The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 192: Escape

Although the text is long, it actually only takes a moment. As expected, the person who delivered the food hurriedly threw down the ladle in his hand and ran out. I just don't know what choice he will make.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Lu Zixuan looked at the dirty ground again. He couldn't even find a space to sit down, so he stopped worrying about it and decided to improve the environment himself.

Collect the damp wheat straw on the ground, find the longer ones, use the straw rope to tie up a few broom-like tools, and clean all the dirt out of the cage.

Just when I finished doing all this and was about to lie down on the floor, I heard noisy scolding coming from outside the house, and then I saw Lao Chen and others being pushed into the room.

Well, they came at the right time. Those people were kind to the elderly but not very friendly to children. As soon as they had packed up their place to stay, they brought Lao Chen in.

When those people pushed Lao Chen into the cage, Lao Chen staggered a few times and managed to keep his balance by holding onto the iron bars. The people who followed him in threw the bundle of straw in their hands to the ground and followed the escorts away without saying a word.

Lu Zixuan ignored Lao Chen's astonishment, opened one of the bundles of wheat straw, picked out the drier ones, spread them thickly near the cage door, and curled up and lay down.

"The environment of this cell is pretty good, much better than the Japanese prison. At least the floor is clean, unlike the Japanese prison, which was smelly and dirty."

Hearing what Lao Chen said, Lu Zixuan rolled his eyes to the sky.

Just as Lu Zixuan was about to turn around and start rant, he heard the person he was chatting with tease:

"You are really good at making sarcastic remarks. If this little guy hadn't been busy all day, you would have just slept on the dung heap. I have never seen a prison cell for the Japanese, but I know that the place where you are sitting now is where we used to put the urine bucket. It's beautiful. Haha..."

Lao Chen's awkward smile froze on his face. He didn't know whether he should lie down somewhere else or just ignore what the man said.

"Haha... just lie back and relax. I'm just teasing you. I just want you to know that these people are no better than the Japanese. They are all the same and like to oppress the people.

You guys don't need to bother looking for the exit. This is a newly requisitioned cell. There is no possibility of escape. Just stay here and wait for the little guy's reinforcements to arrive. Then we will be free..."

The man did not say how Lu Zixuan got help. Seeing that Lu Zixuan was already fast asleep, Old Chen guessed that he must have done something. However, there were too many people here to ask, so he had to suppress his curiosity and wait patiently.

When Lu Zixuan woke up, the moonlight was already covering the ground. Perhaps because he was a child, those people did not search Lu Zixuan or confiscate his belongings, so the items in his bag were saved.

I quietly took out the imported compressed biscuits I had bought on Taobao and a water bag I made myself using a bicycle inner tube. Although these things were hard to eat and drink, they could save my life at a critical moment. After I had eaten and drunk my fill, I began to think in my mind.

He had three ways to ask for help. One was the painting on the wall, which was to notify partners in the information channel, but he was not sure whether it had developed to this point; the second was to throw a ball of paper at the feet of the receptionist at the county government, but he was not sure whether that person would do as the content said; and the third, which was the most reliable one, was to let the person delivering the food fall into the trap in the next county.

According to Lu Zixuan's calculations, no matter which road was open, reinforcements should have arrived in the county by now, but he didn't hear any movement. He didn't like the feeling of putting his fate in the hands of others and decided to save himself.

He first approached the cage door to study the lock that tied the iron chain. Well, the lock was very old, a copper lock commonly seen in TV dramas. It looked simple and could be opened by inserting an iron piece. However, he only knew the theory and had never practiced it, and he didn't want to waste time, so he gave up.

I started studying the iron fence again, but the welding density was too high and there was no possibility of cutting or bending it. So I gave up and decided to wait for help.

"You want to escape?"

A deep voice suddenly sounded, which frightened Lu Zixuan. He looked carefully and found that it was the person he had been chatting with during the day. He felt relieved and slowly approached him and said:

"Is there any way?"

"I advise you to give up. Last time, someone escaped but was shot down before leaving the compound. The people here will do anything to get what they want. They are afraid that these outsiders will escape and spread the news about the county.

Since you have a background, don't take risks. I'll tell you this not-so-secret secret. When you get out, find a way to save us, okay?"

Seeing the man's confident look that he could escape, Lu Zixuan slowly nodded in agreement.

“In fact, the cause of the incident was very small. It was just two men fighting over a woman. The loser was unwilling to accept the result, so he plotted to kill the winner. But he probably didn’t expect that the incident would alarm the province and even the county magistrate was removed.

That person was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so he teamed up with the county's armed forces department and imprisoned all the people who knew the truth. In fact, there were only about twenty of them who knew the whole story, but out of caution, they also controlled us, the outsiders who were passing by, to prevent the information from leaking out. This is what they told me.

Isn't it ridiculous? So many people have to suffer for such a simple thing, and most people here don't understand why they are locked up. Sigh..."

After saying this, the man closed his eyes in disappointment. He must be lamenting his own innocence.

But Lu Zixuan thought that it would not be so simple. If they were afraid of the murder being leaked, the provincial government already knew about it and had dealt with it. There was no need to go to such lengths and create more mistakes. Was the whole county going to go to war just to protect the failed person? How could such a person live in such a poor county?

While deep in thought, he heard a steady stream of footsteps. Lu Zixuan finally relaxed his frown and smiled triumphantly...

Soon after, someone was heard shouting:

"Don't move. You won't be killed if you surrender your weapons. Put down your guns..."

There was a crackling sound mixed with footsteps as they approached the cell. A soldier stood at the door, lit a torch, and shouted into the dark room:

"Is there a young man named Lu? Please answer."

Lu Zixuan immediately raised his voice and answered:

"Yes, my name is Lu Zixuan, and I'm from Sijiu City."

Then a voice was heard announcing:

"Report, there is indeed such a person, please give instructions."

Following closely was a burly soldier, walking towards the iron cage with a flashlight.

Lu Zixuan immediately waved his hand and shouted:

"I'm Lu Zixuan, please come this way."...

Everyone was freed in the chaos and shouted:

"Long live the great man, long live the country, long live the soldiers..."