A man in a prison uniform was sitting slumped in a corner, with disheveled hair and a foul smell.
His cheeks were thin, his spirit was listless, and his expression appeared to be in a trance.
He knew that outside the prison cell, there must be mourning and starvation everywhere.
The court's disaster relief food and relief money have already arrived.
However, the grain was sealed in the warehouse and was not allowed to be distributed, and the silver was distributed by the officials of the county government.
He didn't want to join forces, and thought that he would be beaten into meat paste by the old devil like Zhao Zhong and others, but the old devil kept him.
The old devil used him to appease the county magistrate and others. After the famine, he, Zhou Lie, would be the scapegoat.
But in fact, Zhou Lie understands that after the famine, not only he will die, but also the county magistrate and others will die. The old devil has no intention of giving them a way out, but just giving the county magistrate a little comfort But the county magistrate and others are not stupid , just to survive for a while, and deceive oneself and others.
"This time, how many people will die?"
Zhou Lie raised his head, sighed in a bitter tone.
"More than 80,000 people have died."
Suddenly, a voice came from outside the cell, extremely indifferent.
Zhou Lie turned his head to look and saw that most of the officials in the county government had already come outside the cell. At that moment, he was angry and his eyes were tearing up, and he shouted: "You guys will die!"
"Whether we can have a good death, no one knows, but I'm afraid you won't be able to die happily."
The chief bookkeeper took out the key, unlocked the door, raised his left hand, and it turned out to be a cold boning knife.
Zhou Lie roared and rushed towards him.
Bang!
The master kicked him down.
"I haven't eaten enough, and I can't even stand upright. Do you still want to strangle me?"
The master secretary walked in, and behind him, the county magistrate and others also entered the cell one by one.
"Zhou Lie, you are in the cell, do you feel that you have suffered?" The county magistrate looked cold, and said slowly: "But it is much better than us. These days, the old devil has persecuted us. Now Baiyang County is full of starvation and death. I don¡¯t know how many people, some died of starvation, some died of illness, and some were eaten. We look at the purgatory on earth every day, but you are just facing a wall in the cell, isn¡¯t it much better than us? "
"Shameless! Didn't you create Purgatory?" Zhou Lie disheveled, shouted loudly, and roared like a ghost.
"It was caused by us, but we are also helpless." The master smirked and said, "You should thank us. How many people have starved to death in Baiyang County these days, but you are still in the cell You didn¡¯t die of starvation after eating Those who were eaten by the hungry people were skinny and skinny, but fortunately you still have a lot of flesh and blood, so the taste must be better.¡±
"What do you want to do?" Zhou Lie was shocked when he heard this.
"Your daughter reported this matter to Yuantianyu and back to Guangshanyu. Now that the incident happened, we will die." The county magistrate took the boning knife and said sharply: "We will surely die Put to death, and even harm the nine clans, all of this is a good thing done by your Zhou family!"
"What?"
Zhou Lie was stunned for a moment, then went crazy, laughed loudly, and said, "It's happenedit's happenedgood! good! good!"
His daughter escaped from this place of purgatory.
His daughter also spread the truth about all this!
Even if he dies, he can die without regret!
He pointed at the crowd in front of him, and laughed loudly: "You want to stain my innocence, but now that I, Zhou, are dead, I will live forever, instead of being like you, leaving a stigma forever!"
"You can't die!"
Suddenly, a faint voice came from the cell.
The county magistrate, who was about to disembowel Zhou Lie when he lifted the boning knife, froze all over.
Many officials felt the endless pressure, like a mountain, pressing them down heavily.
Except for Zhou Lie, everyone in the prison fell to their knees and was firmly pressed to the ground by invisible pressure.
Everyone followed the reputation.
In another corner of the cell.
There was a young Taoist priest leaning against the wall.
He has a calm demeanor, an extraordinary demeanor, and cold eyes.
He has a sword on his back, holds a dust whisk in his hand, and looks at the eyes of everyone, as if looking at a group of dying ants.
"You" the county magistrate trembled, "Who are you?"
"You don't know the poor?"
Taoist Priest Baoshou said indifferently: "That day, the poor Daoist??Jie Jiang, let go of the daughter of the Zhou family, scared off your subordinates, but at the time I didn't know that such a big event was involved, so I didn't kill those bastards, they should come back and report it . "
After saying this, he glanced over, but saw that these officials were still confused and didn't know what was going on.
Daoist Baoshou frowned slightly. Could it be that those men in black didn't return to Baiyang County, but ran away? Or was he killed by the people from the Hunting Mansion halfway?
His heart moved slightly, but he didn't care too much. He just looked at the officials in front of him and said, "It doesn't really matter whether you recognize the poor or not. The important thing is that your crimes are heinous"
His voice fell, and he stretched out his hand to press.
The invisible pressure rolled down.
These officials couldn't help wailing loudly, screaming incessantly, trembling all over, and breaking out in cold sweat instantly.
Daoist Baoshou's palm seemed to be invisible, but in fact it was so powerful that it crushed their meridians and bones to pieces.
"Killing you, it's too cheap for you."
Taoist Master Baoshou said: "Keep you until the court's laws deal with you, and when you are executed Ling Chi, if the poor Taoist is free, I will go to watch the ceremony in person and give you a ride, and then I will blow your soul away!"
All those officials lay on the ground, trembling all over, in excruciating pain. Among them, some were filled with resentment, some felt remorse, and some wanted to beg for mercy, but under the severe pain, they all turned into trembling groans.
Crack!
The shackles on Zhou Lie's body were broken.
He stared blankly at the scene in front of him, unable to wake up for a long time.
I was about to kill them, but suddenly they turned around and had to escape, but these beasts were lying on the ground one by one, unable to move, they could only howl and howl.
"Zhou Lie, let's go."
"This Taoist priest" Zhou Lie was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt down, and said, "It was the Taoist priest who saved the little girl and made the truth about the terrible disaster in Baiyang County come to light?"
"That's right."
Daoist Baoshou stretched out his hand, lifted him up, and said, "You are an upright man, and you don't need to kneel down to worship poor Taoists. It's just that Baiyang County is in a state of catastrophe, and it's like purgatory. After you get out of trouble, immediately run for your life in the direction of the fire." Go, someone will escort you there."
Zhou Lie couldn't help hesitating, and said in a low voice, "What about the disaster victims in Baiyang County?"
Baoshou Daochang sighed: "The tragedy in Baiyang County is more cruel than you imagined. If you stay here, you will not be able to help, but you will be in danger of your life. Listen to the poor Taoist and run for your life. As for the rest, there is a way to deal with the aftermath." people."
His voice just fell, and before Zhou Lie could respond, his eyes were fixed.
At this moment, footsteps came from outside the cell again.
"My lord, the disciple of the old god has come to the county government office and is about to discuss matters with you."
The little official came to report, and then saw all the officials and masters lying on the ground crying in the prison cell, and his heart was shocked.
And in the corner on the other side, there was a young Taoist priest, and that Zhou Lie both looked here.
Seeing this scene, he panicked, turned around and ran away.
However, as soon as he took a step, he fell hard to the ground.
"Master Daoist, I am wrongedthe villain is innocent"
The little official raised his head and screamed: "They are all colluding with the devil and killing the people. I am just a small official and have no right to make decisions. It really has nothing to do with me"
Taoist Master Baoshou mentioned him, and said slowly: "You know the horrors of the outside world, the corpses are everywhere, and you also know that they colluded with the devils to deliberately create a famine, and hundreds of thousands of people died without peace, but you still work for them and join them. You can count as an accomplice even if you are not the chief culprit, this time involves hundreds of thousands of lives, according to the law, even the accomplices will inevitably be sentenced to beheaded, they are more than innocent, and you are not innocent."
He threw the little official into the prison cell, locked the lock, broke the key, and said indifferently: "Before you starve to death, someone will come to pick you up."
After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Zhou Lie, and asked, "Are you going to leave Baiyang County directly, or go with the poor Taoist priest to meet that immortal disciple for a while?"