Late Tang

A group of birds flew by in the blue sky, and a few milky white clouds above their heads fluttered gently, like white sails floating on the dark blue sea.

Li Jing half-closed his eyes, listening to the judge of the Chishan Army Town in the hall pronounce his 'crime'.

"In disregard of the law of the country, preying on carp, and refusing to plead guilty afterwards, and openly resisting the law and resisting arrest, it is a crime added to the crime. Execute immediately in Kaiqiu!" That official is also wearing a green robe, but he is an eighth-rank official who is slightly older than the fat treasury official, but he is in charge of the Tuigou Litigation Prison in Chishan Army Town.Originally, Li Jing was not a sergeant in Chishan Town, so it was not his turn to take care of him.But Chishan Town has always been domineering. Although the fat treasury official is not big, he is a fat job guarding the warehouse. town event.

Although the sixty sticks were not beaten, he was charged with an unwarranted charge of resisting the law and resisting arrest, which resulted in a direct trial of a prisoner.

Two sergeants came up and grabbed Li Jing's hand, dipped the ink pad in the red ink pad box, and forcibly pressed their fingerprints on the confession form.

After the handprint was stamped, the judge in the hall slapped the gavel, and the unjust case was considered finalized.

Li Jing felt unreal. One moment ago he was still carrying a heavy load of food and was preparing to go home. The next moment, he actually became a prisoner who was hanged. In the autumn the executions were to be hanged.

When being pushed out by the sergeant, Li Jing inadvertently saw Wang Liang at the door.The two looked at each other, and Wang Liang's eyes seemed to be a little ashamed, but also a little smug.

"Go in!" Two sergeants opened the dungeon door and threw Li Jing in.Then there was a bang in the dark dungeon, and the cell door behind him was closed again.

The sound of two lines of footsteps gradually drifted away.The only thing left in the dark dungeon is the musty smell and the stench of blood. This smell is like a mixture of dead rats and swished food, which makes people sick.

"Second leader, come in again." In the darkness, a somewhat obscene voice sounded from the side.

Li Jing raised his head, his eyes gradually adapted to the darkness in the prison, only then did he realize that he was not alone in this cell.In a cell of about 20 square meters, there were nearly 40 people crowded.These people were all dressed in a mess, not even a prison uniform.Most of them were young men in their [-]s and [-]s, but at this moment, they all looked haggard, half leaning and half lying under the opposite wall, looking at him with green light in their eyes like wolves.

"Oh, you're still a little boy. Look at this outfit, there are two boots under the feet of the black hat and round neck shirt, what's the matter, what happened?" The thin bamboo pole in its original shape got up and asked.

"The fat treasury officer in the town wanted to buy my fish by force, but I didn't give it to him. The dog officer made up a crime and arrested me." Li Jing didn't know who was in this prison, so he had to take a step at a time. .

"You are talking about Zhang Kuguan, right? That dog official loves to buy and sell by force. If he refuses, he will definitely fabricate some crimes and lock you up. What is the result of your sentence?" the cheeky man asked.Li Jing saw the manner in which this man spoke and where he was sitting, and guessed that this man might be the prison boss in this prison.Throughout the ages, as long as there are prisons, there will be cell bosses and prison bullies. These people are more ruthless than the jailers in the prison. Such people must not be offended.

Li Jing replied: "Hang Jianhou!"

The man was also a little surprised: "Seeing that you look more like a scholar than a fisherman, how many fish does that fat man want to greed you and you won't give?"

"It's only twenty catties of fish." Li Jing sighed, it was all the fault of these twenty catties of fish.

The bearded man chuckled a few times: "Then you must have offended that dog official, and he wouldn't kill you with a twenty-pound fish. Think about it, have you offended anyone?"

Li Jing followed his words and thought about it carefully, and it was true.No matter how domineering that fat man is, they have no hatred or vengeance, why would they want his life for twenty catties of fish?Wang Liang's face suddenly appeared in his mind, especially when he hurriedly faced him after the sentence was pronounced.There was clearly a bit of complacency in his smile, but also a little guilt.By the way, it must be Wang Liang's fault. Wang Liang's family and Li's family had a feud, and Wang Liang is the servant of the fat treasury official. Maybe this guy is playing tricks.

"Brother, when you say that, I think of one, that fat servant who is an official has a feud with my family."

"Oh!" The bearded man let out a long oh, but turned his head and stopped talking.

Li Jing couldn't help walking over, and asked sincerely, "Brother, how can you help me out?"

The beard covered his sleeves: "You and I are not related, why should I help you?"

"Brother, if you and I can meet here, it is fate. We are both degenerate people in the world, why meet each other before. To tell you the truth, my father and brother are all dead, and only my younger brother is left in the family, and the rest are widowed mothers." With two widowed sisters-in-law and two younger sisters who have not left the cabinet. The whole family depends on the younger brother. If the younger brother is tricked by the traitor, my Li family will not survive. Please also ask the elder brother to help the younger brother, which is also a help to my Li family. I dare not say thank you for my great kindness, if I can go out, my younger brother will never forget my elder brother's kindness." Today's incident has already made Li Jing deeply understand the darkness of the late Tang government.Now he doesn't dare to rely on others anymore, he can only rely on self-help.

"Boy, if I really want to have the ability to help you out, why don't I go out by myself first." The bearded man laughed loudly.A group of prisoners next to him also laughed together, obviously laughing at the stupidity of this white-faced scholar.

Li Jing sat slumped on the moldy straw on the ground, momentarily distraught.

"Hey, kid, you haven't told me what you do yet?" Seeing that Li Jing was silent, some of the prisoners spoke up, obviously taking Li Jing as a condiment for their boring prison life.

Li Jing said dumbly: "My younger brother's family is eighteen miles away in Wang Lizhuang, heir to farming and studying, and his ancestors once had hundreds of acres of fertile land, but now the family property has declined, and the family only has dozens of acres of Susukida left to barely survive. I still don’t know what you brothers do for a living, but why are you here?”

The thin bamboo pole pointed proudly at the bearded man and said, "Boy, I'm afraid I'll frighten you when I say it. Listen carefully, this is the yellow-bearded Huang Erdang who roams across the East China Sea."

Li Jing was shocked by Huang Huzi's name all of a sudden. Speaking of Huang Huzi, there was no one in the coast of Shandong who didn't know it.Yellow Beard is a well-known pirate along the coast of Shandong. Together with White Beard, Red Beard and Black Beard, they are called Beard Thief.Among them, the white beard is the eldest, the yellow beard is the second, the red beard is the third, and the black beard is the fourth.According to the legend of the seaside people, the bearded thieves are extremely mysterious.Not only did they plunder merchant ships by sea, they even went ashore to plunder frequently.In the coastal area, when it comes to bearded thieves, everyone is indifferent. Even women and Taoists often use the name of bearded thieves to frighten disobedient children.

Li Jing didn't expect that the famous yellow beard would be locked in such a rotten and moldy dungeon, and he was skeptical for a while.

Seeing the expression on Li Jing's face, the yellow beard also knew that he didn't believe it all, so he smiled and said, "Boy, you are not bad, I will show you a way to survive today. However, you must agree to do one for me after you go out." thing."

Li Jing's expression changed, and he couldn't help being tempted.Although Yellow Beard and the others are thieves, he is a citizen.But now I can't take care of these things anymore. Now that he is in prison, the family may have gotten the news, and they don't know how the women in the family are worried and scared.

"Brother, tell me, as long as you can really show me a way to survive, I will repay the favor."

"Okay, kid, I'll trust you just once. Come here and let me show you the way to survive."

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