Chapter 31 The Great Knight
[Today’s evaluation: A meaningful day, life span +1, and limited-time status ‘God rewards those who work hard’]
Today, Ibo completed the task of escorting prisoners conscientiously. He worked hard and practiced martial arts diligently. As expected, he was in a good state.
After drinking wine with Liang Chuanshan and relieving each other's worries, Song Changming returned home to rest.
Looking back on the battle during the day, Song Changming was still satisfied with the performance of his sword skills. It was precisely because of the sword skills he had honed day and night that he could stand on the prison car and repel enemies from all directions.
The Soul-Severing Sword of Dacheng Realm is quite astonishingly powerful.
It's just that his physical training is too shallow. Otherwise, when facing those people in the world, he would not simply repel them, but would directly kill them on the spot, leaving no room for them to escape.
In a few days, there will be another annual evaluation, and maybe he can add a wave of experience in body training.
The mission given to Liang Chuanshan on the second day was also very clear. At three quarters of noon, four felons were to be escorted to the execution platform at a busy street and interrogated on the street!
The four selected felons were all bureaucrats. They committed serious crimes and had their homes confiscated. They themselves could not escape the death penalty.
As for Liu Xiangnan, the hero who caused the prisoner robbery yesterday, he did not appear on the list of people asked to kill him today.
Maybe there are other plans from above.
This time, four felons were killed, and even the director, who was about to step down, was present to prevent yesterday's prisoner robbery from happening again.
Despite his age, the old director's personal strength is still quite high.
The body's energy and blood may have declined and are no longer at their peak, but one's martial arts attainments must become better with practice.
In the Patrol Division of Houli Street, no patrol chief dared to think that he could outdo the seventy-year-old director in terms of force.
In the past, they had basically been taught a lesson by the old director, so they were all deeply impressed and did not dare to be disrespectful to the old director.
But this time, the beheading was carried out on the execution platform. Although the General Secretary was also prepared, no more robbers were attracted until the beheading was completed.
On the contrary, someone caught him by surprise and wanted to take the opportunity to break into the prison of the Patrol Division.
Fortunately, the prison was always heavily guarded and did not allow the other party to succeed.
On the contrary, several more people were arrested and captured alive.
Yiwen was a man from the Jianghu, who had been favored and came to rescue Liu Xiangnan.
I have to say that this heroic warrior is indeed very charming and can make so many unrelated people shed their blood for him.
Of course, the nature of the prison robbery was extremely bad. In order to prevent accidents, the old director immediately ordered another patrol to be stationed in the prison every night, specifically responsible for guarding Liu Xiangnan until the day he was beheaded.
As for Liu Xiangnan's deeds, due to the prison robbery, word spread throughout the Patrol Division.
The county magistrate he killed was actually a corrupt official who preyed on the people, and the people in the area he governed were already in dire straits.
He couldn't stand the evil deeds of the county magistrate, so he finally drew his sword and killed him in anger.
Although he was a little impulsive, people were saying that what he did was a good deed.
The prison of the Patrol Division was cold and damp, and there was a rotten and unpleasant smell that lingered.
Being responsible for guarding the prison at night is definitely a terrible job.
But tonight, it was the turn of Song Changming's patrol team to guard.
"Song head."
Two patrolmen who were dozing in the corner got up immediately when they saw Song Changming coming in.
"You guys go outside and take a breath, I'll take a shift." Song Changming waved his hand without asking the other party to go fishing.
"Okay! Head Song can call us anytime if anything happens." The two patrol guards immediately retreated.
Compared to staring at some lifeless prisoners in this underground prison, it is simply paradise outside the prison. Song Changming didn't say anything, and glanced at the cells where the prisoners were held.
After being locked up in prison for a long time, most of the prisoners inside were in a state of confusion. Many of them were lying motionless like mummies, and few were still alive and kicking.
Song Changming's eyes finally settled on one of the prisons.
The person detained inside was none other than Liu Xiangnan.
At this moment, Liu Xiangnan no longer looked like the handsome gentleman he was known to be. He was just leaning against the wall, with his head raised, his hands hanging weakly, and his eyes staring blankly at a small iron window on the wall.
A few rays of moonlight came in and fell on him.
This is his only interaction with the outside world.
Perhaps hearing the approaching footsteps, Liu Xiangnan turned his eyes to Song Changming.
He had an impression of this young patrolman. Song Changming had shown good strength in the prison car before, blocking all the people who tried to rescue him under the prison car.
Song Changming held a bowl of water in his hand and put it into the prison.
Liu Xiangnan leaned over, bit the mouth of the bowl and drank.
Song Changming noticed that his hands seemed to be disabled, and he could not even do such a simple action as holding a bowl.
"When will I be beheaded?" Liu Xiangnan finally said after drinking water.
"No notification yet." Song Changming replied.
Liu Xiangnan closed his eyes and was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "I beg you to do something."
Song Changming didn't respond to him.
"I don't want to harm more people, kill me before I get killed." Liu Xiangnan murmured with a look of pain on his face.
"If you get to the execution ground and a more powerful martial arts master comes to help, you may be able to survive, so why not wait any longer." Song Changming said.
It is better to die than to live. There are so many prisoners in the entire prison. If they are given even a glimmer of hope of survival, they will not choose to seek death.
Liu Xiangnan shook his head slightly, looked at his hands and said, "I am no longer me, and death is a relief for me now."
Song Changming could somewhat see Liu Xiangnan's mood at this moment.
He is now worse off than dead, feeling pain both physically and mentally, and living is a torment.
He just knew that when he rushed to the execution ground, someone might risk their own life to save him and die because of him, so he wanted to ask Song Changming to give him a ride before being executed.
Everything happened because of him, and no more people should have died because of it.
Otherwise, what's the point of killing the dog officer?
"Sorry, there's no order from above, so I can't help you." Song Changming hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.
In fact, he admired a knight like Liu Xiangnan after learning about his deeds. After all, this was something he thought he couldn't do.
How many people can truly sacrifice themselves for others?
He could make Liu Sangnan's life easier while he was guarding him in prison. This was the limit of what he could do.
Any more would be beyond the scope of his authority and would likely lead to anger.
Seeing that he could not die, Liu Xiangnan closed his eyes again and stopped talking.
Song Changming placed a portion of meat porridge in Liu Xiangnan's prison. When he saw that he wouldn't eat it, he focused on practicing his sword in the corner of the prison.
This great time cannot be wasted in prison.
(End of chapter)