Hearing this, Jiang Chijing was stunned, and his first reaction was that he didn't quite believe it.
He said firmly: "Impossible, Xu Sheng has been in prison for more than ten years, how could he escape from prison?"
Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of another question, and immediately asked: "No, you are not familiar with him, how do you know that he is going to escape?"
"I'm really not familiar with him." Different from Jiang Chijing's sudden speed of speech, Zheng Mingyi still said slowly, "But recently their group is very wrong."
"How?" Jiang Chijing asked.
"Building 1 is renovating the dormitory, and all the prisoners have been transferred to dormitory 2. Do you know this?" Zheng Mingyi asked.
Jiang Chijing probably knew that the prison had plans to renovate the cells, but he didn't pay attention to when it would be implemented.
"Renovating the dormitory requires repainting many places." Zheng Mingyi said, "This part of the work is done by the painters team."
Speaking of lacquer workers, there are many people in Xu Sheng's faction who work in lacquer factories, including Lao Jiu.
"What does painting have to do with jailbreaking?" Jiang Chijing couldn't help but ask.
"It's a bit complicated to say." Zheng Mingyi said, "The painters' team was divided into two groups, and they took turns to work overtime in the No. 1 dormitory every night. Although overtime is paid for overtime, I think most of them are very resistant to the night. Still work.
"People who don't work overtime will work with other people to solve personal hygiene before eight o'clock in the evening, but a few days ago I suddenly found that Xu Sheng didn't come to the bathroom for several days. I observed it and found that he was at 1 every day I work overtime in Building No. 2, and I won't go back to Building No. 2 until after nine o'clock in the evening."
"What if he wants to make more money?" Jiang Chijing asked.
"There is a possibility, so I don't care too much." Zheng Mingyi said, "But two days ago, when I went to the bathroom next to the strawberry planting shed, I happened to bump into two people from the paint factory who came out of it, and I vaguely heard a sentence. , 'Make sure the boss is in Building 1 that day'."
The lacquer factory and the planting shed share a separate bathroom, which Jiang Chijing learned only when someone came to visit last week. He asked, "Which day?"
"I can't think of a special day when the renovation of the prison building will be very special. At first, I thought that it might be the day when it will be completed." Zheng Mingyi said, "But you don't have to go every day, and the completion of the renovation is not an important thing. ."
Jiang Chijing thought for a while, and said, "That means that 'that day' is a random event, and Xu Sheng must be there every day to just happen to meet."
"That's right." Zheng Mingyi smiled lightly, as if he didn't expect Jiang Chijing to be able to listen and analyze, "I thought about what kind of random events there would be, but I just thought about it for a while, and it didn't work. Take it to heart, it wasn't until two days ago that I found out that Lao Jiu was not quite right, so I started to think in the direction of escape."
"Old Nine?" Jiang Chijing was thinking along, but unlike Zheng Mingyi, he spent most of the time in contact with prisoners, and he didn't see anything wrong.
"He's jumping a bit recently." Zheng Mingyi said, "Maybe you don't know, he was very honest when he just came back from the hospital, and he didn't dare to trouble me, but recently he made me feel like..."
After a pause, Zheng Mingyi seemed to be unable to find a good metaphor, and said, "It seems that there is a throne to be inherited."
"You mean, he is securing his position in prison?" Jiang Chijing said, "So it can be deduced that Xu Sheng might be leaving."
"Yes, don't you feel that way?" Zheng Mingyi asked.
"One thing." Jiang Chijing said, "I just handcuffed him. He has to save face for such a trivial matter."
"After starting to think about this, the scope of the random event can be determined, and it must be related to the outside world." Zheng Mingyi said, "It happened to be lunch yesterday, and there was a person from the painter team who had nothing to do with Xu Sheng sitting next to me. , I asked him, under what circumstances would outsiders come in."
Speaking of which, Zheng Mingyi suddenly stopped, as if to whet his appetite, Jiang Chijing had to urge, "What's the situation?"
"It turned out that the paint used for the renovation of the prison is different from the paint used in the paint factory. It won't be long before a supplier will send a second batch of paint."
"So Xu Sheng wants to get out? It's unlikely, unless the delivery guy..." After a pause, Jiang Chijing changed his tune, "No, it's also possible, Xu Sheng has a lot of connections outside."
"And recently, the guards in Block 1 are very loose, because the prisoners have all gone to Block 2, and the attention of the prison guards is there."
"But there will be strict inspections for vehicles entering and leaving, and there will be police dogs..." Jiang Chijing said and stopped.
"The smell of paint is too heavy and will interfere with the police dog's sense of smell." Zheng Mingyi said.
All these conditions add up, and even Jiang Chijing feels that the time and place are right for people.
But the reasoning is based on known information, and if there is a situation that neither of them know, that may not be the case. And most importantly...
"What about Xu Sheng's motive?" Jiang Chijing still couldn't understand, "I don't think he would want to escape from prison."
"You can ask him directly." Zheng Mingyi said leisurely.
Talking about this, Jiang Chijing suddenly thought of a question, why did Zheng Mingyi tell him about it.
According to Zheng Mingyi's temperament, a person who doesn't even bother to take care of community members will definitely not meddle in other people's business. He reasoned to reason, but whether Xu Shengyue escaped from prison or not, he should not take it to heart.
And when he told Jiang Chijing about it at this time, he obviously learned about Xu Sheng's character, suddenly changed his mind, and was willing to give him a chance - let Jiang Chijing stop him from committing crimes.
Prison escape is not a trivial matter, even if the right time and place are right, Xu Sheng really ran out, and it is very likely that he will be recaptured later. Originally, based on his current performance, he might be able to commute his sentence indefinitely.
After Zheng Mingyi went to work, Jiang Chijing sat in the library for a while.
He had never liked to meddle in the business of prisoners, but this time was very special. As a prison guard, when he learns that a prisoner wants to escape, he can't pretend that he doesn't know anything, but in an ambiguous situation, he can't rashly report it.
In the end, Jiang Chijing did not hesitate for too long, and came to the paint factory to find Xu Sheng in the face of the sun.
"Officer Jiang?"
At the door of the paint factory, Xu Sheng stopped taking off his gloves and looked at Jiang Chijing in surprise.
The two were unfamiliar at first, and it was fine to meet when they sent and received letters in the morning. Now Jiang Chijing came directly to the factory to find Xu Sheng, which is not an exaggeration.
"Why, is Lao Jiu still provoking you?" Xu Sheng continued to take off his linen gloves.
Jiang Chijing looked at the people in the shed and said to Xu Sheng, "Come with me."
Xu Sheng didn't ask any more questions, and followed Jiang Chijing to the shade beside the factory shed.
Jiang Chijing thought about euphemistic clichés at first, but after thinking about it, he and Xu Sheng were not familiar with each other at all, and he couldn't find the starting point of the clichés, so he simply asked unexpectedly, "Why do you want to escape from prison?"
Xu Sheng's eyes narrowed for a moment, and his expression showed a fierceness, but he calmed down immediately and said expressionlessly: "Officer Jiang, what are you talking about, I don't understand."
Although he denied it, the expression just now had betrayed Xu Sheng, which showed that Jiang Chijing's unexpected move played a role.
"Stop pretending, Xu Sheng." Jiang Chijing put his hands on his chest and said calmly, "I have my source, and I know you are going to escape."
Xu Sheng didn't answer, and the two were deadlocked for a while. In the end, Xu Sheng breathed out a sigh of relief and said, "So are you going to report on me, Officer Jiang?"
"Why?" Jiang Chijing asked without answering, "Could it be because of the princess? But he won't be released from prison in a few years."
Xu Sheng smiled, as if saying that the reason was a bit funny. He took a deep breath, let out a heavy exhale, and said, "It has nothing to do with him, the old lady is dying."
Jiang Chijing's brows loosened, and he immediately realized that Xu Sheng was talking about Ah Wei's mother, who was the person he wrote letters to all year round.
"Her heart has always been bad, and now it has reached its limit." Xu Sheng said, "The doctor said that if she has surgery now, she should be able to live a few more years."
Jiang Chijing opened his lips subconsciously, wanting to say why the old lady died, but he stopped the momentum in time and swallowed the words back in his mouth.
Because he knew that the old couple had no money.
"Officer Jiang, do you think that if you threaten me with sending a letter, will it really work for me?" Xu Sheng suddenly changed the subject and talked about the morning.
Jiang Chijing heard something in Xu Sheng's words, and waited quietly for his next words.
"I said that you are a good person because I know you are a good person." Xu Sheng said, "About half a year ago, the old lady came to me once, and it was the only time in so many years. At that time, the old man had a car accident, and he only spent the rest of his life. Able to sit in a wheelchair, the other party hit and ran, and no one has been found."
Hearing this, Jiang Chijing frowned slightly, vaguely guessing why Xu Sheng brought this up.
"The old lady said that I paid her living expenses, and she didn't want it, but life at home is really difficult, so she will pay it back to me later." Xu Sheng looked at Jiang Chijing and said calmly, "I checked with my brothers outside. Now, Officer Jiang, you beat them."
Jiang Chijing looked away, acquiescing to Xu Sheng's words.
He did not like to meddle in the business of prisoners, but to make up for the evil of voyeurism, he had long been accustomed to helping others—people other than the wicked.
At that time, he happened to be inquiring about Xu Sheng, and knowing that the old couple was having a hard time, he paid them 20,000 yuan through a little relationship.
20,000 yuan is not worth mentioning to Jiang Chijing at all, but it is the living expenses of the old couple for a whole year.
"I don't have any money to pay you back, so I've been pretending I don't know about it." Xu Sheng said, "You found me this morning and asked me to solve the problem of Lao Jiu for you. In fact, you don't need to threaten me, I will help you."
Well, it seems that Jiang Chijing's previous analysis is still wrong. However, a thought suddenly popped into his mind, and he asked, "So you concealed your motive for the murder back then, for the sake of the old lady?"
Because Xu Sheng just said that the old lady has a bad heart.
"Do you know about this?" Xu Sheng frowned, his face showing surprise, but perhaps thinking that Jiang Chijing could even know about the escape from prison, he regained his calm and said, "And the old man, he has a good face, even if he is hungry. Even if I die, I will not borrow a grain of rice from my neighbor's house."
Jiang Chijing said strangely, "Why do you care about them so much?"
Xu Sheng fell silent, his eyes were a little empty, as if recalling the past. After a long while, he slowly said: "I have no parents since I was a child. When I was a teenager, I joined the society and met Ah Wei. His parents treated me like their own sons, and no one has ever treated me so well. "
"So Ah Wei is indeed the murderer of the serial torture case." Jiang Chijing said, "But that couple has already lost their son, and you don't want them to suffer a double blow."
"It's more than a double blow." Xu Sheng didn't deny it, "Because I killed Ah Wei, the old lady almost couldn't survive. If they knew what their son did, the old lady would definitely not be able to bear it, old man. You may feel that you have no face to live, and you should have been killed by a head-on crash."
If the case is investigated clearly, the truth cannot be made public. In order to protect the couple, Xu Sheng could only bear everything by himself, otherwise, given the nature of this case, he might only be sentenced to three or five years.
Jiang Chijing no longer needs to ask about the conflict between Xu Sheng and Awei. It may be that Xu Sheng accidentally discovered that A Wei was the murderer and wanted to persuade him to turn back, but A Wei refused to listen, and Xu Sheng accidentally killed him.
Jiang Chijing was silent for a while, not knowing how to evaluate it, and said with a complicated mood: "Then have you thought about the families of the victims? They may have been waiting for an answer."
"Officer Jiang, I'm not a Bodhisattva, so I can't control that much." Xu Sheng said, "I have my own justice, and my justice is to repay the old couple's kindness to me."
The moral standards in Jiang Chijing's heart have always been clearly demarcated, but Xu Sheng's incident made him not know how to judge right and wrong for the first time. He persuaded: "Don't you care about the princess? What should you do if you run away?"
"I don't have a choice, Officer Jiang." Xu Sheng smiled bitterly, "Actually, in the past year, he has rarely hooked up with others, but when he found out that I was going to escape from prison a while ago, he began to frantically green me again to vent. his dissatisfaction."
Jiang Chijing suddenly understood, it is no wonder that after the princess found the gangster, she went to Zheng Mingyi non-stop. It turned out that there was such a complicated reason behind it.
But this also shows that the princess has tacitly agreed that Xu Sheng will not turn back, so at this time Jiang Chijing's moving the princess out will not play any role.
"Then what are you going to do?" Jiang Chijing didn't give up, and continued to ask, "Are you raising the surgery fee for the old lady?"
"I have a brother who works in a jewelry store." Xu Sheng said lightly, "Just do this one vote, and I'll stop when I'm done."
"Xu Sheng!" Jiang Chijing raised the volume in shock, but he was concerned about his surroundings, so he had to lower his voice and yell, "Are you crazy? You still want to rob!"
"I said, Officer Jiang, I have no choice." Xu Sheng said.
Jiang Chijing took a deep breath and asked, "How much does the surgery cost?"
Xu Sheng reported a number, which is an astronomical number for ordinary families. He added: "The old man is in a wheelchair and can't take care of the old lady. He has to consider the follow-up care. I only have this opportunity, and I have to do it in one step."
Although Jiang Chijing is willing to help others, he is not so kind enough to take the initiative to take care of two strange old people for the rest of their lives.
Xu Sheng should have seen through Jiang Chijing's thoughts and said, "Officer Jiang, you don't have to do anything."
This sentence is quite meaningful, Jiang Chijing's face is blue, only Xu Sheng said: "Officer Jiang, I have only begged Awei in my life to let him stop. Now I beg you, what are you? Don't do it."
If Jiang Chijing wasn't a prison guard, maybe Xu Sheng wouldn't intervene again for this reason.
But the problem is that he has his responsibilities and he can't pretend he doesn't know anything.
Seeing this now, Jiang Chijing couldn't persuade Xu Sheng anymore, and if he continued to persuade him, he might even shake the bottom line in his heart.
He must think about it, let Zheng Mingyi help him think about it, and he will definitely be able to think of other solutions.