Daqing Criminal Division

The next three days, until the seventh day of the seventh day.

There were no similar violent internal fights in Taipingfu Prison.

One is that Lie Ertai, the cell leader, suddenly increased the number of guards patrolling the prison.

The second reason is that once a fight is found again, the guards will directly fight with their fists, and will not let anyone go.

It was the Qing prison day when the legendary chief jailer Wen Sui would appear.

There are still eight days, and every time this day comes, it is the day when the entire Taiping Mansion prison will be sealed off.

Lie Ertai probably felt that if the prisoners made troubles, they would not be able to deal with their superiors, so he became more and more wary of their gang of mad dogs biting each other. The other prisoners were deterred one by one, so they didn't dare to make trouble like others .

This made people temporarily doubt whether Lie Ertai's identity was related to the spider organization.

Because if he was a member of the spider, he shouldn't be so obviously trying to maintain the order of the prison. Liertai has a violent personality and a simple mind. know,

Therefore, the second-in-command Lie Ertai may really only be in the Taiping Mansion prison, and his actual involvement in the case is also the least suspected.

This became the most obvious discovery of a certain two people in the past three days.

And because of a public fight before that, there was also a night of confinement.

Although they still look unfamiliar with each other.

But now, every prisoner knew the names of a certain or two lunatics.

In the eyes of those prisoners, the two of them are like the two tattoos on Duan Xiao and Fuchaerzi when they were imprisoned, and they have an absolute survival advantage in the special environment of the prison.

During this period, Fucharzi was still fighting alone, like a loner and weirdo.

Duan Xiao didn't know what he was doing every day alone.

But it can be seen that the two of them really performed the whole scene last time.

Not only Lie Ertai, but now it seems that all the prisoners in the prison completely believe that the two of them are really two natural enemies that are 'incompatible'.

Compared with Fucharzi who suddenly hid in the past three days.

Duan Xiao, who lives in the cell opposite to him but is treated completely differently from him, seems to have found his like-minded 'new partner'.

Because since the end of the confinement, he and Baltu took the initiative to join forces, not only that, but also hang out together all day long, completely becoming another new character in the Taipingfu Prison.

The last time Baltu was beaten in public by someone, Duan Xiao's performance after that already showed that he is now on Baltu's side.

——As for how Duan Xiao expressed his intention of 'surrender' to Baltu afterwards.

The reason is actually very simple.

Because of the 'crime' that Duan Xiao was carrying when he was imprisoned, and the 'rumor' that Duan Xiao used to spread through the mouth of the jailer for the first time.

He knew that when he asked the jailer about Baltu.

The other party must have also inquired about him in secret. He had planted such a secret thread early on. Afterwards, Baltu, who got the words from the jailer, would also think that he was a lustful scum.

A scum who has a strong desire for female sex, and even goes to jail and says he can't help it.

It does sound like someone who can be controlled.

——It just so happens that Baltu has these 'things' in his hands, so he is not hesitant to show Duan Xiao all these things to his heart's content.

All of this is exactly what Duan Xiao wants to figure out, that is, what kind of group and force is the 'that person' standing behind Baltu, and whether it is related to the 'spider'.

Because that night in Cell No. [-], which was the accidental discovery at the scene of the deceased Cathay Pacific.

Afterwards, Duan Xiao still thought of a way to take the opportunity to contact Jiangning Mansion and Taiping Mansion who are still outside responsible for their response and waiting for news.

Before being imprisoned, the government had clearly found a relevant coordinator for their undercover mission this time.

This special correspondent from the government to convey the news to the inside - the old coachman who sent them in for the first time was used as an intermediary.

In fact, the seemingly old 'carriage driver' was also arranged by the government in advance.

He will send a new batch of prisoners in within three fixed days, and he will also give the jailers some silver coins to go out of the checkpoint once.

So the next morning, it was the old man who found an excuse to find Duan Xiao in the field outside the Taiping Mansion prison that was used for farm work for prisoners.

The place they agreed in advance was under a fortress building surrounded by iron rings.

The place was deserted during the day, and there was no grass growing, which was quite similar to the gloomy atmosphere around the prison.

The watchtower of the Taiping Mansion Prison was on the back of the place where the news was conveyed, but there happened to be a hut for the convenience of the jailers, which also blocked the sight of other jailers.

At this moment, 'Hohoo' heard two coughing sounds.

The old coachman with long braids, a small felt hat, and a gray beard was wearing a large gray-blue jacket with two breasts in autumn, smoking a pipe in his hand, and looked a little anxious.

There is also a money bag pinned to his waist, which is used to carry physical evidence, and there are about three or four taels of "good things" brought in from outside for Duan Xiao to continue to help him approach Baltu in prison.

This 'good thing' was originally intended for some grown men.

It is the tonic of donkeys and tigers. It is said by the folks that eating it can strengthen the yang and generate body fluids, and the dragon is strong and the tiger is fierce. It was also Duan Xiao who asked him to take it by name when he was looking for him this time.

Because he still wants to please and flatter Baltu these days, he has to find an excuse to send something over.

Judging from Duan Xiao's personal point of view, things like gold and silver are no better than this, because Baltu and others are lustful and greedy, and they have been imprisoned in this ruthless death row all year round. The demand for this item is definitely great, so he asked the government to help him send this item in.

Waiting for the informant to walk back and forth, he rubbed his rough palms.

And by lowering his head to straighten his trouser belt behind the earthen toilet, he poked his head out and looked out many times.

Just when he was a little nervous and couldn't help lowering his head, he felt someone standing behind him. The informant posing as a coachman was startled, and turned his head to look, only to see Duan Xiao standing behind him in a prison uniform with his arms folded .

"It's hard work, the Jiangning government asked you to come?"

Looking around, Duan Xiao, who had been in prison for the past two days, asked.

Early in the morning, after eating a meal at the other end of the slot, he temporarily escaped the guards in all directions in this prison and found this place again.

Seeing this, the informant heaved a sigh of relief, first threw the bag on his waist to him, and then found a place to stand and talk with him in the backlight.

Duan Xiaoren came out alone.

It was impossible for Fucharzi to walk with him during the day, the prison was full of the eyes and ears of Baltu and Liertai, and it was inconvenient for them to meet with the person in charge and contact the government.

"Yes, Lord Duan, the Sima arrester heard that you had a conflict with Baltu yesterday when you were in contact with the forces in the prison, and you were put in confinement, so you want me to inquire about it, lest something happen to you."

I was still a little worried that something might have gone wrong. The Jiangning Mansion and Taiping Mansion outside were chasing this line this time, and the informant also showed concern.

"It's all right, everything is within the original plan, and he and I won't expose this situation for the time being, but Sima Zhun asked you to come, what can we tell you?"

Duan Xiao seemed to see that the informant was in a hurry, so he only indicated that it was safe here, and continued the conversation with the other party.

Also upon hearing this, the informant who vaguely revealed some meaning in the words looked around and then raised two fingers and frowned and replied solemnly,

"To tell you the truth, Lord Duan, you have discovered these two things inside and outside the prison these two days. Under the joint government of Taiping Mansion and Jiangning Mansion this time, they are temporarily accepting investigation there."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Realizing something was wrong, he changed his conversation posture, and Duan Xiao, who was leaning against the wall, only squinted his eyes to show his thoughts.

"The first thing is that the government of Taiping Prefecture fished out six solid wooden boxes from the bottom of the moat the day before yesterday, but the boxes were already empty when the fishing boat managed to fish them up, and the contents inside were also missing."

"Second thing, the hair from the Sima police official's mansion appeared two months ago. In Wen Sui's mansion, the head of the prison in Taiping Mansion that we have been watching for a long time, a family member reported the case one day, saying that a female family member was missing, but afterwards, it was He also said that the case was closed after the person was found for no reason. It has been more than two months since this happened, and Wen Sui's family has not made any announcements, but the suspected loss of a daughter in his family two months ago was noticed by Sima quickly. .”

"Six boxes? Wen Sui's daughter?"

"Yes, it's these two things. Detective Sima asked me to tell you two."

I have to say that these two weird clues sound really puzzling.

Leaving aside the strange timeline of the box that just happened to appear during the period of the case, it is not like a coincidence that it just happened to Wen Sui's family, one of the people involved in the case.

Because if it was a coincidence, Wen Sui shouldn't have gone to close the case out of nowhere afterwards, but how could his well-behaved daughter, a boudoir girl, be lost? What's going on?

At the moment, Sima Zhun and the others are outside, and they are also constantly investigating the suspicious aspects of the Taiping Mansion case. Now they will notice this, but Duan Xiao is in prison at the moment, and he can only hear about it at first. Write down this as information for later use, and then thank the informant who brought the news to him.

Then, thinking that he also had something to do, Duan Xiao, who folded his hands, thought about it and said this to the rather old informant.

"I already know these two things. You can tell Sima Zhun to continue the investigation and wait for our reply. But since you are here, can you ask Sima Zhun to help me outside as soon as possible."

Duan Xiao replied.

"Okay, Master Duan, what's the matter, just tell us, Jiangning government and Taiping government will help you two outside."

Knowing that it was not easy for them to be imprisoned, the informant who hastily bowed his hands responded.

"Please help me take out the hair and blood of these three red dead people. They were found from the cell where Cathay died. It is best to find a government official to check carefully to see if there is any metal in the dead Cathay's body. Or a disease of excess ore."

After thinking about it, Duan Xiao added,

"Metal, ore?"

The informant looked a little surprised.

"Yes, metal or ore poisoning."

"But I'm not sure if it's really related to this. It seems that I'm just collecting evidence first. In addition, let's see if the ignition point of the blood of the deceased is normal, because the body has not yet found anything stored in the prison. place, so this autopsy result can also help us find the body."

"Also, I just want to know, before the Taiping Mansion Prison was built into a prison, did you do other private business, or did you keep any special passages inside?"

This remark sounded a bit weird indeed.

After all, the other cases before never said that this aspect of the deceased should be checked.

But temporarily, Duan Xiao didn't want to explain too much about it.

He only observed the surroundings with the informant, and then borrowed a deserted place under the prison fortress to talk face to face.

However, he will tell you about the physical evidence of the circular burn mark, and the red dead man's hair and blood. When the physical evidence needs to be arranged by the government to arrange a doctor to test the disease again, he only needs to get the results from Sima Zhun. The further investigation of the case will have a clear direction.

"Okay, I will give you the hair and blood of the new dead person you found. Jiangning Mansion and Taiping Mansion will give you the autopsy comparison results as soon as possible, but there is still about the circular brand mark and the secret passage, maybe the 'source' It is still inside the prison, and you need to find a way to do some detailed evidence collection."

"In addition, if it is true as you said, there are other forces related to the 'spider' in the prison. It is best to maintain the close relationship between you and the gang inside Baltu. Judging from the current clues, this prison will be A critical line in insider trading."

"Then keep in touch at any time."

The old coachman sent by the government to be an informant finally explained to Duan Xiao in this way.

Duan Xiao knew that he would help bring the message out, but he also left.

Before leaving, he took a last look at the observation tower on the upper floor of the Taiping Mansion, which seemed to be watching the entire prison and the prisoners. He saw that the topmost room in the dark above was vaguely the topmost room of the prison, and another Without saying a word, he turned around and left quickly.

The informant went for three days.

During this period, Duan Xiao has been waiting for news.

But maybe Cathay Pacific's autopsy results and the three hairs really need to be re-compared, so the waiting time has passed like this.

But at the same time, on the other side, while Duan Xiao was in private contact with the Jiangning government informant, Fucha Erji, who was still in prison, also saw someone on the other side.

'This person' does not belong to the official side.

But he got mixed up in the prison of Taiping Mansion all the way, but compared to Fuchaerzi who was still in prison, this guy who took the initiative to find him was much more respectable when he appeared.

At that time, Fucharzi, who was lying on his side alone on the dirt bed, had just finished the whole night of confinement last night, and fell motionless in his own cell with his arms on his head and eyes closed.

He looked like he was asleep with his back on his back.

But in fact, most of the time, people like Fucharzi are absolutely clear-headed.

Because he simply won't relax or rest in any unsafe place.

Like a bird that has been used to guarding the mountains and rivers all year round, his cold eyes will stare at the abnormalities around him at any time.

From body to soul.

He couldn't even forget some dark memories engraved in the depths.

And recalling the two days of going back and forth between the notch and the prison, just when Duan Xiao was away this morning, he also encountered a strange thing.

At that time, it was at the notch at the third quarter of the hour, and Fucharzi came here with a group of prisoners early in the morning, and began to eat dry food and sit down, but when he casually took two bites of this half dry pancake, Only then did Fucharzi realize that the spoon with the notch today is not a copper spoon.

In the previous three or four days, the copper spoon that everyone had was replaced by an aluminum spoon.

Aluminum spoon?

If it weren't for the weight in your hand, it would be completely different.

Just looking at the two sets of spoons that are exactly the same in color, it is difficult for Fucharzi to see the difference.

But he had seen the copper spoon before, so he could clearly feel the difference.

The rest of the prisoners sitting on the side didn't know if they didn't care about this, or they seemed to have gotten used to it.

Seeing this, Fucharzi, who put down the porridge bowl in his hand, lowered his head and shook the aluminum spoon with a completely different weight twice, wondering whether the prison was aware of the danger of the copper spoon itself before changing it.

But thinking about it is a bit abrupt, because this aluminum spoon seems to be used, but why two different sets of spoons should be equipped in a prison is a bit confusing.

This change about the spoon in the prison was silently recorded by Fucharzi who returned to the cell alone afterwards.

After returning, he has been thinking about things.

At this time, the iron door of the cell on the far east side seemed to be opened, and he heard footsteps outside, and then a figure like a 'jailor' stopped behind him.

The black shadow walked forward step by step.

Just looks like a skinny young man with braids.

At that moment, a shadow of the man standing outside hit him strangely, but he didn't move.

As far as the eye could see, this thin-looking young man was wearing a jailer's uniform he got from somewhere, and cloth shoes, but his face could not be seen clearly in the dark.

Looking at it this way, he has thin shoulders, a pointed nose, a hair hanging by his ear, and he is born with a hunched back that is a bit listless at a young age.

If there is anything special, it is probably that the hands are very white, the nails are like crescents, and they are hands that seem to hold brushes all year round and are good at calligraphy and painting.

But probably only Fucharzi, who knew him, would know.

This person is not only good at poetry and painting, but also good at doing another job. They are also the same kind of people hiding in the dark.

As a prisoner, Fucharzi felt that there was a problem just lying down. When he opened his black and gray eyes and looked out, but this time, he saw a picture that he could not even turn into ashes. A face that may not be recognized.

——a face that belonged to another of his old friends.

"'Bafang', long time no see."