The night wasn't deep, but as the autumn days deepened, the sky grew darker and darker.

Just after the end of the day, the sky was completely dark.

In the dim night, the moon is hidden and the stars are scarce.

Liu Shuangli followed Yin Xuezheng, Xu Xing, and Long Xingwei, who was capable-looking and named Sun Desire, and quietly came to Shuntian Mansion together.

The tall courtyard wall of Shuntian Mansion did not cause any obstruction to the four of them. The dragon guard Sun who led him in front of him was familiar with the courtyard wall, looked for the hall door, and then stepped over the courtyard with a few ups and downs, and in a moment led Yin Xuezheng and the three of them to the torture hall in the backyard of Shuntian Mansion.

The four of them came to the outer courtyard of the torture hall, and did not enter with them, but only fell in the hidden place in the courtyard, and then Sun Xu, who was leading forward, put two fingers into his mouth and screamed softly.

As soon as the sound fell, a person appeared in front of the originally empty hall.

"Sun Desire?" the man called softly.

Sun Yu in the dark agreed and asked, "Are there outsiders?"

"None. The man replied.

Sun Yu agreed and looked at Yin Xuezheng.

Yin Xuezheng nodded slightly to Sun Xiang, looked at Liu Shuangli at the same time, and whispered, "Don't move, wait here." ”

After speaking, Yin Xuezheng led Xu Xing and walked out of the dark with Sun Shi.

"This is" The person in front of the hall saw that Sun Yu was still following the two of them, and was just about to ask out loud, when he suddenly recognized Yin Xuezheng, and immediately took two steps forward and knelt down with his hands on the ground, "Subordinate Duan Wengui meets the commander." ”

Yin Xuezheng said in a deep voice: "Get up, who has come to Shuntianfu today to look for someone?"

Duan Wengui got up in agreement, but he didn't dare to stand up straight, he only half-bowed and bowed his head and replied: "As your subordinates know, since Shen Shi, a total of three people have come. One plucks out the light, and the other pulls out the dark. There is a request to verify whether the woman who escorted her to Shuntian Mansion this morning is really a prostitute of Tianxiang Pavilion. ”

"Have you seen everyone?"

Duan Wengui nodded: "They are all people with backgrounds, Shuntianfu doesn't dare to offend, so they all let people meet." ”

Yin Xuezheng sneered: "What kind of people are they?"

"The bright ones are the people from the Criminal Department, and the two ones in the dark, one is from the palace, and the other is from the Marquis of Jianning. ”

The other two are all the people Yin Xuezheng expected, only

"Who is in the palace?"

The people from the criminal department are clear and righteous, and they are also the same as the people of the Tian family. The Tian family knew the situation, and the Wang family almost knew it. And the people in the palace are still coming secretly? Could it be that the queen mother has any scruples about carrying the Tian family behind her back?

But this matter has little to do with money, and there should be no contradiction between the three families of Wang Tianfang.

Therefore, the people in the palace are most likely not from Wang Tianfang's three families.

"Yes" Duan Wengui was speechless for a while, looked at Yin Xuezheng cautiously, and paused for a moment before whispering back, "It's Gonggong Lu, the eunuch in charge of the Salary Saving Division." ”

"It's a person from the Salary Division, good, very good. ”

Yin Xuezheng smiled gloomily, so frightened that Duan Wengui's feet weakened, and he almost collapsed to the ground, but fortunately, Sun Yu reached out in time to help him, so he fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Those who know the past know how much Long Xingwei hates the dog eunuchs in the salary department.

When the first emperor was in power, because of his trust in Long Xingwei, he was specially given the post of supervisor of the Salary Collector Division, who often traveled inside and outside the imperial city, and the main object of surveillance was Long Xingwei.

Ten years ago, in the case of Dayepu, Long Xingwei changed blood, and the momentum was greatly reduced. In those years, the Salary Saving Division can be described as proud, and its power is almost above Long Xingwei. There were even three years of independence, and it was called the inner factory, although the office was still in the place where the salary department belonged, but it was directly responsible to the saint. If it weren't for the fact that later, the eunuch in charge of the seal at that time, that is, the direct leader of the inner factory, was suspected by the first emperor and exiled from the palace, and the inner factory was also withdrawn. This inner factory, composed of eunuchs, is estimated to be able to replace Long Xingwei's duties.

So whether the current Long Xingwei can still exist is a question.

Therefore, as long as it is Long Xingwei, they instinctively hate the eunuchs of the Salary Division.

Duan Wengui is not a person from Long Xingwei, he belongs to the Shuntian Mansion, and he is in charge of the proceedings in the torture hall. Just because he secretly accepted Long Xingwei's bribe, he became Long Xingwei's secret errand and secretly provided information for Long Xingwei. And because the official position is too small, he will call his subordinates in front of Yin Xuezheng.

Therefore, he couldn't empathize with Long Xingwei's people, but he also knew more or less about the questions in between, so he answered very tremblingly.

"What did the people in the Salary Savings Division ask?

Seeing that Yin Xuezheng was not angry, Duan Wengui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, and replied carefully: "There are only two people from the Salary Division, one is Gonggong Lu who is in charge, and the other is his entourage. Gu Lu's father-in-law said that he came for personal matters, so it was inconvenient to bring more people. said that it was because he had a share in Tianxiang Pavilion, and although he didn't care about anything, he also helped his nephew from other places to do an errand there. And he has a little nephew, who happens to be one of the two little girls who serve Hua Zhe. After the accident with Hua Zhe, the two little girls who served beside her also followed the crime and are now imprisoned in the cell of Shuntian Mansion. Father-in-law Lu said that his little nephew begged him for this. He came here to ask Shuntianfu privately, since Hua Jie was caught, whether her crime had been cleared, and the two little girls around her were unaware and innocent, so could she let someone go back. ”

When Yin Xuezheng heard this, he smiled coldly. He knew that the heads of the twelve eunuchs of the Inner Palace all had shares in Tianxiang Pavilion, which was a secret that everyone above knew, and there was nothing to say. However, is it a private matter to come here? The reason is really sufficient, I didn't think about it, just for the sake of a little nephew's friendship in the prostitute, on the day Hua Zhe was arrested, he hurriedly ran to ask in person, is the face too big, and too anxious?

"The crime of flower folding, you have been tried by Shuntianfu?"

"No," Duan Wengui hurriedly replied, "I just returned to Shuntian Mansion this morning, and I was all concerned about the escape, so I didn't have time to ask a lot of questions." ”

"Hua Zhe's escape, is someone secretly helping?" Sun Yu suddenly asked.

"Yes," Duan Wengui nodded, "but Hua Zhi denied that she recognized the person who helped her escape, and even denied killing Guo Quan." ”

"I have checked, although Guo has multiple knife wounds on his body, the fatal knife is extremely crisp and neat, and it comes from the hands of people who practice martial arts. That prostitute will be able to do martial arts?" Sun Yu asked again.

Duan Wengui shook his head: "We have tried in all aspects, and she can't be martial." ”

Yin Xuezheng sneered again: "Since you know that people were not killed by prostitutes, how are you going to convict Shuntianfu?"

Duan Wengui was silent for a while, and then slowly replied: "What Fu Yin means, this case is too strange, let it be put aside for two days." Two days later, he thought that Shuntianfu was incompetent and handed over the person to the criminal department. ”

Yin Xuezheng chuckled and raised his eyebrows: "It will be handed over to the Criminal Department in two days, and you will avoid things in Shuntianfu." ”

Duan Wengui's face was embarrassed, and he could only smile with his forehead.

Yin Xuezheng smiled coldly: "What about the little girl that Grandpa Lu wants, what are you going to do with it?"

"This"

Duan Wengui was about to reply, but he saw Yin Xue's front suddenly sink to the ground, and with a wave of his hand, the figure of the Qianhu Xu Xing behind him flashed, and he suddenly jumped to the edge of the courtyard wall in the east.

The place where Xu Xing jumped was not far from Liu Shuangli's hiding place, and when Xu Xing jumped away, Liu Shuangli also heard a strange sound behind the wall, his heart sank, and his feet moved instinctively, but he suddenly stopped.

Xu Xing had already followed, but she didn't get Yin Xuezheng's order, so she chased after her impulsively, and the adults were probably unhappy.

Liu Shuang left this hesitation, and Xu Xing's figure had already chased away from that amazing figure. She listened to the sound that disappeared like a rushing wind, and knew that it would be difficult to catch up, so she sighed in her heart, and completely stopped.

As soon as he paused to meditate, he heard that in front of the half-lit hall, Yin Xuezheng snorted gloomily and asked, "What is the place behind that?"

Duan Wengui looked in the direction where Xu Xing was hurrying away, and replied, "There is only one road there, which leads to the cell of Shuntian Mansion. ”

"Yes. Yin Xuezheng smiled gloomily, "The envoy of Shuntian Mansion has never seen it, and I don't know how it compares to that of the Zhenfu Division. It's convenient for Lord Duan tonight, how about bringing this envoy to see it?"

Hearing this, Duan Wengui was so sore that he didn't know how to reply for a while.

Can the prison cells of Shuntianfu compare to the edict of your Long Xingwei? It's not an order of magnitude at all, isn't it? Even the prison of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple dare not compare with your family's edict, let alone their small Shuntian Mansion!

If nothing else, just the structure. Their cells in Shuntianfu are basically made of wood, and even the dungeon dug deep underground is also simply supported by ordinary wooden frames, which can be compared to the edict?

Although he had never been there, Duan Wengui knew that the edicts of the Zhenfu Division were all made of grouting, and the solidity was comparable to the inner courtyard of the palace.

Although my teeth were so sore that I didn't know how to reply, I still needed to nod my head and say yes. Needless to say, it just needs to be reconciled and rhythmically responded.

Thinking that at noon today, Sun Yu secretly spread the word that he was coming to look for him tonight and asked him to wait here. Originally, he didn't know what to do, but he saw the head of Long Xingwei, and then he heard that he was going to go to the cell to take a look, Duan Wengui knew what he was going to do next.

Tonight's Shuntian Mansion is very lively, and the lively places are concentrated on the side of the torture hall, more precisely in the innermost cell of the torture hall.

The dungeon at the bottom of there is even more lively. And the guards in the cell are actually very comfortable tonight, and they all fall asleep as soon as it gets dark, and they don't know when they need to wake up.

When Duan Wengui led Long Xingwei's two big men to the outer porch of the cell, the guards of the cell were still asleep on the ground, and it seemed that they couldn't wake up until dawn.

Duan Wengui glanced at the guards sleeping in a row, turned back to Yin Xuezheng and smiled apologetically, then walked to the corner wall of the corridor, found a secret button and tapped it twice.

As soon as the knocking sound fell, a person immediately flashed out of the darkness on the side of the inner corridor.

The person who came was in good shape, but his face was ordinary, and he first respectfully saluted Duan Wengui: "My lord." Then he looked up at Yin Xuezheng, his face was slightly arrogant, his eyes were indifferent, he straightened up, and in the way of greeting the people of the rivers and lakes, he clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Commander Yin is also here." ”

When Yin Xuezheng saw this person, he swept away the usual cold atmosphere, smiled heartily, and also clasped his fists with both hands, and replied with the etiquette on the rivers and lakes, and said: "I haven't seen you for many days, I don't know what Jiang Zhutou has gained recently?"

"Don't dare to take the harvest seriously, just don't make a mistake and be commanded so that the adults can get it. Jiang Qiyun replied lightly.