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Chapter 16 Prison Story One: True Confessions

Short Stories by Ni Kuang 倪匡 1917Words 2023-02-05
The prison guard shouted at the top of his voice: Four seven three two, someone is visiting the prison Four Seven Two Three straightened up from among the many prisoners bending over to pull weeds, and walked forward slowly, his movements were very slow.This kind of slow movement, in the eyes of normal people, is very weird, but to 4723, it is perfectly natural.Moreover, all felony prisoners, especially those sentenced to life imprisonment, act similarly, and time is meaningless to them.In other words, time just represents imprisonment for them, so why bother to speed up their actions to buy time?

4723 walked up to the prison guard and stood still, even the movements of his facial muscles were slow, which seemed even weirder, but the prison guard was also used to the expression of a prisoner with a severe sentence, so he stretched out his foot and kicked him lightly: it's still old Inspector, who is he, who comes to see you every month, with alcohol and cigarettes in constant supply?Everyone knows that he is a filial son, and he visits his mother's grave every month to pay respects, so why does he come to see you every month? Four Seven Two Three shrugged, but did not answer.

This is a mystery that everyone in the prison wants to know: why does a famous detective come to visit a prisoner who has been pardoned from death sentence to life imprisonment every month? Necessities, not only can be used by a person for a month, but there is still a lot left over for the beneficiary to establish his special status in the prison. Since the inspector is somewhat privileged, the time of each meeting is not limited, and there is no third party present, so this secret has never been known to anyone. Of course it failed. When 4723 walked into the small room slowly, the inspector was pacing impatiently, the door was closed, the inspector pressed his hands on the table, his upper body was almost bent forward, looking at Four seven two three with a cigarette.

When the smoke slowly spewed out from 4723's mouth, the inspector seemed to have an irresistible impulse, and suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed the prisoner, and lifted him up, but he remained calm, just coldly Looking at the inspector, not only was the cigarette still in his mouth, but even the ash did not fall from it. The inspector slumped and let go, and turned around: I can't delay any longer, I have to retire next month! Four Seven Two Three took a deep breath, his expression indifferent. The inspector cleared his throat: You are a life sentence pardoned by the death penalty. You will definitely spend your whole life in prison, and there is absolutely no hope of getting out!

Four Seven Two Three raised his head and looked at the ceiling with an indifferent expression. The inspector raised his voice: You have no relatives, no parents, no brothers, no children, no relatives, let alone friends. He turned around with a vicious expression: You are alone, whether you are dead or alive, no one cares, you are not even alive, you are just a half-dead waiting to die in prison! 4723 actually reacted, he bawled, and spat on the ground: Everyone is waiting for death in prison Afterwards, his voice became very low, muttering: The difference is only in the size of the prison That's all.

The inspector waved his hand, and his voice was extremely low, but it sounded like a long-suppressed anxiety and anger: That money is useless to you, why is it almost ten years, I come to see it every month You, bring you so many things, you still refuse to tell me where the money is? Four Seven Two Three put out the cigarette (there is still half a cigarette! In prison, that is an extreme luxury), licking his lips: If I told you, would you still come?You got that money, you must go far away! The inspector smiled bitterly, there were quite a lot of wrinkles on his face, so many that when he stretched out his hand to wipe his face, those wrinkles seemed to fall off: the same situation, I will retire next month, after I retire, even if I come to see you again, There is no privilege, why don't you tell me where you put the money, and I withdraw it, at least I can spend it on you.

4723 lit another cigarette and remained silent. It seemed that there was some activity in his heart, which made the inspector's heart beat faster and his face became hot: this prisoner, together with three other people, robbed a bank, robbed A batch of gold was taken away, weighing 120 kilograms.Two guards were killed, and four robbers escaped. Three days later, the remaining three were killed one after another. Of course, it was internal strife. One of them confessed to him after being seriously injured and before his tragic death, so he was arrested and turned into four Seven thirty two.

But the one hundred and twenty kilograms of gold never appeared again, so he had to hide it. No matter where it was hidden, no matter what method he used, he couldn't make him reveal it.The inspector had been working on this case from the very beginning, and he knew that as long as Siqi Ersan was willing to tell him where the gold was hidden, he would absolutely be able to keep the gold as his own. That's why he came to visit 4723 every month. At this time, is four seven two three willing to say it?As long as he is willing to say it, the inspector of life after retirement thinks of the happy place, his palms can't help sweating, and he rubs his hands involuntarily.

Four Seven Two Three took another drag on his cigarette and smiled very slyly. The inspector approached him and laughed with him. 4723 exhaled a puff of smoke, his lips moved, the detective quickly moved closer, 4723 looked even more strange, and his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible: In your mother's grave! At least one-third of the blood in his body rushed to the detective's head, and he couldn't bear it any longer. His hands, not allowing him to say a word more, had already strangled his neck. , until Siqi Ersan's eyeballs almost fell out. 4723 was strangled to death. He died for no apparent reason. He didn't understand why the inspector had been questioning him for ten years. He finally told the truth, but the inspector strangled him to death instead.

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