"That was all... a long time ago," the old mother said. "You guessed it right. I used to be the oiran of a brothel. I was called Xiao Lian and my nickname was Lian Ji. At that time, I was still in the Holy Capital."
"Fang Wubing..." Dongfang Meiyan asked, "What does this have to do with you?"
"Of course she is my... sweetheart!" said the old mother named Lian Ji, "At that time, Fang Wubing was still an agent of your Divine Police Department. He often came to visit me, so we had a good relationship with him.
"However, our relationship is destined to be fruitless." Lianji felt sad, "Although he begged his master Yue Jinglei to let me join the inner guard through connections, we are still not destined to be together.
"I just didn't expect...he would betray his master, betray the Divine Catcher Division, and become the gangster he hated the most!"
Hearing this, Dongfang Meiyan and Xu Zhen looked at each other, not expecting this to be the case.
"You just said that you were sorry for Fang Wubing," Dongfang Meiyan asked, "What's going on?"
"I..." Dongfang Meiyan hesitated and said, "Back then, Fang Wubing asked me to join the inner guard. Naturally, he wanted to rectify my status and wanted to marry me as his wife.
"However, no matter whether I am an internal guard or not, I can never erase the identity of the brothel courtesan. I am not worthy of him, so I rejected him. So... I feel sorry for him. I don't know if his betrayal has anything to do with me. .”
"Really?" Dongfang Meiyan was obviously doubtful, "That's all?"
"Yes," the old mother who called herself Lianji nodded, "Six years ago, I had no idea that Fang Wubing would commit a robbery in Daguan City, nor did I expect that he would be captured by mistake and imprisoned in the prison of Daguan City.
"I never expected that he escaped from prison a few days ago!
"Because of my current status, I have learned a lot about Fang Wubing in the past six years, and I know that he robbed the Buddha's head gold from Wanfeng Money Store.
"So after seeing the golden Buddha's head, I followed this little brother personally to see what was going on? But I didn't expect to fall into your ambush.
"I didn't tell the truth beforehand because I didn't want you to know about my relationship with Fang Wubing, so as not to be suspected by you.
"You...you can search the Demon Tower. Fang Wubing is definitely not hiding here!"
"This is..." Dongfang Meiyan glanced at Xu Zhen first, then frowned and murmured to herself, "What a coincidence, isn't it?"
"In the past six years," Xu Zhen thought for a while and asked, "haven't you thought of a way to go to the prison to meet your old lover?"
"That's impossible," Lian Ji said. "Fang Wubing committed a serious crime. If I want to see him, I can only use my identity as an internal guard. But I am doing confidential work in Daguan City. How can I reveal it to others?" "
"Tsk tsk..." Dongfang Meiyan smacked her lips repeatedly and shook her head at the same time. In her opinion, she most likely did useless work again. This Lianji was just Fang Wubing's old lover.
The reason why Fang Wubing left the words in blood was because he felt that he was about to die, so he wrote the words "Lian Ji" to express his longing for her, but he did not leave any clues.
"A wall separates us, but a world separates us forever." A line of tears welled up in the corner of Lian Ji's eyes. "Even though he is a big thief, he is still his former lover. I originally thought that he would be executed by knife. Maybe only when that time can I Take a look at him from afar..."
Just when Lian Ji was crying, Xu Zhen quietly came to Dongfang Meiyan and whispered something in her ear.
Dongfang Meiyan nodded slightly after hearing this, and then said to Lian Ji: "If you want to prove your words, then come with us!"
Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of the county prison gate. The pale old mother Lianji went through a registration check with Dongfang Meiyan, Xu Zhen and others before entering the prison.
The rain has stopped, but the air is still moist.
The three of them, led by the county officials, finally arrived at Sima Xin's room.
After Dongfang Meiyan explained her intention to Sima Xin, Sima Xin opened the stone door of the back room and let the three of them enter.
There was a doctor in the back room. He was taking the pulse of Fang Wu who was lying on the bed.
When he saw someone coming in, he stood up quickly, with a frown on his face.
"Doctor, how is it?" Dongfang Meiyan asked, "Can he wake up?"
"Wake up?" The doctor shook his head helplessly, "I'm afraid it only lasts for one or two sticks of incense. He was injured too seriously and there is really no way he can save himself!".br>
"Huh?" Several people were talking, but Lianji recognized the person lying on the bed at a glance. It was Fang Wubing.
"Wu Yi! Wu Yi!" Lian Ji rushed forward quickly, tears welling up in an instant, "Why are you here..."
Originally, Dongfang Meiyan had already held the stone in her hand, fearing that Lian Ji and Fang Wuyou would do something uncontrollable, but now it seemed that it was obviously unnecessary.
Lian Ji's excited reaction was enough to show that she was showing her true feelings and was not lying.
"What on earth...is going on?" Lian Ji turned around and asked.
"Someone came to rob the prison and wanted to forcibly interrogate Fang Wubing," Xu Zhen said, "but Fang Wubing refused to obey, broke free from the hook that locked the pipa bone, and died together with the other party.
"Although he still has one breath left, but... alas..."
"Before he passed out," Dongfang Meiyan added, "he wrote the word "Lian Ji" in blood on the ground, and that's when we found the demon building."
"Ah?" Lianji was stunned at first, and then cried out in pain, "How...how could this happen? Isn't he already in prison? Why are there still people robbing the prison...Wu Bing...Wu Bing...wu wu..."
After saying that, Lian Ji threw herself on Fang Wu Bing and cried loudly: "I'm here, wake up, wake up Wu Bing... wu wu..."
Next, Lianji stayed by Fang Wubing's side, while Dongfang Meiyan briefly explained the situation to her.
Just after burning the incense, as the oil lamp suddenly dimmed, Lian Ji discovered that Fang Wubing had lost his breath.
"No disease, no disease...no...no..." Lianji quickly went to check her breathing, but couldn't find anything.
"I'm coming, I'm coming..." At this time, the doctor who heard the noise rushed in with the medicine box in his arms and said to everyone, "You all go out, I will try to save you again..."
"Wu Bing..." Lian Ji cried so hard that she held Fang Wu Bing tightly with both hands.
Xu Zhen had no choice but to drag her out together with Dongfang Meiyan.
After a while, the doctor walked out of the room and sighed helplessly, indicating that Fang Wubing was dead.
After hearing the bad news, Lian Ji immediately collapsed to the ground, sobbing silently.
However, just as she collapsed, Xu Zhen suddenly came to her and said with a solemn expression: "Old mother, Fang Wubing is dead. Now... can you tell the truth?"
"Ah? You..." Lian Ji was shocked and immediately looked at Xu Zhen with incredible eyes.
