"Speaking of Niu Er, someone should have come to see him recently, right?" Song Che put the jade bracelet into his arms.
Fang Qi nodded heavily: "I've looked for him, and he's from the government office! But these are extraordinary times, and Guanying can only enter but not leave, so he stopped him."
It seems that some things really cannot be settled with money.
"By the way, I just asked casually, where is the coastal defense in Hangzhou? The dock is so important, but the protection is so empty?" Song Che asked.
Fang Qi hesitated, "This...coastal defense is a priority for military aircraft. Logically speaking, we shouldn't share it with my uncle. However, my uncle is a good person and there is nothing I can't say." He paused and then said:
"Hangzhou's coastal defense is in the shape of a horn and is stationed in three groups on Silla Island, Tianlong Island, and Huixing Island, with more than 12,000 troops stationed."
Song Che frowned, "Hangzhou is the capital of the Liangzhe Road. Isn't it known as the 50,000-strong navy? Why are there only more than 12,000 people?"
"Actually, there are only more than 30,000 people. Now, except for the two Zhejiang provinces, Japanese pirates are causing trouble, especially in Fujian, Guangdong and Huainan. The Japanese pirates are so rampant that they looted the city. The navy of the two Zhejiang provinces can only send troops to support," Fang Qi sighed. He said: "To be honest, the two hundred or so people guarding the dock are almost all new recruits like me. The ones with more seniority have been sent to coastal defense or to support other places."
Song Che looked at the horizon. Although the view was unobstructed and the sky was clear, there always seemed to be an impenetrable haze. Something was wrong.
After the Pearl Conference, we have to leave Hangzhou as soon as possible.
"Uncle, if you are so smart, you should serve as a staff officer in the army and make those Japanese pirates submissive," Fang Qi said.
Song Che chuckled and said, "Song is a businessman. He Dehe can influence the situation of the war. It is better to do business honestly." Then he pointed to the stone weight on the female body and said:
"This thing weighs over a hundred pounds, and it is definitely not something that can be made from an ordinary stone shop. Please help me, little brother Fang, to work hard for a few more days and help me look for this seller in the city. If you find it, don't ask first, and let me know." Can."
"Fang Qi should do his best to fulfill my uncle's instructions."
"stable."
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After parting ways with Fang Qi, Song Che went to a restaurant and bought a roast chicken, two kilograms of soy sauce beef, and two large white flour steamed buns. He carried them in a food box and walked to the Lin'an Mansion cell.
I hope the He family and his daughter are still alive.
Visiting a prisoner does not require too many procedures, as long as you have money.
"Stop! What are you doing!" The jailer fought with each other and blocked the way.
Song Che lifted the food box with his left hand and held a silver ingot in his right hand. He smiled without saying a word.
The jailer understood immediately, quickly grabbed the broken silver, put it into his arms, and asked, "Who are you visiting?"
Song Che said: "The father and daughter you arrested a few days ago, that woman is my uncle's third aunt's mother-in-law's brother's cousin."
The jailer raised his eyebrows and said, "You... are quite friendly. They have been locked up for a few days, but the only person who comes to visit is a relative who is out of reach... Come with me."
The jailer led the way, Song Che followed behind, and asked, "What crime did they convict?"
The jailer said: "There's no trial, so what's the crime? In my opinion, your two poor relatives must have offended someone, otherwise how could they have been imprisoned for so long?"
Song Che frowned and asked, "Were they treated inhumanely in prison?"
"Then I don't know. The father and daughter were detained in the women's prison. But since they have offended others, there will definitely be no good fruits to eat. There are many people who died unjustly in the prison."
The jailer took Song Che for a while, and then handed him over to a rich and powerful female guard. As usual, Song Che packed some scraps of silver before the female guard took him into the women's prison.
The women's prison is much more spacious than the men's prison, but it is also much more gloomy. In the hot summer, it can make the back of one's neck feel cold!
"They are in this cell. They can only explore for a quarter of an hour. You are not allowed to take off your pants, do you understand?" Perhaps it was because of the money that the female prisoner was happy. She even opened the cell door with a warning.
The cell was dark, with only a small skylight providing some light. He Xianglian huddled in the corner of the cell, staring blankly at the intruder. Her father was lying on his back on the hay bed, with his mouth wide open, and he was barely able to survive. In the seventh day, I almost lost weight.
"Miss He." Song Che called softly, and just took a step forward, but He Xianglian shivered with fear, and she kept saying: "Don't come over, I don't know anything, I don't know anything..."
Song Che moved under the skylight so that He Xianglian could see his appearance clearly through the light, and his voice became much softer: "Miss He, don't be surprised, do you still remember me? Cuiyun Restaurant is by the West Lake."
He Xianglian thought for a long time before slowly letting go of her fear, "You are..."
Song Che put down the food box and took out a few kinds of food he had brought, "The world is so big that eating is the most important thing. Eat until you are full first."
Perhaps because she was really hungry, He Xianglian rushed forward with hands and feet. Just as she grabbed the roast chicken and was about to stuff it into her mouth, she thought of her dying father. She picked up the teapot and returned to the bed.
Song Che helped lift his father up, gave him some tea, tore the steamed bun into pieces, and slowly put it into his mouth. After eating some food, his father's breathing gradually became even, but his eyes were dull. , has been tortured so cruelly by this secular world that he has lost his soul.
Seeing that Song Che was really worried, "Don't they even give you prison meals?"
He Xianglian shook her head, "I have a bowl of clear porridge every day. There is too much soup but not enough rice. My father was so hungry that he kept his mouth closed just to let me eat..."
She was crying while chewing the buns.
Song Che took out the jade bracelet from his arms and handed it to He Xianglian, "Do you recognize this bracelet?"
"This belongs to my mother!" He Xianglian exclaimed, holding the jade bracelet, "Master, are you... looking for my mother?"
Song Che nodded, but did not tell He Xianglian the circumstances of his mother's death to prevent her from being overly sad. "Niu Er has been detained in the camp. Now I am collecting evidence, but I have encountered some problems. One of them is the ' Big Pearl',"
He asked again: "Did your mother really pick a big pearl?"
He Xianglian sobbed and nodded, "Yes, it's as big as an egg... I regret that I asked for this bead, which ruined our family!"
"Did Niu Er snatch the bead away?" Song Che asked again.
He Xianglian shook her head, "Niu Er tried to buy the big pearl at a low price over and over again, but my mother refused to sell it, so he did it. After killing my mother, Niu Er led others to smash up our house. In fact, Just search for that big pearl.”
"If Miss He can be trusted, can you tell me where the big pearl is hidden? The pearl is evidence and the key to redress your injustice." Song Che asked sincerely.
He Xianglian said without hesitation: "My father and I knew that the pearl was valuable, so we buried it under the willow tree in Chunlai Lane in the west of the city, under the willow tree in the courtyard of our house, and pressed it with stone piers."
She held Song Che's hand again and cried and begged: "After we were imprisoned, the Zhou family did not let us go. They would find people coming to the cell every once in a while to beat us on the pretext of visiting the prison... Young Master, We really can't stand it anymore, please help me get out of this place, my dad... really can't stand it anymore."
"Da da da!"
The female soldier knocked on the cell door with a stick and said coldly: "It's quarter of an hour."
