Chapter 166 (1/2)
On the streets
The ox-cartthe streets hastily The prison was situated at the western end of the city, and was surrounded by solid concrete walls There were viewing posts in all four directions of the prison, with a guard standing and ensuring that nobody could escape Fro post, he had a bird’s eye view of the entire prison
The ox-cart came to a halt directly outside the prison, and a constable exited the vehicle and walked into the prison
The prison was extremely dark, its foundation were le passageway There were cells on both sides of the passagehich were neither big nor small Each cell was divided by a wooden partition
Once a person enters the prison, he could immediately smell a foul stench In every cell there was a pail, which acted as a latrine for the prisoners Pungent smells of urine and fecal matter were emitted from these pails
Ji Dan was extremely bothered by this foul sh he had been a constable for such a long tiet used to this se A bailiff saw hireeted him, ”Your excellency”
Hearing the greetings, Ji Dan looked across and asked him, ”Where’s Prison Warden Tian?”
When the bailiff heard that the constable was speaking to him, his face turned pale in fear, al before hiation room with several criminals” The bailiff’s face turned white Ji Dan frowned before replying him, ”Take me to him”
”Yes, constable” The bailiff then overtook Ji Dan and led hiation room The bailiff then saluted, ”Your excellency, we’re here”
Ji Dan glanced at the door before pushi+ng it open The bailiff as standing next to hier than was required
When Ji Dan entered the interrogation rooent stench perforated his nostrils This stench however, wasn’t the same smell of huuts out just by catching a whiff of it
A pair of convicts were slumped on the floor, unconscious The amount of blood each of the had stuck to their bodies Their wounds were still open, and severalwithin the blood and pus on their wounds A ive up Your excellency, please killthese words, the blade gently pressed into his wound once h, ”Oops, I’ive up, I was thinking of playing with you for longer Such a pity”
When Ji Dan looked across, he felt his stomach turn in revolt The cris flayed off Red patches of flesh were exposed and bleeding profusely He had been subjected to repeated scraping of skin, re pieces of flesh, bit by bit He hadn’t died yet, and he was drooling uncontrollably, begging to die
”Take down the na, we shall have more fun with him later” The Warden looked to be not older than twenty years old, and was considered very young He spoke to the bailiff next to hi!” Ji Dan spoke softly
Tian Hong turned around to see the man behind him, ”So it’s his excellency Ji who has come Let me wash my hands, then we can have some wine and meat while we talk”
Ji Dan looked at the , ”Carry on I shall wait for you outside”
Ji Dan then turned around Such cruel punish methods h he had seen and experience a great deal in his numerous years in service, this still disturbed hih that crisis, he had changed coained a notorious reputation in prison
Within the leisure room of the prison, there were several dishes which included pork and a jug of wine on the table A lae of the table as well, the fla
Ji Dan didn’t pick up his chopsticks Soon after, Tian Hong came and joined him at the table He i the dishes on the table noisily
Tian Hong looked like he hadn’t seen the sun in ages, his complexion was deathly pale and his lips were dry and thin His knuckles closed into a fist before he picked up his wine cup and drank a deep gulp He belched, laughed and exclaiood!”
”Brother Tian, why do you have to do all these?” Ji Dan asked, as he saw the cheap porktroops into battle would see a steady career progression Being in charge of a prison however, differs greatly The salary of a Warden was miserable, and he had to think of ways to control the prisoners day and night Should anything go wrong in the prison, if an outbreak of sickness happens, his career would end i didn’t do any of these for h he was just a mere prison Warden, they were in sih to beco results, or do so extraordinary, they would remain in this position all their lives (Prison Wardens were of the ninth rank) However, it see a proate or torture the crihed, ”Ever since his father had been killed, he decided to take up his father’s old job He used this position of authority to take his hatred and frustrations out on the cri them”
”Are you sure that he will co and asked softly He leaned his body forward, closer to Tian Hong, his entire face was full of curiosity
At this point Tian Hong picked up the wine jug and refilled his cup In a single gulp, he drained the contents again He then replied, ”I’ve checked up on his agenda, and there see Prefecture have all already been attacked by hihters of White Hill Clan were all hboring prefectures have been preparing for hi Prefecture, it , you should leave an heir behind Regardless of whether he succeeds in life or not If not, the old Tian faravely
”Hm, should I leave an orphan andbehind for the rest of the world to bully? Then wouldn’t I just be like e along the threshold of life and death don’t have the right to fall in love with soht do I have to fall in love with someone, and break her heart upon ?” Tian Hong asked coldly ”You look unnaturally upbeat and happy today Could it be that yourlike that You’ve been cooped up in this place for too long, that you’ve turned evil and vicious If only uncle Tian were here to see you this way” Ji Dan laughed as he shi+fted the topic Even before he could finish speaking, Tian Hong interrupted, ”Brother Ji, drink up”