The sunset is like blood.

When Tie Ce's army in the field began to bury pots and make rice, the carriage with Qi Zhuji in it returned to the camp.

"It's done."

Qi Zhuji jumped out of the carriage and nodded to Wang Chaozong and others who came forward to greet them, and said.

"Where's that guy?"

Wang Chaozong was stunned.

"In the back."

Qi Zhuji glanced back and said, "Most of them have injuries on their feet. I asked the people from Tongshan Prison to apply medicine to them, and each of them was given a new pair of shoes. They probably have some scratches on their feet, so they walk slowly."

After he replied to Wang Chaozong that it was enough time for him to have a cup of tea, some ragged figures appeared on the road outside Menglong City, looking a little staggering.

"You actually use death row?"

A surprised voice sounded.

Luo Jilian looked at the figures marching towards the camp, and she quickly identified the identities of these people. These people looked a little difficult to walk because they usually wore shackles on their feet. This kind of shackles were on their feet.

Over time, the flesh and blood around the feet will be worn away, and even the muscles and bones will be rotten to the point of being rotten.

In the Southern Dynasties, generally only those on death row who had committed heinous crimes would wear shackles for a long time.

These death row inmates are usually obedient, but if they are still violent and unruly, the wardens in ordinary prisons will not give them any treatment at all, not even the worst medicine for sores, leaving these people's feet to fester to the point where they cannot walk.

His legs are ulcerated and he cannot walk, but he still has to perform hard labor like other prisoners on weekdays. As a result, he may be dragged to death in a short time.

The official administration of the previous dynasty was originally chaotic, and not many people cared about the lives and deaths of prisoners who had committed serious crimes. Although Xiao Yan rectified the situation after he came to the throne, after he came to the throne, he eliminated the old party forces of the previous dynasty, and he did not want to let the civilians appear.

Incest, so the law is more severe. There are just a lot more criminals in prisons in various places, and the prisons are even more overcrowded.

From top to bottom, the more serious offenders are imprisoned in a prison, the higher the tolerance for the death of criminals.

During the three years in Tianjian, the summer heat in Jiankang Jingzi Prison was so hot that several cells were poorly ventilated and more than 30 people were suffocated to death. Those officials were only demoted one level and fined for one year.

This shows the tolerance of the Southern Dynasties towards the death rate of prisoners in various prisons.

"This...why is she here?"

Qi Zhuji was stunned when she saw Luo Jilian.

Luo Jilian defected to the army, her family affairs and how much help she could bring to Tie Cejun were now known to everyone. Seeing Qi Zhuji's dazed look, Wang Chaozong immediately whispered a few words and explained.

clear.

"On the way to Meishan during the march, I felt that her behavior and temperament were completely different from those of women from the Southern Dynasties. At that time, I only thought that Dongliang Prefecture was bordering the Northern Wei Dynasty, and that her temperament was closer to the women of the Northern Wei Dynasty. I did not expect that there would be such a thing.

layer."

Qi Zhuji was just surprised that Luo Jilian was here before. He would have no lack of etiquette towards the senior sisters in the courtyard, especially now that Tie Cejun was a big help, he could just look at Luo Jilian from a distance.

He bowed and said, "Senior Sister Luo."

"No wonder you left Zhongli City and marched all the way here, but you didn't recruit troops or recruit elite sergeants from the local army. You actually had such an idea." Luo Jilian was not as restrained as other practitioners at all.

She jumped up and reached Qi Zhuji's side after two ups and downs.

"Different generals have different characteristics in leading armies. Your Tiece army that came out of Zhongli City all came out of the Shura Field where they were strangled with hundreds of thousands of elite troops from the Northern Wei Dynasty. They all came from prison.

The death row prisoner mentioned among them... Qi Zhuji, your Tiece Army seems to want to directly build a Shura Army, an army of dead soldiers that are simply full of dead soldiers."

Luo Jilian looked at the prisoners with great interest, "I just don't know what your criteria are for selecting these prisoners?"

"The chivalrous one."

Lin Yi's voice rang out.

Lin Yi also walked out of the camp and came to their side.

"The fourteen people I initially selected from Tongshan Prison were not the most brave outlaws, but most of them were imprisoned for standing up for injustice. In my opinion, these people are truly brave and brave. They are better than some dynasties in ancient times.

, yet a respected ranger.”

He looked at the excited Luo Jilian, smiled slightly, and said: "Then I will let each of these people choose five people. Those who can be like-minded to them are naturally not bad."

"Combat strength can only be replenished the day after tomorrow. You are indeed a born general. The people you want to find are all similar to you." Luo Jilian couldn't help but shook her head, "However, Lin Yi, you are really bold and dare to

After directly mentioning so many repeat offenders, you yourself are the criminals, and you suddenly gained power. You are not afraid that the emperor will think you are a private party by mentioning people like this."

"I have already exiled Dangxiang on my own, and I still care about his thoughts. No matter how dissatisfied he is, if I fight with Dangxiang together, can he still send someone to lead the army to take me back?" Lin Yi smiled brightly.

"You, at that time, had to rely on a letter of recommendation to get into Nantianyuan. In the eyes of the students in Nantianyuan, you were already a poor person in Jiankang City. Just like one of our five-year Tianyuan students who moved out at random, your family background

It's enough to crush you to death, but you are better off. At that time, you were the tattooed green one, and you alone offended the entire five years of the Tianjian." Luo Jilian smiled, and she spoke directly, "Now you are starting to grow.

Feng, he doesn’t even pay much attention to the emperor’s thoughts.”

"It depends on what everyone thinks."

Lin Yi smiled and said: "The true wise kings of all dynasties in history respected each other and their ministers. They did not look at the position, but only looked at who was polite. No matter how many ranks I am a general, I do not cross the boundaries between kings and ministers, so why should I be afraid?

Think about what he thinks."

"Although it makes sense, in the entire Southern Dynasty, how many people dare to think and do this like you?" Luo Jilian smiled sarcastically, "Nantian Academy is known as the best academy in the Southern Dynasty, with so many students, let alone

There are only a few generals who can truly lead an army, even if they are used to it and comfortable with it."

"There are some awesome ones."

Qi Zhuji glanced at her and retorted.

He didn't mean to be arrogant. When Luo Jilian said that, he naturally thought of Ni Yunshan and Wang Pingyang.

Luo Jilian smiled.

She didn't feel angry at all.

Because she had already met Li Moxiao just now, and she thought that Ni Yunshan had gone out of her way to help Lin Yi and let Jiange belong to Tiece Army. At this time, Qi Zhuji said this, but she couldn't help but think of those Nantianyuan

Really powerful characters seem to naturally join Lin Yi's iron army.

…

"See General Lin."

After an arduous journey, these prisoners from Tongshan Prison finally arrived at the Tiece Army's camp. When some Tiece Army sergeants began to allocate tents, a prisoner who was elected came not far in front of Lin Yi and walked.

He bowed and said, "Thank you, General Lin, for saving your life."

"May I have your name?"

Lin Yiwei bowed in return. He looked at the prisoners who seemed very quiet even though most of their feet were ulcerated, and said, "It seems there are three more people?"

"My name is Liu Huaiyao."

The prisoner replied calmly: "We heard from General Qi that you recruited us into the army to fight against the party. You gave us each the right to bring five people out. This is naturally a great reward for us."

, we also dare not abuse this gift. We each selected the people we brought out. Some of them were absolutely good people who were unjustly imprisoned. Some were careless and committed serious crimes. Some were really useful in the war against the party.

Some of them were imprisoned because they offended local dignitaries. It was impossible to survive in Tongshan Prison. We carefully selected, but in the end there were three more people. We couldn't make a choice, so we informed General Qi of the difficulty, and General Qi also

Right."

"You are Liu Huaiyao. You were originally a private school teacher, but you saw injustice and killed three people in anger. You are from Qingyang Town, Dingzhou?"

Lin Yi was a little surprised when he looked at this man.

The prisoner in front of him seemed to be about forty years old, with a haggard face, but according to the records of the cases he had seen before, this man was only thirty-one years old.

Among the prisoners he selected at Tongshan Prison, Liu Huaiyao was one of the first ones he selected.

According to the records of the case, this private school teacher was not a Buddhist practitioner, nor had he practiced martial arts. However, when he saw a local wealthy businessman bullying a mountain man selling bamboo in the town, he was angry and killed someone, and he used a weapon other than the one he used.

The sword is just sharpened green bamboo.

After killing three people in a row, he stabbed himself in the throat with a bamboo stick, but was rescued and imprisoned in Tongshan Prison.

Lin Yi's eyes fell on his throat, and sure enough he saw a hideous scar.

Liu Huaiyao lowered his head at this time. The scar was not obvious in the night, but Lin Yi could tell that the stabbing was very hard at that time, but the location was wrong. If it was deflected another inch, the Adam's apple and esophagus would be completely shattered to the left.

, he should not be able to survive. To the right, his main blood vessels are severed, making it impossible to save him immediately.

"General Lin, do you know me?" Liu Huaiyao's body shook slightly, and he was even more surprised.

"I have seen all the cases of you people, otherwise I wouldn't have singled you out among so many people." Lin Yi nodded and said: "I'm just a little confused. According to the case,

The mountain man selling bamboo was not related to you, and although the rich man bullied him, he seemed not to want his life, so why did you get angry and kill those three people?"

"It's true that I don't know that mountain man, but I happened to listen to what those three people said."

Liu Huaiyao took a deep breath and said slowly: "That mountain man has an old mother and a pretty wife at home. It's not that the wealthy businessman didn't know this mountain man before, but he happened to have met this mountain man before.

The rich man and the mountain man's wife, so when he saw this mountain man in the town this time, the rich man deliberately called two of his followers to provoke and bully him. If the mountain man dared to fight back, his two followers would deliberately

If he was injured, he would try to imprison the mountain man, and then he would naturally deceive the mountain man's wife. I happened to listen to the discussion between the rich man and the two followers, and the mountain man was bullied by them.

I tried my best to be patient, but the methods of these three people became more and more despicable, and even forced the mountain man to eat horse dung on the ground. I watched on the side and saw that this mountain man actually had a very violent personality. After being humiliated in every way, this mountain man...

In fact, he has already had thoughts of killing. But if this mountain man takes action, no matter what, his family will be doomed. I am afraid that my mother and wife will end up very miserable, but I am different. I was alone at the time, and my parents died young. Damn it.
To be continued...