Chapter 217: He didn't go crazy

"Give me paper and pen, and I'll prove it to you."

"You are literate?" Chen Guanlou was very curious. In this day and age, scholars were rare, so it was actually very easy for scholars to find a living, as long as they were willing to let go of their face. There was no need to hang their heads on their waistbands, worrying all day long.

"I'm not literate." The second leader said righteously, "But I can draw."

"Give him paper and pen." Chen Guanlou made a prompt decision.

Lu Datou responded, quickly taking the four treasures of the study, and asked in a low voice, "Do you really believe him?"

"Let's see first."

The second leader held the brush, his posture was incomparably awkward, and it was not smooth at all. Sure enough, he hadn't read books, and he didn't even know how to hold the brush. He simply held the brush like a knife, and started drawing on the rough paper.

Lu Datou didn't want to take the rice paper, using rough paper to fill the number, Chen Guanlou pretended not to see it.

A little person, two little people, three little people...

Lu Datou tilted his head to look, "What is this drawing?! Unbearable to look at!"

Chen Guanlou, however, had a nervous expression, as if facing a great enemy, staring fixedly at the second leader, staring at the little people on the rough paper. No one understood those little people better than him, "Ascension Record", starting from the fifth chapter, was equipped with a small amount of pictures, which couldn't be said to be exactly the same as the little people drawn by the second leader, but could only be said to be definitely carved from the same mold.

"Enough!"

The second leader put down the pen, feeling relieved.

"Where were these seen from?"

"On the stone wall, so many, so many on the stone wall. As long as you promise my conditions, I will tell you where the mountain cave is." The second leader looked at Chen Guanlou eagerly.

Chen Guanlou kept a straight face, appearing very serious, unable to see joy or anger.

He pondered for a moment and asked: "Did you try practicing martial arts according to these little people?"

"Practiced! The one with the most talent, after practicing according to these little people, bled from seven orifices and died suddenly. Since then, no one dared to continue practicing."

"Talking nonsense all day long." Lu Datou didn't believe a word of it, "Chen Tou, don't listen to his nonsense, he must have made it up to deceive you."

"I didn't talk nonsense, what I said is true. Believe me, believe me." The second leader was anxious, having finally hoped for a hope, he must grasp it.

"Chen Tou, what I said is all true, you believe me. These little people are just a part, if you can cooperate with the formulas on the stone wall to practice, you can definitely avoid the end of dying suddenly. It's just a pity that we can't understand the formulas above, and don't have the talent to practice martial arts. I can tell you the address of the mountain cave now, it's at the cliff behind the mountain."

"Which cliff behind the mountain?"

The second leader didn't make a sound.

Lu Datou was annoyed, "Do you still want to go to the torture room?"

Chen Guanlou raised his hand to stop the irritable Lu Datou, and asked the second leader softly: "What help do you want me to do?"

"Save Yin Siniang." The second leader said eagerly.

"Who is Yin Siniang?"

"She is my woman, she was also caught by the government soldiers, I don't know where she is imprisoned. She is from a good family, was caught on the mountain, and then followed me. She is already pregnant, please Chen Tou, save her. At least keep the child in her belly, leave me a descendant. Please Chen Tou show mercy, please Chen Tou show mercy!"

Bang bang bang...

The second leader knocked his head on the floor, making a bang-bang sound, and soon his forehead broke the skin and bled, and it looked swollen.

"Fine, stop knocking. I ask you, who else knows about the mountain cave manual?"

The second leader didn't hide it, saying: "The old people on the mountain basically know about this. However, the government soldiers killed too fiercely, the first leader died, the third, fourth, fifth leaders all died, and other old people are almost all dead. Now the only person who knows about this is me."

Lu Datou nodded to Chen Guanlou, proving that the second leader's words were not false. This group of mountain bandits, when the government soldiers suppressed the bandits, had already died seven or eight out of ten. Entering the prison, due to serious injuries, wound infection, unable to bear the torture, they died one after another. Now the people still alive could be counted on one's fingers. The second leader was the one with the highest status among them, others were just some thugs, small soldiers who were coerced up the mountain.

Chen Guanlou waved his hand, greeting Lu Datou to the side to talk, "What is the situation with Yin Siniang now?"

"Yin Siniang is imprisoned in the women's prison, and is indeed pregnant."

"Has the verdict come down?"

"It's estimated to be exile, or demoted to a criminal slave. In the women's prison, unless it's a heinous crime, basically there won't be death row prisoners."

This was true.

Chen Guanlou had been in the Heavenly Prison for three years, and so far hadn't seen a single case of a female prisoner being sentenced to death. Usually, the ugly ones were exiled to the border, and the beautiful ones were demoted to criminal slaves, filled into government offices like the Imperial Laundry Bureau that worked to death.

Yin Siniang was caught on the mountain by mountain bandits, and then taken into the room by the second leader, so he thought her appearance wouldn't be bad.

"How to deal with a pregnant female prisoner?" Chen Guanlou really didn't understand this aspect.

Lu Datou, as an old oil stick in the Heavenly Prison, knew everything, "Wait until the child is born, if it's a girl, follow the biological mother to be charged as a criminal slave, if it's beautiful, it's possible to be charged into the Jiaofang Division. If it's a boy, wait a few years until he's a bit older, and directly castrate him to enter the palace to serve."

No wonder the second leader wanted to save Yin Siniang, saving Yin Siniang was saving his child.

"Chen Tou, you won't really help him, right. This matter is not easy to handle. Without the above speaking, no one can touch the female prisoners."

"I have a sense of proportion."

Chen Guanlou thought for a while, returned to the cell door, and said: "Yin Siniang definitely can't be saved."

The second leader was first full of despair. He looked at Chen Guanlou, and then hope ignited in his eyes. He said nervously: "I... I understand."

"Do you have any relatives? Do you have anyone worth entrusting?"

"Yes, yes... I was once an outer disciple of the Tianmen Sect." After speaking, the second leader wailed, as if recalling the green years, and as if regretting the beginning.

Chen Guanlou hadn't heard of the Tianmen Sect. He asked Lu Datou with his eyes.

Lu Datou gave a 'heh', "A small sect, right at the foot of Tianmen Mountain. It seems to have a stronghold in the capital, opened an escort agency or a strike line, I don't know specifically."

"Escort agency, opened an escort agency!" The second leader added.

Lu Datou suddenly became fierce, "You became a mountain bandit, was it to unite with the Tianmen Sect to cheat customers' wealth? One escorts, one robs, you cooperate well!"

"No, absolutely not. You can check, we never rob the goods escorted by the Tianmen Sect."

"That is to specifically rob the competitors of the Tianmen Sect, right?"

"No no no..." The second leader denied this time, clearly revealing a bit of guilt.

Lu Datou gave a cold laugh, "I knew you weren't honest, didn't confess cleanly. What benefits did the Tianmen Sect give you, to make you sell your life for them so painstakingly?"

"Gave nothing. I just upheld the principle of being a person, the Tianmen Sect had kindness to me, I became a mountain bandit, and solved a few competitors for the Tianmen Sect, just as a repayment for the Tianmen Sect's kindness back then."

"Didn't see it, you are still a grateful and nostalgic person." Lu Datou sneered, he didn't intend to report this situation. They had already been sentenced to death, he was too lazy to create extra trouble, and there was no silver to take.

Go blackmail the Tianmen Sect? He didn't go crazy, money and life which is important, he knew clearly in his heart. As a prison guard, don't deal with Jianghu sects, this is the bottom line, and it is the way of survival. ===== CHAPTER 218 =====