Chapter 8 Section VIII

The hurried footsteps of the guards rushed over, and they rushed out in disheveled clothes, yelling "stop!", "don't move!", "don't run!" Looking forward to their arrival.Zeng Tong saw that it was Ma Xuan who rushed to the front.According to Zeng Tong's wishes, he almost opened his arms to embrace the lovely Ma Xuan.But soon he found out that he had made a mistake, and Ma Xuan led all the guards to rush up and push him to the ground.What surprised him most was that they didn't tie his hands behind his back tactfully, but punched and kicked him, screaming excitedly.

This was the second time that Zeng Tong was punched by others that night.If there is any difference between the guards and Hou Feng, it is that Hou Feng doesn't seem to be doing his best, but the guards seem to enjoy it.They frantically waved their hands and feet, stimulating Zeng Tong's nerve clusters to send information to his brain through nerve currents even more frantically, and the information was unbearable pain. Just when Zeng Tong thought he was about to be beaten to death, a deafening explosion sounded with the power to almost pierce the eardrums of all the people present:

"Bang!" The dirt was flying everywhere, and the guards stopped their hands and feet, looking back at the pistol still held in the warden's hand in fear.No one would be stupid enough to make any actions or words at this time to stimulate him to shoot the second bullet. "Let him go, you bastards!" The warden's livid face reflected the color of the pistol. Following the warden into his cell-like so-called office, Zeng Tong was surprised to find that Hou Feng was sitting on the warden's seat carelessly with his feet up.Seeing Zeng Tong come in, a chilling smile appeared on half of his face, but the other half remained motionless.

"So slow? What a disappointment," he said. Zeng Tong looked at the warden in bewilderment, but the warden frowned at Hou Feng's wobbly feet.Hou Feng judged the situation and got up and changed seats.Instinctively, Zeng Tong moved an extra chair that was obviously specially set up for his arrival, trying to stay away from Hou Feng and get closer to the warden. The three sat quietly and waited for a decision, and no one spoke first for a while.The warden and Hou Feng exchanged glances, and Hou Feng—surprisingly not the warden—said: “As for the topic just now, we just talked about the issue of tea. Obviously, you didn’t pay attention The route to the spiral development of things. This route is a universal law of existence. Take human drinking water as an example, yes, a long time ago, people did drink mountain springs, and later invented various beverages, and now mountain springs are popular .It's the truth, but not the whole truth, it's just an appearance."

Zeng Tong looked at Hou Feng's boasting inexplicably, if the warden hadn't taken out the paper and pen and started to write, he would not have understood Hou Feng's intention at all.There is also a pile of such papers full of questions and answers, analysis and narration on the table.It seems that such a conversation has been going on between the warden and Hou Feng for quite some time. The warden wrote: "It's my intention to let you out this time. The purpose is to check for the first time whether the internal structure of the prison is different from the prison map in my hand. Hou Feng abandoned you on the road, and he will explain it to you. Of course, He used his favorite way. Don't pay attention to him, try to write down everything you see, hear, and experience as concisely and clearly as possible. From the time when Hou Feng separated from you until you saw me. Try your best Let all the issues be told here, with just the three of us."

Hou Feng continued to be wordy: "I don't understand why you ignore the fact that when our ancestors drank mountain springs thousands of years ago, they didn't notice the beneficial effects on the human body that actually existed in mountain springs. minerals, and thousands of years later we noticed this fact and applied it." Seeing Zeng Tong picking up a pen to write, the warden turned his head with confidence, and said unceremoniously to Hou Feng: "You are just arguing with me. You mention the facts to me, so let's see what the facts are. Facts are facts. There is no doubt. It is a fact that mountain springs are being drunk by people again. All the obsolete beverage inventions have been thrown into the garbage dump of history, which proves the ridiculousness and stupidity of human beings. Whether we pay attention to whether there are minerals in mountain springs , can't change the fact that we have swallowed it end to end in history. Tell me, in this fact, where is your so-called spiral development?"

Hou Feng countered: "The ancestors drank mountain springs thousands of years ago, did they know the minerals in the springs? Is this the same as the starting point for us to drink mountain springs that are well packaged and sold at a price today? The ancestors drinking mountain springs were motivated by chance. thirst; we drink mountain springs, which is the result of human beings' inevitable defense of their own health and attempts to enjoy such prosperity in a longer physical condition after the development of science and material prosperity to a certain extent." The warden sneered and said, "Is it accidental that our ancestors drank mountain springs? That's not the case at all. In the forest or on the grasslands, what can continuously and steadily provide the water necessary for the human body? It can only be mountain springs. They drink mountain springs, not at all. Accidental, but inevitable. You just said that it is inevitable for us to drink mountain springs now. Since everything is inevitable, we have only gone back thousands of years."

Hou Fengdao: "Mountain springs are not inevitable. If there are other fixed water sources, they will also be selected as drinking water. For example, lakes and rivers, such as groundwater. The starting point, let me say it again, or people who use uniforms like you like to hang The words on the lips, the motives. The motives for drinking water are completely different. You still only see the appearance, and use this as an argument to prove that your civilization is going backwards." The warden said: "The so-called mountain spring is just a synonym for all natural fresh water. Don't give me any words. The reason why they are different now is because of industrial pollution. Fact! I will say it again, what are you still doing ridiculously?" Entanglement. The starting point is different, and the end point that still cannot change the fact returns to the starting point. No matter what people think or know, they are drinking the same thing."

Hou Feng laughed and said, "Haha. You admit it yourself, the definition of a mountain spring has changed. The scope of water intake has changed, and your so-called facts have also changed." The warden sneered and said: "On the contrary, if you can get rid of your ridiculous word picking problem and use the average IQ of a normal person to understand the concept of natural fresh water, you will find that the facts are solid and there is no change. " ... There is no doubt that sophistry on such a topic is neither meaningful nor fruitful.Whether facts determine motives or motives change facts has been debated by philosophers for thousands of years.Any normal person knows that no matter how high the IQs of the warden and Hou Feng are, they will not discover any meaningful results on this issue that countless sages have studied.Zeng Tong has experienced this kind of lack of nutrition debate many times. Of course, his thinking is far less sharp than Hou Feng, unable to resist the strong offensive of the warden, so every time he ends up with Zeng Tong's failure.During the first few weeks in the prison, such debates did kill a lot of otherwise boring time.

However, as Hou Feng said, the purpose is different and the motivation is different.If there were indeed eavesdroppers, the three of them shutting the door without eavesdropping would obviously arouse the suspicion and alertness of the eavesdroppers. In this way, it would definitely be more difficult to find the eavesdroppers.It is very easy to infer that the reason why the warden acted in this way was to relax the other party's vigilance so that he could give the other party a fatal blow when necessary.Zeng Tong had no doubts that such a strategy was something he would never have thought of, and even if he thought of it, he would not have the talent to apply it as skillfully as the two in front of him.Especially when these two were having a heated debate with non-stop tongues, they actually started talking in writing.Zeng Tong was almost certain that they must be discussing something, and the warden's statement that Hou Feng's escape was fake was enough proof of this.

While writing quickly, he asked a question that he couldn't figure out from the beginning, and it also confused him even more now: the warden can draw a gun against anyone who dares to violate his will, even the guards.So who is so bold as to dare to eavesdrop on the warden's conversation? With the warden and Hou Feng by his side at the same time, Zeng Tong suddenly felt extremely at ease in his heart.The sense of security is brought by unexplainable reasons, even though he knows that the warden is most likely a cold-blooded executioner, and Hou Feng is an out-and-out pervert.Perhaps, this is the innate yang energy of the two of them, which cannot be concealed?All the shadows were dispelled by the boring and seemingly serious debate between the two, even when recalling the terrible scenes in the dark corridor, even the behavior that Hou Feng had once attacked him, now they all turned into gentle and misty white clouds in the sky The same looks even a little cute. Zeng Tong handed over a piece of paper full of writing to the warden.While scanning Zeng Tong's experience, the warden kept talking.But this time, he overestimated his dual-purpose talents.Soon, his attention was completely drawn into Zeng Tong's experience, so that his words were inexplicably intermittent: "...I will emphasize again and again, no matter what the starting point is, what the motivation is, the facts are the facts... um... For example, tea. As a drink, as a beverage with obvious traces of artificial processing... um? Uh... Lu Yu said in the tea book... um... um?... This is impossible!" The warden stood up abruptly, and Hou Feng, who was frowning more and more tightly beside him, was taken aback.Also dumbfounded was Zeng Tong, who never imagined that his experience could make the cold warden so excited. Hou Feng asked, "What?" He turned his head and glared at Zeng Tong. The warden held up the paper and motioned Hou Feng to look at the paper that Zeng Tong had written all over it, and the paper made a sound as it scratched in the air.This is a mistake.Zeng Tong suddenly thought that if someone was eavesdropping outside the door, the warden's incoherent words of "it's impossible" would undoubtedly make them suspect something.And they would hear the sound of the paper and know what the three of them might be doing to it.What can be done on paper?There is no doubt that something is being written.The sound of the paper might alert those outside the door that they had been found, ruining the warden's own plan to lure the snake out of the hole. In the eyes of the warden and Hou Feng, people like Zeng Tong are no better than idiots.Since Zeng Tong also wanted it, the warden and Hou Feng of course also thought of it.But it was too late to correct this error. There was a sound of small and hurried footsteps outside the door, and it gradually faded away.The warden drew out his gun in a movement that Zeng Tong could hardly see clearly, kicked open the door and rushed out, and Hou Feng followed out just as his name suggests.The speed and coordination of the two actions, if Zeng Tong knew their identities, one must have thought that they had received long-term training together. Zeng Tong stood by the table stupidly and stared at the door in a daze.He finally understood that the warden's evaluation of his talents was not casual but well-founded.Under such circumstances, Zeng Tong had no time to react, and even if he reacted, he might not have the courage and decisiveness of the warden.The footsteps of the warden and Hou Feng also disappeared, and the warden's shout of "Stop!" echoed in the corridor.Zeng Tong shook his head helplessly, looking at the dilapidated wind-up alarm clock on the warden's desk, the hands of the alarm clock were about to point to six o'clock, and the night was over. Who is eavesdropping outside?The warden said that Ma Xuan has a problem, is it him?Can the warden and Hou Feng catch up with him?A few pieces of paper on the table attracted Zeng Tong's attention.The paper was densely packed with the warden's scrawled and thin words, and another type of script that was equally scrawled but more messy and illegible.Undoubtedly, this was the conversation between the warden and Hou Feng while they were waiting for his return.It is even more likely that it is the transcript of the conversation that Hou Feng left during his day-long get-together with the warden—more precisely, the conversation itself.The papers were piled up neatly, and the first place should be the bottom one.Zeng Tong couldn't suppress his curiosity, he finally pulled out the bottom piece of paper, and began to carefully identify the conversation between the two. Warden: "Someone is eavesdropping on our conversation, pretend not to know, and continue to talk to me." Hou Feng: "Who? Why?" Warden: "It should be a guard. I guess it was the one who beat you the most. I don't know the reason." Hou Feng: "How do you know?" Warden: "When I was talking with your neighbor, there were signs that several guards knew what we were talking about. Once I told him in this room in private that I like to drink tea, and the next day someone sent It has been moldy for a long time, I don’t know what kind of old tea leaves are placed on my table.” Hou Feng: "Aren't you the warden? It's normal for them to please you." Warden: "Don't talk nonsense. There are some problems in this prison. Now I can be sure that there is no problem with your little neighbor, and myself." Hou Feng: "Why do you believe me?" Warden: "When did you learn to talk nonsense? In the conversation just now, it is obvious that you know nothing about this place. Besides, I watched you come here." Hou Feng: "Maybe I'm just pretending. Is it related to time?" Warden: "You're not, I can tell. The more you know, the less reliable you are." Hou Feng: "What's wrong with the prison?" Warden: "A regular prisoner like you can't see that there is a problem here? Prisoners don't have numbers, guards don't take vacations, there are no slogans, no thought reform, and even no power grid. What kind of prison is this? Five years ago there were four Fifteen prisoners came here, and the data showed that forty died abnormally; there was a man named Lao Shun in the prison, everyone had heard of him and was afraid of him, and no one wanted to talk about this man. According to Zeng Tong, he saw this old Shun being released when he was in prison, but all the guards I asked denied it; there was a man named Wu Shiyuan, whom no one except Zeng Tong had seen or heard of; Wu Shiyuan and five others claim to be the same five who survived five years ago." Hou Feng: "It's not difficult, it can be easily found out." Warden: "On the contrary, no one is cooperating, from the guards to the prisoners. This prison is actually bigger than you can imagine, and I need you to do something for me. You and Zeng Tong go to the prison and pretend to tell possible eavesdroppers , What you actually need to do is explore the way and see how big the prison is.” Hou Feng: "I will really escape from prison." Warden: "If you are so capable, I have no objection. Here is the map, and your keys. The map is incomplete and full of loopholes. I think it is necessary to warn you that there are unknown things in this prison, and there are also very secret things. I think that some secrets may be found in these hidden places. I have already surveyed the areas with red lines on the map, and what you need to do is to investigate the areas without red lines. " Hou Feng: "Why don't you continue your investigation yourself?" Warden: "I need help, because I am being watched. I don't want others to know that I have discovered that there is a dark existence in this prison, so I need to find someone I can trust. Although Zeng Tong meets this condition, he I don't have the talent to do this alone. My plan is, you go ahead and I go behind to see if anyone is following or who the person is following. Don't rush to refuse. Before that, I need you to understand these Condition." Hou Feng: "I see, I will go. This is terrible, if it is true." Warden: "Do you believe this is true?" Hou Feng: "I don't know. What about you?" The conversation ends here.Zeng Tong regretted everything, the conversation between the two on paper was nothing worth avoiding him, maybe that was why these papers were lying on the table swaggeringly waiting for someone from Zeng to read them.When the warden and Hou Feng met, the two should have spoken tit for tat and refused to budge.God knows what they ridiculed each other, but when the warden began to tell Hou Feng the prison's problems on paper, the warden undoubtedly began to trust Hou Feng, and the wonderful temptation between the two was over.Zeng Tong could imagine that at this moment, both of them should be wasting their saliva on some boring and ambiguous topic - just like what they just talked about whether bottled mineral water represents the regression of civilization - and concentrate their energy on it. Focus on paper. A photo suddenly fell out from under the stack of papers.Zeng Tong picked it up, but the photo didn't look good.The photo shows a slightly out-of-focus man who is facing the camera in profile and is about to cross the road.Zeng Tong quickly saw that this was the warden.Zeng Tong has been wearing a green uniform since he met the warden, but suddenly seeing casual clothes, he was very uncomfortable.Turn the photo over, and there is a word "Chen" on it. This is a photo of the warden in civilian clothes.Not in a prison, but in a certain city.However, it seems that the warden didn't know when the photo was taken, and the out-of-focus of the photo was caused by the person taking the photo shaking, indicating that the photo was taken in a hurry.Maybe candid?Forget it, considering that the warden never mentions the past, of course the warden will not show his former appearance for Zeng Tong to appreciate. Zeng Tong put back the photo.Holding the stack of papers, he stared blankly at the door in a daze.At the end, the warden asked Hou Feng to understand "these" situations, but the conversation on the paper did not explain.Obviously, the warden asked Hou Feng to watch something.A perverted murderer like Hou Feng would also say something that was "too scary" and wonder whether he should believe it, no doubt this was a great temptation to Zeng Tong.It's a pity, and it's also very suspicious, why didn't the warden let himself see this thing?This thing is terrifying, will it be the same as the things I have seen in the dark corridor... Once passed a shock.He suddenly remembered the words written and erased by the warden on the paper last time: "Do you believe in ghosts in this world?" In Fushan Prison, there really are evil spirits! A chill gushed out from the bottom of Zeng Tong's heart, and invaded his limbs along the blood vessels, and he shrank his neck subconsciously.At the moment when he hoped that the warden and Hou Feng would return soon, a figure flashed past the door. Click! This is the sound of Zeng Tong's heart suddenly contracting under the overwhelmed pressure. Although the figure outside the door was moving very quickly, Zeng Tong still saw clearly that it was a man in a prisoner's costume, holding an oil lamp.He is definitely not Hou Feng, his evil eyes are inexplicably hollow, exuding the breath of death.So much so that Zeng Tong didn't notice what his face looked like. He walked without making a sound.This is absolutely impossible in this tunnel where a needle can be heard.Even more chilling is his shadow.Zeng Tong noticed the problem of shadows sensitively. The prisoner walked quickly past the door with an oil lamp in his hand, so in this dark corridor, there should be his shadow on the ground behind him no matter what.But now, Zeng Tong stared at the ground outside the door, there was nothing there.He remembered that when this person walked through the door, the ground was the same as it is now. Who is this guy?Why is he here?What is he doing here? More importantly, is it human?What about its shadow? The pieces of paper Zeng Tong held were trembling and groaning, and his sweat rolled down from his already soaked cuffs, soaking the papers.So he randomly stuffed the few pieces of paper into his arms.In the panic, I didn't notice that some of the papers fell to the ground.At this moment, he inevitably thought of getting lost in that dark corridor, when he was lost, he saw his own shadow. He turned his head slowly, looking at his own shadow.One of Shadow's outstretched hands pointed toward the door. "Help—" "Come——" Zeng Tong's howl sounded in the corridor.The shrill cry for help echoed in the corridor, this was the second time that night, it was as if he had been beaten. Although few people can see any expression on the warden's face, it is strange that in everyone's impression, the warden's face is impressive and unforgettable.Perhaps, it was because of his sharp eyes.At this moment, there was still an expressionless expression on his face, and he looked sharply at Hou Feng and Zeng Tong who were squatting in the corner with their hands tied behind their backs.His eyes stayed on Zeng Tong obviously more than on Hou Feng, because Zeng Tong's strange face was pale and trembling all the time. After shouting for help, the warden and Hou Feng rushed over immediately.Obviously, they missed the man who was eavesdropping outside the door.And Zeng Tong's inexplicable call for help here attracted a large number of guards, disrupting the warden's plan to come back on time to send the two back to their cells.For this reason, Zeng Tong could see that the warden was extremely dissatisfied with him, even though Zeng Tong confessed with trembling lips. The warden said: "Everyone has seen what happened tonight. These two people, obviously, tried to escape from the prison. I have interrogated them, and they also admitted that they were in collusion and opened the lock themselves. I want to say , this is a dereliction of my job, this is a dereliction of our work. Here, I suggest that no prisoner should be told what happened tonight, so as not to cause unnecessary disturbances and some things will get out of control. In order to avoid similar The situation happened again, and I think it is necessary to punish these two people. What do you think?" Beside them are guards on duty who are cautious.Everyone is gathered in the warden's small room, so that it feels like a lack of oxygen and can't breathe.They ignorantly listened to the warden's order to put Hou Feng and Zeng Tong into the confinement room, not knowing that this was a smoke screen put by the warden to cover up his ordering Hou Feng and Zeng Tong to act.The so-called interrogation opinions are just a matter of saving face.Any guard who used his brain to think a little bit, recalling the scene where the warden pointed a gun at himself to rescue Zeng Tong, could understand which side the warden stood on.After the warden came here, everyone gradually became familiar with and followed his behavior, that is, all people, all guards and prisoners, obeyed his every order unconditionally. Seeing that no one raised, or dared to raise objections, the warden smacked his lips in satisfaction, and shouted: "Ma Xuan, take these two people to the confinement room." No response.The guards looked at each other, Ma Xuan's eyes widened, hesitant to speak. The warden asked strangely: "What?" Ma Xuandao: "Report! We don't have a confinement room here." The warden said angrily: "No? Impossible! I read the information, the confinement room is in a separate cave on the other side of the playground, called the West Cave..." Ma Xuandao: "Report! The West Cave originally existed, but a landslide later buried the West Cave. Up to now, we have not had a new confinement room, and nothing has happened that needs to be used." Hou Feng couldn't help but sneered twice, which was exactly what he wanted.The warden gave him a hard look, and said: "Although this is the case, the two of them need to be punished! Take them back to their cells, and no one will let them leave without my order! They are not allowed They are not allowed to come into contact with any other prisoners, and they are not allowed to come into contact with any other prisoners, and let them be imprisoned in their own cells! By the way, they are not allowed to talk to each other! Ma Xuan, Wu Zhongda!" Ma Xuan and Wu Zhongda responded in unison: "Yes!" "The two of you are on duty in shifts, guarding the corridor entrance of their cell, and no one is allowed to enter or leave except those who deliver food and clean the bedpan." "yes!" Zeng Tong walked behind Hou Feng tremblingly, thinking that he was about to leave the crowd with strong yang energy, and be alone in the dark, guarding the horror, evil and grotesque, he couldn't help trembling.The warden didn't give him any chance to defend himself, although he knew that the warden himself had questioned whether there were ghosts in the prison.Of course, what Zeng Tong didn't expect was that in front of so many guards, even if the warden believed him, he wouldn't let Zeng Tong tell what happened to him. It would only lead to confusion and affect the warden's own authority.As for Hou Feng, he completely scoffed at this.Hou Feng followed Ma Xuan's pace with a sneer. Zeng Tong and Hou Feng had the same mentality and expression, but they also had a stack of papers and a pencil in their pockets, as well as the keys to their respective cells.This is of course due to the warden's careful preparation. The two returned, or were taken to their former prison cell, the current confinement room.Zeng Tong crawled into the bed, hoping to cover himself in it so that he wouldn't shiver.At the same time, Hou Feng could be heard making noise from the next door: "Damn it! Who broke my bed! I want to change the bed!" "What a dick! Why is there no bed?" It seemed to be Ma Xuan's voice, "Fuck! You obviously slept on a kang, where did you get the bed?" "Damn it! What a dick and shit, your grandpa doesn't like to sleep! Why don't you change it for me? I want to sleep on the bed. How funny is your fart?" "Hey——you are pretending to be a master, come on..." There was a sound of opening the door, and then suddenly there was a sound like a stick hitting a rag: "I told you to pretend! I told you to pretend to be a master! Fuck you I’m so impatient to provoke you, uncle! I’ll kill your grandson! You want to trade your dick for a bed, and I’ll trade your balls—” There was only Ma Xuan's arrogant yelling and constant sticks hitting the cloth.Hou Feng didn't gnaw, and silently let a wrestling opponent who was actually far inferior to him vent his adrenaline.Zeng Tong suddenly felt scared for Ma Xuan. God knows, why did Hou Feng tease Ma Xuan so unnecessarily?Is it an excuse for the warden, an excuse for Ma Xuan to die?What is certain is that if Hou Feng wants to take revenge on Ma Xuan, he does not know what sensational means he will use.What's more—Hou Feng has the key to his own cell in his pocket, and the warden even showed him the map! What Zeng Tong didn't know was that he was already on Hou Feng's side without knowing it.Although Hou Feng had beaten him in the same way. "Forget it." A dry voice.Zeng Tong thought for a while, and recognized Wu Zhongda who rarely spoke. "Okay," Ma Xuan seemed to be tired from beating, "Your grandson is quite thick-skinned. In the future, when the uncle gets bored, he will often ask you to practice boxing. Hehe. Prison escape will be in confinement. That's when you catch up. Our warden is a good man who shows kindness." Ma Xuan muttered and closed the door, and walked away with Wu Zhongda.The warden had ordered them to take turns guarding the corridor entrance.There are only four single rooms in this corridor, but it is still a bit long, and there is a bend.Standing at the entrance of the corridor, I couldn't even see the door of Hou Feng's room.Hearing Ma Xuan and Wu Zhongda go away, Zeng usually let out a sigh of relief.Not out of sympathy for Hou Feng, but because he was afraid that Hou Feng would suddenly rise up and kill the two guards—Zeng Tong was sure that these two men would not be Hou Feng's opponents even if they drew their guns.He didn't know why he was so sure, maybe it was because of an indescribable murderous aura in Hou Feng's body. Ma Xuan's arrogant voice was reflected from the entrance of the corridor along the wall of the corridor, as if he was bragging to Wu Zhongda.Zeng Tong suddenly felt a sudden disgust.To analyze such a simple little person as Ma Xuan, Zeng Tong is also competent.When I first came to prison, I was also bullied and beaten by him.But as the relationship with the warden deepened, Ma Xuan gradually became more polite to him.When Hou Feng came later, he must have suffered a lot from him on the way.This time he and Hou Feng were unceremoniously tied behind their hands by the warden, claiming that they had escaped from prison and were captured, so Ma Xuan was naturally unceremonious.To Zeng Tong he still has a little affection, but to Hou Feng who is not so close to the warden, he will naturally be cruel.Thinking of Ma Xuan's arrogant face and his dog-like face in front of the warden, Zeng Tong suddenly felt that Hou Feng was right to a certain extent.Such a person should be killed.In the eyes of others, the crime is not worthy of death, that is because these bystanders have not suffered from it. Hou Feng next door fell silent, and Zeng Tong soon heard a uniform exhalation sound, which became louder and louder, and finally turned into a snoring sound.This Hou Feng fell asleep calmly after being beaten and insulted for two minutes! He is indeed a terrible man. Zeng Tong closed his eyes, turned over, and there was a soft rubbing sound in his arms.He reached out and took out some papers.This is the paper I just read. On it is the conversation between the warden and Hou Feng—a real conversation, not a verbal perfunctory.Maybe the warden will soon notice that these important papers are missing, maybe he is throwing a tantrum or restless now?No, he is such a calm person, he will definitely not. Zeng Tong held up the paper with a smile, an unintentional mistake, had the effect of a prank.But his smile froze immediately. The dim light was reflected from the side wall of the corridor entrance, and the warden's handwriting was blurred.To be precise, there are other words appearing.Zeng Tong immediately realized that it was the back of the paper.The conversation between the warden and Hou Feng is not over yet! Warden: "Although I don't want to admit it, in fact, I tend to believe it." What does it mean?Zeng Tong flipped it over quickly, and the conversation before them was: Warden: "...I need you to understand these situations." Hou Feng: "I see, I will go. This is terrible, if it is true." Warden: "Do you believe this is true?" Hou Feng: "I don't know. What about you?" There is no doubt that the warden showed Hou Feng something.Otherwise, Hou Feng's sentence "I see, I will go. This is terrible, if it is true" is obviously not in line with the abruptness of the dialogue logic. So, what did the warden show Hou Feng?Is there anything that can make a perverted murderer like Hou Feng say "this is terrible"? Zeng Tong didn't know, and knew that he didn't have such reasoning ability at all.So he went on to read: Warden: "Although I don't want to admit it, in fact, I tend to believe it." Hou Feng: "Unbelievable. How can you believe it? I refuse to believe it. The words were written by a person. What if this person has any plans or conspiracy?" Warden: "That's not a problem. Yes, what you said is possible. But it doesn't rule out that what he wrote is a fact, which is also a possibility." Hou Feng: "Very challenging, isn't it?" Warden: "It seems that you are tempted." Hou Feng: "You know why? You don't look like a warden." Warden: "What do you mean?" Hou Feng: "How can a warden distrust his colleagues and discuss such things with his most dangerous prisoners?" Warden: "Don't flaunt yourself. You don't look like what the data says. But the facts are the facts, and you have to accept that you, the prisoner, and I, the warden. If you don't accept it, you should know what it is as a result of." Hou Feng: "I didn't challenge your authority. But you must give me authority, if you haven't forgotten what I'm good at." Warden: "You, me, Zeng Tong." Hou Feng: "Why is there him? What's the use of him? Why should you trust him?" Warden: "You will understand what is the use. If you have to choose between you and him, I will definitely believe him and not you." Hou Feng: "Very good, let's discuss the plan, what should we do at the beginning?" Warden: "The first step is to know the structure of this prison. The map in my hand is incomplete and full of mistakes. I have explored it quietly at night, and many places are obviously different from the map. Moreover, I have noticed it several times. , I was discovered, and someone was following me. I don't know the identity and number of those people, but I guarantee on my reputation that this is true. We must detect the structure of the entire prison, otherwise we cannot act; at the same time, we Also need to find out who is following me." Hou Feng: "Agreed. Specifically?" Warden: "You have time to memorize the map first. I will give you the key. Don't tell Zeng Tong the truth. You pretend to escape from prison. Our goal is to go from here to the westernmost point, which is not on the map. But there is a corridor in reality. You take Zeng Tong to explore the terrain, you need to memorize the terrain, and then find a way to get rid of him, and then you follow him. I will follow you, after you get rid of Zeng Tong, I follow Zeng Tong, and you follow me. Zeng Tong will definitely stumble, and you need to guide him to the correct route at the right time. After returning, we will compare the routes we each remember." Hou Feng: "At the same time, I also need to observe whether someone is following you?" Warden: "That's right, I thought you could handle it, how about it?" Hou Feng: "If you use a key, you can't justify jailbreaking." Warden: "If any guard is really loyal to his duty, he will bring it up to me. Otherwise, he will be the object of suspicion." Hou Feng: "Good!" It seems that in order to save paper, the two people's writing became smaller and smaller, and it became more and more specific and practical.Seeing the warden's plan, Zeng Tong finally understood why Hou Feng would take him with him when he escaped from prison, why he was beaten and abandoned by Hou Feng, why he lost his way in the corridor, and why the warden was the first to be beaten by the guards. arrived in time. And more importantly, why did I get lost.Perhaps, Hou Feng did something wrong. All of this, as the warden admitted, was manipulated by the warden.Hou Feng's so-called jailbreak is nothing but a smoke screen for exploring the way. The word is really gone here, Zeng Tong noticed strangely that there was no discussion between the warden and Hou Feng after the night visit.他清楚地记得两人在辩论茶与文明这个话题的时候，还不停的笔谈。而现在看到的所有字迹，似乎都是出发之前的。 也许是不小心丢到哪个地方了吧？ 仅仅在这几张纸上，也有不少不好理解的地方。比如狱长写的，“你、我、曾通”是什么意思？侯风前面说的是“如果你没有忘记什么是我的拿手好戏的话”。侯风的拿手好戏是什么？ 该是杀人？ 曾通打了个哆嗦，狱长允许他杀自己？不会，那样的话前面的“你、我”就没法解释。前面侯风向狱长要某些权限，是什么权限？杀人的权限？为什么要杀人？ 当然，不可排除在危险的时候自卫。对于侯风这样的人来说，平白也认为人人都可杀，何况有正当目的的时候，那还不大杀特杀的？ 那么，这段话的意思其实是，狱长给侯风的权限，除了狱长本人，就只有曾通和侯风是一伙的。除此之外，人人不可信任，也就是说，人人都可杀。 狱长，是个什么样的人啊？ 曾通想不通。他只是隐约觉得，狱长虽然与侯风是看上去截然不同的两个人，可是在笔谈的时候，除了字迹以外，口气和思维方式几乎是同一个人。曾通看起来要想半天才能看明白的话，比如说什么拿手好戏，狱长似乎一下子就能明白。是不是他们在骨子里有惊人的相似之处呢？ 好在，曾通知道，至少暂时侯风不会找自己的麻烦。于是他也合上眼睛。 曾通不知道的是，他一直刻意回避去想地上在穿过昏暗的甬道的时候，地上邪异的阴影，在狱长屋里看到的，晃过狱长门口的怪异的身影。 他还不知道的是，隔壁的侯风一直在和他做同样的事情。他一边不停的假装着鼾声，一边反复仔细地看完曾通写给狱长的这晚的经历。他终于看完了，将纸收起来，嘴角浮起一丝冷笑。 与此同时，狱长走进自己的房间，小心地将曾通不小心丢落在地上的几张纸拾起来。狱长心里对曾通如此的不小心、以及不懂他刻意让他看这些内容的用心而感到有些气馁，尤其是当狱长发现这几张曾通遗漏的而不可能看见的纸上的内容才是最最重要的时候。当然了，在他和侯风单独待了一整天的时间里，他们的谈话远远不止曾通能够看到的这些。 与此同时，吴仲达走向狱长住的那条甬道，想了想，又走回来；马宣则靠着甬道壁，一耷一耷地打盹。 夜即将结束，百羽、乌鸦等所有囚犯们，在看守们的哨音和监视下纷纷起床，开始按照狱长新的工作安排生活。由于看守和囚犯都不适应，不免有些纷乱。 鹘山监狱一惯的平静冷寂，在这个黎明，似乎稍微有些不同。