Duan Tianming and Du Shaoqin stood at the gate of Dongchang Prison, looking hesitantly at the team of Jin Yiwei walking in the distance.
Just now, the captain guarding the gate reported that a group of men in uniform, who seemed to be escorting several people, were walking towards the prison.
The current Dongchang Prison contains the prince, and no one is allowed to approach. A team of more than a dozen people like this wants to approach, which has attracted the attention of the prison.
Although the other parties are all dressed in Jinyiwei costumes, what if they are disguised by other forces?
Xiao Chen is not in Dongchang today. If the other party has any plans, they must be blocked from the gate.
Seeing the other party getting closer and closer, Du Shaoqin felt a little nervous.
"Tianming, go in and gather the people. Judging from their appearance, it seems that the target is our prison." Du Shaoqin stared closely at the team slowly walking in the distance.
"Well, you keep an eye here while I go in and gather people." With that said, Duan Tianming turned around and walked into the door.
The team of Jin Yiwei was getting closer and closer, and when they saw that they were only two or three feet away from the Dongchang Prison, Du Shaoqin shouted: "Dongchang Prison, no one is allowed to approach. If you continue to come forward, you will be killed without mercy." As he said, the gun on his waist
The saber has been drawn out with a bang.
At this time, Duan Tianming also led a team of one hundred people and rushed out of the gate with weapons in hand.
"Open the door, what do you want to do with such a strong formation?" A voice came from behind the Jin Yiwei.
Duan Tianming raised the saber in his hand and pointed at the opponent: "I will count to three. If you don't leave, I will kill you without mercy."
"Do you want to kill me too?" Xiao Chen walked out from the back of the team with a toothpick in his mouth and a bright smile.
Duan Tianming was a little dumbfounded when he saw Xiao Chen. Before he could say anything, the hundred or ten Dongchang captains behind him had already put down their swords and lined up respectfully one by one.
"What's going on?" Duan Tianming and Du Shaoqin hurriedly rushed forward. They looked at Xiao Chen and then at the team of Jin Yiwei.
"I went out today and happened to meet a few people who violated laws and disciplines. Jin Yiwei's brothers happened to be at the scene, so I asked them to help me catch these people." Xiao Chen waved to Du Shaoqin, indicating that he would accept the prisoners.
The hundred members of the Jinyi Guards hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted everyone one by one. Finally, they looked at Xiao Chen and said, "It is an honor for me to serve the purple-clothed captain."
Xiao Chen chuckled and patted the other party's chest with his hand: "Okay, thank you brother this time. I will inform your commander about this later."
As he spoke, he lowered his voice again: "When collecting bribes in the future, ask them to exchange them for banknotes. It's really ugly to hold such a big ingot in your arms."
Baihu was embarrassed for a while, his face turned red. He hurriedly took out the silver ingot in his arms, raised his hands, and knelt on the ground with a "pop".
"The crime of taking bribes from a small person deserves to be punished by death, just because of an adult's reward."
It is normal for Jinyiwei to go out for a walk and collect some money. But today, the purple-clothed captain actually looked at him. Now that he is directly pointed out, he can't keep his face.
"Okay, okay, since you can still stick to your principles, let's forget about it. Take this ingot and buy some wine for the brothers." Xiao Chen waved his hand and slowly walked into the Dongchang Prison.
Duan Tianming also worked with Du Shaoqin to receive the prisoners and walked into the Dongchang Prison. He turned around and closed the door tightly.
Outside the door, seeing his Baihu kneeling on the ground, and the other party left on his own, a Jinyi Guardsman felt a little dissatisfied and said: "We helped Dongchang escort the prisoners, but they didn't say thank you, and they didn't even know how to help Baihu.
Sir, get up."
"This captain in purple is a bit too trusting." A captain next to him also continued to say.
"Be outrageous. From now on, no one is allowed to say anything wrong about Captain Ziyi. Don't you remember that according to our Ming Dynasty law, embezzlement of sixty taels of silver is a capital offense? Today, he spared me, which means he has spared you. Don't you know?
At least you are chewing your tongue. Let’s go.”
With a wave of his hand, everyone left quickly.
Inside the prison, Duan Tianming whispered into Xiao Chen's ear and asked, "Who are these prisoners?"
"The important criminal of the imperial court will be detained alone. The other three will be imprisoned in a cell." Xiao Chen said calmly.
Seeing Xiao Chen's serious look, Duan Tianming didn't ask any more questions and pushed each of them into the cell.
According to the rules of the cell, the ropes on the three people's bodies had been untied, and each of them had been put on heavy shackles. After everything was changed, Xiao Chen walked into the cell where the owner of the tavern and the two men were imprisoned.
After learning Xiao Chen's identity, the three of them watched Xiao Chen come in. They did nothing except panic.
"Tell me, who ordered you?" Xiao Chen said calmly as he sat down on the small bed and looked at the three people standing in the middle of the cell.
"Sir, I'm just hearing about the book. It's purely voluntary, without anyone's instructions." A man spoke.
"Oh, you have given up the chance of living." He stood up slowly, walked to the man, slowly raised his right hand and placed it on the man's neck.
Seeing that Xiao Chen's right hand was about to strangle his neck, the man quickly stepped back and wanted to explain something.
In an instant, Xiao Chen followed up and pinched the opponent's neck with his right hand like a vise.
"Since you gave up the chance of living, there is no need to explain." Xiao Chen smiled, staring into the other person's frightened eyes, and gradually increased his strength in his right hand.
The man's face turned red from suppressing it, his eyes gradually popped out, his mouth opened wide, and his tongue stretched out long. He held Xiao Chen's arm with both hands and struggled desperately.
Keeping the smile on his face, Xiao Chen kept his right hand on the other person's neck.
The struggle became smaller and smaller, his bulging eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes, and his outstretched tongue never went back. The man tilted his head, and the hands holding Xiao Chen's arms fell down feebly, and he stopped breathing.
He slowly let go of his right hand, and the man collapsed on the ground like a puddle of mud, his body gradually becoming cold.
With his hands behind his back, Xiao Chen looked at another man: "Tell me, who is the mastermind behind you?"
The man watched helplessly as his companion was strangled to death by Xiao Chen. He was so frightened that his whole body was shaking like chaff. There were drops of yellow liquid dripping down rapidly under his trouser legs.
Seeing Xiao Chen asking himself, he knelt on his knees with a pop and said tremblingly: "It's Mr. Storyteller. He gave me money and asked me to cooperate with him."
"Oh, this answer is of no value. You are of no use even if you are alive." Xiao Chen shook his head, raised his right foot, and kicked it out gently.
However, the moment it came into contact with the other party, the man's body quickly bounced up like a ball and hit the bluestone wall behind him.
With a "bang" sound, it bounced off the wall and fell to the ground, motionless.
The red blood from his mouth slowly flowed out, outlining a small river on the ground.
