Chapter 188 Fanfare
The criminal department is located in Beicheng, some distance from the palace, and the carriage has been traveling for nearly an hour, and there are not many people to see. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoUnlike the Hanlin Academy, the building of the Criminal Department looks solemn and majestic.
When Lan Jing arrived, it was just noon, and the jailers changed shifts. She stood there for a quarter of an hour and no one paid attention to her, and glanced at Lin Chu, and finally she decided to take the initiative, "Excuse me, what process do I have to go through to visit Old General Yuan?"
Before she could finish speaking, a dozen or so faces turned to look at her, and an older jailer touched the big knife in his hand, stepped forward and asked, "Who are you? ā
Lan Jing knew that these people were watching people cook, so she hurriedly raised her chin slightly and pretended to be arrogant, glanced at him and said, "You don't even know this world?"
Although Lao Liu Tou has been a jailer for more than 30 years, he has not seen many powerful people, and when he saw Lan Jing's attitude at this time, he was a little unsure of her identity, so he didn't dare to offend, so he had to salute and said: "I've seen the prince of the world, my little eyes are clumsy, please forgive me." ā
Lan Jing snorted and went straight inside, Lao Liu Tou was entangled now, did he stop or not?
Just as he was entangled, Lan Jing walked back again, and she didn't know the way, so she said, "Are you the cell boss here? Send someone to show me the way." ā
Old Liu Tou swallowed his saliva, "Lord Shizi, this, this, there are orders from above, no one is allowed to visit the old general..."
"Don't talk nonsense, don't the people above you have to listen to the emperor? The emperor is the uncle of this son, and he asked this son to come and visit. Lan Jing said, squinting at him.
Old Liu Tou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please come here." ā
Lan Jing nodded and walked in.
The location of the prison is behind the prison department, surrounded by a high wall, and it looks similar to a modern prison.
Lan Jing thought that it would be dirty and messy inside, and rats and cockroaches were running all over the ground, but he didn't expect it to be quite clean.
She followed Lao Liu Tou all the way, turning several corners before she came to a small room at the end.
The house was locked with an iron door, and it was impossible to see inside. She saw that Lao Liu Tou didn't mean to open the door, so she said: "Open the door, this son wants to talk to General Yuan according to the emperor's instructions." ā
"Lord Shizi, this, it's not that the little one refuses to open the door, but there are only three keys to this door, one in the hands of Lord Shangshu and one in the hands of Lord Shilang. ā
"What about the other handful?" Lan Jing asked.
Old Liu Tou glanced at Lan Jing, "I heard that it is in the hands of the prime minister." ā
"Then you go find someone and get the key. Lan Jing ordered.
"This, Lord Shizi, aren't you embarrassed?" said Old Liu Tou with a depressed face.
Lan Jing thought that she had indeed asked the emperor, so she was not afraid of a big visit, so she said directly: "You go and report to your Lord Shangshu or Lord Shilang, and let one of them come to see the prince of this world." Anyway, this son is going to see General Yuan today. ā
Old Liu Tou thought of something and hurriedly retreated.
Lin Chu stood next to Lan Jing, "Do you want to sit outside and wait?"
Lan Jing shook his head, "They shouldn't dare to delay for too long, after all, I am a person with status." ā
Lao Liu Tou got out of the prison and walked straight to the court trial hall.
In the court trial hall, Wei Guangchong, the servant of the Criminal Department, was discussing the recent case with his subordinates, and when he heard the report, he immediately called someone in, "You say, Tang Shizi came to see General Yuan on the emperor's command?"
He couldn't believe it, how could this be possible? Although he had not yet been convicted, the possibility of being cleared was extremely low, and this was also the best time for the emperor to withdraw his military power.
Old Liu nodded hurriedly when he heard this, "The prince is still waiting in the cell." ā
Wei Guangchong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then stood up and said, "Go and have a look." ā
As he spoke, he stood up and walked out, and Lao Liu Tou hurriedly followed.
Lan Jing thought of what the emperor said to let her bring wine, but she forgot about it, and hurriedly said to Lin Chu: "You go, forget it, I'll go by myself, you wait here, if someone comes, tell him to leave the key, if he refuses, forget it, I'll come back and ask him for it." ā
As she spoke, she was about to turn around and walk out when she saw Wei Guangchong and Lao Liu Tou walking in, so she stopped.
Wei Guangchong's grade was higher than Lan Jing's, but whoever called someone would be reincarnated, so he hurriedly saluted and said, "Xiaguan Wei Guangchong has seen Lord Tang." ā
Lan Jing smiled back, "Lord Wei is polite, this official came to visit General Yuan on the dictation of the emperor, please make it convenient for Lord Wei." ā
Wei Guangchong didn't pause when he heard this, and walked straight to the iron gate in front of Lan Jing, and said as he opened it: "This old general Yuan was ordered not to visit by the above, but you represent the emperor, and the lower officials have no choice but to obey the order." ā
Lan Jing smiled and stepped forward to take a look inside, which was empty except for a bucket.
Old Liu Tou saw Lan Jing's eyes fall on the bucket, and he hurriedly walked in and took out the bucket.
Passing in front of Lan Jing, a smell of urine came, and she couldn't help but feel sad, a hero who had fought all his life ended like this.
No, she couldn't let him end like this, she made up her mind with a firm gaze. Turning his head to Lin Chu, he said: "You go buy some wine and quilts to eat or something, and bring them over, if you don't know how to buy them, go directly back to the eldest princess's mansion and let Aunt Mandong help you prepare, remember that there must be wine." ā
Lin Chu glanced inside when he heard this, turned around and walked out.
Lan Jing waited for Lin Chu to leave before turning around and walking into the house, she just glanced at it in a hurry, but now when she looked carefully, she realized that this world-famous god of war was not what she imagined.
She thought he would be a big, rugged man, but she didn't expect him to be a medium-sized, emaciated old man. He looked at his beard now, his face haggard, but his eyes were bright.
Lan Jing immediately gave him a junior salute, "I've seen Old General Yuan." ā
Yuan Xingwu smiled slightly and touched the beard on his face, "Old man, I'm not a general anymore." ā
"You will always be a big hero in the hearts of our Xiqing people. Lan Jing said sincerely.
Yuan Xingwu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then laughed. He is not a hero, he went out to fight for her, he went to war for her, and then he fought for her, what kind of hero is he?
Lan Jing was deeply puzzled, and turned his head to look at Wei Guangchong, Wei Guangchong also happened to look over, and the two looked at each other.
Yuan Xingwu finally stopped, "Who asked you to come to see me?"
Of course, Lan Jing couldn't tell the truth in front of Wei Guangchong, so she had to pull out a set of statements with the emperor and say it again.
Yuan Xingwu didn't say anything when he heard it, he looked at Lan Jing for a long time, and finally sighed and didn't say anything.
Lan Jing guessed that he wanted to ask how his daughter was, so he said directly: "Prince Princess An is fine, you don't have to worry." ā
Yuan Xingwu nodded when he heard this, as long as he didn't implicate his daughter.