There are too many reasons that don’t make sense. 3.

Shen Fengyuan didn't get any more information from Xu Changan, because Xu Changan obviously didn't want to reveal more. If he asked again, people would inevitably guess his intentions. Vertex

He only knows a little now, he knows Xu Changan's purpose.

His purpose was very simple, which was to go to the prison in Nanfeng City and bring Guo Anlin's body out.

Shen Fengyuan was not in a hurry. Once he knew the purpose, he could set the trap. What he had to do now was to try his best to help Xu Changan and make Xu Changan lower his guard.

Xu Changan did not live in the Taishou Mansion.

As far as Xu Changan knew, Guo Anlin and Shen Fengyuan had a very good relationship. However, after Guo Anlin's identity was exposed, Liu Chenglang took the opportunity to seize the power of the prefecture. Shen Fengyuan wanted to argue with his reason, but was directly banned from participating in Yuezhou affairs by Liu Chenglang. Every once in a while, someone would be sent to greet me, obviously to greet me, but actually to investigate.

Shen Fengyuan was almost controlled by Liu Chenglang.

Xu Changan also felt that Shen Fengyuan was a little inconvenient, and did not want to trouble the prefect, but Shen Fengyuan was kind and insisted on doing something for Xu Changan.

In the end, after discussion between the two of them, they decided that Shen Fengyuan would find an opportunity to take Xu Changan to visit the site to get familiar with the bad environment of Nanfeng Prison. The so-called bad environment, of course, is not only the external environment, but also the bad environment inside the prison. Including, where are the open and covert sentries, what time do the patrol officers change shifts, etc. Xu Changan needs to see these things in person before he can be sure of them.

After the two of them confirmed the time, a hunchbacked handyman appeared in the prefect's mansion. He left the prefect's mansion with an empty load, and then walked through the streets. When he was sure that no one was there, he took off his disguise, put on linen clothes, and carried his clothes. Carrying the pole back to the inn.

When he returned to the inn, the first thing he had to do was change his accommodation.

After Xu Changan changed his residence, he no longer planned to stay in the store.

He now regrets that he lacks experience and has lived in the open air a lot since he was a child. These are not unusual for him, but when he entered the city, he stayed in a hotel directly, which exposed his whereabouts.

He planned to stay up day and night, using the sky as his quilt and the earth as his bed. When the appointed time came, he would go to see Governor Shen.

When he just left the prefect's mansion, Shen Fengyuan sent his daughter away, and then gave his old housekeeper a wink. The old housekeeper understood and immediately arranged for someone to follow Xu Changan.

Unfortunately, they did not succeed. Even when the old housekeeper sent people to the previous inn, they only failed.

Shen Fengyuan was a little helpless, he had underestimated the spy he sent.

But he is not worried. With bait, he can always catch fish.

…

Two days later, the prefect inspected the prison.

The prison is located in the southernmost part of Nanfeng City, while Liu Chenglang resists the enemy in the north.

Shen Fengyuan was a little nervous. He was not sure whether the spy would show up, but he knew that Liu Chenglang would definitely look at the spy in the dark today and try his best to cooperate with him.

Shen Lang was frightened by Xu Changan and hid at home for several days. On the contrary, when he went to the prison today, his daughter Shen Qiong insisted on going with him. Originally, his daughter's family was not interested in such things, but I don't know why today. Uncharacteristically.

Although the governor's trip was not a grand one, it still caused quite a commotion when he walked on the street.

Shen Fengyuan wanted to appear friendly, but everyone was afraid of him, like a jackal.

His expression changed. He did not allow any mistakes in his plan, let alone allow himself to make mistakes and let the fish that took the bait run away.

The prefect, who was wearing the official uniform of the Holy Dynasty, just left the mansion and saw the people who immediately gave way. Then he realized that he had almost made a big mistake.

He immediately called the old housekeeper who had been with him for many years, lowered his head and gave a few instructions, and then waited at the door without leaving the street.

When the old housekeeper came back and looked at his master from a distance, the prefect stepped onto the sedan chair.

On this trip, although there were no people lined up to greet him, there were a few sly people who came to say thank you to the two sedans that were leaving.

Shen Fengyuan occasionally looked outside through the curtains, obviously very satisfied with the arrangement of the old butler.

The purpose of his trip was to first go to an open space in the south of the city to persuade them, and then take them to jail as a matter of course.

Liu Chenglang has always been troubled by the problem of not having enough troops, and all of them are old, weak and remnants. At this time, Lu Jiangqiao gave him an idea, to use crimes to compensate for soldiers and merit to compensate for demerits, but most of the people in the prison are what they call " The "diao people" happened to be pure Yue people, and most of their relatives and friends lived in the slums in the south of the city, so Shen Fengyuan and Liu Chenglang accepted the mission, and he went to provide some "well-intentioned" comfort first , and then selected several family representatives to enter the prison to appease the unruly people.

Of course, he said this to Xu Changan. In his narration, he naturally accepted this mission in order to take Xu Changan into prison and release him. Moreover, he also detailed today's arrangements with the spy who claimed to be surnamed Li. .

In addition, he told "Yishi Li" that there were hundreds of guards to ensure order, and there were many more open and secret sentries. He repeatedly told him that going today was just for investigation and that the rescue matter would be discussed in the long term.

Xu Changan did not notice his embarrassment and uneasiness. In his opinion, all this was normal.

…

At dawn, Xu Changan crawled out from a haystack. There was a stream not far ahead. He washed his face casually, then took a bamboo hat from the door of a nearby house. Wearing the bamboo hat, he lowered his head and I took the initiative and bought some of the required raw materials, and through following the disguise master Jiang Ming helped me find over the past few days, I simply learned some disguise skills.

Although I am not very proficient in it, it is enough.

We found a secluded place, and not long after, a dark, muscular man came out carrying a pole with a red thread tied to it.

This was the agreement between Shen Fengyuan and him. Only by tying a red thread on the pole and marking it well could Shen Fengyuan successfully select him into prison.

After Xu Changan finished doing this, a dark-looking man appeared in the south of the city.

The most indispensable thing in the slums is children. Those children wear tattered clothes that I don’t know where they picked up. Their hair is dirty, their feet are bare, and their wrists and ankles are dark.

What they do every day is to lower their heads or follow someone behind. If they find something shiny on the ground, a group of children will swarm up, or follow someone eagerly, hoping that something will fall from him. .

This is their way of survival and their fun.

When Xu Changan, a dark-skinned man, appeared in front of them, Xu Changan, who was wearing coarse cloth, became a noble man in their eyes. A group of children followed him from a distance, somewhat timidly.

When Xu Changan took two steps, they also took two steps. When Xu Changan stopped, they also stopped. Xu Changan seemed to have a bunch of little tails.

At this time, the sun was high in the sky, and Prefect Shen's hoarse and passionate voice came from the distance.

Xu Changan was too lazy to listen to what he said. All he had to do was to walk forward with a pole tied with red silk thread when he selected someone. That would be enough.

But the group of children in front of him were really worried. Xu Changan himself did not expect that dressing up as low-key as possible would arouse the envy of the children. He was also a little stunned. When did coarse clothes become unreachable for others? dream?

The sound of axles rubbing against each other could be heard in the distance.

The children's attention immediately turned over, and Xu Changan also looked over.

They were not far from Nanfeng Prison at this time. They only had to walk a few hundred meters before they could see the dark door of the cell, which looked like a monster that could eat people with its mouth wide open.

The ox cart, which creaked all over, slowly drove out of the huge mouth.

The dilapidated bullock cart seemed to have become the most attractive thing at this moment. When the children saw this, they immediately gave up on the "noble man" Xu Changan and stared at the bullock cart.

Xu Changan was also a little surprised. He looked at the bullock cart from a distance. It was covered with a layer of mat. He couldn't see what was inside, but a faint stench spread to Xu Changan's nose.

The bullock cart slowly drove here, and the children suddenly worked together and threw many sharp stones on the originally flat gravel road, like roadblocks.

Xu Changan was wondering and thinking about these strange behaviors. The bullock cart had already arrived, and in the cart was an old man with a sinister face. His nose was like an aquiline, which gave him a bit of a ruthless look.

Although those children were afraid, they still defeated their fear.

A group of children crossed Xu Changan and held hands in front of the bullock cart. The sinister old man seemed not to see it, but the old bull saw someone in front of it and stopped.

Xu Changan stood aside and watched this scene.

The old man leaned on the bullock cart, opened his slightly closed eyes, and his voice was hoarse.

"It's you dolls again. You can't touch the things here. Go away."

After saying that, he hit the cow with a whip, and the old cow wanted to take a step forward, but the group of children still held hands and firmly blocked the way.

The old man shook his head, snorted coldly, and raised his whip again.

At this time, the whip was not directed at the cows, but at the children who were blocking the road, almost 10 years old. The whip did not fall on those children, and Xu Changan held on to the whip tightly.

The old man lashed hard, trying to pull the whip back, but Xu Changan was as steady as a rock.

Upon seeing this, the group of children immediately dispersed and rushed toward the car. The old man immediately panicked, let go of his whip, and protected his back tightly.

But how can the old man protect an entire car by himself?

The mats were quickly opened. When Xu Changan took a look, his heart skipped a beat, and he realized that things were not that simple.

When the old man saw this, his eyes immediately turned red. He saw six or seven corpses on the car that had been turned over. All of the corpses were wearing shabby clothes. The parts that could not be covered by the clothes were covered with horrific scars, even among them. After several people became corpses, their eyes were wide open, and there were many white bugs squirming on their faces and in their noses.

After groping for a while, the children turned over all the corpses, and even some of the previously disconnected parts were roughly torn off by these children.

The group of children seemed to have found something they were satisfied with, and then walked away satisfied. A few of them were still tugging and tugging, as if they were fighting for something.

The old man glanced at Xu Changan, sat dejectedly on the bullock cart, sighed, and then turned his head silently to collect the corpses.

He took out a piece of linen and wiped the corpses carefully.

Xu Changan took a step forward and then stepped back. He didn't know what he could do and seemed embarrassed.

When he made a mistake as a child, he was not afraid of Uncle Shi beating him up. But if Uncle Shi didn't say anything and just kept silent, he would know that something serious had happened.

Just like this time, if the old man scolded him, or even raised his whip to beat him, he would not fight back, but the old man just slowly cleaned up the mess by himself, making Xu Changan's face burn with pain.

Finally, he took a step forward and summoned up the courage, but heard the old man's hoarse voice.

"You don't have to blame yourself, forget it!"

Xu Changan looked at the old man puzzled.

"Most of these children's parents were imprisoned in this prison in recent years and suffered inhuman torture there. Their original children became these street children."

"It's ridiculous to say that prisons are not for the most evil criminals, but for people who hope to pursue a better life. When I get old, I only have the skin of my body, and I always hope to do something for them."

The old man said leisurely. At this time, Shen Fengyuan in the distance was giving an impassioned sermon, and that powerful voice came over.

Xu Changan turned his head and glanced at the numb crowd surrounding him in surprise, and then looked at the bullock cart in front of him.

The dark-skinned boy felt that the sun was a bit dazzling, so he lowered his head and said nothing.

The old man glanced at him and said slowly: "If you really want to make up for something, then get on the bullock cart and accompany me, an old man who is half buried in the ground, to give them a ride!"
To be continued...