Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 188 Working together
The female jailer was resting in the cell. She heard Yan Ciwan's cry for help, but she turned a deaf ear to it and did not move at all.

Then she heard a series of shrill screams like ghosts and wolves howling.

At first she thought it was Yan Ciwan’s voice, but later as she listened, she realized something was wrong. It didn’t seem to be Yan Ciwan’s voice.

She had a bad feeling in her heart, so she immediately stood up and walked out of the cell, quickly walking to the door of the last cell.

She used the key to unlock the door, pushed it open, and saw the two strong female prisoners being pinned to the ground by Yan Ci Wan, with their wrists in abnormal twisted postures.

Yan Ci Wan put the iron chain in the middle of the shackles around the necks of the two men and pulled it back with force, strangling them so that they could not breathe. Their faces turned red and purple, but they could not break free and could only twist their bodies desperately.

The female jailer was horrified and shouted, "Stop it!"

Yan Ciwan didn't even look at the female jailer. He stared at the two female prisoners who were pressed to the ground by him and questioned them again.

"Tell me, who sent you here?"

The female jailer drew the sword from her waist, pointed the tip of the sword at Yan Ciwan, and shouted sternly: "If you don't stop, don't blame me for being rude!"

Yan Ciwan raised his eyes and looked coldly at the female jailer.

That gaze was as sharp as a knife, as if it could pierce through all obstacles in front of it.

The female jailer was shocked by his momentum and took a step back subconsciously, but she quickly came to her senses. She had a knife in her hand, and the other party's hands and feet were handcuffed. What was there for her to be afraid of? !
She raised the knife and chopped at Yan Ci Wan's wrist, trying to force Yan Ci Wan to let go.

Yan Ci Wan's hand moved to the side, just avoiding the blade. The blade hit the chain, and sparks flew out from the collision of metal.

The female jailer wanted to draw her knife and strike again, but Yan Ciwan held the back of the knife with one hand.

Although she didn't seem to use much strength, the female jailer felt as if the knife weighed a thousand pounds. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get the knife back.

Yan Ciwan let go of the chain with his left hand, grabbed the back of the knife with his right hand and pulled hard, twisting his waist at the same time.

The blade brushed past her waist and abdomen.

The female jailer felt herself being pulled over by a powerful force, and her body fell forward uncontrollably. When she was only one foot away from Yan Ci Wan, Yan Ci Wan raised his left hand and grabbed her neck and asked.

"Who asked you to harm me?"

The female jailer was born strong and had more strength than many adult men. No one in the women's prison dared to provoke her. However, at this moment, she was being held in someone's hand like a chicken, and she had no power to resist.

She was terrified, her face gradually turned red due to suffocation, and her lips opened and closed, and it took a while before she made a sound with difficulty.

"Yes...it was Envoy Xie who ordered it. He said...that you are closely related to the disappearance case, and we must...we must severely dampen...your arrogance, only then...only then will you tell the truth..."

Yan Ciwan frowned. The so-called Envoy Xie should be the governor of Yizhou. Could it be that he was the mastermind behind all this?
But she had never been to Yizhou before and had no grudge against the governor of Yizhou. Why would the other party want to harm her?

She asked, "Did Envoy Xie personally tell you to do this?"

"No... No, Envoy Xie is very busy, how could he... personally meet with a lowly official like me? It was the military officer Xie Li who told me to do this. Xie Li is... Envoy Xie's cousin, they are actually a family, and what he said... is what Envoy Xie meant."

Yan Ciwan narrowed her eyes. She didn’t recognize either Governor Xie or Fashi Xie.

It seems that the water in Yizhou City is very deep.

She stared at the female jailer and whispered, "I can let you go. When Justice Xie asks you about this, you can say that you have done what he said. This way, you can complete your mission smoothly and I can save a lot of trouble. What do you think?"

The female jailer hurriedly agreed: "Okay!" Yan Ciwan let go of her hand.

The female jailer staggered backwards, her back leaning against the cell door, breathing heavily. At this moment, she was exhausted all over and could hardly hold the official knife in her hand.

The situation of the other two female prisoners was even worse. They lay on the ground like dead dogs, sweating profusely, their hands and feet weak, and they couldn't even get up.

After she recovered from the shock, the female jailer stood up straight. She glared at Yan Ciwan angrily and said through gritted teeth, "Just wait for me!"

After saying that, she turned around and left.

Yan Ciwan asked, "Are you going to complain to Justice Xie about me? Do you think Justice Xie will send someone to deal with me to avenge you? You are too naive. If you tell Justice Xie the truth, he will just think you are a useless waste because you can't even deal with a female prisoner with restricted movements."

The female jailer paused.

Yan Ciwan continued to speak slowly: "For those in a high position like Xie Fazhi, they don't care about the process, they only care about the results. If you can't give him the results he wants, it only means that your ability to do things is too poor. Keeping you is a waste of public grain, so it's better to replace you directly."

The female jailer tried to remain calm and said, "Don't exaggerate here. My family has been jailers for generations. As long as I don't make a big mistake, my position will not change."

"Is it a big mistake to lose the key to the prison door?"

As Yan Ciwan spoke, he took out a copper key and shook it gently.

The keys collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

The female jailer was horrified and hurriedly touched her waist, but the key that was supposed to be hanging on her belt was missing.

She immediately realized that when she and Yan Ciwan were fighting just now, Yan Ciwan took advantage of her unpreparedness and stole the key from her.

She glared at Yan Ciwan angrily and shouted in frustration: "Give me back the key!"

Yan Ciwan smiled slightly: "If you do as I say, we will both be at peace. If you insist on causing trouble for me, then I will have to drag you into this as well. When Xie Zhifa comes to hold me accountable, I will say that you and I are in cahoots. This key was given to me by you personally so that I could escape from prison smoothly."

Losing keys, colluding with prisoners, assisting in prison escape...any crime is enough to make the female prison guard suffer.

She was filled with hatred and fear, and her eyes were almost spitting fire.

But in the end she endured it, she stretched out her hand and said through gritted teeth.

"I'll listen to you and won't say anything. Just give me the key back."

Yan Ciwan put the keys in her arms and said, "I will keep these keys until I leave the women's prison."

The female jailer said angrily, "How can I open the doors of these cells without a key?"

"There should be a backup key for the cell, right? Why don't you just use the backup key to open the door?"

The female jailer stared at her for a long time, and was sure that she had no way to deal with her, so she could only blame herself for her bad luck.

She turned away angrily and dejectedly.

After sending the female jailer away, Yan Ciwan turned around and looked at the two female prisoners lying on the ground.

The two men felt her gaze and shuddered at the same time.

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