The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 180 Where did the assassin come from?

Zongze was imprisoned, of course, not because of any crime he committed, but under protective custody.

For such protective imprisonment, Zongze should have lived in a place with better conditions, such as a government office, a wing, and the like. Although it was not a very good place to live, it was at least much more comfortable than in prison.

It's a pity that Zongze was punished recently because of the clues he was tracking down the madmen on Chima Capital's Changjie Street, and his residence was transferred from the apartment to the prison. Although Xu Yanfu was later exposed, which diverted the attention of the interrogator. force.

But Zongze was also left in prison with no one paying attention, which was undoubtedly an extremely boring torment for him.

The arrival of Ergou made Zongze overjoyed. He had been chattering since Ergou appeared.

"Brother Ergou, why did you come to see me?! What did you bring? Oh! It's a jar of chicken! And wine! Hahaha! I'm so hungry! Brother, you don't know that I am How did you survive these past few days? I ate those millet and sorghum flour pancakes all day long. They were cold, hard, and irritating to my teeth! I drank rancid cold water, and I farted straight away after drinking it!..."

The little prison head holding a wooden basin of fresh water next to him was drooling while looking at the jar of chicken, and said at the same time: "You are content with what you have! It's good to have sorghum cakes to eat, and we haven't confiscated your food money! What if? For other prisoners, let alone sorghum pancakes, even sour rice porridge would be good!"

Zongze said angrily: "I'm not a prisoner! A certain family came to Kaifeng Mansion to report the case, but they were interrogated as prisoners by those stupid people! Is there any law of heaven in this most virtuous place under the feet of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty? !”

Xiaolaozi wanted to say something: I am the law of heaven.

It's a pity that he really didn't dare to say it, because the prisoner in front of him was no ordinary prisoner. Mo Jian was just a minor official from out of town, but he had a serious roll-calling background (born as a Jinshi). Who knows when he would become famous!

Ordinary prisoners who are in prison, no matter how majestic they are outside, can only enter the prison. If they are dragons, they have to be coiled, and if they are tigers, they have to lie down. Otherwise, they will be killed by any means, and then they will report a disease to the superiors. He will pay his own debt in prison.

But those with Jinshi status are different.

In the early years of the founding of the Song Dynasty, there were cases in Nanya Prison where officials with Jinshi background made mistakes and were imprisoned and tortured to death. However, someone later exposed the matter.

Then, the officials, government servants, and helpers in the Nanya of Kaifeng Prefecture were directly purged several times during the Zhenzong Dynasty.

Note that this so-called "purge" is not just dismissal, but may range from exile to the border to military confinement, or direct humanitarian destruction at worst.

Emperor Zhenzong was followed by Renzong. In the Renzong era, there was the Qingli New Deal (the beginning of the party struggle in the Northern Song Dynasty), and then Lao Bao took office in Kaifeng, which put all the prison staff in the capital through a nightmare-level test.

You thought it was over, but it’s not yet!

Later, when Xianggong was forced to carry out reforms, the battle between the reformers and the conservatives caused turmoil in the court. For practitioners in the Jingshi Prison Department, this was a real hell-level test!
Those practitioners in the prison system who have survived countless tests have since realized a truth. Whenever an official with a Jinshi background enters a prison, no matter how serious the mistake he committed or the serious crime he was convicted of, he must be careful not to die. , even if he wanted to die, he would have to wait until he was released from prison.

Because of this tradition, countless officials who were imprisoned for various reasons have benefited, and the one who benefited the most is Su Dongpo.He lived in the capital prison for a full one hundred and three days, and finally he was able to walk out alive and kicking in a physical sense instead of dying of illness in prison. Although he could not do without the protection of his biological brother, he also needed the careful care of the jailers.

Of course, the courtesy of the jailers is only for officials. If it were ordinary prisoners, it would be a different story.

atrocious!Disown your relatives!Greedy to kill!

That's right!I’m talking about you, the prison boy in Jiangzhou City!Black guy Li Tieniu!

Of course, the prison boy in Kaifeng Mansion was not Li Kui, but a local helper. He just smiled and said nothing. When he saw the jar of chicken in the food box, he said: "Little official, I am also greedy." This is such a fat chicken. I don’t want any more, but I’m only allowed to have a bite of the chicken butt.”

The dog wasn't stingy either. He tore off half of the chicken's hindquarters and stuffed the chicken's butt together with the chicken. He then said, "Brother Laozi, go and eat some. I'll talk to my brother for a while. You can come back later." come over."

Xiao Laozi put down the wooden basin, held the half chicken and ran away happily.

Zongze muttered with some distress: "That's a certain family's chicken, how come you got it from him!"

Ergou said, "Brother Zong has suffered! It's not too late to wash up first and then talk."

Zongze looked at his black hands and sighed. He washed his face and hands with water and tidied his beard and hair, and said: "These guys are all unrighteous people. I was I was beaten with a stick, but he withheld the medicine and refused to let me use it. If I hadn't been born with a strong body, I'm afraid I would have died here!"

Ergou was furious when he heard this and said: "How brave! Who dares to be so bold as to punish you, my elder brother?!"

Zongze smiled bitterly and said: "This is my own fault! Then Xie Wenguan came to talk to me. I was careless and unprepared for a moment, but he saw some flaws in me with his words, so he reported it to Baowen Pavilion. Yang Wei was eager to seize the credit. , then let people torture me!"

Of course, Zongze could have guessed the result of the torture without telling Ergou.

Ergou said: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely get rid of this bad temper for you!"

"I'm just telling myself, why do you need to vent my anger?!" Zongze snorted in disgust.

After washing himself, the basin of water turned into mud soup. He shook off the water stains on his hands, grabbed most of the remaining chicken from the food box, tore off a chicken leg and swallowed it in two mouthfuls. After eating it cleanly, he ate and chewed it again. He looked like he was in need of food.

Zongze ate until almost all the bones were left, but he finally remembered Ergou. He held up the chicken bones and asked, "Do brothers Ergou eat together?"

Ergou shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, no! I've already eaten enough outside, you can just eat."

Zongze nodded with satisfaction, then picked up the wine bottle and took a sip of wine, then chewed the chicken bones, ground them up and swallowed them. Ergou took out two minced meat biscuits from under the food box and handed them to Zongze, and then took out another Two side dishes came out, which were pickled bamboo shoots and steamed lotus root.

While Zongze took the minced pork buns and took a bite, he said: "You are so stingy as a brother. You only came here once to take such a small amount of meat and share most of it with others! It's not a good deal!"

Ergou didn't care, he just smiled and said: "You haven't had enough to eat in the past few days. I don't dare to bring in too much food, lest you die in this cell and hurt others."

When Zongze heard this, he took a big bite of the biscuit and said with red eyes: "Speaking of incriminating others, Zong really implicated a lot of innocent people this time! What about the women and children in Wuyou Cave? He was innocent, but bandits and government officials conspired to silence him. This is really vicious! Zongze didn't know what was going on, and I am the one to blame!"

Ergou also sighed and said: "It's my fault for this, but I hesitated and delayed, and went a step too late. If I had gone earlier, I would have been able to rescue her!"

In fact, Ergou knew in his heart that what the two of them said here was actually just a cover-up excuse.

Even if the officials were not present, they would save everyone, but they would not be able to harm the forces behind the scenes [in the gods] at all. They had to make the matter bigger to truly uncover the root of the abscess.

Zong Ze said: "I only hope that all the kings in the court can enforce the law impartially, punish those traitors who are corrupt and pervert the law one by one, and give justice to the innocent victims!"

Ergou sighed: "This is a bit troublesome! I heard that the officials in the court are fighting again because of this case. Both sides are in the same situation. I'm afraid the final result will not be satisfactory."

Zongze asked in surprise: "Where did you hear such news?"

Ergou said: "You will know when you get out. Brother Zong, you can't stay in this prison any longer. Not to mention that my wife and two children still need your care, and you must find a good master to learn from." Some demon-suppressing skills."

Zongze smiled bitterly and said: "I want to get out, but no one cares about me, so how can I get out! You can't just escape from prison, right?!"

Ergou said: "I'll just find a way to save you." Then the two of them chatted some more gossip, including the current situation of Zongze's wife and children.

When Zongze heard that his wife and children had moved into Master Pang's home, he couldn't help but be moved.

He couldn't help asking about Master Pang's origins, but Ergou smiled and said nothing. He only said that he had to wait until he became a disciple and entered the family before he could really get to the bottom of it.

After Zongze had eaten all the fruits and vegetables that Ergou had brought and had some words to say, Ergou had to stand up and leave.

Before they were released from prison, Ergou went to see the steward, presented him with a gift (two large silver coins), and asked Zongze if he wanted to be released from prison.

But that section level man was a man of his word. He received a hundred taels of snowflake silver, but he gave Ergou careful guidance.

Ergou received the advice and thanked him profusely. Then he returned to his master's wife's house and went straight to Mrs. Zong to discuss it.

It turned out that it was not difficult to rescue Zongze from prison. All he had to do was find Zongze's close friends or family members and go to Nanya Zhong to report Zongze's disappearance.

After all, Zongze was not guilty, but was temporarily detained by the prosecutor, which was neither reasonable nor legal.

Once the governor of Kaifeng Mansion finds out, he will definitely let Zongze out.

On the way back, Ergou did not forget to honor the Zong family's son's promise, but went to Cao Po's shop to buy some meat cakes, and Hu Ergou ordered a few jars of chicken from Hu Er's chicken shop.

After entering the garden, Ergou saw the master's new bicycle frame.

It was a two-wheeled boxcar with long shafts. The body was made of fine jujube wood and was painted with tung oil. The wheels were wrapped with felt (the shock-absorbing function was similar to that of rubber tires in later generations).

The two dogs only saw the frame of the carriage, but never saw the master. They didn't think much about it, so they took the food and sent it to Master Pang first.

When Master Pang saw him coming, she took out some bows, arrows, daggers, and rhinoceros leather armor, and said, "Two dogs, take your swords, guns, bows, and arrows to protect Chen Ganniang (Zongze's wife's real name) and the two children!"

Ergou looked at Master Pang in surprise and asked, "Master, what happened?"

Master Pang sighed and said: "I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to bring Mrs. Gan into my home! Who would have thought that you would... Oh! You have caused them trouble! Go! Don't ask any more questions and protect them." That’s it!”

Ergou didn't know why, so he asked worriedly: "What about you, Master Wife?"

Master Pang sighed and said, "Don't worry, no one will hurt me! Those who come are considered our own people, but they are much colder-hearted."

Although Ergou was worried, he did not dare to delay. He had to put on his equipment, and then carried some food to the small courtyard in the middle hall where Mrs. Zong's family lived.

Mrs. Zong was surprised when she saw Er Gou's appearance. Even when she asked carefully about the reason, Er Gou couldn't say anything.

Mrs. Zong was not a shy person, so she simply left the two children and the old servant in the house. Instead, she held a dagger and guarded the door of the house with the two dogs.

At some point, Ergou suddenly noticed something strange in the house. He suddenly opened the door and rushed in. He saw a man falling from the roof with a dagger in his hand, trying to kill the two children.

The two dogs didn't have time to shout, and the short spear in their hand shot out at a high speed, and it pierced the wrist of the man holding the sword and flew past, temporarily preventing the other person's assassination intention.

The man's wrist was pierced and pulled away, but he only let out a muffled groan, which turned out to be a woman's voice.

But without stopping, she grabbed the dagger with her other hand and tried to stab the old servant with her backhand.

In just this moment of respite, Ergou got the chance early.

He unfolded the Liquan gun, and countless gun shadows suddenly shot out, but blocked all the assassin's thoughts.

Because of Master Pang's warning in advance, these assassins would not kill them if they could, but Ergou did not stab her to death with one shot, but only tore her tendons in her hands and feet, making her unable to use her strength to kill again.

But Ergou underestimated the assassin's persistence.

He thought that the assassin in front of him was harmless, but he heard Mrs. Zong outside shouting "Who are you?", then the weapons clashed a few times, and then Mrs. Zong let out a scream, and her figure quickly appeared. Fell into the room.

Ergou saw this and was about to reach out to pick her up. Just as he put his hand around her shoulder, he heard Mrs. Zong's voice hurriedly coming from outside: "Be careful! That's not me!"

Ergou was suddenly startled, but he turned a little of his psychic energy into an electric shock, instantly paralyzing the woman in his hand. When he lowered his head, he saw a short sword already pressed against his heart, almost piercing it.

Ergou was shocked and threw the female assassin, who was wearing exactly the same clothes and hair accessories as Madam Zong, away with her backhand.

Then Ergou shouted: "Sister-in-law of the Zong family! Come back!"

Mrs. Zong wanted to retreat, but unfortunately it was too late.

I saw two more figures, each holding a pair of daggers and rushing towards Mrs. Zong.

She couldn't handle even one opponent just now, but this time two of them came to kill them together, but she couldn't even hold on for a single attack.

Ergou could see clearly from inside the house, but he rushed out with his gun drawn, throwing countless gun shadows at the intruders.

The two assassins were also women, but they each held two daggers and threw out countless sword curtains, trying to resist Ergou's quick shots.

Accompanied by a rapid metal collision like a saw, the two female assassins with fast sword skills were unable to withstand Ergou's fast spear.

One of them was shot in the shoulder, and his dagger fell to the ground, but he screamed: "This guy's quick spear has reached the extreme level, how can he only say 'fast'! Pang Min'er made me wait!"

The other one heard the words and retreated quickly.

The two dogs were about to be chased when they suddenly heard a scream from someone in the house.

　Two in one.

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(End of this chapter)