Chapter 423 Chapter 423 Dead End Purgatory
Clang.
A sudden sound suddenly sounded in my ears. I suddenly opened my eyes wide. As the heavy iron lock opened, the heavy iron door in front of me made a long and hoarse sound, and was slowly pushed open.
A dark corridor appeared in front of you.
There was a familiar, decaying smell coming out of it, and the familiar feeling made me feel dazed all of a sudden.
The cold and damp dungeon, the disgusting musty smell, the dry grass on the ground, and the mice that gnawed the corners of my skirt. All the memories were obviously far away, but it seemed that they were suddenly resurrected at this moment, and scenes appeared before my eyes.
My face turned pale.
At this time, the prison guard who opened the door and walked in front felt something strange. He looked back at me, as if he sneered, and said, "Why, little lady, are you scared?"
“…”
"If you are still scared at this time, then the money you just now will be spent in vain."
“…”
My heart, which was originally tightly held back, settled down at this moment. I knew how difficult it was to come in this time, and I also knew the methods of the prison guards. Subconsciously reached out to protect their stomachs and slowly walked in inside.
This is the prison in Yangzhou.
It is also the place where I almost lost my life.
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As soon as Liu Saner was arrested, I rushed to Yangzhou. Although I had a big belly and had many inconveniences, I still endured the discomfort and asked for information everywhere. I originally thought that I could visit him with a little money, but I didn't expect that this time the situation seemed a bit special. The government was more strict than before. I thought of many ways to deal with the people here. With the money and some savings given by Huang Tianba, I finally impressed the prison guard and came in. It was only a while.
Walking forward, there were many prisoners in the cages on both sides, with disheveled faces and covered in dirt and blood. There were also a few students from the town who were obviously already being tortured, covered in scars, and almost lost half of their lives and were lying there, completely unable to move.
My heart is tightened.
Liu Saner...How is Liu Saner like him?
Just as he was thinking, the prison guard had already walked to a prison door in front and stopped, calling out: "Liu Saner, your wife is here to see you."
As he said that, he said to me again: "You can say anything you have, or you will meet someone you have when you come back." After that, he turned around and left.
I didn't care about his words, so I just opened my eyes to the cage. The ground was covered with grass, and there were a few mice in the corner. At this moment, I was scared and shrank back. A small piece of sunlight cast on a skylight above my head, shining on this small cell, making it even more dark and vitiligo.
This is where I was detained...
I was a little dazed. When I walked to the prison door, I looked at the dark corner inside, where a man was curled up, holding his knees tightly with his hands tightly. When I heard the jailer's voice, I slowly raised my head.
At this moment, I was almost suffocated.
Those eyes, clearly familiar eyes, were bright black and white like obsidian, when they looked at me, they seemed so confused, so chaotic, with a strange red in the wood, and a breath that seemed to be swallowed by the darkness around them, radiating out.
My throat suddenly felt like I was choked, and I said softly: "San'er?"
He looked at me for a while, as if he was a little tempted, and puzzled: "Qing...ying..."
"It's me!"
I hurriedly agreed, and looked in with my hands on the fence of the prison door. He opened his eyes wide, as if he couldn't believe himself. He looked at me blankly for a long time and stood up. But before he could stand firm, he fell to the ground again and moaned in pain.
"San'er! What's wrong with you, San'er?"
I shouted anxiously. He gritted his teeth, slowly moved to the edge of the fence, and stood up with the prison door. Only then did I see clearly that his body and face were covered with wounds, whipping, soldering iron, and the traces of the knife cut. Even where he walked, there were blood stains left, shocking red!
My heart suddenly became cold and I said tremblingly: "San'er!"
He stood in front of me and looked down at me. It seemed that the man had been fished out of hell. He suddenly returned to the world. He was still a little disbelief. His straight face was haggard and helpless, his lips were pale and bloodless, and even his eyes were dull.
He looked at me blankly and murmured, "Qingying, is it really you? I'm not dreaming..."
"No, it's me."
"It's you...it's you..."
He trembled and stretched out his hand, grabbed my hand, as if he wanted to pinch it hard, but he had no strength at all, his eyes were red, and even his voice seemed to be about to break: "I thought... I would definitely die, I would never see you again, nor my mother. Where is she? Is she okay? She knows me..."
His half of his life has been spent in a small fishing village. The biggest change in his life may be to meet me and save me. He must have never thought about these prisons, tortures, and how a civilian civilian would encounter such nightmare.
Looking at his haggard appearance, my heart almost broke and I choked and said, "Mom... I already know. I asked someone to take care of her and my aunt before I came to find you."
His eyes gloomy: "Mom, you must be very sad."
I didn't dare to tell him that Aunt Liu is seriously ill now, which only made him more worried. So I stopped saying anything, but looked at the wound on his body and said softly: "Did they be punished?"
"Um."
"Why do they torture you? You did nothing!"
Hearing my words, his eyes shone with fear and his whole body trembled fiercely.
"They, they have used a lot of punishment to me and those students, saying that we are against the party and asked us to plead guilty."
"What?!"
"There are a few students who can't hold on and admit their consent, and they are—" At this point, his voice trembled, saying, "They also asked me to confess my guilt and to admit that I was a rebel. I knew that this was wrong, so I refused to speak. They beat me every day..."
When I heard him say this, I felt heartbroken. Although I could see at a glance that he had suffered a lot in the past few days, I didn’t expect that he would live such a purgatory life!
"San'er..."
I was almost crying, holding his hand and looking at the wound on his body, Liu Saner's expression was very scared, but there was a heaviness in his eyes that had never been seen before, and he murmured: "Do you know, these officials are not humans, they..."
There was a silence like death in the prison. I couldn't even hear my own breath, but I could clearly hear his heartbeat, one more than another. After listening to his words, I looked up at him, and my heart seemed to sink into a cold pond.
His face, which was too thin, was clearer in the dark light, but with a hint of sharpness and heaviness, said, "It's only today that I feel that I'm not clear enough and I'm very confused."
"San'er, stop talking."
Looking at my tears, he sighed softly, slowly raised his scarred hand and gently stroked my face.
There was cold air in the prison. He was not in possession of his clothes and was shaking with coldness, but there was a strange heat in his palm.
"Light..."
“…”
"You, take good care of yourself."
“…”
“If this time…”
He didn't finish his words, but these words were like a dark hand of fate, trying to hold my throat. I suddenly shouted: "Stop talking!"
He seemed to be startled by me and looked at me with his eyes wide open, but his eyes were not anger and surprise, but a deeper pain.
After a while, he choked and said, "Light..."
I gritted my teeth, supported the tears in my eyes, slowly held his hand and pressed it on my cheek, feeling the hot breath, and said more and more heavyly: "I once said that you are my husband, I will not allow anyone to hurt you, let alone let you leave me."
“…”
"No matter who it is, it won't work!"
"Light..."
He was sobbing that he couldn't speak, so he could only look at me and gently stroked my cheek with his scarred palms. After a long time, he nodded solemnly: "Don't worry. I will definitely hold on!"
“…”
He suddenly smiled again: "When I feel uncomfortable here, I will name the child, which has already been a lot. I will definitely hold on and wait until the child is born, and then our family..."
My tears were falling like rain and I could no longer speak.
Before he could finish his words, the prison guard had already come over and said impatiently: "Have you finished speaking, let's leave!"
I don’t have much money on my body, so I can come down to see him. I have been begging for a long time and I can’t keep it anymore at this time. I held back my crying and said to him hurriedly: “Did they dip your whip in water? Remember, don’t touch the wound. When there is sun, dry it more, otherwise the wound will rot faster, and don’t eat anything randomly, remember!”
Liu San'er listened and suddenly looked at me in surprise: "Qingying, how could you know this?"
Before I could say anything, the prison guard had already come over and pulled me out. I could only watch him standing at the door of the prison and keep watching me walking up the stone steps. His strength seemed to be pulled away suddenly and he fell to the ground.
At this time, the iron gate of the prison was already closed.
I stood at the door, and I was so helpless that I seemed to have a broken puppet, with almost no strength at all, and really wanted to fall down and no longer care about anything.
Why...Why is this happening...?
At this moment, the jailer's voice rang in his ears again: "Let's go quickly, you are not here."
But I still stood still and didn't move, looking at the iron door as if I was trying to see through the iron door, and then look at the darkness inside and the person who refused to surrender in the darkness.
No, I can't fall down!
Before he gave up, I must not fall down!
I want to save him, my husband, my home, must not be lost like this, just let go!
Thinking of this, I gritted my teeth, turned to look at the impatient prison guard, and reluctantly made a pleasing smile: "Brother, I want to ask, when will Master Guan let him go?"
"Let him go?"
"Yes, my husband is just a chore, not a foul party."
The prison guard sneered, and my heart suddenly sank with a smile.
He looked around, then looked at me, and simply said, "Look at your big belly, tell you, I'll die as soon as possible and remarry. This group of people has been decided to be rebel, and the master will not let go."
"What?!"
My eyes widened in horror: "But, my husband—"
Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside. When he turned around, he saw a prisoner. There was a prison guard who followed several followers from behind. He saw us and immediately said, "What are you doing?"
I glanced at the prison head, and suddenly my face changed and I lowered my head.
When the prison guard saw him, he was shocked. He hurriedly glared at me, and then said with a smile: "Brother, it's nothing. This woman wants to see her man, but I stopped her."
I lowered my head and walked over, Yifu said, "I've caused trouble for several elder brothers. Since I can't see it, I'll leave first."
After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave.
Just as I turned around, the prison head suddenly frowned and said, "Wait a minute."
My heart beat and my steps froze.
Chapter completed!