me back when you have a good life?"
"Really? Bro! You're so nice! Even better than my own brother!"
"You have a brother?"
"Uh... no..."
"Once you have library access, I'll recommend some books for you. Don't waste your time here. Study hard, and take good care of your sister when you get out."
"Okay! Brother! You are a good person!"
The time was almost up, and Mao Tian took out the dried towel.
Zhang Wa winked at him, asking him to block the surveillance camera so that he could hide his cigarettes.
Mao Tian was unhappy, but he didn't want Zhang Wa to be found out, so he had to do as he was told.
The towels were divided into two piles, and cigarettes were placed at the bottom of one of the piles.
The lights were turned off at ten o'clock. At nine o'clock in the evening, Mao Tian and Zhang Wa pushed a towel cart and distributed clean towels to each cell.
The warden watched them from the corridors on each floor.
When I walked to a cell, the person inside stretched out two fingers and knocked on the iron bars, which was the signal to order cigarettes.
Mao Tian didn't move. Zhang Wa sighed secretly and spinelessly took out a folded towel from the stack of towels with cigarettes in them and handed it over.
The man opened the towel, looked at it, nodded, and returned to his bed.
Just like that, after distributing them to an entire floor, Mao Tian almost remembered who Brother Long's men were.
When the lights went out, Mao Tian asked Zhang Wa, "You said half of the people belonged to Brother Long. Then who did the other half join?"
"I heard it was a man named Liu Han. He seems to be very influential. Even Brother Long doesn't dare to touch the people he chooses!"
"How is it so important?"
"I don't know about that either. I just know he was sentenced to 20 years, and even the prison warden treated him with respect, practically granting him any requests."
"Really? Then why don't you go to him for help?"
"Ah! I heard he only accepts people he likes and only cares about things he wants to do!"
"Hmph! Another person who treats the prison as his own territory!" Mao Tian said with some disdain.
Not knowing how their investigation outside was going, Mao Tian fell asleep while thinking about it.
base.
"Have you found out what the drug is?" Lu Guansheng asked the queen.
"It's almost all metabolized. Only a small amount of DB was found."
"DB? What?"
"Scopamine."
"What's the use?"
"A common medicine for paralyzing nerves, relaxing muscles and brain nerves." The Queen spread her hands.
"I think there might have been other medicines," Wonderful Hands pondered. "The miner said he smelled sage!"
"What's the matter?"
"Anyway, I definitely don't want to eat the chef's stew!" Miaoshou said half-jokingly, "There's a neuroleptic drug that tastes like this, and it's also a common drug called sevoflurane."
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