Daqing Criminal Division

Ninth day

Ushio

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Another morning after dawn.

With the lock on the iron fence that was locked overnight being knocked by the cell head, another day of noisy prison life began. More than 300 prisoners poured into the notch this morning and began to eat.

Hundreds of prisoners were eating and drinking together with wide rice bowls.

One by one, they were pawing at their own rice bowls like vicious dogs, eating with greasy mouths. Among them, early in the morning, Baltu's gang swung open the gate of the iron grille and came in. up.

No one dared to stop them on the road.

Only this time, there was an extra Duan Owl next to the vicious 'Prison Bully' Baltu.

Today, Baltuna, who was once again ganged up, wore a solid copper earring on his ear, thick braids hanging down his back, and the wolf head tattoo on the side of his ear looked even more ferocious.

Duan Xiao, who was half a step behind him, didn't speak, and his face alone attracted attention.

After all, Duan Owl looks very good.

Anyone with long eyes can see this.

But after entering this prison, he was tainted with a fierce aura, but it didn't dilute his original aura.

On the contrary, there is an increasingly sharp and bloody hidden under the human skin.

Looking at it this way, as a man, his nose bridge is straight and straight, his lips are thin, but his face is still so eye-catching, with dark eyes and the feeling of always looking into the dark.

He was wearing a double-breasted prison white prison uniform today.

It is tied at the wrist, straight and neater than people wearing official uniforms. I haven't had time to tidy it up since I was imprisoned, but I can't see a messy braid hanging down on one shoulder.

But that's the kind of person he is.

Among a group of fierce and ugly-looking three religions and nine streams, he also adapted well.

His current identity is one of Baltu's subordinates and thugs, because he had protected Baltu once before, and even vented his anger for him. Recently, Baltu often let him follow him.

Last time he entrusted the government to bring in the tiger wolf medicine, Duan Xiao had already given it to Baltu in private.

Because he joined this group of people, he usually had to offer tea to the boss, Baltu, so Duan Xiao took advantage of his time with Baltu every day to deliver the medicine.

Baltu, who was suffocating with anger in his chest every day in this ghost place, really enjoyed it.

Even if he wanted to restrain the man's rarity towards this thing, he couldn't hide his blushing smile and knocked on the prison bench under him.

"Yo, I didn't see it. You are a goddamn good guy and good at playing. You must have had a good time outside the prison."

"Baye praised it absurdly. If you use this kind of thing, it's good if you think it's good."

Duan Xiao, who had dealt with him for many days and was about to gain the trust of the gang step by step, also twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this.

"Hmph, not bad, you are very up-to-date and smart. If you want to survive in this prison in Taiping Mansion, you must have this kind of 'knowledge of current affairs'. Don't worry, as long as you don't imitate some people who don't know how to live or die, you are good." The days are coming, we say that we are a prison in the eyes of outsiders, but the outsiders don't know what kind of life we ​​are living."

"This is both a 'land of gods' and a 'cave of evil ghosts', it just depends on which way you want to go after you come in."

"Tonight, you will get some benefits, but when the 'time' is due, I will show you what a real 'good thing' is."

Baltu's words came close to Duan Xiao's ear, but it made my heart sink a bit.

But after saying this, the prison bully sneered and walked away, making people wonder what the 'timing' he said would be.

When he personally came out of the third night of confinement.

Duan Xiao, who was still lying in his cell, with his eyes closed but not asleep, heard a different footstep from the usual jailer. When he opened his eyes again, he saw that the jailer opened the cell door last time, and another Blessedly, you pointed to a white sack on your back.

Looking at the bulging shape of the sack on the ground, and the vague fragrance of powder, you can tell what it is, Duan Xiao also knows what it is.

Because in other prisons, there are often such things that bribe people to come in, and he has also given hints, so it is not surprising.

"what is this."

Duan Xiao pretended to look up at the bag, as if he was asking the question knowingly.

"Ha, don't play tricks, this is given to you by Baltu, and I also took the money to do something. I'm already dizzy, and I can't resist at all. I'll come and take it away tomorrow morning. You just need to be your 'groom officer'." ,Ha ha."

The jailer's words already made some dirty hints obvious.

Duan Xiao was silent for a while when he heard the words, and then pulled the corner of his mouth and replied, "Thank you for me, Lord Baba", but let the jailer just go away.

Baltu guessed that there would be no man in the world who could refuse the "fat meat" delivered to his door, so he was not interested in staying outside the door to eavesdrop and went to sleep elsewhere.

When the people left, Duan Xiao, who was sitting and looking at the top of the prison, thought about it and untied the corner of the bag with one hand, glanced inside, and sniffed the naked 'cargo' again, confirming that he was asleep In this state, he withdrew his hand.

It was pitch black.

The dark and turbid prison environment indeed magnifies the ugliness and madness of the human heart.

Duan Xiao has never been a gentleman, he is born with great ambition and desire, he is an iceberg undercurrent suppressed by nature for many years, always longing for more.

But after a while, he just retreated and sat down, facing the ceiling of the prison and a certain cell opposite him that had been dark for two or three days, and fell asleep with his arms on his pillow and eyes closed.

At dawn the next night, when the jailer came to open the door, he saw Duan Xiao sitting alone in the shadows with only half of his chest bare, his expression quite 'satisfied'.

The bag that seemed to be packed properly was also restored to its original state.

Since then, this different 'gift' has come three or four times.

Duan Xiao didn't seem to refuse the next time, but after three or four exchanges, Baltu took the opportunity to find an opportunity to formally make friends with Duan Xiao.

After all, he was having a good time with his flair, and it seems that the grass bandit hero has completely surrendered himself.

After a few rounds, both sides didn't think too much about it. Baltu was a gangster, but he really regarded him as a villain who only wanted to enjoy himself in prison, so he took him into his side.

Now, Duan Xiao, who had been lying in ambush like a spider for many days in the prison, passed another test and further penetrated into the interior of Baltu's group.

"Baye, you sit here hehe, the little ones have found a good place for you! Make room for us Baye! Get out of here!"

Right now, this dog-legged yell came from a skinny man with dry yellow hair and a hanging nose.

His name is 'Four Fen Six', which seems like a nickname, but Duan Xiao is not familiar with him, but whenever he comes to this slot for breakfast, this kid will lead the way for Baltu.

This is also one of the 'privileges' that the villain prison bully and his men usually enjoy.

But it’s okay to talk about a Baltu, and Duan Xiao, a newcomer, can also get into this relationship. Outsiders see it with envy, jealousy, and unspeakable discussions.

But I was not convinced in my heart, since I knew that Duan Xiao had become Baltu's man, the prisoners didn't dare to provoke him anymore.

He even paid tribute to him quietly in order to cling to the 'new boss'.

The so-called "tribute" is to give Duan Xiao some benefits in private from time to time, some of which are exchanged for one or two dishes of good wine, good food and cloth shoes and handkerchiefs with broken silver, such as to make him feel good if he meets himself in trouble in the future. Under the circumstances, help yourself more.

But Duan Xiao always had a feeling in the dark that Baltu, who had taken himself under his wings, was not as mighty and tall as his looks.

On the contrary, he is terrified of death.

——This matter is not Duan Xiao's conjecture.

It was because after that, on the fourth and fifth day of the lunar new year, he already knew where the No. [-] cell was.

But it was different from what he had thought before.

This whole huge cell No. [-].

It's not just Baltu living alone, but all the thugs he raised in the Taiping Mansion Prison, and every one of these thugs is inseparable from Baltu.

The strangest thing is that Baltu also gave each of the thugs locked up with him a special nickname, except Duan Xiao, the newcomer.

Like the two fat and thin ones who follow behind his butt every day.

One is called 'five-five', and the other is called 'four-five'—that's the person who called Lu Yaoyao just now.

It is said that these two are a pair of brothers with the same mother but different fathers, and they are most reused by Baltu. In addition, they have similar names like "seven points and three", which seems to be a special counting method.

Not only that, this group of people who are treated completely differently from other prisoners never have to work, it seems that there are other "secret livelihoods" in this prison.

Regarding this 'secret business', Duan Xiao hasn't figured out what it is for the time being, but it can be seen that it is what this group of prisoners headed by Baltu is doing that keeps them in prison for a long time A steady stream of money.

As for what the two code names "five points five" and "four points six" refer to.

As a newcomer, Duan Xiao couldn't fully figure it out, but it could be seen that Baltu trusted them very much, and there were such gangsters wherever he went. Even Duan Xiao was curious about the internal mode of this criminal gang.

"Duan Owl."

Just as he was helping to cook mixed vegetable porridge, his subordinates waited on Baltu and suddenly turned around and called him.

"Baby."

Duan Xiao also responded.

But as soon as he stood up, Duan Xiao knew why Baltu suddenly changed his mind and let him sit next to him.

Because there happened to be a 'lunatic' who beat him up in public last time.

——And the name of that 'madman' is Fuchaerzi.

……

Before that, Duan Xiao and Fuchaerzi hadn't seen each other for almost four days.

Today Fucharzi came alone.

Not only that, but the moment he came in and saw their group of people, he just ignored Baltu and Duan Xiao.

Because of the undercover mission this time, the two of them acted as if they didn't know each other, so they always pretended to be strangers in the prison with peace of mind.

During the period, neither of them asked much about what the other party was doing.

But at the moment when the two sides are paired up, the atmosphere inside and out is a bit strange, which is different from the gangsters like Baltu Duanxiao.

For the past two days, Fuchaerzi has been given two meals a day like the gang of low-level prisoners, and then went to work on the farmland outside regularly.

Because of this, he came into contact with a lot of idle prisoners like Duan Xiao said before, wandering around in the northwest corner.

It stands to reason that it is definitely not enough for a group of grown men to eat this little food and do such heavy work all day long.

So when it comes to work, most of the prisoners just perfunctorily scratched the ground a few times with a shovel.

It's no wonder that the plants on these lands don't grow very well. Not only are they sparse, but even the best sweet potatoes can't grow.

"It's just such a broken land, and people come to work every day. I don't know why we are asked to cultivate it all day long. If we can find a good or bad, it's fine. Look at this wilted melon seedling, how can it be planted? I heard that No. 16 just dug the ground last month, and I didn't see any tricks. Oh, that person is here, let's go away..."

The prisoners talked in private.

Fucharzi, who was often squatting half a step away with a plow tool to hoe the ground, heard it all in his ears.

When the others came again, the gang of prisoners left again, and after thinking about it, he saw no one around, so he just raised his foot to find the yellow-toothed old man 'Slayer Cai' that someone had mentioned before.

Over the past few days, Cai Yingcai and other prisoners who wandered outside dared to talk about him behind his back.

Even some prisoners who saw him alone plotted against him secretly. Several times, even in the middle of the night, they wanted to throw things in from the cell to kill him.

Because this is a prison, these things often happen.

Some of those 'hyenas' came from Liertai, and some were idle forces.

But because he offended so many people, even the jailer ignored him.

Fucharzi ignored them at all.

Unless you really want to do something, you will teach those 'darkness' forces a lesson. Instead, you just went out of your way today and asked them about the situation of the prison in Taiping Mansion in private.

'Infanticide Cai' lived up to his name.

It was about the crimes committed by the old prisoner when he was in prison.

He was originally from Gannan, Jiangxi Province. He was prosecuted and imprisoned at the beginning of the year because the plaintiff's family was from Jiangnan.

He has been locked in this prison for a year and a half, waiting for the imperial court to deal with it after the autumn. The calculation time came very early. Not only that, but the cell he lived in happened to be on the original side of Cathay Pacific, so he naturally knew many other people Do not know the secret.

Seeing that it was Fucha Erji, the 'killing baby Cai' who was suddenly asked to talk alone was relieved from the initial pause.

The moment he reacted, he wanted to turn around and run away without saying a word.

This 'guilty' appearance can be seen as a ghost.

Seeing this, Fucharzi stretched out his hand to grab the villain's shoulder without saying a word, and after paying attention to his surroundings, he threw him directly behind the low wall behind the farmland.

During the process, the old villain shook his arms and directly punched him fiercely in the face.

It was only when he raised his hand that Fucharzi noticed something.

——It turned out that the tattoos on the bodies of the prisoners in the northwest corner were rats.

Seeing this, Fucharzi turned around and dodged, strangled his neck and violently twisted one of his hands back with a 'click', and dragged him in like a dead dog in the most primitive way.

And screaming "Hey, it's broken, it's going to be broken" all the way, "Killing Cai", who was leaning against the wall and backing away, was too frightened to make a sound.

But Fuchaerzi didn't make things difficult for him, he just let him go freely as soon as he let go.

"I want to ask you something, what are you running for?"

Stepping aside to block his way, Fucharzi, who folded his arms, also glanced at the surveillance tower on the fortress behind them as he spoke.

And he probably guessed that he wanted to inquire about more things so that he could take revenge on Baltu.

Just talking with him revealed a lot of gossip, Cai Gan, who killed the infant, smiled, but the two also opened their mouths.

"Fu, Master Fu, you think highly of me if you ask me out for questioning. If you want to ask anything, I, 'Killing Infant Cai', can tell you in full. The messy things in this prison are nothing compared to the small ones. It's clearer..."

Seeming to be a little frightened, Shaying Cai also replied in the same way.

"Oh, is that so? Does Baltu have anything to do with it?"

"Handle, handle? Why...you suddenly ask this."

"The group of people provoked me last time, of course I want to take revenge, Baltu, and that Duan who has taken refuge in Baltu, if I don't find a way to mess with them, I will lose face."

Having said that, taking advantage of the time to go outside for a group release during the day, Fucha Erji, who found the 'killing baby Cai' alone, leaned against the wall and looked at the side wall of the prison expressionlessly with his hands folded. .

He was biting the root of the grass that had peeled off the skin in his mouth.

Chewing it under the tongue will give it a little sweet water. From this point of view, the prisoners in the closed place are not eating well, and they are all hungry and thin. Behind them is a circle of iron walls outside the entire fortress.

In the middle is a piece of farmland that is evenly arranged, and the prisoners usually do farming work on it.

NO.16.

Last month's NO.16 renovated farmland.

Cathay's death.

——For some reason, he was still thinking about what the little criminals said before.

"Uh, if there is such a 'fatal' clue, there is, but I don't have any evidence... I just heard some rumors..."

The eyeballs rolled around, turned sideways and looked around in a low voice, before 'Killing Cai' dared to tell Fucha Erji the truth.

"Oh, what rumors?"

Fucharzi asked him again.

"Someone said, of course, that's not what I said, it's just that everyone is talking about it, we're just people who are like rats... say that just before January, there was a death row... Cathay's death is very likely to be related to Baltu .”

"Because everyone knows that Baltu has been enjoying an ambiguous relationship in Taipingfu Prison."

"There was a saying that there was no truth about the death of the death row prisoner Cathay, because someone bought the jailer with money afterwards and disposed of Cathay's body. Not only that, but the death of Cathay was told to outsiders. People out there won't believe it."

"...Why don't you believe me?"

Realizing that something was wrong, Fucharzi continued to ask as if he didn't understand at all.

"Because, there is a gossip that few people know. It is said that when Cathay died on the night of the [-]th, the skin all over his body turned red, and he was like a hell ghost with red face and fangs."

"He didn't live in Cell No. [-]. He was originally under Baltu's command."

"He was locked up in No. [-] alone that night. When he died, the vegetable oil soaked his whole body and he couldn't burn him to death. He only screamed in pain, but no one could call him. He was still red all over and died. It's miserable."

"Before he died, someone heard him shouting a word."

"Oh? What are you talking about?"

"Four to six."

Cai Ying, who was watching the excitement, also smiled sneakily and distortedly.

"That red dead man, Cathay, spent the whole night in that cell No. [-] yelling in pain, screaming...'four quarters six' all night."