I'm a detective for Dongchang

Chapter 219 Hell Island Prison City

Lu Xizhi and the others hid in the firewood room in the courtyard. There were 31 people squeezed in on an area of ​​about [-] square meters. Fortunately, the girls were all slender, so it was not too crowded.

This room has only one door and window, so it is relatively easy to defend. The window has been nailed up overnight to prevent the sudden attack of the archers. Xing Yun and two guards are guarding the dark place outside the house.

Xing Yun suddenly heard several bows in the front yard unleashing their strings, feathers gathering like rain, the sound of breaking through the air like a big eagle flying by, followed by the sound of sharp arrows piercing flesh.After two rounds of arrows were shot, five people fell to the ground respectively. Xingyun took a glance ahead and settled down.The men in black led by Dong Hai smashed through the attacks of the dead soldiers time and time again like a broken bamboo, and the comer was gone.

The leader of the dead warriors used a unique move, this punch was bloody and bloody, and the force he used was [-]%, and it was easily resolved by Dong Hai. With the emotion of remorse for this failed assassination in his heart, he came out today. Those who came were all the elite killers from the Purgatory Gate. Although they were prepared to die, the opponent was still safe and sound, but they couldn't escape.

After another incense stick of time, the battle came to an end.

Donghai and Beixue cleared the battlefield, killing 15 enemies in total, and their own side were also injured, two of them were seriously injured.

"Miss Lu, it's not too late. There will be waves of assassinations. It's only safe for us to reach the Dongchang site as soon as possible."

In the early morning of the next day, they rented horses and five carriages at the post house in Linxian County. They did not hire another coachman, and the group continued to go south.

Lu Xizhi thought they would go back to the capital directly, but Dong Hai said: The factory supervisor has made arrangements.She silently got into the carriage.

Sure enough, two groups of assassins came along the way. Fortunately, Dongchang's reinforcements had arrived, and when they saw a Shili Pavilion, another round of more ferocious assassinations ushered in.

Those dozen or so people dressed as refugees drew their swords and rushed towards the leading carriage after the carriage approached. What was even more surprising was that the man on the bullock cart even took out a crossbow and straddled the carriage. On the back of the bull, it shoots at the current guarding knight.

In order to avoid the big tree, the guard in black was caught off guard. He almost couldn't pull out his weapon in time, so he became a dead soul under the crossbow. Fortunately, Dong Hai kicked the crossbowman and stabbed the sword again with his backhand. Seeing a stream of blood shoot out, the scene was very bloody for a time.

The crossbowman was killed, and the rest of the killers were furious, and their eyes were about to burst: "Brothers, if you take their heads, the master will reward you a lot!" The killer also understood it very well, jumped into the carriage, and rushed towards the second carriage. Go, look for the assassination target of their trip, the killers suddenly understood, and flew towards the remaining four carriages.

At this moment, the second carriage suddenly turned around and headed straight to the south. The assassins immediately recognized that the target person was hiding inside, so they all abandoned the other carriages and chased after them desperately.

The assassin with the fastest hands and feet was running wildly while the carriage was running at full speed, he flew to grab the rear wall of the carriage and got on the carriage. The master had ordered that if the assassination failed, they didn't have to go back. They were all dead, so it was better to fight with their lives!
So he faced the knife stabbed at his left arm by the guard head-on, and kicked the guard off the carriage, but he had already been stabbed in the side by the short blade, and when he opened the curtain to enter the carriage, he I froze for a moment.

There is no one in there at all!
At this time, Bei Xue jumped onto the carriage, punched the killer in the back of the head, and made up for it!

"Go! Go find Miss Lu."

The air fell silent. At the last moment of his life, the killer with his throat cut watched helplessly as a dozen of his opponents got on their horses quickly and neatly, while the rest of the carriages were all empty...

Oh, it fell into the trap.

It turned out that after Lu Xizhi discussed with Donghai, the journey would definitely not be peaceful and there were too many uncertainties, so they discussed and decided to make a move. Lu Xizhi would take thirty hostages by sea, while Donghai would lead people away from the killer. Sight, and make an appointment to see you at the next ferry in Linxian County.

The Lanjiang River from Linxian County to Ningcheng is shallow and narrow in summer, with sandbars dotted on the water surface, stretching as far as the eye can see. Lu Xizhi didn't know Yuan Yanxi's arrangement, but he trusted him inexplicably.

"I... miss you so much... Jing Ming." She murmured against the wind.

"The waterway in Ningcheng is only three or four miles long, and then it will enter the north foot of Yangming Mountain in Dajin. It occupies a rather large area. The river area here is vast, and the boat is safe. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Miss Lu can rest assured." Xing Yun thought she was worried about the safety of the waterway.

Lu Xizhi nodded. After so much experience, she had no objection to Dongchang's strength. Now she just misses that handsome and mighty man very much.

"Xingyun, is there any news about Jingming?"

"Miss Lu, don't worry, Factory Superintendent Yuan and his army have arrived in Jingzhou, and everything is under the control of the factory superintendent." Xing Yun replied calmly.

Before the boat entered Hechazikou, Lu Xizhi saw a fairly large Jiangxin Island standing in the river nearly two miles away from Hechazikou. It is a brick-and-gray-tiled building, but a high wall is built outside to place the building in the middle.

Lu Xizhi frowned: "What's there?"

"Girl, that's the Prison Island Prison built by Director Yuan himself!" Xing Yun said.

Lu Xizhi's mind is a little knotted. Whether it's the memory of his previous life or the impression of the ancient prison thousands of years later, it seems very rare for an inland area to build such a large-scale prison on a river island outside the city.Generally speaking, whether it is the prison in the county seat or the government prison, the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, the Dali Temple prison, or the Dongchang prison, in fact, they all have the dual nature of a detention center and a prison, because when a suspect is being escorted, he must be brought to court at any time. The yamen and its prisons are generally not too far away, let alone built far away on Jiangdao outside the city, which looks a bit like a professional prison thousands of years later.

If there is a chance, she would like to ask Yuan Yanxi's thoughts on building such a prison.

"Is this where we're going?"

"Yes."

Although the Jiangxin Island deviates from the main channel of the river, Lu Xizhi and his ship crossed the river obliquely, and the Jiangxin Island happened to lie on their channel, but she saw that the sailor deliberately went farther away, so she was puzzled. Ask Xingyun: "Why don't you stick to the island?"

"There is a vortex over there, if you get close to it, the ship may sink." Xing Yun replied.

"How many such isolated prisons are there?"

"This is the only one in the whole Dajin."

Lu Xizhi paused in his heart, "It seems that the above are all people who have committed the most crimes."

"Miss Lu doesn't know something." Xingyun explained simply: "According to the provisions of the "Criminal Laws" of this dynasty, punishments are divided into five categories: whipping, staff, imprisonment, imprisonment, and death. Among them, imprisonment is hard labor in prison. Can be released from prison; exile means that the prisoner is exiled to a remote and wild place to serve hard labor. Generally speaking, exile is heavier than imprisonment.

In recent years, the frontiers where heavy prisoners were placed, such as Beyond the Great Wall, Jingbei, Hexi, and deserted islands in the East China Sea, were often invaded by aliens or occupied by pirates.In fact, when the prisoners were sent to these frontier areas, the imperial court was very worried that these prisoners would simply join other races or be captured by pirates, thus increasing the strength of the other side.

In view of this situation, Director Yuan made up his mind to reform the prison system, re-establish penalties, and proposed to build prison cities to replace exodus punishments. Go to more dangerous outlying exile.It also saved the court from worries. "

"Is this Jingming's idea?" Lu Xizhi felt a sense of pride in her heart. According to her understanding, this should be a pretty good reform.

"Yes, but Chang Shangshu resolutely resists the so-called prison city instead of exile. Four or five years ago, there was a lot of controversy about the prison city. In the past two years, because of the emperor's strong promotion, Chang Chonghu has no voice."

After explaining, Xingyun did not forget to tell a shocking news: "Miss Lu, the emperor has arrived."

(End of this chapter)