Great Xuanwu Sheng

Chapter 4 Prison

　The days pass by.

 It will be two months soon.

Chen Mu still followed his usual routine, doing his normal rounds, then going home and practicing his sword.

  His status as a servant is still relatively important to him. On the one hand, it is his only source of income. On the other hand, with this level of status, he can avoid local gangsters and even gangsters from causing trouble. It is not feasible to leave his job to practice swordsmanship.

 This day.

 Chen Mu returned home after a tour.

 Unexpectedly, he discovered that besides Chen Yue, there was someone else at home.

“Third aunt? Why are you here?”

Chen Mu stepped forward in surprise, looked at a middle-aged woman with a sad face and asked.

His father is the eldest and has a younger brother and a younger sister, namely his second uncle and third aunt. The second uncle is usually uneducated and has been taught a lesson by his father. He rarely interacts with them, even when his father left. None came.

The third aunt was closer to him. He used to visit him frequently, and after his father left, he would occasionally come over to give him some rice, flour, and soybeans. Therefore, Chen Mu always respected his third aunt, Chen Hong.

 Usually when he is not at home, only Chen Hong comes over and Chen Yue opens the door.

"Xiao Mu... Third aunt has no choice but to ask you for help..."

Chen Hong had a withered face and was wrapped in a headscarf. When she pulled Chen Mu over, she couldn't help crying.

Chen Mu inquired carefully and learned that it turned out that something happened to Chen Hong's son, his cousin Zhang Hai. Zhang Hai had the temperament of his second uncle, who was also uneducated and idle around the streets all day long. Alley, this time I met a beautiful woman in the alley. I couldn't help teasing her. As a result, she made the other party angry. First she was beaten, and then the city guard was alerted, and she was arrested directly. Thrown into jail.

"Third aunt, I have said before that the world is in chaos now, and my cousin should restrain his temper. Why do you dare to be so reckless? I'm afraid I can't help you with this kind of thing."

 Chen Mu couldn't help but frown after listening to Chen Hong's ramble.

Listening to this, the person Zhang Hai provoked obviously had a background. He easily transferred the City Guards Department and threw him directly into prison. This must at least be a promotion. He is a guard who is usually cautious and cautious. If you don't want to rescue people from prison, it's just a whim, and it doesn't have that much face.

Chen Hong sobbed and said: "I know, I know. The person Xiao Hai offended this time is said to be the fourth brother of the Nan family in Chengtou. I have begged some people, but none of them were willing to intercede... I came here just to I beg Xiao Mu, please go to the prison head and intercede, at least get through this, and wait until people forget about this, and then find another way."

While talking.

Chen Hong took out two ingots of silver coins from her arms with trembling hands, which were about twenty taels.

Chen Mu knew that the third aunt's family was fairly well off, and the third aunt's husband was in the butcher business, but twenty taels of silver was definitely not a small amount, and it would probably cost a lot of money.

Seeing Chen Hong's tearful eyes, Chen Mu thought of the rice noodles he had come to give away in the past, sighed in his heart, and finally took the money and said: "I can only try to ask, but there is no question whether it will succeed or not." Legally guaranteed.”

The money was not given to him, or in other words, he didn't have the dignity to allow the prison chief to show mercy to Zhang Hai. The only way he could transfer the twenty taels of silver to the prison chief was to see if he was willing. willing.

 The prison head and jailer are also under the jurisdiction of the City Guards Department and are one of the three groups.

 But there are not many contacts on weekdays.

Moreover, in this world, there are basically few living people who go to prison, and there is no need to deliberately bother them. As long as they don’t send food or water, the people will be gone in a few days. The jailers have no benefit, and basically they won’t go. Delivering food and water.

 Chen Hong wanted Zhang Hai to spend a few months in jail. It might not be easy for him to survive until this incident passed, but he couldn't persuade him to say anything, because Chen Hong only had a son like Zhang Hai.

 “Thank you very much, thank you very much…”

Chen Hong responded tremblingly. She couldn't even speak for a while, and she sat there slumped in tears.

 Chen Mu sighed softly in his heart.

If he had already made a bad job, it would be much easier to do this. At least he could find a prison boss to ask about the specific situation, but his sword skills are only a small success now, and he still has a long way to go before he can become a bad guy. Less than.

It should be Zhang Hai who suffered this calamity. He was usually uneducated and unable to control his mouth. Fortunately, he only made rude remarks and never touched his hands. Otherwise, he would have been dead at this time.

“Yueer, please stay with your third aunt while I go out.”

Chen Mu said something to Chen Yue next to him, and then left the house again while it was still early.

 …

Nancheng District Prison is located behind the Nancheng City Health Department.

Usually Chen Mu rarely comes here. Although he is also a servant of the City Guards Department, he is affiliated to the Kutiao-ri City Guards Department in Nancheng District and does not serve in the General Department of City Guards. Moreover, the General Department of City Guards and the Kutiao-ri City Guards Department are also separated from each other. Relatively far.

Compared to the Kujo-ri Castle Guards Division, the General Division of Castle Guards is much more strict. On weekdays, there are even officers from the Kujo-ri Castle Guards Division who play dice and bet a few big bucks, but you can’t see them from the General Division.

“It is said that the chief police officer of Nancheng District is a woman, and she has the appearance of a fish and a goose, but I have never seen her before.”

After Chen Mu walked into the City Guard General Department, he glanced at the towering pavilion in the center. He had been in this world for two years, and he had only seen the officers of the Kujoli City Guard Department a handful of times, let alone his superiors. The boss is on duty.

There were officers walking around from time to time in the spacious City Guard General Office, but they basically walked with their heads lowered and a solemn look on their faces. They did not whisper or look left or right.

Chen Mu also lowered his head slightly and quietly walked around the front half of the headquarters and arrived at the prison at the rear.

 As soon as we arrived at the prison, the atmosphere was different.

 In the room next to the prison, several jailers were gathering together and playing dice.

Compared to the solemn and solemn city guard general, this prison is much more leisurely, and no one comes in on weekdays. “Brother, what’s the matter?”

A jailer looked up and said when he saw Chen Mu's uniform.

Chen Mu just pretended not to notice the gambling money of several people and said: "I'm looking for the jailer."

 “Oh, the guard is inside.”

 The jailer pointed in one direction.

Chen Mu thanked him, and the other party just waved his hand indifferently, and then continued to play dice with his colleagues.

Walking along the corridor and passing a few steps, Chen Mu came to a relatively clean and tidy room. However, there were several rows of shelves in this room filled with various torture instruments, which made it look a bit intimidating.

Prison head Wei Nan was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and concentrating. When he heard someone coming in, he opened a crack.

 “Mr. David.”

Chen Mu saluted to the cell leader.

The status of the prison boss is basically the same as that of the poor boss, and he is also his superior.

"Um."

Wei Nan saw Chen Mu dressed like a sergeant and agreed casually.

Chen Mu stepped forward, told Zhang Hai's story, and then handed over the twenty taels of silver given by Chen Hong.

"oh."

Wei Nan took the silver and weighed it a few times. After thinking about it, he put it into his sleeve and said, "Someone on the top of this sea said hello and wanted to make him suffer, but his family is so sensible." If so, I will leave him daily food and water, but I can’t guarantee what will happen to him in a month or two.”

The world is in turmoil these days. Any gangsters caught outside are basically killed on the spot, and very few of them are sent to prison. Basically, those in prison are those from well-off families who are constantly sending money. kind.

As a prison guard, he is incomparable to a prison guard who is walking outside, so this is the only way to make money.

 “Just a word from you will do the trick.”

Chen Mu smiled and said.

If he hadn't come today, I'm afraid Zhang Hai would have suffered a little. If the torture instrument was casually put on and he was starved for a few days, he would basically lose half his life, or even die.

Although these twenty taels of silver cannot save the person, at least they will not be short of food and water for a month or two. However, even if the storm passes, the Chen Hong family still wants to get the person out. It will not be easy.

“You are inside, let Liu Si take you to have a look.”

Wei Nan waved his hand after collecting the money, as if he didn't want to talk to Chen Mu any more.

Chen Mu bowed and left. After arriving outside, he quickly found Liu Si. Without saying anything, Liu Si led him directly into the prison. After descending several steps, the environment immediately changed. It became dark and humid, and a putrid and moldy smell filled the air, making people very uncomfortable.

 “Here.”

 Liu Si pointed to the fourth cell.

In the first three cells, there were three skinny men who were neither human nor ghosts. They didn't speak when Liu Si and Chen Mu came in, and they didn't make any movements. If it weren't for the green eyes turning around, they would almost look like dead men. No different.

 In the fourth cell, there was a man lying on the tattered straw pile. He was quite fat and had a lot of blood on his body.

"cousin?"

Chen Mu walked closer and called in a low voice.

Zhang Hai, who was lying there motionless, finally raised his head and looked at Chen Mu in confusion for a while, then he recognized the person and said feebly: "It's... it's Chen Mu, hurry up, help him I am going out…"

“Third aunt asked me to bring you a few words.”

 Chen Mu did not respond. He first sent a few words that Chen Hong asked him to bring, and then talked about the current situation: "...in short, you can only feel aggrieved here these days."

After hearing this, Zhang Hai suddenly showed a look of despair: "You, you can't just die without saving me... My family has sent you many rice noodles, and I have never stopped you. My mother was still thinking about it a few days ago. I’m proposing to you, you can’t do this…”

 Chen Mu stopped talking.

He actually didn't like Zhang Hai very much. Even the former 'Chen Mu' didn't get along well with Zhang Hai in his memory. It seemed that Zhang Hai didn't look down on his cousin 'Chen Mu', even though he later became a servant. , and also felt that he would probably be a poor servant like his father for the rest of his life and would be of no use.

But thinking of Third Aunt Chen Hong, Chen Mu was silent for a while, and then said: "The person you offended has a background. I have nothing to do, and the same goes for Third Aunt and uncle. As long as you survive this moment, maybe you can wait for a turn."

 Said.

 Chen Mu then turned around and walked outside.

Zhang Hai was left lying there with a blank look on his face, muttering in his mouth, 'What's the use of giving them those rice noodles? What's the use of being a poor policeman these days...'

Chen Mu's father worked as a policeman all his life, but he was still a poor policeman in the end. When he died, he had no money to pay for his funeral. It was his mother, Chen Hong, who helped take care of it. His mother's relatives were all poor and poor. I had already told her not to interact with her.

If you save more money and use it for planning, you might be able to rescue him.

 (End of this chapter)