Chapter Twenty-Four: Friendship in Prison
"Xiao...Xiao Langjun!?" Xiao Qi hurriedly climbed to the edge, holding on to the bars with both hands, staring at the unrecognizable bloody man in front of him.
"Why are you here?" Tang Guan was extremely weak at this time, leaning on the railing and asked Xiao Qi.
"Brother Guan, why do you look like this!?" Xiao Qi was then sure that the person in front of him was Tang Guan. He recalled that several people were eating and laughing in the ruined temple yesterday, but now they didn't dare to recognize him.
"Did you steal something again?" Tang Guan asked with a gentle smile.
Xiao Qi's eyes turned slightly red when he heard this. At this time, Tang Guan was still asking himself.
"I was afraid that you would be alone in prison, so I tried to find a way to accompany you. Unexpectedly..." Xiao Qi couldn't help but choke up when talking about it. Although the two had known each other for a short time, Tang Guan's bold and generous character deeply impressed him.
He was deeply impressed. Apart from Cowherd and Xiaohua, Tang Guan was the best person to him. When he saw his benefactor in this state, he couldn't help but feel sad.
"Why are you crying? I...I'm not dead...cough" Tang Guan looked at Xiao Qi with a smile, and felt warm in his heart. He still underestimated the ancients' respect for kindness and loyalty. No wonder there are thousands of poems praising it.
, what Xiaoqi did at this time was no worse than those poems.
"What will happen to Xiaohua when you leave?"
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Qi couldn't bear it any longer, clutched the prison bars and started crying.
"How long has it been since...and you still ask these questions? How did you change...to become like this?" Xiao Qi asked while sobbing.
"The grown man is crying, he's so annoying! Lock you two brats up!" At this moment, a violent voice sounded, and Xiao Qi couldn't help but stop sobbing.
"It's not your responsibility to talk to my brother!?" Tang Guan was also slightly annoyed. This Ma Lie was moody and had been talking nonsense just now. Now it was not his turn to speak and he told others to shut up.
"Boy, how dare you talk to me, Malie, like this? Believe it or not, I will eat you alive right now!"
There was another clanging sound in the cell over there, and Ma Lie crawled out from the corner again, this time with an even more ferocious expression on his face.
"Ma...Ma Lie!" Xiao Qi was startled when she saw him, and then lost her voice in shock.
"Hey, kid over there, do you know me?"
Xiao Qi has also been doing illegal business for two or three years. Although he is not a great thief, he has heard some so-called rumors about the world. He has heard the name of the ruthless gangster Ma Lie more than once. At this time, he seemed to have seen this person, and he immediately froze.
land.
Tang Guan was also frightened when he saw Xiao Qi's expression. He understood that the ugly man next door was not that simple. Except for Tang Guan, most of the people on death row in the state capital were extremely vicious people.
Seeing that Xiao Qi had stopped crying, Ma Lie grinned at Xiao Qi. This smile scared Xiao Qi so much that he turned even paler and spoke softly.
"Don't worry, Brother Cowherd will take care of Huahua. Little Langjun, why did they beat you like this?"
Being disturbed by Ma Lie in this way, Xiao Qi suppressed her sadness, her anger rose again, and she couldn't help but feel resentful.
"It's okay... it's a flesh wound..." Tang Guan endured the severe pain and pretended not to care and said to Xiao Qi.
"How did you get in?"
"It's not easy. I've been here more than once. It's not easy to get some prison food." When Xiao Qi said this, a look of pride appeared on his face, and Tang Guan also smiled slightly when he saw this.
"By the way, Xiaolangjun, Sister Xun'er asked me to give this to you."
After saying that, Xiao Qi rummaged around in his body and took out something wrapped in a handkerchief and handed it to Tang Guan.
When Tang Guan heard that it was given by Lin Yuxun, he hurriedly stood up and took it. When he opened it, he couldn't help but be stunned.
I saw a yellow grasshopper wrapped in a handkerchief with a faint fragrance. Tang Guan's eyes were red, he raised his head and took a deep breath and said to Xiao Qi: "Thank you."
"Tang Yuanwai asked me to tell you not to be afraid. He has already written to Chang'an, asking Xiao Langjun to hold on."
Tang Guan was moved in his heart. It turned out that Xiao Qi was here to report a message.
Ma Lie over there had been silently listening to the conversation between the two, and he also heard some clues. At this time, he couldn't help but be slightly shocked. Xiao Qi looked like the same size as Tang Guan. He actually dared to go to jail himself for reporting the news. At such a young age,
This kind of loyalty is really amazing.
At the same time, Tang Guan couldn't help but be moved. He helped unintentionally, but he didn't expect that the three orphans in the ruined temple would actually repay him.
Thinking of this, Tang Guan slowly stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Qi's hand and said: "Xiao Qi, your brother Guan is a rare friend to me. Today I recognize you as my brother of life and death. If I can get out of trouble, I will have you every step of the way."
Xiao Qi was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what to do. He only knew that Tang Guan was very kind to him, and he would repay it, no matter what the cost. But now Tang Guan made this life-or-death vow to him.
I was flattered for a moment.
Although he was stunned, he slowly stretched out his hand to hold Tang Guan, and there was silence for a while. We can only take a look at what later generations wrote: "Book of Tang·The Biography of Marquis Zhongyi" records that the life of Marquis Zhongyi of Tang Liang is unknown.
He had a life-and-death relationship with the Holy King Tang Guan in prison, and he never gave up his life as a soldier.
At this moment, an inappropriate voice sounded: "At such a young age, calling people brothers and sisters makes you laugh out loud, hahaha."
Hearing this, he knew it was Ma Lie again. Tang Guan couldn't help but feel angry. Just as he was about to speak, several government servants came over.
Tang Guan hurriedly let go of his hand. The government officials came closer and looked at Tang Guan. The leader nodded and said: "Bring him out."
Several government officials obeyed the order and opened the cell door, lifted Tang Guan up and left. Xiaoqi opened his mouth when he saw this, but stopped talking. He saw the look in Tang Guan's eyes and knew that he didn't want to expose himself.
Staring at the backs of several government servants bitterly, Xiaoqi fell to the ground exhausted.
"Hey, boy, what crime did you commit? Are you locked up?" Ma Lie has a weird and tight personality. He doesn't get annoyed when he talks too much, but he gets too noisy when others talk too much.
Xiao Qi was not like Tang Guan who knew nothing about Ma Lie. With some awe, he heard the words and said: "Xiao Langjun beat someone to death."
"Beat someone to death!?" Ma Lie's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he was curious about how an eight-year-old child could beat someone to death.
"Did you kill a child from a wealthy family?"
Xiao Qi looked up at Ma Lie, shook his head and said, "Xiao Langjun is the son of a wealthy family, and he beat to death the son of a high official."
"Ha, dog bites dog. I didn't expect that you are doing so many evil things at such a young age, and that even urchins can kill people when they play. There is a future, there is a future!"
"You are not allowed to scold the young man!" Xiao Qi was a little angry when he heard this, and saw that Ma Lie was tightly tied with an iron chain, looking embarrassed, like a bereaved dog.
Seeing that Xiao Qi became a little more courageous, he stared at Ma Lie without saying a word.
"Isn't it just a naughty child playing? How many servants did you bring to beat that child to death?"
"You're talking nonsense! Xiao Langjun beat those big bad guys to death, they deserve to die." Xiao Qi immediately retorted, but as soon as he said this, Ma Lie was shocked. Although the words were not clear, it seemed that the matter was not that simple.
"It's interesting, but I can't take it seriously when I hear you bragging about it." After saying that, Ma Lie turned around and was about to leave the edge. When Xiao Qi saw that Ma Lie looked down on Tang Guan, Xiao Qi became childish and said, "Little Langjun can do it with just one kick."
Kick you away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Lie, who had turned around, suddenly turned around and stared at Xiao Qi. Seeing his appearance, Xiao Qi couldn't help but move back a few times despite being separated by the cage.
"Mao Tou, tell me how your young husband killed the person?" Ma Lie's eyes flashed with strange color, and he asked Xiao Qi with a bewitching tone. Xiao Qi also plucked up the courage and started to talk about yesterday.
What happened to Tang Guan in the cloth shop, Xiaoqi saw that the legendary gangster wanted to listen to his story, and it was inevitable that he would add fuel to the fire.
As Ma Lie listened, his expression changed several times in the dark environment. Xiao Qi was still chattering and boasting, but he looked at his hands thoughtfully.
.....
"Wang Tou, I was whipped yesterday. I'm afraid someone will die if I'm beaten again." The prison guard whispered to Wang Hu, but Wang Hu looked at Tang Guan with a smile.
"Little Master, you definitely don't want to be beaten, right?" Wang Hu said as he picked up a piece of paper from the desk and waved it.
"As long as you put your fingerprints on this, the uncles will let you go."
When Tang Guan saw this, he didn't get angry but smiled instead. This guy really regarded himself as an eight-year-old child. He immediately said calmly: "Okay"
Wang Hu was overjoyed when he saw that Tang Guan, who was so stubborn yesterday, was so easy to deceive, and immediately said: "Take the sand seal!"
Someone immediately brought a red sand seal and Wang Hu urged: "Press, press it and you can go home."
Tang Guan still made no expression, touched some red material, walked towards the clerk and said: "Uncle, come here, I can't reach it."
Wang Hu immediately stepped forward, but Tang Guan suddenly touched his face with his hand.
"Little bastard!" Wang Hu immediately became furious, knowing that Tang Guan was playing tricks on him!
"Go to the pincer!" Wang Hu shouted, and Tang Guan was immediately captured.
Touching the red spot on his face, he stared at Tang Guan angrily. This sand seal has not dried for a long time and is very different from ordinary ink paint.
"Since you don't want to draw, there's no point keeping your hands! Pinch them for me!"
"Ka!" As soon as he finished speaking, the torture instrument that had been prepared long ago clamped hard on Tang Guan's fingers. Tang Guan's eight-year-old body could not withstand such torture, and he immediately fainted and died.
"Wang Tou, forget it. The envoy has given you orders. It's best if you can draw a bond before opening the hall. If you can't draw it, you can lock it up first." This group of government officials were all old officials, and many of them had received benefits from the Tang family. They immediately came out to speak.
Wang Hu was an idiot. After hearing this, he looked at Tang Guan who had passed out. It seemed that he still had lingering resentment, but he could only wave his hand and said: "Take it back."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the cell, rushing to the governor's mansion.
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At this time, Liu Xun's house was in a miserable state, because it was his son who died, so Liu Xun and his wife did not need to wear mourning clothes, but they were disturbed by the quarrels of his wife.
"My poor child! The Tang family has been killed by God!"
Liu Xun was already impatient, but now his wife was desperate for life and death, as if she wanted to die with the Tang family, and he couldn't help but hate the Tang family even more.
At this moment, Wang Hu walked in and whispered to Liu Xun: "My condolences to you."
Liu Xun looked up at him and asked, "What's wrong with your face?"
"I accidentally scratched the sand mark." Wang Hu's face turned red and he did not dare to tell the truth.
Liu Xun shook his head and said, "How is the thing I asked you to do?"
"It's being done, it's being done." Wang Hu's heart trembled when he heard this. The fact that Liu Xun asked him to do it was too difficult, and there were no government officials present that day. Who knew which family was watching, and even if he knew, it was still a question whether he would be a witness. After all, that was
Liu Chunliang's reputation is not very good.
"Trash!" Liu Xun slapped the case on the table. Although the evidence was very conclusive that Tang Guan did it, the person involved refused to admit it, so there had to be a witness before the trial could be held. As the governor, he could immediately find a way to get rid of Tang Guan.
But Tang Guan was not an ordinary citizen, and he didn't want to leave any excuse for the Tang family.
"I'll do it right away, I'll do it right away." Seeing Liu Xun furious, Wang Hu pulled away and left as he spoke.
Liu Xun gritted his teeth and looked at his wife, who was still crying, and walked out of the hall.
Chapter completed!