Twenty Seven Years

  Chapter 156 The Whereabouts of Gold

"Regardless of whether we can solve the trap that Adel set for Lecter, we must know that time is running out. Even if we can help Lecter resolve the crisis, we won't have much time." In the cell, Ki Ting and Veraker discuss what's next.

  Virac thought that Equality would end the negotiations with the government at any time, so he couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Yes... there must be progress."

   Keating was about to continue speaking, but when he heard the sound of approaching footsteps outside, he decisively shut his mouth and at the same time winked at Veraker.

  Verak nodded slightly and lay down on the bed.

   "Number 8196, Thomas Chris." The moment Verak just lay down, a prison guard walked to the door of cell 208, looked inside, "Come out."

   "What's the matter?" Verak sat up.

   "The deputy warden has something to ask you, and told you to go to the infirmary." As he spoke, the prison guard opened the door of the cell.

  Villac glanced at Keating, got up and walked out: "Is he awake? How is the injury?"

   "I don't know." The prison guard didn't answer Verak's question. After relocking the door, he escorted him directly to the infirmary.

   Only Lecter and the doctor were left in the infirmary. After entering, Verac directly set his sights on Lecter who was wrapped in bandages.

  Looking at Lecter, who was injured and unable to move on the hospital bed, Verak thought of himself who was abused a month ago: "How is it?"

   "Fortunately..." Lecter's voice was weak.

   "When will he recover?" Willak asked the doctor.

   "It will be possible in a few days." The doctor replied.

  Verak sat on the chair next to Lecter's bed, crossed his legs and joked, "It doesn't look like the injury is serious. Tell me, what do you want from me?"

   "Get out." Lecter dismissed the doctor and stared at Verak with indescribable eyes, "Why are you working so hard in this game?"

"Everyone is working hard, including you. I think, only if everyone goes all out, the competition will be more intense and exciting, and it will be more in line with your requirements. You definitely don't want to spend so much effort organizing an ordinary event .Now it seems that the final effect is still very good, but it's a pity that you spent more than half of the time in the infirmary, and you couldn't feel that kind of atmosphere on the field." Verak said as it should, making Lecter feel like doing so There is also some truth.

Lecter, who hastily called Veraker before his injury healed, did not intend to intervene in such matters that are meaningless to mention now, he opened his mouth slightly, hesitated and said: "Remember what I told you on the field? words?"

   "You mean, you don't plan to fulfill the reward at all?" Verak planned to calm down Lecter now.

"Yes." Lecter said, "I lied to you. In fact, I will fulfill the reward. I said that on the field at the time to make you stop so that we can win the game. We agreed before the game. It extends beyond the game, so...you don't mind if I lie?"

Verak didn't expect Lecter to call him to say this: "But I thought about it, you shouldn't have the authority to do this as the deputy warden, right? Everyone in this prison is not easy, and they are allowed to write letters and send Go outside, you can’t afford the consequences.”

"Don't forget who my father is." Lecter moved out his father according to the old rules, "With my father around, this matter is not as difficult as I imagined. And I remember I told you, send I will arrange for someone to check every letter, and send it only after confirming that there is no danger, so there is no possibility of anything happening."

"but-"

"Do you think I will really break the contract? Don't worry, I'm not that kind of person. Besides, how could I set a reward for the prisoners that I can't achieve?" Lecter interrupted Veraker, "Later We can start preparing for the matter of time, and then we only need to wait for the ship to arrive on the twelfth of next month to send the letter."

  Verak felt that things were not that simple. Lecter probably said this because he was worried that if he failed to keep his promise many times, the two parties would completely lose trust, which led him to turn around and cooperate with Adel.

   "Besides telling you this, I've called you here, and I want to ask why Adel suddenly chose to help you? Did you make any deal?" Lecter carefully tested.

"No." Verak said bluntly. Anyway, he had already figured out the real purpose of Adel to help them win, and he didn't intend to say anything about his cooperation with Adel, "I didn't tell him anything. , He came to me on his own initiative and said he was willing to help us win. Of course it would be great if we could win, and I agreed without thinking too much about it. Now that I think about it, it's really strange, why did he help me for no reason?"

"It's very simple. To please you, I want to cooperate with you." Lecter didn't think it was normal to ask this question with Veraker's mind, so he used even clumsy reasons to appease Veraker, "It's just a game, he just Being able to use this method to seduce you shows that he really has no other means, and cooperating with me is the right choice."

  Verak pretended to believe Lecter's words: "It seems that he really poses no threat to us, and you will become the warden just around the corner."

"I still need your help." Thinking of becoming the prison warden, Adel could only pack up his luggage and leave in despair. The pain on Lecter's body seemed to have eased a little, "The best thing about gold is as soon as possible. favorable."

   "Well, there should be some clues during this period of time." Verak said.

   "I hope you can find out all the whereabouts of the gold in one go, so that I will save a lot of unnecessary manpower, material and financial resources for investigation." Lecter couldn't help urging.

   "I also hope to ask out sooner. I feel the same as you about this, so don't worry, as long as there is an opportunity to ask out, I will definitely seize it."

Veraker has asked two clues about gold in a row, which has never been done before in prison, so Lecter is willing to believe, and can only believe him: "I believe in you, and if you need any help in the future, please feel free to contact me." , will satisfy you within the scope of ability.”

"I remembered something when you mentioned this." Verak remembered the incident where the prisoner was threatened by the prison guards on the field, because they never thought that the prisoner could fight back and offend the prison guards, so they didn't talk about it. Sometimes some prison guards threatened the prisoners openly and secretly in order to win. Now that the prisoners have won, I am worried that these prison guards will retaliate against the prisoners in all aspects in the future."

   "You want me to keep the prisoners safe?"

   "Of course. The emotions in the game should not spread outside the game. This is not just you and me, everyone should abide by it." Verac said.

Lecter nodded slightly, with a look of approval of Veraker's words: "Indeed, revenge or something, it seems that I can't afford it. If I lose, I will lose my face if this happens again. Don't worry. , I guarantee that the prison guards will not touch the prisoners."

"What if they move?" Veraker didn't want to see the prisoners' rebellious hearts suppressed by the prison guards' revenge, "Well, if any prisoners are reprimanded by the prison guards, I will personally take revenge for them. "

   "Why are you joining in the fun, what if something goes wrong and you get hurt?" Lecter thought it was good for Veraker to prevent him from going into this muddy water.

   "What you mean by that is that you can't guarantee that the prison guards won't retaliate against the prisoners." Veraker's face turned cold.

   Noticing that Veraker was very dissatisfied with his words, Lecter quickly emphasized: "I can guarantee it. I am a dignified deputy warden, and no one will dare to violate my words."

   "What should I do if someone violates the law?"

"What do you want?"

   "The revenged prisoner slapped him with an arm, and then expelled him from prison." Verac proposed the punishment he was satisfied with.

   Prisoners beat prison guards to their knees, and finally the disabled guards are kicked out of prison. This kind of punishment is absurd no matter how you look at it. Lecter looked at Verak who proposed punishment, and felt a little headache. In order to stabilize this important figure who decided whether he could stay or become the warden, he had to agree: "Okay, I will do as you say."

   "You said it yourself, I don't want you to break your promise." Verak said.

  At this time, he has taken advantage of the gold advantage to control Lecter in turn, just like when he was in Lazein, he manipulated the other party wantonly by knowing the medical history of the housekeeper Fletcher.

  As long as you know what the other party needs and what they are afraid of, and if you master what they need and what they are afraid of, it is equivalent to mastering the other party.

   This trick Veraker has become more and more handy.

"I said it myself, I will not allow the prisoner to be retaliated. Once it happens, the punishment will be as you said." Lecter didn't care if the prison guards felt aggrieved, no matter how aggrieved they were, they would not lift a stone to smash it He was aggrieved by his feet.

   "Is there anything else?" Verac asked.

"Gone."

  Verak stood up: "Then I will go back first, and try to report the good news about gold to you earlier."

"Okay." Lecter watched Verak leave, then called his subordinates in, repeatedly emphasizing that there is no need to take revenge on the prisoners, "From now on, all prison guards, whether they participated in the competition or not, You can’t take revenge on the prisoner in any form. If I hear the slightest sound of the prisoner being reprimanded by the prison alarm, I will personally chop off the person who doesn’t pay attention to what I said.”

   "Yes." The prison guard responded.

In order to prevent the prison guards from getting used to slapping prisoners and including behaviors that are not revenge, Lecter specifically urged: "During this time, let everyone correct their stinking problems. The behavior of the prisoners has also stopped, and I don't want to hear the news that any prisoner has been harmed."

   "Yes." The prison guard answered again.

  He was puzzled and aggrieved the whole time.

  The warden blatantly favored the prisoners in a football match, causing the guards to lose the game and injuring dozens of people.

  The deputy warden was swung with a stick by the prisoner, and lay on the hospital bed with his back feet, emphasizing that no one is allowed to touch the prisoner, and whoever touches him will be in a hurry.

  These two ruthless characters in the prison who didn't take the prisoner seriously yesterday, why did they suddenly scramble to treat the prisoner preferentially? Don't you worry about your own people getting hurt or being wronged?

"What are you doing in a daze? Pass it on quickly! I want every prison guard to know what I said! If retaliation happens after I finish emphasizing it, I will not only deal with that prison guard well, but you, the one responsible for notifying them, will also Take part of the responsibility." Lecter urged loudly when he saw that the prison guard Ying Wan was frozen in place.

   "Yes!" The prison guard, who was wondering what was going on in this world, was shocked, and quickly left the infirmary, spreading Lecter's order throughout the prison.

  —

  After returning to the cell, Verac and Keating told about Lecter taking the initiative to explain the game rewards.

"I think he is really incapable of fulfilling it, otherwise Adel would not have made a move." Veraker doesn't think Lecter has this ability. After all, Adel must know the feasibility of sending letters from prisoners better than him. Adel even thinks it is impossible , then it should be impossible, "Calling me over is to appease me, make me think that what he said on the field is a lie, and continue to maintain cooperation."

   "Didn't you make it clear to him that you didn't care about it?" Keating asked.

Verak shook his head: "No. I raced so hard, if Biwan told him that you didn't want to fulfill the reward, it's okay if you lied to me, it would be unjustifiable, and it would conflict with my behavior. I still need to find a more suitable opportunity , dissolving the matter in terms that would not arouse his suspicion."

  Keating felt that Veraker's concerns were reasonable: "Then wait."

   "Well, in addition, I guess Adel will do something in the next few days, either to see me, or to put pressure on Lecter." Verak combined various factors to speculate on Adel's next move.

   "Their conflicts have further intensified, which coincides with our demands." Keating believes that a critical period will follow.

   Chatting and chatting, it's time for dinner. The prison guard who had helped Verak many times came to the door of the cell and put two meals on the partition.

  Wilak went forward to pick up the lunch box, and at the same time greeted the prison guard warmly.

  The prison guard didn't participate in the football match, nor did he go to watch it, but he heard a lot of news. As a prison guard, he didn't say much to the victorious side. He just congratulated Verak briefly and went to other things.

  Villac handed a lunch box to Keating, sat down and opened another: "It's been a long time since I had dinner with you."

Since Veraker started working all day like everyone else in order to integrate into the prison population, he and Keating had less time to communicate, and had no time to take care of Keating's daily life, and had no time to eat together. Keating's teaching to him Also basically shelved.

   "Yeah, it still makes me feel a little lonely." Keating smiled and took a mouthful of vegetable soup with a spoon.

   "It's a rare day off, I want to listen to your lecture." Verak was extremely eager for knowledge, and said a few words in Dunman while eating, showing Keating his learning results.

   Hearing Verak's Dunman language, Keating was very relieved.

   It is very meaningful to see a young man with lofty ideals grow up bit by bit.

   "Very well said." Keating affirmed Verac.

   "I've been too busy with work recently, so I didn't review much, and I forgot how to spell some words." Verak said a little ashamedly.

   "It's normal. With such a busy day at work and planning, it's hard for you to keep your learning results." Keating said.

   "Thank you." Verak sincerely thanked Keating who had helped him so much, and started to eat, planning to discuss some study matters with Keating after the meal.

  Keating smiled and grabbed the spoon, looked at Verak who was devouring the meal for a long time, and said abruptly: "Do you want to know... the whereabouts of the gold?"

  (end of this chapter)