CHAPTER 51: CHAPTER 50: KNOWING THERE ARE TIGERS ON THE MOUNTAIN

"Hiss, so heavy..."

Each half of the wooden shackles was held by one person, feeling its weight, each estimated to be forty or fifty pounds, and couldn’t help but look horrified.

Next were the handcuffs and leg irons, following the same method, taken off one by one.

"Fill your belly first!" The waiter knew Lou Yi’s situation and asked someone to bring a lot of wine and meat from the back kitchen, such as cooked beef, chicken legs, braised goose, fish soup, etc.

Lou Yi was not polite, sat down and feasted heartily, clinking glasses with everyone, laughing and chatting merrily.

During the chat.

Lou Yi learned that the waiter was named Wang Kang, the locksmith was Liu Si, and there were four or five others responsible for this prison break plot.

"Brother Lou has done a great deed, which we admire!" Wang Kang raised his glass to toast Lou Yi.

Lou Yi quickly said he was undeserving and sighed, "I am just a common man, doing what I do merely to survive."

"That bird Inspector, loves to use public matters for private gain, hypocritical inside and out.

Back then, Old Yan was doing legitimate big business, always law-abiding. Just because he didn’t pay a bribe, he was framed for inciting rebellion, and his business was ruined!" Liu Si said angrily, "In my opinion, this bunch of birds, not a single good person among them, might as well chop them all up to end the matter!"

Hearing this, the scene became silent; these officials were indeed a big headache.

Beside the table, a group of officials led by Man Slaughter lay tied up like dead pigs on the ground.

"No, if you kill them, you will all have big trouble." Lou Yi knew that escaping prison and killing officials were completely different concepts and hurriedly stopped them.

He already had a lot of troubles and didn’t want to drag others into it.

"Why be afraid, at most we can take a boat to Jiang City overnight; can they still find us?" Liu Si said indifferently.

Jiang City and Tai City were over a hundred miles apart, with many beasts and strange creatures in between, making cross-city pursuits very costly, almost ensuring safety once out of the city.

Lou Yi pondered for a moment, clasping his hands toward the surroundings, "Thank you all for rescuing me this time, but I can’t leave now; I must make a visit to the prison."

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.

"If I leave, I fear I will implicate you all, especially since the City Lord’s Mansion has its eyes on me, and also the martial sect Heavy Sword Sect, that’s one reason."

Lou Yi explained, "My friend Cheng Chen’s wife and child have not been properly settled; if I leave, they will be in danger, that’s the second reason."

"The third reason, I have my escape plan, as long as Brother Liu can lend me that silver needle, is it convenient?"

"Convenient, naturally convenient!" Liu Si curiously said, "Even if you can unlock the shackles, that prison is not something to joke about, very hard to escape."

"I won’t stay in prison for long; I will definitely leave the prison because they want to send me to the main city." Lou Yi said.

Others thought about it and agreed.

With the silver needle, the locks could be opened at any time, and he could escape again next time on the road.

Only, if Lou Yi’s body was intact, this decision could be understood.

But with his hand and foot tendons cut, could he succeed?

Everyone was filled with doubt in their hearts.

"Do you have full confidence?" Wang Kang asked seriously.

"Absolutely." Lou Yi said confidently, "But my friend’s wife and child, I will need to trouble you all..."

"It’s nothing, a small matter!" Everyone present patted their chests in guarantee.

"How long will it take to settle my friend’s wife and child?" Lou Yi asked.

"At most three days! I’ll have them on a boat to Jiang City. Old Yan has a brother there who risked his life for him, who can definitely take care of them!"

"Good! Thank Old Yan for me, I will repay him generously in the future!" Lou Yi looked at Yang Er, "Take good care of them for me!"

"I will." Yang Er nodded solemnly in agreement.

Lou Yi took the specially made silver needle from Liu Si and hid it under his tongue.

Then he voluntarily put on the shackles, asking everyone to put the restraints on him properly.

Then he sat quietly on the bench, waiting for Man Slaughter and his group’s awakening.

He initially planned to escape before entering or after leaving the prison.

Man Slaughter and the others thought cutting his tendons would render him powerless.

Little did they know, restoring himself was only a thought away.

In a complete state, he possessed over a thousand pounds of strength, breaking free of shackles was not difficult.

At worst, he could kill a few to ascend the Dragon-piercing Technique, making the combined strength even more assured.

Unexpectedly, a surprising turn happened, he obtained the silver needle, making shackles and restraints meaningless.

And resolved the safety issue of Mrs. Cheng’s mother and child, without any worries left.

As for other folks in Erhe Village, he had repaid them with a life, no longer indebted.

Then, the original plan needed to change.

He might as well visit the prison, giving Mrs. Cheng’s family enough time to escape.

Four days; that was Lou Yi’s standard for himself, one more day than Wang Kang’s guaranteed time.

Four days was definitely enough; once the deadline arrived, he could execute the plan.

Let some people know, having no bottom line comes at a cost.

Lou Yi looked deeply at Man Slaughter and the others lying beside him.

Before Liu Si, Wu Biao, and the others left, they had untied all the ropes from their bodies.

Several hours later.

Man Slaughter opened his eyes, then suddenly leaped up from the ground, placing his fists defensively in front of his chest.

He looked around, his gaze gradually changing from vigilance to a bit of confusion.

All his subordinates were intact, and Lou Yi hadn’t escaped, still sitting well on the bench.

"What are you up to?" Man Slaughter walked to Lou Yi and carefully checked the shackles and restraints, then relaxed.

"What are you trying to do?" Man Slaughter coldly stared at Lou Yi, "Who were those people? Tell me everything honestly!"

"Nonsense." Lou Yi looked at Man Slaughter as if he were an idiot, "You should be grateful I didn’t cut off your head.

I advise you, act as if nothing happened, otherwise if I can take you down once, can’t I do it twice or thrice?

Next time, do you think you’ll have such good luck?"

Hearing this, Man Slaughter’s face turned pale, then sneered coldly, "Wait until we return to the government office, let’s see if you’ll still be this stubborn!"

He was still apprehensive; anyone taken down like this would naturally be uneasy.

Even a martial artist is just flesh and blood.

To avoid unnecessary complications.

Once all other officers woke up, Man Slaughter urgently urged them to hit the road, causing everyone to complain.

Everywhere they stopped, the food was thoroughly checked to prevent a repeat of the same mistake.

Two days later, Lou Yi was escorted to the Xinxiang Inspection Bureau.

The prison at the Inspection Bureau was located several hundred meters from the government office.

Built entirely of solid blue bricks, the iron doors were closed, with the word ’prison’ written in red above the door, and four archers with cold expressions stationed outside.

"Why is Chief Ning personally coming over?"

The elderly prison chief, with graying hair, hurriedly came to greet them with a flattering smile.

"This is someone the Inspector values, you must be careful, there can be no mistakes." Man Slaughter Ning Xiong said.

"Rest assured, Chief Ning, old Li has been doing this for years, have I ever had a problem? Not even a fly can get out of here!"

Lou Yi was taken over by the prison chief’s group and was escorted inside.

He found the prison dimly lit, with narrow passages barely wide enough for two people, and only about two meters high, forcing taller people to stoop.

Beside the passages were cells.

Each about ten square meters, separated by wooden bars.

On the ground mats, three or four to seven or eight people sat or lay, all with dull eyes, seemingly unaware of Lou Yi’s arrival.

A strong stench of urine and feces hit his face, ten times worse than the dirtiest toilet Lou Yi had ever seen.

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