The Constable Booked the Assassin Every Night novel · Chapter 15 of 24
Chapter 15: The Cell
Shouzhi ran to the Prefecture in his shirtsleeves, with the open cuffs in his fist.
The gate guard grinned at him from his stool.
"You've missed it, Constable."
"Your friend came in on his own two feet at the first bell."
"Walked up with a pipa on his back and said, 'I'm the Crow.' Captain dropped his lamp."
Shouzhi did not hit him.
It was the finest thing he did that week.
Chief Dou was waiting under the arch, leaning on his stick, and he did not look surprised either.
"Madam Hui's girl came to me before dawn," he said.
"She said you'd be along."
"I have a writ of inspection."
"The Doors may visit any cell holding a Doors prisoner."
"It's older than the Prefecture."
"He's not..."
"He's in your keeping, Tan. Rule Four, ten days. The slip is stamped."
He handed Shouzhi the writ without a flicker.
"Don't tell me what you do in there. I'm only the man who signed it."
The Prefecture cells were under the east wall, three steps down.
The captain unlocked the grating.
The cell smelled of straw and old rope.
A single slit of grey light fell on three people sitting in a row on a stone bench.
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