In this cell, only the cell where Xu Huai lived had two rosin torches stuck on the wall of the corridor, which were burning brightly. In addition, there was moonlight shining in from the narrow window. The light is not too dark either.
The cell was very narrow. Xu Huai was alone in a cell. He was lying on the haystack. He had his feet up on the wall opposite. He caught a flea, crushed it with a "snap", and followed the flea in the cell opposite. Wang Kong, Yan Xiaoyi, Shen Zhene and other prisoners said:
"You know, Wang Xianggong said that the imperial court stipulated that prisoners should be given two liters of rice per day and five cents for salt and vegetables. Logically speaking, this is enough for everyone to barely fill their stomachs, but shady guys like Zhu Xiaotong, the deductions are too harsh. , Mr. Wang really couldn’t stand it, so he asked me to come in and make this scene. At first, I was worried that the acting would not be like it. How could you think I could be so fake with my temper? But when I really saw the things in the stone urn, The food was so fishy that it made me sick, and the flies were as big as moths. I was really on fire, and I was angry and resentful. If you hadn't been the Beaver King and you were afraid of stopping me, I would have punched that bitch Zhu Xiaotong. I will turn you into a dregs of flesh and relieve your hatred!"
At this moment, Wang Kong was embarrassed to say that he was blocking Xu Huai because he was afraid that Xu Huai would make a fuss, which would harm Yan Xiaoyi, Shen Zhen, and the others. He laughed and said, "I didn't know that all this was happening at the time." Wang Xianggong’s plan was because he thought it was not worth it for Mr. Xu to annoy Zhu Guanying and the others for us prisoners..."
"What do you mean it's not worth irritating Zhu Xiaotong? When you say this, Beaver King, you are looking down on me, Xu Huai! What kind of bullshit do you think Zhu Xiaotong is? He made you suffer so much injustice and treated you with something that pigs and dogs won't eat." , I can’t see it, but if I see it I still wonder if it will offend Zhu Xiaotong, am I, Xu Huai, worse than a pig or a dog?” Xu Huai stamped his foot on the wall and asked unhappily.
"Yes, I said the wrong thing again - it's my fault anyway." Wang Kong smiled bitterly and admitted his mistake. He found that he had no choice in dealing with a person with Xu Huai's temperament. He thought that Xu Huai could speak to Wang without any hesitation. He spoke out his plans so brazenly that he was not afraid of the jailer outside. If the jailer heard this, he should not expect this fool to tell him the truth that requires foresight and foresight.
"Master Xu, Master Xu, Zheng Tu said that you killed Pan Jun so many times that he was pissed off. To be honest, we didn't believe it at first, but after seeing you show off your authority, we realized that what Zheng Tu said was true. Zheng Tu said We were quite far away from those things, so we didn't hear them clearly. Please tell me how you and Pan Jun killed them to death?" Yan Xiaoyi, Shen Zhenyi all admired Wang Kong's character, and at the same time they also They all migrated to Lanzhou from Jingdong East Road. Naturally, Wang Kong was the leader in everything they did in a group, but in their hearts they still felt that Wang Kong was too cautious. Even after just half a day of contact, they found that Xu Huai was more in tune with their temper. Sometimes I was very interested and wanted to hear Xu Huai talk about some old things.
"Bullshit Commander Pan, in my eyes, he is Pan Gouzi! When you go to the quarry tomorrow and see him, you all call him Pan Gouzi. See if he has the guts to be angry?" Xu Huai yelled. .
"Okay, Mr. Xu, please tell me about your bravery in fighting Pan Gouzi..." the prisoners shouted happily.
In the past hundred years, the border disputes between Dailan and other places and the Khitan people were the most serious, more than ten years ago. The military equipment was usually in disuse, and the border walls and military forts were also in disrepair for many years. The Lanzhou stone field was mainly mined and transported by Xiang troops. Stone material, this place was actually a camp of the Xiang Army in the early days.
Although the DPRK and China had been arguing for two or three years about the joint attack on Yan, the main war faction and the peace faction had reached a consensus very early on, which was to strengthen the fortifications of Landai and other border states.
That is to say, three years ago, the Xiangjun camp was vacated to serve as a prison camp, and a group of prisoners were imprisoned to speed up the mining of stone.
But no matter what, the prison camp is still extremely crude.
The prison cell where Xu Huai and the others were located was built with rammed earth walls and covered with fir trees and thatch. There were a total of twelve cells in the north and south rows, and more than 120 prisoners were tightly packed together.
It was rare for everyone to have a full meal today, so they all raised their ears, waiting to hear Xu Huai talk about old things in Tongbai Mountain.
"General Cheng, you told me about the rules of the prison camp. If you stop us from letting us in, we certainly can't say anything wrong with you. But you also know that Xu Huai has a temper like a pig and a dog. If you really let him go hungry at night, you won't be able to say anything wrong."
Angry, if this cell is demolished, wouldn’t it make everyone look even worse?”
At this time, Zheng Tu's voice came from outside.
"Zheng Tu, it's you who brought the wine and meat. Did you bring enough? I met a lot of new brothers in this prison. Don't be a stingy person and make my new brothers look down on you!" Xu
Huai shouted.
"You won't be stingy - you bastard, can you speak more politely? Don't worry about my mother all day long!"
The cell door opened from the outside, and Zheng Tu and two others came in carrying four large bamboo baskets. Cheng Yanqing, the general of the cell camp army, walked up behind Zheng Tu with a gloomy face.
Tang Qing and Yin Peng were in the corridor outside the cell, shouting: "We are all starving, why did Master Zheng bring us food?"
"Xu Huai was so angry that things almost got out of hand. After Wang Xianggong went back, he caught us and trained us for a long time. We also had to serve food to the brothers in the Xiang Army. I can think of you now, so thank God! Otherwise, we would be hungry.
You guys will die!" Zheng Tu spread the bamboo mat rolled up under his arms in the aisle, and asked him to open the bamboo basket and put in two large bowls of roasted mutton, two bowls of fat goose wrapped in dried lotus leaves, roasted eggplant, etc.
The dishes were placed in abundance, and two jars of wine were taken out from the bamboo basket.
The door of Xu Huai's cell was not locked. Xu Huai threw off his straw sandals, sat cross-legged on the bamboo mat, pointed to Wang Kong's cell, and said to Cheng Yanqing: "Beaver King, Brother Yan, and Brother Shen are all heroes.
Hey man, open that cell and let them sit over and drink together!"
Cheng Yanqing's brows jumped when he saw Xu Huai dictating to him.
Xu Huai paid no attention to Cheng Yanqing's face and turned to look at other cells:
"Is there any brother who thinks he can take a punch and a half of my hand? If so, come and drink with me. If you don't have the ability, don't come out to cheat on food or drink. I will punch you when I go to the quarry tomorrow.
I’m asking you to verify it!”
Wine and meat spoil his mother's taste.
Yan Xiaoyi and Shen Zhene were punched by Xu Huai but nothing happened. The greedy and daring prisoner banged on the cell door and shouted:
"I can take Master Xu's palm. I'll go to the quarry tomorrow and ask Master Xu to check..."
Although the scene was not as terrifying as the riot of thousands of prisoners, Cheng Yanqing really didn't know what trouble Xu Huai, a fool, would cause if his intentions were not fulfilled, so he hurriedly signaled to the jailer to release Wang Kong and others from the cell to the corridor.
I'm having a drink with Xu Huai, a reckless guy.
Zheng Tu was still afraid of making too much noise, so when he saw seventeen or eight people sitting around, he stopped. The others continued to stay in the cell. He personally carried a jar of wine and passed bowls of wine through the gate.
, please have a big drink, everyone.
Those who were truly vicious and not afraid of causing trouble, sat around Xu Huai with Wang Kong, Yan Xiaoyi, and Shen Zhene. The others were very grateful to have a sip of wine and did not dare to expect too much.
Zheng Tu, Yin Peng, and Tang Qing took Cheng Yanqing to sit on the table in a corner of the cell to eat meat and drink wine.
Cheng Yanqing still felt that Zheng Tu was soothing and measured in his actions. When he saw him talking to Xu Huai in a rude manner, he wanted to get closer to him, hoping that he could restrain Xu Huai from acting recklessly.
"...You guys are angry or not. In the battles at Tiaohutan and Huangqiaozhai, I killed Chen Zixiao, Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and the others. I killed the thieves with my own hands. There were not even a hundred or eighty, but I didn't. To reward me for my merit, if I just killed a blind person in front of Dong Cheng, they would punish me and take me from Huaiyuan to Huangqiao Village for trial. I don’t know who the fuck grandson leaked the information to harm me, a bunch of people The thieves lurked in Maomaoerling and wanted to assassinate me, but what do I belong to? I am a tiger. These grandsons wanted to assassinate me, but I killed them all. However, in the end, we were all one by one. After working hard and not even getting anything, Chen Zixiao, Guo Junpan, and Pan Chenghu did the bad thing of having a baby before they decided to have a baby, and accepted the recruitment, and suddenly they looked like dogs, the inspection envoy, and the commander of the Xiang Army. ——This really makes people’s hearts and lungs explode. You think I can feel comfortable looking at those grandsons and look good on them? If I had known this, I might as well have fallen into a trap——"
Xu Huai drank wine and talked about old things with Wang Kong and others.
"Beaver King, Brother Xiao Yi, suppress evil, you are all heroes, but in my opinion, you are too aggrieved. If Zhu Xiaotong's grandson dares to make fun of us again by using the food that pigs and dogs don't eat, I say we will Don't stop, kill those dogs|sons, pull the team up and enter Guanlu Mountain. As long as we don't die, maybe in the end we can become an inspection envoy and command the envoys to work. We can't say that we have fallen into disgrace. The ability of the bandits is not as good as that of those sons of bitches like Chen Zixiao, right?"
"Okay, if these sons of bitches treat us badly again, we will kill them and bleed like rivers of blood!"
A chivalrous person breaks the law with force.
Sitting in the corridor were all warriors who had killed and injured people. They could really feel the frustration Xu Huai said, and it had been brewing in their chests for who knows how long. At this time, they were drunk with wine, and Xu Huai was leading and seducing them in front of them. Naturally, I no longer have any scruples about speaking.
"General Cheng, don't listen to that fool's nonsense. With Mr. Wang here, he can't cause trouble - he has such a pig-dog temper. In addition, anyone who is exposed to this matter will definitely be a little angry. He talks about it. If he doesn't stay at the door, you can just let him talk nonsense and let him vent." Zheng Tu comforted Cheng Yanqing from the side.
If anyone else dared to say such words in the cell to confuse the public, Cheng Yanan might have dared to be ruthless and drag him out and beat him to death. But when these words came out of Xu Huai's mouth, he could only feel uncontrollable fear. trembling.
Thinking about the commotion in front of the hut at the end of the day today, he was really afraid that this fool would lead Wang Kong, Yan Xiaoyi and others, take advantage of the drunkenness to smash the cell door, and then kill all the prisoners in dozens of cells. Let out a riot.
Drive this bastard out of the cell now?
Cheng Yanqing felt that it was useless to do so. Whether he could be driven away was one thing. Thousands of prisoners had to go to work in the quarry tomorrow. After arriving at the quarry, he could not restrict Xu Huai from following Wang Kong, Yan Xiaoyi and the others. Maybe Xu Huai would hate him just for this matter.
Is he worthy of provoking this murderous star?
He went to Zhu Xiaotong now and said that Xu Huai, Wang Kong, Yan Xiaoyi and others were suspected of inciting the prisoners to rebel, and asked the soldiers of the Imperial Guard at Caocheng Village to suppress them?
The key to the problem is that Xu Huai may not be beaten to death with a stick, but he will definitely form a deadly feud with Wang Zhen. Why should he bother?
As the commander-in-chief of the prison camp, Cheng Yanqing didn't know many secrets, but he also knew that Wang Xun, as the former censor Zhongcheng, was demoted to Lanzhou to be a ninth-grade sesame official, which even the governor Guo Zhongxiong didn't dare to offend easily.
He is such a small character, why would he bother to make such a sworn enemy for a small Xiang army general?
At this moment, Cheng Yanqing wanted to find two cotton balls to plug his ears.
Seeing Yanqing in such a state, those jailers had secretly accepted the silver coins presented by Zheng Tu before, so of course they turned a blind eye now...
